The invaders' actions shocked everyone even more than their words.
The giant screens lining the streets of every War Readiness Zone were all broadcasting the fighting on the front lines.
Before the eyes of hundreds of millions of people.
In the blink of an eye, the invaders reduced over a thousand lives to dust.
At that moment, William and the others outside War Readiness Zone 1 also saw the scene at the front on a nearby giant screen.
Sima Ji's brows furrowed slightly. "Why speak so arrogantly? Why kill a thousand people outright?"
"It doesn't matter. Those lives were worth less than stones." William's tone remained calm. "Domain Master Sima, do you feel sympathy for your compatriots because most of the dead were from Huaguo?"
Sima Ji said, "We have a military maxim in Huaguo: 'When surrounding an army, leave an opening.' It means that even if you're certain you can kill your enemies, you should still leave them some hope. I simply think this could drive them to fight to the death and cause even more trouble."
"Trouble?" William shook his head, disagreeing with Sima Ji. "I know something of your culture, too. I know Huaguo has another saying: 'Petty men fear force, not virtue.' Ignorant inferiors like these should be made to feel fear through an iron fist."
Sima Ji said with a hint of resignation, "If people have no way to survive, what is there left for them to fear?"
A trace of contempt seeped into William's voice. "Perhaps it has something to do with race. I don't believe the strength to fight back from the brink runs in your blood. When we sailed our warships to your doorstep back then, you had no way to survive either. Why did you still fail to cause us any