186: The universe is in chaos, and the demons are invading the border

Previously, the Foundation Level Star Envoy had already alerted the Alliance Leader, Old Deng, to the Demon Clan's issues.

Therefore, the Human race Foundation Level already knew that the Demon Clan would cause trouble, and the Federation actively responded once they were aware of the problem.

In the Five Regions Great World, the deities whose true bodies had arrived all left their avatars behind and quietly departed the Five Regions Great World, moving towards the Federation's northern border.

The Northern Border Expeditionary Force and Border Army, which had already been marshaled, were well-supplied and ready to face any invading enemy at any time.

The Human race Foundation Level in the Five Regions Great World were originally just projections; their main bodies had already arrived at the northern border in advance and could strike at any moment.

Whether it was ambushing the Demon Clan Foundation Level or engaging in an open war, they were not afraid of the Demon Clan.

In This Universe, there is a Heavenly Abyss that spans the universe, running from north to south, dividing the cosmic starry sky into eastern and western parts.

The Human race, Ancient Immortal Clan, and Demon Clan are located in the eastern part of the Heavenly Abyss, while the Yisha God Race, Mechanical Clan, and Bug Clan are in the western part of the Heavenly Abyss. The Nether Clan is situated in another relatively independent domain, with limited contact with the Main Universe.

In the eastern starry sky of the Heavenly Abyss, the Human race is in the easternmost region near the cosmic barrier, while the Ancient Immortal Clan and Demon Clan are one south and one north, basically also near the cosmic barrier.

The Ancient Immortal Clan is in the south, the Demon Clan in the north, the Human race in the east, and the Heavenly Abyss is to the west.

The three super-large clans have always been in a state of expansion, with the expansion center being the central area encircled by the three super-large clans. This area does not have a super-large clan, nor is it possible for one to be born there; at most, only top-tier large clans can emerge.

According to the current pattern, within 100,000 years, the territories of the three clans will inevitably meet in the central area, at which point a great war between the three clans will be unavoidable.

The eastern part of the Heavenly Abyss has this pattern, and the western part of the Heavenly Abyss is largely similar.

It is even more intense, with the Mechanical Clan and Bug Clan being more frenzied, having almost maxed out their combat and expansion traits.

Especially the Mechanical Clan and Bug Clan, their forms differ too much from the Yisha God Race, and their civilization concepts are worlds apart; coexistence is basically impossible. As long as their territories meet, war is unavoidable.

In contrast, in the eastern part of the Heavenly Abyss, the Human race and the Ancient Immortal Clan, as well as the core bloodline races of the Demon Clan, do not differ much in form. At a glance, the three clans look more like different branches of a single race.

The civilization concepts of the three clans are also different, but not to the extent of being truly irreconcilable; there is a possibility of them merging into one.

Therefore, the eastern part of the Heavenly Abyss is relatively peaceful. When there are no conflicting interests between the Human race and the Ancient Immortal Clan, they tacitly target the Demon Clan, curbing the Demon Clan's expansion.

After all, the Demon Clan only finds the upper-tier races acceptable; the middle and lower-tier races are completely unsightly, with various forms, converging under the banner of the Demon Clan due to the concept of 'Demon.' One can only say, 'Ugly, rejected.'

In the northern border of the Human Federation, the direction of expansion is directly towards the Demon Clan, and the speed of expansion is relatively fast, while the Demon Clan has also been expanding towards the Human race.

It can be said that they are mutually heading towards each other.

Everyone is thinking about whether they can severely hit the other side during their development period, interrupting their high-speed growth phase to gain an advantage in future hegemonic wars.

On the other side, the Human race's southern border is also expanding towards the Ancient Immortal Clan, and the Ancient Immortal Clan is doing the same.

One can only say that everyone truly wants to eliminate the other party in advance, to eliminate a competitor for hegemony early.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone's initial development areas were located on the cosmic frontier and physically far apart, how could they watch their opponents develop steadily, thereby intensifying the future war?

This time, the Demon Clan's troublemaking was long premeditated; it just happened to coincide with the Human race embarking on a major project, and this project could enhance the race's hard power and significantly increase its development speed.

Perhaps this is the Demon Clan's human luck giving a warning, otherwise, the Demon Clan would not have come so early or so late, but just happened to appear at this time.

In the northern border of the Federation, large-scale warfare has ceased.

The Expeditionary Force retreated back to the Federation border and began a second cleanup of the border starfield to ensure no loopholes would allow the Demon Clan to break through the defenses later.

