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Chapter 142 Within Sunset Territory, There Are No Innocents! (5k)

"After the Sunset Empire came under the supervision of the Red Heart Society, it ceased its experiments in the Abyss."

Lin Xia frowned slightly, "Why has the Winter Empire started again?"

"Does every country secretly conduct research on the abyss?"

"Is it just because the Sunset Empire is so monstrous that it plays such elaborate tricks that it has attracted the attention of the Abyss's projected will?"

"Now that the Sunset Empire is suffering various blows and is under close surveillance, has the Abyss Projection's will shift its focus?"

"From this perspective, doesn't it mean that the Abyss was already prepared for a full-scale invasion?"

Thinking about it, Lin Xia paused slightly, "However, given the size of the Abyss, it shouldn't be able to devote too much attention to this world beneath our feet."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Lin Xia.

Is it because the Red Heart Society suppressed the Winter Empire that the Winter Empire devoted itself to the Abyss Experiment?
They wanted to find a new way to surpass the Red Heart Society, which is why they wanted to take the path of the Abyss Trials.

Unexpectedly, this led to the arrival of a catastrophe from the abyss.

Just then, he remembered the mockery of fate when he started the simulation.

Those who recklessly manipulate fate will ultimately be manipulated by fate.

“Since last time, the more I try to stop the abyss from descending, even at the risk of defying the world, the faster the abyss descends.”

Lin Xia thought to herself, "Is this the cruel irony of fate?"

"However, all of this is still due to strength."

"If we have the strength, we will crush all the empires and bring the whole world under the shadow of our ideals."

"Perhaps only after this will the invasion of the abyss projections truly slow down."

Lin Xia paused for a moment, thinking about it.

"In the last simulation, the United States, the Peacock Empire, the Winter Empire, and the Sunset Empire all studied the Abyss."

"So even if the Sunset Empire is under full surveillance, the other empires will still study it."

"And the White Eagle Empire!"

"The White Eagle Emperor is a qualified friend, but once he realizes that researching the Abyss can bring tremendous benefits to the White Eagle Empire, he will definitely start researching it!"

"really!"

"All aristocratic families, all nobles, and all empires are enemies of the Red Heart Society!"

"This is true whether we look at the system, the ideals, or the reality!"

"Only by eliminating them all can the Red Heart Society achieve greater long-term development."

"Of course, it would be even better if we could find out the Winter Empire's motives for researching the Abyss this time."

[From nowhere, a will came across time and space.]

[After receiving this message, you nodded slightly.]

[Subsequently, with the full mobilization of the Red Heart Society, you quickly learned from the White Eagle Empire's secret intelligence agency the reason why the Winter Empire was conducting the Abyss Experiments.]

The root of all this lies with the Sunset Empire.

The Sunset Empire has invested a great deal of time and energy in the Abyss Experiments, so they are unwilling to abandon related research.

Even though the Sunset Empire has been bombarded by super-weapons and left with a lingering trauma, they still harbor a heart full of revenge!

They still consider the land beneath the Red Heart Society as a place they must conquer.

Most importantly, the Red Heart Society will not concern itself with anything else; its sole purpose is to oversee the Sunset Empire's Abyss Laboratory.

The underlying logic behind this greatly appealed to the high command of the Sunset Empire.

If the Abyss Trials didn't offer immense benefits, and if they didn't instill fear in the Red Heart Society, why would they specifically point out this forbidden experiment?

Therefore, based on the speculations of the Sunset Empire and the Winter Empire, the deeper layers of the Abyss Experiments must possess some kind of power capable of destroying the world.

[It's even possible that the Red Heart Society's superweapon technology originated from the Abyss Experiments.]

Just like the White Eagle Empire, which was the first to research forbidden weapons, didn't its first action after researching them be to ban the research qualifications for forbidden weapons at the World Conference?

[They also sabotage other countries' research into forbidden military weapons in various ways.]

The Red Heart Society's current experiments in the Abyss are undoubtedly driven by the same idea as the former White Eagle Empire.

That was to prevent the Sunset Empire from discovering technology comparable to super-weapons through the Abyss Experiments, and also to maintain the Red Heart Society's hegemonic position in the world.

Thus, the Sunset Empire and the Winter Empire reached an agreement.

The equipment and all experimental data related to the Sunset Empire's Abyss Experiments were secretly transferred to the Winter Empire.

[Afterwards, large-scale destruction began in various laboratories of the Sunset Empire.]

To further counter the Red Heart Hegemony, the United States, the Peacock Empire, and the White Eagle Empire also invested in and participated in this matter.

