Chapter 1066: Exposed
With the battle for the wasteland almost completely annihilating the counterinsurgency army sent by the kingdom, Kirwyn only corrected in place for less than two days, and then divided his troops into three routes, with the speed of wildfire, while the other side had time to react, launched a full-scale attack as quickly as possible.
In just half a month, more than one-third of the most elite land in the entire country fell into his control.
It is no different from what was done in the western provinces, which was to mercilessly kill the nobles who originally occupied the dominant position, and then co-opt and support those forces that were originally suppressed, so that they can come to the fore to support the basic functions of administrative institutions such as maintaining law and order, taxation, etc.
It has to be said that this is a rather dangerous practice.
Because although these forces are suppressed by the aristocratic class, they may not be willing to swear allegiance to a tyrant, they only temporarily submit to the strong force, and when the opportunity arises, they will definitely start a rebellion, or negotiate to obtain benefits and return to the kingdom, or choose to govern themselves.
In short, rapid expansion may be a great military victory, but in a more profound political, economic, and social way, it is a reluctant compromise that does not destroy the original distribution of interests and wealth, but only captures the part that originally belonged to the royal family.
This potential pitfall will become more and more serious over time, eventually leading to a series of terrible and catastrophic consequences.
But interestingly, Kerrwin apparently didn't care about any of that at all.
The rapid advance of the three-way army, advancing at a speed unimaginable to the enemy, gave him an inexplicable conceit, believing that the word defeat would never appear in his dictionary.
There are 20,000 steel golems like killing machines, and thousands of monsters that are constantly transported from the rear and can cast various types of spell abilities.
He didn't even know if there was any powerful country on this road that could defeat such a terrifying army on a frontal battlefield.
Coupled with the human soldiers who have grown up after a long period of war, Kirwin has enough strength to support his ever-expanding ambitions and build a country of his own.
As long as these troops remained, he believed that no one would dare to betray them easily, otherwise they would face extremely tragic retaliation.
But what he didn't know was that on the other side of the sea, in a small island kingdom, a terrible change was taking place.
In the deepest part of the dark sewers, oval-shaped metal eggs hatched rapidly, giving birth to countless insects the size of a grain of rice in less than a few weeks.
Taking advantage of the cover of night, these bugs quietly sneaked into the homes of residents, and unknowingly occupied nearly one-fifth of the population in the form of parasitic manipulation.
With their innate ability, they were able to easily discern which were parasitized by their own kind and which were not, and eventually banded together to fight for power, and almost all the cities and towns on the island were so conflicted that even a fool could feel the tension in the air.
Some smart people realized that something was wrong and immediately took their families and tried to flee to another country by boat.
But almost every ship that left the port would return that night, and the guy who had escaped would settle down again as if he had changed as a different person, as if he had abandoned his previous desire to escape.
You don't have to ask to know that they are all parasitized on the ship.
To be precise, these unique beings created by Gru are isolating the entire island kingdom from the outside world in their own way, and will never appear in front of the world unless they complete their population annexation plan.
But once they start to come into contact with the outside world, it means war, plunder, and annexation.
As a species that can survive completely by parasitism, the meaning of their existence is to parasitize all intelligent life on the entire planet, and use each other to enter the interstellar age, and expand wildly at any cost, until it arouses the vigilance of some advanced civilizations and exterminates them all.
In a way, these little bugs are the dominant Gru's understanding of chaos and their unique expression.
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Just when Zhang Cheng observed through the magic mirror how these little insects infiltrated into civilized society step by step, and how they fought for power and profit little by little, and finally achieved a good show of controlling the entire country, he suddenly felt that there was a familiar energy that directly tore through the space, crossed countless spaces and dimensions, and appeared in the attic on the top floor of the tower out of thin air.
Because the other party didn't seem to be used to this complex special teleportation method, he didn't control it well, and tore a huge hole in the roof, and the other end of the hole was not a blue sky, but a partition between dimensions, and it was also a terrifying place where matter and energy were extremely chaotic and could not form a stable state.
"Oh-shit! I think I broke your tower. ”
With an incomparably familiar voice, the Initiator stepped out of the room with a smile on his face, an apologetic smile on his face.
He seemed so calm, as if the two were friends who talked about everything, and there was never anything unpleasant.
But what about the actual situation?
The two of them almost turned against each other in order to seize the chance to become the master!
Although in the end, both of them found their own way, that thorn has been planted deep in their hearts, and they will never be able to trust each other again.
"How do you know I'm here?" Zhang Cheng subconsciously frowned.
He couldn't believe that he had gone to this kind of planet in a remote corner of the universe in order to avoid those ill-intentioned eyes, but someone still found his whereabouts.
You must know that Gru can find him, it is 100% an accident, and there is more of an element of luck.
But the initiator was directly teleported to him through precise positioning.
This means that the tower's coordinates are already in the line of sight of almost all the Juggernauts.
The Initiator stroked his chest with one hand and bowed slightly, and replied in a slightly sincere voice: "I'm sorry, I can't give you a definite answer on this point, because even I don't know very well. I was very presumptuous to visit without saying hello in advance. But believe me, what I'm going to talk about next is good for you and good for me. ”
"Oh, as far as I know, the last time you told a lie like this, you slaughtered everyone in the organization who touched me but me. Zhang Cheng deliberately sneered and sarcastically said.
"No! this time it's not even me, it's something else. The Initiator shook his head, his tone full of meaningful hints.