Chapter 1618: Chapter 1618

1618: Chapter 1614 Target Shift 1618: Chapter 1614 Target Shift When the new wave of satellite blueprints was delivered to the Command Center of the Third Fleet, even the experienced Lu Ping’an took a sharp intake of breath.

“Sakura Island is beyond saving, it’s buried…

The background is a rainy night, this obviously supernatural downpour is too frequent, irritating humans while delighting the Fishmen…

In such conditions, their combat power is at least doubled, while ordinary people are even affected in their eyesight.

Not to mention the torrential downpours, the sea level is actually still rising, and there’s even a clear backflow phenomenon in rivers everywhere.

More agonizingly, those backflow waters often carry malevolent Exotic Realm Invaders.

Setting up defenses along the rivers?

Just thinking about it seems impossible, those medium to large cities built along rivers have instead become the first victims to suffer extensively.

The malevolent invaders spread along the river and seawater, turning the away field into a home field, thus becoming the attackers with control over the battlefield.

In this latest blueprint, large areas of the island country have already sunk into the sea, and the divisions are increasingly clear, with more and more areas being isolated and submerged…

If it were only this, Lu Ping’an would not feel hopeless, what really makes one feel helpless are the skull symbols marked on the map.

“At least three hundred Rule-level creatures…

Is this thing cabbage or what?”

Even though not large on the map, Sakura Island is smeared with more skull symbols, many of which are even marked in red, indicating the presence of beings above the eighth-tier.

If it weren’t for considering that most of them are aquatic ethnic groups, Lu Ping’an would consider suggesting to directly blow up the island, aiming for a sweeping victory…

Playing it this way now, if the sea cannot kill those beings, that’s fine; switching to a naval combat environment, his side’s high-end combat power would still suffer.

“Mei Yuge, what do you think about the dark clouds in the sky?”

Lu Ping’an directly summoned his subordinate, inquiring about the weather conditions.

After arriving in the area surrounding this island, this intermittent rain has barely let them see a few hours of sunlight.

This environment, not only affects the battlefield, but even has a negative impact on many ships…

Lu Ping’an discovered that many steel warships have actually shown significant rust, and these were new ships that had just left the factory with anti-rust treatment.

Clearly, this should be a supernatural ability corroding the steel…

and human technology, clearly relies a bit too much on steel.

Worth mentioning is, the wooden Arks possessing the Power of Purification, instead due to these nutrients containing “Life Force” and “Contamination” have generally grown significantly larger.

“There isn’t much that can be done…

It feels like over a hundred of me are influencing the weather, and moreover, the sources of interference are spread very scattered.”

When the same type of power interferes with the same object, it often turns into a mutual inhibition, and what Lu Ping’an wanted to know was the possible coordinates and situation of the other side…

Mei Yuge did not disappoint Lu Ping’an, she had in fact been searching for the source of interference.

If there were only one or two, it might be worth trying to forcefully Behead them to increase the chances of winning, but now…

“They likely link to each other, forming a network, even if one or two are eliminated, it’s meaningless.”

Saying this, Mei Yuge also pointed on the map.

“These are the most obvious sources…

but at least they all should be of the Overlord Level, and there might also be Quasi-Gods.”

Upon seeing the direction pointed out by her, it mostly covered the edges of Sakura Island in the east, south, west, and north, even if they wanted to encircle them, it’s unclear where to begin.

Radio was full of calls for help, which often fell silent after a few hours from the point of transmission.

“What about the Sea Tigers and other Sea Beasts previously deployed by the Big Shots around here?

Haven’t they had noticeable effects?”

“Under the overpowering lead of Rule-level creatures, facing a massive invasion by legions, they hardly make a significant difference.”

The surrounding seas have also been taken over by scattered Fishman ethnic groups, this still assumes there are a lot of Sea Beasts as a threat for both sides, otherwise, merely moving along the way would constantly be attacked by the enemy, nearly making their movements completely transparent to the opponent.

