Chapter 724: Chapter 724 Qin Yanyang Enters the Capital
The sudden division of the Divine Continent was something totally unexpected to its everyday citizens.
Once it split in two, divided along the lines controlled by the Five Battle Zones and fell under the control of two different powers, all of the Divine Continent was in uproar.
At first, the citizens were completely dumbfounded; once they came to and confirmed that the news was indeed true, the overwhelming anti-division public opinion never ceased.
For many families, although parents and children worked in different cities, they were all within the country, all part of the Divine Continent People.
But suddenly, many families found themselves split across different regions, and close kin became citizens under different national regimes. How could they accept this?
Moreover, since ancient times the people of the Divine Continent have had the deep-seated idea of unity and grand unification etched into their bones; the majority were very resistant and dissatisfied with the current situation of division.
Now, with Qin Yanyang leading the charge and calling for the rejection of warlordism and insisting on the unification of the Divine Continent, she immediately garnered support from the citizens.
Whether it was the regions under the control of the Eastern, Western, and Southern Battle Zones or the ordinary citizens in the Central and Northern Combat Zones, everyone enthusiastically discussed on official websites and various social media platforms, demanding unification, demanding a return to the state before the division.
Of course, the Chu Family, Sun Family, Duanmu Family, and Ning Family were also waving the banner of unification. During this time, both sides engaged in media sparring, and the war of words never stopped.
Nobody, regardless of which side they were on, dared to accept the eternal infamy of having divided the Divine Continent.
In fact, in this regard, forces like the Chu Family had an advantage because their original purpose in launching the decisive operation was to suppress political enemies led by the Qin Family, and with the support of the Hidden Sect, they thought it would be easy.
What they hadn’t anticipated was that Qin Yanyang would escape.
Not to mention that even Qin Huai’an also fled.
What was even more unexpected was that the Qin Family and other forces who escaped quickly took action, decisively taking control of the other three battle zones, creating a standoff with them and leading to the division of the Divine Continent.
To put it simply, this was a high-level power struggle between two factions.
But nobody foresaw it developing into the current situation.
Now, both Qin Yanyang and the Chu Family were under tremendous pressure and both carried the stigma of reverting history by starting warlordism and dividing the Divine Continent.
The condemnation and scorn of the public were inevitable. Fortunately, the current global situation is very turbulent, and the Divine Continent’s situation is relatively stable in comparison—at least there is no internal warfare or true large-scale conflict.
But this situation must end as soon as possible.
The current state of affairs is that the nation that first achieves a high degree of unification and handles the relationship between the secular world and the Hidden Sect smoothly will have an absolute advantage in the future global landscape.
In the Western War Zone, Qin Yanyang was advised by her subordinates before boarding the plane.
Mo Yinpeng said, "Director, your identity is special now; you can’t take risks personally."
"That’s right, Director, how can you personally take risks and go to Imperial City? It’s better to send the elite from the Military Department. If you get trapped in Imperial City, we’d have completely lost," Peng Ling even grabbed Qin Yanyang’s arm, vehemently advising her.
Since the collapse of the Divine Continent, Qin Yanyang was still nominally the Military Department Director, but in reality, the three battle zones followed her lead. She was the highest spokesperson for this faction.
Of course, given Qin Yanyang’s age and experience, she was by no means qualified to be the supreme commander. But with Qin Huai’an, the former military superpower, standing behind her, and considering the special circumstances, her youth, outstanding talent, extraordinary ability, and her own strength in the Divine Travel Realm, as well as her husband Yang Fei being a superpower, facing the Chu Family faction with Hidden Sect support, the other families naturally let her take the lead.
If she succeeded, it would be a cause for great joy for everyone.
If not, even in failure, the other families and powers would still have value; at worst, they could surrender, bow their heads in defeat, and not become the primary targets.
Being pulled back by several subordinates, Qin Yanyang looked at them with a solemn expression and said, "I bear an inescapable responsibility for the disintegration of the Divine Continent. Opportunities are fleeting, and I must seize any chance to restore unification to the Divine Continent as soon as possible. I must personally take charge of this mission. Besides, only by being there in person can I stabilize the situation with minimum casualties once the mission in Imperial City succeeds."
