Chapter 218
Chapter 218: Spatial Barrier
BOOM!
Li Mu’s words were like a single spark falling into a sea of burning oil!
All the soldiers were instantly fired up.
Many of them even forgot the pain of their wounds for a moment.
Their confused will to survive had found a direction.
The fire of hope began to burn fiercely.
Many soldiers fought until their eyes were red.
The main force began moving south.
With the fierce Tiger Roar Army and more than a hundred Profound Ranks leading the charge, monster corpses littered the ground wherever they passed.
They fought for more than an hour.
Only then did the main force gradually fight its way back to the forest boundary of Linyuan City.
The closer they got to Linyuan City’s boundary, the lower the monsters’ grades became, and their numbers also decreased.
Li Mu did not follow them back to Linyuan City.
Instead, he crushed the Return Stone from the Wanren Military District.
As expected, the Return Stone activated.
In the past, its teleportation function could only be activated in the Abyss. It could not be activated on the surface.
But now that the Abyss had risen up, the teleportation function could already be used anywhere.
Li Mu returned directly to the grand teleportation array at the Wanren Military District base.
At this moment, the military district base had completely become a paradise for animals.
All kinds of low-grade monsters filled the enormous base.
In particular, the area around the Sub-Profound Spirit Tree had attracted a large number of monsters.
Li Mu remembered An Xing previously saying that someone had activated a Return Stone inside the city, only to appear at the forest border outside the city.
Li Mu remembered that the place had been where a ground fissure had appeared.
If the Abyss was another world spliced onto Blue Star, then there should be something like a spatial barrier at the point of connection.
It was precisely this thing that blocked the previously unobstructed communication signals.
It also blocked spatial teleportation.
When a person teleported in a certain direction, he would be intercepted before the nearest spatial barrier in that direction.
Li Mu felt that this guess was infinitely close to the truth.
If that was the case!
An idea suddenly came to Li Mu.
He took out a Return Stone from the Pearl Military District and activated it.
The teleportation array activated.
Li Mu’s vision brightened, and he appeared at a strange “boundary.”
This boundary was far too obvious!
On one side before Li Mu stood a vast forest of giant green trees.
Beyond the edge of the forest was a sharply divided land of ruins.
It was the Ruined Abyss of Ironhand City, which Li Mu was familiar with.
Li Mu crossed the dividing line and entered the land of ruins, then used the Return Stone again.
This time, he returned directly to the grand teleportation array of the Pearl Military District.
Li Mu was ecstatic!
Sure enough, as long as one crossed the “spatial barrier” and continued using Return Stones, one would be teleported to the next barrier until one finally returned to the teleportation array.
At this moment, although the Pearl Military District was also filled with a bustling atmosphere of mobilization, it clearly had not been invaded by monsters.
When Li Mu appeared, the soldiers around him were stunned for a moment.
Then they all surrounded him in extreme excitement.
“Tiger Marquis Li! You’re back!”
The soldiers’ excitement was written plainly on their faces.
Ever since Li Mu had gone to the Wanren Military District, his reputation had not fallen. Instead, it had risen even higher, and he had practically become a legend.
He was the pride of their Pearl Military District.
Li Mu nodded and asked, “Are the deputy commanders-in-chief and the others at the Commander-in-Chief’s Office?”
“They are!” everyone answered at once.
“Good!”
Li Mu patted one soldier on the arm, then quickly walked toward the Commander-in-Chief’s Office.
The soldier who had been patted was so excited that he almost fainted.
When Li Mu arrived at the Commander-in-Chief’s Office, Wang Longcheng and the others were also extremely surprised to see him.
“How did you get here, kid?” Wang Longcheng asked in astonishment.
Stage Three had only descended a few hours ago. No one dared say how many Earth Rank experts had emerged in the wild.
Even those who could fly would not dare fly around outside recklessly!
“Teleportation!” Li Mu said.
Once he finished speaking, everyone was so shocked their jaws nearly dropped.
Li Mu explained everything clearly to them and also stated his guess.
Wang Longcheng slapped his palm with his fist.
“Excellent! This is extremely valuable intelligence. If we can really reach each other through this kind of staged teleportation, it will actually be much more convenient than before!”
Li Mu asked urgently, “Where is my mom?”
“Do not worry. She is inside the city. The city is very safe right now.”
“Our military district is only 14 kilometers from Ironhand City. The military district is currently preparing to tidy things up, and the main force will all withdraw to Ironhand City to guard against a monster siege.”
“This place will temporarily be treated as a forward outpost. Everything else can wait until the situation stabilizes.”
Li Mu nodded.
“14 kilometers. That can be considered very lucky!”
“Linyuan City and the Wanren Military District are now more than 100 kilometers apart.”
“When the personnel withdrew, they also encountered a large-scale monster attack and suffered heavy casualties.”
Wang Longcheng and the others secretly rejoiced.
Wang Longcheng immediately grasped the core of the problem.
“The most urgent matter now is to pass on the news that these teleportation arrays can connect with each other to the Three Cities of the Northern Frontier!”
“Once we can support each other through multiple teleports, our ability to withstand risks will increase greatly!”
