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"No, but they can fight another battle for survival. Cooperation or destruction, there is no third way, for the Great Yan and for us."

Thanks to Colombia's efforts, opposition within Kazdel has now disappeared. They may not believe official reports, but they are convinced that if the Colombian elders start building shelters, a terrible natural disaster is about to occur.

"In other words, Iberia and Agor..."

"Yes, they all know. In fact, now only you Great Yan and Sargon in the entire Terra don't know." Even the religious followers of Sherag know.

"..." Da Yan's habit of being oblivious to what was happening around him was now really getting his father into trouble.

It's not that the emperor of Great Yan was much worse than the emperor of Ursus; in fact, if we're talking about ability, he might even be a little better. However, the bureaucrats of Great Yan were far more capable than those useless people in Ursus who couldn't even handle factional struggles and were instead able to divide and conquer the emperor through war.

Moreover, their sense of luck is much stronger than that of Ursus. The nobles of Ursus have never had much of a sense of luck, and the harsh environment of Ursus has tempered their will to some extent. However, the gentry and officials of the Great Yan are the typical type who will not shed tears until they see the coffin.

"So, what do you need me to do?"

"Find a way to let the Emperor of Great Yan know this news."

"But, the matter of the imperial court..." Old Chen's head started to ache as soon as he thought about it. The Great Yan was a giant, but it had two heads, and that was the troublesome part.

"Then cut off one of their heads."

"Are you serious? Old Wei won't agree!"

"I'm not asking Lao Wei, I'm asking you."

“This… is impossible.” Old Chen took a deep breath. “This is not something that one person and one sword can do, and it would only bring more chaos. Little Talulah, how did you become so extreme…” Then Old Chen saw Talulah’s dumbfounded expression.

"Wait, what... what are you thinking? You think I'm asking you to assassinate the king, seize the throne, and stage a coup?"

"Is not it?"

"......"

"..."

"What did you study at the Royal Guard Academy in Victoria?" Talulah had no idea what kind of university this girl attended. If she weren't a girl, she would have thought that this guy spent his whole university chasing girls.

"Haven't you ever worked in the judicial system?"

“I’ve done it, I didn’t just coast along in the Guard Bureau.” Talulah rolled her eyes without saying a word. If the timing weren’t so bad, she would have suggested that Old Chen come work for the Kazdel Department of Justice for a couple of years.

"Don't you know how to deal with a group of criminals who won't let go?"

"...Um, inducement and torture are against the rules."

“…” Talulah opened her mouth, unsure whether to criticize her for still caring about legality at this point or for this inducement and torture. “You’ve been planning to do this for a long time, haven’t you?”

"Have you never learned or used the techniques of gathering evidence, questioning separately, breaking down their defenses individually, and using information asymmetry to force them to confess?"

"Is it really necessary to go through all this trouble?" Old Chen was also dumbfounded. When did Kazdel become so technical? "Just break in when they're caught red-handed and take them all away, wouldn't that be enough?"

“…” Talulah took two steps back and looked Old Chen up and down. “Who were your former colleagues as a superintendent? Introduce me to them.”

“Swire, don’t you know her?”

"..." "She really worked hard." Talulah was silent for a while. So, in the entire Guard Bureau, Ghost Sister was in charge of intelligence gathering, Swire was in charge of interrogation and operation planning, and you, Old Chen, are just a powerful front-line SWAT captain, right?

Thinking about it carefully, according to the standards of this "iron triangle," there doesn't seem to be any problem. Sister Gui was born into a lower-level gang, has extensive connections, and is well-informed, making her very suitable as a visiting police officer. She can easily obtain intelligence that others cannot.

As someone from a large family, Swire has extensive experience in administration and management, as well as strong command and coordination skills, making him a qualified frontline and rear-line police commander.

Old Chen is powerful and is also Old Wei's niece, with impeccable political background, so she is perfectly capable of being the one to make the arrest.

No one has as strong connections as her. She dares to arrest people that others wouldn't dare to arrest, and she's not afraid of retaliation or assassination afterward. The three of them together truly make a perfect police task force for the Imperial Guard.

