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Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Tang Feifei glanced at him, then narrowed her eyes, revealing a dangerous glint in them. "Do you think I'm praising your brilliant plan?"
"I'm curious... how did you manage to handle such a difficult goddess in just three days?"
"Pfft." Sitting in the driver's seat, Liu Fuping, who was acting as the driver for the three of them, couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Guan Xiao, sitting in the passenger seat, also had a smile on her face, her lips curving upwards so wide she could barely contain herself.
Qiu Tu was the only one in the car who looked completely speechless...
.....
Three women make a drama. Especially three women who have used the same iron rod, the drama only intensifies.
So, Qiu Tu was almost constantly busy throughout the journey, dealing with all sorts of strange and somewhat tricky questions from the three women.
Having lived two lives, Qiu Tu was able to handle this chaotic situation with ease, so even when facing three opponents alone, he was still not at a disadvantage.
Even... inexplicably, he found a little bit of fun in it.
That was the joy of being a man, stripped of his identity as speaker...
And so, very quickly, the convoy arrived in Dongye Prefecture.
Qiu Tu didn't get out of the car with the three women. Instead, while the vehicle was moving, he flipped the world and went to the "Boundless Sea of the Heart." There, he patiently waited for Yan Yan's plan to be executed while simultaneously building up his status as a "Third-Rank Deity."
After all, he was genuinely curious about how Yan Yan was going to turn this Northwest region upside down...
He didn't have to wait long.
On the very night he "left" the Northwest region, a major event occurred at Shelter No. 7.
At 20 PM, all external communications of the 7th Shelter's central command were suddenly cut off.
Messages and intelligence could not reach the outside of the 7th Shelter's central hub. And the outside of the hub could not contact the inside either.
No one knew what had happened, but everyone guessed that something big might have occurred.
It could even be... a coup!
20:10 PM. The royalist army marched into the central hub of the 7th Sanctuary, while Princess Xi's personal guards began a large-scale search for the elders of the 7th Sanctuary.
Wei Zhengze, the head of the Wei family, led the Wei family and more than a dozen other elders in a rebellion, but they were brutally suppressed!
With her full power unleashed, Princess Xi, at the peak of the fifth rank and possessing two catastrophic pathways, is the number one person below the sixth rank.
Furthermore, her "Cataclysmic Path" makes her stronger the more she is injured, making the experts of the 7th Sanctuary no match for her.
Therefore, not long after, the last of the three major families in the 7th Shelter, the Wei family, was also completely wiped out.
Those close to him were also arrested or killed.
For a time, the entire central area of Shelter No. 7 was in a state of panic.
But that's not all.
At 21:30 PM, the core of the royalist faction, with the help of the royalist army, began to seize control of various states and cities.
Some stubborn individuals wanted to resist and mobilize troops to fight back.
As a result, they were horrified to discover that they couldn't mobilize the army!
Apart from a few cities where the troops obeyed orders and launched a counterattack, the troops in most cities seemed to disappear without a trace after the orders were received...
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In contrast to Sanctuary 8, which was still establishing a municipal system to command the military, Sanctuary 7 had long since transitioned from a military government to a civilian government.
The power to mobilize the military has also been incorporated into the municipal system.
In the past, no matter what happened, this rule was an inviolable deadline, always upheld by the elders of the shelter. But no one expected that this time, it would suddenly become invalid.
So, some city council members, not believing in such superstitions, sent people to check the city's military camps. To their surprise, they found that all the city's military camps were now under martial law.
Soldiers patrolled the perimeter of the military camp, while the interior was brightly lit and ready for battle.
Upon seeing this, the city hall staff assumed the military was ready to be deployed and hurriedly tried to approach them to communicate.
To everyone's surprise, after learning their purpose, the patrolling soldiers simply chased them away.
According to the patrolling soldiers, valuables were lost from the military camp, which is now under martial law, and no one is allowed to enter or leave.
The staff panicked upon hearing this. They hurriedly argued: What could be more urgent than suppressing a rebellion? And shouldn't the army, which has been maintained for so long, step up to save the day in times of crisis?
