Local Kingpin

While Lu PingAn's group happily farmed and raised dogs, Green Planet was far from peaceful.

The Aus had launched a proactive attack on the official camps of the four cities.

The familiar gunfire and explosions of Earth had become reality in this foreign land. Armed mercenaries stormed the camp, their nighttime assault sudden and deadly.

Their targets were clear: the camp's logistical base and the mortal researchers within.

"Boom!"

That night, the blaze from the exploding armory was clearly visible even through the darkness from several kilometers away.

The casualties that night exceeded five hundred. In the already sparsely populated Eastern Kingdom camp, this was an irreparable and devastating loss, especially since most of the researchers had been lost.

The survivors? Whether mentally broken or severely wounded, they likely had no strength left to continue climbing the tech tree.

The Eastern Kingdom People's progress in developing the local tech tree had been brutally cut short.

"...Have these people gone insane?! Do they even know what they've done?!" As dawn broke, furious roars echoed through the camp.

The Explorers who had rushed back looked at the devastated camp and the faint cries within, their faces dark with rage.

"No, they know exactly what they're doing. We're the ones who don't know what we should have done!"

"Yes. The front lines had clearly already seen fighting, yet we still clung to wishful thinking. Heh, bonds between compatriots."

"What compatriots? We're merely the same kind. And precisely because we're the same kind, they know how competitive we are, so they wanted to cut off our roots before we could develop."

Everyone understood the reasoning behind those words, yet most had held onto a shred of hope before this.

"We're from the same race, after all. They won't take things too far, will they?"