After a seven- Tiannan Pass siege, the most important pass in the southeast was finally captured before reinforcements arrived.
By this time, Chen Qing, who had occupied Jiangnan, West Sea, and nine counties in the southeast, had gained control of a quarter of the Central Plains and ruled over a population of 10 billion!
Jiangnan
As the entire Southern Capital was in jubilation, Jiang Xiaoling, having obtained the news, immediately reported the battle situation to her superiors, and also reported everything she had seen and heard in Jiangnan.
The report immediately sparked further investigation in the operations room.
Hundreds of analysts had already thoroughly analyzed the value of the maps in the Demon World, and now that Chen Qing had occupied the territory, the higher-ups were even more certain of its value.
" Elder Zhang, should we make Chen Qing's data public?" Wu Xiaoli looked at the expert's data report, her heart filled with complex emotions.
According to the data, the territory occupied by Chen Qing is a quarter of the Central Plains in terms of area, making him a true regional ruler. In terms of quality, it is also extremely superior. Jiangnan boasts the most waterways in the Central Plains, facilitating trade, and has an excellent environment. The West Sea connects to the various West Sea kingdoms; although not as prosperous as the island nations of the East Sea, it still possesses immense development potential. The Southeast has been a granary and agricultural center since ancient times. Combined with Chen Qing's Divine Path Style system, this entire geographical advantage, in the early stages of the second version, already possesses an exaggerated advantage.
"No rush." Elder Zhang rubbed his palms together, clearly excited. "Has the intelligence data come out yet? Based on Chen Qing's current strength, what are his chances of winning against a genuine ancient force?"
"The information on the Divine Path Style is severely lacking, making it difficult to assess its growing strength," Wu Xiaoli said with a wry smile. "Currently, all we know is that if the Divine Path Style can seize the Central Plains Plains' fortune, it will have tremendous potential. As for whether it can directly confront the ancients, nobody knows. After that game was released, the Divine Path Style was the last gameplay mode to be updated. After that, Pu Yunchuan fell seriously ill and was hospitalized, and the project's version development came to a standstill."
"The Divine Path Style gameplay is too difficult in the early stages, so almost no players can develop it, making it very difficult to collect data."
Upon hearing this, Elder Zhang frowned. He had actually read the relevant information. This kind of gameplay requires a certain foundation in the early stages of the game; otherwise, as the ancient traditions become popular, there will be even less chance for it to develop. According to the current data, no player has been able to survive the second version using this gameplay.
According to records, the most successful player at the time occupied seven cities in the East Sea and fought against the awakened Dragon Palace for a whole month. That was the only time Divine Path Style player achieved success, and because of that record, there were more Divine Path Style players in the new server. However, shortly after that, due to the policy of opposing the Digital Life Plan, the network suffered a huge blow. In order to prevent some companies and forces from developing it privately, the Federation collectively shut down the network, and the whole world fell into the most crazy period of chaos at that time.
Three years passed before the Digital Life Plan restarted and the network was restored. At that time, everyone was eager to get on board, and no one cared about a game that was popular a few years ago.
Lacking sufficient data, no one can say for sure whether this so-called Divine Path Style has the ability to fight against the ancients, and whether investing heavily in Chen Qing's forces now is the right move is unknown.
"But their record is indeed remarkable," said Elder Zhang, an expert standing nearby. "Based on our years of research, when the second version arrived, among that group of ancient forces, the Ghost Domain was definitely one of the top. Whether it was their initial burst of power or their sustained strength in the later stages, it was quite impressive. In particular, their unique ability to possess evil spirits allowed them to cultivate a group of high-level troops in just one year or even a few months, giving them a strong first-mover advantage."
"Many factions require their followers to collect enough essence blood to revive one or two ancient creatures, making their development speed far slower than that of the Ghost Domain. According to data, when the Demon World server first launched, during the second version, out of a total of one hundred servers, the Ghost Domain Realm held the biggest advantage in seventy-six of them in the early stages. Its explosive power was even better than that of the highest-rated Heavenly Python Palace. This time, Chen Qing's fight against the Southern Barbarians was a direct confrontation with all the Ghost Domain factions, yet he was able to drive out the Southern Barbarians ' evil spirit soldiers in the very early stages and even seize Tiannan Pass, the largest pass in the Central Plains."
"This demonstrated military strength is enough to show that he has the ability to contend!"
"Hmm," Elder Zhang nodded slightly upon hearing this, his eyes filled with complex emotions. This was different from the trickery used by Number One back then. Chen Qing had created such a powerful force from scratch in just three years at this critical juncture of the ancient world's arrival. His abilities and understanding of the game were evident. Could it be... that guy really Pu Yunchuan?
"We will not announce it to the public at this time."
Everyone stared at each other in astonishment, especially the experts, who instantly became anxious. " Elder Zhang, such excellent data will definitely convince legislators from other regions of the Federation. This way, our energy supply in Central China won't be so strained! You've seen it yourself; in recent years, several of our energy sources have gone into overdrive because of this project. If this continues, things will get out of hand!"
Wu Xiaoli didn't try to persuade him; she just watched calmly. The reason she didn't try was that she knew it would be useless. Elder Zhang was a strong-willed person, and strong-willed people all have one thing in common: once they've made a decision, it's very difficult for outsiders to change it!
She also knew what Elder Zhang was planning.
This person is very capable, but capable people often have extremely high ambitions, and this time is no exception. His clear intention is to have Central China monopolize this project!
As a native of Central China, she naturally hoped that all the benefits would go to her fellow countrymen, but she disliked such high risks.
The massive energy supply has long exacerbated the current contradictions in Central China. Among the five major regions, Central China Region currently has the highest energy output, the hardest-working people, and the highest efficiency, but also the longest working hours and the shortest leisure time.
The root cause is that a large amount of energy is being used for trial and error. The Central China Region experimental network area is the most willing to spend money on this. Although strategically speaking, this is for a better future, will it really lead to a better future?
Nobody knows!
Just like this time, apart from the strategic reserves that haven't been used yet, half of the country's energy has been used on this project. If we don't try to get the external Federation involved, the private energy support for Chen Qing will probably double, which means we'll have to use the reserves.
That's not all. Judging from their intentions, they plan to send a large number of people to Jiangnan without conducting a safety assessment!
The ancient past is about to descend, and they've already heard from the King of Qin of Qin how miserable the people of that world are. What will be the consequences of sending the people to fight it out themselves?
Whether doing this will improve Central China's future or cause complete collapse is unclear.
Why run away now?
In the Southern Wilderness, several players fled. The moment Chen Qing withdrew his troops, the Dragon Mother sensed something was wrong and immediately led her team to escape.
This scene completely stunned the other players.
Meanwhile, a gray-clad man who had fled with Dragon Mother pursued them, asking the other man in bewilderment.
"If we don't escape now, we won't be able to!" Dragon Mother's face was ashen. " Chen Qing clearly knows we can use the Second Blessing. He knew this information, so he set up this trap. This high-pressure offensive is to force us to use this last resort!"
The other party was taken aback, but still asked, puzzled, "How did he know our internal information?"
To design it this way, one must have a complete understanding of the military strength and deployment within the entire Southern Wilderness Alliance; otherwise, engaging in a military showdown would be counterproductive.
"That's why I'm running," Dragon Mother said in a low voice, "There's a traitor among us!"
There will be two more updates tonight, a little later.