To their surprise, the patrolling soldier merely glanced at them coldly and uttered the words: "Failure is rebellion, success is revolution..."
For a moment, the staff member's mind went completely blank.
At that moment, how could they not understand the army's position: the army likely already knew about tonight's events, but deliberately let them go unchecked.
To some extent, this was a collective coup involving the armies of the states and cities of the 7th Sanctuary!
However, what puzzled all the factions in the 7th Sanctuary was: when did Princess Xi take down those armies?
.....
at the same time.
The 7th Sanctuary, the Senate, the Parliament Hall.
At this moment, the room, symbolizing the core of power in the 7th Sanctuary, was filled with a solemn and imposing atmosphere. Beneath the enormous dome, crystal chandeliers emitted a cold light, illuminating three rows of generals dressed in the uniforms of the 7th Sanctuary and the Royalists, each bearing a few gold flowers on their shoulders.
They stood ramrod straight, their posture resolute, their eyes revealing fervor and determination, like a pack of hungry wolves about to rush into battle, exuding a chilling aura of killing intent.
In the center of the hall, a huge star flag hangs high, its red and blue markings standing out prominently under the lights.
Below the banner, Princess Xi, dressed in military attire and riding boots, was engulfed in black flames as she walked through the room, delivering a speech.
"We are the protectors of the people. We fight against foreign enemies and resist evil gods! We sweat and bleed for our sanctuary and for the human race!"
"But the powerful families oppress us! The civil officials enslave us! They embezzle our military pay and our pensions! And they still make us stand on the front lines!"
"When we wanted victory, they made us surrender!"
"While we were bleeding and sweating on the front lines, they were clinking glasses and indulging in revelry at the ball!"
"Even though it's already the Age of Cataclysm, they're still clinging to us, sucking the blood from all the people!"
"The world shouldn't be like this!"
"We absolutely cannot let it turn out like this while we're in the business!"
"Therefore, we rise up! We purge the powerful clans and destroy that corrupt civil service system! We seek revenge! We want to reclaim what belongs to us from this world!"
"We may bleed, we may sacrifice! But final victory is destined to be ours!"
As Princess Xi spoke, the black flames of revenge within her suddenly erupted!
As the black flames emanated from her, the generals standing before her were all cast in shadows, which ignited a fierce fighting spirit in their eyes!
"Victory! Victory! Victory!"
The powerful shouts resounded throughout the entire conference hall!
Princess Xi swept her gaze over everyone with an air of authority, and then said, "I believe everyone has seen my sincerity over the past two weeks!"
"After confiscating the property of the Han and Zhao families, I immediately restored everyone's status and benefits. Furthermore, I allocated the confiscated resources to our army! So that everyone can have enough to eat and warm clothes!"
"And today, I want to tell you all that, starting today, all soldiers and officers will be promoted one rank and their benefits will triple!"
"After this battle, you'll receive an extra 20 months' worth of military pay!"
At this point, Princess Xi walked from left to right in her riding boots, "Furthermore, I promise that when the Senate is established in the new sanctuary, two-thirds of the Senate members will be composed of our officers! All their treatment and positions will be exactly the same as the previous Senate members!"
"In our upcoming operations, all wounded soldiers will receive free, top-quality medical treatment at shelters!"
"Soldiers who die in battle will receive 10 times the standard compensation! Their families' livelihoods will also be fully covered by the shelter!"
"We deserve the best conditions and the highest treatment for protecting our country!"
Upon hearing Princess Xi's words, the generals present were completely ignited with enthusiasm!
Seeing this, Princess Xi walked back to the center from the right with satisfaction. She swept her gaze over all the generals with an air of authority and said in a firm and powerful voice, "As for our support, you don't need to worry!"
"In addition to the support of all the people in the 7th shelter, we also have Speaker Chiu and the Four States Group as our backers!"
"Whether it's top experts or backup, we have it all!"
"The rest is about taking down those powerful families and clans that are leeching off the shelter!"
Finally, Princess Xi, with a deep gaze and a majestic expression, declared, "Victory! It is destined to belong to us!"
