Li Xiang was so angry that he left Ice Scar City and went to the border to clean up the military forces that were trying to take advantage of the situation. The war in Ice Scar City was intense, and the supply troops were constantly being robbed. This made him very angry, so he simply asked Rita to resign and come to the border.
In the war in Ice Scar City, the real outcome was whether the combined forces of the mechanical creatures and the city guards could withstand the endless waves of mutants, and whether the Night Watchers led by Rita could withstand the attacks of this batch of disasters.
The most important battle was the final battle between Rita and the phantom with a thousand teeth. They were evenly matched in strength, and after a few defeats, the phantom with a thousand teeth continued to grow. Now, she was able to compete with Rita. Her growth rate surprised Rita, and she did not dare to underestimate this bloody battle.
Li Xiang did not have much use in Ice Scar City, so he simply went to the border to clean up the mutants.
His ruthless cleanup had completely angered Ji Zhanxue and the aristocratic family alliance. However, as early as a few months ago, New Polar Night had withdrawn from the big market under Li Xiang's instructions. They no longer carried out any commercial operations, but focused on the development of weapons and equipment and the advancement of new mechanization.
The three major divisions of New Polar Night, Crimson Moon, Lighthouse, and Polar Night, all shut themselves in and did their own work. This left the aristocratic family alliance with no evidence to use against them. They could not just casually find a reason to send people to provoke them.
After all, the White King's order was still there. As long as he did not change his support for Li Xiang, the aristocratic family alliance would not be able to make a move against New Polar Night. Moreover, New Polar Night did not have any market anymore. It would not benefit anyone to divert their forces to clean up this slowly growing force.
They did not like Li Xiang and wanted to kill him, but none of them were willing to be the vanguard. They all wanted to sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor.
It was this kind of mentality that pushed the human camp into danger time and time again. However, Li Xiang had also calculated this, so New Polar Night was now in a very safe environment.
Only Ji Zhanxue, his mortal enemy, would make him suffer at all costs. But even if he was willing to do so, his subordinates were not willing to die in vain.
Therefore, Ji Zhanxue could only continue to rage. On the surface, the new Polar night was no longer involved in any industry, but in fact, Scarlet Heavy Industries had already controlled the huge underground market.
After Cecilia took control of Wessex, she immediately shifted her focus to the research of mechanical creatures and invested very little in the military industry. On the surface, the Seven Continents were practically ruled by Dong Ling Heavy Industries and Bai Clan Heavy Industries.
The real ruler of Dong Ling Heavy Industry was the First Lady, Dong Ling Ai, and Bai's Heavy Industry was the joint industry of the 16 branches of the Bai family. The former was an important ally of Li Xiang in private and the closest relative of Ming Xu. Due to the latter's scattered power, the 16 branches only thought about how to get more benefits from Bai's Heavy Industry and never thought about continuing to promote it. Therefore, as time passed, Bai's Heavy Industry had not made much progress.
The introduction of the Polar night series immediately became popular in the Seven Continents. It was not easy to buy them on the surface, but many families bought them through underground channels. Even the military had many troops using the weapons and equipment produced by Scarlet Heavy Industries.
Ji Zhanxue could only watch all of this happen, but there was nothing he could do.
He was a Lieutenant General, the head of the Military Police, but even he could not stop his soldiers from using better weapons and equipment.
The military's own heavy industry was not doing so well.
While Scarlet Heavy Industries was exporting their products, Li Xiang was secretly doing something big.
Scarlet Heavy Industries had recently acquired many scattered workshops and expanded their research team. Finally, they invested a huge sum of money to merge the Zhe family, which was second only to Bai's Heavy Industries in District 1.
The Zhe family had been under the control of Zhe Yuan more than a year ago. Li Xiang's senior sister was the head of the reserve group of Rose Maids and the proud disciple of Night Shadow. She was very loyal. Under her control, the Zhe family gradually broke away from the Bai family and merged with the new Polar night.
The most important thing was that the Zhe family was also a military family, and they were in control of the only chip technology at the moment.
They were famous for their special raw materials. Many of the weapons and equipment produced by the Zhe family had to be repaired in the Zhe family's shop because only the Zhe family had those special materials. The Zhe family had installed chips to control everything.
If they were not satisfied with this, they could choose not to use the Zhe family's weapons and equipment. However, the Zhe family's weapons and equipment were much more exquisite and powerful than those produced by the other two heavy industries.
