Doctor, I'm really strong!

"I...I can feel...I can feel those..."

How long has it been? But it's truly an unforgettable feeling, a sense of unity and concerted effort, fighting for a great ideal.

The main gun, now empty, slowly rotated, aimed at the palace directly ahead, and began loading.

"Forward! For the Soviets!"

With a cannon blast, the Originium shield of the palace crumbled under the close-range bombardment of the main cannon. Although it was only a small part that collapsed, this vulnerability was enough to be the fatal flaw that caused the palace to collapse.

"For the community, hurrah!"

As the bugle sounded, the Shield Guards charged ahead into the breach in the palace, followed closely by the workers' pickets.

Inside the palace, Nicholas sat on the steps in front of the throne, holding a bottle of Red Star vodka (produced by the Community).

His ambitions and aspirations vanished in an instant.

“The truth is a dream.” Nikolai picked up the bottle and began to slur his words, then stood up and roared, “So what if we failed! I’ve done my best. Those foolish nobles don’t understand the importance of reform. Right now, they’re just being forced to cut their own flesh, but when the Community comes, none of you will survive!”

Nikolai pointed to the empty hall, as if all the Ursus nobles were there.

"You, you, all of you! All of you! I'm just going ahead, just wait, just wait, Liu Jiuli will make you come down to keep me company! We'll meet in hell!"

With a loud bang, the main hall of the palace exploded. Nikolai had planted explosives there long ago; this was his way of dying—a spectacular and swift death.

Nicholas died, and the palace fell. On the highest domed spire of the Château de Saint-Germain, the red flag of the Commonwealth flew in the wind.

On October 28, 1107, the entire territory of the Ursus Empire was liberated, ending the 1079-year-long Ursus Empire era, an event known as the "October Revolution".

"We've won!"

"Ursus has been liberated!"

"Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!"

The entire community was filled with joy. Hotels put up discount signs, the whole country declared a day off, and everyone celebrated this historic moment, except for those absolutely essential jobs.

"Community, hurrah!"

The happiest people are of course the people of Ursus. For them, the whole country is complete, and they can return to their homeland to live. Although the initial construction will be very difficult, compared to the hardships of the past, what are the current hardships?

"I'm so envious. When will the community be able to liberate the East as well?"

"Don't worry, I think it'll be soon."

"Yes, the Eastern Kingdom will definitely be here soon, but when will the Yan Kingdom be?"

"Perhaps, after the next five-year plan ends?"

"It's only a matter of time, let's just look forward to it."

While some enjoy peace and tranquility, others must bear the burden. The liberation of Ursus is a cause for celebration for ordinary people, but for the officials of the community, there is still a great deal of work to be done.

"Is the list of dispatched civil servants ready?"

"Alright, everything's here."

"Have our forces now taken control of the entire Ursus Empire?"

"The vanguard has arrived at the Kasimir border region."

"What about the reactions of other countries?"

"Currently, only Colombia and Victoria have expressed protests and dissatisfaction; other countries have not reacted much."

What's the situation in Syracuse?

"They have withdrawn all their border troops, and hopefully we will not misunderstand."

"He's incredibly honest."

"No one wants to face the onslaught of tens of thousands of land-based ships."

At this moment, looking at the map of Terra, the Eastern Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom have become isolated countries overseas. If the two countries want to communicate with other countries, they can either go through the territory of the Community or take sea routes. The huge Community is like the Sword of Damocles pressing down on this continent, and it is unknown when it will fall and pierce the former rulers.

So other countries just stood by and watched the Ursus Empire perish?

Otherwise, from beginning to end, the actual action phase lasted less than three days. There's still the Kazimierz region between Columbia and the Ursus Empire. Victoria could send troops directly, but the problem is that the Southern Front Army of the Commonwealth is stationed there. Although its strength is not as great as the main force, it still has the strength of more than five thousand land-based ships. Unless Victoria gathers the strength of the entire nation to attack, it will be 100% pushed back.

Moreover, there's Lateran in eastern Victoria.

Although Lateran is theoretically a neutral country, look at how closely it's entangled with the Community and how it's expanding its liberation theology. Are you sure that when you attack the Community, they won't stab you in the kidneys?

Tokiomi Tohsaka said it was really f***ing.

Therefore, the two countries that were most opposed to the Community can only protest against it now, and have simultaneously increased their support for Kazimir, preparing to turn the country into a buffer zone between themselves and the Community.

"It's over, even faster than expected."

Raiden burned the documents in her hand; she knew that the day when the Eastern Kingdom would be liberated was not far off.

Once the Eastern Kingdom is also incorporated into the Community, the next country to take over will be the Yan Kingdom. After the unification of the entire Eastern Continent of Terra, there will be a long period of assimilation and development. If nothing unexpected happens, the Community will not continue its offensive until at least two five-year plans have passed.

That is, around 1117 to 1118, or possibly earlier. After all, with such a great advantage now, it would be truly unjust if Liu Jiuli didn't seize it.

As the community progresses, so do the enemies. At least the capitalists in Victoria and Colombia are trying to learn to be "good people," and their methods of exploitation are becoming more subtle.

But that's just embroidering flowers on its claws. Does putting a robe on a tiger stop it from being a tiger?

