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Chapter 476 I Decided to Send Troops to Great Wu in Three Months!_1

Hearing Zhuge Zhongguang's words, Lu Chen fell into thought for a moment.

Indeed, the epidemic in Great Qian was getting more severe, and even many of the Brocade Guards they had sent to Great Qian had died. Now they still had no clarity about the actual situation there.

Therefore, it was not wise to rashly attack Great Qian at this time. If the epidemic spread to Great Xia, who knows how much trouble would ensue.

Now, there was only one target left, and that was the Great Wu dynasty.

At this moment, Zhuge Zhongguang continued, "Great Wu reveres martial power, among the great dynasties, its military strength is the strongest. Although exterminating the entire Great Wu dynasty seems relatively difficult, if we start by annihilating the strongest Great Wu, it will also pose a certain deterrence against the other dynasties."

"Once Great Wu has fallen, when His Majesty later moves to exterminate the other dynasties, they will surely lack the will to fight."

Lu Chen thought about it, and it did make sense. If even the strongest Great Wu were to be destroyed, by then, both Great Jue and Great Qian would definitely weigh their own strength.

Lu Chen said, "If that's the case, then we'll do as the Great Scholar suggests—eliminate Great Wu first, then Great Jue."

"We'll send troops southward after clarifying the epidemic situation in Great Qian."

Just then, a maid's voice came from outside, "Your Majesty, Commander Liang seeks an audience!"

Seeing someone looking for Lu Chen, Zhuge Zhongguang stood up and said, "Your Majesty, if there are no other matters, this old official will take his leave."

Lu Chen replied, "There's no hurry, Great Scholar. Let's hear what it's about together."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Zhuge Zhongguang sat down again, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Soon, Liang Zong entered the Imperial Study Room, "Greetings to Your Majesty, long live, long live, long long live Your Majesty!"

Lu Chen directly asked, "What is it?"

Liang Zong took out a letter and handed it to Lu Chen, "Your Majesty, our men sent to Fengyin Island have returned. This is the investigative report they wrote on Fengyin Island."

Hearing this, Lu Chen immediately took the letter from Liang Zong's hand, then opened the envelope and began to read carefully.

As he scanned the contents of the letter, Lu Chen's expression shifted slightly.

The materials for the Piercing Cloud Bow and Piercing Cloud Arrow made by Prince Lu Shuyun originally came from Fengyin Island, and the Slayer Spear was also from Fengyin Island. Lu Chen had always suspected that there might be some aircraft dropped from a higher-level world on Fengyin Island, so the first thing he did after unifying Great Xia was to send the Jinyiwei to investigate Fengyin Island.

After a long investigation by the Jinyiwei, there was finally news. Lu Chen read the investigative report written by the Jinyiwei.

He thought to himself, it seems that it was just as he suspected, there indeed existed a spacecraft on Fengyin Island that had fallen from a higher civilization's world.

However, the ship was incredibly large, and the materials used to construct it were very sturdy. There was simply no way to transport the ship to Yan County.

If he wanted to see what that spacecraft looked like, he would have to visit Fengyin Island in person.

He also wondered if the functions of that spacecraft were still intact, and whether it could operate.

At this moment, Lu Chen suddenly noticed some content in the Jinyiwei's investigative report: in the report, the Jinyiwei Guard mentioned that the spacecraft had many transparent glass windows through which they could see the inside from the outside.

There were rooms within the spaceship, and the rooms were very clean and tidy, as if someone was living there regularly.

Lu Chen's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that there were still people living inside that spacecraft on Fengyin Island? If so, once the spacecraft started operating, it was possible that it was equipped with extremely terrifying weapons. Maybe one blast could destroy all of Great Xia.

Immediately, Lu Chen instructed Liang Zong, "Have the Jinyiwei Guards keep a close watch on Fengyin Island. If there is any anomaly with that mysterious structure, report to me immediately!"

Liang Zong immediately said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Lu Chen then waved his hand, "You go and attend to your tasks first!"

"This subordinate shall take his leave!"

Following that, Liang Zong left the Imperial Study Room; once he was gone, Lu Chen directly tossed the investigation report in his hand to Zhuge Zhongguang.

