Chapter 168 War Preparation, Exploring the Void

As Su Xingyu woke up from his slumber, the glory of the gods once again covered the entire empire, and His instructions were also conveyed to the empire through the religion of God.

If nothing unexpected happens, conquest and expansion will become the main theme of the empire in the future.

Having said that, the Empire did not immediately send a large army to take action, but instead began to slowly operate and prepare for war.

After all, the current Eternal Night Empire has a native population of over 100 million people alone. If servants and affiliated tribes are included, the number will be even more outrageous.

They are no longer the small force of only a few hundred thousand people they were decades ago during the tribal era.

In the past, when there were fewer people, there was no need to think so much. You just had to appoint generals and lead the troops, charge forward and do the battle. If you win, that’s the deal; if you lose, that’s fine.

We can't do that now.

The sheer size of the empire means that whatever they do will have a huge impact, let alone war.

War, especially total war, will affect the operation of the entire force.

If the rear is not properly arranged, the entire empire will be in big trouble.

Not to mention, their opponents this time are different from the forces they have encountered before.

The Alliance of Hundred Nations is an extremely powerful superpower, even though they are just an alliance and the power of each country is not fully integrated.

But that is a population of hundreds of millions and a vast territory of tens of millions square kilometers.

These two data alone are enough to make ordinary forces cry.

It is impossible to determine the winner in a short period of time when fighting against such a behemoth. The war often lasts for ten years. Su Xingyu would not be surprised even if it lasts for a hundred years.

And this is because he has always been the boss of the Eternal Night Empire, and the consuls have been "wise rulers" for generations.

Otherwise, it is basically impossible to win.

Since ancient times, powerful empires have rarely been destroyed by external wars; most of them were destroyed by internal causes.

The Alliance of Hundred Nations was not a unified empire, but as the fighting went on, under the pressure of external threats, it was almost inevitable that they would come together.

The vast territory and the large population represent the tolerance and confidence.

Therefore, before taking action against the Hundred Nations Alliance, the Eternal Night Empire must make adequate preparations for war, formulate a good plan, and finally take action with the mentality of fighting a hundred-year war.

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The Eternal Night Empire is mobilizing for war, so what is Su Xingyu, the mastermind behind the war, doing?

He was checking the world information channel to learn about other players' situations and the current situation in the intermediate realm.

Overall, the middle realm is peaceful.

Since being promoted to the intermediate realm, the frequency of players sending messages has decreased a lot. It is even possible that there will be no message in the world channel for several days.

This is unimaginable in the elementary realm.

But if you think about it, it’s actually normal, and the reason is not that complicated. There is only one reason: the number of players has decreased.

According to the time of the main plane, in fact, only less than two months have passed. The players in the medium realm are still the same batch as before, and there are no new players.

In the medium realm, the number of players in the four regions combined is only a little over 100,000, less than one thousandth of that in the primary realm.

It's normal to have less information.

In addition, those who are promoted are all "big guys", at least in the eyes of normal players, they are absolute big guys. These players have long been familiar with the rules of the system and the laws of survival.

They know very well that there is no free lunch in this world.

Therefore, they will not waste time on the world information channel. If they have any questions, they can go directly to their own organization to ask. If all else fails, they can also purchase information from intelligence dealers.

Another impact of having fewer people is that there is less contact between players.

During the period of promotion to the intermediate realm, the frequency of conflicts between players has decreased a lot.

After all, they are all huddled in the plane for development, expanding their territory while resisting void disasters. These two things alone are enough to keep them busy, so how can they have any other energy to invade players?

Without conflicts, there will naturally be no unnecessary verbal battles on the world channel.

After this period of development, the players who have been promoted have completely established their foothold in the unfamiliar void of the intermediate realm.

The promotion positions were chosen according to the ranking order, so the players at the front undoubtedly all chose good positions, that is, those void areas with richer spiritual energy.

However, the players were quite smart. They really didn't know what changes would happen to the system after the promotion, but they understood a very simple truth.

The richer the spiritual energy, the more powerful the creature.

