Xi Yan announced the end of the meeting with satisfaction.
Everything had been arranged. Now all he had to do was wait quietly.
Of course, before that, he still had a mountain of work to deal with.
There were still many institutional issues on the ringworld that needed his personal review.
But there was no rush. Xi Yan promptly opened his browser, switched to incognito mode with practiced ease, and clicked on the hidden section of his bookmarks.
Time for some good stuff.
----------A little divider busy building a generator district----------
That day, the Right Guardian descended on a major Plant People city and bombarded the entire city into ruins.
Since the Plant People used living organisms for much of their architecture, their buildings were utterly defenseless against the Red Laser. The entire city caught fire and was reduced to ashes within ten minutes, leaving countless dead.
Afterward, the terrified Plant People emperor used his civilization's special communications device to broadcast a speech to Plant People across the globe, calling on them all to evacuate to the sacred tree for the survival of their civilization.
They absolutely could not let the humans bomb any more cities!
At the same time, the Plant People emperor ordered all armies deployed outside to cease their attacks and instead escort civilians to the sacred tree. He also designated a separate area where 200,000 Plant People would be gathered, ready to be handed over to the humans.
On the human side, the Left Guardian remained hovering above the Tree of Life. At Xi Yan's instruction, it occasionally fired a few shots from the Red Laser to kill some Plant People, keeping those below in a constant state of terror.
The Right Guardian, meanwhile, bombarded everything in its path, specifically targeting small Plant People