With Doggy's help, the Mecha War between Legion and the Insect Swarm was all but over.
At present, Legion occupied Balchik, Shatla, Pan Chabuko, three-fifths of Vax's territory, two-thirds of Carbonberg, three-quarters of Playa's territory, and a handful of scattered Star Sectors.
Legion now held more than fifty of the seventy-odd universes in the Small Heavens.
Miss Puppet's advancement, however, required at least sixty.
Cheng Yu therefore decided to ease the offensive against the Insect Swarm in the Vax region. Given the Vax Corporation's special status, he believed the Insect Swarm would gladly trade some remote territories for victory on the Vax Battlefield.
Once Conductor and the other Wisdom units had refined Cheng Yu's plan, Legion immediately began producing Basic Units at a frantic pace.
The reason for choosing Basic Units was to accelerate technological mechanization in the occupied universes, giving Miss Puppet more leverage for her advancement.
Sure enough, Ding Yuyi thought nothing of losing those remote territories. The gradual victories on the Vax Battlefield also drew his attention there.
As long as the Insect Swarm took all of Vax, it might still have the strength to fight again. At the very least, even if it had to flee, it could preserve some of its strength.
Elsewhere, Belial sat on Mephitican's throne with a brooding gaze. Below him, Mephitican bowed with her head lowered, unsure what to say. After all, Belial had caused quite a stir. A Demon Emperor had barely made his appearance before some unknown figure slapped him twice across the face. Although all the demons who had witnessed it had now disappeared, Mephitican also knew what had happened.
Still, Mephitican was not particularly panicked. She did not belong to Belial's faction; her allegiance lay with Asmodeus, the Lord of Lust. Asmodeus was currently absent from the