Chapter 414: Taking the Blame for the Natural Disaster
Yang Qiu immersed his mind in the matrix and watched from the perspective of his elder sister Yang Ying as more than 20 players happily ran out of Dutata City and headed towards the Tachia Territory after deciding to spontaneously start an expedition mission.
Ordinary people need to prepare food supplies and carry cold-proof equipment when traveling long distances, but the undead don’t have that trouble at all. They can just leave at any time - as long as they can stand the boredom of the journey.
Yang Qiu expressionlessly began to ponder whether he should play some shady tricks. When these guys left the "permitted activity area", he would pop up a warning window and kick them back to the main city.
But he was also worried that doing so would instead stimulate the players' rebellious psychology, causing these idle guys to come out for no reason to "explore" the "maximum boundaries of the permitted range of activities" - given the players' enthusiasm for developing all kinds of strategies, inventing all kinds of strange and bizarre ways of playing, actively looking for bugs and exploiting them, these guys would definitely be able to do it!
And Yang Qiu and the national team's "online GM" cannot possibly keep an eye on all the players who have not triggered the matrix alarm - it is common for players to run around in the wilderness without provoking anyone, and both the lazy players and the life-loving players are keen on doing this; if this behavior is also judged as a high-risk behavior that requires intervention, not to mention whether the mental matrix based on the magic network of the Mage Tower is so intelligent, the "online GM" will be too busy to handle it!
Just like this time, if it weren't for the fact that my elder sister Yang Ying was among the group of people most likely to cause trouble, and Yang Qiu had the habit of caring about my elder sister when he had nothing to do, maybe Yang Qiu wouldn't have discovered something was wrong until all the huskies ran to Tachia and came into contact with the locals...
"——Well, if you want to borrow the power of natural disasters, you must bear the chaos of natural disasters."
Yang Qiu felt a little annoyed, put down the thermos, and thought seriously about how to clean up the mess caused by this natural disaster.
Starting from Dutata City and following the caravan route all the way northwest, you can indeed reach the Territory of Tachia.
Among this group of players, there are two dog-headed military strategists, Entropy and Miaobishenghua, and Vanilla Pudding (Qin Guan) who can perform a large summoning spell. Given the current peaceful trend in Adler Territory, it is unlikely that all 20 players will be in danger of being wiped out...
Not to mention that now is the period when caravans begin to move around, and from time to time one can encounter land caravans heading to Adler Territory and Innadri Territory on the road, so the possibility of players getting lost or taking the wrong path is very low - in other words, it is a foregone conclusion that these guys will successfully run to Tachia Territory to bring warmth.
Players will not consider how much headaches Yang Qiu, the game producer, will suffer if new maps are randomly opened. After spontaneously opening up new maps, players will only cheer for their own awesomeness while cursing the planners for wasting server resources to create large maps without opening them up to players to experience.
This is very annoying, but it was Yang Qiu himself who allowed these natural disasters to sweep across Nabarron, so no matter how big a mistake the players make, Yang Qiu has to take the blame.
In other words... Yang Qiu had originally planned to develop for a year or two and train more grassroots personnel before starting the copy of usurping the throne and stealing the country, but he had no choice but to start it in advance.
The old king sitting on the throne in the Rhine capital had already sensed the crisis after the undead regime got involved in Adler Territory. Even though it was like a thorn in the back, he had to bite the bullet and keep Yang Qiu in the capital for several months - the undead were roaring to Tachia Territory, and it was impossible for the old king, who was already full of a sense of crisis, not to have some stress response!
However, Yang Qiu did not want to see the old king risking everything and gathering the strength of half of the Rhine Kingdom to fight a desperate battle with the Undead regime - if the Rhine Kingdom was destroyed, Yang Qiu himself would be the one with a headache!
There is also a national team that is determined to turn the Rhine Kingdom into an observation window for other worlds.
After thinking for a while, Yang Qiu activated the subspace barrier to prevent others from accidentally entering Rex's office and disturbing him. He immersed his thoughts into the matrix and contacted Zhao Zhenzhen who was busy in Dutata City.
Upon hearing the news that players had already rushed to the neighboring Tachia Territory to open up a new map, Zhao Zhenzhen gasped.
For most regimes, the larger the territory they rule, the better. This has been repeatedly proven by the imperialist countries on Earth that have expanded rapidly in a short period of time (within a few decades) and then declined quickly.