“You also need to hurry back and notify my father-in-law to return quickly and guard Ironhand City. At present, there is only one Earth Rank here. My father-in-law’s Earth Rank Dao Field is here.”
A Dao Field was the territory an Earth Rank had drawn as his domain.
Li Mu nodded. “That was what I was thinking too.”
“Originally, I planned to bring my mom to Linyuan City. But right now, I’m not sure how many Earth Rank experts from other worlds are outside. If I bring her with me, I’m afraid it will be dangerous on the way back.”
There had been no problem teleporting here.
But if he wanted to return to Linyuan City now, he could only first return to the Wanren Military District, then fly more than 100 kilometers back.
If he really encountered an Earth Rank, Li Mu had ways to escape on his own. But if he brought his mother, things would become troublesome.
Wang Longcheng comfortingly patted his arm.
“Do not worry. Once a stable teleportation mechanism is established, everything will be easy to resolve.”
“I’m also worried about Yinhuan. I’ll leave Yinhuan to you over there. Just have her grandfather come back by himself.”
Li Mu agreed. “Understood. I’ll go back to the city and give my mom something.”
After that, Li Mu flew back to Ironhand City.
The moment Yang Suying saw Li Mu, she immediately hugged her son and refused to let go.
After all, this upheaval was no exaggeration to describe as half an apocalypse.
Yang Suying had almost thought that she and her son would be separated forever by death.
If Li Mu had not come back, she truly would not have been able to eat.
Li Mu comforted her for quite a while, then handed two Undying Hairs to her.
“Mom! You must keep these two hairs close to you.”
“If you encounter danger, you only need to shout, ‘Son, save me!’”
“Or, ‘My son is a great general! Who dares touch this old lady!’”
“Then these hairs will turn into me!”
Li Mu deliberately said it jokingly.
Yang Suying also knew that her son was intentionally teasing her, trying to ease her worry.
Because if her son was giving her these hairs, it meant they still had to part for the time being.
She did not want her son to worry either, so she deliberately laughed through her tears and said irritably, “Silly son, do I really have to shout that?”
Li Mu nodded.
“Either one is fine.”
“But if you shout the second line, you have to sound extremely proud!”
Yang Suying rolled her eyes at him in exasperation.
Li Mu then instructed her again.
“Mom, what the hair summons is an incarnation formed from my divine sense! It has the same combat strength as me.”
“But even if it disappears, I will not be injured. So when the time comes, you do not need to worry about its safety.”
“Do you understand?”
Yang Suying nodded in realization.
“Oh! So that is how it works! I understand!”
Li Mu did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Fortunately, he had been careful.
If he did not tell his mother that this hair was only a deathless incarnation, then if something truly happened and the enemy was too powerful, his mother might not call him over to “die.”
Li Mu could not remain in Ironhand City for long.
Now that the situation was still unsettled, he had to return to Linyuan City first and notify Bai Shouheng to return and guard Ironhand City.
Only then could he feel at ease.
After instructing his aunt and the others as well, Li Mu left home.
Then he called Song Chuhe.
Song Chuhe had originally been stationed at the Divine Elephant Nation border with the Tiger Roar Army. Once the Abyss appeared, they had immediately fought their way back to the Military District.
They were currently reorganizing.
Li Mu told him to issue an order for the Tiger Roar Army to properly settle their family members.
Then they were to wait for Li Mu’s orders.
As long as the teleportation model between the two sides was finalized, he might have Song Chuhe bring the Tiger Roar Army to Linyuan City.
Because Li Mu had an extremely strong premonition.
The splicing of other worlds had placed the conflicts among every world openly on the surface.
The Tiger Roar Army itself was a rapid-response force.
Next...Once the various worlds began probing each other...There would be many hard battles to fight!
After that, Li Mu flew back to the Pearl Military District area.
He used Return Stones twice in succession, crossed one spatial barrier, and returned to the Wanren Military District.
From there onward, he could no longer teleport. He could only fly.
Li Mu first circled around the Military District to confirm that no one was there.
Only then did he slowly fly back at a low altitude, following the direction in which the army had retreated.
First, he wanted to observe the surrounding environment.
The Sub-Profound Spirit Tree was still here. Now that he was at the Profound Rank, he could not enter, so he could not move it either.
In the future, this route would definitely have to be opened, and this military district base would be used as a stronghold.
Second, he wanted to see whether any severely wounded soldiers had been left behind on the battlefield.
Along the way, the sheer number of monster corpses alone was enough to make one’s scalp go numb.
Li Mu could also see many soldiers’ corpses.
Unfortunately, he could not collect the bodies.
There were simply too many to collect.
Very soon, Li Mu arrived at the place where Hong Liangpeng had died in battle.
For some reason, Li Mu looked downward, wanting to gaze at that blood pit and silently mourn Hong Liangpeng for a few seconds.
Unfortunately, by now, the blood pit had almost dried up.
But inside the dried blood pit, a square object caught Li Mu’s attention.
Li Mu descended and came to the blood pit.
It was actually an envelope.
Li Mu reached out, took it from the blood pit, and unfolded it.
On the bloodstained crimson letter paper, Li Mu had only read three words before he felt his heart clench fiercely.
Resignation Letter...