You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

Chapter 113: The White Eagle Empire's army was wiped out, and the White Eagle Empire's emperor was very happy (5k).

As the main person in charge of the negotiations, Lin Xue initially maintained a responsible attitude towards the Red Heart Society, attending every negotiation with the Peacock Empire to show respect for the Empire.

Even though the Peacock Empire initially made a fool of itself, Lin Xue believed that they were trying to lower the price upfront through an unconventional negotiation method.

[A show of force, perhaps!]

This is a very normal form of psychological warfare during negotiations.

[However, in subsequent negotiations, the demands made by the Mauryan Empire delegation became increasingly outrageous. They even shamelessly commented on the Red Heart Chapter's training methods after witnessing them, stating that using a group of lowly commoners as chapter members was an insult to the world's noble bloodlines.]

Even worse, the Peacock Empire is directly threatening the Red Heart Society from behind.

If the Red Heart Society doesn't give them the Red Heart Armor for free, then they will join forces with the Federal Headquarters and the Sunset Empire to send troops to completely nip the Red Heart Society in the bud.

Of course, the Peacock Empire doesn't fully understand the various principles and technologies behind the Crimson Heart Armor, so the Crimson Heart Society needs to send a research team to assist them.

Ideally, the entire Crimson Heart Armor research team should be sent to the Peacock Empire to provide close guidance to its research departments.

Only in this way will the great Peacock Empire lend a helping hand to the Red Heart Society when needed.

Lin Xue laughed immediately after hearing the Peacock Empire's utterly idiotic statement.

She laughed out of anger.

[Where does the Peacock Empire get the audacity to spout such nonsense at the headquarters of the Red Heart Society?]

Do you really think a sincere heart can be made of clay?

However, these are turbulent times, and besides the Peacock Empire's delegation being arrogant, they haven't had any direct impact on the Red Heart Society. So, she simply had someone sneak in at night and cripple them.

The next day, upon learning of this, they immediately summoned the best healing mage to heal the delegation's injuries.

The Peacock Empire delegation, however, seemed utterly oblivious to the matter, continuing to launch into a torrent of outrageous demands.

[Or perhaps the Peacock Empire delegation actually believed Lin Xue's seemingly false claim. A group of audacious bandits, taking advantage of the dead of night, broke into the heavily guarded headquarters of the Red Heart Society's high command and, near the encampment of millions of Red Heart soldiers, brutally beat the delegation.]

Thus, the delegation from the self-proclaimed great Peacock Empire spent their days boasting and being beaten at the Red Heart Society's headquarters.

In August of the 130th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the delegation from the Peacock Empire, having failed to obtain the conditions they desired, prepared to return to their homeland, battered and bruised.

[Shortly after their return, the Mauryan Empire published an article commenting on the Red Heart Army soldiers.]

This article expresses utter contempt for the Red Heart Army from top to bottom, and criticizes it comprehensively in terms of its numbers, quality, and coordination within the army.

[The final conclusion, which the Mauryan Empire considered very accurate, was that one Mauryan soldier could easily defeat six Red Heart Army warriors.]

When this news reached the Red Heart Society, those members unfamiliar with the Peacock Empire were momentarily stunned.

Was the Peacock Empire really that powerful?

This world-renowned empire, though it hasn't seen many wars, must possess immense power to be worthy of the title.

However, Lin Xue knew that this was entirely boasting by the Peacock Empire.

If a single soldier of the Peacock Empire could match the strength of six Crimson Heart Warriors, their overall power would surpass that of the White Eagle Empire!

Why did such a powerful empire perish so hastily in the previous era, when it was the Peacock Empire?

If the White Eagle Empire's royal family weren't so unreliable, the White Eagle Empire might have been able to hold out for a while longer, given the methods employed by its emperor.

In short, the claim about the Mauryan Empire is utter nonsense.

[Therefore, the Red Heart Society published an article in rebuttal.]

When the royal family of the Peacock Empire saw the Red Heart Society's article, they were furious and declared that since the Red Heart Society didn't trust the Peacock Empire, then let's settle things with hard power on the battlefield!

When this news broke, it shook the world.

Soon, the powerful families, represented by the Qin family, extended an invitation to the Peacock Empire, expressing their eager anticipation for their arrival.

The Mauryan Empire's military intervention was at the invitation of the Federal government and was by no means an attempt to arbitrarily interfere in the internal affairs of another country.

What puzzled the aristocratic families was that, despite sending out their invitations long ago, there had been no response from the Peacock Empire.

[In the same month, the Winter Empire sent an envoy, stating that if the Southern Territory were ceded to the Winter Empire after the Red Heart Society was eradicated, the Winter Empire would participate in the siege to eliminate the Red Heart Society.]

