291: Battle of Tianyuan

"So things actually unfolded like this in the end."

Lin Chen, who had watched the entire process, felt relaxed.

The great universe consciousness was still very strong; it had withstood the most dangerous impact, so there would be no more problems.

Given the scale of the Heavenly Abyss and the great universe consciousness, neither side could decide the outcome without a struggle measured in tens of thousands of years.

Conveniently, during this time, Lin Chen's rise was an inevitable event.

The time he lacked was not as long as ten thousand years.

Within a thousand years, Attaining the Dao at the Foundation Level was a highly probable event.

Even if some things happened in the meantime, he could still attain the Dao at the Foundation Level within two thousand years.

Once he attained the Dao at the Foundation Level, he might have the ability to change the status quo.

Ancestral Court Great World, Human Race Origin Hall.

The Human Race's final council reconvened.

This time, Progenitor Old Man Anpingshan sat in the main seat, while Lin Chen took a seat casually.

Except for the ten Foundation Levels staying behind near the Heavenly Abyss, all of the Human Race's Foundation Levels were in place.

"Our race just closed its doors, and I didn't expect to be interrupted by such a thing. Truly, heaven has unpredictable winds and clouds."

The old man sighed with emotion.

This time, there really were unpredictable winds and clouds, in the physical sense.

"The matter has already occurred, and saying more won't help. Prepare to dispatch the army to push back the Heavenly Abyss creatures and help that one achieve the final victory."

"However, our race cannot fail to prepare a way out. The development of the Xuan Guang Universe must be accelerated. As one of the backup routes, the Dize Universe should also be developed more quickly, and some of our clansmen should be migrated there to develop."

"Lin Chen, you will be responsible for the development of the Dize Universe. You don't need to worry about the matters in the Main Universe."

The main purpose of this meeting was to send Lin Chen to the Dize Universe for refuge. Since the situation in the Main Universe was unclear, it was better for Lin Chen to take a portion of the seeds of civilization and settle in a backup Universe as soon as possible.

"There's no need to be so cautious, is there?"

"No one can say for sure. It's better to leave a step ahead. Don't look at the current good situation in the Main Universe; no one knows if an accident will occur."

Hearing the old man say this, Lin Chen also fell silent.

The other Foundation Levels had no objection to the old man's arrangement. Instead, they supported Lin Chen taking the first step to retreat. Even if something went wrong in the Main Universe, the Human Race's Foundation would still be there, and they would rise again.

The next topics had nothing to do with Lin Chen; they were all about internal personnel transfers and specific arrangements for dispatching the armies.

Lin Chen listened quietly, while his thoughts drifted to the Dize Universe.

The Dize Universe was one of the outer Universes discovered by the Human Race.

The arrangement for the Xuan Guang Universe was as a resource site that could be unscrupulously developed and devoured, with no plans for colonization or development.

Thus, the Dize Universe was a highly valuable new land. In times of peace, it could be colonized and ruled, and when disaster struck, it would be the Human Race's backup route—a new territory after the Human Race fled.

The Dize Universe was a very young Universe, born less than several hundred million years ago, and was still in the World-Opening Stage.

A cosmic consciousness had not yet been born, nor had any relatively powerful races formed. The strongest among them were merely Innate Beings who had obtained World-Opening Rule Divine Seats, all at the God Rank level, with no Foundation Level existences.

This was also why the old man and the other Foundation Levels felt at ease sending Lin Chen to the Dize Universe.

Lin Chen's strength was arguably invincible below the Foundation Level.

Those Innate Gods in the Dize Universe posed no threat to him at all; they were just some large-sized Divine Seat resources. He would subdue the friendly ones, kill the evil ones, and decide how to handle the neutral ones based on their attitude toward the Human Race.

New Universes were just that fragile. Once discovered by an established Universe, their development process would inevitably be interrupted. As long as a Cosmic Gate was constructed, the creatures under the new power system would be no match and could only be handled at will by the invaders.

Three days later, the meeting ended.

Lin Chen was in no hurry to head to the Dize Universe.

Only after the deployment of the race's Expeditionary Forces was completed would he choose a group of clansmen, roughly on the scale of one trillion, to go through the Cosmic Gate to the Dize Universe, develop it, and turn it into the second Human Race Territory.

