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#519 - Chapter 519 War and Civilians
Once Han Xuan established his goal of eliminating Zhou Li, her life could only be measured in hours.
This wasn't an exaggerated metaphor, but a brutally real fact.
More and more War College armies, which were essentially the private forces of various lords, descended upon Zhou Li's plane.
Although the Night King's appearance had successfully killed the War College allied forces in Zhou Li's core plane.
However, as Han Xuan had said, the War College was an immortal monster.
Their sole purpose was to eliminate enemies.
No matter the cost!
Therefore, when the Night King was driven out by Han Xuan's Suicide Squad, Zhou Li lost a significant portion of her trump cards.
Even though she had invested all the resource points she had previously acquired into army construction and strength enhancement, she remained as fragile as an ant in the face of the War College.
It's worth mentioning that Zhou Li wasn't the most miserable one in this war.
The truly miserable ones were the commoners who were dragged into this conflict because of her ambition.
Although these commoners, who made up the vast majority, didn't understand what the so-called Night King was, nor did they understand why they were being dragged into the war, and they didn't even understand what the Human Empire was.
They were still the biggest losers in this war.
Except for Wu Wei, almost all the lords, upon encountering the ordinary residents belonging to Zhou Li and others, would not hesitate to massacre them.
Their armies, at this moment, were merciless and unsympathetic executioners.
No matter how the pitiful residents wailed or begged for mercy, they could not escape their impending deaths.
The reason for this was that they were loyal to Zhou Li, and Zhou Li had defected from the Empire.
Such a simple reason was enough to sentence them to death.
Moreover, what was even more terrifying was that these armed executioners had extremely strict standards when dealing with these civilians.
Not only would the residents of the territories under Zhou Li be massacred, but also the environment they depended on for survival would be destroyed.
The reason these armies did this was because the Human Empire was taking precautions, preventing any possibility of their resurgence in the future.
Therefore, every plane owned by Zhou Li was plunged into an absolute bloodbath.
However, there were also a few 'lucky ones' who were clearly distinguished from those unlucky ones.
These were the residents captured by Wu Wei's army!
"Stop, stop, stop!"
"Everyone, stop!"
Just as the goblins under Li Qi were about to destroy a town with their [Giant Strength Type 3000 Destruction Machine] and casually kill all the civilians within.
Wu Wei, filled with justice, appeared in time and resolutely stopped their atrocities.
This benevolent and kind-hearted human lord, amidst the worshipful and grateful gazes of countless residents, reprimanded those short goblins and gnomes.
Then, this extraordinary philanthropist, regardless of gender, age, wealth, or social status, sent this group of residents, who originally belonged to Zhou Li, to his own plane one by one.
Countless residents, upon seeing that they could survive, expressed their highest gratitude to Wu Wei with excitement.
But soon, the residents who were sent to the Endless Abyss by Wu Wei regretted it.
Because under Wu Wei's great kindness, oh no, great wickedness.
This group of people, who should have died, discovered after being teleported that the place they were teleported to was actually a terrifying world of the Endless Abyss.
And waiting for them in the Endless Abyss were demon overseers, one after another, eager for new demon laborers to appear!
The Human Empire was already terminally ill.
Among all the human lords, there were very few who would care about the lives and deaths of these residents.
Even if there were, it would only be extremely hypocritical exploitation!
What is war?
There are many explanations for war.
But now, for these civilians, there is only one explanation.
That is, in war, the first to be hurt are always the civilians!
"Sigh...."
Watching countless residents die one by one, watching her homeland gradually disintegrate, Zhou Li, the instigator of all this, helplessly stood on the broken city wall, sighing repeatedly.
And her husband, the lord Zhang Yang, contrary to his usual behavior, bravely appeared behind her, holding her hand tightly.
He was expressing his support for her with silent actions.
However, just before this despondent lord completely fell into despair.
An uninvited guest arrived near her.
And this uninvited guest was naturally Wu Wei.
"What are you here to do?"
"To mock me, or to ridicule me?"
Looking at the smug Wu Wei below, Zhou Li questioned angrily.
But Wu Wei's answer was somewhat beyond her expectations.
"No, no, no!"
"I would never do such boring things."
"I'm just here to understand."
"Are you now tempted by the deal I mentioned before?"