Chapter 384: Return Trip. Confrontation

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Exotic beasts were actually fighting those demonic creatures? That was definitely an inspiring piece of news!

The worst scenario would be the demonic world’s army teaming up with the exotic beasts to attack humanity’s inhabited lands. The results would simply be unthinkable.

A slightly better scenario would be the two parties ignoring one another. However, they would surely attack humanity separately, which would also be terrible news for humanity.

Now that those exotic beasts scattered around the remote lands had actually attacked the demonic creatures on their own, it would alleviate some of the pressure on humanity.

Zhang Che couldn’t help but recall the time he saw the woman walking out of a demonic flower in the beast world in the Bei Mei region. In the end, didn’t a frighteningly powerful huge golden dragon fly to them, in search of something? From the looks of it, the beast world and the demonic world were like water and fire, unable to reconcile.

After hearing what Huang Juyun said, everyone’s face lit up. With that, it wouldn’t be such an easy matter for the demonic army to come charging out from those remote lands.

After all, the exotic beasts driven far away from the inhabited lands were all extremely powerful. Some of them were even high-level and high-quality terrifying existences. Even if they were overwhelmed by the demonic creatures in the end, they could weaken the demonic forces to a large degree.

Of course, if the exotic beasts were unable to halt the demonic creatures at all, humanity on Mercury only had one last solution: to migrate their entire population into the beast worlds, and slowly plan from there, to see if they could seize their homeland back.

After all, in the beast world, the exotic beasts only fought for themselves. Humanity only had to stay clear of the safety zone before the beast swarm came and their safety would pretty much be ensured.

Not only that, at that time the beast swarm could even become the greatest aid for humanity to reclaim Mercury.

Of course, if the situation hadn’t developed to that extent, no one would be willing to abandon their homeland and hide in the beast world.

After relaying this piece of news, Huang Juyun signalled to the soldiers at the side with a wave of his hand. They quickly went to work, and soon a video of a fierce battle showed on the screen.

It was still showing the location from before.

This time, the area was filled with a thick, black demonic aura. Closely packed demonic creatures were still pouring out from the black door hidden behind the veil of the demonic aura endlessly.

In the surroundings, the exotic beasts that were originally resting nearby seemed like they had seen their arch-nemesis. They quickly gathered and launched a crazed attack on those demonic creatures without a care for their lives.

“Hmm? Why do I feel like those demonic creatures are all fodder? There aren’t any overly powerful ones among them?”

Zhang Che quickly discovered something amiss after watching for a short while.

Logically speaking, there had to be some terrifyingly powerful commander-level existences among those demonic creatures for them to be able to break through the spatial barrier and cross over to Mercury from the distant world, right?

However, seeing the iminent battle on the surveillance feed, although the demonic creatures far outnumbered the approaching exotic beasts, their individual strength was truly nothing worth mentioning. The strongest among them were probably only the equivalent of mid-tier legend-quality exotic beasts, and those were few and far between.

On the other hand, many of the exotic beasts driven off to the remote lands were at least mid-tier legend-quality, and so were pinning the densely packed demonic creatures down in that area, leaving them unable to spread further.

Although this was only the situation at one specific location, the other places with doors connected to the demonic world should be in similar situations.

“Right, there’s something very wrong about this. It’s truly baffling. Since the demonic world can force its way through the spatial barrier and transfer such a massive army here, why didn’t they send those powerful commander-level creatures?”

Zhang Che wasn’t the only one who found it strange. Everyone present was also confused. They couldn’t fathom exactly what was going on here.

Huang Tielan suddenly said, “Say, do you think it’s because of the spatial barrier? Perhaps the powerful creatures from the demonic world tried to cross over, but a larger tunnel needs to be opened, and the spatial barrier leading to Mercury is too strong, not allowing them to widen the tunnel enough for them to do so?”

After thinking for a bit, it seemed to make sense. But if that was the truth, they had no way to find out.

No matter what, humanity on Mercury had avoided a crisis.

Everyone couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief. Afterwards, they had a frightening thought. Luckily those doors that lead to the demonic world didn’t appear near or within the inhabited areas. Otherwise, without those powerful exotic beasts to confront them, heavens knew how big of a disaster it would be when those demonic creatures swarmed out.

Although given those demonic creatures’ strength, it shouldn’t be too difficult for humanity to defeat them, the price they would have to pay wouldn’t be low, either.

Naturally they had no idea that certain conditions had to be fulfilled for the demonic world to open a tunnel to Mercury. The most important element was those individuals who were taken by the demonic flowers.

——

The carrier planes landed in Qin Zhou’s military zone. Afterwards, everyone returned to their respective homes.