"Victory! Victory! Victory!" The thunderous shouts echoed through the sky!
"Action! Head to Shelter 6!"
As Princess Xi gave the order, all the generals snapped to attention and saluted her in unison before turning and leaving the meeting hall in an orderly fashion.
Outside the conference hall, rows of black cars were waiting, and the generals' adjutants all stood in front of the cars in their crisp military uniforms.
Upon seeing the generals emerge, they immediately straightened their backs and respectfully opened the car doors.
The generals got into the cars, the adjutants got into the cars, and the doors were closed. One after another, the black cars drove away from the Senate.
As the cars drove out of the Senate, what greeted their eyes was a scene of devastation and bleakness.
The entire central area of Shelter 7 is currently under military control, and all outside activities are prohibited. Soldiers are stationed and patrolling every street.
Outside the Senate, rows of black cars with military license plates were parked on the blood-stained street, each row representing a convoy.
As the generals' chariots drove off, the other convoys followed in turn, and then, led by the generals, headed towards the various states!
Before long, the elite troops of the 7th Sanctuary, the armies of the eight states, and the royalist army all began to assemble and start sweeping and eliminating dissidents in each city.
With the elders of Sanctuary 7 wiped out, the states and cities were leaderless.
Only those local forces remained, and they couldn't control the army. So they had no way to resist that massive army.
Even if some experts tried to resist or break through, they didn't cause much of a stir due to the targeted elimination by the royalist experts.
Soon, the states and major cities of the 7th Sanctuary were gradually taken over by the former "royalists," now the "reformers."
Overnight, thanks to Princess Xi's prior planning, the entire 7th Shelter underwent a dramatic transformation.
—Although...the highest authority of the shelter was still Princess Xi, and although there were no changes in the army, on this night, almost all the large and small families that had been entrenched in the 7th shelter for many years were uprooted, their homes confiscated, and their entire clans exterminated.
Vast amounts of money and catastrophe materials were transported to the central hub of the 7th Sanctuary, and then bestowed upon the officers and soldiers of the "Reformists" by Queen Xi.
It wasn't until the afternoon of the following day that everything was settled. Shelter No. 7 then restored communication with the outside world.
Although they had learned of the dramatic changes at the Seventh Shelter through spies and other means, the emergence of the new Seventh Shelter in front of the various factions within the shelters still left them somewhat bewildered.
Most of the factions were a bit confused about what Princess Xi was doing.
She was already the head and supreme commander of the 7th Sanctuary. Why would she suddenly rebel against herself and stage her own coup?
Is it all just to wipe out the powerful families and clans of the 7th Sanctuary?
While Princess Xi's tragic past was indeed somewhat related to those powerful families and clans,... it wasn't that significant. And it certainly didn't warrant revenge, did it?
As for these powerful families and clans, did they block Princess Xi's path? Did they prevent her from taking control of the 7th Sanctuary?
Hmm... no shelter is a one-man show. How can a shelter have only one voice?
Moreover... these are all issues that can be resolved through political means. Directly overturning the table like this sets the worst possible precedent. It will create a climate of fear among all factions within the various shelters.
Moreover, by going to such great lengths, Princess Xi is very likely to be expelled from the human camp. This is completely a losing proposition for her.
Of course, at this point, some more astute factions guessed Princess Xi's intentions...
"She still wants to fight her way back to Shelter 6!"
8th Shelter, Central Hub, Council Chamber.
Rao Shou, Tang Wanli, Huang Shangzong, and other leaders of the shelter were working overtime in a meeting.
Clearly, the unusual activity at Shelter 7 also put Shelter 8, which was nearby, on high alert.
Looking at the sand table of the "Northwest Region" and the troop distribution of the 7th Shelter, Rao Shou, the number one leader of the 8th Shelter, made a decisive deduction.
"The reason Lin Xi went to such lengths is definitely not simply because she wanted to control the 7th Shelter."
"Moreover, judging from her generous subsidies to the army and the boost to morale, she must be preparing for a major battle."