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Chapter 1027 - 679: Silence

Chapter 1027: Chapter 679: Silence

Events from thirty years ago seemed rife with all sorts of conspiracies.

The Thousand Cattle Guard units, which were supposed to restrain and warn Hou Junji and Zhang Liang, lost many of their members when passing through the Teleportation Gate.

The intricate instruments that could open the Teleportation Gate were bizarrely destroyed by a great fire. The means to contact the Great Tang vanished with them.

These ’coincidences’ made the Expeditionary Army completely fall into the hands of Hou Junji and Zhang Liang.

Without support or restraint, they chose to betray.

They abandoned the pursuit of the dangerous insect god and assimilated into the Chenhai Continent, taking direct control of this nominal empire.

After expelling the dissidents, the remaining members of the Expeditionary Army collectively concealed the existence of the Great Tang and quietly flourished in this world.

Over thirty years, the vast majority of citizens in the Chenhai Empire remained oblivious to the existence of the Great Tang.

As for Guo Yi, a scion of a military family, he didn’t even know about the Sixteen Guards, the Thousand Cattle Guard, or the Right Brave Guard. From birth, he was taught the history of Chenhai, a true Chenhai person.

But this secret wouldn’t remain hidden forever; every newly minted warrior in mountain pattern armor would receive all the information within their steam-powered armor.

But they had no choice now. As descendants of traitors, they already bore original sin.

For the Great Tang would never allow betrayal, neither Li Er nor Li Zhi would show mercy to the Chenhai Empire.

Therefore, upon encountering the exotic people who could travel through different worlds, they would panic, fearing that the Great Tang had discovered them.

This worry was not unfounded. The Great Tang’s current deterrence was considerable, with a powerful army, a mighty Divine Emperor, and even players among their ranks.

Discovering the Chenhai Empire was only a matter of time. In dealing with traitors, the soldiers of the Great Tang would likely spread certain individuals on the city walls, and not just a few.

Yang Ming and other warriors in mountain pattern armor were already prepared to meet their deaths, only hoping that the Great Tang would spare their relatives and descendants.

Guo Yi and the Auxiliary Army were shocked, the information revealed by Yang Ming and the others caused their worldviews to crumble.

The Great Tang... the empire they served, the Chenhai Empire, was nothing more than a pseudo-state established by a renegade Expeditionary Army from the Great Tang.

And now, a general from that very Great Tang had arrived in their world.

After a moment of silence, Li Changhe shared this information in the [Friends] chat.

Xiao Nan’s response was ’do what you want to do, I will help you.’

Chen Yu’s response was ’I reckon you’ve already got plans.’

Indeed, Li Changhe already had ideas. But he would need to contact Hou Junji and others before making a decision.

Li Changhe only hoped that the two instigators would know their place.

Otherwise... Li Changhe would just have to remind them to be careful in their next lives.

Out of goodwill toward the Great Tang, Li Changhe would naturally not allow them to come to harm, but as for Hou Junji and Zhang Liang, he didn’t care much for their fate.

Thus, Li Changhe said somberly, "I understand the situation. The rest we can discuss properly later with your Regent King and Grand General."

"Thank you... General Li Ba!" Yang Ming saluted. The warriors in mountain pattern armor breathed a sigh of relief, the promise from General Li Ba brought them some comfort. General Li Ba was indeed one of their own, and that likely meant protection for their families.

"So, what now? Why didn’t your Chenhai Empire focus on its own development but instead sought after the secrets of Xuan City? Did you discover insect god-like strength there?" Li Changhe inquired.

"Your discernment is clear, General." Yang Ming responded, "Twenty years ago, during a war with the Great Chen, we discovered that their berserk warriors would turn into alien monsters upon receiving fatal blows. This was highly similar to the Insect Race encountered during the Expeditionary Army’s era. The Regent King speculated that the insect god might still exist in this world. To laugh not at our fear, upon this revelation, the old veterans of the Expeditionary Army were overwhelmed with dread."

The fear was twofold.