[After learning the whole story, your face darkened.]

The situation has now entered a vicious cycle.

Before the Red Heart Society rose to power, the Sunset Empire secretly researched the Abyss.

[While the Red Heart Society rises and ruthlessly suppresses Abyss research, other nations will secretly unite to conduct their own research.]

Looking at the development across multiple timelines and the dismal performance of various empires, you only came to one conclusion.

【kill! 】

If the Red Heart Society wants to save the world and fight against the abyss, then it has no choice but to take up the butcher's knife and send all the noble families and aristocrats in the world to the guillotine.

Only by conquering other nations before they research the Abyss, and by spreading their banners of loyalty across their lands, can we fundamentally prevent the abyss's projected will from descending.

Perhaps, from a fateful perspective, the general direction of world development cannot be changed.

The abyss may have already set its sights on this world.

[However, if you can postpone the arrival of the Abyss's projected will by several decades or even a century, you will have ample confidence that you can lead the Crimson Hearts to fight their way into the Abyss in the future.]

If this world is destined to collapse, then the Red Heart Society will build a sanctuary within the abyss for all to live in!

However, since the root of all this lies with the Sunset Empire, then this damned nation has no reason to exist.

That night, a super military weapon, carrying unparalleled power, descended upon Sunset Capital.

This time, the explosion gave you the most honest answer.

When the will of the abyss descended, the will of humanity deep within the Sunset Imperial Capital seemed to be suppressed, or perhaps it vanished completely.

Faced with a colossal, world-destroying military weapon, human will did not surge forth this time.

The once-mighty Sunset Empire, which left a significant mark on the world stage, was utterly wiped out by a second wave of overwhelming military might.

This also makes you realize that the burden on Chixin in the next timeline will be very heavy.

After all, before the abyss projection descended, each country had people offering protection.

[That's alright. Occupying the high ground in public opinion is exactly what the Red Heart Society excels at. Perhaps you can start from that angle.]

No one understands the deeper messages of human nature better than you.

The essence of human will lies in the global public's identification with the nation and the individual.

In other words, if the Red Heart Society can quickly seize control of public opinion worldwide, the influence of public opinion in various countries could be significantly weakened.

After all, in this world where everyone's worse off, only a sincere heart is truly kind to the underprivileged.

[In the same month, you issued a transfer order, sending three million Red Heart Army soldiers and five hundred construction militia to the former Sunset Empire ruins, now the Red Heart War Province, to carry out urban construction.]

The energy released from the explosion of a super-powerful weapon will not carry any negative effects such as corrosion or radiation.

Therefore, after the Sunset Empire was destroyed, the Red Heart Society, as its neighbor, was able to enter and rebuild it in the shortest possible time.

After all, you've never thought the Red Heart Society's territory was large; to you, the current territory is far too small!

With the current numbers of the Red Heart Army, they could easily occupy several times more territory.

As for the future?

[More provinces mean more military expansion; more loyal troops mean more provinces to expand!]

What a great choice!

The ruthless use of military force by the Red Heart Society to destroy the Sunset Empire left surrounding nations with lingering fears.

【madman! 】

The Red Heart Society is nothing but a bunch of lunatics!

Although the Sunset Empire and the Federation have a deep-seated, bitter feud, and the Sunset Empire frequently massacres civilians in the Federation's eastern provinces, using their bodies as experimental subjects.

However, these practices have not been repeated since the rise of the Red Heart Society.

Most importantly, the Sunset Empire paid the price with half of its territory and also compensated with a massive amount of extraordinary resources.

[Normally, this should be the end!]

Furthermore, the civilians of the Sunset Empire are innocent!

How is the Red Heart Society any different from those beasts in the Sunset Empire, with their wanton acts of annihilation?

However, at this point in time, media outlets from other countries have chosen to remain silent, daring not to express any dissatisfaction with the Red Heart Society.

Even the Times of the United States, renowned for its freedom and known as the world's most uncompromising media outlet, daring to comment freely on global affairs without fear of retaliation, has chosen to remain silent in the face of the Red Heart Society's current threat of national annihilation.

[Faced with such a ruthless organization as the Red Heart Society, if they don't shut up, someone else will.]

After all, the United States of America does not want to face the Red Heart Society's military might.

[In November of the 131st year of the Extraordinary Calendar, you began deploying troops to the southern border defenses, personally led by Lin Xue, to launch a war against the Winter Empire.] [The Abyss's projected will has descended upon the Winter Imperial Capital; that country is beyond saving.]