The Border Army entered the field early to set up camp, and various large-scale weapons began to be deployed on the starfield front. In the rear, various large pieces of equipment also began to move, striving to reach the front lines and join the war when the Demon Clan arrived.

With the Human race's technological level, fighting a positional battle can actually unleash stronger combat power. Various technological weapons are truly effective, and when combined with cultivators, the combat power that can be unleashed is immeasurable.

However, for technological super-weapons to cause the maximum and strongest damage, they must be built exceptionally large and also require protective measures.

As a result, there isn't a single small-scale technological super-weapon capable of easily eradicating deities, or even threatening True Gods, or even destroying a starfield.

If the scale is too large, movement is naturally too difficult.

For example, a fortress weapon the size of a normal Great Thousand World would be somewhat difficult to move with an army; it can only follow behind the front-line troops, slowly shifting towards the foremost battlefield.

As for spatial jumps, the energy required is astronomical; the Human race is not yet wealthy enough to arbitrarily move stars to designated locations.

It can be done, but overall, it's not cost-effective.

When not facing a super-large clan like the Demon Clan, the technological super-weapons can slowly move to the front lines without rushing, as the enemies currently faced do not require those super-weapons.

However, now that the Demon Clan is invading, out of respect for the Demon Clan, sincerity must be shown.

When battling a super-large clan, both sides are essentially playing with 'x-ray vision,' competing on raw strength, and engaging in back-and-forth positional warfare, a war of attrition.

The Demon Clan Foundation Level wants to inspect the Human race's border defenses, and the Human race Foundation Level cannot block all of them, only covering the more important areas.

Similarly, the Human race Foundation Level can also see the situation on the Demon Clan's side; everyone is essentially playing with open cards.

When the war begins, battlefield information for both sides is almost completely visible to the Foundation Level. The Foundation Level can deduce the opponent's various combat power compositions through various information.

Only clans with a Foundation Level, and multiple Foundation Levels, can become super-large clans, participants in the era of hegemony, rather than roadside monsters and cannon fodder.

Currently, the universe is still in the early stages of the era of hegemony. All super-large clans are relatively restrained, and encounters between Foundation Level are not yet common; everyone is still developing.

When the era of hegemony reaches its middle and late stages, the entire universe will enter a state of war, and then Foundation Level battles will be commonplace.

“This time, it seems the Demon Clan is determined to drag our clan into the quagmire of war, using their own development to delay ours, and pinning a portion of our war power to the northern border.”

“There must be problems we haven't discovered here. For the Demon Clan to do this, it can only be said they are making wedding dresses for the Ancient Immortal Clan and the Nether Clan. Could it be that the Ancient Immortal Clan and the Nether Clan secretly gave the Demon Clan some kind of bewitching potion?”

“That's actually possible. The Nether Clan was driven out of the Main Universe back then. Now, after so many years of secretly developing, they probably want to return to the Main Universe.”

“There's too little information right now; let's wait and see.”

“However, this isn't too big of a problem. As long as we don't make mistakes on our side, once the younger generation grows up, all conspiracies and tricks will be irrelevant in the face of absolute strength.”

...

human luck: When this child Lin Chen grows up, he will wipe them all out. The universe belongs to the Human race.

Lin Chen, still immersed in his enlightenment and comprehending the rules, suddenly felt a gentle touch on his head, and his shoulder also felt heavy.

However, after finding no problems, he collected his thoughts and continued to comprehend the rules of causality, striving to become stronger.

In the northern border of the Federation, the Human race Foundation Level looked at the Demon Clan's lineup for this incident and easily determined that the Demon Clan intended to wage a protracted war against the Human race, not the usual small skirmishes.

In the past, the Demon Clan would at most open Demon Domain rifts, launching surprise attacks on the Human race's border, not specifically targeting the Human race; they targeted the entire universe.

Those demon spawn simply enjoyed causing destruction everywhere. The more destruction they caused, the more demon energy would condense, and the strength of the entire clan would increase.

Now, in a starfield approximately one hundred million light-years wide in the Human race's northern border, the Demon Clan has densely opened a great many Demon Domain rifts, and the Demon Domain aura behind these rifts has surged forth, transforming that starfield into a Demon Domain suitable for Demon Clan survival.

Once the Demon Clan actively chooses to transform a starfield into a Demon Domain, it means they are prepared for a protracted war, no longer the small skirmishes from before.

Just like countless Human Fire converge to form a human luck Fire domain, the Human race naturally wouldn't just casually condense it for fun; it must be to achieve a certain purpose, to accomplish certain things.