Chapter 2678 - 2679: Doubts and Speculations

"Looks like they succeeded after all."

Noticing the change in the news report content, Feng Yuan said thoughtfully. Veronia glanced at Feng Yuan and asked,

"Succeeded in what?"

"Didn’t you see? Though the Empire is still attacking, and this time more severely, with many cities targeted, Maomu City seems untouched. Can you guess why?"

"Hmm? Let me check the information."

Feeling a spark of realization, Veronia guessed a possibility. If that’s the case, there would be a clear indication in the reports. Taking out her phone, Veronia disregarded her meal and started searching for information.

After a while, she looked up at Feng Yuan and said,

"It should be correct. They also confirmed that the concentrated attacks are on important cities. Perhaps this is their last struggle."

"Let’s hope the battlefield will be restricted to the Imperial Timeline next. Otherwise, constant fighting here is really a headache."

Feng Yuan laughed and said, the reason for the sudden change in the Empire’s attacks is simple. They no longer have enough troops to continue such actions, not even to seize Divine Artifacts.

That’s also why Maomu City wasn’t attacked again. Excluding the Mythological Remnants, Maomu City really doesn’t have anything that catches their eye. Although Feng Yuan repeatedly thwarted their plans, ultimately, aside from seizing Mythological Remnants’ weapons, attacking Maomu City wouldn’t bring them much benefit.

Now they no longer have the strength to seize more Divine Artifacts, so it’s not possible to waste troops attacking Maomu City. As for retaliation against Feng Yuan?

Unless they’re crazy, they know that such actions are of no benefit. When the situation deteriorates to a certain extent, they don’t have the energy to do useless things, let alone the fact that the Empire on the Imperial Timeline adopts the Union Council model. Although there is a leader, when the leader goes crazy, the Union Council can fully revoke the powers given to the leader and temporarily limit his authority.

Feng Yuan believed that those in the Empire definitely did not have the mood to provoke him at this time unless they had successfully dealt with Agunas and the others’ invasion.

But is that possible? Feng Yuan believed that as time passed, the balance of victory would only continue to tilt towards Agunas and the others, as the power of the Divine Beasts is not something the Imperial Timeline can contend with.

"Let’s hope things calm down a bit after this battle."

Recalling Shen Zhongqian, Feng Yuan sighed. There are definitely not a few people who think like her, all because of the war triggered by the Imperial Timeline.

If the subsequent war couldn’t cease, those who think like Shen Zhongqian would surely increase. Feng Yuan didn’t care much about this because no matter how they stirred, it wouldn’t harm him.

However, as society develops towards total war, many things will also change. He didn’t participate in the Mythical Era back then because the Mythical Era was filled with too many wars.

In modern society, people could talk about anything, but in the Mythical Era, what they talked about most was where to fight next or boast about their battle achievements. This seemed too dull to Feng Yuan.

"It depends on the war’s timeline. After all, the other side clearly has thoughts too, not to mention those guys eyeing the war timeline eagerly."

With a light chuckle, Veronia said, the Qi Realm Timeline wasn’t worried about this issue. They did not have the ability to launch an attack on the Main World, and the Main World didn’t have much thought of attacking them.

The Qi Realm existed in the Main World, and just that part was enough to give them a headache, so they naturally couldn’t have bad ideas about the Qi Realm Timeline.

The cost wasn’t proportional to the benefit, not to mention, when attacking the Qi Realm Timeline, no one knew whether it would trigger the Qi Realm’s self-defense mechanism, something even the Divine Beasts found troublesome.

Not to mention such an unjust war, Agunas and the others would certainly not step in to help. Not dragging behind would be considered a good outcome.

"Well, indeed, as for the war timeline, let’s hope War Qi Chen can stop them there, otherwise..."

Recalling East Continent Great Xia, Feng Yuan shook his head helplessly. Although War Qi Chen was a Parallel World entity, if they really stood on opposite sides, Feng Yuan wouldn’t be able to make up his mind to act. Of course, avoiding confrontation is always better, but Feng Yuan really wasn’t confident if War Qi Chen could stop the upper-level decisions.

