At the same time, Tian Tower Village --
"Long Village has completely risen!"
When the news of joint training exercises reached Tianta Village, the villagers were all dazed and confused.
Once upon a time, Long Village was merely a milksop on Blue Star, a punching bag that would only revolt when pressed to the brink.
Now, without realizing it, Long Village has silently grown into a formidable colossus!
Dragon howling to the heavens!
Even Bai and Hei Village, which now faces Long Village, has no strength to resist!
"Set up the program, contact Long Village, and we'll visit Long Village tomorrow!"
It took a long time for the people of Tianta Village to regain their composure, and just like San Dew Village, Tianta Village also made the same arrangements.
Not only in Tianta Village, but also around the world, one village after another issued the same command in quick succession.
Even the Polar Bear Village made the same decision!
"Sir, what should we do about Dongyin Village?"
In the ice palace of the Polar Bear Village, hearing Kolinovsky's order, a muscular man could not help but ask out loud in front of Kolinovsky.
"Dongyin Village?"
Hearing the muscular man's question, Kolinovsky's eyes slightly narrowed.
One idea after another flashed through his mind.
Until a certain moment, Kolinovsky said directly, "For the time being, we don't need to worry about them. It's not worth offending Long Village for just one Dongyin Village..."
Two evils weigh, choose the lighter one!
Two benefits weigh, choose the heavier one!
After careful consideration, Kolinovsky ultimately chose to suppress his desire for the wealth and technology of Dongyin Village.
Dongyin Village's wealth and technology may be very tempting!
They may even be able to restore their former glory at the peak of their power!
But in return, they will also be completely on the opposite side of Long Village.
Now that Long Village is even unable to withstand competition with Black and White Eagle Village, it would be extremely difficult for them to compete against the current Long Village if they were to restore their peak.
And it's likely that they will be single-handedly crushed by Long Village, just like the current Black and White Eagle Village.
In such a situation, Kolinovsky is not willing to court such a huge trouble with Long Village for the sake of Dongyin.
After hearing Kolinovsky's voice, the burly man, who had earlier expressed that he would accept Dongyin Village's conditions and benefits, Tarsilovski remained silent.
After hesitating for a moment, Tarsilovski spoke again:
"Sir, Long Village is already so powerful. If we continue to get closer to them, with no one to balance their power, their strength will undoubtedly grow even more!"
"Now the only constraint on Long Village is their economy, but their economy has also been growing explosively these years. Once their economy also reaches its peak state, combined with their terrifying military power now, they will truly become a super village on Blue Star!"
"It's even possible to surpass Black and White Eagle and become a giant monster on Blue Star with no flaws!"
"By that point, if they have any designs on us, it would be incredibly difficult for us to counterbalance them!"
Pausing for a moment, Tarsilovski continued:
"And even if they don't take action against us, their power has already seriously eroded our interests on the other side of the desert. Our core interests in arms trade there have basically disappeared!"
"Also, in terms of energy, those desert camels have already fully aligned with Long Village. It's foreseeable that they will continue to align themselves with Long Village in the coming days and weeks. In the coming months and years, it's likely that the world's energy will be controlled by Long Village!"
"That's not good news for us. Are we really going to allow Long Village to grow wildly unchecked?"
Upon hearing this, Kolinovsky fell silent as well.
However, just a moment later, Kolinovsky directly spoke up:
"Tarsilovski, you're right, but besides aligning ourselves with Long Village, what do you think we should do? Agree to Dongyin Village's conditions and flip the switch with Long Village?"
"..." In response to the question, Tarsilovski fell silent once again.
"Flip the switch"?
They never truly broke down with Long Village at their peak!
Although on the surface, there have even been small-scale conflicts.
However, both sides have always maintained restraint and haven't really crossed the line.
At their peak, they were still like this, let alone now.
Now, even Black and White Eagle Village, which they couldn't defeat during their peak, is severely suppressed by Long Village!
In this situation, how can they possibly confront Long Village head-on?
Just relying on those mushrooms?
Don't joke around. All players who have mushrooms are aware that this stuff is just a door-opener.
When you don't have mushrooms, you can bully anyone with them, even use them on anyone.
But when both sides have mushrooms, it's as if there are none at all!
Because no one dares to actually use this stuff!
So, aside from mushrooms, what else can they possibly compete with Long Village in?