The Zhe family's weapons and equipment were high-end. In terms of high-end products, they were even better than the other two heavy industries and were on par with the Scarlet Heavy Industries.
The acquisition of the Zhe family was just a cover. Li Xiang's purpose was to brand the weapons and equipment produced by the Scarlet Heavy Industries with the Zhe family's emblem and insert the chips into them.
"Either you don't use my things, or you should be prepared for the weapons and equipment to malfunction when we fight!"
This was a covert operation. Although it would be discovered sooner or later, the number was so small that Ji Zhanxue did not notice it at all.
Li Xiang's last stop was the border of City 0010. Andrea had been stationed there since she was promoted to Major General. Even after the fall of the Polar night and the upheaval of the Seven Continents, she was still unmoved. She quietly blocked batch after batch of fish that escaped the net and ensured the safety of City 0010.
After becoming a player, Zhao Lingkong was busy with the construction of the Scarlet Moon Army and often returned to the border to visit his adoptive mother.
The two of them met outside the General's Hall. Zhao Lingkong's face was full of worry. He had just finished paying his respects to Andrea when he was forcefully dragged into a fight. The result was naturally that he was beaten up very badly. At this moment, his face was covered in dirt and his nose was swollen. He hurriedly greeted Zhao Lingkong and ran away as fast as he could.
When Li Xiang received Andrea's secret letter, he learned that there would be a group from the Aristocratic Family Alliance plundering the supplies passing through this area. When he rushed over, he only saw countless shattered corpses and rivers of blood. The Aristocratic Family Alliance's group had long been wiped out by Andrea.
The members of the Rosette Maids were notorious murderers in the Seven Continents. They did not care about the rules of the players and killed as they pleased. They did not give the military any face at all.
Andrea had been guarding the border. This was the closest defense zone to the Seven Continents. It was more important than the Great Wall of Disaster. No matter how dissatisfied the Aristocratic Alliance was, they could only swallow this loss before they could find a suitable replacement.
Inside the General's Hall, the main hall had been directly modified by her into a bathtub. Countless beautiful young ladies were playing in it without a single thread of clothing on. What entered one's eyes were their white and tender bodies, causing one's blood to boil.
Andrea only had a light-colored transparent bathrobe draped over her shoulders as she soaked in the hot spring. There were a total of four pretty girls serving her from all sides. This style was exactly the same as Dark Night's Shadow.
"Young Master, you're here." Andrea smiled sweetly at him. Ever since Sophia had personally acknowledged Li Xiang's identity, no one in the Rosette Maids opposed him. She patted the buttocks of a few maids and said with a smile, "Why aren't you helping the Young Master change?"
Li Xiang was stripped naked and jumped into the hot spring. It was not that he liked this style, but Andrea liked to soak in the hot spring and interact with people.
"I remember when I first met you a few years ago. You were just a small magic apprentice in Lighthouse Academy. Now you're a player." Andrea laughed softly. The maids beside her all exclaimed.
They only knew that the Young Master was very powerful, but they did not expect him to become a player at such a young age. They immediately looked at him coquettishly and shyly.
Li Xiang smiled bitterly. He took the wine glass Andrea handed him and took a sip. "Sister Andrea, don't make fun of me."
"Haha, I told Sophia back then that you would definitely make her miscalculate, but she didn't believe me." Andrea chuckled and leaned closer to look at him. "Alright, tell me. What do you want me to do for you to come all the way here? I don't believe that you would come all the way here just for this small supply team."
Even if Li Xiang did not come, she would take care of the people from the Aristocratic Alliance. There was no doubt about that.
Li Xiang chuckled and leaned close to her ear and whispered a few words.
After he finished speaking, Andrea's expression immediately changed. She looked at him in surprise. "Really?"
"Absolutely. If it really comes to that …" Li Xiang nodded solemnly.
"Alright, I promise you!" Andrea was also very heroic. There was not a trace of hesitation.
This was a backup plan that Li Xiang had set up. He did not want it to come in handy one day.
.....
When he returned to Ice Scar City, Li Xiang heard another big news. The ruler that had been sleeping all this time, the Ice Millet King, had awakened.
There was no need for accurate information.
The snowstorm that had been pervading Ice Scar City suddenly stopped. When the bright red sun rose into the sky, all the Night Watchers knew about this.