However, the deception was very effective, just like how workers in Europe and America were very happy when the Soviet Union was still in power.

The simplest way to make bad guys act like good guys is to put a gun to their heads.

"Is the Yan Kingdom still sending supplies?"

"Yes, General, every day."

"We need them to increase their transport volume; it's been quite difficult to fight them lately."

"Yes."

The hardship is a lie; the Eastern Kingdom, the Northern Shogunate, and the Commonwealth are currently playing a sham game. But everyone loves getting something for nothing, and now that the good days of getting something for nothing are coming to an end, of course they have to make a killing before they end.

"Congratulations, the Ursus Empire has now been liberated. There are still 14 countries to go before the unification of the entire Terra continent." Kal'tsit spoke with a rare smile.

Are you praising me or insulting me?

As Liu Jiuli spoke, he painted the territory of the Ursus Empire red.

The original Terra map already had a large area of ​​red, including the Ursus Empire, Letania, Kazdel, and the entire far north region. The territory of the community had reached 50 million square kilometers, and the population had exceeded 150 million (mainly including the population of the prosperous areas of the Ursus Empire). It was fully qualified to be the number one in Terra.

Now, members of the community can just go out on the street and ask people if their watermelons are guaranteed to be ripe—that's how domineering they are.

"Don't you want to unify all of Terra?"

“It’s easy to crush the entire continent, but we’re not bandits. We can’t just kill and leave without burying the dead, and then leave after having our fun.”

“You’re already building a new world, aren’t you?”

"That being said, there are still shortcomings. Sending soldiers over is not enough; we also need to push forward with our infrastructure."

"Are you confident that you can unify the continent of Terra within a thousand years?"

Liu Jiuli glanced at Kal'tsit: "A thousand years? No need for that long. If all goes well, a century will be enough."

Ah, to be able to say such things so calmly, indeed, a long lifespan is an advantage in itself. For an ordinary Earthling, five years is enough to cause anxiety, let alone a century.

"It seems that Terra is about to become a single country. That's wonderful," Kal'tsit remarked.

"So what brings you to me today? Just to ask about the timeline for Unifying Terra?"

"No, I'm thinking it's time to tear Rhodes Island down."

"Tear it down?" Liu Jiuli asked, puzzled. "Wouldn't it be better to put it in a museum for exhibition?"

Kal'tsit grabbed her left arm and said, "There is an area inside Rhodes Island that is extremely secretive, completely locked both physically and spatially. To open it, the entire Rhodes Island must be dismantled, because the whole of Rhodes Island is a giant seal."

Liu Jiuli raised an eyebrow. This was a blind spot in his knowledge of games. There was such a place inside Rhodes Island?

Perhaps those content creators who specialize in Arknights can find these clues in the numerous Riddler scenarios from Hypergryph, but Liu Jiuli doesn't have that kind of leisure. However, since Kal'tsit brought it up, he must study it.

After all, the old woman has many secrets waiting to be uncovered. Now that she has mentioned Rhodes Island's secret zone, it means there must be something shocking inside. There must be a reason why she came to him at this time, even if the reason is called "intuition".

"In that case, let's do it this way."

Section 340: Precyth

(Rain, heavy rain!)

Rhodes Island, its very existence is a symbol, a belief, a piece of history.

However, with the community now fully developed, Rhodes Island is no longer needed.

It's not that Rhodes Island was abandoned by history, but rather that its ideals were inherited by a greater spirit, just as the Mohist school of thought was replaced by a higher-ranking red faith.

To be honest, Rhodes Island is getting old.

Although its technology is still advanced and it can still function, within the social system of the community, what it carries is no longer there. Its aging is due to the availability of a suitable successor.

With everything he owned now having a new heir and someone to carry on the legacy, the old man could finally rest in peace.

It's sad to say, but Rhodes Island's history can be traced back at least a century. However, after the establishment of the community, it accomplished in less than ten years what Rhodes Island couldn't do in the past hundred years.

Since that's the case, let's make the most of our remaining time by passing on the hidden secrets to the successor.

"Eleven years have passed; time really flies."

When Liu Jiuli first arrived on the Terra continent, it was 1096. The current time is 1107, a full eleven years.

On the dismantling platform, Rhodes Island's dismantling work is underway. For the all-powerful factory, this kind of dismantling is not difficult and can even be done in a pleasing way. As long as the necessary parts are kept, the rest can be broken down into elementary particles and absorbed, becoming new resources to serve the public.

Fallen petals are not heartless things; they turn into spring mud to nourish the flowers.

"That's the one."

Kal'tsit looked at the last remaining part of Rhodes Island, a completely sealed spherical core.

"So this is the untouchable area on Rhodes Island? It looks quite unique."

As an engineer at Rhodes Island, Kroos was very familiar with the island's internal structure and naturally knew about this inaccessible area. She even discovered that this area did not exist before.

Hmm, no, it doesn't exist. Although we were able to locate this area, when we went to check, there was nothing unusual there, at least not in terms of physical structure. So this area must have been hidden in some other spatial structure before.

Besides Kroos, Liu Jiuli, and Kal'tsit, Amiya from the Reiwa era was also present.

As the Secretary-General, Ling would certainly be present when Liu Jiuli went out. As the former leader of Rhodes Island, Amiya would naturally see her old friend off on his final journey.