CHAPTER 988: CHAPTER 988: AN INCREASINGLY FLEXIBLE COMMAND SYSTEM

"You all know what happened, right? Let’s discuss what we should do."

On the Light Camp’s side, everyone was gathered together. However, the atmosphere was quite different for the human deities, being more serious, with everyone quickly reaching a consensus by just voicing suggestions.

The elves were different. They had a more relaxed atmosphere, where anyone could speak freely.

However, their opinions were harder to unify, so they reached consensus more slowly.

With humans, once opinions differed, fierce arguments would easily erupt. As for the elves, although they seemed carefree, they never argued. These were characteristics of the two different races.

These characteristics, even after becoming gods, would be inherited.

"Isn’t this a good thing? Let them engage in infighting themselves. It will greatly deplete the demon forces."

Everyone nodded in agreement. The demons’ sheer numbers were their biggest headache. Charging forward en masse might cause more considerable losses on their side, but the demons didn’t mind, whereas they couldn’t ignore these losses.

Demons could only apply high-pressure tactics, and they would use nothing but high-pressure tactics.

Otherwise, their subordinates wouldn’t obey, nor provide faith. On the contrary, as long as they are suppressed and made to fear, they would sincerely comply, providing ample faith, albeit lacking purity.

The Light Camp was different as they had to maintain their position and avoid substantial losses.

Now the presence of the undead has changed things. The swarming demons failed to overwhelm them, indicating the undead’s robustness, capable of significantly draining the demons’ strength.

"I think we should take advantage of this opportunity to deploy forces and exhaust the demons’ strength."

"I oppose, if we deploy now, we’ll definitely attract the majority of demons’ attention, eventually becoming a conventional war, leading to too great a loss for us, which we absolutely cannot afford."

Due to differing opinions, human deities soon started arguing vigorously.

"Everyone quiet for a moment, we should observe for a few days and see what happens. If those undead turn out to be immensely powerful, we’ll then decide what to do. For now, there’s a more pressing matter."

Everyone looked over as this deity continued, "The most dangerous element is neither the undead nor demons, but the Demon God of the same rank as us, which is the biggest variable."

"Absolutely right, those Demon Gods might jump into the battlefield at any time under such circumstances."

Demon Gods don’t play by the rules. Once they find an excuse to intervene in the battlefield, who knows what excessive actions they might take. If there’s any setup, they would fall into the defensive.

Their efforts here were all for gaining benefits.

So under no circumstances could they allow the damned demons to destroy it.

"I propose we avoid resting during this period, and keep a close eye on those demons to prevent chaos."

Upon hearing this, everyone raised their hands in agreement.

When the gods were intently watching the Demon Gods, the demons felt increasingly uncomfortable fighting the battles. Initially, they were able to confront the undead head-on, engaging in their favorite way of warfare, without any technical skill.

But soon after, they found the undead becoming more cunning and elusive.

Frequently, they couldn’t find the undead’s main troops, often getting ambushed. Even on such large-scale battlefields, where overcrowding wasn’t an issue, they still faced ambushes.

In a very short span, ambushed troops would be nearly obliterated, with few escaping.

By the time reinforcements arrived, they found everyone dead, with the corpses collected. As such incidents occurred more frequently, even the demon commanders felt something was off.

However, no matter how they thought, they couldn’t figure out how the undead achieved this.

Meanwhile, the undead were busy in their rear, planting a huge white plant in a special spot.

"Easy, easy, don’t damage it, or repairing it will be troublesome." An undead commanded from the back, and anyone familiar with it would recognize it as the Earth Vein Bone Tree.

However, this was a smaller Earth Vein Bone Tree, as the larger ones couldn’t be transported easily.

Despite this, the human resource consumption was still considerable, but lacking in manpower was never an issue for the undead.

"This area is complete, this entire region is fully covered, now move to the next location." The undead directed their Skeleton Labor to quickly vacate and proceed with the next setup.

These were newly designed Earth Vein Bone Trees, compact and easy to install.

They provided vast coverage and could precisely aid the undead in command. The downside was that all non-military functions were stripped away; these weren’t meant for other purposes.

Frontline commanders each carried personal terminals.

This time, it wasn’t like a cellphone, but more akin to watches. These were strapped directly to bones, ensuring they wouldn’t shake off, and they were the means through which the undead achieved intelligence.

The data collected by Earth Vein Bone Trees was thoroughly analyzed, and the back-end strategic team formulated various combat strategies jointly.

Immediately, these orders would be dispatched to various branches, integrating them into a cohesive whole. Branches would then develop combat plans suitable for their actual conditions.

Such sequential distribution resulted in a perfect plan.

The key was that, through Earth Vein Bone Tree communication, planning and directive issuance were incredibly quick, highly timely.

This rendered the previously bloated command system remarkably agile. Even when a demonic army was spotted somewhere, they could analyze their numbers, composition, and how to counter them.

Under such circumstances, how could the demons be their match?

Speaking of which, this was the first time Fang Jie applied Earth Vein Bone Trees in warfare. Earlier, either exploring the otherworld or the local plane was too small, not needing such specialized combat methods.

Now, the theoretical combat method was in use, and its superior advantages immediately emerged.

"It seems we need to develop an otherworld version of the Earth Vein Bone Tree." The otherworld isn’t a plane within the All Heavens Hunting Ground internally, territories cannot be built there, so Earth Vein Bone Trees must be modified to adapt.

Only by creating a more flexible command system can this be fully utilized.