Therefore, you must seize the Winter Defense Line before the Winter Empire completely falls.

[The Frostfire Frontier, far from the Frostfire Capital, along with the hundreds of cities and tens of millions of Frostfire people surrounding it, could, if nurtured, become a vital pillar of humanity's resistance against the Abyss.]

In the same month, Lin Xue was ordered to lead the Red Heart Army in a blitzkrieg against the Winter Empire.

In December of the 131st year of the Extraordinary Calendar, Lin Xue crossed the Atlon Forest and occupied the city of Kevich in the Winter Empire.

[The senior commander stationed on the winter defense line felt a great sense of urgency.]

Therefore, they dispatched a large number of troops from the winter defense lines to attack the Red Heart Army.

Allowing such a large Red Heart Society army to remain in the heart of the Winter Empire would be a huge blow to the entire nation.

In January of the 132nd year of the Extraordinary Calendar, Deng Qi led the Demon Sealing Battle Group and twenty Guardian Battle Groups, taking advantage of the weakened defenses of the Winter Defense Line, and directly captured this massive Winter Defense Line by flanking maneuvers.

The world was shaken.

[Through these two brilliant victories, the Red Heart Society has proven to the world that its expertise extends far beyond super military weaponry.]

The Red Heart Army's fighting strength can be called the best in the world!

[In the same month, the Red Heart Society's intelligence agency sent a message.]

[In several cities near the capital of the Winter Empire, there are numerous traces of Sunset People, including descendants of noble families from the Sunset Empire.]

[After receiving this order, give the command directly to Lin Xue and Deng Qi.]

[Sweep away the sunset crowds in these cities!]

Not a single one will be left behind!

The "no-ceasefire" strategy you implemented in the previous timeline remains effective in this one!

Perhaps some lucky individuals who stand on a moral high ground believe that all living beings have the right to live.

Those who slaughter their own people and invade their own territory are the soldiers of the Sunset Empire, not the civilians!

Civilians already suffer in the midst of war; why must they also be subjected to such insane massacres?

The civilians of the Sunset Empire provided it with millions of border troops, and even more so, the soldiers with weapons for slaughter and armor for rampage.

Most importantly, given the Sunset Empire's policy of conscription for all citizens, where are the truly innocent victims?

When the nest is overturned, how can the eggs remain intact?

If someone kills your entire family, would you spare their family members when you seek revenge?

[Can you forgive someone for the insulted and tragically killed family member or friend simply because they are innocent, have the right to life and liberty, deserve to live, and couldn't stop a madman's nonsense?]

The cries of our compatriots as they faced death still echo in our ears; who then has the right to forgive the enemies who harmed them on behalf of the agonizing souls of the departed?

Therefore, when facing these enemies, all you can do is send them all to their doom!

[In February of the 132nd year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the demonic tide in the Abyss Battlefield became increasingly violent and powerful due to the arrival of the Abyss's projected will, even drastically altering the rank of the monsters born from it.]

However, due to the existence of the Red Heart Enhancement Method, the combat militias within the Red Heart Society are exceptionally powerful.

Therefore, these amplified abyssal hordes will only make the smiles on the faces of the fighting militia even brighter.

【OK!】

【very nice!】

The number of divinely bestowed crystals that were released suddenly increased several times over.

[In addition, various equipment and rare materials that normally require a full day of grinding are now gradually flooding the market.]

To prepare for an even more diverse market in the future, you have begun upgrading all the extraordinary production facilities and equipment under the Red Heart Chamber of Commerce.

When the supply market is saturated, and production equipment is upgraded, leading to a significant increase in production efficiency, the prices of various extraordinary products, such as low-level equipment, low-level skill cards, and low-level accessories, will begin to fall rapidly.

[Of course, all of this was carried out under the guidance of the Red Heart Society headquarters.]

To prevent unscrupulous individuals from profiting from market fluctuations and to better protect the interests of freelancers, Chixin is controlling the situation through a gradual price decline.

For a society, true happiness begins when people's monthly income increases while the prices of basic necessities and luxury goods fall.

[A simplified personal aircraft that used to take six months to buy might now be available in two months.]

Increased income has also significantly boosted people's desire to consume.

[Especially under the integrated internal circulation model of the Chixin Society, a large amount of resources and funds, driven by domestic demand, are flowing into the Chixin Society headquarters' finances.]

[In a short time, the fiscal potential, which had been developed to its fullest extent, was greatly enhanced.]

However, you know that future crises will be far more complex than they appear now.