With those words, she paused, her gaze sweeping over everyone present, expressing with an unwavering tone, "Remember this; our greatest enemy is not these compatriots who have different opinions, nor some ambitious and scheming individuals from the Hidden Sect World. The biggest enemy of the Divine Continent is the Alien Race!
Now, we must resolve this wrongful division at the fastest speed and with the smallest sacrifice to gain time for a higher position for the Divine Continent in the world’s future."
Everyone stood respectfully.
This was Qin Yanyang’s charm.
Everything she did was for the Divine Continent, for the Yanhuang Nation.
Compared to the power faction of the Chu Family, the actions of the Qin Family were more honorable and upright, and that’s why, in this division, many more were willing to stand by this side.
Accompanying Qin Yanyang in her departure were twenty elite members of the Military Department.
These twenty individuals were all promoted by her after she rose to power, and eight of them, having undergone medicinal transformation at Yunwu Mountain’s Base, had advanced their combat prowess into the Innate Realm.
Their sole purpose in heading to the Imperial Capital was clear.
A decapitation strike.
All the top fighters from the Hidden Sect World had returned to their realm; at this moment, among the enemies in Imperial City, there were few strong ones. Qin Yanyang believed this was an opportunity that comes once in a blue moon.
As long as she could take down all the representatives of the hostile forces, she would be able to control the entire situation.
It had to be fast.
Everything must be done before the Hidden Sect fighters emerged again, so that those forces would find themselves without allies in the Divine Continent afterwards.
As for future threats, they would be addressed after the Divine Continent regained its unification.
"Remember, only surround them and do not attack; just create immense pressure on the enemy and attract their attention," Qin Yanyang instructed one last time.
"Yes."
In Imperial City, representatives from the Chu Family, Duanmu Family, Sun Family, Ning Family, and other power groups had formed a temporary command center; representatives from all four families were present.
In addition to them, there was another person sitting in the meeting room—Zhang Wenfeng.
The man who had once stood at the apex of power behind the scenes in the Divine Continent.
"That girl is crazy, daring to cause such an uproar?" Ning Zhongze said with a frown, speaking in a grave tone.
The Ning Family held a lofty status in the military, comparable to the Chu Family; the Northern Combat Zone was essentially under the control of the Ning Family.
"It should just be a bluff," Chu Shiguang said solemnly, "Given her character, she wouldn’t do something that would spark a full-blown civil war."
"But now with the three battle zones frequently mobilizing and the army pressing in, we must be fully prepared," one insisted.
"Indeed, even if the opponent is bluffing, we can’t be careless," admitted another.
Ning Zhongze exhaled a puff of smoke, crushing the cigarette in the ashtray with a frown, and said, "I always feel that girl has other schemes up her sleeve."
Chu Shiguang nodded and added, "Right, she probably wants to divert our attention with this so that she can carry out other actions."
Zhang Wenfeng spoke slowly, "Does Qin Yanyang know that Zhuge Cang and the other strong ones have left the Divine Continent?"
A sharp glint flashed in the eyes of Chu Shiguang, Ning Zhongze, and others as they all turned to Zhang Wenfeng and said, "Are you suggesting that girl is thinking of trying a decapitation strike on us here in Imperial City?"
Zhang Wenfeng nodded and said, "If I were her, knowing that the Hidden Sect fighters supporting you have left, I definitely wouldn’t miss this chance."
The sound of sudden movement. Ning Zhongze abruptly stood up, sending the chair behind him flying back with a clatter.
"Right, she would surely do that."
The rest of them revealed expressions of horror and became extremely tense.
"What should we do?"
"This woman is terrifyingly powerful, and with the help of that boy Yang Fei, without the assistance of Hidden Sect fighters, none of us are their match."
For a moment, everyone fell into a state of panic.
A person’s reputation can cast a long shadow.
The strongest among them were only at the Innate Realm in the past, but now Yang Fei and Qin Yanyang had reached the even more formidable Divine Travel Realm. With just Innate Realm protectors on their side, how could they withstand the assassinations from these two?