Congratulations to the host for completing the second phase of World 4's main quest. Your level has been raised to 5. Please name this connected world! Please check the information panel.
Su Han was delighted. After so long, had it finally arrived?
Su Han happily opened the Teleportation Gate System's information panel.
Teleportation Gate System
Host: Su Han
Level: 5 /
Number of Connected Worlds: 5
World 1: Dinosaur World. Teleportation gate solidified. Gate dimensions: 16 meters wide, 32 meters high.
World 2: Magic World. Teleportation gate solidified. Gate dimensions: 16 meters wide, 32 meters high.
World 3: Tower Universe. Teleportation gate solidified. Gate dimensions: 16 meters wide, 32 meters high.
World 4. Teleportation gate solidified. Gate dimensions: 16 meters wide, 32 meters high.
At this moment, the teleportation gates in the four worlds began to slowly expand.
Several people standing near the teleportation gates cheered upon seeing them grow.
"That's great, truly great. World 4's main quest is complete. The main quest is fixed."
"Wonderful, our Long Country has another world secured."
"Long Country's territory has expanded again."
"..."
These cheers could be heard in all the worlds.
After completing this main quest, Su Han noticed that the Teleportation Gate System had no prompt for the next mission. What would the next mission be? The Teleportation Gate System did not display it. Would it appear after some time?
Su Han did not overthink it and returned to the Xuanmen headquarters to continue his cultivation.
Su Han's current strength was at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. In this cultivation world, each realm was divided into Early, Mid, and Perfect stages. Unlike in fantasy novels with Early, Mid, Late, and Perfect stages, there were only these three simple sub-realms. Therefore, Su Han knew that much of his knowledge from fantasy novels would not be useful in this cultivation world. Of course, some of it would still be applicable.
Time passed quickly during cultivation. A few days later, important news suddenly came from the native Blue Star: a war had broken out in Long Country's neighboring nation, and this war was directed towards Long Country.
Upon hearing this news, Su Han immediately returned to the Blue Star world.
By the time Su Han arrived back on Blue Star, people were already waiting for him.
"Welcome back to the mainland, Deputy Minister Su Han. I will notify the higher-ups immediately."
After this person made a notification, a meeting was quickly convened within the military base.
First, a staff officer used a holographic projection to explain the current situation on Blue Star.
"The situation on Blue Star is turbulent..."
It turned out that during the year Su Han was exploring World 4, the cultivation world, the global landscape on Blue Star had drastically changed. Except for Long Country, all other countries had finally depleted their food reserves over the past year. During this period, the Lighthouse Nation directly harassed other countries to seize food. The country south of the Lighthouse Nation was completely transformed into a nation that only cultivated fruits and vegetables, with a large portion of these produce designated to supply the Lighthouse Nation. Not content with this, the Lighthouse Nation stirred up trouble across Blue Star. However, as more and more fruit trees and vegetable varieties contracted wilt disease, the fruits and vegetables the Lighthouse Nation obtained from its southern neighbor became insufficient for its own needs.
Even though the Lighthouse Nation wished to plunder its southern neighbor further, millions had already starved to death in that country. Consequently, the southern nation, unable to bear it any longer, erupted in rebellion. The Lighthouse Nation then directly declared war on its southern neighbor.
The country south of the Lighthouse Nation was completely unable to resist. It was overrun by the Lighthouse Nation's forces, pushing all the way to the various reserve granaries. Over eighty percent of the reserves were plundered by the Lighthouse Nation. The Lighthouse Nation was only interested in the grain from the granaries; it had no intention of occupying the southern nation's land, as the latter would slowly perish after its food reserves were seized.
Following the Lighthouse Nation's initiation of this grain-seizing war, other countries also began their own related conflicts. Wars erupted all over Blue Star.
After the Lighthouse Nation plundered the southern nation's grain reserves, its living standards improved slightly, making the entire nation even more brazen. It swept through over a dozen countries to the south, seizing their last remaining food reserves.
After pushing two continents' nations into the abyss of destruction, the Lighthouse Nation turned its attention to countries on other continents.
Among these, the nation the Lighthouse Nation most desired to wage war on and seize food from was Long Country.
Thus, after preparations, the Lighthouse Nation began its operations.
The Lighthouse Nation did not directly attack Long Country but instead first declared war on Tai, which bordered Long Country to the south.
The Lighthouse Nation's objective was clear: by conquering Tai, they would not only acquire substantial food reserves but also gain a crucial bridgehead for an assault on Long Country.
When Su Han returned to Blue Star, the Lighthouse Nation had already commenced its landing operations on Tai. The battle had been raging for a day, and Tai was completely unable to withstand the Lighthouse Nation's assault. In just one day, hundreds of thousands of Lighthouse Nation troops had landed.
Long Country, as per convention, issued a condemnation of the Lighthouse Nation.
The Lighthouse Nation, naturally, paid no heed to Long Country's condemnation.
These were the events that transpired while Su Han was exploring other worlds.
After the staff officer concluded his explanation, Su Han said, "I didn't expect Blue Star to have devolved into such a situation. Is the Lighthouse Nation planning to confront Long Country alone?"
Intelligence department representatives were also present at this meeting.
Everyone turned their gaze towards the intelligence department's representative.
The representative stated, "Our intelligence department has received word that the Lighthouse Nation has also contacted a large number of countries hostile to Long Country. Once the Lighthouse Nation successfully conquers Tai, those countries will also mobilize to launch a war against Long Country. They are ready to deploy. At that time, Long Country will face the invasion of over a dozen nations."
Invasion. Hearing this word, Su Han felt a strange sense of detachment. With Long Country's current strength, were these nations not simply inviting their own destruction by coming here?
Su Han remarked, "These countries actually dare to attack Long Country. With the hidden strength Long Country possesses, they have absolutely no chance. So, how will our Long Country deal with this matter?"
At this point, a representative stood up and declared, "An appointment will now be announced. After deliberation, Su Han has been appointed as the Minister of the Interdimensional Development Department. Li Chengfu will no longer serve as the Minister of the Interdimensional Development Department; he has been assigned to other duties. Furthermore, Su Han, as the Minister of the Interdimensional Development Department, will command operations regarding the Lighthouse Nation."