Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

Chapter 1599 Iron Wall Plan
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Five more today.

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The stench of blood seemed to emanate from the paper.

“Zhu Shiheng…” Mu Lingyun’s fingers, which were counting on the abacus, suddenly stopped. She knew all too well the weight of this name—Yuan Heng Li Zhenqing, the second son of the Zhu family.

“Zhao Quan…” Zhao Lin’s cousin, Zhao Derong’s youngest son, who was the most unruly and the most valued by the family, and the most promising among the new generation of the Zhao family.

“Ma Wei…” Ma Fan’s cousin, Ma Kui’s (Ma Zhao Kui’s) only son.

“Meng Sheng…” Chen Wu almost sighed.

The Meng family, with its thunderous wooden staff, is as sparsely populated as the Black Shadow Mo family, with the Meng family's bloodline almost completely depleted.

These two families are very special in Chenlin Village. They are the only two families with mid-level sixth-grade martial souls. They also followed the Chen family very early on, even earlier than some of the "Nine Zhaowu Clans", and can be traced back to the Tianbing Sect period.

Meng Sheng's death was a devastating blow to the Meng family, as they only had three members of their middle generation, fewer than the Chen family.

Other families have several people in one room, but they have three people in one generation.

Chen Wu closed the copy of the list heavily in his hand.

The hall was dead silent.

Behind these tragic numbers are living, breathing people, the elite backbone accumulated by the Chen family over many years!
Cheng Nanxing wasn't much better off. His son, Cheng Hao, although he escaped with his life, lost his left arm.

Yang Bu'er, Ximen Rongchen, and Yang Zhijia were also in a bad situation, because in the past few months, the members of the three families had begun to integrate into the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Among them were members of the three families, a few Soul Emperors, and many Soul Kings and Soul Sects.

Here's an explanation of the Chen family's transport team configuration: It usually consists of two Soul Emperors serving as captain and deputy captain, leading ten Soul King core members, with the total number of people in the team generally between fifty and one hundred.

The core members of the Chen family, who are Soul Emperor captains, are far stronger than ordinary Soul Emperors.

Even if a team with this configuration encounters four or five Soul Saints, it might not be easily defeated.

But this attack was different.

The Crimson Church not only mobilized as a complete unit, but also outnumbered the Chen family's guards.

Those three teams (approximately 200-250 people) that were brutally defeated and had their numbers completely erased... ran into an annihilation-level lineup personally led by the Soul Douluo and assisted by several Soul Saints.

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Mu Lingyun pushed the cold, hard data in her hand to the center of the long table, her fingertips unconsciously scraping a white mark along the edge of the paper.

She turned her gaze to Chen Cong: "Brother Cong, such a big move... didn't we get any prior warning?"

Chen Cong sat in the shadows at the head of the table, slowly shaking his head and uttering only two words: "No."

That brief denial was like a block of ice, smashed into the stagnant air.

He didn't say anything more, but he understood—this was an order directly given by the Scarlet Church's higher-ups to the Seven Demon Generals, and Old Callus hadn't received the message.

No matter how deep or dense the intelligence network is, it's useless if you don't catch the information in advance.

Mu Lingyun closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again, picked up the financial report, and said without any emotion, "The direct consequences of the attack... apart from the valuable medicinal herbs that were barely salvaged from the personnel's personal soul tools, all other medicinal herbs and goods were lost."

"Converted at market price...it exceeds eleven million gold soul coins."

The moment she uttered that number, it was like a boulder falling to the ground, causing the air in the entire hall to drop an inch.

Eleven million—enough to drain the resources of a first-rate sect accumulated over hundreds of years. Mu Lingyun paused, the edge of the paper she was holding curling slightly from the pressure.

She took a deep breath and spoke again: "This... is just cargo loss."

She raised her eyes and glanced at the solemn faces around the table, especially at Zhu Yanfeng, Chen Wu and others: "The compensation for the dead, the support for the second half of the lives of those seriously injured and disabled, the cost of follow-up treatment for the wounded... the preliminary estimate is no less than ten million."

There are over six hundred people, after all.

Without pausing, she continued, layering deeper shadows upon deeper ones: "And then there's Tian Dou... the loss list we just received last night."

"The damage to the mansion, the destruction of the core of the defense array, the compensation and treatment of the wounded, the resettlement of the families of the dead... even the most conservative estimate would not be less than five million."

Her gaze finally fell on the blood-stained list: "All losses...total...starting at 25 million gold coins."

After he finished speaking, there was a deathly silence.

Twenty-five million... This is no longer a boulder, but a mountain pressing down on everyone's back.

This is just the immediate, objective fact that can be calculated!

The medicinal herb market was forcibly torn open with a huge gap, the panic-driven aftermath for major branches, and the chain reaction caused by the sharp drop in business reputation... These indirect, invisible wounds are bleeding profusely and are difficult to quantify.

Mu Lingyun pinched the foot of the report with her fingertips, and the thin paper trembled slightly uncontrollably under her hand.

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Chen Cong looked at Cheng Nanxing expressionlessly: "Do you, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, have any solutions for the current situation?"

Cheng Nanxing nodded, speaking slowly but clearly: "Sihong set this bad precedent, and I'm afraid other jackals will follow suit. We must put in a lot of effort to defend ourselves."

"We discussed a few solutions."

"The first and most practical solution is to escalate the military force."

“Our suggestion is to reduce the frequency of deliveries, but the goods transported each time will naturally be piled up higher, so we should change ‘medium-sized transport’ to ‘large-scale transport’.”

"This may affect our delivery frequency in the market to some extent, but safety comes first."

"Therefore, we need to provide sufficient security, at least a whole team of 100 men should be sent to accompany us throughout the entire process."

He paused, then explained the composition of this enhanced hundred-man team: "We will still have two veteran Soul Emperors with strong combat experience as captain and vice captain, but the number of Soul King backbone members with solid strength will be increased to fifteen."

"Forty Soul Masters in the team are responsible for attacking and holding the line, while the remaining forty-odd Soul Venerables and Great Soul Masters are responsible for coordination, support, and logistics."

"This is a basic configuration adjustment."

He paused for a moment, then continued in detail: "Secondly, relying solely on the basics is not enough; we must strengthen the team itself."

"We plan to accelerate the training of graduates from the Soul Master Academy into the Embroidered Uniform Guard. At the same time, we also need to encourage our followers and allied families to send more of their elite children into the Embroidered Uniform Guard system. Rong Chen and Zhi Jia have already agreed to send more Soul Masters."

"This will strengthen our base, and we can strive to start as a Soul Master in the official team in the future."

"In addition, the fleet structure also needs to be adjusted, with a focus on increasing the proportion of specialized talents such as poison control specialists, long-range shooters, and mentalists."

"The third point, which is also the most urgent right now, is to solve the problem of high-end combat capabilities."

"This time the enemy has even deployed Contra Douluos, so we must follow suit."

"For every important transport route in the future, the escort team must have at least one Soul Douluo and two Soul Saints in charge. This is the bottom line."

(End of this chapter)