620: War is no joke

As Yang Dian's words fell, Zero's voice immediately followed: "The Think Tank has different views on how to develop Tiannan Star."

"Conflicting opinions are normal." Glancing at the city beneath his feet, which seemed to subtly creeping, Yang Dian continued, "What are their thoughts?"

"Chief Han believes that Tiannan Star people look identical to Huaxia people and suggests we absorb them to become a new ethnic group of Huaxia."

"Vice Chief Li thinks that resources are limited right now, and it's not a good time to absorb other ethnic groups into Huaxia. Instead, we should use the Tiannan Star people to test the Heart-Nature of our Citizens."

Yang Dian raised an eyebrow, a flicker of interest in his eyes: "How would we test their Heart-Nature?"

"Fully open up Tiannan Star, provide only relevant intelligence, and impose no other restrictions. Observe how our Citizens behave on the Alien Planet."

"Will they still adhere to etiquette and morality, only acting against those who commit crimes?"

"Or will they unleash the evil in their hearts when unsupervised?"

Yang Dian pondered for a moment, looking around at the dimension-folding region that was still expanding, and even accelerating its expansion: "It's indeed too early to absorb people from other planets to become a new ethnic group of Huaxia."

"We don't even have enough resources for ourselves, let alone for others."

"As for testing their Heart-Nature?" Saying this, Yang Dian shook his head slightly: "Forget it."

"As long as they're not on Huaxia land and don't commit crimes against their own people, it's fine."

"I don't care about the Alien Planet people's lives."

This was indeed Yang Dian's true thought, and he himself acted this way.

He had also been an invader, his hands stained with the blood of countless Lizardmen.

He was also a schemer; on Emerald Dragon Star, Ku Li Pa was used as a pawn, striving for his goals.

On Azurewave Star, for profit, he plundered the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty's treasury and Yu Tian's private vault, and also killed the Great Yu Empress who only sought to survive.

On Taicang Star, he had also stood by and watched others die, heading straight for the ancient aura of Fulu Temple.

Yang Dian could only say that he was worthy of Huaxia, but in the eyes of the Alien Planet natives, he was indeed not a good person.

He himself wasn't a good person, so what right did he have to test others?

The pot shouldn't call the kettle black.

Thinking of this, Yang Dian directly ordered: "Publicize all the dark deeds done by the alliance, such as human experiments, organ transplants, and the fact that they developed a revival serum but prevented zombies from regaining consciousness for the sake of zombie blood essence."

"Mark all the resource points we've discovered."

"Identify all Tiannan Star people who have committed crimes or are deemed unacceptable by Huaxia's Dao of morality."

"We will only do all of this."

"After all this is done, the rest will be handed over to them."

Lei Ming, who had been standing beside Yang Dian, couldn't help but ask after hearing Yang Dian's instructions: "Are we really not going to manage them?"

Yang Dian's Divine Thought swept over the slightly restless mech army behind him: "Just leave it to them."

As his voice fell, he turned around and spoke to the clearly eager mech army: "Tiannan Star's overall strength is equivalent to Huaxia's initial Qi Revival stage. The entire civilization's power level is relatively low, making it perfectly suitable for our combat drills."

"Therefore, this time, the conquest of Tiannan Star is entrusted to you all."

"How to do it, how to fight, whether to act as a group army, or to be a lone wolf hunting solo, or to only focus on the various resources on Tiannan Star — it all depends on what you yourselves think."

"I believe you all will surely deliver a satisfactory answer to yourselves and to the nation."

At this point, Yang Dian's tone shifted: "However, do not treat this war as a game, thinking that because you are controlling mechs, you can be reckless."

"Please note."

"Each person only has one chance to enter Tiannan Star."

"Once your mech is destroyed, it's equivalent to your death in battle, and the main computer will reject your request to re-enter Tiannan Star."

"So, everyone."

"Don't treat war as a child's play."

Saying this, Yang Dian glanced at the dilapidated city beneath his feet again: "And don't underestimate the dangers on the Alien Planet."

As his voice faded, Yang Dian, along with Lei Ming and Chen Ci, disappeared from everyone's sight.

Everyone who had been listening to Yang Dian speak was stunned.

"Oh, where's my Commander? I was still admiring the Commander's divine countenance; why did he suddenly disappear?"

"Uh, could it be that your infatuated gaze scared the Commander away?"

"Nonsense! I'm a man!"

"If you're a man, why do you set your voice to female? Brother, is there something wrong with you?"

"Stop the nonsense! The Wen Organization just issued a document. It says that all our gains on the Alien Planet, as long as they can be brought back to Earth, are ours!"

"Holy crap, doesn't that mean we're going to get rich? Are there rare treasures and rare treasures on the Alien Planet? I've never even smelled a rare treasure in my life."

"You haven't, and neither have I. Brothers, let's team up to farm the rare treasure dungeon! I'm a tank; I need two accurate ranged damage dealers!"

"Hey, look, the Expeditionary Force's official website has updated a list of Tiannan Star criminals. It has all the Tiannan Star people who have committed crimes."

"My cultural and martial arts scores used to be bad, so I never had a chance to be a police officer. Now that opportunity is before me, and I want to say: 'Officer, give me a chance to be an interstellar SWAT for a bit!'"

"The Expeditionary Force's official website also updated the resource points. Huh? There's blood essence beneath the Corpse City. blood essence can enhance physical strength without any side effects? There's only one Origin Corpse City in our area? Brothers, I'm going in!"

Some were still studying the updated information on the Expeditionary Force's official website.

Some had already started their mech engines and turned into streaks of light, rushing towards the Origin Corpse City.

In Subspace, Lei Ming watched the mechs, transformed into meteors, rushing towards the Corpse City, and couldn't help but clench his fist slightly: "Is it really okay to let them rush in like this?"

Chen Ci, who had been with them, looked bewildered: "What could happen if they rush in?"

Lei Ming withdrew his gaze from the Corpse City and turned to Chen Ci: "When we were paused over the Corpse City earlier, it gave me a chilling feeling, as if some great terror was hidden within, a terror powerful enough to kill me if unleashed."

Saying this, he looked at Yang Dian again: "Commander, you must have felt it too, right?"

Yang Dian glanced at Lei Ming, who called him 'Little Yang' when no outsiders were present and 'Commander' when they were, and nodded: "I felt it."

"A Tiannan Star specialty: the Activated Corpse City."

As his voice fell, hundreds of thousands of mechs had already either landed on the Corpse City's surface, drilled into its tall buildings, hovered above it, or directly entered its sewers.

Then, the first casualty report appeared on the combat zone channel.

"[Shanghai Songjiang District, Zhou Li KIA.]"

"Holy crap, who is this Zhou Li? So fierce? Died without a sound?"

Before the national curses in the communication channel had subsided, the information on the combat zone channel was already blurring past.

"[Urumqi, Kuxiqi Rejiefu KIA.]"

"[Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, Yang Yang KIA.]"

"[Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, Chang Jin KIA.]"

"[... KIA.]"

"[... KIA.]"

"[... KIA.]"

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