Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 693: Each Has His Own Plans
Half an hour later, Kota Fort.

"I am not forcing you to place your trust in me right now. Whether you follow me, leave me, or just wait and see, it all depends on you. All I can promise you is one sentence -"

"As long as I am alive, the tower will not fall."

In the temporarily cleared hall, calm and majesty echoed from the light blue pillar of light, relaying the words of the black-haired young man sitting on the throne to every mobile fortress connected to this place. When the words fell, the light blue pillar of light in front of them went out with a loud bang, leaving only the black-haired young man sitting there quietly, and the performer and the old man in black robe standing beside him.

"That's enough, isn't it?"

A somewhat cold voice sounded, and the black-haired young man glanced at the performer indifferently and spoke.

"It's perfect~! Haha, I didn't expect Mr. Black Sword to be good at this kind of thing?"

The performer simply clapped his hands and laughed, with a hint of amusement showing through the gaps in his crescent-shaped mask, and his tone sounded a bit frivolous.

The black-haired young man simply glanced at the other person indifferently, then ignored him and turned his attention to the black-robed old man beside him, and ordered:
"I'll leave the rest of the chores in the fort to you."

"I take my orders."

The old man in black robe at the side heard the words and answered in his old and hoarse voice, nodded, tapped his cane, and his figure turned into a shadow and merged into the darkness, quickly disappearing in the hall.

Very good, now the finishing work on the tower is almost finished.

In the hall, Xin Lailai, who was using her original form, looked in the direction where the old man in black robe left, nodded slightly, with a hint of satisfaction in her eyes.

"I always feel like you are such a bad guy, Lailai. We were the ones who robbed their fortress, but you tricked others into saying you were the heirs to the tower, and you slandered the outer-level teams in Samsara and Death Paradise as evil. If I were them, I'd be furious!"

In the soul space, Ling Yuzi, who relied on controlling the soul body to cooperate with Xin Lailai to perform this one-hour drama, stuck out his tongue and said sarcastically with a smile.

"Well, it's not my fault. I didn't forbid them to do so."

Xin Lailai coughed lightly and replied without changing his expression.

That's right, he didn't forbid White Mage and Randy from doing so. If they were shameless, they could announce to the Gusa Federation and the Huiyuan Sect that they were the illegitimate son or heir of someone. As for how a group of Inhumans and the guys who were almost crystallized gave birth to a pure-blooded human, how to notify the fortresses under the command of the two forces when the core tower of the fortress was blown up, and how to avoid being regarded as a demon's sophistry when he had already occupied the high ground of public opinion, etc.... These are issues that the other party should consider themselves.

After all, he was very considerate in persuading the other party not to blow up the core tower. Can he be blamed for not accepting his kindness? He never told a lie from beginning to end. His main point was sincerity and openness!

As for the acting just now?
What kind of acting is that? Isn't that a plot specially planned by the performers to make Black Sword look ridiculous? What does it have to do with Black Sword?
He had even written a draft of the article about how the upright pioneer Black Sword had to endure humiliation for the sake of the overall situation and agreed to the performer's plan. He was just waiting to let Yamu publish it in the newspaper after returning so that the world could know the performer's true dark face!

"But, Lailai, if we do this, won't it really provoke the outside-level teams in Samsara Paradise and Death Paradise to the point of flipping the table?"

"Don't worry. With their strength, they probably won't be able to save face. What's more, what we did was just to take over the remaining forces of the local camp in a more labor-saving way. Their methods may not be so efficient, but if they want, they can achieve similar results."

Both the Zerg and the Undead have no shortage of means to control people. Although that requires a certain cost and is not as efficient as what they do, it is still no problem to control all the fortresses and about half of the population under the Gusa Federation and the Huiyuan Sect.

In other words, even for them, it is impossible to fool everyone with just the rhetoric, but the problem is that sometimes public opinion is something that only requires you to take the initiative, and there is no need to take care of every detail.

Just like now, no matter whether the civilians and warlocks in the tower believe it or not, since it has already happened on their side and provided a wide enough range of options, many things can no longer be changed by the voices of dozens or hundreds of sober people who have seen through the truth.

People all have a mentality of hoping for luck, especially when this concept rises to the level of a group. As long as there is a choice, most people will basically choose the more comfortable path rather than the one full of darkness and bumps, even if that more comfortable path looks a bit fake.

After all, even if they guessed that the Grand Warlock was actually killed by them, and guessed that they were not the illegitimate children and heirs of the Black Crown and the White Crown, what meaning would it have to those ordinary people in the tower who had to do their best every day just to survive, and the warlock apprentices who could only be mediocre at this stage all their lives?