After swallowing up half of Middle-earth, the Kenyan Empire in this alien dimension became so overwhelmed that it had difficulty digesting the territory and had to slow down its pace of encroachment - otherwise a small Middle-earth country like Hayak would not have been able to retain part of its territory by relying on guerrilla resistance forces and would have been crushed by the Kenyan Empire long ago.
Zhao Zhenzhen was the one who needed to clean up the mess after the undead regime expanded its territory. After thinking nervously for a while, he said, "It seems that we have to bring forward the expansion plan."
After all, she had infiltrated the players and knew that the Chinese people could be very lax or incredibly active in the game. Now that the idea of opening up a new map in Tachia had spread among the players, it would be difficult to stop it.
It is the consensus of the national team and Yang Qiu to prevent large-scale civil unrest in the Rhine Kingdom, control the impact of regime change to the upper class of the kingdom as much as possible, and narrow the scope of attack to only the upper elites of the Rhine Kingdom.
"I think so too." Yang Qiu said, "What suggestions do you have?"
Ten minutes later, Yang Qiu got up and walked out of Rex's office.
"Mr. Yang, are you leaving? Mr. Rex should be able to be back in half an hour." The secretary from the office next door hurried out and said apologetically.
"Nothing. Rex told him I was here after he came back. Just ask him to find something for little Prince Andre to do." Yang Qiu waved his hand and said, "Where is the telegraph room? I want to send a telegram to Odysseus."
Twenty minutes later, Miss Phoenix, the governor of Bugatti City, received a telegram from the secretary from the Lord of Tarantan, the black magician Yang.
After seeing the contents of the telegram, Phoenix's cold and stern face began to twitch at the corners of his eyes and mouth.
Yang asked in a seemingly inquiring tone when the Odysseus family would declare war on the Rose Kingdom.
It was also explicitly mentioned that Tarantan's 30,000 undead army was very willing to serve Miss Phoenix.
Phoenix stared at the brief telegram for three minutes, then turned stiffly to look at the secretary: "What does Yang mean by this?"
The secretary was even more confused than she was.
The Rose Kingdom is close to Middle-earth, and there are two countries between it and the Rhine Kingdom; there is no problem in a cross-border expedition to a small earldom, but if the enemy becomes an entire country, the Rose Kingdom will have to think carefully.
After the King of Rhine expressed his support for the Odysseus family last year and sent a troop of only a thousand people to the northern part of the Odysseus territory, the influence of the Rose Kingdom has been greatly reduced; although it still continues to send some impolite letters to annoy the Odysseus family, at least it is not as aggressive as before.
Phoenix had finally escaped from the threat of war and had no time to relax. Of course, he would not be stupid enough to provoke the Rose Kingdom - it was a kingdom after all!
Even if the King of the Rhine clearly expressed his support for the Odysseus family, this support also comes at a price!
Phoenix really wanted to write a reply telegram immediately to tell Lord Yang that the Odysseus family had no intention of initiating a war, but he was worried that it might upset the other party... After all, last year, in order to ease the pressure on the Odysseus family, Yang had taken the initiative to sacrifice his reputation and announced to the outside world that he had proposed to her.
After weighing the pros and cons for a long time, Phoenix finally made a decision and asked her secretary to reply the telegram for her.
Yang Qiu, who was drinking tea and waiting for a reply at the Innadri City Hall, saw the content of Miss Phoenix's telegram and nodded in appreciation.
Phoenix's reply was straightforward. She asked directly what Yang Qiu needed her to do and how she could help Yang Qiu.
"She's a clever little girl."
Since Phoenix was as smart as ever, Yang Qiu didn't waste any words and directly asked Phoenix whether he had any plans to counterattack the Odis royal family of the Rose Kingdom, replace the incompetent family, and become the queen of the Rose Kingdom .
Phoenix almost choked to death on his own saliva when he saw this text when he opened the telegram.
"What on earth is that dark magician thinking?! Do I look like an ignorant idiot?!"
Phoenix held the telegram and roared at the ceiling, then forced himself to remain as calm as possible and continued reading.
Then Phoenix's expression became interesting...
In the telegram, Yang told her frankly and without treating her as an outsider at all that, if nothing unexpected happened, the Undead regime would complete the regime change in the Rhine Kingdom within two to three months.
