Give Douluo a technological shock

"The troops in the Dawn War Zone and the Truth War Zone cannot be mobilized. Our bottom line has always been that 20,000 Soul Guidance Device soldiers must resist a country."

In the Star Dou Empire's original plan, 10,000 men were to defend a country, 20,000 to fight a country to a draw, and 30,000 to destroy a country—this was their estimate of their army's combat strength. However, due to insufficient development time, they currently only have 60,000 troops. Their most powerful army is not even on the Douluo Continent.

"We are taking the elite route, and non-military personnel are not allowed to be forced to go to the battlefield. Therefore, the only force we can mobilize is the Fourth Star Dou Army in the Star Dou Great Forest. So I propose that the defense of the Star Dou Great Forest be handed over to the Soul Beast Clan, and the Fourth Star Dou Army be sent to Star Luo City, led by Amu. I, Cao Mu, am willing to take full responsibility for all consequences arising from the mobilization of the Fourth Star Dou Army."

The last sentence is crucial; it means that someone has emerged to take the lead, and whether or not problems arise, it will no longer concern the members of the House of Representatives.

Therefore, when Cao Mu said this, the House of Representatives, unusually, did not object, but instead began to silently add details to the plan in their minds.

Huo Yuhao, sitting in the first seat, looked at Cao Mu with some complicated feelings. It was also the first time he had sat in this position. With his pure heart, he simply couldn't make the kind of choice that would involve significant sacrifices.

When he followed Bai Qi into the army, he was often just an executor. All the orders were given by Bai Qi himself, whether it was ordering no survivors or ordering soldiers to charge the enemy camp with their lives. None of these had anything to do with Huo Yuhao.

He could create a weapon capable of wiping out millions of people at once, but he couldn't bring himself to press the fire button.

Cao Mu also looked up at Huo Yuhao, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

As an ordinary person who had once managed to survive for many years in the capital of the Heavenly Soul Empire and even rise to the position of the second-in-command of Heavenly Soul City, Cao Mu's feelings towards Huo Yuhao were complex.

In his view, Huo Yuhao appeared in the right place at the wrong time. At least in Cao Mu's opinion, Huo Yuhao was not suitable to ascend to the top of the Star Tower at this time.

Neither the radical faction's departure nor the current turbulent situation is suitable for someone with Huo Yuhao's personality to reach the top at this time.

If the military personnel under the Dawn Fleet had spared Huo Yuhao even a little, the current situation of mutual torment between the Star Dou House of Representatives and Huo Yuhao would not have occurred.

However, those are all things for later. Cao Mu didn't want to think about them too much. As long as this group of conservatives and their conservative ruler could maintain the current situation in Xingdou, once the Dawn Fleet returned, without the Xingdou Empire's orders, Bai Qi, Ye Xuan, and the others would naturally know how to enter the fray in a way that could instantly overturn the situation, and then lead this group of conservatives to an easy victory.

Of course, Cao Mu also understood deep down that if something unexpected happened to Xingdou during this period, then things would be difficult.

While Cao Mu was in a daze, the House of Representatives swiftly drafted a bill with unprecedented speed, officially appointing Xingdou citizen Xu Mu (Amu) as the commander-in-chief of the Xingdou Fourth Army, sending him to Xingluo City at full speed to support the Xingluo Empire. Furthermore, the relevant weapons, resources, and equipment were all provided at a first-class level for the front lines; after all, the enemy was the Sun Moon Empire, which was also founded on soul tools, and they could not afford to be cautious.

Cao Mu was once a Heavenly Soul Person, and Xu Mu was once a Star Luo Person. However, the House of Representatives never doubted Xu Mu's abilities. In fact, it could be said that if this person hadn't really wanted to be promoted, he would have been the biggest obstacle for Huo Yuhao to reach the top of Star Dou.

Furthermore, Xu Mu is a man who often works on the front lines. He has first-class intelligence and organizational skills, and has even served on the front lines of the Vanguard Legion!

Even if this person was once a spy for the Xingluo Xu clan royal family.

Soon, Xu Mu, an ordinary-looking man who was organizing workers for production and construction on the front line, received an appointment from the Star Dou House of Representatives.

This sudden appointment caused his eyes to glaze over.

The Fourth Star Army provides support to Xingluo Xumu.

This time, the Starry Sky House of Representatives did not avoid mentioning his surname; they wrote it down directly.

He once left Xingluo and abandoned his surname.

He once interfered with Xingluo's judgment, changed Xingluo's military focus, and thus changed Xingluo's fate.

Now, he must go back to protect Xingluo.

Protect your country, your family, and your homeland.

"Fate is a cycle, and I have returned."

Xu Mu, fully armored, stood on the high platform, looking down at the imposing and powerful army ready for battle, and smiled slightly.

For the first time, he deeply understood a principle:

The "star" in the Star Empire refers to the myriad phenomena of the Starry Sky!

Chapter 259: Xu Mu, of the Blue Emperor Xu Clan, pays respects to His Majesty the Star Luo Emperor! [Please Subscribe]

The Star Luo Empire, Star Luo City, Star Luo Imperial Palace.

