The true disaster had begun.
Tens of millions of Central Plains people were being controlled to march toward the southwest and northwest without them realizing it. If one looked down from the sky of the Land of Nine Regions, one would feel that the dense mass of people was like a huge fan that was rolling toward the west.
The Central Plains was already empty. Ten rooms and ten rooms were empty.
The originally bustling vegetable market, the originally bustling night market, and the originally crowded long street had all become empty.
Occasionally, a gust of wind would blow the waste paper and plastic from the ground into the air.
The temperature of the world seemed to have dropped in an instant.
Everyone had left their homes and were being manipulated towards an unknown fate.
The Southwest or Northwest.
The Southwest and the Central Plains were not connected, because a forest five hundred kilometers long lay between them.
When the Southwest wanted to trade with the Central Plains, they had to first borrow the road from the Northwest and then go to the Central Plains.
When the Southwest was formulating its military strategy, the forest itself was a natural barrier, because any mechanized army that wanted to pass through it would have to pay an enormous price.
Armored vehicles, tanks, and artillery units would find it difficult to advance through this forest.
There was a dirt road between the forest, but the problem was that this dirt road was not sturdy. Once a heavy vehicle passed through it, the roadbed would immediately collapse.
At most, it would be able to pass through a few off-road vehicles.
However, the human troops under Zero's control were a little more crude. The controlled residents were able to pass through the forest without any misgivings.
Without vehicles or supplies, the millions of people walked in as if they were going to force their way through this uninhabited area of five hundred kilometers.
The crowd was silent.
There were children, elderly, women, and men, and a large number of soldiers.
The military equipment of the Central Plains actually exceeded the number of soldiers. For example, after many wars, the Central Plains only had around three hundred thousand soldiers.
But the number of firearms had reached 1.2 million, and this was a conservative estimate. The number of bullets was even greater.
If the Central Plains hadn't fought against the expeditionary army, this number would have been even more terrifying.
It sounded like an exaggeration, but the military equipment of a consortium had always been several times the number of soldiers.
Thus, the enemies that the Southwest and Northwest had to face were not all unarmed civilians, but soldiers armed with firearms and ammunition.
The physical strength of ordinary people might not be as good as that of soldiers, but under Zero's control, every one of them could master the most specialized military skills.
Accurate shooting, close combat, and rapid explosions were all things that anyone could do.
Even children knew where the weak points of the human body were.
To be precise, it wasn't the child who knew. It was Zero who knew.
Of course, the strength of a child was not enough to support the strength of the attack. The most terrifying ones were still the young adults in the crowd.
People often described an elite army as a sophisticated machine, but no one knew how terrifying it was when an army that was no different from a sophisticated machine appeared.
Plowing the ground with missiles? The missile base of the Southwest Kyung Clan had been invaded by Zero. Everything related to the system had been turned into scrap metal. The Kyung Clan had to return to the most primitive way of fighting in the era of firearms.
The only thing they could rely on was the cold guns in their hands.
Fortunately, the troop's progress was not fast. When these ordinary, untrained people began to travel long distances, blisters began to appear on the soles of their feet. If not treated, a large number of bacterial infections and skin ulcers would appear in the crowd.
Zero did not disregard life and death to allow humans to continue advancing, because these living humans were its servers and carriers.
Doing its best to preserve the servers and carriers was also something that it needed to consider.
Therefore, the people whose soles were abraded would stop and rest on the spot.
In the crowd, some people specialized in collecting various herbs and interspersed with treating the wounds of those who were injured. After the wounds were healed, the crowd would set off again.
During this period, everyone would use the most precise method to relieve muscle fatigue, reduce muscle knots, and the accumulation of lactic acid. This was only the most basic treatment method.
The balance of victory had tilted, but Zero did not seem to be in a hurry to enjoy the victory.
This huge crowd was like a colony of ants, each doing its own job.
Compared to the crowd controlled by Li Shentan, they were more orderly, more restrained, and more intimidating.
Although the crowd controlled by Li Shentan was not afraid of death, Zero was better at operating everything.
It rarely made mistakes.
There was no supply line in the crowd. After entering the forest, there was a special group of people to provide supplies for everyone.
They picked all the fruits that could be eaten and hunted all the animals and insects that could be eaten.
Everything that flew in the sky, ran on the ground, roots, leaves, and all kinds of insects could be turned into food.
Therefore, the most terrifying scene appeared. The crowd chewed the cleaned insects as they walked, their long legs struggling and shaking between their teeth.
After eating the insects, they would continue to eat leaves and fruits. Zero clearly knew what could be eaten and what could not be eaten.
According to each person's height and weight, it calculated the energy that each person had to ingest: 43% protein, 22% fat, 0.1% various vitamins, and 17% carbohydrates …
Zero never cared about the source of the nutrients that these people needed. It could come from roots, water, insects, or fruits.
All it needed was to maintain the normal operation of the human body.
It did not care about the texture or taste.
During the journey, in just a short week, these people not only did not fall sick, but their bodies were becoming "healthy" at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The fat people quickly lost weight, and the thin people were becoming stronger.
All the indicators in their bodies, such as blood lipids and blood pressure, were approaching the standard of health.
Under Zero's control, no one would stop exercising because of fatigue or other negative emotions. It was just like when humans went to the gym, many people could not stand the pain, but the artificial intelligence did not care.
People no longer had the time to watch television, read newspapers, or listen to the radio. They also no longer enjoyed the scenery and delicious food. Everything they did on the road was for the sake of walking further and allowing their bodies to achieve the greatest possible balance before they reached the battlefield.
When they reached the battlefield, no one would fear death.
Every life was only for the sake of victory. There was no difference between lives.
The journey was long, and the tide of people moved slowly.
But everyone understood that sooner or later, this crowd would reach the Southwest and Northwest one day.
It seemed that from this moment on, human civilization had really begun to count down.
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