Give Douluo a technological shock

Everyone chuckled, not going too far, and after a few more casual words, they went back to pack their things. Once they received news from the Star Dou Empire headquarters, they could board the ship and return.

Joyful times always pass too quickly. A week had passed since they said goodbye to Jin Lin, and more than half a month had passed since Long Xiaoyao left Kunlun Continent. Ju Zi and the others had not received any information from the Star Dou Headquarters, and Dawn had not received any information about the return of Heavenly Dao - Azure. The people in Zhenmo City gradually sensed that something was wrong.

They seemed to have suddenly become an isolated island, completely unaware of any news from the Star Dou Empire.

Finally, a week later, with still no news from the Star Dou Empire headquarters, Orange summoned all the key figures from both the land and sea sides to the city lord's mansion in Zhenmo City.

During the gathering, [Dawn] sat on Xiong Jun's shoulders and announced that [Tiandao--Youlan] had completely lost contact.

"Are you receiving any messages from Dawn Harbor?" Orange, sitting at the head of the table in the city lord's mansion, asked the Dawn Fleet's technical staff in a deep voice.

The young technician shook his head solemnly and said, "The Dawn Port mental coordinates are out of contact, the central sea area auxiliary node is out of contact, and the Damocles space-based satellite mental coordinates are also out of contact."

"How could Damocles have gone missing?" Orange frowned, feeling that this couldn't be right.

At this moment, a leader of the mental nodes below responded in a deep voice: "Our control over Damocles is based on Damocles himself and the assistance of [Heavenly Dao - Azure]. Recent information we've recorded indicates that Damocles is flying towards Douluo Continent. His flight posture is somewhat abnormal, as if he's being propelled by human force."

The more the person in charge spoke, the softer his voice became, until he himself began to doubt his own words.

"The Damocles are intelligent and have a friend-or-foe identification system. It should have been recovered directly from outer space by headquarters."

Orange could understand, but...

Has the situation on the mainland reached such a tense point that no one has even come to inform them?

"It seems the news that [Heavenly Path - Azure] has gone offline is true. Otherwise, Damocles would have been able to fly back on his own."

After a long discussion, the high-ranking officials of Zhenmo City all felt that the current state of the Imperial Headquarters seemed very strange.

Finally, Orange decisively said, "The Dawn Fleet is mobilizing for war. There are powerful demons in Dawn Harbor, so they won't be wiped out instantly. Let's prepare and await headquarters' call!"

[Instructions have been issued]

At a single command, the Dawn Fleet, which had just emerged from the state of war, entered a state of war mobilization. Various resources began to continuously manufacture soul-guided weapons and shells, and factories that were originally intended to be converted from military to civilian use immediately began to be requisitioned for war!

Although nothing seems to have happened yet, Orange's intuition tells her that, for some reason, the Imperial Headquarters has inexplicably fallen into a weakened state, with its high-level combat power being tied down, causing them to lose contact!

Furthermore, Orange believes that the Imperial Headquarters would not ignore the existence of the Dawn Fleet, so the Dawn Fleet needs to be recalled when necessary.

As expected, just a week after the Dawn Fleet began its war mobilization, the space teleportation array in Zhenmo City was activated, and a cratered hibernation pod emerged from it.

Having received the news long ago, Yang Xiao rushed to the vicinity and violently pried open the door of the badly damaged hibernation pod. The scene inside was horrific. Sure enough, as Yang Xiao had expected, the coordinates of the space tunnel between Zhenmo City and Liming City had been exposed, and the hibernation pods from Liming City, used to protect communication personnel from space pressure, had been attacked halfway!

"How is it?" Orange, Bai Qi, and the others who arrived later immediately stepped forward and asked.

Yang Xiao silently took out a bloodstained sealed chip from the hibernation pod, then tossed it to Ju Zi, coldly saying:

"The world remains murky and still needs to be cleansed by swords!"

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Chapter 254: Declaring Sea Power! [Please Subscribe]

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The crisp sound of "[Dawn]" slowly rang out, and a huge map began to be projected from nothing to something by mental particles in front of everyone on the Zhenmo City space teleportation platform.

As Ju Zi led everyone to turn their attention there, the otherwise unremarkable Douluo Continent power map began to be updated with more information, enhanced by a growing body of data. The Heavenly Soul Empire and the Douling Empire, located to the north of the Star Dou Empire in the southeast corner of Douluo Continent, were marked in red as 'hostile'.

The Star Luo Empire, located to the west of the Star Dou Empire, is marked as 'neutral' in yellow. Furthermore, as the data is further analyzed, swords and spears, indicating a battle, have been found scattered along the long border between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire, covering the entire Ming Dou border!

Orange looked at the map information decoded by [Dawn], her beautiful brows furrowing slightly, but she said nothing, quietly waiting for [Dawn] to further analyze the encrypted chip transmitted from Dawn City.

