Chapter 358: The Bird That Sticks Its Head Out

Ameba worm dungeon world, day six, 9:19 PM.

Bolaka inner city palace.

Lin Dui, 37 factions have replied scolding us, and six of them even publicly declared that Bolaka's new ruler has gone crazy.

They think you're playing religious tricks, filming a bunch of cheap special-effects movies to fool them.

Four of them simply declared war, announcing to the surrounding Safe Zones that we are empty bluster waste.

They are also lobbying other Safe Zones to join forces and carve us up.

They mean that after the Bolaka mutiny, our strength will surely drop greatly.

The purpose of releasing the video is just to pretend Bolaka is strong, similar to the 'Empty City Stratagem'.

Zhang Tie looked over the report in his hands, his sturdy legs propped on the wide conference table, growing angrier the more he read.

Damn it!

One faction flying the Taiji flag, called Kerui'er, hurled the harshest insults.

Gao Tian craned his head curiously, and after seeing Kerui'er's reply on the report, his face darkened.

Lin An stood in the hall, the white light in his ring flashing nonstop, quickly sucking the mountain of explosives piled in the hall into his ring.

What did they say?

He glanced curiously at their grim faces and asked indifferently:

Gao Tian's face turned livid, he crumpled the report into a ball of waste paper, and after holding it in for a while finally spat out:

They not only declared war on us proactively, but also said that if we all surrender, they would spare our lives.

Of course, we need Lin Dui to... sell your ass or something...

Their leader meant you did a pretty good job, he thinks...

Before he finished speaking, Xiong Hanzi burst into angry laughter and smashed the conference table in front of him with a slap:

Lin Dui! Just fucking kill them!

Just this one!

I checked; this faction has a standing army of about 600,000, and it's not too far from us!

Isn't the point to wipe out one faction to establish prestige? Just this one! This one is also the most arrogant!

Lin An chuckled lightly, using telekinesis to crumple the report and glanced at it casually.

After a moment, he slowly nodded.

What Gao Tian said was still somewhat euphemistic.

The message this faction sent back is so foul he can't even utter it; the wording practically insulted his whole family.

Since they want to die, let them die.

He didn't take it to heart; in Lin An's eyes, such a faction that jumps out on its own is no different from the dead.

What about the other factions?

How many factions agree to disarm?

If so, I don't mind giving the first few some preferential treatment, just to set an example.

Although Lin An asked, the Minister of Military Affairs in charge of contacting various factions, Kesman, and Gao Tian exchanged glances and couldn't help but wryly smile.

Your Majesty Lin An.

Of the 446 Safe Zones we contacted...

Only one willingly joined us...

The atmosphere was awkward.

Kesman, seeing Lin An silent, nervously wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and, with a bitter face, continued:

This one is the Eden Sect, and only joined us after their envoy's earnest persuasion.

According to Yidiansi, their pope is very grateful for your actions and also saw your declaration in the video.

They believe you indeed match the characteristics of a divine envoy in their doctrine.

It's hard to say whether the Eden Sect counts as a faction.

All female, with a few males.

Low combat strength, scarce supplies.

One could say it's a rare religious-type Safe Zone? Or just a particularly weak kind.

Kesman sighed, Lin An's assigned task to him—he hadn't completed a single one.

Put bluntly, the Eden Sect, such a tiny faction, even if they wanted to join Bolaka voluntarily, Bolaka wouldn't bother with them.

Just imagine, a faction's envoy could be humiliated by the gatekeeper prosecutor without restraint; you can imagine how miserable this faction is.

Gao Tian also felt a bit ashamed.

He originally thought that by bringing General Mark, he could persuade the Safe Zone where Mark was stationed, but he never expected...

The Safe Zone where Mark was stationed didn't believe the video at all, and even thought Mark had been turned.

In his rage,

General Mark nearly opened his own skull to prove he hadn't been brainwashed.

Left with no choice, angry Mark jumped on the spot, leaving the words 'You'll regret this!' before being hung up on amid the other side's mockery.

Heaven pities him.

That day, Mark personally witnessed Lin An charge into and out of the Imperial Palace during the sudden upheaval, and then display supernatural power before a crowd of a million.

He is 120% convinced that Lin An is invincible!

He originally wanted to persuade his own base to quickly cling to a strong thigh, to make up for his previous regrets.

He didn't expect that the people of his own Safe Zone wouldn't take it seriously at all, and many simply issued a kill order against him.

An army commander long stationed in Bolaka actually helped outsiders persuade his own Safe Zone to surrender!!

People like this definitely have messed-up brains, they've been brainwashed.

Out of rage, Ma Ke fainted outright and still hasn't woken up to this day.

Lin An's expression unchanged; after hearing Ke Si Man's report on the reactions of various factions.

Nothing unexpected.

Somewhat better, like the Kaisi Safe Zone, they didn't speak definitively, just saying they were still organizing internal affairs.

The usual ones couldn't be bothered, just thinking Lin An was playing his religious brainwashing trick.

Those who thought themselves clever put on an air of having seen through it, and began mocking in various ways.

Those with bad attitudes directly hurled insults back, with many forces openly provoking and declaring war.

The more radical simply contacted other Safe Zones, preparing to seize the opportunity of Bolaka provoking the world to take Bolaka in one swoop and divide its territory.

Lin An, however, didn't have much of a reaction to this.

Relying on a single video to intimidate all sides is obviously unrealistic.

These force leaders wouldn't give up their power unless a knife was at their throats.

Not to mention their willingness; even their subordinate interest groups couldn't possibly agree.

Even if many forces realized the video was likely true, they still clung to a fluke mentality.

In that case, let's just kill them.

After quickly scanning the list, Lin An tossed the report back into his ring, chuckled lightly, and casually said to Ke Si Man:

"The first purge target is set on 【Keruier】."

"Notify all forces, tomorrow..."

"I will exterminate all armed forces in Keruier!"

"If they surrender now, launch a mutiny to execute their rulers, I can consider sparing the rest of their people."

His tone was calm, as if discussing what to eat tomorrow.

Ke Si Man felt a chill in his heart.

Even though he already knew Lin An's plan, hearing it spoken aloud still made his heart tremble with dread.

He could imagine how horrific tomorrow's scene in Keruier would be.

The reason is simple.

Heaven only knows... how many weapons and explosives Lin An has stuffed into his ring.

He only knows...

The entire Bolaka ammunition depot has nearly been emptied by Lin An...

This is probably the most terrifying bombardment in human history...