This military conference lasted for more than three hours. As soon as it ended, another meeting began. This time, sect and clan forces led by the Spirit Pagoda also attended.
A few days earlier, they had received notice from the Federation, telling them to prepare for the possibility of mobilizing at any time. Now that the army's departure had been confirmed, they naturally had to be informed. Some of the coming operations would also require their assistance.
The next day, the joint army camp north of Mingdu became busy at daybreak, packing various supplies onto vehicles. At eight o'clock, the joint army's 350,000 soldiers stood in neat, orderly formations, densely packed together. The farthest formations stretched over two kilometers away; those with poor eyesight might not even be able to see where the soldiers' ranks ended.
Once the army had assembled, Xu Lang, commander-in-chief of the joint forces, began the pre-battle mobilization, rousing the soldiers' spirits. Chen An and the others stood beside him, listening quietly.
After more than twenty minutes of pre-battle mobilization, Xu Lang gave the order to board the vehicles quickly and depart punctually at nine.
The soldiers moved swiftly yet orderly. With several minutes still remaining before nine, every soldier had boarded. After waiting briefly, the military transport vehicles started on schedule. Two transports drove side by side, and there were twenty thousand vehicles in total. Once they were fully arranged in formation, they would form ten thousand rows, moving like a colossal dragon—an endless one whose tail could not be seen from its head.
Fighter jets flew in formation overhead, accompanied by over a thousand mechas. The procession was vast and imposing, radiating intense killing intent wherever it passed. Not long after the Federal Army began its full-scale advance, Shrek City convened a high-level meeting