Does the Li Family have the capability to face the Chen Clan and the Roosevelt Kingdom alone? No.
At this ti, even though stopping the decision of the Parents’ eting mbers might tear apart the alliance between the Li Clan and the Qing Clan, Li Yunshou must bind the Parents’ eting and the Qing Clan with them.
If he lets the Parents’ eting go, Li Yunshou would not be fulfilling his duties well.
Li Yunshou suddenly smiled, "I thought you would be furious after traveling two hours on an airship, but you’re calr than I imagined."
"Hmm, there’s nothing much to be angry about," Qing Chen responded.
Li Yunshou asked, "Is the West Continent really that strong? So strong that you’d choose to retreat first instead of fighting a little?"
He understood very well what kind of person Qing Chen was. Anyone else, he would consider a coward who feared battle, but Qing Chen was different.
Qing Chen’s reputation was earned through battles.
So, Li Yunshou knew imdiately that the West Continent was too strong for even Qing Chen to figure out how to win.
Li Yunshou said, "You have been to the West Continent; tell about their power over there."
"Hmm," Qing Chen said, "First is the number of aerial fortresses. The West Continent has Black Water, Phoenix, Storm, and God, four of them. We only have Qing Shan and Silver Apricot, just two. As for the technological power of the aerial fortresses, they have the ability for long-range strikes, while we only have the main firepower electromagnetic cannon... Our technology is outdated."
"Secondly, the number of combatable airships — they have more than four tis the number of the Li Clan and Qing Clan combined, and their speed is faster, their cruising ti longer, they carry more weapons and drones. The military power of the East Continent is innately weaker than the West Continent, and we’ve also exhausted so much during the civil war."
"Thirdly, the chanized land forces, while there are two army groups each, their exoskeleton armor is more complete. We also have exoskeleton armor, but ours serves more as auxiliary and doesn’t carry a 40-caliber grenade launcher."
"Finally, the number of Transcendents. Regarding Demigods, the East Continent Knights have Li Shentan and Yan Liuyuan, yet we don’t even know if they can take action, while the West Continent has four: Duke of Storm City, Duke of Blackwater, Duke of Phoenix, King Roosevelt."
"They have A-Class Genetic Warriors, but we still don’t have any."
"Their B-Class superhumans are also several tis more than ours."
At this ti, Qing Chen still didn’t know the Royal Family had obtained the Poison Cup. Counting the old monsters in the seven Golden Coffins, the Demigods of the West Continent are crushing the East Continent too.
Li Yunshou sighed, "Back then, the arrival of Deer Island and Jindai indeed left too many hidden dangers for the Federation. If the Federation were united like a steel plank, I think we could have fought. But now that you’ve put it this way, I feel there’s no hope of victory... Actually, I also understand why you decided to retreat. If it were , I wouldn’t waste the Parents’ eting on a venue that’s impossible to defend either. Returning to the Southwest is the wisest choice."
"Hmm."
Both sides remained silent, understanding that neither was wrong, but this was precisely the problem.
Li Yunshou suddenly asked, "Those Parents’ eting mbers who went far away because of the Dark Magic curse, can they return?"
Qing Chen shook his head, "I’m not sure. The current thod to counter Dark Magic is sowhat limited."
"Understood, you don’t have a better solution," Li Yunshou sighed.
Qing Chen turned his head and stared directly at Li Yunshou, "No one from the Li Family has been to the West Continent. How did you know the Parents’ eting left because of Dark Magic?"
Currently, there were no spies left in City No. 10; they were all cleared by the giant’s psychic perception.
City No. 10 was also under communication silence, only able to use an internal network.
So how did Li Yunshou know?
Li Yunshou looked at the shimring lake and said, "No need to look at like that. People from the West Continent have already arrived and gave an understanding of the effects of Dark Magic. Also, the nas and birthdays of the main mbers of the Li Clan are now in their hands."
That ans, not only are the core mbers of the Parents’ eting tightly controlled by the opponent, but the Li Clan is as well.
The Parents’ eting can temporarily hide in Kuroharara, but the Li Clan? Will there be ti?
Even if there is ti, once all the core mbers of the Li Clan leave, the Li Clan will be like a dragon without a head, virtually useless.
