Chapter 178 Battle Plan <TOC> Chapter 180 Sparring
Translator: SumTLMan
Li Mu was not at all surprised that the weapons and equipment in the Divine Land were coveted. This was because after the Great Catastrophe, humanity was separated into isolated islands, losing communication with one another.
Due to the loss of a significant amount of scientific and technological knowledge, once some active-duty weapons and equipment were damaged, they would lose the ability to be repaired and replenished. The strategic weapons in stock were depleting one by one, and technological advancement could only rely on archaeology.
The Xindu Federation, which was known for its weak technology and mainly relying on imported weapons before the Great Catastrophe, faced particularly severe issues in this aspect.
Even after the invasion of Earth by the Olden Day Rulers, the human-formed United Government abolished the technology patent system, promoted technology sharing, and provided large-scale technical assistance to populous countries like the Xindu Federation. However, the industrial and weapon production capabilities of the Xindu Federation remained extremely weak.
Within the Divine Land, a large amount of the most advanced weapons and equipment from before the Great Catastrophe were preserved, intended for duplication by the civilizations ruled by the Lord of Souls, Dalopitda.
Any ruler with even a bit of ambition would not give up on this batch of weapons and equipment.
“What’s your plan, Tippolava Momo?” Li Mu knew that Tippolava Momo would definitely not be unprepared.
“You don’t need to know that,” Tippolava Momo said decisively. Only his most trusted Ascendants could know this plan.
He would absolutely not disclose it to someone like Li Mu, who had doubts about him.
Before Li Mu could inquire further, Tippolava Momo directly withdrew from the dream.
Li Mu held the golden beetle between his fingers, glanced at the shattered dream, and chose to leave after a moment.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he signaled Shen Luoyan and Li Mei to stay quiet.
Tippolava Momo’s departure was merely an illusion; a worm-like psychic energy split off from him and secretly remained in the dream.
The mouse’s independent consciousness was too weak, and just a breeze-like psychic energy had already taken over its dwelling.
Tippolava Momo’s suspicion of him had not disappeared at all, attempting to monitor him through this mouse.
If it were an ordinary awakened individual or Ascendant, they would be unable to detect such subtle psychic energy changes. However, it could not deceive Li Mu’s Illusion Breaker Eyes.
A mental link connected the three of them together.
Incapable of detecting the faint fluctuations caused by the psychic link due to the weak psychic energy possessed by the rats, Tippolava Momo remained oblivious.
“Tippolava Momo harbors considerable suspicion towards me. I estimate that in the upcoming period, he has already ascertained my location through dreams, and will maintain constant surveillance over me,” Li Mu conveyed to the two through the psychic link, without mentioning the information obtained from Tippolava Momo.
Over the following two days, the security officers of Avonigarda gradually arrived at the camp, and everyone was confined within, prohibited from going out. However, the food supply remained abundant.
During this time, Chen Xingyan contacted Li Mu, informing him that the Chief of Security would look after them. Tippolava Momo, on the other hand, controlled several inconspicuous small creatures in succession to monitor Li Mu.
On the morning of the third day, a security officer nervously approached, knocking on the door, evidently due to Li Mu’s prior display of authority.
“Security officer Li Mu, the commander requests your presence at the assembly on the parade ground. You alone will suffice.”
The Santanu family planned to reorganize the local army and security officers. They intended to form twenty-two squads comprised of mainly awakened individuals with superior average strength, each consisting of seven to nine people, who would be integrated into the local army at the battalion level under the command of battalion chiefs.
Less capable security officers would be directly incorporated into the local army, making up for previous losses.
As this required forming teams, a preliminary assessment of the security officers’ abilities was necessary to facilitate appropriate combinations.
The security officers who had arrived at the parade ground gradually assembled, with those of different psychic energy orientations dispersedly forming four square formations.
Among them, enhancer-type security officers were the most numerous, followed by manipulator-type, while shaper-type and psychic-type were similar in numbers, and not a single instance of manifestor-type was present.
As most of the people present were esteemed awakened individuals, the soldiers did not maintain order and merely stood in a neat line in front of the parade ground.
After a long while, a procession in yellow-brown ceremonial attire, green berets adorned with red feathers, marched forward in unison.
Two palanquins carried by four people followed behind the procession, succeeded by disciples wearing the garb of the Kallari Sect.
Upon witnessing this scene, Li Mu’s eyes narrowed, realizing that the Kallari Sect was also involved. However, with the Santanu family and the Soul Cult entrenched in complete opposition, the previously fence-sitting Kallari Sect could no longer straddle the fence.
Now, with the Santanu family holding an absolute advantage in Avonigarda city, it was inevitable that the Kallari Sect, whose roots lay in Avonigarda, would ultimately lean towards the Santanu family.
In the face of the high-end martial power of the Soul Cult, Elder Kallari was also an formidable individual force not to be underestimated.
However, there was a history of animosity between the Kallari Sect and Li Mu, and even Kallari’s top disciple, Patrick, had met his end at Li Mu’s hands.
Elder Kallari was simply unaware of this.
The two palanquins came to a stop at the front of the training field, and Rajaral Santanu and Karali stepped down.
In the tradition of the Xindu Federation’s army, officers had the custom of being carried in palanquins, so the two of them had come in palanquins specifically for this occasion.
Rajaral Santanu appeared quite spirited, as he had been earning points in his father Raja Santanu’s heart recently, even being entrusted with the task of reorganizing the province army force and managing the province army.
Normally, such a task should have been presided over by the Chief of Security, as many of the security officers under him were infiltrated by the Federation. It was unknown what interests his father had exchanged to let the Chief of Security allow such arbitrary deployment of security officers within the province.
With the addition of the province army and the security force, almost two-thirds of the armed forces of the Santanu family were now under his control.
Kallari, on the other hand, wore a somewhat indifferent expression on his face. Since he had completely sided with the Santanu family, he was prepared to make a clean break. From the current intelligence, the Santanu family still held the upper hand.
“From now on, everything I say is top secret. The State Council has decided to launch a campaign to eliminate the evil organization Soul Cult entrenched within our state. To ensure the smooth progress of this operation, the Chief of Security has specially authorized me to reorganize the security force and cooperate with the province infantry division in carrying out this operation.”
Rajaral Santanu puffed out his chest, his face beaming with pride. He took out the signed documents from the Chief of Security from his attendant’s briefcase, and displayed them to all the security officers present.