CHAPTER 958: CHAPTER 252: HE WEIDAO AND HIS COMPANIONS ARE SHOCKED

When Fang Ze’s note arrived, He Weidao, Xiong Qi, Tiger King, and others were discussing the current battle in Taihe City.

Tiger King walked down the hallway in the lobby, his face filled with fury and self-blame, "We should have acted faster from the start! We might have been able to save them!"

"Millions of people! Nearly half were killed by those beasts!"

"Each one of them was a living, breathing life!"

Upon hearing his words, the scene quieted down, with no one daring to touch such a sensitive topic. Only someone like Huo Xian, who was fearless like a newborn calf, was still contemplating the matter.

He stood aside, lowered his head in thought for a moment, and shook his head in analysis, saying, "Vice Envoy, we didn’t have enough time."

"Evacuating millions of people, even with extraordinary artifact-enforced relocation, would take at least several hours."

"And from the time we deduced the outer realm demigods’ next target to their attack, there was only a two-hour gap. Even if we had been faster, it wouldn’t have been enough."

At this point, he paused and added, "However, their city massacre this time was mainly intended to intimidate the next cities they will attack."

"This actually indicates that there will probably be no large-scale slaughter afterwards."

Hearing Huo Xian’s words, Tiger King was evidently unconvinced and snorted coldly, "No large-scale slaughter? How can you be so sure! And even if there isn’t, who knows what else they will pull!"

"So, I find your strategy of proactively abandoning cities and dispersing their forces unacceptable!"

"What if they massacre each city they come to and summon disaster creatures, then what?"

Hearing Tiger King’s words, Huo Xian replied firmly, "No, they won’t. The outer realm demigods aim to quickly destroy the world, not indulge in killing for pleasure."

"Excessive slaughter will only make the creatures in the real world increasingly resistant to their plans, creating various troubles."

"So, during their world conquests, they often pretend to overthrow regimes, using appeasement to lower the common people’s defensiveness."

"Only after they occupied the entire world and gained the world’s origin recognition, would they reveal their claws."

Upon hearing his words, Inspector Xiong Qi, seated at the foremost few seats, nodded in agreement as well, adding, "Huo Xian is right. The purpose of the outer realm demigods is to destroy the world, and it doesn’t require slaughtering the creatures, as it would provoke resistance, which they would rather avoid complicating things."

Tiger King asked dully, "Then why don’t we disclose the truth directly to the people and stir up their resistance?"

Xiong Qi slowly shook his head, "The Federation tried this method. It indeed made the people’s determination to resist much stronger, creating trouble for the outer realm demigods. But... it also caused many troubles for the Federation."

"People who know the world is on the brink of destruction are more fragile, chaotic, and fearful than we expected."

"Not only couldn’t they return to their former lives, but many even used the end of the world as a reason to loot and burn, forcing the Federation to divert more energy to maintain order and security."

"Therefore, not unveiling the world’s truth has become an unspoken agreement between us and the outer realm demigods. After all, neither side wants to make things harder."

With that, Xiong Qi shifted the topic back to the city massacre, "As for the city massacre, it is indeed similar to Huo Xian’s analysis."

"The outer realm demigods’ massacre this time is likely to boost morale and intimidate other cities, and they probably won’t continue with such heinous acts."

Seeing that even the Inspector supported Huo Xian, Tiger King no longer continued to argue the matter. However, he was clearly still not convinced.

So he was silent for a moment, then asked gruffly, "Then what should we do? Are we just going to completely abandon defense and start guerrilla warfare?"

Upon hearing Tiger King’s question, Xiong Qi didn’t know how to respond for a moment.

After all, this has been the core issue discussed these past few days. Yet after two days of discussions, no one had come up with an effective plan.

Thinking of this, he involuntarily tilted his head to look at He Weidao beside him, wanting to see if the highest-ranking He Weidao had any ideas.

But when Xiong Qi glanced at him, He Weidao didn’t voice his opinion, his eyes devoid of joy or sadness as he looked at Huo Xian and asked, "Huo Xian, what do you think?"

Asked for his opinion, Huo Xian was startled and quickly composed himself before stroking his chin and slowly saying, "Chairperson, I still suggest we abandon the high-ranking cities, consolidate our forces, and focus on using the mobility of military bases as our core force to divide and erode the 100,000 Awakener army in Tuoya state."

"Although Tuoya state’s core strength lies in the demigods, once those 100,000 troops are gone, relying solely on a few demigods, they wouldn’t be able to besiege cities and occupy the world."

He paused again and said, "Of course, apart from this method, there are others."

"But they all require specific actions and key information from the opponent, enabling us to set traps in advance."

"Unfortunately, we don’t have that."

Just when Huo Xian finished speaking, the sound of footsteps was suddenly heard at the doorway.