From the moment they offered a better option and paved the way for this option to be acceptable to most people, the desire to resist this choice had actually disappeared from the hearts of many people.

And this is the result that Xin Lailai wanted to see. He did not need tens of millions of fanatical believers who were devoted to him and would follow him without food or drink or any reward at just one word. He only needed a group of ordinary people who could listen to him and follow their own hearts. In that way, he only needed to offer sufficient remuneration for the positions in the factory, and these civilians and warlock apprentices in the high tower... and even those formal warlocks, would naturally become the labor force in his hands and drive the operation of the entire mechanical factory.

Even when the people in these towers discover that the life they bring is actually better than before, even if the six great crown warlocks are resurrected to reveal the truth, a large group of people will stand behind them to support them, and spontaneously label the resurrected six great crown warlocks as heretics invaded by evil spirits. The so-called general trend is often like this.

……

"To put it simply, no matter whether this operation was the plan of the performer or the black sword, the two of them are definitely the ultimate old scoundrels who are extremely proficient in the general situation and various imperial techniques~!"

In the ruins of the Sean Fortress, Randy, wearing a pair of sunglasses, sat on a rocking chair with his legs crossed, enjoying the massage from the little white-haired girl, while explaining science in a serious tone:
"When facing this kind of old bastard, the best way is not to give them any chance to operate or talk nonsense. At the very least, you can't let them disrupt your thinking. Just do what you should do. Otherwise, you will find yourself being tricked without knowing it~!"

"So, Brother Randy, what should we do to get out of this trap you said?"

"It's very simple. Just treat him as air and think of ways to increase your own combat power. When dealing with these guys, you should never think of using strategy to trick them. Instead, you should think of ways to start with strength. This way, no matter what they plan to do, you will have enough confidence to deal with it. This is what they say: wisdom cannot defeat supernatural power~!"

"Then...what if our strength is no match for theirs?"

The little white-haired Lolita blinked her eyes and asked curiously while rubbing Randy's shoulders.

"It's very simple, just throw it. You can't beat them in a fight, and you can't win in a calculation. If you don't throw it, is there something wrong with your brain? Oh, yes, it's right at that spot! Use a little more force! Phew! It feels good!"

Randy shrugged his shoulders and said as a matter of course, while moaning comfortably and showing an expression of enjoyment, and then added casually:
"Oh, by the way, even if you want to surrender, there are still some rules to follow. If you are too weak, and people wonder why they should accept the surrender of a loser like you, then it will be very dangerous. So even if you plan to surrender, you still have to find a way to increase your strength. Only when people feel that the benefits of fighting you to the death are far less than accepting your surrender, will you have the capital to surrender."

The little white-haired girl listened and nodded thoughtfully. Then, as if she had received some news, the expression on her face changed and she said to Randy:
"Brother Randy, Acong told A Ming that the Huiyuan Sect's fortress has been completely controlled. Should we go to the spatial coordinates in the east next?"

"Well, the first step is definitely to go there. After all, if nothing unexpected happens, that will be our next base. But that doesn't really matter. The key is how we should proceed in the second step~!"

As Randy spoke, he glanced at the map at the edge of his vision, a hint of deepness flashed across his eyes, and the little white-haired loli who was massaging him showed a curious look, waiting for the other party's next words.

"Xiaoyun, you said before that because no one has died on this continent, there aren't enough resentments or undead spirits that can be summoned, right?"

"OK."

The little white-haired girl nodded. Her undead spells could only be used in places with heavy resentment and death energy. However, since the three major forces in the Dark Glory Continent were relatively restrained after moving here, there were basically no places that were particularly suitable for summoning and creating an army of undead. If she wanted to solve this problem...

"Brother Randy, are you saying that we are going to the Old World later?"

The little white-haired girl blinked her eyes, and a hint of excitement appeared in her innocent eyes. Randy smiled and touched her little head, praising her:
"As expected of our Xiaoyun, he is so smart~! That's right, after occupying the spatial coordinates, we will use the teleportation array to go directly to the Old Continent~!" Randy said, squinting his eyes, with a hint of amusement in his pupils.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the White Demons are probably planning how to get to the Old World right now, right?"

It is true that the Sanctuary Paradise has a great advantage, but it cannot withstand the test of this world. For the opponent who takes the route of technological explosion, the disadvantage is too obvious.

Although on the surface, the three major forces in this world have all developed pyroxene technology, and pyroxene technology has played an extremely important role in their daily lives, but in fact, the foundation of those pyroxene technologies is at best slightly stronger than the technology in the ordinary second-level technology side world, and it cannot even be considered a proper third-level technology side.