The spiritual energy of the intermediate realm is several times that of the primary realm, which means that the creatures in the intermediate realm are far stronger than those in the primary realm.

Therefore, before choosing to be promoted, some players who were not strong enough or were more cautious began to "form an alliance". They made agreements with each other and chose similar promotion areas.

This way, there will be someone to take care of you after you get promoted.

Take the members of Bloody Dawn as an example. Although they have not gathered together since their promotion, Su Xingyu still knows their basic information through communication in the group.

Top players such as Eternal Night, Glory, and Blood God are very confident in their own strength. They each occupy a piece of empty area and do not form alliances with others.

Players like martial artists and elephant masters, who are slightly weaker but still considered strong, team up in pairs to occupy an area.

If the players are weaker, that is, they couldn't even survive the third wave of monsters, they can either join forces to resist the crisis or rely on the big boss.

For example, the pharmacist and the black businessman, one followed the teacher and the elephant master, and the other followed Guanghui.

As for why they don’t get together even though they are from the same organization?
It's simple, there are not enough resources for them to share.

Any player with a little foresight can vaguely see some future development trends after the qualifying round.

This plane is too small.

To be honest, a large plane is actually very large.

But everything depends on the comparison. For ordinary beings, even high-level strong ones, a large plane is enough for them to struggle.

But it is not so good for players. Maybe now this plane can withstand the players' efforts, but when they are promoted to the realm of demigod or even true god, this plane will be too small.

Therefore, expanding into the void is almost an inevitable choice.

Everyone is huddled together, which is safe, but how to allocate resources becomes a big problem.

The most important thing is that it will be very troublesome to expand territory and colonize the void plane in the future.

So in order to avoid conflict, they wisely dispersed.

Among the members of the Crimson Dawn, the ones who have done the best are undoubtedly Eternal Night, Glory, and Blood God. Although they need to fight against the Void Disaster alone, they are strong enough and the Void Disaster does not cause them too much trouble.

As for the situations of other people, they were all pretty much the same. They did have some troubles when they first encountered the void disaster, but after adapting, there were no problems. Now they are all moving forward steadily. "Speaking of the void plane, it's time for me to prepare. This plane must be unified, and the void plane must not be left behind." After understanding the general situation of the players and the situation in the middle realm, Su Xingyu also began to make plans for his future.

To unify the dimensions, He was not in a hurry to leave. If possible, He would not even leave and leave it entirely to the Eternal Night Empire to resolve.

As for what He will do?
Explore the void, and wander around.

The achievements of fifty years of development have already proved everything. Today, the Eternal Night Empire is on the right track and does not require His constant attention.

Therefore, He can also explore the surrounding void planes.

By the way, clean up the void beasts to prevent them from invading and interfering with the development of the empire.

There are many powerful people in the empire, so the void beasts naturally cannot cause any big trouble, but it is not a solution to always concentrate people in the City of Eternal Night, not to mention that they will have to use foreign troops next.

After sending people out, the defensive capabilities of Eternal Night City will be somewhat weak. Although it still has the strength to suppress the Void Beast Group, the losses involved must be carefully considered.

Anyway, if he wants to get through this unscathed, Su Xingyu has to do it personally, just like this time.

However, Su Xingyu had no intention of leaving.

He is not a tool. How could he have the time to do nothing else all day long and just wait for the invasion of the void beasts?

Besides, sitting and waiting for death is not His style.

His style of doing things is to eliminate troubles in their infancy and prevent them from arising.

Where do the void beasts come from?
The answer is naturally the surrounding void.

It is very simple to solve the problem of void beast invasion, just clean up the surrounding area.

Solving the problem at the source is undoubtedly a good way.

Fifty years ago, His strength was still a little insufficient, so He allowed the void disaster to come.

Now, hum hum——

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In the endless void, it was pitch black and silent, like a dead place with no life at all. Occasionally, faint starlight could be heard in the distance, like the twinkling of distant stars.

There is no clear concept of time here, nor are there any boundaries of space. Everything seems very mysterious.

