Chapter 2201: Chapter 2201: The Leader Ran Away First
Due to the chaos in the West, it has become even easier for Du You to establish roots and develop there. With the place connected by two channels, along with other spatial connections, Du You has ultimately connected a total of eight locations.
At these eight locations, cities simultaneously develop and expand outward, forcing the people of the Western region to retreat continuously.
Yet there were unexpectedly no strong alliances here, even if they wished to unite, it was impossible.
The upper class of the major city alliances, who were originally still negotiating, suddenly received news proving that even controlling one region couldn’t help them reach the ninth tier. After all, the power of spatial passages was evident here, and they could feel it.
Then, the members of those alliances discovered something terrifying: their leaders suddenly disappeared. That’s right, they didn’t even say a word before they left.
They understood that these people didn’t suddenly disappear because they were assassinated, had an accident, or were hiding. Instead, those guys all ran away; they wouldn’t do anything without a benefit.
As for the others below them, how are they related? These people left their forces at the first opportunity, and either changed their names or reverted to their original identities, all heading to the central region.
To advance, it’s better to mix in the central region.
Besides, chaos is about to ensue nearby, and at this time, they don’t want to stay here and fight with the Life Empire. In a direct battle, they are definitely not opponents.
However, given the habits of the Life Empire, they would undoubtedly try to incorporate them under their command, resulting in a loss of freedom and becoming someone else’s subordinate.
Being a subordinate to a fringe region leader is certainly not what they want, as it’s too humiliating.
They’d rather go to the core region, where, with their strength, they can have a certain degree of freedom. Even if they must surrender, they’d prefer to be under the ninth-tier Saint of the Holy City; that way, they’d have more dignity, right?
In the following period, the people in the core region found an increasing number of strong people gathering here, forming a suppression against the locals. Even if they wanted to resist, there was no way.
This is a disparity in strength, and being weaker than others, having a good background doesn’t mean anything.
Their so-called background is essentially built upon the powerful force of the core region.
Without these upper classes, the strong members of the city alliances in the Western region fell into panic. They never expected that the first to abandon them would actually be their leaders.
"What should we do, are we still a match for them?" The remaining ones naturally became the new leaders, being the stronger ones. At this moment, many leaders had already regrouped to begin discussions.
But now the problem is, they couldn’t even find a single late eighth-tier, let alone an eighth-tier peak. The strongest were just three mid-eighth tiers.
"Even without those cowards, we can’t compromise, we must let the other side know we have guts too."
Someone shouted loudly, as if daring the opposite side to come, he would dare to charge and fight to the death.
Everyone cast a glance, but no one paid attention to this guy’s words, as their thoughts were all similar, with no one willing to die.
"He’s not without a point, even if we surrender, we must first demonstrate our strength to get better treatment." This was from the surrender faction, with many standing on this side.
After all, those who surrendered, while losing their freedom, actually lived well. Especially those not very strong, having now joined the Life Empire, they even gained a complete advancement system.
As long as they could continue to earn merits, they could continue shifting cities, constantly advancing.
For those seventh-tier aiming to enter the eighth, this was a huge opportunity.
In fact, some had already secretly contacted the Life Empire and subtly surrendered.
Someone else spoke, "Fighting isn’t a good idea, given the Life Empire’s habits, once the war starts, someone will die, even if they are eighth-tier. For them, creating obedient undead is better."
This is indeed a huge conundrum; without demonstrating strength, how can they secure good treatment? But to exhibit strength, sacrifices must be made, and that person might be oneself.
If they had some eighth-tier peak and late eighth-tiers to take the lead it would be fine, at least ensuring some safety for themselves. But now without them to pave the way, the danger is much higher.
The Life Empire hadn’t committed to ensuring their lives to get them to join. For the Life Empire, they wouldn’t hold back; after all, creating obedient undead after death is more beneficial.
Even though they didn’t know how much of the undead’s strength from their past life was retained, it probably wasn’t too much of a loss.
"Why don’t we enter the central region too, it’s really too dangerous here."
That’s another group of people, who are actually the strongest, merely outnumbered by the surrender faction. Most seventh-tier strongmen didn’t want to enter the core region. Coming from the fringe area, they basically had no advancement opportunities in the core region, plus it was very dangerous. They preferred to remain here, where the chances were greater.
"Are you only thinking about yourselves, have you no dignity?"
Someone looked at them angrily, but everyone ignored it. At this level, apart from a few, who doesn’t look after themselves first? Those saintly ones tended to die early.
However, due to a lack of unified opinions, these people ended up arguing.
The meeting ended on a sour note, with no results. But by the next day, everyone realized something was wrong, as there were significantly fewer upper classes because some people had already quietly left.
These people never intended to keep arguing, for they planned to enter the core region; whether these people stayed or not made no difference.
One could even say that going en masse would attract more attention. It’s better to sneak in themselves, as it’s easier to change names and disguises.
The fighting capability amongst the upper class was dwindling, and the remaining didn’t know what to do. On the frontline, the opposing army continued to advance, fortunately progressing steadily without excessive speed.
So there was still some time before they reached them, allowing them the opportunity to make plans.
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