Yang Xiao, standing to the side, silently carried out a soldier belonging to the Dawn City Defense Army who had been distorted beyond recognition by spatial power from a space teleportation pod that was specially designed to protect the user's fragile body during long-distance space jumps.

As he carefully examined the body, Yang Xiao noticed that the robes made of the luxurious special soul-guided fabric were stained with blood, but he didn't care at all.

The directional spatial teleportation node established between Zhenmo City and Liming City is essentially a special high-speed channel built by utilizing the original 'spatial rejection' property within the Douluo Realm.

In a space invisible to the naked eye, a transparent spatial thread connects Zhenmo City and Liming City. By forcibly squeezing into a space like seawater through a super-distance spatial jump, and then propelled by the spatial pressure of the density difference, they maintain high-speed spatial travel along that spatial thread, thus reducing a journey of one or two months to one or two minutes.

Since these spatial threads used for guidance are objectively present, they can be interfered with and intercepted by Title Douluos with keen spatial perception. A Title Douluo with a spatial ability only needs to apply a small external force to the high-speed space shuttle at the right time, which could cause the shuttle to either burst out of its spatial tunnel and crash into the ocean or reefs at high speed, potentially being shattered into pieces. More seriously, it could damage the external energy shield of the space shuttle, tearing the people inside to pieces with the spatial force!

In the past, such things would hardly have happened, because with the assistance of [Heavenly Dao - Azure], the entire process was fully automated, with [Heavenly Dao - Azure] personally guiding the route. Even if they were attacked by space, they could use a space race to rescue them.

But that's no longer possible. [Youlan] has led the entire [Tiandao] to support Chen Fu in Xingdou City, leaving them no time to attend to the changes outside.

"His number is 7, which means there are still six people ahead of us who haven't been accurately teleported to our side."

While sorting through the body of the space shuttle pilot, Yang Xiao noticed a number on his body that was different from the Dawn City Defense Force's number, and he roughly guessed what it was.

Meanwhile, Orange's side also corroborated his statement.

Dawn, projecting the phantom of a little girl, walked on the data map on the ground and addressed everyone:

"The data has been successfully parsed, as you can see."

[Dawn] With a wave of her hand, the data map of Douluo Continent instantly began to materialize rapidly, like a sandbox, and all sorts of exquisite details began to appear one by one.

"Before I begin my explanation, I need to share some good news and some bad news with you all."

[Dawn] didn't ask such an inappropriate and idiotic question as whether to hear the good news or the bad news first. Instead, after calming down, she said in a deliberately indifferent tone, "The bad news is that [Heavenly Dao - Azure] is online 24/7. The spiritual veil that has been hanging over the Empire has fallen. The era of Chen Fu's rule is over. Now, the captain of the Empire is Huo Yuhao and his provisional House of Representatives."

"At the Third Douluo Tournament a month ago, the divine sense of the Sin God Tang San suddenly shattered the spiritual barrier above the empire. Then, Chen Fu, along with nearly three hundred Title Douluos and a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast, sealed him in Star Dou City. As a result, the number of Title Douluos on the entire continent is less than fifty."

"And the good news is..."

The expression of [Dawn], a spiritual being created by Chen Fu and Electrolux, was strange, seemingly worried, seemingly joyful, but mostly bewildered by the sudden arrival of the future.

"The future development of the empire will no longer be constrained by the God of Sin, Tang San, and the further upgrade of soul tool technology will no longer need to worry about national policies such as [Hidden Edge]."

Meanwhile, the departure of [Heavenly Path - Azure] almost paved the way for [Dawn] to further expand, but...

"Gentlemen, I am not happy about this at all."

The cool, clear voice of "[Dawn]" rang in the ears of every Dawn Fleet officer present.

“A week ago, a miracle occurred in the capital of the Heavenly Soul Kingdom, where the Sea God falsely accused Chen Fu of dying as regent and issued an edict: ‘Slay the Stars!’”

"Three days ago, the Heavenly Soul Kingdom and the Fighting Spirit Kingdom announced an alliance to form the Sea God Alliance Army! They intend to follow the will of the Sin God and invade the Empire."

"The Demon Lord, the head of Dawn City, was ordered to guard the northeast of the empire and keep the Douling Kingdom out of the country. He himself was restrained by five Title Douluo from the Douling Kingdom and had repeatedly intercepted our teleportation channels. Several communications officers have gone missing."

"Angel Douluo is ordered to guard Truth City and defend against the Northern Heavenly Soul Kingdom, while the other Sword Pavilion elders will defend the imperial capital."

As the voice of "Dawn" continued to ring out, the data map beneath her feet was constantly updated, explaining all the recent events that had occurred on the Douluo Continent.

In short, Tianhun and Douling ultimately betrayed Xingdou and chose to side with the Sea God even when Xingdou was at its weakest!

"How dare they?"

One of the high-ranking officers of the Dawn Fleet nearby said in a deep voice, clearly dissatisfied.

"No wonder the Empire has always been wary of them; they're afraid they'll rebel from within!"