After careful consideration, and under pressure from the powerful families, the Federal Minister agreed to the matter.

[Since the Southern Territory is now under the control of the Red Heart Society, using the Southern Territory, which doesn't belong to the Federation, as a bargaining chip is practically a risk-free deal!]

However, during this process, some powerful families have raised concerns that introducing external forces in this way might create a situation where the Red Heart Society becomes too powerful to control after its suppression.

[If these foreign coalition forces remain within the Federation, how will they be dealt with?]

However, the Qin family patriarch said that this was thinking too far ahead, and that it wouldn't be too late to consider this issue after the Red Heart Society had been completely wiped out.

If the Red Heart Society never dies, then a giant guillotine will float above the heads of all the aristocratic families!

The surrounding empires at most want some territory and resources; at worst, the Federation will have to compensate for the various losses incurred afterward. But compared to the sword the Red Heart Society is wielding against the aristocratic families, those are minor issues.

As long as they are alive, as long as the Federation still exists, then they haven't lost!

In September of the 130th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, war broke out in the Southern Border.

The Southern Army is under immense pressure from the invasion of the Winter Empire.

[However, after Lin Xue led the Red Heart Army to provide support, the situation took a dramatic turn.]

[Due to Lin Xue's previous war decisions, coupled with the fearless fighting style of her soldiers, the psychological trauma instilled in the Winter Empire's army was directly triggered.]

Therefore, after Lin Xue took command in the southern border, the Winter Empire's army shifted from offense to defense.

Even with the Winter Empire Emperor dispatching five mage legions to provide support, the attack on the southern border remains in an awkward situation.

[In June of the 130st year of the Supernatural Calendar, you reached level 49.]

[In the same month, you expanded the Guardian Corps to fifty units and the Red Heart Army to six million.]

[Such a massive army and such enormous military expenditures could only be sustained by an organization with a highly robust internal circulation structure like the Red Heart Society.]

[In addition to the covert support from the White Eagle Empire, the arms deals and trade in extraordinary and supernatural goods between the United States and the Red Heart Society are what keep the Red Heart Society's terrifying war machine running.]

Of course, a large part of the reason is also your and Lin Xue's extensive profits in the global stock and futures markets.

[The abyssal demon caves in various provinces and cities, under your command, were breached by the Guardian Corps and the Red Heart Army.]

Although the Federation has sealed off the entrance to the Abyss Battlefield, demonic caves in various locations are connected to it.

The only thing missing is the abyssal demonic tide that will be faced after breaking through the demon's lair.

In this situation, the establishment of defensive lines and fortresses becomes essential.

But the Red Heart Society today lacks everything except manpower.

[Furthermore, at the behest of the Red Heart Society, more than a dozen provinces under its jurisdiction have achieved true full employment for the entire population.]

In some areas, the various extraordinary factories and chambers of commerce under the Chixin Chamber of Commerce have even faced the embarrassing situation of not being able to recruit enough staff.

[With the Red Heart Society's rapid military expansion and the need for a rapid increase in the construction of its various defense lines, a large influx of human resources is required!]

Correspondingly, the federal camp's dozen or so provinces experienced economic depression and systemic collapse.

When faced with the guillotine of the Red Heart Society, the aristocratic families began to mobilize all means to arm the Federal Central Army and the Federal Central Battle Group.

The extraordinary and financial resources from surrounding provinces began converging on the federal center at an alarming rate.

In this process, corruption inevitably arises.

[Especially for aristocratic families, they could see the Red Heart Society's growing strength and enormous potential, so considering their future path became an inevitable choice for them.]

Thus, they profited immensely from the war, amassing enormous wealth and accumulating it in foreign banks, making ample preparations for their families' future escape from the country.

Resources don't appear out of thin air, and neither does money!

How to plunder more resources? The answer is inevitably to reach out to the lower classes, to ordinary people who are already struggling, or even heavily indebted.

With the rampant plundering by powerful families and the tacit approval of the federal government, prices of all goods skyrocketed.

Meanwhile, the federal currency is depreciating rapidly at an alarming rate.

[A basic life-saving potion that normally sells for 500,000 per vial is now selling for hundreds of millions or even billions.]

[The daily necessities for ordinary families, such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea, have also been reduced to a terrifying level due to this artificially created inflation, where it takes 50,000 yuan to buy a single steamed bun.]

[At the behest of the aristocratic families, various financial institutions and the Federal Bank went into overdrive, using all sorts of loan programs to provide massive amounts of money to the poor who couldn't afford food.]

[During this process, various loans based on basic necessities, such as "steamed bun loans," "rice loans," and "cabbage loans," emerged.]

This situation is more serious than at any other point in history.

When people can no longer survive, their pent-up emotions begin to build up and eventually erupt.

