Facing the impending threat from Origin Xia, Celestial Xia had to establish a response strategy. Yet as for the specifics, that still depended on the detailed countermeasures put forward by the three who knew of the matter.
Wu Tingzhi said, "Origin Xia is about to attack us. Unless they believe Celestial Xia can be wiped out with a wave of the hand, they will surely seek to probe the truth of Celestial Xia's strength before launching their offensive."
Zhang Yu agreed with this view.
All their present deductions rested on the premise that Origin Xia could not immediately destroy Celestial Xia. But if Origin Xia could do that, then nothing they did today would matter. The five Chief Directors would not have needed to inform them of this matter; they could simply sit and wait to be destroyed. Thus, that possibility could be ruled out in advance.
Since that was so, Origin Xia would certainly attempt to investigate Celestial Xia's inner circumstances.
Chen Yu said, "Then let the three of us first discuss when Origin Xia will likely come to investigate Celestial Xia, what methods they may use, and how we should guard against them."
After some thought, Zhang Yu said, "Then let us use the time of Chief Executive Zhuang's attainment as the boundary. Since the Chief Executive said that Chief Executive Zhuang may reach the Upper Layer in half a year or a year, let us first take half a year as the limit and assume that Origin Xia will begin spying upon us after half a year."
Wu Tingzhi said, "Wu believes this is acceptable."
Chen Yu nodded. "Let that be the set limit."
Zhang Yu added, "As for what method Origin Xia will specifically employ, Yu has a conjecture. The five Chief Directors once said that