"Putting everything else aside, they intercepted our communications and killed our communications officer brothers. We must avenge that alone!"

"The Behemoth Kingdom dared to kill two of our brothers, so we simply wiped out their entire nation!"

As everyone looked at the constantly evolving data map on the ground, they were all filled with indignation.

They had no say in Chen Fu's rule, and they never believed he would perish so easily. Just as [Dawn] said, Chen Fu had sealed away the sinful god along with him, waiting for them to rescue him!

Orange listened to everyone's comments with a sullen face, while looking at the map of Douluo Continent at her feet. After thinking for a moment, she addressed the crowd:

"Quiet!"

Then Ju Zi looked at [Dawn] and said in a deep voice, "The Empire's current high-end combat power only consists of the Demon King and the Angel Douluo. The super elders of the Sword Pavilion only listen to the orders of the [Swordholder], and they will definitely prioritize protecting Star Dou City. Unless the Empire is attacked to the capital, they will definitely not take action!"

As Orange gradually honed her skills in the Star Dou Empire, she also began to learn that above the Star Dou Empire's imperial power mechanism, there was a [Sword Pavilion] that managed super-level events within the empire, all of whom were super beings who surpassed the limits of mortals! The space-based satellite [Damocris] was also strictly under the control of the [Sword Pavilion], but Chen Fu's dual roles as [Governor] and [Sword Master] made the [Damocris] space-based satellite's presence seem so strong.

Furthermore, Ju Zi also understands a principle: when generals clash with generals, and kings clash with kings, the beings of the [Sword Pavilion] will not actively intervene in wars between mortals. Firstly, they are afraid of enemies of the same level stealing their base, and secondly, they are afraid of adding unnecessary karma to themselves.

Therefore, in order to seal Tang San, the Star Dou Empire, which was originally incredibly powerful, almost emptied out all the high-level power of the entire Star Dou Empire and the entire Douluo Continent!

Ju Zi looked at the Ming Dou battlefront on the map, a complex expression in her eyes. The Star Luo Empire's choice was unexpected. In the Star Dou Empire's internal deductions, the three Douluo kingdoms were all defined as birds of a feather. It wasn't that no one had ever questioned why unification couldn't be achieved quickly through superior military force.

But questions arose: "Pandora's production is limited, are we short-staffed?" and "What if they outwardly comply but stab us in the back?"

"You have to understand, they're a long-established nation that worships the Sea God! With a single gesture from the Sea God, we'll be attacked from both sides!" "We need to draw the enemy out! We need to get them to unite! Only then can we wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

These were all the reasons for opposing the "unification by force from the top" proposal at the time. In the end, that's exactly what happened, but something felt off.

The Heavenly Soul and the Fighting Spirit returned to the Sea God's embrace, brazenly rebelling. However, the Star Dou Empire faced its weakest period in history.

Moreover, the Star Luo Empire not only did not rebel, but instead went to fight the Sun Moon Empire in the west, wanting to take advantage of the turmoil on the continent to wash away the humiliation that the Sun Moon Empire had brought them!

The scenario that the Star Dou Empire had envisioned—one against four—did not happen, but at the same time, the Star Dou Empire was not as powerful as it had initially anticipated.

"Star Luo is doomed to defeat! The Empire will be attacked from three sides!"

Ju Zi made her own judgment: the Star Luo Empire could not defeat the Sun Moon Empire, neither in the past nor now.

“I agree with your point of view.” Bai Qi, clad in armored armor, silently looked at the situation map on the ground and said in a deep voice, “It will take us a month to get back. But if I’m not mistaken, the war will start before we get back.”

With the shutdown of the Heavenly Dao Spiritual Network, more and more information about the Star Dou Empire will be exposed. Whether it's the severe shortage of high-level Soul Masters or the terrifying industrial productivity, the so-called 'Sea God Alliance' will not dare to delay.

Take the Dawn Fleet for example. If they were given another six months to accumulate some weapons and ammunition, their fleet could double in size again and use artillery fire to sweep the entire territory of the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Fighting Spirit Empire!

"Can Huo Yuhao withstand a month?" Bai Qi asked in a deep voice.

After tidying up the bodies of the Dawn City garrison soldiers, Yang Xiao signaled his nearby subordinates to take them away. Then, he patted the blood off his body and glanced at the current garrison locations of the Star Dou Empire's two army groups.

"The Dawn District is in charge of the defense against the Fighting Spirits and the defense of the coastline. The Truth District is responsible for defending the Star Dou Plain against the attacks from the Heavenly Soul. Senior Ten Thousand Demon King and Senior Ye Guyi, who do you favor?"

The core city on the easternmost coast of the Star Dou Empire is Dawn City, which is relatively close to the Dou Ling Empire. The core city in the far north is Truth City, formerly Shrek City and now renamed Truth City. It was the first Soul Guidance Device city in the Star Dou Empire to open to the outside world. It was built on the original massive foundation of Shrek City and became the first giant city of Soul Guidance Devices on the Douluo Continent.