Strategy game? Then I'll have to control you properly.

"Did Attila also crave expansion?" Lin Miao sighed deeply.

Whether he was prepared or lacked confidence, the moment of decision was approaching.

After discerning Attila's intentions through his troubles, Lin Miao sighed deeply.

While it may seem obvious, Attila did indeed crave expansion.

Perhaps this is the perspective of a leader who has seen more and thought more deeply than him.

Therefore, Lin Miao did not object.

Ultimately, the most important thing is that the residents can see things that he has never seen before.

"Paul can be sent out." Lin Miao didn't really want to object to the matter of Paul's disposal, which had been temporarily put on hold.

Having an extra helper when fighting monsters is always a good thing.

Moreover, Paul is now completely surrounded by green trim.

This shows that he has transformed from the bottom of his heart into a trustworthy person.

If they let him out, Paul would definitely do everything in his power to explain and prove the reality they are facing.

"I still have to prepare for the attack... I'm so busy," Lin Miao muttered to herself.

We must not stop here. After reorganizing the military forces at the northern fortress, we must now take down the Zerg strongholds that have joined the attack on them.

Whenever I think about these things, the necessity of expansion keeps coming to mind.

In truth, Lin Miao's heart had already leaned towards one side.

Since there is ample potential for growth, we should take the initiative.

[Li Sushang: I also think expansion is the right choice.]

"Really?" Lin Miao replied.

[Li Sushang: Because that kind of expansion method is very easy, I think that's an advantage.]

Just in case, Lin Miao also consulted Li Sushang.

She stated without hesitation that we should be more proactive in projecting our power outwards.

The residents she nurtured all started from small villages.

Li Sushang told Lin Miao that they were also actively expanding their influence through territorial wars and other means.

"Very well, let's take the risks we have to take." Lin Miao made up her mind in no time.

He planned to order the residents to move outwards and seize more land and people.

Besides, it's not a difficult thing.

In any case, that world wouldn't let them live in peace.

Just as they were observing Attila's efforts to clean up the mess and rebuild his army, an urgent report arrived from Attila's western territories.

A large army began moving again toward the east where they were located.

"I see them! I see them!" Lin Miao saw the enemy breaking through their defenses.

Among them was a giant man clad in gleaming armor and a tiger skin, who was clearly no ordinary person.

His name is Patriarch Luke.

The residents naturally panicked.

Although the approaching forces were still far away, Attila, who had not yet completed the resettlement of immigrants, was under particular pressure.

"Since they attacked first, there's no need to hide," Lin Miao thought to herself.

Luke is the grassland overlord supported by the Southern Kingdom.

If they defeat him, they can rightfully take control of the entire grassland.

"Sigh, it's time to open a branch mine." Lin Miao shook his head as he watched people hurriedly fleeing to the village.

The village, now home to tens of thousands of people, is comparable in size to a city.

Instead of continuing to accept refugees, it would be better to build a new city in the relatively stable rear grasslands that can serve as a base.

Although she hasn't completely taken control of the entire grassland, she's been able to do so because Lin Miao has accumulated considerable magical power during this war.

Therefore, we can now use this magic to build a large number of defensive towers in the new area.

Attila's expression changed when Lin Miao began building the defensive towers.

He immediately understood Lin Miao's intention and stopped the relocation of residents.

Attila then gathered miners and porters and began building new villages and fortresses in the areas chosen as strongholds.

We need to establish branch bases.

In any case, this is necessary. If they want to make great strides along this road in the future, they need a place that can serve as a base, rather than that first village that is too remote.

Based on this idea, Lin Miao established a new village on the former territory of Theodora, which was occupied by Attila.

"It's less about building a village and more about guiding it," Lin Miao thought to herself.

He doesn't do everything alone.

We neither have the ability nor the need.

After Lin Miao roughly demarcated the area and location using the defensive towers, Attila quickly deployed a large number of miners and porters there.

"But... isn't this too much?" Lin Miao, puzzled, opened the file displaying data from Aurora as the number of technicians Attila brought from the village increased dramatically.

The population has increased several times over, now measured in tens of thousands.

Of course, the number of awakened special abilities has also increased compared to before.

Farmers, miners, porters, and lumberjacks are people who can awaken through Minecraft, and they don't need magic.

Therefore, awakening is easy, and obtaining qualifications is easy.

"And it's still growing." Lin Miao looked at Maureen, who was shouting at the new movers.

As a representative of porters, he is no longer a porter.

Just as Lillie's traits evolved from martial arts to paladin, his traits also changed from porter to architect.

With the experience I've gained over this period, I can now install more blocks.

With such a person leading and directing more than twenty juniors, they were able to erect a giant city wall several meters high every day.

