The Last Sentinel

On another note, let's talk about the carbon-based universe, which is teeming with life, with everything flourishing and creating a lively scene.

Good news! The Great Wall of Sword Qi has been fully restored and is now invincible.

Bad news! An enemy from beyond the heavens has descended, and the city of the unjustly killed is pressing down on the Great Wall of sword energy.

Good news! With the Iron Curtain mechs and the Flying Dragons charging in, the Shogunate army is in complete disarray.

Bad news! Shogun Tokugawa Mitsunobu has launched a cunning plan, "Draining the Fuel from Underground," by absorbing the Indian tribes from Earth into the Shogunate. Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma have been resurrected, greatly increasing the pressure on the Human Alliance!

It has been three years since Ye Feng disappeared.

Swords gleamed over the Great Wall; in the command tent, a high-level military conference of the Ming Dynasty was being held.

Inside the command tent, a psionic light crystal brain occupied the center, and a holographic battlefield sandbox covering the entire star field was projected onto the glass floor.

The generals, clad in ancient brocade battle robes with pressure-resistant mechs embedded within, and ancient military talismans and plasma blades hanging from their waists, surrounded the area.

The young general leading the group, Li Wenzhong, stared intently at the holographic projection on the sand table. In the direction of Baidi City, three enormous dark cloud forces were constantly encroaching, and Baidi City, one of the twelve towers and five cities of Baiyujing, was on the verge of collapse.

At this moment, a starlight appeared in the sky above Baidi City in the direction of the sand table, and a notification sounded: Baidi City, the second line of defense of Baiyujing, has been 100% lost. The Shogunate Allied Forces have colluded with the Indian rebels. Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma projections have appeared, breaking through three airway barriers. Many garrison satellites have fallen. The Sword Qi Great Wall Origin suggests that it is necessary to deploy defenses in layers and divide troops to defend against the enemy.

As the starlight faded, Baidi City on the map transformed into a black chess piece.

Young Li Wenzhong abruptly flung his sleeve, angrily demanding, "Can anyone tell me how Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma managed to bypass our Iron Curtain and appear directly in Baidi City?"

The room was deathly silent, save for the low hum of the crystal brain.

Li Wenzhong's eyes were icy as he looked at a timid young general behind him.

Upon seeing Li Wenzhong, the young general hurriedly knelt down and said, "General, I have received information that someone has betrayed the map coordinates of our Iron Curtain mechs on the first line of defense, allowing the projections of the three main gods to bypass the first line of defense and appear directly beneath Baidi City. Baidi City was undefended, as the main army was on the first line of defense, which led to the fall of Baidi City."

The generals all said, "General, the enemy's super strong expert has suddenly joined the battlefield. In this situation, there is no way to deal with it except to send out an equally powerful expert to counter him."

"General, the most urgent task now is to withdraw the first line of defense. If we allow the enemy in Baidi City to grow stronger, we will be cut off from the first line of defense, and the Iron Curtain mech army will suffer a complete rout with unimaginable losses!"

"General, retreat! We must preserve the Iron Curtain mech army; this is the Sentinel's final gift to us!"

Faced with the pleas of the crowd, Li Wenzhong looked around at the generals, his gaze falling on Hua Xiaobai, and slowly said, "Jiujiang, take my command seal and order Zhuge Mengde, the King of Hanzhong, and others to lead the Iron Curtain Mechs back to defend the second line of defense of the Sword Qi Great Wall."

The young general, who had just knelt down, hurriedly replied, "Yes, Father!"

"What did you say?" Li Wenzhong's face darkened as he glanced at the young general. "How many times have I told you? In the commander's tent, you're addressed as 'General'!"

The young general hurriedly replied, "Yes, General, I will go and relay the order right away."

Li Wenzhong waved his hand, and the generals turned and left.

Before long, only two people remained in the huge tent: Li Wenzhong and Hua Xiaobai.

Hua Xiaobai glanced back at the direction outside the tent with great interest: "Jiujiang·Li Jinglong, everyone says he is a useless 'God of War at the Gate,' a disgrace to you. I never expected that he is the one you value and admire the most."

Li Wenzhong stared at Hua Xiaobai, "Hua Sang, give me an explanation! Only you and I know the coordinates of the star map of the Iron Curtain Mech Army of the First Defense Line. If I didn't leak it, then you're the only one who leaked it."

"Sigh—" Hua Xiaobai sighed, "How should I put it? I have no choice but to do it!"

