With the almost total annihilation of the counter insurgency army sent by the kingdom in the battle of the wilderness, Kerwin only corrected it in place for less than two days, and then divided his troops into three routes to start an all-round attack at the fastest speed before the other party had time to respond.
In just half a month, more than 1/3 of the best land in the whole country fell into his control.
It is no different from what we do in the western provinces. We ruthlessly kill all the aristocrats who originally occupied the dominant position, and then win over and support the forces who were originally suppressed, so as to put them on the front stage and support the basic functions of administrative institutions such as maintaining public security and taxation.
It has to be said that this is a very dangerous practice.
Although these forces are suppressed by the aristocracy, they may not be willing to be loyal to a tyrant. They just temporarily succumb to powerful force. Once they have the opportunity, they will definitely launch a rebellion, or return to the kingdom through negotiation, or choose self governance.
In short, rapid expansion may be a real victory in the military, but it is a helpless compromise in the more profound political, economic and social aspects. It does not destroy the original interests and wealth distribution, but only seizes the part originally belonging to the royal family.
This potential hazard will become more and more serious with the loss of time, and eventually lead to a series of terrible disastrous consequences.
But interestingly, Kelvin obviously doesn't care at all.
The rapid advance of the three-way army at a speed unimaginable to the enemy gave him an inexplicable conceit that the word failure would never appear in his dictionary.
There are 20000 steel puppets like killing machines, and thousands of monsters who can cast all kinds of spells are continuously transported from the rear.
He didn't even know whether any powerful country could defeat such a terrible army on the front battlefield.
Coupled with those human soldiers who have gradually grown up after long-term war training, Kelvin has enough strength to support his expanding ambition and establish his own country.
As long as these troops remain, he believes that no one dares to betray easily, otherwise he will face extremely fierce retaliation.
But what he did not know was that a terrible change was taking place in a small island kingdom on the other side of the sea.
In the deepest part of the dark sewer, oval metal eggs hatch rapidly, and countless insects the size of rice grains are born in less than a few weeks.
Taking advantage of the cover of night, these insects quietly sneaked into residents' homes and unconsciously occupied nearly one fifth of the population by means of parasitic control.
With their innate ability, they can easily identify those parasitized by their own kind, while those are not. Finally, they unite and start to compete for power and profit. Almost all cities and towns on the island have intensified contradictions, and even fools can feel the tension in the air.
Some smart people realized that something was wrong and immediately took their families to try to escape to other countries by boat.
But almost every ship leaving Hong Kong will return that night, and the guy who escaped will settle down again as if he had changed a person, as if he had abandoned the idea of eager to escape.
Needless to ask, they were all parasitic on the ship.
To be exact, these unique creatures created by Gru are isolating the whole island kingdom from the outside world in their own way. Unless they complete the population annexation plan, they will never appear in front of the world.
But once they begin to contact the outside world, it means war, plunder and annexation.
As a species that can only survive by parasitism, the significance of their existence is to parasitize all intelligent life on the whole planet, and use each other to enter the interstellar era and expand wildly at any cost until they arouse the vigilance of some higher civilizations and wipe them out.
To some extent, these little bugs dominate Gru's understanding of chaos and his unique expression.
……
When Zhang Cheng observed through the magic mirror how these little insects penetrated into the civilized society step by step, and how they fought for power and profit bit by bit, and finally achieved the good play of controlling the whole country, he suddenly felt that there was a kind of deja vu energy that directly tore apart the space, crossed countless spaces and dimensions, and appeared out of thin air in the attic on the top floor of the tower.
Because the other party seemed not used to this complex special transmission mode, he didn't control it well at once. He suddenly tore a huge hole in the roof, and the other end of the hole was not a blue sky, but an interlayer between dimensions. It was also a terrible place where material and energy were extremely chaotic and could not form a stable state.
"Oh - damn it! I seem to have broken your tower."
With a very familiar voice, the initiator came out with a smile and an apologetic smile on his face.
He looked so leisurely, as if they were good friends who talked about everything and had never been unhappy.
But what about the actual situation?
They almost turned against each other in order to seize the chance to become masters!
Although in the end, they both found their own way, the thorn has been deeply planted in the bottom of their hearts and can never trust each other again.
"How did you know I was here?" Zhang Cheng frowned subconsciously.
He couldn't believe that in order to avoid those malicious eyes, he hid on this planet in a remote corner of the universe, but someone still found his whereabouts.
To know that Gru could find him, it was 100% an accident, and most of it was luck.
However, the initiator is directly transmitted to himself through accurate positioning.
This means that the coordinate points of the tower have been exposed to almost all the dominant line of sight.
The initiator stroked his chest with one hand, bowed slightly, and replied in a slightly sincere voice: "sorry, I can't give you a clear answer about this, because I don't even know myself. I'm very bold to visit without saying hello in advance. But please believe me, the next thing to talk about is good for you and me."
"Oh? As far as I know, the last time you told a similar lie, you slaughtered everyone in the organization who touched me outside." Zhang Cheng deliberately sneered and satirized.
"No! This time is different from the last time! This time is not even dominated by me, but some other great beings." the initiator shook his head, and his tone was full of meaningful hints.