Chapter 2184: Chapter 2184: Formation of the Three Major Alliances
The surrounding cities were constantly making moves, but Du You didn’t mind, as he had long been prepared for this.
The underground world was the first to pave the way, as there was no alliance formed there, and the place was desolate. Many cities didn’t even know that a mighty Life Empire was growing right beside them.
After all, they could see very little, at most thinking the surrounding areas were unchanged, or that there were a few more Cities of the Dead.
With more cities, there were more enemies, but there were also more enemies of the enemies, which would instead make oneself more stable. This was their thinking, and thus no one considered too much.
So after expanding underground, they were eradicated immediately. Du You promptly controlled the passage to the surface, cutting off possible communication. Then, some people infiltrated to the surface through the passage.
In the surface world, they infiltrated into those City Alliances to gather intelligence.
Subsequently, one by one, the small alliances around were broken by Du You when he seized the opportunity.
Every time there was a war, there was a reason for Du You to fight, so the surrounding City Alliances had no way to counterattack. They couldn’t even verbally condemn it, only attacking if something displeased them.
But this approach was tantamount to striking a stone with an egg—utterly useless. Instead, the power in Du You’s hands began to increase.
"There are so many tier 8s in the mid-tier region. It’s a pity we’re going to be busy again soon."
Du You looked at the tier 8 corpses in front of him, feeling a mix of frustration and relief. Expanding in this area, the combat power of the tier 8 fighters was really numerous, and their strength was even stronger.
With the materials collected over the years, Du You could easily resurrect them, turning them into a combat power not much weaker than when they were alive. Some of the stronger ones even had combat power much superior to when they were alive.
These people became the new combat power beneath him. As long as he continued manufacturing them, surpassing the central core region would be simple enough. With ongoing expansion, it was like a snowball effect, making the growth rate particularly fast.
Similarly, as each small alliance was eradicated, the Life Empire’s army advanced, continuously occupying more vast land, causing fear and anxiety among the lords of these cities.
Actually, there’s no need to worry now, because the opponent will definitely be coming to them.
Some people even have already raised flags of surrender, without even the thought of revolt. Others directly fled, scrambling toward the more central parts of the world, leading to increasing chaos in the central area.
The area controlled by the Life Empire showed no signs of turmoil. On one hand, the empire’s power was so strong that anyone daring to cause trouble would be caught immediately and then promptly eliminated.
Meanwhile, the city defensive systems of the Life Empire were also established in no time, intimidating everyone.
On the other hand, people had long heard about the lives of the Life Empire’s civilians, and apart from the upper class, almost everyone within the cities controlled by the Life Empire was joyful. Indeed, it was like returning home, with no attachments to the former city upper class.
Du You also let them witness his management model; once the city was controlled, their lives changed day by day, getting better every day, so the rear stabilized quickly, with no one causing chaos.
This way, they didn’t need to continue managing the rear, only continuously expanding forward.
Because of Du You’s pressure, the surrounding City Alliances finally began to negotiate with each other, and the negotiation speed became faster and faster. Because anyone could see that some alliances around were steadily diminishing.
Every time there was a meeting, there were always a few missing. The closer the alliances were to the Life Empire, the more worried they grew in their hearts.
In the end, even the alliances farther away became concerned. Because of fear in their hearts, there was no longer any wrangling, and the absence of wrangling resulted in the alliance process accelerating crazily.
When Du You expanded his range in the middle region by twofold, surrounding alliances finally formed large alliances.
"Three, huh, very interesting indeed." Du You looked at the report in his hand, a smile gleaming in his eyes.
Du You was located more toward the east, with the eastern boundary area already under control. So, the three large alliances respectively situated in the west, north, and south sides.
Among the three large alliances, the alliance power to the west was the strongest, since it was closest to the central region.
"Based on our investigations, the alliance to the west has a total of two hundred tier 8 strong individuals, a very impressive amount, but they’re not as strong as ours in quality. The north and south each have less than one hundred and fifty."
Du You smiled: "You can’t calculate the numbers like this, but rather consider how many of them can they mobilize."
Lin Yucha shook her head: "Not sure, but definitely not many. Many cities only have a tier 8 as the city lord and can’t be moved recklessly. After all, they are an alliance; there’s no subordinate relationship. Unless there’s a huge danger or benefit, these people definitely can’t go messing around. The west can mobilize at most fifty tier 8s at a time."
"Let them have more than fifty, assume they can use a hundred, we’ll also deploy a corresponding number of tier 8s over there to lie low without fighting. In the recent period, let’s digest the lands we already gained first."
Du You planned to pause for a while, making them feel less alert, potentially alleviating some sense of crisis.
If the expansion continues at a fast pace, if they manage to defeat those three alliances, there will definitely be an even bigger alliance afterward, which would be troublesome too. Besides, a large batch of corpses still needs time to be transformed into the Undead.
Once this wave is digested, his Life Empire’s tier 8 Undead will increase by a hundred.
Luckily, they didn’t know about this rapid strength expansion; otherwise, even the upper class on the Holy City side wouldn’t remain seated.
Of course, according to the intelligence Du You obtained, the Holy City upper class looked down on everyone. Even if rumors had already spread over there, they still didn’t care about a mere empire.
In their view, an empire merely muddling at the periphery is without prospects, comparing them with the Holy City?
Anyway, other than another Holy City, there’s nothing that can threaten their existence. The Holy City doesn’t interfere, and the central region won’t be affected. As long as he doesn’t attack the central region, there won’t be too much trouble.
"Alright, let the frontline troops quiet down a bit, they’ve been fighting for so long, give everyone a holiday to rest. Once this period passes, we’ll resume expansion."
"As you command, Master." Lin Yushi cheerfully saluted before hopping off with playful steps.
