Without wasting any time, the task of cleaning up the battlefield was assigned to several rulers, who then commanded the remaining awakened ones to quickly clean up the battlefield. Then, without waiting for further orders, they all retreated and returned to the core control area with the remaining supplies.
Chen Yan, along with a dozen selected rulers, followed the dictator to the underground cave 130 kilometers away.
These dozen or so rulers are all above three stars.
Although it is not clear what dangers exist in the underground cave, for safety reasons, it is better to bring strong people with you.
If it weren't for the need to leave behind a few rulers with three stars or above to take charge of the situation and prevent others from taking advantage of the opportunity to steal the house, the dictator would have wanted to bring all the rulers with three stars or above under his command.
However, these three-star rulers selected are all sub-bodies.
The three-star rulers who were assigned to lead the team back to the core control area were the normal rulers who had remained on the front line and had not yet had time to transform into sub-bodies.
Anyway, the core control area is now completely controlled by the sub-body, and the situation will not change even if the dictator does not go back.
Moreover, when making the arrangements, the dictator had specifically instructed that those rulers on the front line who had not yet had time to replace their zero-contaminated blood should first undergo a blood transfusion operation after returning to the core control area.
Even if the dictator is not around, the ruler who would have an immune rejection reaction would not risk his life by forcing the operation. As long as the number and strength of the offspring are absolutely superior, it can be ensured that there will be no chaos in the headquarters.
"From the radar report, it seems the Knights of Embers' Marshal, having discovered an opportunity to break through and become a Controller, deliberately leaked this information to me. The Knights of Embers' goal is to incite a war between the two organizations in this area!"
The dictator said with a serious expression as he rushed to the underground cave.
Chen Yan and the other rulers lagged behind the dictator by one step and followed closely behind him.
The dictator did not turn around when he spoke, but his strong body control allowed his voice to still reach Chen Yan's ears clearly.
"Intentionally leaking it to you? To start a war? Why? How would this benefit the Order of Embers?"
Chen Yan asked in surprise.
The dictator snorted coldly and said, "I've been wondering about this before! This place is over 10,000 kilometers away from the headquarters of the Order of Embers, which is about ten times the distance it takes for us from the Crimson Nation to reach here. And the difficulty of supplying and the cost of deploying manpower and materials brought by ten times the distance are more than ten times as great.
Anyone who's not an idiot can see that the Knights of Embers have absolutely no chance of winning a full-scale war of attrition from such a distant land, fighting on our very doorstep. Not even a shred of a chance! Warfare is all about logistics; it's about true war potential!
When a war of this magnitude breaks out between two forces whose overall strength is not that different, and if the potential for war is also not that different, then the final outcome will be who consumes less energy in the process! Obviously, the Knights of Embers are far less convenient than us in this regard."
At this point, the dictator paused, and continued with a serious expression, "Everyone knows that the Knights of Embers cannot win, yet they continue to maintain the intensity of the war, and are putting all their efforts into it, as if they are going all in, throwing all the supplies and high-end forces of the entire Knights into this area as much as they can.
I had no idea what the marshal was up to. If he truly intended to give it his all, why didn't he come here from the beginning? Instead, he escalated the intensity of the war while hiding in the rear? And if he didn't intend to give it his all, why would he send all his high-end forces here?
I thought it was the chance to break through and become a controller that drove the Knights of Embers' Grand Marshal to their knees. Even knowing there was no chance of winning, he refused to give up and was determined to play all his cards before reluctantly accepting reality. But I didn't expect... the reality was completely different!
Chen Yan asked doubtfully, "You mean, this war itself is what the marshal wants? The outcome isn't important. What's important is that this war must be fought, and that it results in a sufficiently brutal attrition rate? Enough powerful people must die?"
The dictator gritted his teeth and nodded, "That's right! He needs to release enough powerful vitality in this area! He needs to be at least a level 5 awakener! Anyone above level 5 awakener, if they die in this area, can release the vitality he needs!
Because after these life forces are released, they will be absorbed by the cave hidden below this area, and eventually gather into the "key" to open the cave! If you want to completely open the cave and let people in, then the powerful life forces that need to be absorbed are too much!
At least with the Knights of Embers' reserves of powerful warriors, even if all the awakened ones above level five were sacrificed, they wouldn't be able to meet the cave's demand for vitality. That's why the marshal thought of us! And so this war happened so inexplicably!
Chen Yan suddenly realized, "So this war lasted for several months. The reason why the marshal didn't come at the beginning was not to avoid dragging you into the battlefield too early, but actually to accumulate the number of deaths of strong people in advance without arousing too much suspicion?
After several months of continuous accumulation, he confirmed that the vitality he needed was not much less, so he finally set out to fight and achieve his goal in one fell swoop? Could it be that the general attack we just launched just gave him the vitality he needed?"
The dictator said with a gloomy face, "That's about right. The report isn't very detailed. A lot of it is just glossed over and left vague. There are also many guesses. It seems he actually knows very little about the cave's conditions. Most of it is just guesswork. Even the report, which I found, seems to have been left there on purpose!"
He seemed to think... relying on his own strength alone would be difficult to deal with the possible dangers in the cave. If he led me there, although the danger would be multiplied, there would be one more person to share the risk. Then, it would just be a matter of each person's ability. He had great confidence in himself.
Chen Yan blinked and said with a smile, "Then when there's suddenly an extra me, I wonder how big of a surprise it will be for him."
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