“@Angry Crow Takes Flight, matters have reached this point; surely you see the situation clearly. Our factions have joined forces, not to fight to the death, but simply to hope Black Feather will concede a portion of your supplies and some of your high-combat-power members. This way, everyone starts from the same starting line. If you are willing to sit down and talk, we can immediately turn swords into plowshares. How about it?”
Demanding supplies wasn't enough? They wanted people too?
“@Angry Crow Takes Flight, Black Feather has dominated the top spot for too long. It is time to yield some benefits to balance the current landscape and give us smaller factions a chance to develop. You are a smart person, Crow; you should understand how to read the situation.”
Other than the part about me being a smart person, everything else was completely wrong.
Cheng Shuili’s expression remained unchanged. What did they mean by balancing the landscape? Did she force these people to create their own factions?
If you can't handle people, don't blame the road for being uneven.
“@Angry Crow Takes Flight, our alliance has limited patience. We will give you ten minutes to consider. Whether it is war or peace, it rests entirely on your decision. One last piece of advice: the lives of those following you are lives too! Think carefully about what the correct choice is!”
Whether it is correct or not is not for this guy to decide.
The principle of “strike one punch to avoid a hundred punches” was something Cheng Shuili had been familiar with since she was young.
Looking at these messages, a cold sneer curled the corners of her lips.
Since they had declared war, they had better be prepared to get hit.
Faction members were obedient, especially when it came to listening to their leader, Crow.
Once the assembly message was sent in the group chat, almost everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and entered the territory.
In no time at all, a vast sea of people gathered in front of Cheng Shuili.
These people were all armed, wearing bulletproof vests, and clearly prepared for battle.
Cheng Shuili waited for them to finish counting off, and after confirming that not a single member was missing, she first revealed a smile.
“You are all doing very well, and my judgment of character has not been wrong.”
“They are saying in the regional channel that your lives are lives too, urging me to think for everyone’s sake.”
Cheng Shuili’s voice reached everyone clearly, carrying a trace of mockery, but more than that, a repressed fury. “They think that by using your safety, they can coerce me into bowing my head, forcing me to hand over our things and our people on a silver platter.”
She paused, her gaze slowly sweeping over every face before her, seeing nervousness, trust, and even more, the anger ignited by these words.
“I am telling you now, and I am telling those delusional people outside—”
“Black Feather has no soft underbelly.”
“Because every single person here is not a burden that requires me to sacrifice benefits to protect! You are Black Feather’s blade, Black Feather’s shield! If they want you, if they want our things, they must first ask if the weapons in our hands agree!”
A roar erupted from the crowd, and all the trepidation in this moment transformed into burning battle intent.
Cheng Shuili raised a hand to silence the clamor and continued, “They think that with more people, they can force us to submit? What a joke! Today, we will use facts to tell them that every single person in Black Feather can take on ten of them! A mob gathered together is still just a mob!”
The mobilization speech should have ended here.
If it were an ordinary leader, they would now be arranging personnel and telling them to risk their lives.
But Cheng Shuili was clearly not an ordinary person.
Besides saying Crow was a smart person, those people also got one thing right: the lives of these Black Feather members were indeed lives.
Cheng Shuili herself valued these people’s lives more than anyone else.
She raised her hand and brought out the rocket launchers she had bought back from the Rat King yesterday.
Several wooden crates slammed heavily onto the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.
If not for this war declaration, Cheng Shuili should have been watching Yu Bing and a few others laying roads today.
Thinking of this, Cheng Shuili felt even more annoyed.
She stepped forward and, under the curious gazes of everyone, ripped off the wooden lid.
Inside the crate were three brand-new rocket launchers and rows of neatly arranged shells!
The cold metallic luster flashed with a heart-stopping chill under the sunlight.
A collective gasp sounded from the crowd.
Those who knew their stuff immediately exclaimed, “Holy crap! Rocket launchers?!”
“Boss… where, where did you get these?!”
Cheng Shuili lifted a rocket launcher with one hand, shouldering it as her cold gaze swept over the excited crowd.
“Risking their lives?” She sneered. “What makes them think they are even worthy of risking their lives against us?”