Not to mention War Qi Chen, even Qi Realm Dou Yanlan couldn’t do it, and Qi Realm Dou Yanlan held a much higher status in her country than War Qi Chen.

"Perhaps after a fight, they might make peace."

With a smile, Veronia mentioned something quite unlikely, glancing at Veronia, Feng Yuan knew she was joking. If they really fought, the more likely result would be true animosity being born, which would make reconciliation incredibly difficult afterward.

At least one side would have to pay an enormous price, for once war starts, stopping it isn’t that easy.

After safely getting through this wave of attacks, Dou Yanlan realized something, or maybe everyone guessed why this was happening. Clearly, previously Maomu City was one of the main targets for attack, but now, with even stronger attacks, Maomu City was absent. It’s evident that...

"Is it about to be decided who wins?"

Looking up at the sky, Dou Yanlan exhaled deeply. She didn’t think her side was at a disadvantage, or rather, because she knew the Divine Beasts very well, she didn’t think the United Army would lose.

Even now, the Divine Beasts weren’t taking this war seriously. After all, most Divine Beasts only acted when the Empire Timeline conducted large-scale attacks; the rest of the time, they ignored the war altogether.

If Agunas and the others fell into a disadvantage, Dou Yanlan believed they would definitely come back to seek reinforcements. However, that situation seemed unlikely at the moment.

"Is it about to be decided? Who will win?"

Qi Chen, who was sitting nearby taking a nap, was suddenly startled awake by Dou Yanlan’s murmurings. Looking at the exhausted Qi Chen, Dou Yanlan couldn’t help but laugh bitterly and said,

"Naturally, it’s the United Army. Although they are now crazily creating attack incidents, their power is diminishing. Perhaps soon we will see a brief peace."

"A brief peace?"

Scratching his head, Qi Chen seemed not fully awake, but he noticed a word that greatly concerned him.

"Yes, the war timeline over there... sooner or later there will be a battle. Though unsure about the Qi Realm Timeline, it’s best to prepare for the worst. What’s more, Feng Yuan actually mentioned it, the number of time streams will only increase."

With the information provided by Feng Yuan, they didn’t have to rely on mere speculation about time streams like others. Dou Yanlan knew very well that even if they successfully defeated the Imperial Timeline, the threat from the war timeline remained, and even if they subdued the war timeline, new time streams would still bring more threats.

"Indeed... the future looks bleak."

He sighed lightly, Qi Chen felt a bit down. He always avoided thinking about these matters because he feared the oncoming future filled with endless flames of war.

"If the time streams are for military training, it seems a bit too much. Yet if it’s a wartime defense mechanism, why hasn’t he ever mentioned it?"

Gently pinching her chin, Dou Yanlan pondered, with the war on the Imperial Timeline nearing its end, she finally had extra energy to explore the story behind it.

"Speaking of which, the repeated appearance of these time streams, doesn’t it seem very much like the world’s wartime urgent defense mechanism?"

Veronia curiously looked at Feng Yuan. Although she was a Divine Beast, she couldn’t quite grasp the situation with the time streams. To her, they seemed to only plunge the Main World into endless warfare.

"Not exactly a wartime mechanism. That thing should be a kind of training and elimination mechanism. After all, some things aren’t suitable to exist indefinitely. As for the recent surge of time streams, I think it’s related to the world’s origin. The sudden return of the world’s origin has activated mechanisms that previously couldn’t function, creating the current situation."

Savouring his dessert slowly, Feng Yuan explained. He’d guessed what the time streams were about. Compared to something like the Crystal Domain directly reinforcing the Main World’s operating rules, the time streams’ contributions could be easily removed from the Main World’s rules once they were no longer needed.

Though a bit crude, this approach significantly benefits the Main World’s strength enhancement. After all, war is the most efficient state for rapidly boosting strength, although the cost is quite significant.