[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family":3,"chapter-sss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family-sss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family-chapter-459":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","SSS rank Mother-In-Law to an Invincible Family",{"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},1556971,2022,"Chapter 459: …Lower Than Expected","sss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family-chapter-459",459,"\u003Cp>Meanwhile, back in the Xu family subspace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qianghua stood in the center of his private study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room was silent except for the soft hum of the spiritual projection floating above his desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive world map hovered in the air, lit up with thousands of tiny markers—each one tied to a city, a battlefield, or a critical resource point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Different colors pulsed slowly, showing the shifting tides of war across the continents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood still, hands behind his back, simply watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a while, he didn't say anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no rush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This moment wasn't about making fast decisions and sending the clan members to risk their lives for people who do not value their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was about understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waved one hand slowly, and the projection shifted, zooming in on the Northern Continent first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Green markers flashed across the mountains and river valleys—zones recently secured after weeks of heavy fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Small notations floated next to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casualties: 3,412 confirmed dead. 9,020 wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qianghua didn't react outwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those numbers… weren't terrible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved his hand again, and the map slid to the Eastern Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The edges were still rough—patches of fighting here and there—but no active collapses.This is part of a series from My Virtual Library Empire (M|V|L1EMPYR).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casualties: 4,188 dead. 12,500 wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused and sighed a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Higher than the North.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not as disastrous as he had expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another flick of the wrist, and the Southern Continent came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one had fewer lights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sign that many beast armies had been trapped and wiped out before they could even set up proper battle zones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casualties: 1,942 dead. 3,700 wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qianghua nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Monster Race's collaboration had turned the southern jungles into a meat grinder for the beast forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their traps, combined with the Xu family's adjustments, had made that front almost untouchable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lingered for a moment longer, feeling a rare hint of satisfaction as the Southern Continent was the only one that followed their words to the letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the other continents still had their own ways of interfering with the ideas given by them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he is not mad about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of these people live and understand the continent, so for them to modify the designs is a good sign that they are not blindly accepting the Xu family's help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, finally, he moved the projection again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Western Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The map flickered as it zoomed closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scorched cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Collapsed relay hubs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Burned farms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a second, the memories from earlier flickered across his mind—the arrogance of the Western leaders, the refusal to prepare properly, the disaster that followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even here, the color of the markers had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deepest reds were fading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Unified Army had moved in like a blade through soft clay. Clean, precise, overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qianghua's gaze shifted to the casualty report scrolling quietly next to the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casualties (Western Continent): 80,112 dead. 150,800 wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the first time today, he felt the faintest trace of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Lower than expected,\" he muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Much lower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been prepared for the worst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his last life, when disasters had struck, the death tolls had been horrifying. Even without a coordinated beast invasion like this, simple sect wars and minor cult uprisings had killed hundreds of thousands over the years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after a full-blown offensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after the collapse of several defensive lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after the Western commanders had bungled almost everything…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world had held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it had held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned forward slightly, studying the finer notes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Unified Army's rapid deployment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow operatives' hidden support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faster reaction times from local sects, even the weaker ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stronger than he remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stronger than it had ever been in his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned back again, folding his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The candles flickered quietly on the walls, throwing long shadows across the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a long moment, he just stood there, thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the old timeline, when he was still struggling against fate, this world had been chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disorganized and selfish, too many clans are looking out only for themselves. Too many sects hoard knowledge and refuse to adapt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had left them vulnerable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And eventually, it had left them broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the casualty lists again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with all the mistakes, the losses were manageable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with pride and arrogance, humanity had survived the opening moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivators were tougher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armies were sharper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The foundations, built carefully by families like his own, were deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qianghua smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't a happy smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More like the quiet curve of someone seeing the first cracks of sunlight after a long, bitter night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren't ready for everything yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they weren't helpless anymore, either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tapped the map gently, zooming back out to see the entire world again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand hovered over the Western Continent for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he need to act?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was there something more the Xu family should do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought it through carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Unified Army was cleaning up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beasts were in full retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Western survivors, bruised and broken, were already regrouping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most importantly, they had learned their lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Painfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they had learned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing left for him to do now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His job had never been to coddle the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was to make sure it survived long enough to stand on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And right now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not tall. Not proud. But standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his eyes briefly, breathing in the stillness of the study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he opened them, his gaze was clear again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waved his hand, shutting off the projection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lights faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room returned to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, the distant sounds of the Xu family compound drifted through the windows—training grounds, formation halls, the quiet hum of students practicing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qianghua then turned his attention back to the Zerg situation.\u003C\u002Fp>",1028,"2026-06-06T07:39:11.973Z",1,"novelbin.me","c39c67f06bf31da58cebdc5bb80c695778b09a6c775192de91731e5ac7256f9c","sss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family-chapter-460","sss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family-chapter-458",485,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family-cover.jpg"]