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Chapter 138 Ask for more! Don't be stingy! (5k)

【no! 】

【Can't! 】

The sunset-themed figure looked alarmed and quickly refused.

If that were to happen, they wouldn't know whether other countries would suffer.

[But the Sunset Empire will definitely suffer!]

They dared not even imagine what would happen if that world-destroying super military weapon were to erupt within the Sunset Empire's borders.

Almost simultaneously, the Winter Empire, the White Eagle Empire, the Peacock Empire, and a host of other nations all rejected the Red Heart Society's withdrawal from the Aristocratic Clan Conference.

But Chixin didn't say anything more and turned to leave.

Normally, this would be considered extremely rude.

[But faced with a group of fools still basking in their own power, even attempting to restrict the strong with rules set by the weak, the righteous messenger really didn't want to waste his words.]

It's pointless!

At this moment, at what is ostensibly the world's most authoritative and influential conference, representatives from hundreds of countries around the world simultaneously focused their attention on the envoy of sincerity, watching him depart with a respectful gaze.

During this process, no one even dared to stop them.

At 8 PM that evening, the Red Heart Society released a statement.

The launch site for the second super weapon will be built on the eastern border defense line to collect the latest test data for the second super weapon test.

[When this news came out, the whole world was shocked.]

The high command of the Sunset Empire, in particular, was filled with fear and unease.

The Red Heart Society resides in the Eastern Territory, the closest point to the Sunset Empire.

What is the Red Heart Society trying to achieve by testing its second super weapon in the Eastern Territory?

This is practically an open secret!

The Red Heart Society is threatening us!

[Using the powerful military force forged by the Red Heart Society, we threaten and intimidate all forces in the world.]

Therefore, they sent several groups to other countries to lobby, hoping to unite and put pressure on the Red Heart Society.

Putting everything else aside, we can't let the Red Heart Society continue like this.

The first group traveled to the White Eagle Empire to lobby aristocratic families, nobles, and members of the royal family.

The second group went to media outlets in various countries, spending heavily to cultivate public opinion around the world.

【The Red Heart Society has gone too far!】

They don't follow the rules on the surface at all!

This method is too brutal!

This is something no human being could do!

This is a classic case of "the sheep might eat grass today, but it might eat people tomorrow!"

Therefore, it must be curbed!

The third group secretly traveled to the Winter Empire and the Peacock Empire.

[At that time, the three countries formed an alliance to try and extort the Red Heart Society.]

Now that the Sunset Empire is facing retaliation from the Red Heart Society, aren't you two worried?

The fourth group, led by a prince of the Sunset Emperor and his younger brother, personally went to the Red Heart Society headquarters, hoping to resolve the matter amicably through negotiations at a table.

The global situation is becoming increasingly unpredictable, and as a major power, we should maintain strategic composure.

[Initiating wars arbitrarily, especially against another major power, will inevitably arouse covetous eyes from other countries.]

Most importantly, the current war situation is vastly different from that before the arrival of the supernatural.

After the extraordinary war that affected the entire world, the distribution of spoils was not based on the effort exerted on the battlefield, but on the strength preserved after the war.

Whoever is stronger can take a bigger slice of the pie.

A certain country across the ocean is the best example.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Feng, who was receiving Prince Sunset, declared that the strategies of the Red Heart Society were none of the Sunset Empire's business!

When does a country's internal affairs need to be subject to the opinions of another country?

This is a complete joke!

[Even though Prince Sunset was being mocked like this, he wasn't angry at all. He even talked to Zhao Feng about the current situation in various countries around the world.]

He even revealed intelligence that had cost the Sunset Empire's intelligence agencies a great deal of money.

Zhao Feng was just sitting to the side; he could talk nonsense, but getting him to agree to anything was out of the question!

[In October of the 129th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Super Military Launch Pad was officially completed at the Eastern Launch Site.]

The Red Heart Society has not concealed anything regarding this matter.

Upon learning of this, Prince Sunset was restless and anxious.