Lu Ping’an increasingly understood Xiu Yi’s approach.

Now was not the time to consider whether their methods were clean.

Facing the pressure of survival, worrying about long-term consequences was foolish.

“Let’s focus on winning first…”

Lu Ping’an had never really taken a firm stance; his views and position had always been quite flexible.

Now, he felt that maybe he also needed to take a more extreme approach.

At this moment, the Third Fleet had completed its reorganization and began to conduct rescue operations in nearby cities…

Given the current situation, it seemed like doing their humanly best and leaving the rest to fate was all they could do.

For these outsiders, the only use humans had was as food…

Having lost their ocean supplies, they truly faced a food shortage.

The malice of his superiors was effective.

From the captured Fishman prisoners, it was evident that even hunting fish schools was now a life-threatening danger, and increasing their population substantially was no longer feasible.

Possibly, humans might not even qualify to be prisoners.

The war inevitably made the invaders more inhuman and also made most people lose confidence in the survival of the victims.

In such a battlefield, there was little Lu Ping’an could do…

If he dared to go alone to rescue a city, he could go in the morning, be surrounded by noon, and by evening, he would be eligible for a promotion and a memorial service.

Lu Ping’an was waiting for orders and he had already guessed what sort of orders he would receive.

Finally, the expected order arrived quickly.

“…Indeed, orders to rescue the disaster victims and assist with their evacuation.”

It was a reality known to everyone in the fleet, yet nobody spoke it outright—that the war had reached such a stage, it was essentially beyond redemption.

The Easterners were merely reinforcements.

He could only help fortify the front lines…

Now that the entire country had fallen, there were no defenses left to see, and for the Eastern Country to continue sending forces was merely perpetual reinforcement.

Even Lu Ping’an’s Command Center had raised a possibility…

Their side was now a target of encirclement and needed to evacuate urgently.

“They’ll need some time to digest Sakura Country’s local forces…

Take whatever and whoever we can.”

A sinking ship will have a few nails left.

Although Sakura Kingdom’s national power could no longer compare to that of the Eastern Country, it was still among the top in the world.

In the world of the Extraordinary, having “history and mythology” nearly equated to having a heritage.

While the Eastern Country had a group of ancient Keepers of Secrets and Watchers, Sakura Kingdom also had its own Extraordinary System and traditions.

This meant there were definitely free, high-ranking Extraordinaries hidden there…

But unlike the relatively centralized Eastern Country, these ancient forces in Sakura Kingdom were likely the real rulers of the country, and they might not necessarily obey orders to move to the front lines.

Now, with the battlefield completely collapsed, their various Holy Lands, Shrines, and Ninja Villages were surely under attack, with their high-level Divine Artifacts (Taboo Items) and resources being plundered.

Although the upper leadership issued orders for rescue and evacuation assistance, some things didn’t need to be said too explicitly.

After all, along with the orders came a map marking Sakura Kingdom’s various “important sites” and “locations of treasures”…

Heaven knows how the Eastern Country got a hold of it.

Seeing names that appeared in myths, Lu Ping’an was a bit confused yet tempted.

Who wouldn’t like missions involving rescuing people and transporting items?

“Does the Kusanagi Sword really exist?”

“The original was lost long ago, but they say there are three replicas, all creations of ancient people, supposedly with the traits of ‘Dragon Slaying’ and ‘Sun,’ very powerful.”

Instantly, Lu Ping’an became interested.

That sword in the myths seemed to be used against Multi-Headed Dragons, and there were plenty of troublesome Multi-Headed Dragons among the Octopus Tribe.

And the Sun attribute was also extraordinarily effective against the Sea Tribe, and his own powers had compatible traits—perhaps the Lamp Flower could also be enhanced.

“…They won’t let go, right?

It’s a national treasure, isn’t it?

Would they watch us take it back to the Eastern Country?”

“A national treasure… If the nation itself is gone, then what’s called a national treasure is just a rotten sword.

With people about to be wiped out, who cares about these external possessions?”