"First, you submit the message, then see who opposes it, and treat them all as criminals. Have Hoshiguma collect evidence of their bullying and oppression, and find a way to submit it. Selectively disrupt their alliance first. You should know that such minor evidence will not be something they would want to deny in a united effort, but will definitely be used as a weapon to suppress dissent."

"and then?"

"Then, you need to find a way to collect more evidence of their crimes. Don't submit it all upstairs, just find one or two key pieces. The rest is about defrauding and coercing them one by one. Don't you know how to do that? Go find the longest-serving fraudster in your Guard Bureau and let him teach you!"

That's easy. The bureaucrats of the Great Yan are too powerful. It's precisely because they are too powerful that this system works. If it were barbarians like Ursus, Talulah would really have to suggest that Old Chen take up his sword and kill all the opponents.

To put it bluntly, the strategy is to exploit the fact that the officials of the Great Yan are sophisticated egoists and elites who have risen through layers of infighting, rather than hot-headed brutes like Ursus, and use the prisoner's dilemma to break down their alliance of interests and psychological bottom line.

If a consensus cannot be reached on this matter, given the abilities of the Great Yan Emperor, it would not be difficult to break down the opinions of different factions and unify the government.

Do you think Blackguard will get involved?

Why are they getting involved?

"But my identity..."

"As a ruler, would he care about your identity? He only cares about the stability of his rule. In his eyes, the people of Great Yan may not be important, but his status as emperor and ruler is very important. In the face of the apocalypse, would he be the emperor of the Kingdom of the Dead?"

Even the gentry weren't truly foolish enough not to understand this principle; rather, the checks and balances among them were extremely complicated. If one of them acted recklessly and wanted to live for the moment, the gentry who chose to cooperate would be completely exploited. Therefore, no one wanted to be the unfortunate leader.

Everyone wants others to do things and say things, while they themselves should keep a low profile, because "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down"—this tradition and characteristic of the Great Flame people did indeed help the continuation of civilization when they were still very weak. This is why they are the oldest civilization in Terra, and they have survived countless calamities.

When one is relatively strong, one becomes in a state of involution and competes with oneself, which benefits others and may even lead to being looked down upon and missing out on many opportunities.

Therefore, as long as Old Chen's intimidation succeeds, the gentry will actually be the most supportive of this plan. Why? Just kidding, how could the elite live in caves like peasants waiting to die? No matter how you look at it, flying to the stars is in their interest.

Once they convinced Da Yan to cooperate, Kazdel would have formed a preliminary, feasible execution team for the "Final Plan".

Because Iberia and Agor definitely agree, once Da Yan joins the alliance, Rembiton, which is surrounded, has no choice but to agree, otherwise what? With Iberia below, Kazdel on the side, and Da Yan above, are they going to wait to be attacked from all three sides if they don't join? They'll definitely be ruined.

With the addition of Ursus, a road to the Arctic and a complete system of logistics, resources, industry, and research and development bases would be formed.

Even if we don't necessarily carry out Lao Xia's antenna plan, we can still start the Starship Project immediately, at least we can start throwing garbage into outer space.

As for the other alliance, it will probably be the Sanctuary Project formed by Victoria and Columbia. The world of Terra will likely evolve into a struggle between these two alliances with different plans and objectives for the remaining resources of the First Men.

A larger-scale world war between the two poles would begin to brew. After all, everyone wants to survive the apocalypse, but the resources left by the First Men are limited. The shelter plan requires a large amount of supplies and resources, as well as the technology to survive in the post-apocalyptic world.

The Stellaris Project requires more resources and technology, especially the technological artifacts left behind by the First Men, which are indispensable. The conflict between the two alliances is almost irreconcilable—the starship is too small to accommodate all of Terra's inhabitants.

Therefore, even if it's a matter of trade-offs, priority will definitely be given to those within the alliance. The doctor also took out this ticket, intending to use it at the right time to gain a voice within the alliance. Even so, it's impossible for everyone within the alliance to board the ship; some people will inevitably have to stay behind.