"Great Scholar, take a look at the content as well."

Zhuge Zhongguang immediately caught the paper flying towards him from Lu Chen and, after seeing the content of the investigation report, he couldn't hide his disbelief, saying, "Your Majesty, could it be that the mysterious structure is an Extraterrestrial Material?"

Lu Chen did not answer immediately; with a casual wave of his hand, the Slayer Spear appeared in his grasp. Seeing the strange weapon in Lu Chen's hand gave Zhuge Zhongguang a shock.

Zhuge Zhongguang felt the immense oppressive force emanating from the Slayer Spear and had a premonition that this odd weapon could take his life in an instant.

Lu Chen said, "This is the Slayer Spear, the previous emperor originally intended to use this weapon to kill my master, but unfortunately, he was ultimately injured by the backlash from the weapon, and this weapon came from that mysterious structure on Fengyin Island."

Zhuge Zhongguang said, "In that case, it is indeed possible that the mysterious structure on Fengyin Island is an Extraterrestrial Material."

At this point, Zhuge Zhongguang's expression turned graver, and he suddenly thought of something, "Your Majesty, this old servant has a speculation, the epidemic that has struck Great Qian might also be related to Extraterrestrial Materials."

In the past, Zhuge Zhongguang had always lived within the Great Qian Dynasty, and he was quite familiar with it; he had never heard of such a severe epidemic in Great Qian before.

The people of this era were not fools, although most of them were unaware of the specifics of the epidemic, they also knew some methods to prevent it, such as isolating those who were ill and cremating those who had died of the disease.

In the past, Great Qian also experienced small-scale epidemics, and not only Great Qian, other kingdoms had experienced epidemics as well, but those epidemics would settle down in no more than half a year.

Whereas the epidemic in Great Qian had been raging for so long now, and was getting worse. According to the intelligence gathered by the Brocade Guard, the courts of Great Qian had tried every method possible; as soon as an area was struck by the epidemic, troops were sent to cordon it off. Yet even so, they were completely unable to stop the spread of the disease.

Zhuge Zhongguang felt that this epidemic was peculiarly strange; despite various countermeasures taken by the Great Qian Dynasty, it could still spread throughout the entire kingdom. Clearly, this epidemic was not like those previously encountered.

Since Extraterrestrial Materials had been found on Fengyin Island, it was not impossible that Extraterrestrial Materials had also appeared in Great Qian - the epidemic in Great Qian might have been brought by such materials.

Hearing Zhuge Zhongguang's speculation, Lu Chen felt a jolt in his heart.

Zhuge Zhongguang's conjecture could very well be true. If it were an ordinary epidemic, the people of this world would also have methods to deal with it, and he had long since passed on some knowledge about epidemics to the Brocade Guard. Liang Zong's Jinyiwei guards sent to investigate Great Qian were aware of what the epidemic was and knew how to prevent it, yet many Jinyiwei guards who went to investigate in Great Qian still died without understanding why.

Either the situation in Great Qian was the work of the Taiyin Divine Sect, or the epidemic in Great Qian had another source; perhaps some Extraterrestrial Material had indeed fallen into Great Qian, bringing about some deadly pathogens that led to such a catastrophic blow to Great Qian.

Regardless of whether there were Extraterrestrial Materials within Great Qian's borders, this gave Lu Chen a sense of urgency, as after all, the world was not as safe as he had previously thought.

Setting aside the possibility that figures like the Leader of the Taiyin Sect, who had apparently come from other worlds, existed, the powerhouses in the western fog zone were also a tremendous threat to this world. It was now almost confirmed that the objects on Fengyin Island were Extraterrestrial Materials, and Great Qian was also suspected to harbor such materials.

Thinking thus, Lu Chen felt the dangers ever more acutely.

He must hurry to unite the world under one rule.

Coming back to his senses, Lu Chen then said to Zhuge Zhongguang, "Great Scholar, I have decided to lead the troops into Great Wu in three months. What do you think?"

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Zhuge Zhongguang thought for a moment, "With the forces at Your Majesty's disposal, three months is sufficient preparation time."

Lu Chen said, "Very well, then I will lead the troops into Great Wu after three months!"