"Master, according to the information we have obtained, severe unrest broke out within Chess Mountain. Nearly half its senior elders were slaughtered, and the rest are like birds startled by a bowstring, hiding in their secret retreats and not daring to venture out."
"Now all authority in Chess Mountain rests in Meng Fuyun's hands. Chess Mountain has entered a state of total lockdown!"
Li Chen asked, "Meng Fuyun benefited most from this. Judging by the outcome, could he have staged the whole thing himself?"
Heavenly Pivot said, "There is insufficient information to draw that conclusion. However, he is now pinning the blame on us, claiming that Guangyun attacked Chess Mountain."
"So that's how it is..."
Li Chen was not surprised by that claim in the slightest.
With something like this happening in Chess Mountain, if Guangyun had not done it, who else could have?
The blame was sitting there in plain sight, just waiting to be pinned on them. It would have been strange not to.
Li Chen paid that no mind and instead began calmly analyzing the situation.
"Should we seize this chance to launch an all-out attack?"
"Heavenly Pivot, run a projection of the battle's outcome based on the current situation immediately. Focus on calculating combat losses and other military expenses."
Li Chen understood perfectly well that if he committed his full strength, his chances of victory were enormous.
But Chess Mountain was no easy prey. It was a weakened old wolf.
If it turned and sank its teeth into them, even Guangyun, a tiger in its prime, would still suffer a loss.
He would not act so rashly.
Heavenly Pivot immediately began calculating, taking all the various conditions into account.
Soon, she reached a conclusion. "Attacking now is inadvisable."
"Is that so?"
Li Chen was not particularly