142: Chapter 142 Fellow villager, I just want to ask someone a question.

The very instant the beast tide stepped out of the portal and set foot onto the Xinkou battlefield of this parallel world.

An invisible shackle suddenly descended upon the entire world.

Mo Yufei's Dao foundation, which had been rebuilt to Perfection, instantly fell completely silent. All his cultivation, Supernatural Ability, elemental spiritual power, and Bloodline talents were forcibly sealed by the laws of this modern plane, leaving him unable to mobilize even the slightest bit.

It wasn't just him.

The billions of exotic beasts that had crossed dimensions to follow him were all simultaneously shackled by these rules.

The countless exotic beasts that had previously relied solely on spiritual power and Supernatural Ability to hover and soar freely without wings instantly lost all support for flight.

The dense swarm of beasts darkening the sky above the forest fell into chaos in an instant.

Bang! Bang! Bang! A dense series of falling sounds exploded one after another.

Countless exotic beasts plummeted from the low altitude, crashing directly onto the loess hills and ravines. Their heavy bodies kicked up clouds of dust and caused the ground to tremble slightly.

For a moment, the beast tide growled and stirred, its massive formation momentarily losing its shape.

But there were no casualties.

These exotic beasts all possessed formidable Physical Bodies tempered through hundreds of battles in the Secret Realm, their physiques unbreakable.

The fall height was extremely low, and with the soft loess soil, the heavy impact at most kicked up a cloud of dust, leaving not even a scratch on their skin.

In just a few seconds, the chaos subsided on its own.

The suppressive force of this world covered the entire scene.

Mo Yufei clearly sensed that the life-bound contract between him and the billions of the beast tide remained firmly rooted in his Divine Soul, unbroken by even a fraction.

However, the plane's rules not only locked away his extraordinary powers but also significantly weakened his Divine Thought communication.

The silent coordination of the past, where a single thought could command the entire army and all beasts would obey, was completely ineffective.

Now, the transmission of his will was sluggish, and his Divine Sense coverage was restricted; he could no longer command the entire endless beast tide in an instant.

Having experienced countless desperate battles, Mo Yufei already had a contingency plan, his state of mind as steady as a rock.

He scanned the entire scene with cold eyes.

All the exotic beasts had landed and stood firm. The winged beasts retracted their wings and hovered at low altitude. The restlessness faded, their vicious Aura dissipated, and they stood quietly in the mountains and fields, waiting for orders.

Mo Yufei looked up at the flocks of four-winged avian exotic beasts in the sky, his voice steady and heavy, piercing the silence of the mountains.

"Pass the order to the entire army: set out immediately, head north all the way!"

"Without my direct military order, all exotic beasts are strictly forbidden from harming anyone. Violators will be severely punished!"

Under the suppression of the world's rules, Divine Thought broadcasting was completely ineffective, and the entire beast tide could no longer receive silent mental commands.

The moment Mo Yufei finished speaking, the swarms of four-winged messenger divine birds hovering in the sky flapped their wings in unison.

This was the plan Mo Yufei had prepared in advance. These were the beast tide's exclusive messenger war birds, their bodies covered in jet-black, lustrous feathers, their physiques robust and sharp, and they possessed two pairs of distinct, massive wings.

The upper wings were responsible for stabilizing their position in the air, while the lower wings flapped rapidly to increase speed. Even with all Supernatural Abilities sealed by the plane's rules, they retained an extreme Physical Body speed far exceeding that of modern birds, as well as loud, piercing cries.

The thousands of four-winged divine birds that had been hovering scattered in the high altitude instantly formed into orderly ranks.

Their four wings opened and closed alternately. Without relying on a single bit of spiritual light, they relied purely on the explosive power of their strong Physical Bodies to tear through the airflow.

Streaks of robust black shadows tore across the gloomy sky, rapidly diving, interweaving, and splitting from all directions in the sky. They automatically divided into sections and zones, precisely corresponding to the overwhelming echelons of the beast tide in the mountains and fields.

They worked in pairs, covering the zones and connecting layer by layer, leaving no area uncovered.

There were no Spells for sound transmission, no Divine Thought coverage.

Every four-winged divine bird tightened its throat bones, reproducing Mo Yufei's military order word for word with the deepest, clearest, and most piercing beast cries.

The high-pitched, uniform relay of orders layered upon itself, descending from the sky, spreading from near to far, rippling across the entire landscape of mountains and ravines, so that every beast could understand the meaning of the cries.

"All troops, listen! Set out immediately, head north all the way!"

"Without the Master's direct order, it is strictly forbidden to harm anyone! Violators will be punished!"

The birds in the sky relayed the message section by section, from the front ranks to the rear, from the left flank to the right, from the mountaintops to the valley floors.

Within the vast mountains and fields, the billions of exotic beast echelons scattered everywhere clearly received the complete military order one by one, following the zone-by-zone relay of the birds.

After hearing the order, the exotic beasts in every area lowered their heads in unison, retracted the remaining vicious Aura from their bodies, dug their limbs firmly into the loess, and let out low, docile hums from their throats, responding in unison to accept the order.

Mo Yufei stood on a loess ridge, his gaze piercing through the layers of mountains ahead, looking toward the smoke-filled Xinkou main battlefield in the north.

