1144 System Army

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Before, the system faction and player faction each took half of the Darkwater Continent. The system faction controlled by Great Qin continuously absorbed the system factions from other Continents, while the other side continuously absorbed player factions.

However, they were far slower than Great Qin; now, Great Qin’s system faction had 8,000 or so Cities while the other side only had 4,000 or so. Great Qin’s forces were almost double that of the other side.

By now, they knew that the Great Qin Empire had unified the human world and invaded other worlds. Such a big matter could not be hidden.

The Contract signed between Great Qin and the Fish Scale World would be ending next year, and when that time game, Great Qin would most likely officially invade the Fish Scale World. This made the entire Fish Scale World feel panicked because Great Qin’s strength could completely roll over them.

Great Qin’s strength allowed it to counter-invade three worlds that had been developing for decades, so nothing needed to be said against a world that had only developed for a few years like theirs.

In front of such massive pressure, the Fish Scale World was divided, and some people even wanted to take the initiative to surrender to Great Qin.

However, the Netherwater Continent had already been ceded to Great Qin, so the Darkwater Continent would definitely be attacked first. It had become an incredibly dangerous place.

As such, many people were unwilling to head to the Darkwater Continent anymore, and this affected the speed at which they absorbed other factions. Otherwise, the system faction controlled by Great Qin would have been even bigger. On the other hand, many people from the player faction already had thoughts of escaping.

After all, they had to face two sources of pressure: Great Qin and the system faction that was becoming stronger and stronger. Some people could not bear this pressure anymore.

Zhao Fu felt that this was a good time to act while the other side’s morale was quite low. After defeating them, they would obtain a large number of Cities, and the benefits would be quite great. Otherwise, if they all moved away, they would just obtain some land with no people or resources.

Great Qin’s system faction had 8,000 Cities, which meant that it had 8,000 City Lords. Now, City Lords were not as important; what was important was people with high cultivations. More importantly, they had 800 million soldiers.

Because of the Contract, Great Qin was unable to help. However, Zhao Fu was not worried about having the system faction facing a force of 4,000 Cities. They would definitely win, but the highest concerns were how they would win and what the gains from winning would be.

Zhao Fu thought about it and made a set of simple plans.

The leaders of the player faction regularly met together to discuss matters. Now that the world was so unsettled, the situation in the Darkwater Continent was also quite unsteady, and it seemed as if something big could happen at any moment, causing the leaders to feel quite worried.

Someone could not help but ask, “What should we do? Do we defend or retreat? We need to make a decision as early as possible; if this goes on, everyone’s morale will plummet to rock-bottom.”

Someone else sighed as he said, “Let’s withdraw! The system faction’s strength is already double ours, and we also have to worry about Great Qin invading. If we keep worrying like this every day, we’ll break down sooner or later. We’ll lose before the other side even attacks us.”

Another person agreed, “I also think we should withdraw; I’ve had enough of living in anxiety every day.”

Someone else said, “The main thing is that Great Qin will most likely invade next year. When that time comes, the Darkwater Continent will be impossible to defend. That will be a catastrophe; otherwise, we could still face off against the other side for a while.”

However, one other person said angrily, “Are we really going to give up all this territory that we spent so much effort to conquer? Also, do you think the other Continents will welcome us?”

This caused everyone to fall into their thoughts again. They were not too willing to give up their territory, and how could the people from other Continents welcome them? After all, they would have to share their land and resources.

Moreover, they would have to all split up, as it would be impossible for all of them to gather at the same Continent. Their threat would be too great, and the other Continents would not allow such a thing. It was possible that they would turn on the original owners of those Continents.

“Things are bad! The system faction is starting to gather its forces and attack us!” someone cried out, cutting off everyone’s thoughts. Everyone was quite shocked, and one of the leaders hurriedly asked, “How many soldiers did they send and from which direction?”

The soldier replied, “Around 400 million; they’re attacking from the east!”

Now, it was time to decide: Should they fight or withdraw?

The system side had only sent out half of its forces, and no one knew what the other half was doing. They were most likely coming in for a pincer attack.

Everyone looked at each other, and someone said, “I think we should try to stop the system army for now. Otherwise, with them attacking, we won’t even be able to withdraw completely.”

Most others nodded; a small portion just nodded for the sake of appearances and had their own thoughts.

The various leaders started to gather their forces to defend against the system army. Soon, they received news that the other army of 400 million soldiers was attacking from the other side. Just as expected, the system faction wanted to pincer them.

The loss of City Lord Seals was actually good news to the player faction in such a situation; otherwise, just facing 8,000 City Lords alone would be incredibly difficult to deal with.

In such a crucial moment, the player faction was silently split into two factions. One faction was gathering its forces to fight, while the other faction wanted to use the others as a shield to quickly withdraw.

The system faction was attacking so ferociously and had double their numbers. No one knew if they would be able to successfully defend, and even if they could, what would they do about Great Qin’s invasion next year?

They definitely could not stay here, so they wanted to leave. Of course, they did not actively voice this out and conducted themselves secretly. Now that the system army was attacking, they wanted to use the others as a shield.

The players could only care about themselves. Zhao Fu had ordered people to keep an eye on the movements of players. He did not attack too quickly because he wanted to give them time to decide and react.

Zhao Fu knew that they were not all of the same mind, and this was especially so when under such great pressure. They would definitely split off, and this was something that Zhao Fu wanted to see.

“What’s going on? Why do we have so few soldiers?” a player leader felt that something was off and asked loudly.

A soldier next to him replied, “Sir, some Cities have not arrived yet; I’ve already ordered people to go and hurry them up.”

This made the sinking feeling that the leader feel worsen. He thought of something and said hurriedly, “Hurry and check if they’ve relocated their Cities.”

Soon, the soldier came back with a pale face, saying, “Sir, they’ve all relocated. The people that we sent to check on them have all been killed.”

“Those bastards!” the leader angrily cursed; those people wanted to use them as shields to buy them time as they withdrew.

Now, only roughly 3,000 Cities remained out of the 4,000 player Cities. At the same time, people continuously left; it could be said that the player side was falling apart.

What would the people who had remained do? Facing this situation, they did not have even a slight chance of victory.