Chapter 1011 - 370: Frontline Unspoken Rules Vanish—Are We Building Our Own City!? (Part 2)

"...The aforementioned combat units have all lost contact, deemed as total annihilation. Abyssal Level Life Ghost fluctuations detected in the wreckage area. This is the largest single combat unit loss along the Arctic Great Wall Defense Line in the past three years. The pressure assessment level of the defense line is raised to deep red. Repeat, the pressure assessment level of the defense line is raised to deep red. All personnel on leave and reserve forces, please prepare for emergency mobilization. May the heroic souls rest in peace."

On the deck, in the cabins, within the dining area...

Everyone heading to the Arctic Front.

Whether seasoned veterans or newcomers full of aspirations, their expressions froze.

Four thousand three hundred and twenty-one people.

Simply counting, it doesn’t seem like a lot.

But if that number comes with the suffix Transcendent.

It’s incredibly terrifying.

Because the current speed at which humans cultivate Transcendents is absolutely slower than the arrival of Life Ghosts.

After all, the existence of the Extraordinary has not been made public to everyone.

In the Federation, adding up all individuals in a regular city might have only a few thousand Transcendents.

That is entities who have stepped into Tier One.

This battle equates to the complete annihilation of a city’s Transcendents.

Calculate it like this.

One can understand how shocking and lamentable this news is.

"Damn."

Chu Kuanglan slammed his fist heavily against the cabin wall beside him, producing a dull thud.

Qi Hao and the others looked grim.

In this battlefield, total annihilation means...

Even if all members of the Cyan Dragon Gang went up now, the outcome wouldn’t be much better.

At most, only Fang Qingyu’s top combat strength might survive.

Fang Qingyu stood at the front of the crowd.

No expression could be seen on his face.

Only deep within his eyes, which harbored spinning galaxies, flashed a few hints of confusion.

With Old Man Hong stationed at the front.

How could such heavy casualties be allowed...

Fang Qingyu silently gazed at the detailed text of the battle report and several blurry but hair-raising aerial photos of the battlefield on his phone.

Vast expanses dyed dark brown ice fields, and claw marks so enormous they make one’s heart palpitate.

Only then did he understand...

It turned out that the Life Ghost employed High Tier interventions.

This is a blatant breach.

At the start of the Arctic Front battlefield.

Humans and Life Ghosts tacitly agreed upon an unwritten rule.

That High Tier entities could not actively target lower-tiered armies.

Unless the army itself launched an attack.

This goes for either side.

The aim being to prevent the rampant slaughtering of promising youngsters.

After all, lower tiers are nothing more than a flick of the wrist for higher tiers.

But this time.

The Life Ghosts took the initiative to break the rule.

Therefore, the meaning behind the Federation releasing this news...

Is actually to let Transcendents know.

This rule has become invalid on the Arctic Front!

The ship was still at sea.

Three days of sailing remained to reach the port at the Arctic Front.

"Brother Yu..."

Liu San pushed through the silent and oppressive crowd, walked to Fang Qingyu’s side, his voice dry, his face reflecting fatigue from sleepless nights and deeper anxiety at this moment.

"The brothers have all seen the news. Morale is a bit low, what should we do after we reach the Arctic..."

He hesitated, his gaze sweeping over the deck.

The densely packed silhouettes at the ship’s rail.

Fang Qingyu understood his meaning.

The pressing issue for them at the moment.

Is how to accommodate the over ten thousand people who’ve joined them in leaving the City of Injustice?

Initially, together with the Cyan Dragon Gang, there were only about two thousand people set to leave the City of Injustice.

But later, when ready to board the ship, over ten thousand surged at the entire port.

Even after screening and verification, they ended up accepting eight thousand before stopping.

Originally with just over two thousand people, Fang Qingyu intended to use Glazed Light City as the Cyan Dragon Gang’s base.

Though two thousand is a lot, given his relationship with Jiang Ying, Jiang Ying likely wouldn’t say much.

But over ten thousand...

Is indeed quite excessive.

It’s beyond the concept of squeezing them in.

This effectively means suddenly embedding a mid-sized militarized group at the Arctic Front.

No existing human city has the surplus capacity to host them, whether in physical space, resource supply, management coordination, or power balance.

Glazed Light City is the Jiang Family’s foundation, there’s a limit to human warmth, the pressure is too great.

Other cities would be even less welcoming of such a massive and complex external force.

So this definitely can’t be accommodated by any other force’s city.

...

Ark of Hope, top level, suite number one.

Outside the large porthole is a lead-gray sky and surging dark blue seawater.

The core decision-makers around Fang Qingyu were all present, including Su Wanqing, Lin Yu, and Old Qin representing Qingjian City’s squad...

Wei Banmeng brought up a map of the Arctic Front, her finger pointing at the location representing Glazed Light City’s port.

"Three days till we dock, how should we accommodate our over ten thousand people?"

Her gaze swept over everyone, finally landing on Fang Qingyu.

The room fell into silence.

After a long time, Lu Jiuyuan broke the stalemate.

"Divide the troops."

His voice was calm, methodical: "Eggs shouldn’t be all in one basket. Our people can be divided into a few parts. Elite combat sequences, like the assault team led by Old Chu, Banmeng’s intelligence team, Sister Jiang’s firepower core, naturally should be placed on the Arctic Great Wall Defense Line, ready for immediate combat, also can quickly gain combat achievements and resources."

"This part can be controlled to about three thousand people. The remaining...

His finger pointed to several cities behind the defense line.

"Disperse them among these cities, establish our logistics points, intelligence stations, and rotation bases. Regular personnel rotation will both ensure rest for the warriors on the Great Wall and familiarize the rear personnel with the frontline pressure, maintain combat strength."