Chapter 604 Li An's Final Preparations

Only one day remained before the battle began.Li An was unaware of the many events unfolding on the other side, unaware that the enemy had deployed three Heavenly Martial Arts and even six Divine Realm experts.Not only Li An, but even Li Wuce was unaware, because with only one day left, Li Wuce was busy preparing to cut off all communication signals and had no chance to meet with Fran Bai.Now, everything depended on individual ability.Twenty hours remained until the military parade began.For seven whole days, Li An hadn't closed his eyes.At this moment, ninety contemporary geniuses from across the heavens sat before him.Zhao Shaolong, Team One.Xu Zhiye, Team Two.Li Shaoshu, Team Three.Demon Clan.Bai Jianxin, Team Four.Asura Clan.Lin, Team Five.Zhen, Team Six.Cang, Team Seven.The Alliance Realm.Ji Lie, Team Eight.Jin Huangman, Team Nine.They correspond to teams 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, and 39 respectively.Nine war zones.Li An stood up and bowed deeply to the ninety comrades before him, saying, "This aid is of immense kindness and virtue; Li An will never forget it."Everyone shook their heads, saying it wasn't necessary.But Li An bowed for a full thirty seconds before straightening his back and saying in a deep voice, "Then, everyone, we can begin the operation. According to the plan, you will now directly enter the border towns behind the designated nine war zones."Everyone nodded, stood up, and began the operation.A few minutes later, only Li An and Xiao Zhantian remained in the large conference room; Lin He had also left with Li Shaoshu."Come with me; let's give the strategists of those sixty war zones a final ultimatum."Xiao Zhantian nodded hurriedly and left with Li An.The last twenty hours.Before today, Li An traveled almost daily between the sixty war zones, using his flying shuttle to discuss the war with the strategists in each location.No one believed him. Several strategists in later war zones even refused to meet with Li An, citing secluded cultivation as the reason.After just a few days, Xiao Zhantian became much more silent. He had witnessed his idol, Li An, frankly speaking, bowing and scraping like a lapdog to the commanders of each war zone, hoping they would understand the gravity of the situation.But the answer he received each time was the same:"You're really overthinking it. Isn't the other side calm? The Demon Realm really won't attack!"Yet Li An remained tireless, going to them again and again.Many times, Xiao Zhantian's anger flared. He turned to Li An and said, "You! You're Li An! Since they completely disregard your kindness, why do you still grovel before them, begging them to accept your advice?"Li An calmly replied, "It's about preemptive strikes, planting a seed in their hearts.""Firstly, I am a descendant of Li Dingtian, a born strategist. Secondly, I have achieved many great feats.""With my repeated and tireless persuasion, their resolve will waver to some extent. When my prediction comes true, the seed I've planted will quickly sprout in their hearts, and then they will act according to my plan." A very simple psychological tactic.But Xiao Zhantian wasn't concerned with that. He said, "Even a clay figure has some temper; don't you have any?!"Li An simply said calmly, "I'll do anything to win."At that moment, the astute Xiao Zhantian finally understood the difference between the school campus and the outside world.On campus, the standard for victory is simple: a test paper, a score.Outside, the standard for victory is simply victory or defeat—life or death, winning or losing.There are no second chances, no opportunity to repeat a year.Losing means it's over.Death means vanishing into nothingness.At school, if you suffer unfair treatment, a teacher will comfort and encourage you, making you feel much better.But here, there are no teachers, these rule-makers, to comfort you.The rule here is the silent sky above us.The sky has no emotions; it won't comfort or help you just because you're struggling.The sky will simply watch everything unfold.Only you decide the outcome.You can no longer feel wronged, nor can you complain about being tired or how hard you've worked.Because it's all nonsense.The hundreds of millions of people behind the sixty war zones won't survive the enemy's slaughter just because you're hardworking and exhausted.Effort is useless; only winning matters! Tiredness is useless, only winning matters!Crying is useless, only winning matters!Li An, through his words and actions, showed Xiao Zhantian the outline of a strong person.He followed behind Li An all the way, watching his back.After so many days, Xiao Zhantian felt that what he saw every day was not the back of a human being, but a mountain that would not cry, would not shed tears, would not be discouraged, had no emotions, and was unbreakable.Li An traveled through sixty war zones in one round a day.Now it was the final round.The enemy had advanced from War Zone 21 to War Zone 60.In War Zone 21, Li An's deployment was simple: he sent his subordinates Mo Xian and Lin Chengxia with the entire army to provide support.The deployment in War Zone 22 was even simpler.Li An and Shuangxue guarded it alone.Next, in War Zone 23, Zhao Shaolong guarded it, and the original troops from War Zone 23 went to War Zone 24; in War Zone 25, Xu Zhiye guarded it, and the original troops went to War Zone 25, and so on, until War Zone 39. But there were still 41 war zones ahead, and Li An had already prepared for how to defend them.However, the way the troops were deployed also revealed that for the plan to succeed, the commanders of these war zones had to obey Li An's orders.Therefore, Li An's difficulty lay not only in the strength of the enemy, but also in the fact that his own people simply wouldn't listen to him.Li An tirelessly ran back and forth, trying to make them realize they were right before things spiraled out of control, and then act according to his plan.First stop, War Zone 21.The strategist here was Gou Heng.Seeing Li An gave him a headache, and he sighed, "Why are you here again?""Look at this beautiful, cloudless sky! The Demon Realm really won't attack!"Li An smiled and pointed towards the beacon tower, saying, "Time is running out, so I won't waste any more words.""Let's take a gamble. Before tomorrow's military parade, the beacon tower will fail to light for some reason—it might be under maintenance, or something else.""Then, if you're willing to trust me, open this brocade pouch."It was called a brocade pouch, but Li An gave Gou Heng a wooden box.Gou Heng opened the wooden box, his brows furrowing slightly.Twelve storage rings, plus a brocade pouch."What's in the rings?" Gou Heng asked."You'll find out when you open the brocade pouch."Li An smiled slightly and bowed, saying, "I believe the War Strategist Alliance is clean.""I entrust the 21st War Zone and the people behind it to you."With that, Li An left.This conversation wasn't like before, where Li An would drag him along for ages analyzing the situation, as if he were giving his final instructions.Gou Heng narrowed his eyes slightly.His curiosity was irresistible.His storage ring was unguarded, and he probed it with his spiritual sense. The next second, an extreme shock appeared on his face.Source energy weapons were scattered across the mountains, along with countless supersonic spaceships.Not shuttles, but spaceships.In the other rings were mountains of pills.These things were all real.Each ring contained priceless war resources.All of this indicated that Li An was serious.Then, watching Li An's retreating figure heading towards the 22nd War Zone, Gou Heng thought, "He wouldn't have prepared such a massive amount of resources for all sixty war zones, would he?!"