801 Righteousness and Evil

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Many of the cities that Great Qin had helped and had good relations with started to cry out in outrage on behalf of Great Qin. They stood out to state that Great Qin had always treated them as friends and had never threatened them. Those who had joined Great Qin had all joined voluntarily.

The various City Lords stated that because of the natural disasters, they had burned through resources quickly, but Great Qin had supported them this entire time – Great Qin was righteous and kind, and those who said that Great Qin was violent, bloodthirsty, evil, and barbaric did not know what Great Qin was truly like.

Right now, compared to the various system main cities around it, Great Qin’s territory was like a paradise. Outside, there were countless natural disasters and chaos, but Great Qin’s territory was always filled with the songs of birds and the fragrance of flowers. All of their residents lived in comfort and harmony; this showed that Great Qin’s Legatee was not just a tyrant; otherwise, how could Great Qin’s residents live such good lives?

The City Lords could not watch such a good faction being disparaged like this; they questioned whether those who were defaming Great Qin were blind to be able to say such baseless things.

The system main cities that defended Great Qin the most had already secretly decided to join Great Qin and were simply saying these things to hope for better treatment when they joined.

Seeing this, many other City Lords also decided to join in; after all, they had received many benefits from Great Qin, and Great Qin had not harmed them.

Even though they had just spoken their minds, the effect they had was massive. They created an image of Great Qin that was kind and loving, in stark contrast to the bloodthirsty and evil Great Qin that the others claimed it to be.

Great Qin’s unbridled conquering of regions made countless system main cities feel threatened, and they were thinking about joining together to destroy Great Qin, but the situation suddenly changed.

One side said that Great Qin was cruel and ruthless, while the other side said that Great Qin was kind and caring; these two sides contradicted each other, so no one was as convinced to destroy Great Qin anymore.

The City Lords of the regions that Great Qin had recently conquered also spoke out – originally, they had been harboring plans to harm Great Qin, but after seeing Great Qin for what it truly was, they were convinced to be fully loyal to it.

They stated that Great Qin did not have any intentions of harming them and instead treated them very well, almost as if they were family. These City Lords felt incredibly wronged on behalf of Great Qin and demanded justice.

Hearing this, all of the factions were greatly shocked. Now that the City Lords of the regions that had been conquered gave their own accounts that Great Qin was in actuality kind and innocent and that it was being slandered, this completely changed the situation.

All of a sudden, everyone seemed to be on Great Qin’s side now, believing that it was good and benevolent. After all, Great Qin had been quiet all this time, and now that it had suddenly gone to attack, there must be some sort of reason.

Moreover, it did not even attack the cities near it, so why would it take the effort to attack regions far away from it without any good reason?

The eastern side’s City Lords did not know exactly what was going on; they only knew that Great Qin had attacked, so they immediately allied together to resist Great Qin.

However, they had never thought that the situation would suddenly change like this. One side said that Great Qin was evil, while the other side said that Great Qin was good and kind. Now, there were evidently more people standing on Great Qin’s side, as they had all sorts of evidence.

If those cities had really plotted to harm Great Qin, being destroyed served them right. As long as Great Qin did not continue to invade, they would not risk their lives to resist it. As such, the alliance to resist Great Qin quickly scattered, and the City Lords all went their own ways.

Because many of those City Lords had already submitted to Great Qin, they had followed Great Qin’s orders to make up some lies to make Great Qin sound better.

Zhao Fu did not get involved in any of this; all of this was handled by Li Si. Even if their plan was discovered, Zhao Fu could push all of the responsibility onto Li Si, preserving Great Qin’s reputation.

Seeing such a violent and ruthless fellow being praised like this, many of the City Lords who knew the truth were almost angered to death.

Some of the City Lords who had escaped earlier stood out to say that they had no plans to harm Great Qin and that they had been framed by Great Qin. It was obvious that Great Qin had invaded them, yet it had used such shameless tactics.

However, Great Qin vigorously rebutted this – they claimed that Great Qin had no plans of attacking; it was just that once Great Qin came, it was them who had been afraid and run away, causing countless residents to lose their support.

Both sides started to vigorously argue, but neither side sent out any soldiers. Zhao Fu had long since prepared for a battle, sending many soldiers to defend the Great Wall, but they did not have the courage to come.

The reason for this was because they simply did not have enough people – they only had 400 City Lords and 40 million or so soldiers; they understood that they were not a match for Great Qin, so they naturally did not come to attack.

Moreover, they did not even seem to be on the side of righteousness anymore, making it hard for them to gather more City Lords. Great Qin’s actions angered them to death, turning black into white and day into night. They were simply shameless to the extreme, but the City Lords could do nothing about it.

Many player factions understood that this was merely one of Great Qin’s schemes; they clearly understood just what Great Qin was – right from the beginning, the name of Great Qin was a synonym for evil.

However, despite knowing this, they did not dare to do anything. With Great Qin’s current strength, it was already good enough for it to leave them alone. If they made trouble for it, they would be wiped out instantly.

Everyone was quite intelligent, so they could only pretend to be mute. That was how strong Great Qin was.

Great Qin’s gains this time were quite shocking – they had obtained 240 system main cities, 22 million Stage 1 soldiers, and 110 million residents. It now lacked a tiny sliver of EXP to level up into a Level 5 Capital City.

After receiving another monstrous boost to its strength, Great Qin did not have any more battles to do, so it once again became low-profile and properly digested those regions. They could only delay attacking the other two directions for now.

Now that he had some free time, Zhao Fu once again returned to the real world and took care of some matters, and he heard about the Great Ming and Great Song Dynasties planning to ally together to destroy the White Lotus Sect.

However, because the White Lotus Sect was quite scattered and had firm roots, they could heavily wound it each time but could not pull it out by its roots.

Zhao Fu did not take the White Lotus Sect too seriously; even though they were working together, because Zhao Fu did not care too much about his relationships with those people, they were unable to gain a hold over him using relationships. As such, their connection had been growing more and more distant, but the White Lotus Sect now came to Great Qin for help and protection.