——This is not Yang Qiu being arrogant. It won’t take too much time to defeat the two northern lords and the King of the Rhine. The only problem is that it will take more energy to govern after the defeat.
After informing the strategic intentions, Yang frankly told Miss Phoenix, "an old friend of the undead", that in one to two years at most, the central government of the Rhine Kingdom ruled by the undead would ask the Lord of Odysseus to cooperate with national reforms.
In other words, it is impossible for the Odysseus family to live in seclusion in a corner as feudal nobles in the area ruled by the undead regime.
Yang was unwilling to go to war with the Odysseus family, with whom he had cooperated in a friendly manner, so he made a friendly suggestion: If Miss Phoenix was determined to avenge her ancestors and return to the Rose Kingdom, then the Tarantan Undead would be Miss Phoenix's most reliable ally and strongest supporter.
If the Odysseus family is willing to accept the suggestion, then Yang hopes that Miss Phoenix can create as much noise as possible within half a month to temporarily divert the attention of the Rhine royal family for the Undead regime, so as to prevent the Rhine royal family from having the spare energy to organize a fierce resistance and cause internal turmoil in the Rhine Kingdom.
Phoenix sat there for more than half an hour, holding the telegram with more than 200 words, every word of which was terrifying.
On that day, Phoenix rarely left work early and hurried back to the old house of Odysseus outside the city and called his father into the study.
After handing over the two telegrams sent by Lord Yang to his father, Phoenix was not surprised to see the old earl's face was so shocked that his facial expressions were out of control.
"What on earth is this... this is too... Ms. Gold Coin! What is going on?!"
The old count paced around the study room excitedly, slapping the table and pinching his thigh.
"Father, what do you think?" Phoenix asked with difficulty.
The old count walked around for another half circle before stopping with a wry smile on his face: "Dear daughter, tell me, can we refuse?"
Phoenix slowly raised his hand and pressed hard on his forehead.
My father was right, the Odysseus family really couldn't refuse.
By cooperating with Yang's request and misleading the Rhine royal family, he could also do Yang a favor.
If he refused... after Yang conquered the Rhine royal family, it would be easy for him to deal with the Odysseus family - 30,000 Tarantan undead could even force the Kenyan Empire to negotiate peace with Yang. What could the Odysseus family use to resist the undead army!
Both father and daughter fell silent.
After a while, Phoenix suddenly heard his old father chuckle strangely.
Phoenix looked up in astonishment and found that the old earl had a very strange smile on his face, which even she, the daughter who knew him best, had difficulty interpreting.
"Phoenix, my dear daughter." Meeting his daughter's gaze, the old earl said with a ferocious look, as if with some kind of pleasure, "If you lead 30,000 undead to the city of Rose Kingdom, if you really become the Queen of Rose... I'm really curious about the reaction of those shameless people who brazenly say they will send people to take over our family's property."
Phoenix: “…”
Phoenix guessed silently for a while, and his expression became strange.
That seems like it would be very refreshing.
But this kind of refreshing feeling did not last long. Phoenix felt heartbroken again when he thought about giving up the foundation that the Odysseus family had run for many years. He sighed and said, "But the Odysseus Territory is a place that our ancestors worked diligently to run... I am really unwilling to do so, father."
The old count sighed and nodded: "Me too, Phoenix. But since Yang promised that he could take away our people and property, and promised to let the undead help us until we completely conquer the Rose Kingdom——"
The father did not continue to speak, but Phoenix could understand his attitude.
The old earl was obviously very excited to see his family, which had never had any chance of rising, suddenly become a royal family; his anxiety and nervousness were merely due to his worry about whether Yang could actually fulfill his promise.
Phoenix could also keenly see that her father was regretting that her previous proposal to Yang had not been successful - if he could marry Yang, even if it was just a marriage in name only, Yang's promise in the telegram would make him feel more at ease.
Phoenix couldn't help but smile bitterly.
In fact, she was also very torn. She was reluctant to give up the foundation built by the Odysseus family for generations, but she was also eager to counterattack the Rose royal family.
Recalling the time when he came into contact with the Tarantan Undead and was called the Queen by those Undead without any scruples, Phoenix couldn't help but wonder if Yang had already planned to use this method to move the Odysseus family out of the territory of the Rhine Kingdom when he first cooperated with the Odysseus family...
