Chapter 1654: Chapter 1654

1654: Chapter 1650 Turning Point 1654: Chapter 1650 Turning Point After “accepting disciples” became a fact, and when some high levels from the Eastern Country also prepared to come over for a “marital alliance,” Lu Ping’an’s mission of pacification was also considered complete.

This is a standard operation…

National high levels conducting inspections around the country before a war is basic, not only to check on situations but also to appease the public and eliminate hidden dangers.

Execute those who should be executed, promote those who should be promoted, all the while communicating thoroughly with subordinates to prepare for war, so as not to be clueless when the war erupts.

“….Finally, it’s completed, and the harvest is quite fruitful.”

After taking Wuling under his wing, Lu Ping’an’s investigation in New Tokyo went very smoothly; he spent a week communicating with the local “security department,” personally dealt with some unstable factors, and confirmed that this area and city would not fail at critical moments, thus he began preparing to return.

After waiting another week, while teaching and testing the new disciples, Lu Ping’an also got Meow back.

Not going straight home indicates that the cat has already found its target….

And from satellite tracking, it seems to have followed the trail all the way to the Arctic.

“I hope Lei Huoren is fine…”

Meow, having had its fun, knew to return home, but the poor cat brother probably needs first aid now.

“….Ugh, being forced to go north, it won’t be affected by the upcoming war and the big purification effort, could this be Meow’s love?”

But looking at Meow, who is cheerfully describing to Chris how it played with its “prey,” Lu Ping’an shook his head, thinking he might be overthinking.

As far as Lu Ping’an knows, the Eastern Country is soon to enter a state of major martial law in preparation for battle, and top Extraordinaries will be summoned to guard each district and city.

For these big shots, criminals with top bounties like Lei Huoren might be easily eliminated by them.

Many of them are Foreign Domain mercenaries, high levels from Proper God Church, Quasi-Proper God Church…

They are both guards for safety and also a form of backup.

This time, the Eastern Country is serious.

“….There’s only one chance, to put it accurately, if we can’t push them back to that other world this time, it will become much harder afterward.”

The world’s resistance has limits, and outsiders also have the potential to assimilate locally; the visitors from the Foreign Domain are increasingly adapting to this Poison Sea…

Although time has been bought, there might not be much left.

Once the opposing side truly establishes a nation in this world and completes the establishment of the Ocean Clan, then the entire ocean will be theirs, the eventual result being perpetual war between land and sea, dragging all the countries on Earth into an infinite abyss.

The only solution is to take advantage of their still adapting phase and strike…

Back then indeed was their weakest moment, but at that time, the various countries were not ready for naval battles; at this point in time, all parties are now fully prepared, making it the only possible moment to completely resolve this issue.

However, from the internal intelligence Lu Ping’an has obtained, other countries cannot be relied upon.

It’s not really about them being inherently incapable or anything; it’s simply a matter of geography and the accumulation of realities.

Major countries all have their own war zones, island countries around the Pacific Ocean are surrounded by sea on all sides, with Foreigners continuously adapting to the environment, the coastal pressure is increasingly intensifying.

And their “narrow” territories do not have enough strategic depth; maintaining the war line and defense line has already exhausted all their strength, supplying the frontline with materials and arms consumes all their capacity, leaving no sufficient power for long-term planning or strategic adjustment.

But the Eastern Country is different; it set a long-term national policy from the start, including the core policies of “fortified clear fields” and “rear reconstruction.”

Namely, relocating the coastal population and industry inland, setting up six major military regions along the entire coastline as practical protruding defense lines.

As long as they hold, the Foreign Invaders wanting to penetrate inland would only have the option to forcefully break through the rigorously defended rivers.

At that time, the inland garrison will surely disperse them, and even if there are some losses afterward, they are just minor scattered combat losses, not affecting the overall situation.

Strategic depth, without turning densely populated and industrial areas into a battlefield, is the greatest advantage of the Eastern Country compared to other countries.

