I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

"Let's go and meet the emperor of the Dinosaur Empire."

Duke clasped his hands together, revealing a chilling smile.

"Didn't they launch indiscriminate saturation bombing raids as soon as they heard about the appearance of humans, practically digging three feet into the ground with bombers? I want to see if these dinosaurs can still do something so crazy if they just storm into their palace."

……

The dinosaur engineers at the control console looked at the electronic screen, just as they did every day at this time, and saw His Majesty the Emperor's imposing figure. Then they heard His Majesty speak slowly, saying in concise words:

"I command, give the signal!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The operator on duty stood at attention and answered, then began operating the control panel to cancel the signal.

Thus, Earth was once again temporarily relieved of the crisis and became safe again.

But at that moment, the operator on duty suddenly heard a faint cry for help. It turned its head in surprise, and then a sharp pain almost slit its throat, and blood spurted out.

On its deathbed, its cloudy eyes saw only two tiny creatures, much larger than ants but much smaller than dinosaurs.

They are human beings.

Chapter 205 On the Edge

The two men who killed the duty operator were one handsome but somewhat effeminate, and the other a muscular, expressionless man over two meters tall. If Duke were here, he would recognize the former as the second-in-command of the Tower Faction, and the latter's face was strikingly similar to Norton's, even before he entered the witch's game.

The second-in-command… or rather, his name “Alexander”, looked at the dinosaur operator lying in a pool of blood on the ground without any emotional fluctuation in his eyes. He was even more cold-blooded than the dinosaur itself. He simply walked silently over the corpse to the control panel and began rapidly typing on the huge buttons.

These buttons were designed for enormous dinosaurs, and for Alexander, each one was incredibly difficult to press. He wasn't a particularly skilled professional, so he had to painstakingly press each button one by one. Therefore, to determine anything, he had to spend a great deal of time.

Norton, who had come with him, remained silent after brutally killing the dinosaur operator. He stood quietly by, neither disturbing Alexander's operation nor offering any assistance—clearly, he had no intention of taking any action without Alexander's orders.

After a long while, Alexander finally stopped his strenuous typing, then took out a huge USB flash drive from his pocket that looked like a door panel, plugged it into the external device of the control panel, and looked again at the equally huge screen that looked like a wall.

"mistake--"

"Another decoy? Damn it! Those cunning dinosaurs." Alexander stomped his foot in anger, then turned to the fake Norton and said, "Let's go, Android One. Once the decoy control panel is compromised, the dinosaurs' attack will come soon."

"Ok."

The fake Norton, known as Homunculus Number One, nodded, then grabbed Alexander's shoulder, roughly hoisted him up, and leaped away at an incredible speed.

About thirty seconds later, a violent explosion destroyed the research institute, but it did not affect Alexander and Android 1, who had fled in advance. The two of them quickly appeared at a base not far from the research institute. This base was left behind by Talia and had an optical camouflage effect, which could easily mislead the dinosaurs' vision system and evade their pursuit.

Alexander stayed in the refuge, looking at the documents in his hand. They contained hundreds of different addresses, each with a very large geographical span. Traveling back and forth between these addresses would take far too much time.

In fact, Alexander and Millie, who were working separately during this period, spent almost all their time on the road, verifying the authenticity of these addresses one by one.

This alternate dimension belongs to the Talia faction. Like Sleeping Beauty Game, Talia has modified this world to a certain extent—to be precise, this is Talia's laboratory. In order to transform Sleeping Beauty Game into a Crown-level Witch Game, she needed a lot of experimental data, so she showed off her skills here.

She made the time flow here closer to that of the outside world. She set up an artificial human factory here to produce useful cannon fodder. She also did some tampering and backdoors here... More importantly, she and her subordinates have a very good understanding of the core gameplay of this world.

The core of this game, simply put, is something that, if it explodes, could blow the entire world into the sky.

Talia even tricked the two dinosaur empires into modifying this thing that could blow the whole world up, creating an explosive "switch" that could be used anytime, anywhere.

Alexander and Millie's goal is to find the switch, press it, and blow Duke and Cecil into the sky!

Driven by revenge, they were willing to perish together with them!

Unfortunately, this world-destroying device is currently in the hands of the two great dinosaur empires. They are aware of the ill intentions of "humans," so whenever these dinosaurs spot humans, they bombard them indiscriminately. Meanwhile, the game core that Talia has confirmed has also been hidden by these dinosaurs.

They spared no expense in building hundreds of research institutes, each identical to the actual location of the "switch," to confuse humanity and prevent them from finding the "switch" location too easily.

"A cunning dinosaur."

Alexander pursed his lips, then gritted his teeth and dialed the number to contact Millie:

"There's no other way, Millie, let's proceed as planned."

"Continue to incite conflict among the dragon ants and let this conflict erupt as soon as possible!"