In this darkness, there are countless secrets hidden, which may be treasures or hunters. Dangers and opportunities coexist.

Theoretically speaking, a strong person in the ninth-level holy realm has the qualifications to leave the plane, step into the void, and explore this mysterious place.

But few strong people would do this.

The void is dangerous, and this is not an empty statement.

Void beasts, space storms, meteorite strikes, void pirates... There are so many disasters in the endless void.

Even a ninth-rank saint who is powerful enough to be the king of the plane may die in the void if he is not careful, and hundreds of years of practice will be wiped out.

Therefore, unless forced to do so, such as when the deadline is approaching and there is no hope of breaking through, or when being chased by a powerful enemy and having no way to retreat, a ninth-level strongman will not enter the void to commit suicide.

The demigod realm is the mainstream for stepping into the void.

The tenth-rank demigod, although still a "demigod", has the word "god" in their realm after all, and their power is beyond imagination.

About ten units of length away from the Eternal Night Plane, there is a tiny meteorite. Of course, it is tiny when compared with other meteorites of the same kind. In fact, it is still very large, with a radius of a hundred miles. (One unit of length = the distance that a demigod can fly at full power in one day)

The surface of the meteorite is bumpy and covered with dirt mounds. There are also many towering peaks and crouching mountain ranges, giving people an extremely desolate feeling.

But if someone looks closely, they will find that these are not mounds of earth or small hills, but clearly huge void beasts.

The Void Beasts were resting. Their bodies were as huge as hills, and their skin was a bottomless black, as if they had absorbed all the light around them.

Their eyes were closed, their breathing was slow and steady, and they were fast asleep.

At this moment, a tiny dark crack appeared thousands of meters above the meteorite, and a pair of white jade hands reached out and directly grabbed the empty crack.

He gently pulled his hands to the side, and as if opening a door, the crack in space suddenly grew larger, and a figure slowly walked out of it.

He was tall and burly, at least ten feet tall, like a Titan. His eyes were like two bright stars, and his look was as indifferent as water, without any emotion visible in them.

He was wearing black armor and holding a black sword in his hand, which was flashing with a sharp cold light.

His whole body was covered in dark light, and his face could not be seen clearly, as if he was shrouded in darkness.

"Finally found it, it's really far away." Looking at the group of void beasts below, Su Xingyu felt a little emotional. He had to admit that he had underestimated this void.

Too broad.

It was not that far away in terms of perception, but it took a lot of time to fly over.

With his undisguised appearance, the void beasts below sensed the danger and woke up from their slumber. They looked at the void figure above and growled, as if warning or trying to give themselves courage.

It showed its fangs and claws, but no Void Beast rushed forward.

Even the violent and almost unintelligent Void Beast knows how to seek benefits and avoid harm.

"Almost three thousand, which is quite a lot. Although not all of them are high-level, it is enough to last for a while." With a sweep of his mind, Su Xingyu got a general picture of the void beast group on the meteorite. There was one demigod, more than four hundred high-level ones, and more than two thousand mid-level ones.

In any plane, this is already at the level of a hegemon.

However, this configuration is a relatively weak force in the void.

Competition in the void is so fierce.

"Roar--"

Su Xingyu's unscrupulous behavior finally angered the group of void beasts below. The demigod beast king roared and led the high-level void beasts to rush up.

"You don't know your own limitations." Seeing the Void Beast attacking, Su Xingyu sneered, not taking it seriously at all. He waved his right hand and swung his sword.

The sword energy burst out with an extreme black glow, making the already dark void even darker.

The Void Beast King opened his mouth and spit out a beam of energy, then moved his body to the side, ready to avoid the sword energy.

however……

The dark sword energy cut through the energy cannon, and then like a whirlpool in the sea, it swallowed the energy cannon directly. The dark sword energy suddenly expanded, and when the demigod beast king dodged, it came in front of it.

Swah——

The hundred-meter body was split into two.

The spiritual consciousness is extinguished.

(End of this chapter)