Chapter 1673
Chapter 1673 - 1669: Reinforcements
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How much longer can the Mountainous Kingdom hold out? Once they fall, how much longer can South Asia and Southeast Asia last?
"...They can hold out until they can’t hold out anymore."
This Mr. Quasi-God, seemed to have said something pointless.
"Probably, until the last drop of the Mountainous People’s blood has been shed."
And another Excellency said quite a cruel thing, yet it vaguely hinted at something.
But Lu Ping’an vaguely perceived that perhaps what they said was the hard truth, many things have been ongoing, but not widely publicized.
Lu Ping’an himself had not expected that his Courtyard would welcome so many Quasi-Gods, top-tier eighth-tiers.
The library had become a meeting room, and in this crowded Reading Room, each person was probably the leader of some power or organization.
And it’s not surprising that they would come here... a Domain completely incapable of combat is especially convenient for communication among each other, particularly because professionals often have too much pride and can easily cause big trouble if disagreements lead to physical confrontations.
Then, during this time, they also hurried to integrate various aspects, exchanging all kinds of Extraordinary Life, research materials was necessary, and Lu Ping’an’s "Trading Land" was a better choice at this moment.
Anyway, the world is large enough, it’s acceptable for them to move in, after the big shots have been "working" here for a while, they naturally started holding meetings here as well.
And the library is the place they stayed closest to.
The opportunity to buy and sell another person’s "Extraordinary Knowledge" was an irresistible temptation for them, especially now that they just traded for a bunch of new technologies and products, they wanted to fully master these new toys, and they also needed relevant knowledge, so exchanging/trading "Knowledge" is a good choice in this environment.
Lu Ping’an also vaguely perceived that for middle-low tier professionals, even those below the eighth-tier, his Courtyard could offer great help, but mainly in terms of "acquiring" new abilities, Traits.
However, for top-tier Extraordinaries, they actually no longer care about the advantage of "rapid acquisition," what they are more concerned about is "safe trading" and "quick identification," they envy Lu Ping’an’s ability to categorize "knowledge" rather than the knowledge itself, which they could handle with a bit of time.
However, now they are willing to sit in one area to chat and trade, which itself is a manifestation of the "social" consciousness.
No one is stupid, everyone may face risks in the upcoming War, and at the very least, they want to make their Comrades familiar, so it’s convenient to have reinforcements in case of an emergency.
Trading and exchanging the technology that may be brought to the battlefield is necessary... Not all is needed, just like Biological Weapons, there’s no need to understand the research process and thought behind it, but at least one should know the scope of lethality and self-rescue methods.
Shallow yet broad knowledge and technology swaps occur back and forth among the big shots, and Lu Ping’an mixed in to get quite a bit.
For the big shots, these things may just be a "Be careful with XX" kind of practical warning, but for newcomers to top-tier domains like Lu Ping’an, it greatly expanded his horizons and potential.
"So it can actually be done like this..."
"Wow, they really know how to play, maybe I can learn a bit."
"This path can actually lead to another technology chain, I’ll give it a try too."
The "common sense" that high-tier life series usually take decades or even centuries to accumulate allowed Lu Ping’an to feast, and many conjectures about "possibilities" were Lu Ping’an’s greatest gains.
As a research-oriented life series, the insight and inspiration that "this path might work" is the powerful source... Experienced old stagers may not necessarily have a broader vision than newcomers, but when it comes to eliminating wrong options and finding the way, those with experience definitely have an advantage.
If it wasn’t for the tight schedule, Lu Ping’an would have wished for the meeting to keep going, allowing himself to scrape together more experience and exposure.
However, with the arrival of the battlefield, the focus inevitably shifted to the next War Zone in the Mountainous Country.
In this regard, Lu Ping’an hadn’t really paid attention before... It actually related to the Inland Military Region, whereas the Coastal Military Region barely had any interaction with this area.
Luckily, the military had long identified a professional, a colonel from the Western Hills Group, who brought comprehensive data with him.
Among the information was the astronomical figure of the arms trade, which even shocked Lu Ping’an.
"Uh, can they afford to pay for it? They don’t seem to have any money."
"Only those who survive have the qualification to consider post-war issues... Besides, there are still mines, right?"
"There aren’t many mines over there, and they also don’t have quite enough oil and gas resources."
"Nothing at all, but they have land... the land isn’t great either, but they have a population, right?"
"That’s going too far....."
"Hah, just kidding. At least they have natural resources, like crops and animals, and if things really go south, they can make their Deities and Advanced Combat Power work for a living."
"...Tsk, this really is a losing business."
Even though what was said went a bit too far, it seemed that Eastern Country indeed had no intention of giving out any freebies... Lu Ping’an figured that when things did go south, they probably would give out freebies, and the current IOUs were essentially no different from giving things for free.
In this timeline, the Mountainous Country is actually much stronger than the Vietnam that Lu Ping’an remembered.
The reason is quite simple. Although the Vietnam War still erupted, the "Great Summon" (an event of historical Extraordinary proliferation) had been ongoing for over a decade, and all countries were overwhelmed by the surge in Extraordinary and supernatural crimes. With frequent domestic incidents, Huaqi didn’t have much resolve to continue a war that seemed hopeless... And a certain handsome president still got his lid popped off, an unavoidable historical event that also served as a prerequisite to the war’s outbreak.
The Mountainous Country unified earlier and thus developed slightly better, but more crucially, both the Huaqi and Red Star superpowers, limited by the domestic Extraordinary incidents and having already begun secret Foreign Domain Explorations, saw their desire to interfere abroad greatly reduced.
Without the support and instigation of these two powers, the war between the Eastern Country and the Mountainous Country erupted anyways (the core reason being the country’s post-Vietnam War expansionist ambitions and demands), but it was less intense than another world’s timeline (lacking third and fourth-party support, the Mountainous Country fared worse, saw no victory, and surrendered quicker).
For this reason, their losses were smaller... but after these days of battle, their population is probably even lower than the historic nadir.
Lu Ping’an reviewed the data and confirmed that they probably couldn’t withstand the Foreign Domain Allied Forces’ attack on their own, but in fact, they did... under the premise of Eastern Country’s infinite support from behind.
"Those military regions in the west, they’ve all sent their weapons and equipment over there, especially all kinds of new equipment, including drones and mechanical dogs... those new toys."
"Are you sure this isn’t just a testing ground for arms?"
"Don’t put it so bluntly, our jungle mechanical dogs have already undergone seven generations of updates."
"By the way, do you think we’re going to do the same as we did to Sakura Island and take it back into our territory? That place used to be ours, too, didn’t it..."
"Cough cough, that won’t happen, we need safe zones too. Don’t say things that could ruin diplomatic friendship."
"Right right, speak less, don’t talk about it outside, we are here as reinforcements this time... don’t miss the chance to test any new toys."
— End of Chapter 1673 —