Doctor, I'm really strong!

"So, you already knew about my plan?"

Although he said that, Kosic was already on guard.

The other party's intelligence analysis capabilities exceeded his expectations. As for why it was "analysis" rather than "acquisition," Koschei's plans were all about him taking overall control. Others were either executors who only knew a part of the plan or knew nothing at all. Only by collecting all those fragments could they truly see the whole picture of his plan. Even so, there were still some plans that only Koschei himself knew.

These seemingly insignificant scraps can, when needed, directly steer the entire plan in a different direction. Therefore, to unravel Koschche's mystery, the only way is to deduce the truth through intelligence gathering and deduction.

Many times, even if you've figured it out, it's too late. In fact, in most cases, those who are schemed against by Koschl don't even know they've been tricked until they die, and may even be happily helping Koschl count his money. Their scheming level is at least 10 times that of Char.

Next, Liu Jiuli would have to reveal Kosich's entire plan according to the plot, scaring him to death... Just kidding, that's impossible.

It might work on a macro level, but it doesn't hold up to scrutiny in the details. Liu Jiuli didn't think he was a match for this old fox in terms of intrigue and scheming. The old fox had been playing power struggles for thousands of years. How could he, a mere expendable laborer from the proletariat assembly line, possibly compete with him in this area?

But we can open up new avenues.

Liu Jiuli made a gesture resembling "losing the Korean market" and said, "It's too small, the vision is too narrow."

Kosiché frowned and said, "What do you mean by 'small-minded'? Don't try to change the subject."

“This isn’t about changing the subject; it’s a very fundamental and serious issue,” Liu Jiuli said with a playful expression. “It concerns the very foundation of Ursus.”

Kosichrie scoffed: "Young man, if you're going to tell me this, then I can only tell you that no one knows Ursus better than me."

"Really?" Liu Jiuli almost burst out laughing.

"If you truly understood Ursus, this country wouldn't be what it is now. It would be far greater, perhaps even turning the entire world to its own color. I admit, as an elder who has lived for many years, you are experienced, but your experience is merely an accumulation of the past, without creating anything new. Therefore, you cannot unleash the true power of Ursus."

Kosiché didn't believe it at all, shaking his head and saying, "I'm much more professional at pretending to be a ghost than you are."

"Well..." Liu Jiuli stroked his chin, "how about we play a game?"

Kosiché looked at him with a puzzled expression: "A game?"

"That's right, games."

Liu Jiuli took out a chessboard and placed it on the ground: "A game called Civilization."

This is the item Liu Jiuli redeemed from the system—the Qiankun Chessboard.

The name sounds impressive, but it's actually a portable civilization simulator. Next, it will play an unexpected role, making Kosichie willingly act as Liu Jiuli's money bag and sucker.

Kosiché looked at the chessboard that Liu Jiuli had taken out. The grid layout on it looked very much like the Go board in Yan Country, but upon closer inspection, he found that his consciousness was being sucked in.

This thing is not simple!

"Okay, I admit this thing is attractive. What can it do?"

"I've already said it, it's a game, just a game. In this game, Terra is the chessboard, except there are two Ursus, one for you and one for me. The victory condition is to destroy the country ruled by the other."

"You accomplished all this with just a chessboard?"

"Yes, one chessboard is enough, please."

Liu Jiuli slapped the chessboard, and Kosichek felt his consciousness being drawn in. After hesitating for a moment, he finally chose to let his consciousness follow this guidance.

Since the real-life Liu Jiuli is so powerful that no one can fight against him, we can only follow his rules here for now.

After a brief period of darkness, Koschche found himself standing on a snow-covered land, and at the same time, he felt a connection with the land.

"I see, that's truly amazing."

Kosiché has already understood the rules. He can build this simulated Ursus according to his own ideas. During the process of building Ursus, the people and things in the environment will respond to his behavior, giving him policy points. As long as he has enough policy points, he can choose a certain policy. The specific policy depends on the user's knowledge reserves.

In other words, the more you know, the more national policies you have, the better the development, the more national policy points you have, different national policies have different support data and different feedback, and various historical events will also occur. All of this is to simulate reality as much as possible.

"Not bad, really not bad..."

Kosiché was a connoisseur; he knew the value of this simulation, so he was even more curious about what Liu Jiuli meant by "the true power of Ursus."

The scene changed again in the next second, and this time he saw Liu Jiuli.

The two faced each other across a five-meter-long, five-meter-wide table. On the table was a huge map of Terra, with other characters and buildings scaled down to various landmarks, making the overall battle situation clearer.

Liu Jiuli placed his hands on the table, revealing a confident smile.

"Alright, let's start the game!"

Section 7: You know nothing about power

The game of civility begins. If Kosicheal wins, Talulah and Frostnova will both be released.

If Liu Jiuli wins, Kosichie will have to pay a price of 10 billion Lungmen Dollars.

The development of civilization is a gradual process. From gathering and hunting to slash-and-burn agriculture, and then to the roar of the steam engine, each era has its own landmark milestones, and each milestone represents a sublimation of civilization.

Both Ursus players started in the same way, struggling to survive in the freezing cold. The White Disaster of Death is the most terrifying thing on this land. It doesn't need Originium Cataclysm; the cold alone is enough to take countless lives in a single night.

Ursus is a cradle of suffering. Those who live here have only one fate: to gather under the same banner and rush to warmer lands, either to succeed or to be buried far away.

"A cruel land has a cruel order, and Ursus has never changed; this is the way Ursus survives."

As Kosiché spoke, he illuminated his national policy, "tribal unity," explaining that in such an environment, all life is fragile, and without uniting, they would not see the sun rise tomorrow.