As a city that has stood for ten thousand years, the scratches of time on its walls seem to be a constant reminder to the people here that the Star Luo Empire has stood on the Douluo Continent for ten thousand years. The wind and rain, the years and time have all left their marks on it.

Those towering city walls and exquisite, solemn palaces witnessed the Spirit Hall's uprising and its destruction, and recorded the unification dreams of successive Star Luo kings. They also remained silent in the face of the Tang Sect and the Sea God's obstruction.

The world seems to be filled with malice towards the Star Luo Empire. As the most ambitious, hardworking, and unifying nation among all the countries on the Douluo Continent, it is always being stopped by people or gods in the name of justice, love, fairness, and revenge.

Ten thousand years ago, the corrupt Tian Dou Empire, with the strong support of the Tang Sect and the Sea God, shattered the Star Luo Empire's dream of unification. However, that already corrupt nation perished due to internal strife and split into two.

During the continental convergence hundreds of years ago, the Star Luo Empire, as the country closest to the Sun Moon Empire, almost single-handedly withstood the pressure from the Sun Moon Continent, and was even once attacked by an enemy country to the point of being driven to its own capital. But all of this seemed so natural, as if the Star Luo Empire's destiny had been constantly interrupted.

Otherwise, without the clash between the Sun and Moon Continents, the Star Luo Empire, after thousands of years of diligent governance and with military and economic strength surpassing both the Heavenly Soul and the Fighting Spirit Kingdoms, would have restarted its dream of unification.

But reality has no "what ifs." Ten thousand years ago, during the most prosperous period of the Star Luo Empire, they encountered the Sea God.

Hundreds of years ago, the Star Luo Empire, at its most powerful period, had its war potential diminished by the sudden emergence of the Sun Moon Empire.

Oh, heavens, why have you treated me so cruelly?

In the dim palace, a middle-aged man with white hair sat forlornly in front of a tea table piled with urgent letters from the front lines. The fragile lamplight on the palace walls flickered helplessly in the cold wind.

In just one week, their highly anticipated Soul Master army was completely crushed by the Sun Moon Empire's long-range Soul Guidance Devices. Even the Title Douluo, who was once able to change the course of the battlefield single-handedly, was so weak and powerless in the face of Legion-level Soul Guidance Devices.

The former patriarch of the Star Luo Dai family, a level 95 Super Douluo, was suppressed by an army of 40,000. In the 'Suppression Domain', he fought his enemies hand-to-hand from day to night with his own powerful physique until he was exhausted and died on the battlefield. This marked the end of the era of Title Douluos.

The age of mortals and the sky of stars have arrived.

"His Majesty."

In the gloomy palace, an old man cautiously walked in from outside. He first quietly checked the Star Luo Emperor's physical condition before calling out softly.

In just one week, the Star Luo Emperor seemed to have aged more than ten years. He glanced silently at the Star Luo Douluo offering below, Tian Sha Douluo, and a hint of expectation seemed to flash in his eyes, but it was eventually overwhelmed by numbness.

"Tell me, which place has fallen this time?"

These past few days have been filled with intelligence about the fall of the western border of the empire, and the Star Luo Emperor no longer holds much hope for the future.

With the support of the [Harmony] Soul Tool, the Sun and Moon Army has discovered that the Star Luo Empire has found that if a Title Douluo is surrounded and left without reinforcements, they are very likely to perish! Therefore, after the Star Luo Empire lost another Title Douluo, the remaining ten Title Douluo can only be used as super scouts and will never appear on the battlefield.

The Star Luo Empire originally had more than forty titled Douluo, but White Tiger Douluo Dai Hao took most of them away. Heavenly Fiend Douluo also went, but Dai Hao sent him back under the pretext of delivering a message.

"Your Majesty," Tian Sha Douluo called cautiously in a soft voice, "...the Sun and Moon Army's blitzkrieg is still difficult to withstand, and they are expected to arrive at Star Luo City in five days."

"So you've come here to persuade me to move the capital too?!" The Star Luo Emperor's eyes dimmed for a moment upon hearing this news, but he then glared fiercely at the Heavenly Fiend Douluo and said, "Star Luo only has kings who die in battle!"

"There's also news: an army has arrived in Xingluo City."

"Hmm?" Emperor Xingluo frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Xu Mu, commander of the Fourth Star Army, in his capacity as a member of the Star Luo royal family, traversed numerous checkpoints along the eastern border of the empire and arrived in Star Luo City in two days to submit a provisional alliance to His Majesty."

The voice of the Heavenly Fiend Douluo grew softer and softer until he could no longer continue speaking.

Because Xingluo's biggest traitor has now returned to save Xingluo.

Tian Sha Douluo has already explained Dai Hao's situation to the Star Luo Emperor. It was all for the future, a way to pave another path for Star Luo as soon as possible, leaving them a way out.

