Chapter 2051: with translation of chapter title
That day, Xiao Feng came to the Zhutian Tower again and entered the exclusive space of the hegemony game.
He overlooked the land.
After 2000 years of development, the Chengshi occupied by the major clans have increased enormously compared to when first arriving, with each clan now occupying at least 300 cities.
The human faction has only Xiao Feng as a force, with no other lords, so its territory is the most concentrated, a total of 687 Chengshi huddled together and connected, forming a vast territory.
The Chengshi occupied by other clans are not as many as those of humans, and each is divided into at least two or more blocks, with different development strategies for each.
"Last time I came in and annexed a giant beast clan force, gaining 29 cities in one go; today I'll add some effort and swallow that nearby small spirit clan force as well." Xiao Feng looked at the map, pulled out the memories stored from last time, and thought to himself.
Press the "Start" button, and the paused time resumes flowing, with an initial speed ratio of 1:1, requiring manual adjustment to accelerate.
Xiao Feng was about to set the speed to the maximum 1:3600 when he suddenly seemed to hear a voice.
"Ancestral deity, we have become a powerful clan, but there are still many equally powerful foreign races in the world; it would be difficult for us alone to oppose all foreign races. Should we consider allying with one or two of them first?"
This voice came from an NPC little doll, sounding directly in his heart.
Little dolls evolved above level 90 are already "Immortal Holy Spirits," possessing infinite lifespan and extremely high combat power, and also having a very sound independent thinking ability, able to relieve worries and solve problems for the "Human Emperor."
Now Xiao Feng's faction has cultivated six dolls above level 90, the highest number and quality on the map; other clans have either four or five Immortal Holy Spirits, or only two or three, completely inferior to humans.
After all, other clans grow wildly from scratch; although they had an advantage at the start, lacking Xiao Feng, this player with a god's-eye view, the gap remains large.
The human faction's six dolls above level 90, Xiao Feng calls them the "Six Sages of Humanity," namely: Xiao Sui, Xiao Chao, Xiao Xi, Xiao Wa, Xiao Nong, Xiao Xuan.
The doll he is speaking with is precisely Xiao Xuan of the Human Six Sages, the most militarily minded.
As a player, Xiao Feng is regarded by NPCs as an ancestral spirit; many major decisions actively seek his communication.
Xiao Feng looked at the map and noticed that the human territory is now close to several clans, and those clans' forces are also approaching each other, equivalent to being about to fall into a multi-faction conflict.
From the god's-eye view, Xiao Feng decisively replied: "No problem, you can first ally with the "Fan State" of the Wood Spirit Clan to oppose the "Liezinc State" of the Rock Demon Clan, and then annex the Liezinc State."
Xiao Xuan received the ancestral deity's instruction and asked with slight worry: "If we do this, betraying trust and abandoning righteousness, will we be despised by other foreign races, making it hard to find allies later?"
Xiao Feng replied: "The layout must be meticulous; when acting, leave no future troubles, eradicate completely in one sweep. As long as there are no survivors, the news will not leak."
"This... is, junior understood!" Xiao Xuan immediately accepted the order.
The territorial dispute has no right.
Wrong, each faction takes the ultimate interests of its own people as the starting point for considering problems.
Xiao Feng is a gentle and easy-to-get-along-with person in the outside world, but that's because he hasn't encountered major issues involving clan interests.
In the hegemony game, he has seen far too many deaths of human dolls.
Some are soldiers in the army, some are independent NPCs cultivated to high levels, and many more are merely ordinary civilians.
Sometimes, enemy troops suddenly appear near a Chengshi; the military dolls caught off guard by the ambush cannot resist in time, falling into extremely tragic battles, many are killed, even wiped out, and then the city is slaughtered.
War between clans knows no mercy or justice; nobody is right or wrong; only survival is the sole justice!
Thus he repeatedly tells the Human Six Sages: when dealing with foreign races, one must be ruthless and merciless! Even if one must use any means, victory is essential!
Only thus can humanity become the strongest clan, flourish eternally in this world, and become the eternal ruler!
Xiao Xuan began preparing for the alliance.
Naturally, forming an alliance is not just suddenly showing up at someone's door and saying "Let's be friends"; it requires first finding a reason that necessitates the alliance.
This reason can be existing, or artificially created.
The borders of the three major clans have not yet fully met, but they are close.
The Rock Demon Clan's side has a total of 222 Chengshi, while the Wood Spirit Clan's side has 198 Chengshi.
Compared to humans, they are both weak; it seems that their alliance against humans best fits the actual situation.
But there is a premise…… they need to know how strong humanity is.
Besides making the Six Sages ruthless, Xiao Feng
also had them keep a low profile; although the human territory is now large, the surrounding foreign clans basically don't know about it.
Forces that have come into contact with and know humanity's foundation basically do not exist; even if any did, they have been completely wiped out.
In those Chengshi on the edge of human territory, a row of military dolls patrols every day.
Any passing foreign clan members are all arrested; part are killed, another part is brainwashed by NPCs above level 80 skilled in soul control, sent back as undercover agents, while spreading the rumor "Humans are weak; even my level 10 alt can wander freely."
Over time, the neighboring clans all came to think that humanity is really not much.
Under this advantage, Xiao Xuan dispatched a force, using the previously planted undercover agents to start stirring up the border Chengshi of "Fan State" and "Liezinc State."
After repeated turmoil over a dozen years, the two sides finally erupted into their first major war.
As a result, the Wood Spirit Clan's dolls of Fan State suffered a crushing defeat, losing six Chengshi at once, relying on terrain natural barriers to barely hold off the attack.
At that time, Xiao Xuan personally went forth, a level 94 big shot, to the border of Fan State to persuade; he first complained that humanity's situation is also not good, with the Liezinc State eyeing them like a tiger, and many small giant beast clans tribes causing trouble in the interior, urgently needing allies, or else they would easily be annexed by the Liezinc State.
The pure Wood Spirit Clan dolls could never imagine humanity being so scheming; they agreed to the alliance on the spot.
The Liezinc State never expected itself, clearly not especially strong, to be artificially made into the most powerful force.
Over the next several decades, the three forces constantly rubbed against each other; humanity and the Wood Spirit Clan stood on the same line, one side low-key hiding strength, the other side pretending to work hard
in resisting.
After nearly a century of operation, one day the great battle of the three nations erupted!
"The weakest" humanity gave auxiliary support to the Wood Spirit Clan dolls of Fan State, tying down part of the Rock Demon Clan's Liezinc State army.
Using the pretense of containment, the true main force had actually secretly taken a detour to encircle both clans.
The two forces fought an extremely brutal battle, with tens of thousands of dolls killed, and humanity's auxiliary forces also suffered many casualties.
After both sides had nearly exhausted their forces, three of the Human Six Sages led the true elite into the battlefield for the final harvest; not long after, the main forces of both nations were completely wiped out.
The remaining troops and Chengshi had long been emptied over the century, lacking any means of resistance, and were swept clean by the human main army across the whole territory, with flying rubble and scattered wood everywhere; all that had once been living foreign lives became building materials for humanity.
After the war ended, Xiao Xuan cautiously had the troops patrol several more times, mopping up many who had slipped through the net.
After this battle was completely over, Xiao Feng looked at the map and saw that the number of Chengshi had exceeded 1100, leaving less than 9000 cities to reach the goal!
End of Chapter