On the other hand, at first glance, they and the Samsara Paradise seem to have no advantage in the Dark Glory Continent, but in fact, as long as they can survive the initial stage, both the Zerg and the Undead can immediately flourish in this world.

After all, the real overlords in this world have never been the three major forces that only dare to huddle in the Dark Glory Continent, but...

——The behemoths of the Old Continent that the three major forces dare not set foot on until now, even after being cleansed by the Overwatch Legion, they still occupy the top of the ecological chain!
——Since a certain bastard likes to fabricate history so much, and even made them into evil demons from the Old World, then they should let him experience what the real "evil demons" from the Old World are! !

……

"Wait...wait a minute, Mr. Performer, are you saying that the other side will borrow the power of the behemoth next?!"

A deafening roar came from outside the window. Inside the huge fortress that was slowly advancing from the ground at an extremely steady speed, Tafina listened to the information spoken by the man in a tuxedo and mask in front of her, and she lost her voice in astonishment.

"Although it's just a guess, if nothing unexpected happens, they are most likely planning to do so, right? After all, those giant beasts from the old continent and the corpses and resentment left over from past wars are the perfect breeding ground for the Zerg and Undead armies~!"

In the temporarily repaired meeting room, the performer wearing a white smiley mask glanced at the silent black-haired young man beside him, then looked at the shocked gray-haired girl in front of him and the two young staff officers with serious expressions, shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said with a smile.

"Surprisingly, even the giant beasts..."

Upon hearing this, Tafina fell silent, and Ryan and Anwen beside her had similar reactions.

Behemoth.

For those who live in the fortress, this name is synonymous with disaster and nightmare.

Pure-blooded humans, Inhumans, pyroxene disease patients... No matter who they are, as long as they have known about that period of time and witnessed the images of those huge mountain-like beings marching, it is impossible for them to forget the fear that has long been engraved in their blood and genes.

"If that's the case, I'm afraid we'll..."

Ryan, who knew very well what the behemoth meant, was silent for a while, then spoke hesitantly.

If the two opposing camps really succeed in utilizing the power of the behemoth, it will be an absolutely catastrophic blow to them. In this case...

"Master Black Sword, um... let me ask, do we have the same method as them to utilize the power of giant beasts?"

Anwen, the blond youth next to Ryan, raised his hand and asked the black-haired youth. The black-haired youth did not answer in a hurry, but looked at the map projected by the virtual image on the side, and spoke calmly and majestically:

"No need to worry."

"If they want to take the power of the beast, then they can take it."

In the conference room, Xin Lailai answered calmly, the two peculiarly shaped continents on the map, whose areas differed by three times, reflected in his pupils, and the entire world map was in full view.

That’s right, the power of the giant beast can be taken by the Paradise of Samsara and the Paradise of Death if they want to use it. After all, this was something he had already expected.

As for how they, who only have the Order Tower's pyroxene technology as their foundation, should continue to fight against the other side in this situation, he had naturally thought about this a long time ago.

"We don't need to rely on that kind of thing for our trump card."

From the perspective of science and technology, if you want to develop rapidly, you must have a sufficiently strong technical foundation and a sufficiently large accumulation of resources.

As for the former, they don't need to worry about it at all with Xiaobai here. As for the latter, on the surface, the easy-to-mine pyroxene resources in the Dark Continent have already been mined by the three major forces in the past few hundred years. It is indeed a very difficult task for them to accumulate enough resources to fight against the behemoths of the Old Continent.

but--

“These are our goals.”

A mature voice that was slow but oppressive fell, and along with the magic chip that changed in mid-air, it attracted the attention of Tafina and others to the world map. This sight made the three of them stunned.

"This is……"

On the screen, magic chips were forming thin lines, circling one area after another. However, this time, the areas circled were neither some mining areas in the Dark Glory Continent nor some resource points in the Old Continent. Instead, they were areas that had been almost untouched for thousands of years, but firmly occupied more than 75% of the entire world map. They had always existed there, but had always been ignored.

Ocean.

“The resources we need are right here.”

The black-haired young man replied calmly, revealing his true intention.

That's right. From the very beginning, he never thought that he could rely on the resources on the mainland that had already been almost fully explored to build up his military strength.

Are the Paradise of Samsara and the Paradise of Death targeting the giant beasts of the Old World?

Then just let the other party keep their eyes on you.

only……

——They gladly accepted the vast amount of pyroxene resources in the remaining 75% of the world's unexplored areas.

……

(End of this chapter)