Days passed slowly with Ding Yun taking his parents on tours and the high-level officials of both worlds actively preparing for war. Before long, half a year had gone by.
Sensing that the other world had begun to mobilize its vast army, the Interdimensional Warfare Command Headquarters promptly issued orders.
They demanded that members who had infiltrated the rural, disaster-stricken, flooded, and plague-ridden areas of the other world six months prior, had been secretly assisting the local populace, organizing them, and guiding them, should now officially commence a large-scale uprising.
Concurrently, the martial artists who had been trained over the past six months were also to be fully prepared for battle.
Of course, in addition to this, they intensified their monitoring of spatial fluctuations across the country, constantly watching and regulating areas with spatial activity.
This was to prevent the emergence of unknown spatial rifts, which could lead to a large influx of martial artists harming civilians.
Following this, the war between the two realms officially commenced. However, as the main battlefield was situated in the martial arts world, ordinary people in Ding Yun's world were largely unaffected. Many were even unaware of what was happening.
Even when individual martial artists from the other world appeared, they were quickly eliminated.
If a spatial rift appeared in a bustling or densely populated area, relevant agencies would swiftly intervene. Using the methods Ding Yun had taught them, they would seal or destroy the spatial rift to prevent more martial artists from causing destruction through it.
Most importantly, as Xia Country had informed the high-level officials of other nations a month in advance, these countries, while lacking the capability to open large-scale spatial rifts to the martial arts world, were actively apprehending these martial artists. They also sought to leverage this opportunity to decipher the secrets of the extraordinary. Da Feng Novel Network.
Consequently, although domestic order in these nations was not as stable as in Xia Country, major disturbances were avoided.
The overall situation in the modern world remained largely stable. The few unstable regions were already so before the invasion of martial artists from the other world. The addition of a few dozen martial artists causing trouble now was inconsequential.
Indeed, the collision of the two worlds caused spatial rifts to appear not only within Xia Country but also across the globe, and even in some regions beyond the planet. The reason why some spies from the martial arts world did not return after entering spatial rifts was mainly because the connection points of some rifts were in the deep ocean, the stratosphere, or even outer space. Even as martial artists, they couldn't withstand these dangers.
Naturally, the dead could not return.
The dangers faced by Ding Yun's side were undoubtedly much smaller, as they only utilized spatial rifts through which living beings had come. If living beings could come over, it naturally meant that their people would not encounter significant danger when going over, at least not from nature. At most, they would be ambushed.
Furthermore, they chose spatial rifts through which ordinary civilians had accidentally entered, rather than those used by spies, further reducing the danger. There were basically no accidental deaths upon arrival.
Compared to the modern world, which was still relatively peaceful and quiet, the martial arts world was in utter chaos.
Emperor Qingyan had just assembled a million-strong army and had not yet had time to activate the large spatial rift painstakingly constructed by the Supervisory Bureau of Heaven when his location, the capital city, was subjected to a nuclear bombardment.
The high-level officials were almost all wiped out.
Emperor Qingyan was utterly reduced to ashes.
The invasion plan was thus stillborn.
This, of course, was orchestrated by the Interdimensional Warfare Command Headquarters. They had known the news for six months but had hesitated to take large-scale action against the martial arts world, even refraining from using excessively powerful weapons when developing rural forces. It was all for this very day.
They were well aware that martial artists attacking in scattered formations would be extremely troublesome, and their destructive weapons were something martial artists could not resist.
Therefore, they had to seize the opportune moment when most martial artists were gathered together to eliminate as many of them as possible.
This would reduce the martial prowess of the high-ranking officials in the martial arts world.
Emperor Qingyan's mobilization of his troops was undoubtedly the perfect opportunity. Not only were all the civil and military officials gathered, but also those martial experts he had found or who were willing to cooperate with him. The most elite and powerful soldiers he could muster were also assembled. Truly, there was no better chance to annihilate them than at that moment.
While it might sound cruel, only by doing so could they minimize potential casualties, which would have been far greater, and achieve peace more quickly.
Following the end of the nuclear bombardment and the announcement by the main force dispatched from Xia Country taking responsibility for the incident, and their subsequent rendezvous with the previously arrived uprising forces, a powerful momentum began to coalesce around them, spreading like wildfire.
It was inevitable. The main martial forces of the entire Great Zou Imperial Dynasty had been turned to dust, and the core administrative and military systems had completely collapsed, plunging the empire into a state of leaderlessness. How could they possibly resist the experienced and well-prepared Interdimensional Warfare Command Headquarters?
With this single move, the future course of events was irrevocably set.
If there were no unforeseen circumstances, the Interdimensional Warfare Command Headquarters would completely conquer the entire Great Zou Imperial Dynasty, and even incorporate the entire martial arts world into their dominion.
It was likely only a matter of time.
To claim this world for themselves, once the situation was under control, the Interdimensional Warfare Command Headquarters dispatched another team into the martial arts world. They began to systematically detect and destroy most of the detectable spatial rifts. Only a few were retained within Xia Country and stabilized by the Double-Door Gate provided by Ding Yun, thus preventing interference from other nations.
While Xia Country had the foresight to invade other dimensions and reap benefits, other countries naturally wouldn't be left behind. However, they had received the news later and lacked the technology to expand spatial rifts. Ordinary micro-spatial rifts could only accommodate a few people and a small amount of goods at a time. Such a small number of personnel would find it difficult even to gather information, let alone conquer territories.
Furthermore, they had to learn languages and the like, putting them far behind Xia Country in this regard.
The destruction of these micro-spatial rifts was intended to completely prevent the possibility of them dispatching large numbers of personnel into the martial arts world. The few remaining large spatial rifts were all within Xia Country, so there was no need to worry.
Everything was going smoothly.
Until remnants of the Great Zou Imperial Dynasty rebuilt a small court, constructed a small altar for sacrificing to heaven, and awakened the Heavenly Dao.
The smooth progression of events was suddenly disrupted.
The Heavenly Dao began to reject them, the outsiders.
(End of chapter)