[Nearly a billion professionals may seem like a lot, but under the endless, tidal wave of attacks from the Abyss in the future, they will inevitably collapse one day.]

Given the current situation facing the Red Heart Society, the slogan "Many hands make light work" has proven incredibly true!

The more people there are, the richer their upbringing, the more comprehensive their physical, spiritual, and willpower development, and the greater the probability of them becoming king-level talent professionals in the future.

Only in this way can the Red Heart Society produce more powerful individuals to resist the invasion of the Abyss.

Only through this back-and-forth can an effective positive cycle be formed.

[Therefore, under your instructions, the Red Heart Society headquarters released a nationwide policy regarding having more children and ensuring eugenics, as well as the Red Heart Society's safety net.]

Starting today, the Red Heart Society will allocate special funds to ensure the upbringing of newborns.

[From the soul essence at birth, to the physical strengthening potion taken at three months, and then to the willpower-nurturing gene serum taken at five months, all are directly managed by the Red Heart Society.]

These potions would be extremely expensive for an ordinary professional, potentially bankrupting them.

However, when the continuous stream of extraordinary resources from the Abyss Battlefield is returned, when the Red Heart Society specifically establishes large-scale extraordinary production factories for this purpose, and when the scale efficiency of the economic development is maximized, then the so-called sky-high prices will instantly plummet to rock bottom.

After all, Chixin doesn't produce these things to make money.

On a crucial issue concerning the growth of the next generation of the Red Heart Society, you directly ordered the supervisory team to oversee the entire process.

You know, people are inherently greedy.

[With your full oversight, every key step was handled by core members personally dispatched by you, whose loyalty to you has been thoroughly tested.]

In this way, with the supervision team's review, the problem of corruption can be resolved to the greatest extent possible.

And you have only one order: anyone who dares to lay their hands in here, catch them, and kill them!

[A guaranteed kill!]

No matter who pleads, it's useless!

Of course, members of the Chixin Society who have children also receive some assistance in terms of subsidies.

From financial subsidies to resource allocations, and even arranging for professional personnel to visit and offer assistance.

In short, these ultra-high-level infant care systems, which were only available to the scions of noble families during the Federation era, are now accessible to all infants born on this land, thanks to the full support of the Red Heart Society.

With the Chixin Society's policies being fully liberalized and subsidies provided, the entire Chixin Society became enthusiastically excited.

[Leaving aside these external material needs, your appeal as the founder of the Red Heart Society alone is enough to evoke a response from all its members.]

You have given them a happy life!

You have given them the dignity of being human beings!

Under your leadership, even the most incompetent members of the Red Heart Society no longer need to worry about basic necessities.

In the current atmosphere of the Red Heart Society, any adult is drawn in and awakened to become a professional.

For anyone in the workforce, there are plenty of job opportunities to choose from.

As long as you work regularly in these positions, you can earn a substantial income to support your family.

High salaries are meant to improve people's lives, not to support laziness and corruption.

Therefore, the Red Heart Society also has specific policies in this regard.

[Unwilling to work?]

[No matter what, they just don't want to contribute to the development of the Red Heart Society.]

That's easy!

Those with wives, children, and elderly parents should consider the feelings of those around them.

If they are all alone, then begin preparing meals for them that are highly nutritious but extremely unpalatable, specially researched by the Red-Hearted Intelligence.

[Times have changed; you don't have to work to avoid starving.]

But the taste of the food you're eating is another story.

[If someone truly has this peculiar fetish, enjoying disgusting food, then the Redheart AI has 98651 corresponding strategies to slowly refine that person.]

In short, sincerity will provide everyone with a ladder and path to happiness and progress, and is willing to give everyone a fulfilling life.

However, if someone doesn't want to move, the Red Heart Society is willing to use special methods to help them move up a bit.

In March of the 132nd year of the Extraordinary Calendar, after Lin Xue and Deng Qi conquered the four provinces of the Southern Territory of Frosty Winter, where the Frosty Winter Defense Line was located, they decided to rest and recuperate there for a period of time.

Further ahead lies the true heartland of the Winter Empire.

[According to their plan, if they renovate and rebuild the checkpoints here, and apply the latest array patterns researched by the Red Heart Society, then their strategic operation will be considered a success.]

But just as Lin Xue and Deng Qi were discussing the construction, an accident occurred.

[With gray hair and a crown, he appeared alone before the Red Heart Army's lines, looking at the sickly Winter Emperor.]

The Winter Emperor's first words were, "Get out here, you founder of the Red Heart Society!"

(End of this chapter)