After receiving instructions from the highest levels of government, Prince Sunset revealed to Zhao Feng that their Sunset Empire was willing to pay a heavy price to quell the anger of the Red Heart Society.

Zhao Feng pretended not to understand.

However, after lunch, Zhao Feng accidentally left a report analyzing the power of a super military weapon explosion in his office.

Upon seeing the report, Prince Sunset immediately opened it to examine it.

When he saw the explosion data and the devastating effects on the land, his expression changed drastically.

The Sunset Empire's royal family has built a massive refuge ten thousand meters underground, using only the world's finest materials.

[A typical eighth-level professional wouldn't be able to cause much damage to these materials at all.]

Only through nine transformations can these materials be truly destroyed.

The key issue is that the explosive damage caused by the super weapon has exceeded the damage cap of a level nine weapon.

In other words, given the area-of-effect explosive damage and terrifying ripple effects of this super military weapon, once it explodes, the Sunset Royal Family's heavily invested shelter probably wouldn't even last a single breath.

[In the same month, after the Sunset Empire released several messages of peace talks, the Red Heart Society dispatched the notorious brute Wang Meng as the main person in charge of the negotiations to participate in the talks.]

Before the negotiations, you had only one standard for Wang Meng.

[Try your best!]

【Never play with the kind where the lion's mouth is small!】

Since the Sunset Empire intends to use extraordinary resources to quell the Red Heart Society's anger, it must inflict serious damage.

Wang Meng fully supports any decision you make.

[Therefore, at the negotiation meeting, Wang Meng immediately offered 100,000 tons of amethyst, 1 million tons of high-density energy crystals, and 10 million tons of Nine-Turn Mystic Iron.]

Upon hearing this request, Prince Sunset's old face twitched slightly.

Just when he thought this was a manipulative tactic by the Red Heart Society and was preparing to refuse their attempt to lower the price, Wang Meng abruptly flipped the table and refused to cooperate.

The Sunset Empire has shown absolutely no sincerity in negotiating!

They won't even provide this most basic supernatural resource!

Since that's the case, there's nothing more to discuss!

[A bunch of scoundrels, and I don't want to sit at the same table negotiating with you anyway!]

Faced with Wang Meng's humiliation, Prince Sunset's face instantly turned red.

Negotiations between major powers should naturally involve magnanimity.

How could you be so rude?

Wang Meng scoffed, indicating that he was reasonable with people, but when it came to beasts, he couldn't see any point in reasoning with them.

The servants behind Prince Sunset stood up abruptly and loudly rebuked Wang Meng for insulting the great Sunset Empire.

[With the Chixin Society speaking and acting in this way, how can this matter continue to be discussed?]

Wang Meng shrugged, indicating that there was nothing to discuss.

If your Sunset Empire hadn't insisted on peace talks, would there have been any point in continuing?

[If you're not satisfied, mobilize your border troops and send them to fight!]

[Once war breaks out, the super military weapon that Chixin will use to collect experimental data could end up anywhere in the conflict.]

As soon as he finished speaking, Prince Sunset turned around and slapped his servant.

The terrifying force instantly shattered the servant's head.

The next moment, Prince Sunset bowed respectfully towards Wang Meng's location.

【terribly sorry!】

[Lord Wang Meng!]

[This is because I didn't manage my subordinates strictly!]

[We hope that, for the sake of our friendly relations, you will not hold this minor incident against us.] [Meanwhile, Prince Sunset, maintaining his bowing etiquette, presented Wang Meng with a compensation plan that had been discussed by the high-ranking officials of the Sunset Empire.]

Wang Meng glanced at it and then tossed it aside.

Are you guys playing like beggars?

【That's it? 】

If the compensation standards above are truly applied, it should be at least one hundred times higher!

Prince Sunset took a deep breath and, in a calm tone, subtly expressed his dissatisfaction with Wang Meng's robbery.

Wang Meng waved his hand, indicating that he was not well-educated and did not understand what you were saying.