It is for this reason that the Eastern Country had enough time and space to undergo strategic transformation, gradually reshaping itself to adapt to its own era of naval warfare.

Now, all major industries have been converted for military use.

After three years of explosive soldier production, there are already over a hundred super large ships…

This means that it’s possible to form a hundred combat clusters at any time, while the actual number of “Ships” that can float and enter the battle is close to five digits.

Without a doubt, the Eastern Country is the largest industrial nation on Earth and leads by a wide margin.

This is the real confidence behind their counterattack.

With this “Combat platform,” with enough ships and personnel, it has become possible to deploy various experimental weapons and extraordinary weapons.

For this strategic counterattack, the Eastern Country is willing to go all out.

“The Eastern Country will once again turn to strategic defense, other countries will slowly meet their demise, half of the planet will become the territory of Foreign Domain visitors, and humanity will become a low-class race… We’ve seen this many times, it’s just the norm in a multi-universe.

Then this planet can start its countdown, and we can prepare to flee.”

Big Cat sees it very clearly, as an observer, she always views this era with a cold and realistic perspective.

She is very pessimistic, because theoretically, in the face of the endless ‘Flood’, there will always be a day when it can’t be stopped… Looking too far ahead drives one mad particularly fast.

“…Other surveillance groups have also reported back, and generally speaking, the situation is good.

The five-year plan anticipated in the past began in the third year, and has already been completed by more than seventy percent, which is also the root of the early counteroffensive.”

Intelligence extrapolation and war situation extrapolation are constantly underway, accompanied by Foreigners gradually strategizing environmental factors.

Moreover, a large number of local-born new generations inherently bear the imprint of this world, gradually becoming “natives” and resisting the world’s “immunity,” bringing us to a delicate turning point in time.

At the same time, more Foreign Domain Overlords, Deities, and Quasi-Gods will gradually come to this world, bringing their legions with them.

On the one hand, because Octopus and their Territory are vast enough that mobilizing military forces takes years, and on the other hand because these “Legitimate Lines” are accustomed to waiting until enough cannon fodder has been laid out before they commence the main show.

Moving forward, our side will strengthen, but the Foreign Domain will strengthen even more, and may even conquer many deadlocks…

“Can’t wait any longer, my ‘Awakening Disease’ seems to have found a medical treatment.”

When Lu Ping’an heard this news, he was a bit perplexed himself; he didn’t believe that “awakening another me” was a treatable disease—at least it should trap the other side for decades.

But now, considering that the opposing side is a multi-universe force with at least dozens of times the human scale, having many talents and methods, finding a cure is not impossible.

“It’s said that the treatment is quite inhumane, with side effects so severe one might die once… Too bad, I was still planning to improve it a bit.”

The treatment has reportedly been treated as top-secret and is strictly regulated.

Our spies haven’t had the chance to touch it, instead, some Infiltrators have been lost.

Lu Ping’an is not in a rush, anyway, once the war starts, this method is bound to be used on a large scale… Disease is bound to get out of control during the war period, which is also one of the main reasons for launching a decisive counterattack while environmental factors are still in our favor.

Some things, probably only once the battle starts, can we obtain further intelligence support, your various treatment methods must be put into use.

“It’s said that several Ocean Clan Deities have arrived, and they have already started the Purification of this ocean…”

The immune system of this world is unable to resist the invasion and connection of Foreign Domain Deities, which may be the worst news.

But, this means that It has shown Its weakness… With a large number of human and Divine Power anchors already on the local soil, if we take advantage of their instability, it’s even possible to make the unstable Deities fall directly.

“…Foreign Invaders are trying to Purify the ocean, while we are desperately Contaminating it, what a hell of a joke,” Lu Ping’an feels somewhat helpless, war is truly a grinder, smashing all ethics, morality, and common sense to smithereens.

“After driving out the invaders, we’ll come back and clean up a pristine ocean.” It seems that this is the only hope.