……

Duke, of course, had no idea what Alexander was doing, where Millie was, or that the android that resembled Norton and the game's core was a dangerous thing that could blow the whole world up... Although he knew nothing about these things, a vague sense of crisis compelled him to act as soon as possible.

He was currently sitting in the cockpit of the Zunlong, speeding towards the location where the Dragon Ant Summit was about to be held.

They had originally planned to drive straight into the Dinosaur Empire's palace and carry out a swift and decisive decapitation strike. However, the Dragon Ant Summit, originally scheduled for next month, was unexpectedly moved up. As the leader of one of the two major dinosaur empires, Duke, the emperor of the empire he wanted to "decapitate," naturally had to attend such an international summit. Thus, Duke and his team arrived empty-handed before they could even begin their operation.

Fortunately, the summit venue was not far from where they were, and with only a few days left, they were able to get there as quickly as possible.

“If all else fails, just kidnap all the leaders here, whether they’re dinosaurs or ants, treat them all the same, wouldn’t that solve the problem?” That’s what Duke said to Cecil and Zun at the time. “Anyway, even if they’re all tied up, they can’t beat you, can they?”

"You're right!"

This simple and direct approach was exactly what Guangbao wanted, so much so that Duke's plan received Cecil's full support. After learning the full details of the plan, Miss Radiant Witch had been excited for several days, eager to test her skills against the Dinosaur Emperor and the Ant President's personal guards.

But on their way to the venue, a group of ants blocked Duke and his companions' path. Among them was an ant wearing a white lab coat, carrying a translator and broadcasting the Common Language of the Mainland at maximum volume to the large metal dragon in front of them:

"Mr. Duke!"

Chapter 206 Fragile Peace

"Mr. Duke!"

Ants are so small that they are like tiny grains of sand compared to the enormous bodies of dinosaurs. Dinosaurs could hardly distinguish an ant from its body. Therefore, ants always act in groups to ensure that they can be discovered by the huge creatures.

However, the dragon mech that Zun personally crafted is different from ordinary dragons. Its eyes are high-powered cameras, and its body also has a large number of all-around cameras to observe everything around it. No movement can escape Zun's detection. Let alone an ant, even if it is a grain of sand that moves, Zun will immediately detect and arrest it on the spot!

So when Dr. Night Joe blocked the way with a large group of ants, Zun naturally stopped and used his high-powered camera to capture a clear image of Dr. Night Joe, which he then broadcast to Duke and Cecil.

Of course, the clear video of the insects startled Duke and Cecil, especially the latter, who jumped up from the driver's seat and roared with a mournful face:

"Zun! Make it smaller."

"Oh."

For some reason, Duke felt that Zun, who had been yelled at, sounded somewhat aggrieved.

He smacked his lips, deciding to postpone reconciling the conflict between his ex-girlfriend and his pet. After all, he would choose to side with Guangbao for both emotional and rational reasons, which would obviously hurt Zunbao's feelings—and they were still in Zunbao's belly. If it got angry and turned on them, they would be in deep trouble.

He coughed and then spoke into the loudspeaker in front of him: "Dr. Ye Qiao, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Duke had previously fooled these honest ants. Although Dr. Night Joe was slightly better than ordinary ants, he wasn't particularly smart, so he was easily fooled by Duke. Unfortunately, Dr. Night Joe at least maintained basic clarity of mind, and his political stance as an ant seemed to be that of a moderate who wanted to coexist with dinosaurs, so he did not accept Duke's tempting proposal.

Of course, no conflict occurred. The reason it found Duke with the translator wasn't to exterminate humanity, but to communicate with them. Since it achieved its goal, why go through all that trouble?

Ultimately, Duke did not attack the ants, and Dr. Nightjoy did not report the whereabouts of the humans. Instead, they confirmed their contact information and agreed to meet again.

Duke didn't expect that Ye Qiao would contact him so quickly.

“Mr. Duke!” Dr. Ye Qiao’s voice sounded somewhat urgent through the translator—but Duke really couldn’t read an ant’s expression, so he could only guess what had happened to make it so anxious. “Do you know about the Dragon Ant Summit?”

“Of course I know, we’re on our way now.” Duke nodded, while Zun faithfully nodded, controlling the dinosaur mech so the ants could see Duke’s expression. “What’s wrong?”

"The president is going to make a proposal to the dinosaurs at the Dragon Ant Summit."

Duke frowned: "Propose what?"

"Destroy all nuclear weapons, protect the environment, and limit population growth."

“Dinosaurs would never agree to such a request, you're kidding.” Duke laughed, but then he narrowed his eyes. “The ants know that too, don't they?”

They are just generally not very smart, which does not mean that there are no smart ants.

Dr. Ye Qiao nodded:

"Therefore, the president is preparing to launch a full-scale attack on the dinosaurs and destroy their civilization."

Duke looked at Dr. Night Joe in astonishment.

He already had a general understanding of the history of the dragon ant civilization through the internet.