Either the Sunset Empire offers such compensation, or Prince Sunset can simply turn around and leave.

Zhao Feng, standing nearby, naturally understood what Prince Sunset meant.

He walked up to the other person and smiled slightly.

We were simply giving them a taste of their own medicine.

【how? 】

"You can't even handle this?"

As for robbery?

Don't insult us. Robbery is nowhere near as lucrative as extortion, don't you think?

In November of the 129th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, a delegation from the Sunset Empire arrived in the Eastern Territory and, under Lin Xue's supervision, signed a reparations treaty.

[In the same month, the Red Heart Society announced to the world that, in accordance with the needs of a shift in military strategy, the launch pads for the super weapon would be moved to the location of the Southern Defense Line.]

This news caused a stir around the world.

[The official media of the United States published an article, using super military weapons as a starting point to condemn the shamelessness of the Red Heart Society.]

How can such an organization exist in the world?

Is this still the same organization that speaks out for the underprivileged and strives to create a happy and fulfilling life for them?

【This is what a demon is, okay?】

First they extorted the Sunset Empire, then the Winter Empire.

[It seems the Mauryan Empire will soon follow.]

[Given the current stance of the Red Heart Society, the title of the world's largest rogue state has shifted from the White Eagle Empire to the Red Heart Society.]

Faced with the threat from the Red Heart Society, the Winter Empire made a completely different decision from the Sunset Empire.

[An official statement from the Winter Empire's top officials indicates that if the Red Heart Alliance releases super military weapons to the Winter Empire, then the thousands of forbidden military weapons accumulated within the Winter Empire will be simultaneously launched at countries around the world.]

To paraphrase the Winter Emperor, if the Winter Empire ceases to exist, then this world has no reason to exist.

The forbidden erosion unleashed by thousands of forbidden weapons could absolutely plunge vast swathes of the world into a death trap.

[The Red Heart Society simply ignored the Winter Empire's counterattack, focusing instead on showcasing its research department's latest advancements to the world: the Forbidden Military Countermeasure System.]

In other words, even if the Winter Empire launched tens of thousands of forbidden weapons, not a single one would fall within the Red Heart Society's territory.

Even such a confrontation and conflict between major powers still causes enormous waves in the world.

Anti-war and anti-taboo military sentiment, expressed through public opinion and demonstrations, has begun to erupt around the world.

However, this matter has absolutely no impact on the Red Heart Society's jurisdiction.

As the Red Heart Society grew stronger, its first priority was to improve the welfare and benefits of its Red Heart Army.

Behind every ten million loyal soldiers are ten million families.

In other words, the Red Heart Army directly affects nearly one hundred million people.

[In addition, the relative influence of various surrounding industrial chains has led to a rapid economic boom within the Chixinhui's jurisdiction.]

The economic boom has greatly alleviated the pressures on everyone's lives and the pressure to achieve extraordinary career advancement.

[In such a happy and fulfilling situation, even if outside opinions infiltrate the Red Heart Society, it will not have any impact on its members.]

Another reason is that the Red Heart Society, having just overthrown the Federation's rule, brought such a prosperous life to everyone.

[Given the contrast before and after, how could people not fervently support the Red Heart Society and see you as a savior fallen from heaven?]

[And so, strange phenomena began to occur in the world.]

The protests and demonstrations in other countries, the threats of recalls, are not actually aimed at threatening the governments of their own countries.

This is causing headaches for high-level officials in various countries; how can this be managed?

In this situation, who dares to interfere with the Red Heart Society?

[In the same month, ninth-tier professionals from various countries crossed the border into the Federation.]

[After Elder Jun and Elder Jian intervened and killed three ninth-level professionals, no more ninth-level professionals entered the realm.]

Even the attitude of the Winter Empire has visibly softened.

Although the Red Heart Society only has two Rank 9 members, the power they possess is greater than that of twenty Rank 9 members combined!

Since a hard approach doesn't work, we'll have to resort to a softer one.

