[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-386":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Divine Path System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1563748,2028,"Chapter 386 - Pre War [1]","divine-path-system-chapter-386",386,"\u003Cp>The federation traced its roots back to Human Alliance—a peace initiative born shortly after Blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human Alliance governed all humans and under its reign, humanity survived asteroids, Murlocs and terrifying viruses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then finally in 300 YAB, Dungeons appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone, including the alliance were understandably perplexed and cautious. But as humanity explored the unknown, their fear was replaced with ambition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a matter of decades, humanity found the special treasures in ruins that helped in 'terraforming' a planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus began the colonization and it was all over in one single generation. That generation enjoyed abundant resources like no other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People had more kids to help them 'manage' the new properties and encouraged their kids to have more kids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A population explosion unseen in the history of mankind unfolded and using the dungeons as a springboard, humanity's power skyrocketed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, the Human Alliance called itself as the Federation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Culturally, economically, militarily, it was on a different scale compared to Human Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like leveling up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, their difficultly also seemed to have leveled up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abyssals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since their arrival in 400 YAB, the federation fought the Abyssals countless times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless times the wars big and small maybe, an all out war was fought only once and that was the first war which humanity bitterly survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were times when tensions escalated and a few times, all the planets and abyssals fought simultaneously, similar to the first war. But none came close to the tension and fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human Armed Forces announced a red alert and increased their deployments. The reserve personnel were undergoing a short training to be deployable should the need arise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It all started with a few days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Abyssals stopped skirmishes across all the planetoids. No ambushes on the space patrols. No short or long wars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was peaceful or so it seemed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abyssals started deploying more and more weapons. Their formation changed to offensive and they started bringing in warriors that were usually kept in reserve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unwilling to be outmatched, the military matched their deployments. They went toe to toe with abyssals in manpower, logistics and infrastructure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Abyssals didn't start the conflict as expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all did one thing. Right from mercury to Neptune, they started calling in more and more forces before they finally stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, had to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both sides deployed their full forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teen Children bade farewell to their old parents, Middle-aged parents bade farewell to their little children, old people bade farewell to their families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, even Abyssal ships no longer patrolled the space. They were all on the planetoids. As a result, humans were also forced to bring their space shuttles to neutralize Abyssals' advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if a string was stretched to its limit and with just a bit more push, it'd snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that one final push never came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Be it Mercury or Neptune, every single army member—be it a level 2 soldier or a level 9 high general, all had serious faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every soldier could feel the tension in the air as they patrolled the border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a few miles from them were Abyssals—prepared, aggressive and strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't attack. But that only made their inevitable attack more serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like all other reinforcements, Richard and Eve Xander were deployed on a planetoid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget the soldiers, even they had no idea when the inevitable was going to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tension was like fuel. It grew everyday. Bit by bit. All it took was a single spark for everything to go Boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, that one spark never occurred. It only made the situation worse. The longer the tension remained, the greater the subsequent damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As powerhouses that were part of reinforcements, Richard and Eve Xander were deployed on a planetoid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For better or worse, it was still with Anna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"….\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"….\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old men would've protested at any other time, but with how matters stood, they would beat up anyone who protested now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were one of the few people that knew the 'real' reason for this crazy situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're really serious, huh.\" Richard muttered from the top of a tall red tower. His mental sense was locked onto his comm to act immediately after notice. He also kept an eye on the borders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since they're trying to take down the planetoids, they have to be serious.\" Eve's gloomy voice sounded from the comm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Athena group submitted their findings along with evidence, the military was flabbergasted. There was also the evidence irrefutable aura measurer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there was an accident that the space shuttle lost a few of their drones. This gave them hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe something went wrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, they sent a few more exploration teams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nope. Every observation gave the same dreary result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sequoias were real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After verifying the threat, the army decided to send reinforcements to Uranus planetoids. It also planned the dispatch of special forces that would hunt down the Sequoias.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But all came to naught when Abyssals suddenly turned aggressive and started their crazy deployments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the reinforcements were called back and Uranus only received a fraction of the intended help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abyssals weren't trying to start a war. Not an all out war at least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their deployments were there just to hold down human forces from supporting Uranus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm still doubtful. We didn't find any areas holding level 6 or level 7 Sequoias, much less level 8\" Richard tried to argue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve pierced his shallow argument. \"Sovereign Irene found them in the asteroids near the Abyss. Level 6, level 7 and even level 8. She said she sensed some stronger fields deep in the asteroid belt, but didn't enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The threat of sequoias is real.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haa~\" Richard sighed deeply. \"I…If we were only stronger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve didn't reply as he put down the comm and gazed into he distance. \"If I was stronger….\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached a lofty height in his life. His back was the assurance to tens of thousands of souls standing behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even then, he wished he was stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this epic conflict, even a level 9 was helpless, much less him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hope in my soul lasts forever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1024,"2026-06-06T07:58:11.289Z",1,"novelbin.me","f7d143e79c33ff5335c6cd1acde51750921cd850535764a65d05d5025d670b54","divine-path-system-chapter-241","divine-path-system-chapter-240",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]