Firstly, if the Great Tang had never given up on pursuing the insect god, then they would eventually follow the trail to this world and discover the Chenhai Empire.

Secondly, as members of the Great Tang’s Expeditionary Army, they were all too aware of the danger posed by the insect god.

She could create a vast swarm of insects in an instant.

After nearly a decade in this world, who could know to what frightful extent the insect god’s strength had grown? It was a danger that could destroy the continent!

Fortunately, there had been no news of the Insect Race appearing on the continent.

After subsequent secret inquiries, Chenhai discovered the secret connection between Great Chen and Xuan City.

Thus, the Chenhai Empire commenced infiltration into Xuan City and finally, during the grand ceremony at Xuan City, managed to plant numerous spies within its walls.

After suffering massive casualties in their reconnaissance efforts, the surviving spies at last found the road leading to the so-called Bottom Nest.

This led to the scene of Guo Yi and others sneaking into the well.

Their task was to determine whether there were any signs of the insect god beneath the Bottom Nest.

If the insect god was confirmed to be in the Bottom Nest, the Chenhai Empire would restart the task of the Expeditionary Army.

To mobilize the entire nation to subjugate Xuan City.

This was also about self-preservation; they had to eradicate the insect god before Great Tang was drawn in, and while the insect god was still threatening the entire continent, they had to destroy it beneath this Bottom Nest.

For this reason, a fully armed brigade of Chenhai was stationed about fifty miles away from Xuan City.

And the Regent King Hou Junji and Grand General Zhang Liang.

They were also prepared to awaken those armored warriors who regarded them as traitors at a moment’s notice.

For them, this was undoubtedly a fatal command.

Although the armored warriors followed the Sequence’s orders, they also had their own judgment.

Upon awakening, these dissenters were very likely to overturn the Chenhai Empire and kill the two great traitors.

But if the insect god truly existed in the Bottom Nest of Xuan City, the Chenhai Empire must muster the once Expeditionary Army and fight, to have any hope of survival.

"Now you know to reassemble the Expeditionary Army?" Li Changhe spoke in a measured tone, "Too bad, your Regent King and Grand General aren’t here. Otherwise, I would have given them a few good slaps."

The most effective method to deal with the Insect Race is to eradicate them before they can develop a swarm.

If Hou Junji and the others had not focused on founding a nation but used the overwhelming military strength of the Expeditionary Army to search for the insect god throughout the continent from the start, the insect god would have had no chance to develop strength.

Now, they have unnervingly raised the difficulty of the subjugation several fold.

The only relief for Li Changhe at the moment was that.

At least for now, the Queen of Xuan City, somehow, was controlling the insect god.

Preventing the risk of the insect god freely developing.

With this in mind, Li Changhe put away his Bronze Throne and stood up.

"Then let’s go, let me, a Great Tang general, lead you to take a trip to the Bottom Nest."

"Yes!" The armored warriors saluted in response.

The Auxiliary Army also hesitated, then saluted Li Changhe. Although they found it hard to accept the reality, as the armored warriors submitted, they too chose to believe.

Among them, Guo Yi noticed the red mark on Li Changhe’s neck and exclaimed in surprise, "Gen... General, you’re injured?"

This was somewhat inconceivable to Guo Yi since General Li Ba had resisted the claws of the water ghost without sustaining any injuries.

His body’s hardness even surpassed that of steam armor. To leave a mark on him, just how fierce was the enemy?

This comment made Li Changhe go completely silent.

After a second or two of silence, spatial oscillations flickered around Li Changhe as he donned his Mountain Pattern Armor and put on his Azure Flame mask, concealing the mark on his neck.

And he responded indistinctly, "You make a fuss over a trifle, that was left by your general’s wife."

"...Oh." Guo Yi’s expression became stiff.

Meanwhile, Yang Ming and other armored warriors recalled rumors started by a certain eunuch, that indeed, General Li Ba was afraid of his wife...

"We’ll go pay our respects to the ladies when we get back!" the armored warriors thought to themselves.