“Our lives are precious, so—” She patted the rocket launcher on her shoulder, her voice decisive. “Use this to blast them to death!”
“Everyone, listen up!”
“Our faction buildings are newly established! Their homes have nothing, but our home is precious. Calling you to the territory has only one purpose: protect this home that belongs to us.”
“Those with the highest attribute points, step forward, grab your weapons, and we are going to overturn their territories!”
“YES!!!”
The earth-shaking roar nearly flipped the camp!
Everyone’s eyes were bloodshot; the slight worry about the war from just a moment ago had completely vanished.
You want to fight us when we have rocket launchers? Do you have the strength for that?!
Those defending the base followed Su Rui’s commands. She told Su Rui to arrange things herself and even specifically gave her a rocket launcher.
This person had studied military strategy; although she didn’t know if it would come in handy, it was certainly better than the arrangement of a novice like Cheng Shuili.
Knowing how to use people according to their strengths was also one of Cheng Shuili’s virtues.
If those people really dared to enter their territory, she would blast them into the sky with the rocket launchers!
As for the other two, one was in Cheng Shuili’s hands, and the other was in Ailin’s.
Both led a few people to those territories that declared war, to go blast people!
Cheng Shuili actually wanted to just blast those leaders, people and vehicles alike, to end the battle in one shot.
But unfortunately, these people were prepared.
Either they used a Designated Player Duel Card to block the duel qualification, or they simply hid in their territories.
There was no danger in a territory during peacetime, but whether in a declared state of war or a peaceful state, players could not use a Designated Player Duel Card once they entered a territory.
This was a drawback of the card.
But Cheng Shuili didn’t care; to her, it was better that these people were hiding in their territories!
She shouldered the rocket launcher, her gaze coldly sweeping over the few elites selected behind her.
They were now in a team, and not only could they get the bonus from the Cohesion Aura, but the system also thoughtfully arranged a team channel, making speaking and commanding much more convenient.
Cheng Shuili opened the faction page; after the declaration of war, the territories of hostile factions appeared here.
Her fingers swiped quickly across the virtual panel, locking onto the territory of “Yunye”.
The information was provided by Xinxue Chu Ji; the leader of this faction was the eighth-ranked player on the leaderboard and also the highest-ranked person in their alliance.
This meant that this sudden declaration of war was likely initiated by this guy!
Before entering, Cheng Shuili gave one last instruction: “Remember our goal. Get in, grab supplies if you see them, and open fire if you see people! But most importantly, protect yourselves. If you encounter danger, come back immediately; your own lives are the most important.”
“Yes, Boss!”
Cheng Shuili nodded, raised her hand to open the regional channel, sent out the pre-edited message, and then immediately chose to enter the territory of “Yunye”.
After a brief sensation of spatial distortion, the figures of several people instantly vanished.
Ailin was doing the same thing, only the victim was another faction.
Meanwhile, in the regional channel.
“How come not a single person from Black Feather has come out to speak?”
“Is Black Feather actually chickening out? I’m sick of reading these spam messages; I’m just waiting for Black Feather’s response!”
“Where is Crow? Isn’t Crow supposed to be super badass? Why is she silent now? Even Crow has moments of cowardice, huh?”
“Ten minutes are almost up, right? No movement from Black Feather? Are they really scared?”
“I told you so. Several factions joined forces, including top-ten big shots; no matter how strong Black Feather is, they have to weigh the odds. It seems Crow is a realist after all.”
“@Angry Crow Takes Flight, our boss said, as long as you hand over half of your supplies, we can still be friends! Don’t be ungrateful!”
“Exactly! Sharing is caring. Black Feather has taken so many benefits; the people were picked by you first, and all the players with more supplies are in your Black Feather! Even the titles were taken by you first; they should have been split up long ago! We are just doing justice for the heavens!”
“Sigh, it seems the lone wolf that is Black Feather really can’t fight against a pack of wolves.”
“I actually thought Black Feather could put up a fight just now, but looking at this silence… they’re probably discussing internally how to cut their losses. What a pity. If I had known, I would have joined the alliance to get a piece of the pie.”
Cheng Shuili’s message was sent at this very moment.
【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: Thank you all leaders for sending over your territories.
A stone stirred up a thousand waves!