However, none of those emperors and generals thought they would be left behind, so as long as the doctor offered the ticket as an incentive, they would become staunch supporters of the plan.

Similarly, Columbia's shelter plan cannot accommodate everyone. Even if it could, the frozen Terra after the apocalypse, with its mass extinction, would not be able to support so many people. Both sides can only ensure the salvation of a small group of people, and the amount of resources they fight for determines the scope and number of this small group.

This is a difficult issue to reconcile and coordinate. Obtaining more resources means that one's alliance can bring two more people, and with two more people, one can bring more family members, relatives, friends, and in-laws—a fact that can be understood without any political maneuvering.

Meanwhile, on the Ursus front, "The Ursus offensive has weakened. What happened?" Nearl's messages clearly couldn't get any information about the apocalypse. In a siege, it was indeed very difficult to find out what was happening outside.

"It seems there's some disagreement among the Ursus people?" Maria also noticed that the Ursus's artillery firepower and manpower had been rapidly depleting in the past few days.

Meanwhile, at the Ursus camp, the general, who was already bloodthirsty, grabbed the messenger and cried, "General, our logistics have been completely cut off by the Hellagur. We... we have no reinforcements."

"What exactly is that old guy trying to do? Is he going to betray us?"

"No, I don't know. What do we do now?"

"What do we do? Take down Kavaleriaki for me, or we'll all starve to death here!" He began to regret issuing the permission to plunder. Siege warfare is a drain on both the defending and attacking forces. The former has sufficient reserves, while the latter relies entirely on Ursus's weak logistical support capabilities, resulting in greater losses.

"Could it be His Majesty...?" Suddenly cutting off supplies, is he trying to kill them all on the front lines? But is it really that easy? If they can't take Kavaleriaki, can't they at least turn their guns around? They're all Ursus troops, everyone knows who's who.

Just as I was pondering this, another piece of bad news arrived: "General, the Fifth Army has retreated!"

"What are they doing?!" The general was stunned by the news. Helag cutting off supplies could be explained as an Emperor's conspiracy, but what was the Fifth Army, an old friend, trying to do by retreating? Of course, they didn't want to waste any more time.

Several divisions of the Fifth Army, which had been tasked with blocking the southern loyalist forces in Kazimir and the assault troops within the city, were decimated. When the order to reclaim their fiefdoms came down from within the country, they naturally fled without hesitation.

Anyway, their fiefdoms were in the occupied northern territories, and continuing the fighting would only benefit others. How could these warlords, who treated their soldiers and armies as their private property, do such a stupid thing?

At the Herag camp, after reading the secret letter that had arrived with Witt's transport convoy, Herag squinted at the sun in the sky. "I never would have imagined..."

"So, are we prepared to negotiate with Casimir?"

“I don’t plan to, but we will maintain a certain tacit understanding,” Witt said. Of course, negotiations were out of the question. Opinions within the country were not yet unified, and the Sanctuary faction and the Stars faction were arguing fiercely. Naturally, we needed to prepare for both scenarios.

Ursus isn't a country like Great Yan, which is completely incapable of implementing a shelter plan. You ask why Great Yan can't implement a shelter plan? It's simple. If everyone hides in shelters, what about those prisons that hold "Ancient God Fragments" and "Demons"?

The jailers all died in the apocalypse. No matter what shelter you hide in, it can't withstand these fragments of the ancient gods multiplying and splitting everywhere, and then they'll catch and kill every Great Flame Shelter.

It would take a million soldiers and thousands of years to imprison them one by one. At that time, it would be a pipe dream for the shelter's military force to resist them.

Therefore, everyone in Terra can choose the survival plan, except for Da Yan, who must choose the escape plan, otherwise he will die before the shelter opens.

Running away is simple. If the prison goes out of control, the unlucky ones will be those on Terra who choose to hide. It poses no threat to the already wealthy and powerful rulers and ministers of Great Yan.

