"Extermination Tactics" was not a name Shi Beng had come up with himself.
It had been coined by an elder of the Common Mineral Clan.
He had discovered that after defeating the enemies in a hollow, new enemies would appear again before long.
Endlessly.
But if the mineral veins within an entire stone pillar were completely destroyed, that pillar would become entirely safe, and enemies would no longer appear out of nowhere.
This tactic gradually spread.
However, the Rare Mineral Clan quickly learned the same trick. Both factions began clearing out mineral veins after battles.
As a result, Newborns from both clans became extremely scarce, and the Needle Stone Forest grew increasingly desolate.
Those Rare Mineralfolk began hiding away, moving through the interconnected caverns in all directions. They formed squads to ambush mineral veins and isolated members of the Common Mineral Clan, making them impossible to guard against.
They also used hollows that no longer contained mineral veins, artificially connecting them and creating entrances and exits to form all kinds of hidden passageways, using them to conceal themselves.
After all, they were intelligent beings. They would not stubbornly fight wars they had no chance of winning.
Under the threat of extinction, these Rare Mineralfolk had still brought out their proper potential.
As a result, the war continued to drag on endlessly, locked in a fierce stalemate.
"Have you never considered peace? There isn't any fundamental conflict between you, is there?" Li Luo asked after thinking for a moment.
These Mineralfolk had all originally been born from the same stone pillars. Broadly speaking, they were all members of the same species.
Even their factional divisions were merely subjective labels of "rare" and "common."
There was no competition for resources, nor was there any deep-seated hatred. Why did they have to fight?