It was said that the Frost Millet King had been sealed during the previous Holy War. No one knew when it would awaken, but a monarch rank calamity, a ruler that had survived since ancient times, was definitely not something that Rita could match.
Everyone was in a state of panic.
All the Level 9 players had been summoned to the new world. What they feared the most now was that a ruler would awaken and invade the Great Wall of Disaster.
This would be a devastating blow.
Li Xiang had just entered Ice Scar Castle when he saw Rita with a worried expression. She had spent a lot of energy fighting with the Thousand-toothed Shadow over the past few days. The two of them could not do anything to each other. Although the Thousand-toothed Shadow was still growing, it would take at least a few decades before it could defeat Rita.
There had never been a King versus King, so the burden should be placed on the players and the Calamities.
This side was also evenly matched. There was no result for the time being.
On the defense side, with Li Xiang's Great Wall of Mechanized Creatures, as well as the support of a large number of mechanical creatures and new equipment, a few of the most terrifying waves of mutants were also resisted.
If it was before, they would definitely not be able to hold on.
There was also good news from the other strongholds. The Great Wall of Disaster brought great benefits, effectively blocking all the attacks.
The good times did not last long. The sudden awakening of the Ice Millet King broke this hard-won balance.
These days, Fei Yujing still did not appear. But when she came to see him, she was full of confidence. So it was because she knew that the Ice Millet King would awaken?
"Commander Rita, how is it now?" Li Xiang could not help but ask. With a ruler making a move, it was no longer a situation that could be made up with numbers.
It was impossible. Were they all going to wait for death here?
"For now, we don't know the real situation with the Ice Millet King. It must have awakened, but there has been no movement. I suspect … it has not fully recovered."
"Not fully recovered?"
Rita nodded solemnly and told him about the past of the Ice Millet King and the Lighthouse players.
Of course, she did not know anything about Black Fire. She only knew that after the great battle, the Ice Millet King was severely injured by the Lighthouse players and had been in a hibernation state. It was said that the injury was very difficult to heal.
"I hope so. If the Ice Millet King really joins the battle, what should we do?" Li Xiang was not willing to die here for no reason.
Rita glanced at him and said calmly, "Of course we'll run. Are we going to stay here and wait for death?"
Li Xiang was stunned.
"Are you going to stay here and wait for death? The mission of the Nightwatchers is indeed to guard the Great Wall of Disaster. It has not changed for a hundred years. But the premise is that the enemy does not have overwhelming strength. Otherwise, who would be willing to do something like seeking death? " Rita looked at his expression and smiled. "Don't look at me like that. I didn't say it myself. It was the Night King's original words. As long as the Dominator is involved, the Nightwatcher Stronghold Garrison Commander has the right to retreat. "
"I know that you are dissatisfied with many things recently. The Night King is not stupid. She is willing to protect the human camp, not those small fries. It is impossible for us to sacrifice ourselves to help them stop the Dominator. Moreover, the Dominator joining the battle is a matter for Level 9 players. We don't have to worry, and there is nothing to worry about. "
"Then …" Li Xiang nodded and asked about the next step of the plan.
"In the next one or two days, if the Ice Millet King really wakes up, it will release its territory soon. That will be our last chance to escape. As for the others … "Rita's eyes darkened and said faintly," If it can attack, then the moment it wakes up, they will already be dead. "
Li Xiang's heart skipped a beat and did not reply.
That was indeed the case.
If a Dominator really joined the battle, then these magic users would definitely die.
Only the players had a chance of survival. They might be able to leave Ice Scar City while the territory was being released, but the chances of survival were not high.
"I don't think the possibility of the Ice Millet King recovering is high. If it could be awakened so easily, wouldn't it have destroyed us long ago? And even if it wakes up, I believe the first thing it will do is to clean up these disasters that invade its territory. It is a Dominator and has no consciousness. Unlike those anthropomorphic disasters, it is not sentient. "
Li Xiang calmly analyzed and recovered from his initial panic. Coupled with Fei Yujing's warning, he gradually had an idea.
"It has been awake for so long, but there is no movement at all. Unless it is still under great restrictions, or it has not recovered at all, or it could have been forcefully awakened by someone!"
Rita's eyes lit up. This was a novel idea, but it was possible.
In short, even the bloody battles had stopped for the past few days. Whether they lived or died depended on what happened next. Rita had already planned a temporary retreat route.
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