In December of the 129th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the remnants of the Federal aristocratic families began to rise again, taking advantage of the chaotic situation in various countries.

They attempted to persuade various countries to form a coalition to jointly attack the Red Heart Society through connections, bribery, lobbying, and other means.

[If the Red Heart Society can be overthrown, they will surely be able to stand at the highest level of the Federation again, thanks to the assets they have transferred abroad and their innate advantage in bloodline.]

This time, however, they clearly overthought things.

If the Red Heart Society didn't possess super military weaponry, the various empires might unite to eradicate it because of its ideology of speaking out for the lower classes, judging aristocratic families, and eliminating all injustices.

But with the super weapon of mass destruction at our disposal, and with two level 95 professionals present, who would dare launch a campaign against the Red Heart Society?

Throughout history, conflicts between nations have always involved the brutal beating of a weakened enemy; there has never been a case of a single nation taking on a powerful dragon that could overturn the heavens.

[Thus, these remaining forces, who had fled abroad hoping to overthrow the Red Heart Society's rule with foreign assistance, gradually lost heart after repeated setbacks.]

[On the Sunset Empire's side, to avoid being discovered and punished by the Red Heart Society, they went so far as to bind up the remaining forces of these aristocratic families and send them to the Red Heart Society for trial.]

Everything seems to be moving in a positive direction.

[In January of the 130th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, you mobilized the Crimson Heart Battle Group, the Guardian Battle Group, and the Crimson Heart Army to enter the Abyss Battlefield and begin your conquest of the Abyss.]

Because of the existence of the Red Heart Enhancement Method, the Red Heart Society's military power can only develop rapidly within the Abyss.

[Regarding the five defense zones established by the Federation in the east, west, south, north, and central areas of the Abyss Battlefield, you believed that shoddy construction would harm both yourself and others, and ordered them all to be demolished and rebuilt.]

Everything was built to the standards of the Red Heart Fortress.

Amidst this massive construction boom, construction militias from various provinces began to move en masse into the Abyss Battlefield.

A massive era of construction has begun.

However, if a country wants to develop at the fastest speed, it must acquire massive amounts of resources.

If you want your staff to live well, you have to reach out to outsiders.

Therefore, the Red Heart Society chose a location in the Plateau Province for its second super military launch pad.

The Peacock Empire was thrown into turmoil.

When the Red Heart Society directly threatened the Mauryan Empire, the Mauryan Empire once again made a move that surprised everyone.

The Mauryan Empire held a press conference open to the world, declaring to media outlets from around the globe that it was not in the slightest afraid of the Red Heart Society's super military might.

[Perhaps other countries are afraid of being threatened, intimidated, or blackmailed by a superpower's military.]

But the great Mauryan Empire had its own way of dealing with it.

At the highly anticipated press conference, the spokesperson for the Peacock Empire deliberately kept everyone in suspense.

Ladies and gentlemen, why do you think the great Mauryan Empire wasn't afraid?

None of the reporters below could answer this question.

Because both answers seem absurd in this matter.

[We can't exactly say that the Peacock Empire has dozens of ninth-tier professionals hidden away, can we?]

Is it possible?

Seeing that the time was ripe, the spokesperson for the Mauryan Empire confidently announced to the world.

That's because the Peacock Empire's R&D department has also developed a super military weapon, a powerful burst weapon that is completely comparable to the Red Heart Society's super military weapon!

[A loyal heart will exist, and so will the Peacock Empire!]

What the Red Heart Society lacks, the Peacock Empire still possesses!

Under these circumstances, the great Mauryan Empire naturally wouldn't take the Red Heart Society's threats and extortion seriously.

Most importantly, today, the Peacock Empire needs to make it clear to the Red Heart Society that not just anyone can be blackmailed or intimidated by them!

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent.

The next moment, an unparalleled surge of excitement gathered, brewed, and erupted in the hearts of journalists from all surrounding countries!

(End of this chapter)