196: Eight major settlements!

This world is simply that cruel.

Even if Lin Ye had never harmed them, they would still choose to stand on the opposing side out of fear of him.

Ultimately, these are all inevitable outcomes caused by the dungeon mechanism.

The last time the Winter is Coming dungeon ran, it involved five million people.

With such a scale, who could guarantee they wouldn't be chosen?

Facing such an overpowered Lin Ye, everyone felt uneasy… including those currently at the top of the Hero Ranking.

In this world, if you are weak, everyone will treat you as prey!

If you are strong, the first thing everyone thinks about is whether they can unite to eliminate you, which would be equivalent to solving a potential disaster for themselves.

Only when you are strong, like the German Settlement, and your entire Settlement is strong, can you truly awe this world.

The reason the German Settlement is strong, besides Xier and the Three Generals, is precisely because the entire Settlement is strong!

The only reason these people dare to act so brazenly now is because they believe Lin Ye has no backing, that the Great Xia Settlement is too weak, and Lin Ye cannot rely on it.

Also, Winter is Coming and Raging Sea are currently restricted, meaning Lin Ye temporarily has no offensive power.

“Heh…”

Lin Ye shook his head helplessly.

One could only say these people's vision was too shallow!

This cross-era knowledge reserve was Lin Ye's greatest reliance!

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Dayan Hao drove for over two hours, finally stopping in the very center of the Great Xia Central City.

Lin Ye looked closely and saw a large complex resembling an ancient palace, somewhat similar to the Forbidden City in his previous life.

The sign read: Great Xia Dungeon Research Center, six large characters.

“Mr. Lin, please follow me.” Several staff members came forward to guide Lin Ye.

At the same time, Dayan Hao followed behind Lin Ye, entering the Dungeon Research Center with him.

After transmigrating, Lin Ye had heard some information about the Dungeon Research Center.

This was the most core area of the Great Xia Settlement!

It housed all of Great Xia's dungeon technology achievements to date.

However, for Lin Ye, such things held no appeal.

They weaved through the large courtyard for a while, finally stopping in front of a small courtyard.

Hidden by layers of trees, a small, independent house was vaguely visible.

“Mr. Lin, this is the Dungeon Research Center's conference room.”

“Please come in with me.”

All the staff stopped outside the courtyard, and Dayan Hao led Lin Ye inside.

As soon as he entered the room, Lin Ye saw everyone in the room stand up in unison.

These people were dressed differently; some wore military uniforms, some wore suits, and others wore standard academic robes.

But without exception, they all showed great respect.

“Mr. Lin, I am Army Commander General Li Yunlong.”

“Mr. Lin, I am Deng Xian, Dean of the Second Research Institute.”

“…”

At the very end of the room, an old man in a white vest was leisurely drinking tea.

Then he patted the seat beside him.

“I am Dragon Abyss.”

“Lin Ye, come and sit.”

“You are a genius of my Great Xia, and I should praise you properly, but unfortunately, the situation is urgent now, so let's skip the pleasantries.”

Lin Ye walked straight over and nodded respectfully to Dragon Abyss.

“Thank you for the privilege card earlier, Dragon Abyss Commander.”

“Don't be polite, let's just start the meeting.”

“If I'm not mistaken, this should be an official meeting of Great Xia, and I'm just an ordinary person, so I shouldn't have the status to participate, right?” Lin Ye said with a smile.

“Don't be coy, Azure Star values strength and contribution, and so does Great Xia. In a few days, I will hand over this Commander position to you,” Dragon Abyss also grinned.

Dragon Abyss was quite direct.

Lin Ye no longer declined and sat down directly.

He knew that the reason he was directly called here was most likely due to the eight Settlements jointly resisting the Great Xia Settlement.

This matter indeed had a significant impact on him.

Although he now had an exemption, he wasn't afraid of being pulled into a dungeon by others to harm himself.

But if Great Xia really expelled him, as those people threatened, it would inevitably affect his future improvement.

While Lin Ye didn't expect the Settlement to help him much, his people were all around him, and the Settlement organizations treated him well, not disturbing or demanding anything.

If he had to choose a good foothold on this planet, the Great Xia Settlement would definitely be the best.

Fortunately, from the current situation, Dragon Abyss had no intention of expelling him.

“Yesterday, the second day after the Great Amnesty, the Eight Great Habitats simultaneously launched attacks on our Settlement's people!”

“Our Settlement had over 1 million young Designers eliminated yesterday.”

“This time, even the Gaul Franche family, TOP1 on the Heavenly Ranking, participated, almost including half of the top twenty experts on the Heavenly Ranking!”

“This is the largest siege event our Great Xia has experienced since the 'Great Xia Crusade' fifty years ago!”

“Damn it! These bastards are just bullying my Great Xia because it has weakened over the years!”

“…”

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The meeting lasted a long time, and Lin Ye also heard many things he had never heard before.

It turned out that even without war, this world could still be so tragic.

His Winter is Coming was already cruel enough, but it only eliminated hundreds of thousands of people. Yet, this Eight Habitats Alliance directly eliminated a million people from Great Xia in one go!

It made sense; no matter how strong his dungeon was, it was still just one dungeon.

Now, all dungeons from the eight Settlements were being used to attack Great Xia. Individually, they might not be strong, but together, they were not to be underestimated.

“Elder Dragon, my idea is to first use Great Xia'sPoints Library to protect the most promising young Designers…”

“Additionally, we must launchdispersion attacks. My Army requests to deal with the Beautiful Settlement. Tomorrow, I will arrange for all Designers in my team to attack the people of the Beautiful Settlement!”

It was General Li Yunlong speaking; he seemed very angry.

He felt like he wanted to start a war immediately.

Afterward, several other deans expressed their opinions, but they were generally quite similar to General Li Yunlong's.

Eight Settlements simultaneously attacking one Settlement was indeed difficult to defend against, especially when Great Xia itself was not strong.

“Cough, cough.”

“Lin Ye, you are a genius of warfare. Tell us your thoughts.”

“You are now the core of my Great Xia. All Great Xia organizations can follow your command,” Dragon Abyss said, clearing his throat.