"Notice! The Withered Wood Region has been occupied by Japan. Huaxia's overall national fortune has weakened, while Japan's overall national fortune has increased."
This region had naturally been taken by Japan with ease. Next came invasions from several other nations, including the Joseon Kingdom, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Among these four nations, the Philippines was considered relatively powerful and also had territorial disputes with Huaxia. The enmity between the two sides was correspondingly greater.
However, they were not as arrogant as the Han Kingdom or as twisted as Japan. Their method of invasion was comparatively direct and bloody, roughly similar to that of the southern continent.
This time, the Philippines had sent over ten million invaders. Their momentum was terrifying as they poured into a region like a tidal flood, intending to slaughter every Huaxia person there.
The region they invaded had roughly one million Huaxia people. Upon receiving the news, most of them chose, like those in the previous regions, to flee elsewhere.
Yet a small number still chose to remain and strike back against the invading Filipinos. Though they understood they would certainly die, they were filled with hot blood at that moment rather than reason.
Had they been rational, they would have chosen not to resist and fled straight away. This invasion brought them nothing but harm and enormous losses, and the battle situation was utterly unfavorable—they possessed no advantage whatsoever. Thus, they would only choose not to fight, even continually backing down in order to preserve their own interests.
That was indeed rational. When they had united to destroy Qin, there had been all sorts of benefits and rewards, so they had joined in fervently without any reservations. But in the face of such an invasion, there was not the slightest benefit to