451: R Country Sinks (End)

"Who understands! The moment I saw Yamata no Orochi getting crushed, I was so excited I slapped the table until my hand turned red. This move by the Underworld is basically a textbook example of clearing the field. Hardcore plane protection, it's too cool, absolutely legendary…"

"I used to panic whenever I saw disaster-themed stuff, but now with the Underworld here, my sense of security is maxed out. I don't have to worry blindly anymore; follow the Underworld, and you'll live safely until ninety-nine."

The post refresh rate was dazzlingly fast, with praise in various languages mixed with exclamations, and the number of likes and shares growing exponentially.

However, there were always party poopers in the midst of the celebration. Just as the "Saintly" people were shut down and disappeared, some brain-dead idiots jumped out to seek attention.

A comment with the ID "Human Clarity Brother" was algorithmically pushed to the top: "Since the Underworld has such a powerful array, why didn't they activate it as soon as Yamata no Orochi appeared? Did they have to wait until only a few million people were left in R Country to use it?"

"How many people could have been saved if they had acted earlier? Isn't this just disregarding life?"

The comment instantly poked a hornet's nest.

"@Human Clarity Brother, is your brain moldy from being soaked in tofu dregs? Is the Underworld your personal nanny? Why should they risk themselves for you?"

"Yamata no Orochi is a Calamity God. If the array hadn't trapped it and it had escaped, would you be responsible for the surrounding countries suffering?"

"Laughing to death, the moron jumped out again. Since the Spiritual Energy Revival, if the Underworld hadn't been suppressing things, wouldn't global evil cultivators' sacrificial activities have been ninety percent less? Do you really think peace just falls from the sky?"

"Idiot."

While the internet was in an uproar, Jiaotai Palace was so quiet that only the low hum of the light spheres remained.

Ling Qi raised her hand to pause the public opinion screen, switching to a real-time combat summary. Virtual files unfolded before Shang Wan Ning, and data streams integrated rapidly.

"Your Majesty, target confirmed eliminated."

"The foundation of R Country's territory has been completely gnawed away by Yamata no Orochi. The energy is too chaotic to repair, and the sinking procedure has been initiated. It is expected to be completed within sixty-eight hours, and it will not trigger a large-scale chain reaction of tectonic plates."

Shang Wan Ning scanned the piece of land on the light screen that had finally returned to being "clean," her face devoid of any excess emotion as she spoke faintly: "Leave the follow-up matters to you."

"Understood."

Ling Qi accepted the order, her fingertips swiping across the light screen to pull up the next file marked "Top Secret": "The preliminary draft of the strategic analysis report on the battle against Yamata no Orochi is ready, please take a look, Your Majesty."

The Empress's gaze fell upon the file, the handwriting clear and concise:

Target: Yamata no Orochi (Remnant Soul Resurrected Body).

Final Energy Level: Eighth-tier peak (one step away from the ninth tier).

Disposal Method: Initiate the "Sunken Firing Range" plan, using the preset Netherworld Bone-Corroding Vine spore matrix in conjunction with the Nine Netherworld Prison Suppressing Nails to implement regional targeted clearance.

Battle Duration: 21 minutes.

Resource Consumption: Netherworld Bone-Corroding Vine spore matrix (completely destroyed), Nine Netherworld Prison Suppressing Nails energy reserve (exhausted), specialized incense value reserve for this battle (exhausted).

Result Assessment: Target completely annihilated, no remnant soul escaped; R Country's territory started sinking according to the predetermined plan, surrounding planes were unaffected; plan execution success rate 100%.

Strategic Analysis: 1. Target Trait Utilization: Precisely leveraged its trait of fast recovery through devouring living beings and its tendency to go berserk, guiding it to stay within R Country's territory throughout the process to avoid it rampaging and causing wider plane damage.

2. Environment Shaping: Constructed a closed battlefield at the cost of R Country's destruction, which securely restricted its mobility while cutting off its external assistance and escape routes.