In this era where supernatural beings reign supreme, resistance from the lower classes will only lead to more tragic and bloody tragedies.

Just when the lower classes could no longer survive, when everyone had lost their former glamour and were at a point where they couldn't afford anything, the Red Heart Society's pioneering team was ordered to secretly establish Red Heart Society branches in various provinces.

However, their arrival inevitably drew criticism from the powerful clans.

Of course, the powerful families were clever; instead of doing it themselves, they got ordinary people to do it at a negligible cost.

Even as these members of the Red Heart Society lay dying, they were still thinking about the future of those around them.

If you kill me, you will surely be eliminated by the powerful clans.

Don't hesitate, go!

If you have the opportunity, leave this area.

[If you are able, go to the provinces under the jurisdiction of the Red Heart Society.]

Once you get there, you will be transformed and have a bright, happy life.

My death is inevitable.

Don't worry, don't be anxious.

All of this is not your fault.

This is all a conspiracy by powerful families. They're using survival resources as bait to lure you, fish struggling for life and death.

Putting myself in your shoes, if I were in your situation, I probably would have made the same choice.

So don't worry, don't be afraid, go to the Red Heart Society!

Our light is there!

Our sun is there!

Our true hope, our true way out, lies there!

The Red Heart Society's wrath will not be indiscriminately vented on its own people; an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, will only be met with retribution against those damned aristocratic families!

Faced with the final words of the loyal warrior, many people from the lower classes stood frozen in place, stunned.

They don't understand: shouldn't one be furious if assassinated, especially by someone they saved?

Threatening, intimidating, and even ultimately instigating retaliation from behind the scenes—that's what a normal person would do.

But these people come from another region.

Is it really possible for such virtuous people to exist in this world?

Shouldn't such people only exist as heroic figures in textbooks?

What kind of magic will the Red Heart Society, which is about to replace the Federation, possess?

When the Red Heart Army received news of these tragedies, their attacks became even more ferocious.

Every second they waste here means another comrade will be murdered by that damned aristocratic family through their schemes and tricks.

Therefore, they need to work even harder to take over all the provinces in the shortest possible time!

Let this world be reborn as soon as possible!

[Where my heart lies!]

This is what the people want!

In December of the 130th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Crimson Heart Army defeated three legions of the Federal Central Army.

Taking advantage of this great victory, the Red Heart Army swiftly recaptured two more provinces.

After the recapture of these two provinces, any forces involved in the killing of Red Heart members were subjected to the Red Heart Army's brutal punishment.

Everyone must die!

In January of the 131st year of the Extraordinary Calendar, after several months of preparation, the Sunset Empire dispatched two million troops from its eastern border defenses to launch a fierce offensive against the Red Heart Society.

The Red Heart Society had anticipated this.

[Even in the contingency plans prepared by the Red Heart Society for the Sunset Empire, the number of attacking troops should be four to five million, or even more than six million.]

After all, the Emperor of the Sunset Empire had proclaimed to the world that he would rather die a glorious death than live a shameful life, and had made this matter completely clear to the entire world.

[So, after all this preparation, only two million people from the Red Heart Society showed up?]

Regarding the decision not to join forces with the Sunset Empire and the Federation, do you think this is beneficial to the Red Heart Army's advance?

[While other countries haven't reacted yet and aid hasn't arrived, you must complete the Red Heart Society's strategic objectives in the shortest possible time.]

However, just as you were planning the future of the Red Heart Society, something unexpected happened.

The Emperor of the White Eagle Empire has contacted you privately, urging you to prepare in advance.

The powerful families of the White Eagle Empire are collectively pressuring him to send troops to join the coalition against the Red Heart Society.

[This matter even had a preliminary plan passed in both houses of parliament.]

Now, all that's missing is the imperial emperor's signature and seal.

The embryonic form of the Anti-Red Alliance had already taken shape at this moment.

In response, the Emperor of the White Eagle Empire declared, "You can attack and kill as you please!"

His elite troops have all been dispatched to the Abyss Battlefield for pioneering operations.

The White Eagle Empire's army, which formed this coalition, is composed of members from various top aristocratic families.

In a sense, if you can cripple the power held by the aristocratic families of the White Eagle Empire, it will free up their resources to properly deal with their domestic forces.

[Only in this way can imperial power be consolidated in the shortest possible time!]

After saying this, the Emperor of the White Eagle Empire chuckled.

[Those foolish aristocratic families in China, wielding their power, dare to talk to me about the ancestral precepts of the White Eagle Empire.]

The royal family should share the empire with the aristocratic families!

【Why? 】

The royal family is weak; they shouldn't be sharing the world.

If a powerful family were to share the world, wouldn't that mean the royal family's power had been increased for nothing?

(End of this chapter)