Dabai was also sealed of all Supernatural Abilities by the plane's rules, leaving only its terrifying, pure Physical Body that crushed the modern world. Its four feet landed on the ground, causing the loess to sink layer by layer.

This time, Mo Yufei did not ride Dabai, because his own strength and speed far exceeded Dabai's; there shouldn't be any creature in this world faster than him.

A-Ling and A-Rou each selected a high-ranking exotic beast with a formidable physique and mounted them one by one.

"Commander, they had modified their bodies, adding physical engines. Unconstrained by this plane's rules, they followed in the air, their blue data streams scanning the terrain ahead, the remaining fortifications, and the distribution of friend and foe, broadcasting battlefield information in real-time."

Benboba spread its wings and circled above Mo Yufei's head, full of energy and ready for orders at any time.

The entire army was ready.

The boundless beast tide stepped across the crisscrossing loess ravines, grandly turning to head north.

The earth trembled continuously, and the mountains faintly resonated.

Hundreds of thousands of exotic beasts marched in formation, their steps uniform and steady, strictly adhering to military orders, neither destroying fields and trees nor disturbing the countryside.

Only that overwhelming, massive shadow of beasts, carrying an Aura that seemed to crush the heavens and earth, swept north across the empty wilderness.

Along the way, the scene was extremely eerie.

The outer defense line of Xinkou, which should have been dense with trenches, filled with endless gunfire, and scenes of tug-of-war fighting, was completely empty and dead silent.

Looking out for dozens of miles, not a single soldier could be seen, nor a single defensive station.

It was obvious that the frontline situation was extremely tragic; all the defending troops had retreated to hold the main position, the outer defense line was completely abandoned, the villages and towns were desolate, and the mountains and fields were devoid of people.

The army continued to advance north.

Before long, the silhouette of a heavy ancient city finally stood on the horizon.

The high walls of blue brick stood towering, the city gates were tightly closed, and the defenses were strict. It was the first important town on the northern line of Xinkou—Fanghui City.

It was late autumn, the gloomy wind was desolate, and the sky was as dark as ink.

The torrent of the beast tide, blocking out the sun, pressed in from the south to the north, the dark shadows of beasts covering half the sky.

The dull, heavy, and continuous sound of tens of thousands of beasts trampling the ground approached from afar, as if the sky were about to collapse.

The Republic of China defending troops on the city wall were the first to notice the abnormality.

The originally weary and relaxed soldiers instantly stiffened, clutching their old Hanyang rifles tightly, their pupils shrinking, looking in horror at the wilderness to the south.

Boundless black shadows spread across the ground.

Countless giant beasts with towering physiques, exposed fangs, and ferocious horns, layered one after another without end, like an army of demon soldiers surging from Hell, pressed straight toward the city.

All the defenders on the city wall instantly froze, their bodies turning cold, their scalps tingling.

They had been fighting for years, had seen the brutal Japanese Invaders, had seen cities slaughtered by artillery fire, had seen mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but they had never seen such a terrifying scene.

"W-what is that?!"

A soldier's voice trembled, his face pale, and he roared uncontrollably.

"So many giant beasts! Everywhere! There's no counting them!"

"It's monsters! It's an army of monsters coming to kill us!"

Fear instantly swept across the city wall.

Someone scrambled to pull the alarm bell.

"Clang—clang—clang—"

The urgent and sharp alarm of the bronze bell suddenly tore through the tranquility of the entire city.

The people in the streets and alleys looked up in terror upon hearing the sound, and the soldiers' shrill roars from the city wall pierced through the wind and crashed down upon the whole city:

"The monsters are here! An army of monsters is pressing against the city! Close the gates! Hide quickly!"

The entire bustling street was instantly thrown into complete chaos.

Street vendors abandoned their stalls and ran wildly, women with children screamed and fled, and shopkeepers hurriedly locked their doors.

Cries, screams, and the sound of running mixed together, and the hearts of everyone in the city collapsed into disorder.

"Weren't the Japanese Invaders supposed to attack the city? Why have monsters appeared?"

"This is a hundred times scarier than the Japanese Invaders!"

"Damn this world! The Japanese Invaders haven't retreated, and now demons have come! How are we commoners supposed to live!"

On the city wall, the defenders felt their hands and feet go weak and their backs turn cold.

Everyone pressed hard against the city gates, their trembling muzzles aimed at the dark beast tide outside the city, but no one dared to pull the trigger.

Their old-fashioned rifles and backward ammunition were like child's play in front of these mountain-like giant beasts.

As long as they provoked the other side, the entire city wall and the entire Fanghui City would be completely flattened in an instant.

Doors and windows were tightly closed in every household, the streets became empty in an instant, and the entire city fell into extreme panic and dead silence, with everyone believing that a catastrophic disaster had arrived.

One hundred zhang outside the city.

At the very front of the beast tide.

Mo Yufei sat upright on Dabai's back, his expression calm and indifferent, watching the tightly closed city gates quietly, listening to the terrified cries and uproar filling the city.

He only wanted to say, "Fellow countryman, I want to ask about someone," but looking at the current situation, he had no choice but to issue an order.

"All troops, halt!"