Arknights' Lock of Heaven

He is not a god and cannot be all-encompassing. Even if he were to create clones, it would still consume magic and energy, and he could not create clones indefinitely.

Killing the Ursus government is easy, but what's next? How are you going to manage such a vast territory? Who will manage it? Ordinary people? No, they don't have the ability. The former bureaucrats? But what's the difference between that and the current Ursus?

Therefore, the large-scale development plan for the snowfield is to select enough talents. One must eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time.

As for Speaker Witt's previous concern that Xia Yu would expand his territory for the sake of his infected subordinates, it can only be said that he was overthinking it.

Xia Yu wouldn't do that.

The definition of infected individuals was determined after the development of inhibitors; they are simply patients, not a distinct race.

If Xia Yu really grants the infected lands and territories, then the nature of the situation will change completely.

So after realizing that Xia Yu really didn't have that idea, Speaker Victor finally felt relieved, only to be stunned by a series of rambling punches that escalated the topic.

Although Xia Yu didn't lie to him, right? The demon's lair is indeed in the Star Gate north of Sami. Hai Si was stirred up by those idiots, Agor, and the Witch King really did open a hole in the top of his own capital.

But is Speaker Witte capable of verifying this?

The demon's lair... they wouldn't dare touch it. Hai Si... could they communicate with Hai Si, or could they go to Agor to confirm? As for Iberia, oh, they themselves are still clueless, they know less than Xia Yu.

The capital of Letania... Believe it or not, the moment the question was sent, Letania mobilized the entire nation.

Everyone knows what kind of country Ursus is on the international stage, right? What's the point of asking about our capital?

In short, Speaker Witt, completely bewildered by Xia Yu's series of escalating attacks, actually forgot to inform the Emperor.

Under Elena's gaze, he awkwardly picked up the communicator, stared at Elena for two seconds in thought, and then connected the call.

Then, in this way and that, he told the emperor everything that had happened that day.

It's impossible for me to be the only one confused!

The emperor of Saint Jun Castle was dumbfounded after hearing this.

What? That person wasn't a fragment of Sui? But an existence on par with Sui?

What? There are a dozen more like that?! The humiliating defeat of the noble allied fleet today was caused by them?

What? Only two people made a move?

What? Those two are still putting on an act? They didn't even directly attack the fleet? They were just fighting each other? And the nobles' fleet couldn't even withstand the aftershocks and had to abandon their warships and flee?

Damn it, how did the invincible Ursus army become like this? It's all those nobles' fault!

"They're so powerful, their purpose in entering Ursus couldn't be..." The emperor was deeply worried.

Oh, so they didn't want to split Ursus? Their reason for appearing is that the world is about to be destroyed? They want us to build a defensive line in the snowfield to stop the demons?

Is this good news?

The good news is that Ursus no longer needs to worry about such a group of people dividing its territory.

The bad news is that they are actually good people, and the reason they were born is that the world is about to be destroyed, and Ursus will be the first to be affected.

Ha ha.

All I can say is that the Emperor of Ursus was completely stunned after hearing this.

"Witt, it looks like I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight no matter what."

“Your Majesty, I can’t sleep either,” Witt sighed, then looked at Elena, whose face was filled with shock.

She truly had no idea that there was such a massive background behind the dramatic events in the snowfield.

Speaker Witt deliberately let her hear it; Elena is an important pawn in the upcoming plan, and she needs to know her place.

“Speaking of which, that advisor is quite a character,” Speaker Witt suddenly said with a smile. “He sent me a gift, and I’m sure His Majesty will like it very much.”

"Oh, what kind of gift is it?" The emperor became interested upon hearing this. A gift from someone of that stature couldn't possibly be an ordinary item, could it?

“A person, Your Majesty, a person with the right to inherit the title of Duke of the Ural, and what’s more, she has different ideas from the nobles.”

“She hates her nominal father to the core and has threatened to… well, spit on his grave at the Duke of Ural’s funeral,” Speaker Witt said in a very elegant manner. “What’s more, he also looks down on the nobles.”

“A warship was specially provided to her. Yes, that’s right, it’s one of the ones that were left behind on the battlefield. She can choose one of them to take home.”

"Furthermore, Miss Elena is all alone and doesn't have enough manpower. I wonder if His Majesty would be interested in contributing to the future Duchess of Ursus?"

“Oh, my friend, is that lady named Elena? Please tell me, I would be delighted.”

483 The Distant Unknown Land

"Breaking news! Breaking news! The noble allied fleet encountered an unknown enemy in the snowfield and its formation was completely crushed!"

The following day, in the streets and alleys of Ursus's various mobile cities, newsboys carried large stacks of freshly printed newspapers, running among the bustling traffic. The crisp announcements of extra editions were damnably attractive to the people of Ursus.

So much so that it was sold out before noon.

There was no way around it; the news of the complete annihilation of the noble allied fleet was simply too shocking.

