"A total of 1623 sword bearers died, 3654 sword bearers lost their ability to fight, 7,213 sword maidens were lost, and 4002 sword maidens were unable to be repaired, including three natural sword maidens: ancient sword maidens Spring Wind Sword, ancient sword maidens Sea Snake Sword, and treasure sword maidens Guanghan Sword.
"A total of 237261 ordinary human casualties were found, 196213 relatively intact bodies were found, 35217 unidentifiable bodies were found, and 5,371 bodies were completely missing.
"Among them, 215637 people died in battle, 100761 died in the battle to defend the city walls in the normal area, 114917 died in the battle to defend the city walls in the core area, of which 56238 died in the battle to defend the wall of flesh and blood.
"A total of 2271 buildings were lost in battle in the normal area, among which 1062 buildings were completely destroyed, 1211 buildings required urgent repair, and about 1.03 million residents were left homeless, currently temporarily resettled in various shelters.
"A total of 21 buildings were lost in battle in the core area, all residents have been properly resettled.
"A total of 163 damaged areas were found in the outer city walls, the total damaged area is 12.7 kilometers long.
"A total of 38 damaged areas were found in the core area, the total damaged area is 1.9 kilometers long.
"Apart from buildings, a total of 1360 billion RMB was lost in various economic products in the normal area, including 830 billion RMB was lost in the private economy, and 630 billion RMB was lost in public property. Food and other daily necessities were moved in time, and all of them were well preserved. There were no large-scale losses, which can last for ten years and six months.
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Sword Immortal Ling Xu stared at the piles and piles of data in front of him with a headache. This was the second day after the battle had ended. Yuzhang City's response speed could be considered quite fast. In the short span of a day, they had accurately calculated all of the property losses and reported it to Sword Immortal Ling Xu's desk.
Looking at these shocking losses, Sword Immortal Ling Xu didn't appear to be very sad, and there was even a hint of a smile on his face … This wasn't because Sword Immortal Ling Xu was heartless, but because these losses were much smaller than Sword Immortal Ling Xu had expected.
According to Sword Immortal Ling Xu's original plan, the entire Yuzhang City would be completely destroyed in this sudden attack. By then, the total losses would be tens or even hundreds of times greater than the current losses. After all, by then, the entire Yuzhang City would no longer exist. The remaining humans would probably still be slowly advancing on the long road of escape.
If the current losses were equivalent to cutting off a piece of Yuzhang City's flesh, then the losses that Sword Immortal Ling Xu envisioned were equivalent to a death by a thousand cuts.
Sword Immortal Ling Xu was already very satisfied with this result. The foundation of Yuzhang City was still intact, and it would only take three to four years at most for these losses to be recovered, and Yuzhang City could also be rebuilt. Under his leadership, Yuzhang City did not suffer the complete destruction of the previous few major invasions.
"It's all thanks to Miss Gu Xuanyuan this time!"
Sword Immortal Ling Xu knew very well that the reason why Yuzhang City had been able to escape this calamity had nothing to do with him. The true culprit was that Young Mistress Gu Xuan Yuan who had suddenly appeared.
If it wasn't for Gu Xuan Yuan, then what awaited Yuzhang City would have been the latter outcome.
"Speaking of which, I really can't bear to part with her. Young Mistress Gu Xuan Yuan actually left just like that. I didn't even properly thank her once!"
What made Sword Immortal Ling Xu feel a little ashamed was that after the battle was completely over, Gu Xuan Yuan didn't stay in Yuzhang City for even a single night. She directly left Yuzhang City in the afternoon.
Gu Xuan Yuan didn't say why she was in such a hurry to leave, but Sword Immortal Ling Xu could vaguely guess some of it.
It was nothing more than Shi Jueyuan's life and Lucihua, who he had sent to London.
After the battle in Yuzhang City, Gu Xuan Yuan must have been very worried about her younger brother's disciple, so she hurried over to bring Lucihua back.
Thinking of this, Sword Immortal Ling Xu felt waves of guilt welling up in his heart.
If he hadn't conspired with Shi Jueyuan back then, how could Shi Jueyuan have the authority to directly send away a Sword Pavilion Lord?
These were all mistakes he made when his desire for power clouded his mind. Sword Immortal Ling Xu had also told Gu Xuan Yuan before that he hoped to set off with Gu Xuan Yuan and bring Lucihua back.
But Gu Xuan Yuan refused. In her words, there were still a lot of troubles in Yuzhang City that needed Sword Immortal Ling Xu to resolve, so it was best for Sword Immortal Ling Xu to stay in Yuzhang City. This was the result she wanted to see.
Gu Xuan Yuan was speaking the truth, so Sword Immortal Ling Xu didn't insist anymore. He could only watch as Gu Xuan Yuan left Yuzhang City alone under the setting sun.
"But this Young Mistress Gu Xuan Yuan really left me with a huge problem!"
After expressing his longing and gratitude for Gu Xuan Yuan, Sword Immortal Ling Xu couldn't help but fall into a state of distress. There was no other reason than that Gu Xuan Yuan left him with a huge problem: the Lightning Dragon, Kang Na Kamuyi!
According to Gu Xuan Yuan, Kang Na had made a deal with Yuzhang City. Every month, Yuzhang City would give Kang Na enough high-purity nuclear fuel rods to consume, and Kang Na would also become the protector of Yuzhang City.