Furthermore, Dai Hao had Tian Sha Douluo send a message back to the Star Luo Emperor: The number of Title Douluos poses no threat to Star Dou.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, the Star Luo Emperor could understand Dai Hao's choice, so he never felt that there was anything wrong with what Dai Hao did. It should be noted that most of the titled Douluo from the Heavenly Soul and Fighting Spirit countries had not returned, and even Xuan Zi, a being comparable to the Limit Douluo, had not returned, which indicated that the matter there was very important.

However, Xu Mu, who shares the same surname as the Xingluo Emperor, was personally sent to Xingdou by Xingluo, but he turned around and betrayed them, even becoming Xingdou's intelligence chief.

It was Xu Mu who revealed that the Star Dou Empire was teaching a lesson to an indigenous nation from half a planet away, which allowed the Star Luo Empire to see the Sun Moon Empire as its number one enemy. However, as the situation continued to change, the Star Luo Empire completely gave up on being enemies with the Star Dou Empire, because it simply didn't have the energy for it.

If it weren't for Xu Mu's scheme, which led the Star Luo Empire's policies to favor the Star Dou Empire from the very beginning, then the military pressure on the Sun and Moon border would have forced the Star Luo Empire, with its weak military strength in the west, to completely open its borders and form the Sea God Alliance with the Heavenly Soul Fighting Spirit and the Sun and Moon Empires to jointly attack Star Dou.

As the saying goes, one wrong step leads to another. The Star Luo Empire made a mistake in its first step, and was forced to confront the Sun Moon Empire. The final result was that it was forced into war and had no time to respond to the Eastern Heavenly Soul and Fighting Spirit.

At the same time, Tian Sha Douluo's message also contained a very serious signal, that is, the people on the eastern defense line of the Star Luo Empire dared to release people so easily?

Although there weren't many people on the eastern defense line, it was still impossible for the Xingdou army to move freely and unimpeded through Xingluo's territory!

What does this mean? It means that those people were really hoping that Xingdou would take action and save Xingluo so that Xingluo could defend against the Sun Moon Empire's offensive. So when they saw that the other side was flying the Xingluo royal family's flag, they didn't stop them at all and just let Xingdou's Fourth Army quickly approach the Xingluo capital.

"..." After hearing this news, Emperor Xingluo remained silent for a long time before finally speaking quietly: "Notify Jiu Jiu to come over, and also have Xu Mu and the others come in together."

After saying this, Emperor Xingluo seemed to age considerably in an instant, and his tall body suddenly became hunched over.

The Star Luo Empire is no longer in a position to stop the Star Dou Empire from doing what it wants, so it might as well give up the struggle.

"Alright!" Tian Sha Douluo was excited to see that the Star Luo Emperor was finally willing to agree, and immediately turned and left.

Xu Mu came from a very ordinary background, but he was still a member of the Star Luo royal family. In his youth, he studied with the royal family. However, when he awakened his martial soul at the age of six, he discovered that it was a useless martial soul and he did not have innate soul power. As a result, his treatment was downgraded, and he ended up farming on the Xu family's fiefdom when he came of age.

Later, by chance, he discovered that Xingdou was recruiting ordinary people without soul power at that time, so Xu Mu made use of the situation and had the Xingluo Emperor send him to Xingdou.

Soon, a dozen minutes later, Princess Xu Jiujiu of Xingluo, with her dignified demeanor and increasingly extraordinary appearance, appeared in the palace of Emperor Xingluo.

"Brother! Why aren't the lights on?" As soon as Xu Jiujiu entered the palace, she noticed that the lights were not on in the vast palace. Without waiting for Emperor Xingluo's reaction, she instructed the guards at the side gate of the palace to turn on the lights.

Deng!

As the soul-guided lamps inside the Star Luo Imperial Palace were turned on, the magnificent palace was instantly illuminated, revealing all sorts of rare treasures, exquisite murals on the walls, and other things, making the Star Luo Imperial Palace look splendid.

"I just find these things annoying." Emperor Xingluo looked at the palace in Mingtang and felt a sense of unease.

The empire had declined to its current state under his leadership, defeated by a nation founded on soul-guided devices, and was even about to engage in a second battle to defend its capital. This filled him with immense remorse and dissatisfaction.

"We must turn on the lights! People feel more comfortable and in a bright place, which helps us maintain a good mindset to face the problems we need to face next." Xu Jiujiu, with her beautiful long purple hair, is now in her twenties, but she is still the apple of Emperor Xingluo's eye and has not yet married.

"Brother, what do you want from me?"

She didn't bring up anything related to the war for a long time. She knew perfectly well what kind of person did what, and since she herself didn't know how to fight, she naturally wanted to say things that would make her older brother happy. The front lines were in dire straits, and she was anxious too, but she couldn't show it in front of the Star Luo Emperor. That would only put more pressure on him, and he already had enough.

Emperor Xingluo looked at his sister. He smiled, a rare occurrence, and said, "Let's wait for someone together."

Xu Jiujiu asked curiously, "Waiting for whom?"

At this point, who else could she be waiting for? Unless…

As if thinking of something, a trace of loneliness flashed in her beautiful eyes after a long while. At this time, he was calling her again; perhaps it was because of that so-called political marriage.