After the city wall was completed, Lin Miao dismantled the defensive turrets and reinstalled them on the city wall.

Can those grassland warriors unfamiliar with siege warfare really break through this defensive system designed to deal with insect swarms?

"I'll leave the command to Attila. I need to take care of my own work too," Lin Miao thought to herself.

Even after winning the war, the residents were too busy to even have a moment to rest, and Lin Miao was no exception.

"...Wow, my god. How much is this...?" One of the tasks was to sell some of the insectoid byproducts collected from the north to the Monster Hunter's Guild.

Guild employee Anxia sighed as she looked at the several truckloads of by-products that Lin Miao and the hunters had brought.

Even though we had already given the blacksmiths enough to make equipment, there was still so much left over.

"Although we'll accept it according to the rules, it's really intriguing. Where did you hunt so many mutants?" Anxia asked, unable to contain her curiosity as she paid.

Lin Miao and the hunters, of course, only gave vague answers.

They wouldn't believe me anyway, even if I told them the truth.

Lin Miao then distributed the gold coins she received from An Xia to the hunters.

Although they cheered and jumped for joy at the gushing gold coins, they unusually refrained from spending money on wine.

Because these gold coins were not earned through hunting, but were hard-earned money obtained at the cost of the lives of companions and family members.

"With this money, we should buy some more expensive equipment. We can also show everyone around." Looking at them, Lin Miao selected Thorfinn, Dulin, and two others who had become experienced hunters, and together they boarded a carriage bound for another city.

The goal is to use the gold coins earned to buy more equipment and allow them to accumulate more experience.

Of course, when Lin Miao used the mouse to drag the right mouse button, they were all startled by the body that suddenly started moving on its own.

"The work of awakening the warriors is still ongoing, and we cannot act rashly now," Lin Miao thought to himself.

Survival on this cruel land means constant warfare.

Although victory was achieved, the planned war was not yet over.

While the fervor of victory was still high, the Northern Fortress was reorganizing its army in preparation for an offensive against the Zerg hive.

Meanwhile, the western villages under Attila's command were building new armies.

Even in the game, the residents will fight monsters to the death for themselves and their tribe.

In this tense situation, Lin Miao found herself with nothing to do.

On the one hand, they were afraid that intervening rashly would make things worse, and on the other hand, the residents handled the situation so well.

"Breaking news. People claiming to be guardians connected to users are appearing one after another in the Dragon Kingdom..." Thanks to this news, Lin Miao's attention was diverted.

The message Lin Miao opened in the web browser reported on the recently surfaced malfunctions, or rather, those that were just as shocking to the users.

"They're completely different from us, but they're still users," Lin Miao thought to herself.

Lin Miao, or rather the users, are the residents who appear on the desktop through programs and games.

The same was true for the other users who were drawn in after him.

But the unknown users who placed those "residents" on Earth were cultivating Earthlings in a completely different way.

Judging from their testimonies, it seems they were dragged into some strange space for forced training, and then returned after gaining their abilities.

They claimed it was their duty to search for and hunt down malfunctioning organisms.

Because of the existence of publicly known users, most countries that understand the relationship between users and systems, guardians and faulty entities, have not stopped them.

To be precise, it's almost impossible to stop.

These people volunteered to stand up and deal with those unknown monsters, those creatures that required artillery and missiles to subdue, instead of the military.

If you don't want to anger public opinion, you can't stop them.

Ultimately, the countries attempted to negotiate with them.

[Li Sushang: I never expected them to succeed so successfully in this way.]

As she said, not only users, but also guardians have appeared in this world.

While operating the system, the uses of various byproducts increased dramatically.

In particular, potions that replenish magic power and heal injuries have become indispensable items for them.

Although there are still a minority of guardians in China, the number of users is not large either.

More importantly, the number of guardians will only increase in the future and is unlikely to decrease.

"As long as those people protect them well," Lin Miao thought their appearance wasn't a bad thing.

After all, it is something that can alleviate their increasingly heavy burden.

Of course, they are still in the early stages.

Just like when Attila and Lillie first came to him, he was in a phase of gradually adapting.

"This is the truth. Repeat, this is..."

The piercing alarm sounded, and the evacuation order was issued.

The reason is that a faulty object that tears space has appeared in this vicinity.

Despite their and the residents' desperate attempts to stop them, those who had begun to infiltrate were gradually eroding the world.

They weren't ready to fight those guys.

It is impossible for the army to be deployed immediately.

The city would also be destroyed if missiles were launched or fighter jets were dispatched.

In such a situation, if those guys launch a surprise attack, multiple deaths are still common.

"...We have no choice but to believe it."

If it were the old Lin Miao, she would have stayed at home and dared not move under such circumstances.

But now he ripped off his cloak and hood and rushed out of the house.