"The objective environment will not change because of your thoughts, but it can change because of your actions."

Like Kosic, Liu Jiuli made the same choice. At the start, everyone had limited manpower and resources, and the low productivity meant they had to band together to survive.

"When you're in frozen ground at minus eighty degrees Celsius, you know that this optimism won't last long."

Kosiché began sending his people out to plunder, and related national policies began to shift in this direction. The Ursus people, who continued to invade southward, quickly became known as the northern barbarians among the locals.

"Accepting my fate is not my choice."

Liu Jiuli chose to migrate south and worked hard to establish connections with the surrounding tribes, build a trade route network, and establish his own country in the relatively warm southern region of Ursus through alliances and counter-alliances.

"I hope your optimism doesn't end anytime soon, that would be too boring."

"You will see it, that unstoppable force."

As time went on, the national policies of the two sides became increasingly different. Kosichä implemented his war-mongering national policy, constantly expanding the power of the Ursus Empire, using the sword of Ursus to acquire land for the plow of Ursus. For the land under the sun, the people of Ursus fought to the death.

In contrast, Liu Jiuli's approach was more moderate, or rather, in Kosich's eyes, weak. They advocated cooperation, win-win, and mutual benefit. Despite possessing a powerful army, they did not expand outwards but instead made steady progress. The tribes and small countries that were annexed were all willing to join Ursus. Although the pace was slow, the internal stability was very high because they were secure in their gains.

At this time, infected individuals began to appear in various countries, and the darkest hour for the continent of Terra arrived.

Koschei remained unchanged, continuing to exploit and divide these poor, terminally ill patients, stuffing them into the engine of the Ursus Empire's rolling war machine like coal being shoved into a boiler.

It was only because of the invasion of the Ursus Empire that the surrounding countries became very wary of Ursus in Kosichite, forming an alliance to resist the invasion of Ursus, which made it much more difficult to go south.

On the other hand, Liu Jiuli's national policies began to develop in a direction that Kosichev found somewhat incomprehensible.

“Your passion for machines truly surprises me.” She raised an eyebrow, watching the changing situation on the chessboard.

Liu Jiuli simply nodded: "After all, this won't lie to you."

"So now you're in trouble."

She pointed towards the chessboard.

With the development of technologies such as steam engines on Liu Jiuli's side, a large number of workers emerged. Because Liu Jiuli did not divide the lower class like Kosiché did, the infected and ordinary people on the lower class stood together. They launched a struggle against the class that owned more means of production. For a time, Ursus on Liu Jiuli's side was in turmoil and on the verge of collapse.

"It seems so," Liu Jiuli shrugged.

"You're not going to do anything?"

"This is a symbol of progress."

"It would be too boring if it ended like this. If you want to admit defeat, you can just say so. There's no shame in it."

"The game isn't over yet, what's the rush?"

Liu Jiuli continued to discuss his national policies, but this time, Kosiché was starting to lose track of them.

National policy: The birth of new ideas.

National policy: The awakening of the workers.

National policy: the union of workers and peasants.

National policy: Put capital in a cage.

National policy: Science and technology are the primary productive forces.

Compared to taming and driving the people, Liu Jiuli seemed to prefer those "ingenious skills and tricks." Kosiché admitted that those weapons and equipment were indeed very useful on the battlefield, but the fundamental factor that determines the outcome of a war is people. If people do not meet that standard, then it is all for naught. If a country does not have a stable pyramid-shaped ruling structure, then that country will not be stable.

Too many intelligent people can make a country intellectually noisy, which is not conducive to governance or the implementation of absolute will.

Who would tear down their own foundation?

Kosichek secretly shook his head. He was now quite certain that Liu Jiuli knew nothing about governing a country or ruling. He was just a clever but clueless young man. He might have extraordinary talent in tactical command, but that talent was simply not enough to compete on the grand strategic level of a nation.

So what am I expecting?

Kosiché felt ridiculous, realizing he was getting more and more out of touch with reality, actually thinking that a junior could compete with him.

Well, at least this game is quite interesting. When we win, I'll have a lot of room to maneuver while the opponent is in a daze.

If only I could bring the evil spirits of the Tower of Babel under my command...

While Kosiché continued its expansion, Liu Jiuli's territory entered a period of continuous turmoil, with various uprisings breaking out one after another. That strange ideology also began to infiltrate the surrounding countries, bringing great panic. As a result, Ursus, which was under Liu Jiuli's control, was isolated by various countries, because they did not want that terrible specter to haunt them.

Finally, with a cannon shot, a brand new Ursus Alliance was born.

But the problem is far from over. Internal turmoil continues to intensify, to the point where bloody internal purges are needed to stabilize the mindset.

"Is this what you expected? How ridiculous." Kosiché looked at the chaotic scene with a mocking expression.

"Of course not," Liu Jiuli gently shook his head, "but the phoenix's rebirth comes at a price."

"It's a pity you don't have any more time."

At this time, Kosichean had completed the troop assembly, and the surrounding countries had been forced to bow to the power of the Ursus Empire, giving Kosichean a rare period of stable development.

However, he no longer wanted to develop the game, because he had accumulated enough power and it was time to end it.

National Policy: War Orders

The shadow of war spread from one Ursus to another, with millions of troops marching against the still turbulent Red Ursus regime, for their banners were red.

As the empire's iron hooves trampled across half the country, Kosiché revealed a smile of complete control.

"You lost."

On Liu Jiuli's side, the entire Jinghua region has fallen.

"Come on, give it your all."