At this time, the Universe also entered a new era.

In the Heavenly Abyss Era, all races in the Universe, under the arrangement of "Heaven," broke out into a long-lasting Universe-scale war with the Heavenly Abyss creatures. At every moment, countless lives fell, and countless lives grew, becoming the main force against the Heavenly Abyss.

The seven super great races, besides deploying forces to the Heavenly Abyss front line, also began to arrange backup routes, not because they didn't believe in the great universe consciousness, but to be prepared for any eventuality.

For a great race to grow, its sense of crisis must be sufficient.

When starting a war, one must consider defeat before victory.

The top-tier great races below the super great races had the same configuration.

On one hand, they actively responded to the call of the great universe consciousness, and on the other hand, they arranged backup routes. The Tinder Project was being executed vigorously; after all, fighting to the death and leaving a way out were not in conflict.

Only those medium and small races had no choice but to follow the great universe consciousness to the end, truly living and dying with the Universe.

On the western border of the Human Race, armies appeared one after another.

For the Heavenly Abyss battlefield, the Human Race started with one hundred Expeditionary Forces and Border Armies, one hundred Main Gods, three thousand gods, more than one trillion Demigod Rank soldiers, and one hundred million God Ascension commanders.

It could be said that the Human Race had brought out three-quarters of its overt strength to fight on the Heavenly Abyss battlefield.

No matter who came, they couldn't say the Human Race wasn't taking the Heavenly Abyss war seriously.

After all, the Human Race originated from This Universe. Unless it truly reached the point where they had to flee, the Human Race didn't want to leave their homeland.

Therefore, as long as the great universe consciousness showed no signs of defeat, the Human Race would be a staunch main-war faction, fighting with all their might and rushing to the front line against the Heavenly Abyss.

Other super great races also had similar thoughts. After all, if they really had to flee, the race's strength would be reduced by ninety percent, the race's fortune would directly collapse, and even Foundation Levels couldn't withstand such a weakening.

Because the great universe consciousness knew the thoughts of the super great races, it assigned defense lines to the seven great races, treating them as the heaviest bargaining chips against the Heavenly Abyss.

Similarly, It would also strive to succeed and not be the losing side. It wanted to carry the Aura of certain victory to swallow the Heavenly Abyss and go a step further, laying a part of the Transcendence Foundation.

The Human Race's expeditionary army finished assembling, with various supplies stored in abundance. Thirty Foundation Levels appeared, using their powerful strength to lead the army across the starry sky to the Heavenly Abyss battlefield.

The first batch of troops could only be transported this way.

Subsequently, the seven great races would all find ways to open teleportation arrays across the starry sky, establishing a complete logistics and front-line system to reduce dependence on Foundation Level experts.

As for the races encountered along the way, they could only say sorry.

Under the banner of the greater good, all living beings must make way.

At this time, Lin Chen also temporarily came out of seclusion to take over his responsibilities.

Through the God Council and various levels of the Federal Parliament, Lin Chen began to select the first batch of vanguard personnel to migrate to and develop the Dize Universe.

In the Dize Universe, the Human Race only occupied a galaxy as large as the Milky Way, without rapid expansion or conflict with the native Innate Gods.

It could only be considered an outpost, serving to anchor and protect the Cosmic Gate.

But once Lin Chen entered the Dize Universe, conflict would inevitably break out. He needed to conquer enough territory for the Human Race to operate in, lest an accident occur in the Main Universe and they be unable to evacuate all humans to the Dize Universe.

Therefore, Lin Chen's task was quite important and could not be treated carelessly. He needed to personally plan and experience the work of a Human King in advance, understanding how a Human King should lead his race to forge ahead and expand their living space.

This was indeed an area where Lin Chen was relatively lacking.

Usually, he was more adept at acting alone.

But when it came to developing a race and handling problems within it, he truly didn't have much experience.

In fact, he didn't need this kind of experience, but now that he had truly encountered this situation, he still had to cultivate this ability, just in case he might need it in the future.

Even if he didn't need it, it didn't matter; he could treat it as an experience and a special form of cultivation.