“？？？？？”
“Holy crap! What did I just see? Thank you… for sending over the territories？？？”
“What does this mean? What does Angry Crow Takes Flight mean?! Is she…”
“Holy crap! Black Feather isn’t chickening out; they’re planning to fight these people! Are they going to assassinate the leaders directly?”
“Crazy! Too crazy! But isn’t this too arrogant? With so many people in the alliance, so many leaders, can she kill them all? But this is really too badass! Angry Crow Takes Flight, I will follow you forever! Please let me into Black Feather!”
“How can this be that simple? Those leaders aren’t fools; besides the frontal battlefield in the territory, how could there be a chance to kill these leaders? Everyone has firearms; who is afraid of whom? If it really comes to a direct confrontation, isn’t that just a matter of who has more people? No matter who wins in the end, it’s definitely going to be piled up with human lives! Crow, this person… sigh, I thought she was a good leader before, but I didn’t expect her to not care at all about the lives of those following her!”
“There are still people who dare to follow her even like this? Isn’t it obvious that Crow wants supplies over human lives? I really didn’t expect her to be this kind of person; why make such a fuss over something that could be solved with a few supplies!”
There were countless such comments, and the people from the Yunye faction and others were thrilled.
In the Anti-Black Feather Alliance chat group.
“I knew this would be the result,” Ling Yun, the leader of Yunye, said smugly in the group chat. “The rhythm has already been set in the regional channel. As long as she dares to fight, the label of ‘not caring about members’ lives’ is stuck on her for good! Who would dare to follow her wholeheartedly in the future? Once the morale is scattered, how strong can her Black Feather really be?”
“Boss Ling Yun is right! This is a calculated scheme; she’s in a tough spot whether she accepts it or not. If she accepts, there will definitely be casualties. We have more people, and we can wear her down. If she doesn’t accept, she’ll have to obediently hand over supplies and people, and her Black Feather will never be able to hold its head up again! Hehe, we win either way!”
“Not bad. Our factions are united, and we have an absolute advantage in numbers. We’ll pin down most of them on the frontal battlefield and just wear them out! Even if we can’t kill Crow, Black Feather won’t amount to anything in the future. What she just said is nothing but bluffing to save face.”
“Hmm. But we still can’t be careless. Crow is a weird one, and she’s always been number one on the leaderboard; she definitely has special items we’ve never seen before. Since she dares to say that, maybe she really has a backup plan. Everyone, check your territory defenses; especially the leaders, protect yourselves, don’t let her really steal your base.”
“Boss Chentian’s reminder is valid. I’ve already had my members move all firepower to the front. We have two rifles guarding here; no matter how good Crow is at fighting, she can’t teleport, right? If she wants to launch a sneak attack, she has to ask our guns if they agree first!”
“Hahaha, I’m so excited just thinking about biting a piece of meat off Black Feather soon! Crow is usually so arrogant, this time we must empty their warehouse!”
“Don’t worry, what was promised to everyone will not be missing. According to the plan, once ten minutes are up, if they don’t cave in, we will clarify it in the regional channel: it’s Crow who refuses to negotiate, it’s Crow who doesn’t care about the lives of her members. Once their morale is gone, we’ll move in.”
“I’ve been eyeing Black Feather’s territory for a long time since it grants them titles; I can finally see it with my own eyes today.”
A sense of optimism filled the group, and although some remained vigilant, their nerves were dulled by the favorable situation.
It was precisely because of this that when Ling Yun saw the system notification 【Warning! A hostile faction member has entered your territory!】, he was stunned for a moment, and then sneered in the alliance channel.
【Ling Yun】: Heh, they really came? It seems Crow sent a few people who aren’t afraid of death to harass our rear and interfere with our judgment. How naive! What kind of waves can a few people make?
“Let them come! It’s just right to let our base guards practice! My members are already prepared, just waiting for ten minutes to pass…”
Before he could finish his sentence, a deafening bang suddenly came through Ling Yun’s microphone!
BOOM—!!!
The sound was so loud that, even through the chat group, the others felt the ground vibrate.
The relaxed atmosphere in the alliance group instantly froze.
“What was that sound?! Ling Yun!!! What’s going on on your end?!”
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