Qing Chen finally understood why the Li Clan would decide to block the Parents’ eting.
Li Yunshou suddenly said, "If the old master were still around, he would surely feel in a dilemma too. And if Li Ke, once he cos out from the Fire Pit after ending the life-or-death trial, hears about this, he would certainly bla as his father. Chang Qing is also calling from the front lines, advising not to block the Parents’ eting... But, we are like fish on a chopping board, with 41,231 direct descendants of the Li Clan, their information all controlled by the other side. While rising to resist is brave, what happens after the resistance?"
Li Changqing, Uncle Li Dong, Li Ke, and all of those Li Clan disciples of Qing Chen, the ties between the Li Clan and him have grown too deep.
But the issue lies in how aningless it is to be killed by Dark Magic.
You’re not sacrificing when capturing a stronghold, nor are you dying halfway for a cause, facing risks for its sake.
Instead, you die a aningless death, only perhaps expending a bit of the Arbiter’s energy, that’s all.
Dark Magic, now like a dark cloud hanging over everyone’s head.
At this mont, Li Yunshou suddenly said, "Qing Chen, if I handed over the Li Clan to you, would you treat it well?"
Qing Chen was taken aback.
Li Yunshou smiled, "I’m not saying to let you beco the Master of the Li Family, but suppose if the Li Clan abandons its foundation and withdraws into the Southwest together with the Parents’ eting, would it face exclusion?"
Doing so would an abandoning the Li Clan’s industrial base and economic lifeline in the Central Plains, placing the fate of all mbers of the Li Clan in the hands of the Qing’s Family.
If the Qing’s Family cut off supplies or intentionally isolated them, the Li Clan would be in grave danger.
Qing Chen asked, "Why make such a decision?"
Li Yunshou gazed at the lake for a long ti, "Just joking. Qing Chen, let ask you one last question. Are you determined to fight the West Continent to the end? We have no chance of winning, so why make unnecessary sacrifices?"
Qing Chen said, "I have no other choice, because I will not watch as people on this land beco slaves to others."
"Understood," Li Yunshou nodded, "Go back then. It’s clear you won’t have a safe passage across Mianchi Bridge. To go through, you’ll need to fight your way through. You and I must part ways from here."
Qing Chen got up and left.
Listening to the footsteps fading away, Li Yunshou did not get up.
He just quietly watched the lake’s surface, seemingly still echoing the joyful laughter of siblings from childhood.
"The old master left at an opportune ti," Li Yunshou comnted with a smile, "If you had lived one more year, these hard decisions would have been yours. Now it’s all on ; I wonder if that was deliberate..."
"Big brother!"
"Hmm?" Li Yunshou almost thought he was hearing things, but he quickly realized, soone was truly calling him from behind.
Turning around to see the person behind him, he smiled and said, "When did you arrive, how co I didn’t hear your footsteps."
"You were too focused," the person behind replied.
"Let’s begin. We have no ti for hesitation," Li Yunshou stood up, brushing the dust off his clothes, and walked alone towards Bao Pu Tower.
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Countdown to return: 13:00:00.
A piece of inside information leaked from the Li Clan’s top-level teleconference, discussing whether to declare war on the West Continent, resulted in a split between the pro-war faction led by Li Changqing and the pro-peace faction led by Li Yunshou.
During the eting, Li Changqing demanded Li Yunshou open Mianchi Bridge to allow the Parents’ eting to pass through.
However, Li Yunshou accused Li Changqing of betraying the family, disregarding family interests for a man.
The sibling pair argued fiercely for over an hour in the eting, parting on bad terms.
After the eting, the logistics departnt of the Li Clan cut off all supplies to Li Changqing’s faction, even stripping them of military ranks and revoking electronic permissions.
Suddenly, Li Changqing’s troops found themselves unable to even start the armored vehicles in their units because they lacked access!
That afternoon, Li Changqing’s forces only had one Qing Shan Air Fortress left. Under the pursuit of the Li Clan’s air fleet, they retreated into the Southwest Qing Family, seeking political asylum.
If it hadn’t been an independent military system, they might not have even been able to take the aerial fortress with them.
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