3. Energy Hedging: The Netherworld Bone-Corroding Vine matrix precisely countered its dark corrosion attribute attacks, absorbing and converting its energy, significantly reducing our consumption.

4. Precision Strike: Detonated the matrix when its power climbed to the peak, just before it was about to break through the tier, pouring out saturated energy to achieve annihilation at the lowest cost.

5. Risk Control: The Nine Netherworld Prison Suppressing Nails stabilized the surrounding plates, isolating the aftermath of the battle from Mercury and adjacent planes, keeping the damage range completely controllable.

Conclusion: "Sunken Firing Range" plan is feasible and can be used as a reference for handling high-hazard transcendent targets of the same level; the resource consumption for this battle was too high, and a new round of energy reserve planning needs to be initiated immediately.

Shang Wan Ning finished reading quickly. She tapped her fingertip on the "energy reserve" section, her tone steady: "Secretary-General, notify the Institute Director that the new annihilation tower construction plan should be put on the agenda. Gather the required resources as soon as possible; we cannot leave any loopholes in the exhausted reserves."

"Yes."

Ling Qi acknowledged and entered the command. After putting away the file, she did not withdraw but stood quietly to the side, waiting for instructions.

The light screen remained lit, and the arguments on the internet were still refreshing in real-time in the bottom right corner, the various comments glaring.

Shang Wan Ning glanced at the disputes, her consciousness quietly sinking into the System Space.

In the System Space, Little Four's newly changed starry sky skin exploded into a fur ball, its electronic voice raised by eight octaves: "Host! Take a look at what those idiots are posting on the official website?"

"They mean the Underworld still has to give an explanation???"

"Pah! How can their faces be so thick? They really don't know their place. Give them an inch and they take a mile, trying to climb over our heads, right!"

Shang Wan Ning probed her consciousness over and poked the bulging data ball lightly: "What's the rush."

She leaned back against the phoenix couch, her dark sleeves sliding down a bit to reveal her fair wrists: "There has never been a shortage of such people in the world. The more you pay attention to them, the more energetic they get. Instead of wasting time on that, why not think about getting some afternoon tea for the overtime-working ghost messengers."

Little Four was poked until its data stream wobbled, and it hummed twice: "Host, your temper is just too good... No, that's not right, you just don't put them in your eyes at all."

"But I am furious! We worked so hard to set up the array to kill the snake, and the incense value was burned like flowing water, only to be pointed at and criticized in the end?"

Shang Wan Ning didn't answer, raising her eyes to look outside the palace.

From the direction of the Wangchuan River came the faint clamor of a soul tide—the mountain of R Country soul bodies was being diverted and processed.

"How is the progress on Lin Ran's side?"

Ling Qi had already prepared the relevant data. Hearing this, she immediately brought up the light screen, her fingertips swiping across a string of real-time data.

"The congestion at the Bridge of Helplessness has been alleviated by seventy percent."

"The Department of Judges has dispatched all personnel, and the merit verification is more than half complete; all three channels of the Realm of Beasts are fully open, and the Department of Reincarnation has already sent away 6.9 million soul bodies reincarnated into the Realm of Beasts."

"The Eighteen Levels of Hell have added 370,000 new soul bodies, and the Wardens of each prison have reported that 'the reception pressure is a bit high, but we can still handle it'."

She pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, the eyes behind the lenses calm and waveless: "The reserved quotas for Fengdu City have been locked, and the move-in procedures for the 320 people with sufficient merit have been completed."

"Overall, the chaos has been suppressed."

Shang Wan Ning gave an "um," rose from the phoenix couch, her bare feet stepping on the slightly cool floor tiles as she walked to the window: "Working overtime, it's not easy for everyone!"

"AQi, allocate a sum of money from my private treasury. Calculate it based on the number of currently employed ghost messengers in the Underworld, and issue an extra three months of Yin virtue salary to each person as a hardship allowance."