Chapter 1298: City Within A City

“Kill me?” The spirit on the throne laughed. “Since you have chosen to be kind-hearted in this life, you should know that you are resigned to your fate. 18 years ago, you went to Earth. This time, you might not be that lucky. If you want my present, we’ll have to see whether you can accept it.”

With that, the spirit on the throne started to slowly disappear. From the very beginning, Lu Shu had not planned to attack. In reality, if a spirit attacked him here, it would be useless.

The spirit was placed here just to talk with Lu Shu. The mastermind was not planning to start a war right now.

Lu Shu watched as the spirit disappeared. He did not do anything. He was just thinking about what the present the spirit had promised was.

It was definitely a large amount of distress points that was enough for him to light up the entire sixth level of nebula. Behind these distress points was definitely the lives of many people.

Lu Shu did not panic. He thought about it. Perhaps he would be able to understand who his enemies were in the Luniverse by then.

Was the mastermind going to use the palace as the battlefield? Lu Shu was not sure. He turned and looked at Li Liang. “When will Sun Xunwen arrive?”

“In a week.” Li Liang explained, “He needs some time to prepare his troops in the West Region. Thus, this delayed his departure. But one thing is for sure. He is making every second count. He is not halfhearted.”

Lu Shu nodded. Sun Xunwen had bet everything the Sun family had for the future as a Lord of Heaven. His courage and resolution was beyond imagination.

But there were four Lords of Heaven in the Luniverse, and only one of them had shown their support for Lu Shu. Furthermore, it was the West Region which had been defeated.

After several wars in the West Region, the Black Feather Army was badly injured. There were not many soldiers they could put together. Even if Sun Xunwen threw all concerns aside and gathered all the guards in all the cities, there were too many difficulties to deal with.

Lu Shu looked at Yi Qian. “Have you obtained the information?”

“Yes. The South Lord of Heaven, Wen Zaifou, ordered armies to gather three months ago. But nothing has happened since they gathered.” Yi Qian said, “I don’t know what they are planning.”

Lu Shu furrowed his eyebrows. He had trusted Wen Zaifou all along. But since he had gathered the armies, did he predict that war would break out? Was Wen Zaifou friend or foe? Was Yu Fuyao friend or foe?

“What about the two other regions?” Lu Shu asked.

“The other two regions are very peaceful. It is as if nothing has happened.” Yi Qian seemed rather uncertain. “Everything is normal in the North Region. Businessmen are striking deals and civilians are planting crops, while the aristocrats enjoy themselves. It is as if the wars in the Luniverse have nothing to do with them. This is rather unusual. Although there is no military action in the North Region, the civilians and the aristocrats seem to be frightened, as there are rumors that this war will engulf the entire Luniverse.”

Lu Shu fell silent for a moment. These two regions were strange. He looked at Yi Qian. “Anything else?”

“Well… Yu Fuyao brought some male companions into her palace yesterday.” Yi Qian sounded annoyed. What time was it? Why was this female Lord of Heaven still doing this?

When this was mentioned, Lu Shu suddenly seemed to have thought of something. He said, “Be careful of the East Region and the North Region. Yu Fuyao might not be as simple as we think. Don’t be fooled by her appearances.”

Lu Shu had asked Yi Qian to gather this information, not because he was worried about something, but because he wanted to know what manpower his enemy had!

It was a pity that his brothers and sisters from the Heavenly Network could not come and help. If not, it would be much more relaxing.

But Lu Shu was very clear that although many people in the Heavenly Network wanted to help him, they had their own jobs. They could not come.

Furthermore, even if the Heavenly Network wanted to come, Lu Shu would stop them. He did not want his innocent brothers and sisters to lose their lives because of war here.

Lu Shu knew that Nie Ting and Shi Xuejin would definitely come. There were only a few days before the space pathway would open again.

Lu Xiaoyu suddenly said, “The palace is too big. It is not easy for us to defend. We don’t have enough military power.”

Li Liang nodded his head. “According to their tone, we will definitely be facing a fierce fight. Thus, we should either give up on the palace, or make other plans.”

Everyone looked at Lu Shu. Lu Shu thought about it and said, “Don’t look at me. I no longer make plans…”

Li Liang was speechless.

Lu Xiaoyu was silent.

Since Lu Shu was suddenly self-aware, Lu Xiaoyu calmly said, “We will not give up on the palace. If he comes and we leave, won’t it be embarrassing?”

“That is slightly risky. We don’t have the military power to defend this place,” said Li Liang.

“It’s fine. We will construct another city within this city!” Lu Xiaoyu confidently said, “Furthermore, they are clear on our situation. We might fall into their trap if we leave.”

The vastness of the palace exceeded their imagination. There was not much meaning in protecting the palace. If they protected every single wall, they would have to disperse the Imperial Dragon Soldiers. Their foundation would be destroyed.

But since Lu Xiaoyu said that they would not give up on the palace, they would have to build another form of defense that would keep soldiers below Rank Two out!

Lu Shu looked at Lu Xiaoyu. “Are you sure?”

“Leave it to me,” said Lu Xiaoyu.

During ancient wars on Earth, enceintes were very famous. They were one of the most important defensive structures for ancient cities. It could strengthen the defense of cities or strategic passes. Guards would build a semicircular or a square complex outside the city, forming part of the city.

The two sides of an enceinte would be connected to the city wall. There would be defensive structures like a watchtower, a floodgate, and crenelations. The gate of an enceinte would be different from the main city gate to prevent attacks from siege weapons.

But this time, the city within a city that Lu Xiaoyu wanted to build was not an enceinte. The palace was too vast. It could not be connected with outside cities. Lu Xiaoyu wanted to build another city in the palace to protect themselves from their enemies.

To Anthony, who was a master, this was not particularly difficult. He only needed time. Furthermore, Lu Xiaoyu needed sturdy materials.

The city did not need to be too big, as long as it was enough for the Imperial Dragon Soldiers and their allies to display their prowess!

Lu Shu looked at Zhang Weiyu. “Bring the wealthy families over.”

Not long after, Zhang Weiyu pushed the masters of the wealthy families to the palace of the King of Gods. This was the first time some of them had stepped into this palace, but they did not have the mood to observe the interior of the palace.

Lu Shu said, “Mobilize all your slaves and bring all the sturdy materials near the palace to me. Then… I want you to disperse the civilians and use your slaves to bring the Long Yin River in!”