Chapter Eighty-Eight Backstab

Chapter 88

What impact will the news of the apocalyptic crisis have on Terra? It will have almost no impact. For the upper echelons, building shelters and maintaining their current vested interests are parallel lines. There may be some adjustments needed in policies and strategies, but for ordinary people in Terra, it will still lack a significant impact.

In contrast, the new version of the military reform in Ursus has a greater impact. Due to the large number of troops being consumed in the three wars, the Emperor of Ursus has issued a new mobilization order, allowing infected people in Ursus to join the army normally, instead of simply being used as cannon fodder.

The warlords and nobles tacitly accepted this decree. They had already invested too much sunk cost in the Kazimierz battlefield, and if they could not capture Kavaleriaki, all their previous investments would be in vain.

Therefore, even granting infected individuals certain rights, or even promoting them to junior officer positions, would be something they would gladly accept at this time—their troop strength is truly insufficient, and if they cannot continue the fight, all the deaths and resources invested will be wasted.

The longer this war goes on, the harder it becomes for them to break free. Continuous investment means a constant need to extract more benefits. This machine can't be stopped. If they continue to adhere to their original infected policy, they will either be completely worn down or be crushed by the very machine they started when they try to brake.

As for the Kazdel people, it had almost no impact. All of Kazdel's policies were based on the fact that the sun would explode, so they were unusually calm compared to other nations of Terra.

On the Kazdel border, in light of the previous invasion by Letania, Kazdel has strengthened its border defenses and begun constructing Originium orbital turrets. This is an important lesson Kazimierz taught them: if these things cannot form a complete defensive line, then they are not very useful.

Kazdel City Defense-class heavy artillery, with a base height of approximately 20 meters, powered by an independent power station, is a monolithic structure, equipped with a 600mm large electromagnetic cannon with a 40-caliber barrel, and is installed on the outskirts of the city. Every three heavy cannons are accompanied by two fortresses that also serve as armories.

Kazdel named this heavy artillery "Beast Slayer".

Coincidentally, Victoria also began its own giant cannon industry and military technology innovation, as if to compete with Kazdel for orders. They launched the even more terrifying "Super Electromagnetic Piercer".

It has a 45-caliber 2000mm caliber barrel, uses alloy projectiles with a diameter of two meters, has heat dissipation plates on both sides, and has the same base height as Kazdel, with even similar structures.

This story serves as a warning to everyone that in this rapidly changing era, the introduction of a new piece of equipment means that you will soon find that everyone is using the same thing.

However, the caliber and power of electromagnetic thrust weapons are not actually equivalent. If it were gunpowder weapons, almost anyone with a little physics and military knowledge would give you the same advice: absolutely no one wants to see a cannon with a diameter of more than 1000 mm being fired in the atmosphere.

Whether the enemy will die is hard to say, but the shockwave and recoil will definitely wipe out everyone within a few hundred meters of you, leaving not even a trace.

Therefore, it's difficult to judge whether Victoria's "Super Electromagnetic Piercer" or Kazdel's "Beast Slayer" is stronger, unless you put the two to a fight.

However, Victoria's design is truly superior to that of the old Xia. The wide and thick cannon body, the beautiful wings, and the decorative flags hanging below make it as majestic and imposing as the lance of a knight in the old days.

Not only are urban defenses being upgraded, but Victoria's high-speed battleships are also entering the final construction phase. These ships, which are modeled after the Kazdel Abaddon-class but are equipped with miniaturized "super electromagnetic piercers," are designated as the "Centurion-class."

The lead ship, HMS Centurion, the second ship, HMS Comet, and the third ship, HMS Ranger, were all things that Victoria defined as "weapons of the new era."

Compared to Kazdel, where the parameters of new equipment are mostly unknown, causing potential buyers to hesitate, Victoria openly announced the parameters and configuration of this new warship.

It possesses a super piercer main cannon, similar in specifications to Kazdel, approximately a 650mm solid-ball electromagnetic cannon, four spell bombardment cannons, and four small super piercer twin secondary cannons. In terms of weapon configuration, it is practically armed to the teeth.