The dinosaur world has always been a warlike civilization, with war being an ever-present companion. The two main empires of today harbor deep-seated resentment, with countless blood debts owed. However, with the arrival of the nuclear age, the war finally ceased, as both sides had stockpiled vast quantities of thermonuclear weapons. If war were to break out, the entire world would become a lifeless, radioactive furnace.

Because of mutual nuclear deterrence, and because the nightmare of a shared future of destruction loomed over all the dinosaurs, this fragile peace has been barely maintained for the past century.

Even so, the two empires never stopped their arms race. The dinosaurs continued to push all their potential to the limit, making technological progress faster and faster, until the ants could no longer keep up.

In this world, ants and dinosaurs have a mutually dependent relationship.

In the field of precision operations, dinosaurs with short forelimbs relied heavily on ants. In dinosaur society, almost all factory assembly lines had a large number of ant workers. In the indispensable links of manufacturing tiny parts, operating, maintaining and repairing precision equipment and instruments, the role played by ant workers far surpassed that of dinosaur workers.

Another important area in dinosaur society—medicine—was also completely "monopolized" by ants. Even in modern society, dinosaur surgery still relied on ant doctors directly entering the dinosaur's body to operate on its huge internal organs. However, unlike the brutal surgical methods of ancient times, today's ants possess a large number of sophisticated medical devices, such as laser scalpels and single-person miniature submarines that could travel through the dinosaur's blood vessels.

It can be said that ants, as a third force independent of the two major dinosaur empires, are an indispensable member of dinosaur society. Medical care, industrial production lines... these are all lifelines of a civilization. However, the lifelines of a civilization are not in the hands of the "brain," but are controlled by the "hands" that do the work.

In the escalating arms race, the ants, who are not nominally affiliated with any party in the dinosaur empire, are being increasingly exhausted. Coupled with the fragility of nuclear deterrence and the increasingly serious environmental pollution, the ants' dissatisfaction with the dinosaur civilization has accumulated to a certain extent.

Upon seeing this data, Duke could almost make a definitive statement.

This civilization has reached the precipice, and could be destroyed by itself at any moment. The peace achieved by nuclear deterrence is extremely fragile, and could be ignited with the slightest breeze. More importantly... the spark that ignites the flames of destruction seems to be right before our eyes.

The "brain-hand separation" of the Dragon Ant Civilization will only lead to the disintegration of the entire civilization and ultimately the destruction of the world.

“But I thought this disintegration would take a long time, until the ants were completely disillusioned with dinosaur society… Why did it happen so quickly?” Duke didn’t turn on the speakerphone, but simply expressed his astonishment to Cecil and Zun before continuing, “Aren’t you planning to try something like a strike? An ant strike would be just as destructive to dinosaur society, wouldn’t it?”

"This was the original plan, but for some reason, the president and his staff suddenly decided to launch the most extreme action," Ye Qiao said anxiously. "Moreover, it plans to carry it out at the Dragon Ant Summit. If the two emperors of the Dinosaur Empire refuse to propose it, the president will initiate the 'Ultimate Judgment' plan!"

Chapter 207 I will launch into battle in Gundam form!

Dr. Nightjoy holds a certain position in the ant civilization, even serving as a member of the president's advisory team; otherwise, it wouldn't have possessed a translator capable of speaking human language. Therefore, it was able to know the president's plans.

This is completely inconsistent with his own political demands!

What is the final judgment?

"Among the billions of dinosaurs in the world, about five million were selected. They were the national leaders, scientists, military commanders, key technical personnel and operators, etc. They can be said to be the absolute elite of the dinosaur world... After the Dragon Ant Summit, the ants will install color-changing mines that can be hidden in the main blood vessels of the brains of these five million dinosaurs to carry out a decapitation operation on the dinosaur world."

Dr. Ye Qiao revealed a shocking truth:

"Then, install the same color-changing mine particles in all mechanical devices involving ant workers, so that the dinosaur world will be disconnected simultaneously when the decapitation operation takes place."

"Is...is this plan really feasible?" Even Duke was astonished when faced with such a "simple and crude" plan. He instinctively felt that the plan was unreliable, but he quickly realized that...it was feasible, but there were many technical problems with the details: "Can you really determine the location of all the important mechanical devices? How can you guarantee that the collapse of the social order in the dinosaur world will not affect the safety of this world?"

“We don’t know the location of the nuclear weapons, but we can make sure to destroy all the transmitting devices, because there are no mechanical devices in the dinosaur world without the involvement of ant workers.” Ye Qiao’s voice was very confident, but it quickly became somewhat dejected. “But we can’t guarantee what kind of future the collapse of the dinosaur society will lead to. The heartless ants have never thought about such a thing.”

"Huh?" Duke frowned, and Zun, operating the mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex, also frowned. "Are you kidding me? Don't you guys consider the consequences of your actions?"

"That's right, no."