Devouring the Star: Age of Cataclysm

Chapter 78 Southwest War God Conference!

June 9, 27:11.

Southwest Fortress, inside the headquarters meeting room.

A high-level meeting is underway.

"It has been confirmed that a high-level lord-level eight-winged snake king appeared in the Winged Snake Rain Forest, and many warriors were killed."

"At the same time, the beasts led by four primary lords have been frantically invading the major defense lines and human shelters of the southwest fortress in the past few days."

A middle-aged war god in his early forties stood in front of the conference table, looking solemnly at the war gods present.

He swept his solemn and sad eyes across the people in the conference room and said in a low voice:
"As of an hour ago, a total of 227025 people were dead or missing, a small portion of whom were soldiers and logistics personnel of the Southwest Army, and most of whom were ordinary people in the shelter..."

After a pause, the middle-aged God of War continued, "This eight-winged snake king is even more difficult to deal with than the high-level lord-level poisonous magic toad we killed last year."

"In order to resist this beast tide, we dispatched four elite teams, but the effect was not good."

"In order to buy time for the artillery fire, one of the teams used their entire bodies as a defense line and blocked the beast herd for five minutes. In the end, all of them were killed..."

Everyone: "..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire conference room fell silent.

The sacrifice of 230,000 soldiers and civilians, and the annihilation of an elite squad...this loss is simply too great!

"They... are all great. They strictly follow the pension standards to treat the widows and family members of the martyrs preferentially, and at the same time send rescue teams to the survivors..."

Han Buyi, the No. 1 commander of the Southwest Fortress and a mid-level war god, stopped talking halfway through his words.

Think of the human shelters filled with corpses after the beast tide.

Where would any of the people survive?
He knew very well that the monsters around the southwest fortress were particularly ferocious and agile.

They can even dig out and eat people hiding underground.

When he thought of this, the middle-aged god of war, who looked 90% similar to Han Shuang, had a face so gloomy that water almost dripped out of it.

He crossed his fingers and placed them on the table, with anger glimmering in his eyes.

The death of 230,000 soldiers and civilians made his chest churn and he could not calm down.

At this moment, he wished he could lead his team into the Winged Serpent Rain Forest immediately.

However, Han Buyi, the top leader in the Southwest region

He is in charge of the Southwestern Fortress, ten medium and primary fortresses, and hundreds of human shelters.

The safety of nearly 20 million people depends almost entirely on him.

Every decision he makes affects the lives and property of thousands of people.

"..." Han Buyi frowned, as if thinking about how to solve the problem.

“This is just the first thing.”

At this time, the middle-aged man who served as the chief of staff of the Southwest Fortress reminded him and continued: "According to the information sent by the Intelligence Department at the first time,
"In the area surrounding the Southwest Fortress, many lord monsters left their own territories and began to move towards the Lijiang Fortress."

"A war broke out between these lord monsters, and many shelters have been affected and destroyed..."

"The number of casualties is increasing rapidly. According to incomplete statistics, it has exceeded 200,000..."

After the words were spoken, silence fell in the conference room.

A war god sitting next to him looked puzzled and asked, "Why are these lord monsters gathering towards Lijiang Fortress?"

“Is there something there that is attracting these lords?”

The chief of staff paused and sighed, "At present, the Intelligence Department does not have the most accurate information. We can only speculate their destination. It is likely to be near Yulong Snow Mountain."

"Jade Dragon Snow Mountain!?"

Hearing this, several war gods looked at each other with confused expressions.

Among them, a war god whispered: "Yulong Snow Mountain, there is nothing special about it?"

"Except for the appearance of two high-level lord-level black-crowned golden eagles a few days ago, there has been no other incident."

"..."

"..."

Han Buyi fell silent again.

The Southwest Fortress has a very special geographical location, bordering a large tropical rainforest.

In this vast rainforest swamp, there are no less than a hundred lord monsters hiding!

Surrounded by enemies on all sides, the war gods and military forces he could mobilize were really stretched to the limit.

But even so, he had to make a decision quickly.

After all, at this critical moment, even a second’s delay could result in the death of innocent people.

"I am ordering the relocation of personnel from all shelters and fortresses along the way from Lijiang Fortress to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to prevent further losses. As for the Winged Serpent Lord..."

"Boss Bu Yi, I apply to be transferred from An Ning Fortress to the front line to defend against this tide of winged snake beasts." The person who spoke was Li Huwei, one of the two middle-level war gods of Southwest Fortress.

He was wearing a black S-class combat uniform, and his two-meter-tall giant height gave him a powerful and imposing appearance even when he spoke. And he also had another identity - the father of the high-ranking general Li Dazhuang.