Kang Na's trading partners were all in Yuzhang City, so Kang Na should naturally also live in Yuzhang City, and not by her side.
Sword Immortal Ling Xu was very conflicted about this. Kang Na was a flood-level Yuan Kou. If she could wholeheartedly fight to protect Yuzhang City, then it would naturally be a great thing for Yuzhang City.
But the problem was that Kang Na was still a Yuan Kou after all, and they were both natural enemies of humans.
Although she was living well in the city now, if she suddenly went berserk and suddenly wreaked havoc in the city, then Yuzhang City would be caught off guard and very likely suffer far greater losses than yesterday.
Actually, the best solution was to let Kang Na find a place to stay outside of Yuzhang City. That way, even if they went berserk, they wouldn't cause great harm to Yuzhang City itself.
Moreover, if Yuzhang City was attacked, she could also appear at the first instance to protect Yuzhang City.
Unfortunately, this suggestion was rejected by Kang Na. After eating a meal of red braised pork at Chanel, she completely refused to leave the Core Area.
Moreover, she brazenly expressed that even if she was chased out of the Core Area, she would try her best to come back. For example, she would launch an attack on Yuzhang City's Super Dimensional Protection System a few days ago, and so on.
Sword Immortal Ling Xu and Gu Xuan Yuan had no choice but to agree to let Kang Na stay in the Core Area. However, both of them had to bring along sealing equipment to seal off their own powers.
At the same time, Gu Xuan Yuan arranged for them to stay in the Phoenix House … which was also the house of Gu Xuan Yuan's younger brother, Guhan, in the Core Area. It was stipulated that Kang Na was not allowed to leave Mount Emperor without the approval of the Sword Committee Headquarters.
At the same time, Sword Immortal Ling Xu also promised Kang Na that he would send about a ton of various delicacies every day as the price for her to obediently stay in Mount Emperor as a foodie.
After that, Misaka Mikoto privately told Sword Immortal Ling Xu not to worry too much about Kang Na.
She told Sword Immortal Ling Xu that the impurities in Kang Na's body had completely disappeared. At this time, Kang Na could not be considered as Yuan Kou. At most, she was just a lazy little female dragon. As long as she was fed well every day, there would not be too much of a problem.
As for Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, this fellow immediately returned to his Erlang Shen Temple at the mouth of the Guan River after the battle. However, Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, promised Sword Immortal Ling Xu that within three years, as long as Sword Immortal Ling Xu sent someone to Erlang Shen Temple to send him a message, regardless of the reason, he would immediately rush to Yuzhang City and fight to protect Yuzhang City.
Regarding this, Sword Immortal Ling Xu secretly thanked the heavens and earth. If Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, was like Kang Na and stubbornly refused to leave the Core Area, then Sword Immortal Ling Xu really would not be able to do anything to Erlang Shen, Yang Jian.
However, Kang Na's problem was only one of the bigger ones. There was still an even bigger problem, and that was the Ring of Law that was currently hovering in the sky above Yuzhang City.
After capturing Ling Boli and Asuka, the Fu Sang Celestial System should have been completely defeated. This Ring of Law should have immediately returned to Fu Sang Island and left the territory of Yuzhang City.
However, this Ring of Law seemed to have decided that Yuzhang City was its home. It stayed in the sky above Yuzhang City and did not go anywhere else. As a result, all supernatural forces within five hundred kilometers of Yuzhang City were still in a state of lockdown.
It was a very awkward situation. Yuzhang City could not do anything to the Ring of Law.
Even if it was Sword Immortal Ling Xu, as long as he left the protection of Yuzhang City's super Dimensional Wall System, he would immediately become a mortal who had lost his sword essence. There was no way he could do anything to the Ring of Law in the sky.
Moreover, according to the analysis of the Ring of Law by the research department, this Ring of Law was not a physical entity, but an existence that existed between spirit and rules … Against such an existence, even if it was Jiandi, he would not be able to do anything … Unless this Jiandi was the Jiandi who was proficient in rules, then he would be able to forcibly expel the Ring of Law.
In short, this was a message to Sword Immortal Ling Xu that unless this Ring of Law wanted to leave on its own, it could stay in the sky above Yuzhang City as long as it wanted. Even Long Shi Jiandi would not be able to expel the Ring of Law.
Sword Immortal Ling Xu thought about it again. This Ring of Law did not seem to be too bad for Yuzhang City. The effect of the Ring of Law was also effective for Yuan Kou. On the contrary, humans who had the protection of the super Dimensional Wall System could instead use their own power freely through the super Dimensional Wall System.
In this way, even if Yuan Kou gathered an army several times larger than before, he would not be able to break through Yuzhang City's defenses. Yuzhang City was many times safer than it would be without the Ring of Law.
From a certain perspective, this Ring of Law could be considered as the guardian of Yuzhang City.
However, there were other problems as well. Yuzhang City itself could not support the 40 million people in Yuzhang City. Yuzhang City had to make full use of the land around Yuzhang City for farming, mining, industry, and other things in order to support the 40 million people in Yuzhang City.
Previously, Yuzhang City relied on the protection of the sword-bearers to establish an absolute safety zone of about two hundred kilometers. However, once the sword-bearers left Yuzhang City, they would become ordinary people. The idea of relying on the sword-bearers to protect the surroundings of Yuzhang City became an unrealistic delusion.
Thus, the only people who could protect the surroundings of Yuzhang City were the ordinary people themselves.