Chapter 2186: Chapter 2186: Alliance Infighting Erupts
The standoff in the middle layer is nothing to the Life Empire, as those eighth-tier powerhouses are happy to have nothing to do. After all, truly fighting in battles is still dangerous.
As for usual times, those living beings returned to their own cities, using the power of the cities to keep improving. Meanwhile, the Undead guard the border areas, and there are spatial portals connecting near major cities.
Whenever needed, they can arrive immediately, which is very convenient.
But it’s not the same for the Alliance. They don’t have spatial portals. First is the technical issue of spatial portals; most people simply don’t have this capability and cannot construct them.
Even if they could construct them, who would dare to let someone else build a spatial portal? After all, it’s a gateway to their own home – what if someone suddenly appears at their doorstep and attacks them? Since they are not a complete empire, although they cooperate with each other, they also guard against each other and cannot truly unite.
For this reason, they cannot leave the frontline.
There are a large number of Undead Creatures at the front line, so they can only stay in this place.
And staying here, they cannot receive the city’s boosts, nor can they use the city’s power to keep improving. It’s fine in the short term, but as time goes on, this situation starts to change.
"Damn it, how much longer do we have to wait? I can’t take it anymore."
"Exactly, if we stay here any longer, our strength will remain stagnant, and why of all people do we have to be the ones to stay here while others don’t?" Voices of discontent began to emerge.
"This can’t go on indeed, I’ll be honest with you, I have an enemy, right behind us. Originally, our strengths were almost the same, but if this continues, his strength will increase while mine can’t. If this goes on, I’ll be in danger; we must find a way."
As the dissatisfaction and anxiety in these people’s hearts gradually appeared, changes finally emerged at the front line.
"But what should we do? There are still dangerous enemies across from us; we can’t let them come over."
A sinister voice sounded: "Who says we can’t, sure, we can’t let them over before a critical moment, but... "The words didn’t need to continue, but everyone understood.
This time, many people began to have other thoughts, and the cooperative relationships among them began to show cracks.
These people were not truly risking their lives for others, and they joined the cities only to rely on city powers to improve their strength, that’s it. But once it threatens their own safety, then nothing else matters.
Originally, they were unwilling to come over, but considered for the greater good, they came anyway.
However, there was never any rotation system because the remaining people were originally the strongest, they were the city lords of major cities. Some of the weaker city lords have also come over, so who could come over for rotation?
It’s fine for a short time, but as time gets longer, things started to change.
No one knows when it started, but a sentiment of war-weariness and rebellion arose within the forces. Spreading from the bottom up, many soldiers shouted every day to go back.
Many were sick of this life; aside from the danger to their lives, they also endured hardship here.
Though life in the cities wasn’t much better, it was still better than this. These soldiers were nearly turning into laborers, constructing fortifications every day.
Such things are useless to the mighty, only affecting some lower-ranking soldiers.
When Du You received the reports from over there, his expression became odd.
"Unexpectedly, their internal situation is more chaotic than I thought. Now things are interesting."
"Indeed, since they are just joined together, they never had any grand notion of righteousness, and they originally just wanted to strengthen the city to improve their strength. Actually, joining us would be the same."
"What’s this? Is someone secretly trying to join us?" Du You caught something special.
Lin Yucha spoke up: "Indeed, someone has contacted us secretly, saying they can sell us some information, but afterwards, we must give them a large city nominally."
"Interesting, very interesting. A nominal large city can be given, but such people prone to betrayal cannot be kept."
Lin Yucha understood what Du You meant, such people could be used, but once they came over, special means would replace them, turning them into Doppelgangers. For those at the eighth tier, Du You’s ability makes it tricky, but the two sisters have no problem, especially Lin Yushi’s Soul Spike can easily control them.
"I understand; I will give instructions. Shall we add fuel to the fire on their side?"
Du You thought for a moment, then shook his head: "No need, their issues are arising by themselves, adding fuel might alert them to something. Besides, letting them continue will only be better for us."
Suddenly, Du You added: "However, we can give them some pressure by withdrawing some forces from the front line. Our external excuse will be we’re continuing to expand at the borders, so manpower is lacking."
Lin Yucha smiled, now understanding Du You’s strategy. By withdrawing some forces from their side, certainly, there would be others wanting to withdraw as well, causing internal conflicts on the front line.
The people at the rear, worried about conspiracy, certainly wouldn’t allow them to withdraw, even wanting to increase the troops. The conflict between the front line and the rear would widen, even among the people in the rear. All discontent accumulated, the consequences could be severe.
"I understand, Master, I will take care of it." Though they wouldn’t actively stir trouble there.
But just by making some moves on their side, they can still cause trouble over there. Besides, the internal informers did not need to be planted; they appeared themselves, and what happens next will be interesting.
The standoff continued between both sides, but the internal atmosphere of both sides was increasingly different. Du You’s side remained harmonious, as those remaining were all Undead Creatures.
Meanwhile, at the border, new cities were being established, and some people were assigned to this region for nearby defense. While on the other side, the atmosphere was increasingly tense and ready to erupt.
