Chapter 461 - None Was Left Alive (1/2)
Three days later.
A reconstructed area located in what was originally the northwestern desert region in Z country, an area of about 30,000 square kilometers.
After hundreds of years of operation, the area was rich in resources and was developed in the area of science and technology. Its development index ranked amongst the top in the world.
It was also once known as the Earth-Life Extension Center. Most of the life-extension treatments were completed in hospitals in this area.
After the return of the Protoss, the humans’ gradually lost their sovereignty over the lands on Earth; the Chen family included. They were once labeled as the third superpower. They had also given up countless free cities and pulled back their forces. Finally, only this base of operations was left.
The Chen family spent several decades of transforming the base into a military fortress. Countless resources, manpower, and materials were invested in the transformation project, it was as if the Chens were suffering from persecutory delusions. The base gradually evolved into the well-known “hen Family’s Fortress.
It was also known as the place with the highest level of defense in the world.
The strongest fortress and so on.
It gave off a very strong and intense feel.
Most of the Chen family’s descendants lived in the fortress. They worked and lived in peace. They did not live like humans in other cities, who lived in fear that their property and life would be threatened at any time.
Then, there were members of the Protoss who lusted after the riches of the Chen family and launched attacks on the fortress. But even if the Protoss lead their entire family to take the plunge, resulting in all of their deaths, they still did not succeed in breaching this fortress.
Many Protoss’s dreams of striking it rich were coldly dashed against the fortress, which was not to be trifled with.
The lessons learned from the many lives that were lost had created a deep impression that the Chen family should not be messed with. This impression was engraved in the minds of many Protoss.
Generally, if one’s forces were not strong enough, it was best not to get any ideas about targeting the Chen family.
However, around ten o’clock in the morning, a multitude of silhouettes flew across the sky above the fortress, like a cluster of dark clouds. The dark clouds bore down on the fortress with their momentum as they slowly approached it.
…
Thousands of kilometers in the air.
Two strong Protoss stepped on their magic weapon that enabled flight and marched side by side. They quickly arrived just above the fortress, hovering in the air.
They kept moving forward, preparing to go deep inside the fortress.
The air in front of them suddenly rippled, and a transparent wall seemed to be blocking their progress onwards.
As they looked, it turned out to be a semi-spherical saucepan lid that enveloped the entire fortress.
“A defensive formation?”
The leader, a Protoss man wearing a flaming red armor, swept his gaze downwards and smiled disdainfully, “The Chen family is indeed rich and overbearing. They have the resources to come up with such a large defense formation.”
This Protoss man was called Tonghuang Moshan. He was the leading commander sent by the Tonghuang clan. He possessed a high level of cultivation base and his leadership ability was outstanding.
“Haha, I had a good relationship with a few of the Chen family’s descendants. I’ve asked them many times, if they have the money, why not use it to enjoy life? What’s the use of building such a huge fortress? It is purely useless. How could it withstand me and the other Protoss?”
The Protoss man beside him, who looked refined in his fluttering white robes, tipped the corners of his lips in a smile and said, “But my friends from the Chen family said that they have no choice but to build such a fortress because there are always rabble-rousers who want to overthrow them as the ruling family… In hindsight, it seems that their thoughts are somewhat reasonable; their actions are not wrong.”
This man was called Mugu Feng, he was the leading commander of the Mugu family, and was also a genius figure.
“Rabble-rousers?”
Tonghuang Moshan’s expression was unpleasant, “Humans like them who are not willing to be captured quietly and easily are the rabble-rousers! We are the emperors! They did not even obey our orders to hand over their interests and lives. Instead, they’ve built this huge fortress, which seems impossible to me! And they stubbornly resist. They’re simply courting their deaths!”
His tone was so self-righteous that one was at a loss of how to criticize him.
“Moshan, this Chen family fortress took nearly 50 years to complete. It is extraordinary. We must not lower our guard. To avoid unnecessary losses, it is better to try diplomacy before violence. We’ll pressure the Chen family to stop resisting, and prevent them from destroying their factories, which is the same as damaging our property. Let’s try our best to advise them to surrender.” Mugu Feng said.
“Advise them to surrender?”
