Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor

Chapter 1401 Civilization War: True Battle

Chapter 1401  Civilization War: True Battle

Du Cong returned home, feeling restless. He always knew this day would come, but he suddenly felt overwhelmed when it did. Air entered and exited his body as this kind of controlled breathing soothed his rampaging thought. "Summon the War Council," Du Cong ordered, and in less than ten minutes, all the best military minds of his base gathered in one room. Du Cong explained the situation to them, and everybody prepared for war. The council mobilized all their troops while waiting for Wang Wei's map.

A few days later, they saw an area of the map rapidly disappearing, and everyone's breathing rapidly increased.

"Report the threat level," Du Cong asked.

"Energy level indicates a cultivator between Tier 4 and 5."

Du Cong frowned, wondering whether it was a coincidence that their first opponent was so weak. However, he decided that it did not matter. This is the path their civilization must take.

"What do you think we should do?" He asked his generals.

"I suggest we deploy one 5B squad."

"A squad? Shouldn't one 5B armor be enough?"

"This is war, and we cannot take the risk."

"That makes sense."

Soon, everybody agreed on a safe approach, and Du Cong made the final decision. Under his order, one of the best 5B Squad — The White Wolf Squad — was deployed. This civilization has mastered space travel, and unlike the ones from the lower dimension, Wang Wei did not have to create a separate sub-space from them. Their space-traveling technology involved combining Light and Space Runes to navigate through the complex spatial structure of the upper dimension.

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"Captain, are you excited?" asked a young man wearing blue armor with the head of a white wolf drawn on his back. He looked excitedly at a middle-aged man with white hair, a scar over his right eye, and the eyes of a ferocious animal.

"Lu Zhen, this is war — take it seriously," said a woman with similar armor. She and Lu Zhen were both Tier 4 pilots of the White Wolf Squad, making them the four vice-captains of the squad.

"Blue Flower, you're too serious," Lu Zhen said. "How many times have we trained in the Void Illusion Realm? This battle will be swift, and once we're done, our squad can be raised to 6B and even the legendary 7A squad."

All three had a brief light of desire flashing in their eyes. No armor pilots did not desire to become a 7A squad. Sadly, there were few of these armors, and the requirements were more than stringent.

"Blue Flower is correct — this is war, so don't play around," White Wolf said seriously, albeit his tone did not hide his confidence.

"On your command, captain."

The other members soon arrived, which included two other 4B Vice Captains pilots and 103 3C pilots for a total of 108. All squads usually have between 72 to 360 members, and the composition could be real pilots with puppets. White Wolf was not fond of puppets, so he always used real pilots. Additionally, his reputation was enough to build a crew with only 3C pilots.

"Let's go," White Wolf ordered after everyone had suited up before leading them to a towering gate. Everyone gazed at this door with wonder and longing. Only hunting squads had the right to leave the base to capture cultivators for training or research purposes. However, most of the time, a guardian would do the job, so even the hunting squad did not have much opportunity to leave, let alone them.

White Wolf took a deep breath before walking through the gate. He felt he had turned into a white light and was traveling at an unreasonable speed. The squad felt an eternity had passed traveling in that void while simultaneously feeling it was an instant.

White Wolf opened his mouth to check on his team when a terrible smell assaulted his senses. This terrible smell — a mixture of blood, urine, fecal matter, vomit, and, more importantly, intense fear — sent a great shock to his system. One of the requirements for being a pilot was a great vision, but White Wolf regretted having such a good vision.

He saw limbs scattered everywhere, followed by bodies of men, women, and children, the despair before their death still on their faces. White Wolf's face paled as he saw a pregnant woman lying on the ground with a big hole in her head. His reaction was not for her death but because his armor detected the womb in her stomach still had signs of life.

Countless sounds of retching echoed behind White Wolf. Usually, he would reprimand his men, but he did not have the strength. A part of their training was called [The Cruelty of War], and they saw even worse sights like this in the Void Illusion Realm. However, everyone could compartmentalize these experiences as an illusion and not real. But the one before them was real. All these people are real people, and they have genuinely died horribly.

"Captain, what should we do?" Blue Flower asked, her face pale under her mask. "Should we start rescuing operations?"

"Our training said cultivators are destructive, so we must eliminate them before focusing on rescuing survivors. Otherwise, even more lives will be lost," said Vice Captain Li Shen.

"But…" Blue Flower said, looking at the child missing his right leg and struggling to survive.

"Lu Shen is right," White Wolf said, finally regaining his bearing. His wolf-shape mask looked in the distance while his body released a terrifying killing intent. "Deploy." The squad flew toward the high-energy response the armor detected.

"A child?" asked Lu Zhen. The enemy was a child with white long white hair, black clothes, and red eyes like an animal. A close look revealed purple pus sacks on its arms and neck.

"Not a child. It should be a cultivation technique that made him look like this," Vice Captain Grindax replied.

"I was hoping the enemy was from the demon race," Lu Zhen commented.

"Don't have any unnecessary dreams. Although we are both humans, cultivators do not see us as the same species," Grindax sneered, his words impacting the team more than he understood. They were all smart people and understood the truth. The Great Guardian Wang Wei and Guardian Jia Ping treated their kind respectfully, but any discerning person could tell how they did not want to associate too closely with them.

These pilots understood. Although now mortals can live up to 10,000 years, allowing them to have long friendships with cultivators. However, 10,000 years was not even a nap for these immortal powerhouses. And that's not to mention that if they did not control their emotions properly and accidentally released their aura, they could annihilate every life in their bases. With such a vast difference, it's understandable why they did not want to associate with regular humans.

Of course, understanding is just that—understanding. Just because these mortals understood the reason did not mean they could accept it emotionally. Ultimately, unless Heavenly Dao accepts mortal civilization as a viable cultivation path that can become immortal and higher, mortals will always feel inferior to cultivators.

"Enough talking," White Wolf ordered. "Get in formation."

All 3-C pilots surrounded this devil child, and their armor linked together. They raised their hands to fire projectiles and spells at their opponents. The four Vice-Captains teamed up, leaving White Wolf as the primary vanguard. The captain launched at this devil child, trying to claw him into two.

All 3-C pilots surrounded this devil child, and their armor linked together. They raised their hands to fire projectiles and spells at their opponents. The four Vice-Captains teamed up, leaving White Wolf as the primary vanguard. The captain launched at this devil child, trying to claw him into two.

The child, whose mind was lost due to the plague and acting out of instinct, finally noticed these people when his life was in danger. Small earth spears manifested behind before rushing toward White Wolf with extreme speed. The vice-captains suddenly appeared in front and worked together to block these spears,

White Wolf's momentum did not decrease due to his teammate's utility help, so he continued forward. The child was about to attack a second time, but the 3-C pilots started their barrages of energy attacks, forcing him to create energy shields to protect himself.

White Wolf finally arrived and released a barrage of attacks. His claws were made of the best materials capable of shredding most Divine Body Cultivator's shields. Additionally, he asked for his claws to be boosted by [Metal Runes], so adding his White Wolf Martial Arts, the captain was confident in tearing that damn cultivator apart.

However, the shield calmly created earth shields around him, blocking all of White Wolf's attacks.

"The enemy is suspected of being an Earth Dao cultivator," Grindax said in their interlink communication system. "Firing Squad: change to Fire-based attacks."

More than 20 members of the 3-C squads had Fire Rune Base armor, and then they became the primary link of the formation. Using their runes as resonance, everyone else could now attack with fire spells. The squad opened their palms, preparing to release fireballs.

White Wolf cooperated with the team. He did not allow his anger to dictate his actions. He moved out of the way to make more space for the firing squad,