368 A Troublesome Matter
Under normal circumstances, the Tiandu division would definitely seek justice for this matter, and a set of emergency orders would be issued.
In other words, the cost of one person’s life would be repaid with the lives of ten people. As the human race had wiped out 10 million members of the Flor race, so they would have to sacrifice the lives of 100 million humans in return.
Since this incident had already happened, they naturally did not want the same tragedy to happen to the human race when the other races banded together to punish them. After all, it was unlikely that everyone in the human race supported the war effort.
If the human race was exterminated as well, then things would spiral out of control, and possibly many more wars between races would erupt.
In any case, there was a reason behind the ratio. They believed that one person only dared to do such a thing because there were at least ten people supporting that person’s actions.
Still, this was not the main problem troubling Ordinton.
What the human race had done this time was too outrageous, and had incited the fury of the other races. Therefore, even if the reparations were paid, people might still take things into their own hands.
The barbarism the human race had displayed, to the point of eating their enemies, made them seem more like animals than an actual race. As such, they would be treated by others as such.
Perhaps the Tiandu division would have to increase the ratio to 1:100.
That would mean that a total of one billion humans would have to pay with their lives. It would be quite a terrifying scene.
A river of blood in the truest sense.
Not only that, the human race would also have to give up an appropriate amount of resources, which would set back their development by several decades at the very least.
It was an extremely severe punishment.
Only by doing this could they convince the other races that they were truly remorseful. Furthermore, if the Tiandu division did not step up this time, then no one would respect them anymore, and the region would descend into chaos and war.
‘Stupid humans! If they really wanted to take over their territory, they should have done so more carefully, and properly cut them off from the other races, suffocating them bit by bit. No one would say anything then, and we would be able to leave this matter as it is.’
‘But now you’ve forced our hand.’
Ordinton’s face was full of worry.
The second thing was the thing that worried him the most, which was Yuchi’s existence.
Ordinton did not know what sort of role Yuchi played in this matter, but there was no way this had happened without his input and permission.
This was absolutely impossible.
Without his backing, there was no way the human race would have dared to pull off something like this.
It was extremely troublesome.
All of the chiefs of the Tiandu division were well aware that Yuchi had reached the Dao heart realm.
However, the Dao heart realm was rather terrifying. There was not a single Dao heart realm cultivator within this region governed by the Tiandu division.
To put it simply, if he was here, Yuchi would be the most powerful person within a 100,000-kilometer radius.
“Since this matter is related to Yuchi, it’s quite difficult to deal with.”
He was in a dilemma.
His subordinate tried to come up with a solution.
“Chief, this matter is definitely not something that our Tiandu division can handle alone. We need to inform the other Tiandu divisions about this. Even if this matter will eventually lead to a direct conflict with Yuchi, we have to take action. Otherwise, our Tiandu division will be reduced to a mere decorative existence.”
After hearing this, Ordinton nodded helplessly.
“Contact the various races and tell them that the Tiandu division is already aware of this matter, and that we will deal with this matter according to the regulations. We’ll definitely give them a satisfactory answer.”
“I’ll make a trip to the other Tiandu divisions to stall for time. Hopefully, their anger will slowly subside over time, and we won’t have to be too severe with our actions.”
“I’ve got to get the other chiefs in on this as well, since this is something we need to tackle together.”
“If Yuchi doesn’t admit his mistake, then he will become an enemy of the whole world. He’s not the only Dao heart realm cultivator in the world, and there are plenty of others who can hold him to account.”
After hearing this, the subordinate nodded bitterly.
That damn human race had caused so much trouble for them.
…
In the human city, the directors of the Department of Inspection were blissfully unaware of the impending disaster they had brought upon themselves, and had already launched another round of mobilization, targeting another race.
This time, the recruitment was completed even faster.
In just one day, they had already gathered 10 million soldiers.
Everyone had become trigger-happy.
At least 60% of the population had been brainwashed into believing that war was necessary and justified.
Furthermore, the resources they would obtain were extremely tempting.