He looked at the middle-aged man in the main seat and said solemnly, "In just seven days, no! In just five days, I will definitely kill these two primary winged snake lords, destroy the herd, and return to the Anning Fortress."

After looking at Li Huwei, Han Buyi did not answer. His brows were furrowed and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

"Hu Wei, I'm afraid you can't go to the Winged Snake Forbidden Land. An Ning Fortress is the hub leading to the eight primary fortresses in western Yunnan.
Recently, the group of poisonous demon spiders in the boundary river have been making moves, and there is a tendency for them to invade...

If you leave, I'm afraid no one will be able to fight against the poisonous spider king who is about to be promoted to a high lord. I hope you will consider this matter carefully!"

An old man frowned, and a deep bitterness appeared on his old face, which was as dry as tree bark.

How could he not be heartbroken to learn of the sacrifice of more than 100,000 people?

however.

As one of the six great war gods of the Southwest Fortress, he has to consider more living people.

A tranquil fortress, together with the surrounding human shelters, has a total of 1.6 million soldiers and civilians! !
The Southwest Fortress’s jurisdiction is too large, and there are not enough war gods.

The only two mid-level war gods and four primary war gods left loopholes in the entire defense line.

"Why not let me go!"

A small war god sitting next to Li Huwei stood up, looked around and said, "After three large-scale counterattacks, the Yuxi Fortress where I am located has swept away all the beasts within hundreds of kilometers around it. It will be very safe in the next three months. It will be basically no problem for me to lead them to support other fortresses."

Including the Chief of Staff, the other three War Gods all focused their eyes on the short man in S-class combat uniform.

Wu Di is one of the only two mid-level war gods in the Southwest Fortress.

"..."

Hearing this, Han Buyi still did not answer.

Instead, he tapped the tabletop lightly with his index finger, as if he was struggling.

"Why don't we ask Kyoto City for help from Dark Night and other war gods?
I heard that Shancheng won a battle recently, maybe they can spare some manpower to help us." A God of War suggested.

"Shancheng City? Han Shuang...how is the situation over there?" Han Buyi asked.

"Xiao Shuang encountered a wave of beast generals over there and was saved by a new god of war."

The chief of staff looked at Han Buyi and told him what he knew.

"Yeah!" The middle-aged man nodded, his expression slightly relaxed.

"The new God of War must be God of War Lin Ye!"

"Okay, you immediately contact Ma Qingfeng in Kyoto and ask him to dispatch the relatively free God of War to support this place.
In addition, I personally invite the Dark Night deputy leader, Dragon King, and military advisor Chen Xuan to visit me."

"Oh, and there's Huang Shaoying, invite him too."

"As for Lin Ye, try to invite him. A warrior with a strong mental power can cause tremendous damage to the beasts."

"Yes!" the chief of staff nodded.

The meeting ended quickly, and the other four war gods all went to deploy their troops to deal with the beast crisis that might occur at any time.

In the huge conference room.

Only the chief of staff and Han Buyi were left.

The chief of staff looked serious and said word by word, "Polenas, one of the nine major families in the HR Alliance, contacted me and wanted to trade monster materials with my Southwest Fortress."

"What's the reason?"

"My Southwest Fortress produces a large amount of monster materials every year. The Pollenas family is willing to pay a high price to buy them, or exchange them for precious resources."

"That's impossible!" Han Buyi refused directly.

He is the head of the Daxia military and would not do anything that would harm the national interest.

"In return, they are willing to send their own warriors to assist in the defense of the fortress and the shelter, and half of the monsters killed will go to the Southwest Fortress."

"Would they be so kind?" After a moment's silence, Han Buyi looked at his old comrade in confusion.

"The first speaker of the HR Alliance will step down at the end of the year. The patriarch of the Pollenas family, Cassel Pollenas, wants to compete for the controversial position of speaker.

Winning over the Southwest Fortress is equivalent to establishing a connection with the Daxia military. Even if we can’t say we have a sure win, we can at least lean on a big tree to enjoy the shade…”

After a moment's silence, the Chief of Staff leaned back in his chair and stated this fact.

Han Buyi: “…”

"What a bunch of old foxes... But if they want to talk about things, they have to show their sincerity. Just a phone call is not enough for me, Han Buyi, to agree to such a big thing."

"If we want to talk, let someone important from the Bolenas family do the talking. Otherwise, there's no point in talking."

"Also, inform Ma Qingfeng and Jia Yi about the matter of HR Alliance Bolenas and see their attitudes!"

"Yes!" the chief of staff replied respectfully.

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