Tonghuang Moshan pointed to the defense shield below, “This attitude of rejecting their esteemed guests; is there a need to persuade them to surrender? We can simply murder our way through, why should we bother to talk so much nonsense?”
“Diplomacy before violence. It’s better to say at least something to them first.”
Mugu Feng did not want to start the fight in such an immediate manner.
…
After a few minutes, Tonghuang Moshan was convinced by Mugu Feng and agreed to talk with the Chen’s representative.
They arrived at the city center.
Tonghuang Moshan applied his “sound amplification technique.” A majestic voice fell forth like rolling thunder.
“The Chen family! The games are almost over. Face up to your position now and immediately offer all your land, properties, and technologies to our two families to show your allegiance. Say that you will become our servants who meet with our standards and wholeheartedly serve the Protoss. If your performance is good, we will reward you with a good position.” He said this in a charitable tone.
After a while, in the city below, a high-pitched horn was sounded. With a high decibel, it rang out above the city, “We apologize, the Chen family does not make a habit of serving others.”
“So, that means that you, the Chens, choose to die?”
Murderous energy burst forth from the eyes of Tonghuang Moshan.
“No?”
The high-pitched voice from the horn replied, “We may necessarily die. But those attacking the fortress will certainly pay a heavy price, which could even lead to a serious decline in their clan ranking, they will no longer have the innate awe-inspiring authority of the top first and second family.”
“I will ask you now, is it worth it to pay such a price to devour the Chen family?”
In addition to the vague warning, the voice also possessed the power to restore one’s rationality.
But…Tonghuang Moshan was so mad he nearly exploded on the spot. He immediately delivered a punch that carried a strong burst of Qi energy against the defensive shield below. “Who do you think you are? You’re just insignificant humans. How dare you talk like this? Die, all of you!”
It seemed like his powerful and energetic punch would smash the defensive shield into pieces.
“Bam~”
However, his rather confident punch only caused the shield to slightly sag. It quickly became calm again.
“There’s something to this defense formation, it can withstand the angry attack from a top master of the Jushen Order.”
Mugu Feng’s expression became concentrated. He felt that the Chen family was not bluffing. They had ample secret information not known to the world.
“Attack them!”
Tonghuang Moshan threw another punch.
“Attack!”
Negotiations would have no effects. The purpose of bringing so many master practitioners here today was to swallow up the Chen family by force…If it could be done without force, the Chen family would have been convinced long ago.
“Boom boom boom~”
“Bam bam bam~”
“This defense formation requires a huge amount of energy to keep it running. It needs a lot of spirit stones. It can’t be maintained for long.”
“Damn it, the Chen family is overlooking our kindness! The valuable spirit stones are being wasted for nothing! We must break through their formation to quickly reduce the loss of spirit stones!”
“Boom boom boom~”
In the air, large numbers of practitioners from the Tonghuang and Mugu clans released their attacks, tearing a hole in the shield.
On the other side, the battle was also carried out on the ground.
A large number of practitioners with weaker cultivation were organized by the two clans and incorporated into two divisions as they could not maintain their flight. The troops were further divided into different lines and they would attack the wall of the Fortress from the surroundings.
There were tens of thousands of them.
It could be said that the two big clans had spent a lot of capital to take down the Chen family.
…
About two hours later.
“Bang bang bang bang~”
The sounds of the attacks on the large defense spell formation were still on-going.
However, there were still no obvious changes to the defense formation in front of them. However, the attackers had lost more than half of the spiritual energy in their bodies.
“Why hasn’t this spell formation broke?”
“Perhaps the Chen family have a small mountain’s worth of spirit stones, we’ve given everything we’ve got; we didn’t hold anything back.”
The Protoss practitioners flying in the air were amazed and hurting over the riches of the Chen family, the amount of money and spirit stones they possessed must be way more than what they had imagined.
On the ground, the practitioners with a medium to a low level of cultivation base who were divided into multiple lines ranted while they attacked the transparent defense formation in front of them.
“Chen family! You’re just a scared turtle hiding inside. What skills do you even have? Dissolve the formation if you’re a man.”
“Stop struggling. Just quietly wait to be killed by our likes!”