Those were over fifty warships and hundreds of mobile combat units. I heard yesterday that they had just set off to wipe out the infected in the snowfield, and today they were all wiped out.

At first, some people suspected it was some kind of tabloid, but when they asked, they found out it was the Ursus National Press.

Oh wow, the most authoritative one, its shareholder is the emperor.

There can't possibly be anything wrong with that, right?

News of the combined fleet's annihilation spread throughout Ursus through newspapers, communications, and all sorts of other channels.

The newspaper report was very detailed, but it was also questioned because it was too detailed.

The names Karna and Arjuna spread throughout Ursus.

It is said that the duel between these two legendary figures triggered a natural disaster, and the unfortunate Allied Fleet happened to be passing by and was then crushed by the aftershocks of their battle.

To be honest, if this hadn't been published in Ursus's most authoritative newspaper, the people at the newspaper would have been arrested on the spot by the inspection team.

However, the newspaper stated that the report was based on the account of the Imperial Speaker, who had personally experienced the events.

Surely the two of these together can't be fake?

The whole of Ursus was in an uproar. Oh, and not just Ursus, even the embassies of various countries were astonished.

Then an urgent telegram was sent back to the family to investigate where Karna and Arjuna were from in mythology!

Historians from various countries have spent countless years studying the classics, but they have been unable to find any relevant records.

"I don't want to do this anymore!"

On the Orville, inside the bridge.

Froststar slammed her hand on the mountain of documents in front of her and said aggressively to Xia Yu, who was leisurely sipping tea, "You'd better find someone else!"

“Alright, I’ll go find Patriot to handle it. If he doesn’t come either,” Xia Yu shrugged, “it doesn’t matter. There are plenty of people who would kill to come and do the work.”

Hearing this, Froststar was discouraged.

"Those people...can those people even be used?" she retorted stubbornly, "They're just a bunch of opportunists, how could they possibly care about the infected!"

“Since you know about this and don’t want to hand over the infected to them, then do it yourself,” Xia Yu said gloatingly. “Try to think positively, it will get better after this period of time.”

“You always say that,” Froststar glared at Xia Yu resentfully, “but every morning when I get up, these files haven’t decreased at all!”

“Ha, politics is just about this kind of bickering,” Xia Yu shrugged. “I told you, don’t worry too much about those things.”

"Look at this!" Frostnova had just sat down and picked up a document when she jumped up in anger after glancing at it twice. "What do you mean we must return their family's glorious fortress? What's with the attitude of a defeated general?!"

"There are quite a few of these documents?!"

“Just let them apply to the Ursus Council,” Xia Yu said casually. “Let them argue with the council, or let them bring their army and take it back themselves.”

"No, it's not that I don't know how to handle it, I just don't understand, don't they have brains?"

Frostnova frowned and asked, "Even such a large fleet was destroyed, so who gave them the courage to talk to us like this?"

“Past experience has given them courage,” Xia Yu explained. “If we declare the infected completely independent after we destroy the fleet, they certainly won’t dare to ask for warships and fortresses like this. They might already be preparing to escape Ursus after learning about the specific battle situation in the snowfield.”

"But who told us to be independent? Instead, we're acting like we're trying to integrate into Ursus."

"This gave them the illusion that we were not there to set rules, but to add to their existing rules. That's why they believed they understood the so-called rules and did this."

"Heh, anyone who sends such a letter is either brainless and easily manipulated, or they're being instructed by someone to test us. I'd guess the latter is more likely. Just do as I said and throw them all at the Imperial Council."

"Let Witt deal with them. Don't forget, Ursus is now asking for our help. Let those within their ranks who can't see the situation handle themselves."

“Now I know why you didn’t take on the role of president of this joint mining company yourself,” Frostnova sighed. “You knew this would happen, didn’t you?”

“Of course,” Xia Yu said with a smile, “I don’t want to deal with those arrogant nobles all the time.”

"For the sake of your infected compatriots, you'd better work for me for the rest of your life, hehehe..."

“Boring,” Frostnova glanced at him. “Sigh, aside from those idiots with no brains, there’s also that bunch of warships and fortresses at the front lines…”

"Good heavens, where am I supposed to find enough people to drive them back? We can't just leave them there; these things need to be carefully maintained."

“That’s simple, just go find Witt,” Xia Yu said calmly; “go ask him for the people.”

“But this…” Frostnova hesitated. These things used to belong to Ursus, and now that they’re ours, we need Ursus to send people to help us bring the warships and fortresses back…

"Won't this have a bad influence...? Are they really willing?"

"It's a simple matter, just put it another way," Xia Yu said calmly. "Aren't they going to send people to learn how to build the simulated Gaia? Let them send their skilled workers first, and bring over the large amount of engineering equipment we left behind on the snowfield. What do you think of that?"

"..." Frostnova fell silent upon hearing this. Could it be like this?