Li Wenzhong said, "You have no choice but to do this? Have you considered the consequences?"

"Of course," Hua Xiaobai said, stretching out his hands. "Punish them as they should be, exile them if they should be exiled. I don't care."

Li Wenzhong did not immediately order Hua Xiaobai to be taken away. Instead, he sat upright on his command seat and sized Hua Xiaobai up. "I know that since Ye Feng disappeared, Hua Sang has been the number two figure in the Sword Qi Great Wall. You don't trust me, you don't trust the Ming Empire, and you don't even trust the Human Alliance. You've done a lot of things behind the Empire's back, planting many spies. Not to mention that old thief Sima, he's already the Shogunate's strategist, an indispensable right-hand man of Tokugawa Mitsunobu. So what about you? If you go to the Shogunate, will you still have a place?"

Hua Xiaobai rolled her eyes. "I don't quite understand what you're talking about, General."

"Then let me break it down for you." Li Wenzhong pointed his finger, and a series of information phantoms appeared in front of him. He said in a clear and concise manner: "Three years ago, the Shogunate suddenly issued an order to unite the fellow villagers on the Vocational High School Civilization Arena planet to fight against the Great Xia Civilization. In the first batch of strong people absorption plan, India was introduced into it. At the same time, a wave of interstellar migration was set off in India's hometown on Blue Star."

"In this way, a large number of powerful Indians entered the Shogunate camp through space smuggling and space pirates, and received assistance from forces such as Sima Yi within the Shogunate camp."

"During this process, the fact that the space pirate smuggler was able to bypass our defenses and deliver the Indians to the Shogunate made me suspect that there was a traitor within our ranks."

"After my investigation, I discovered that the spy who secretly let the Indian into the shogunate was none other than you, Hana-san."

Hua Xiaobai smiled slightly, "It's me, I admit it."

Li Wenzhong said, "The Indians later developed rapidly within the Shogunate, but their flaws were quickly exposed. This group was lustful, greedy, selfish, and full of empty promises. They lacked both principle and morality, and were essentially traitors. After Tokugawa Mitsunori discovered this, he acted ruthlessly, intending to kill all the Indians. Just then, an Indian unit suddenly won a battle against us! We lost at least thirty mechs in that battle! It was a heavy loss!"

Hua Xiaobai said, "Yes, yes, it was me who sold those thirty mechs!"

Li Wenzhong said, "Some time ago, the Indian leader Amit Khan made a bet with Tokugawa Mitsunobu: whoever broke through the Iron Curtain mech defenses first would gain control of the shogunate. This time, we were well-prepared and wanted to cripple Tokugawa Mitsunobu, but at the most crucial moment, the Indians raided our base!"

Hua Xiaobai said, "It's me again!"

Li Wenzhong couldn't hold back any longer. He slammed his hand on the desk and shouted, "Time and time again! What are you trying to gain by helping India?!"

Hua Xiaobai calmly stated, "I want India to replace the Japanese and become the primary agent of the entire universe!"

Li Wenzhong said, "Do you know what the consequences of this will be?"

Hua Xiaobai said, "No, General, you have no idea how serious the inherent flaws of the Indian race are. Pushing them into the enemy's upper echelons would be an absolute catastrophe, wiping out the entire enemy force!"

Li Wenzhong sneered, "In the vast universe, powerful beings abound, and countless deductions have been made based on cause and effect. Do you think India can evade the deductions of those big shots? Do you think that bunch of trash can climb to the top ranks of the enemy?"

Hua Xiaobai said, "Looking at it now, the chances are pretty good!"

Li Wenzhong, no longer wanting to argue with Hua Xiaobai, abruptly flicked his sleeve, throwing out a card that read, "You are stripped of your position as strategist of the Sword Qi Great Wall, banished to the stars, and never to return to the Imperial Alliance!"

"Thank you for sparing my life, General." Hua Xiaobai accepted the token. "I'll take my leave!"

Li Wenzhong watched Hua Xiaobai's retreating figure. "Three years ago, when Ye Feng left, you wanted to leave too, didn't you?"

Hua Xiaobai did not answer and left the command tent alone.

Soon, news spread throughout the carbon-based universe that Hua Xiaobai had colluded with foreign forces, betrayed humanity, and defected to the Shogunate. Also implicated were the other six members of Ye Feng's Seven Warlords of the Sea, who were all dismissed from their posts and exiled to deep space.