Although the sudden demonic invasion seemed to start off strong and finished weak, and it seemed like the exotic beasts had stopped them, no one could be sure about how things would develop from then on. They still had to prepare themselves. Otherwise, if a day came when the demonic army broke through the exotic beasts’ line of defense and invaded human cities, it would be too late for them to deal with it.

After saying goodbye to Luo Wenjun and Zheng Hongru’s group, Zhang Che and Huang Tielan boarded a sky shuttle headed for Bei Du City.

As for Huang Juyun, he had to rush his way to Qian Wei City immediately and take command. After all, the demonic world’s invasion was a huge matter. The army had to respond and prepare right away, and they had to liaise with the government to formulate a plan with the civilian beastmasters. There was a bunch of work waiting for him.

The sky shuttle glided along the runway and the tip of the plane tilted upwards, soaring into the sky. It flew straight east.

Zhang Che and Huang Tielan sat next to each other in the spacious seats, chatting softly. The seats around them were all occupied.

Usually, the flights from Qin Zhou to Bei Du wouldn’t have this many passengers. It was probably because of the opening of the demonic world’s door.

The two talked casually. Zhang Che suddenly sighed.

“What happened?” Miss Tienan immediately turned to look at him nervously. She asked, worried, “Is it because of the demonic world’s door opening? Don’t worry so much, alright? Even if the exotic beasts really can’t hold them back, there’s still the army, right? It won’t be your turn to worry.”

Zhang Che blinked his eyes a few times, before replying, “You’re thinking too much. I’m not worried about that.”

“Then what is it?”

“I feel like the airline companies’ business isn’t very good.”

Huang Tielan was a little confused. She looked around them. This flight was basically filled up. What did he mean by the business wasn’t doing very well?

Moreover, even if the airline company’s business wasn’t good, it didn’t concern Zhang Che, right?

Just as she was thinking about that, Zhang Che suddenly chuckled with a low voice, “Say, wouldn’t it be great if the airline’s business was a little better and we had to share a seat?”

“Zhang! Xiao! Che!” Miss Tienan immediately realized what Zhang Che meant. Her cheeks quickly flushed red as she glared at him. She bit her lip, not saying a word.

Suddenly, she stood up from her seat, twisted her waist, and sat down on Zhang Che’s lap. She cupped her hands around Zhang Che’s neck, her face red and said in a hushed voice, “You rogue, you’re having it too easy.”

Zhang Che was stunned. He was only joking. He didn’t expect Miss Tienan to act so cooperatively this time, and even ignored the gaze around them. How bold of her!

He made use of the opportunity and hugged her waist. Feeling the heat coming from her long legs, Zhang Che suddenly felt a rush.

Miss Tienan was originally empathizing with Zhang Che for his rough battle earlier, and wanted to comfort him. She didn’t expect this brat to have different thoughts right away…

Zhang Che: I’m innocent!… she immediately reached out two slim fingers and pinched his waist fiercely.

“Don’t think too much, I tell you. Forget about laying your hands on me before marriage!”

Zhang Che was speechless. -I really wasn’t thinking of anything. That’s just my natural response, okay?-

He flexed his arms, holding Miss Tienan tightly in his embrace, then directly buried his head in her proud chest, rubbing against her and saying, “I know. I’m a very honest man. It’s not like you don’t know that.”

“Zhang Xiaoche.”

“Hmm?”

“Promise me. Don’t go risking your life again, okay? I was really very, very worried for you this time.”

Zhang Che wanted to say that he was strong and nothing would happen to him. However, feeling how worried she was in her tone, he nodded and replied softly, “Mhm, I promise you I’ll try my best to not get into trouble. I won’t let you worry about me.”

However, Zhang Che sighed inside. -In this day and age, even if I don’t go risking my life, won’t those dangerous things just come find me on their own?-

Going forward, he had to continue to strengthen himself, giving Miss Tienan a sense of security, and letting her not worry so much.

——

Near dusk, the sky shuttle landed in Bei Du airport. Liu Gang was there to receive the two in a beastly car. At the same time, he had the latest news regarding the demonic creatures and the exotic beasts.

According to the observation from the satellites in outer space, the battles between the demonic creatures and the exotic beasts in the surroundings of the hundred and eight doors to the demonic world across the globe had mostly come to a stop, with both sides in a standoff.

At only three places were the exotic beasts in the surroundings not strong enough, and the demonic creatures had started to spread out.

Even so, those areas were far from inhabited areas. Even if the demonic creatures spread out, they would similarly be surrounded and attacked by the exotic beasts scattered over a larger area. It wouldn’t be easy for them to arrive at the inhabited areas.

Moreover, armies across the globe had mobilized their units quickly. Once the demonic creatures in those areas spread out, the military forces organized by the Alliance would immediately move out to strike at them.

Without powerful commanders to lead them, it was basically impossible for those demonic creatures to break through the encirclement. After all, scientific weapons were still very effective against cannon fodder!