"All right, Tarsilovski. Let's talk about other things later. Prepare yourself. We'll go to Long Village tomorrow..."
As Tarsilovski was silent, Kolinovsky's voice rang out again.
Without waiting for Tarsilovski to respond, Kolinovsky continued:
"Oh, right. Have the subordinates prepare. Bring along the most precious few artifacts we obtained from Long Village last time, and go to Long Village with me tomorrow..."
...
On the other side, Dongyin Village——
Under the command of Fujiwara Sanzaburo, just over half an hour later, all members of Dongyin's public restrooms, except for Shimokawa Daizai who was outside, were once again gathered together.
Once everyone was assembled, Fujiwara Sanzaburo, with a grim expression, informed all members of the public restrooms about the joint exercises with Long Village and what it entailed.
"Surrender and capitulate? What a bastard! Okamoto Kumaichi, this coward!"
Upon hearing that Okamoto Kumai had surrendered, many members of the public restrooms immediately flew into a rage!
But within moments, everyone was suddenly jolted awake!
Half an hour!
Eight main battlecruisers were destroyed directly!
"Groan!!"
Thinking about the key to it all, the members of the public restroom couldn't help but gulp!
In just half an hour, Long Village destroyed their eight state-of-the-art main battlecruisers!
Such terrifying firepower was truly terrifying!
Most importantly, throughout the entire process, they had no ability to fight back at all!
Their planes were even flying overhead openly, and they couldn't even touch the enemy's aircraft!
Just thinking about this, all members of the public restrooms shivered in fear!
"Ladies and gentlemen, that's the situation. Now, what should we do?"
Just as the crowd was trembling with fear, Fujiwara Sanzaburo's low and ominous voice rang out once again.
"..." In response to Fujiwara Sanzaburo's inquiry, the people present were instantly silenced.
At this moment, whether it was the conservative faction or the hawkish faction that had been clamoring for action against Long Village, wanting to go down with it, everyone was completely at a loss for an answer.
What should we do?
The power of Long Village has far exceeded their imagination.
Twelve carrier-based aircraft directly shattered all their illusions!
Even twelve carrier-based aircraft have such terrifying firepower.
What about even more carrier-based aircraft?
Their guard force consists of only dozens of main battlecruisers in total.
Compared to the number of ships that Long Village faced this time, it's not much more.
In other words, with the strength Long Village now has in their hands, they could easily obliterate their entire maritime guard force!
It would be an effortless destruction!
Without a maritime force, they would have no way to counterattack Long Village!
Fish or die with Long Village?
By then, they would likely die, but Long Village's net would certainly not be broken!
"What about the polar bear? Do they have any news?"
After what seemed like an eternity, a voice finally rang out in the public restroom.
Hearing this, everyone was taken aback and then unconsciously turned their eyes to an elderly man with graying hair standing beside them.
Facing the gaze of everyone, the elderly man with graying hair shook his head and said:
"To date, there has been no response from the polar bear side..."
Upon hearing this, everyone's hearts involuntarily sank.
There is no response, which means either no rejection or no acceptance.
In the current situation, this is the worst news for them.
Even from a certain perspective, the line with the polar bear has basically been severed!
The polar bear is unlikely to risk angering Long Village, a rapidly rising giant!
In this case, their remaining options are only two.
First, agree to Long Village's conditions!
Second, agree to Black and White Eagle's conditions!
Beyond that, there is no third choice!
As for maintaining a neutral stance forcibly, that is simply not possible!
Although they have always been doing their best to hide their ambitions, neither Long Village nor Black and White Eagle are fools. Even if they try to hide it as much as possible, they can't escape the fact that Long Village and Black and White Eagle Village can feel their ambitions!
In this situation, neither Black and White Eagle Village nor Long Village will allow them to stay out of it!
"Is it that we have to agree to the conditions of either Long Village or Black and White Eagle Village?"
For a moment, a thick sense of helplessness and despair enveloped all members of the public restrooms.
Some members of the public restrooms, their faces pale, slumped helplessly to the ground.
"Perhaps, we should agree to the conditions of Black and White Eagle Village..."
After a long time, a voice finally rang out again.
Looking in the direction of the voice, the speaker turned out to be the gray-haired elder who had just been asked.
"Impossible!"
Just as the old man's voice fell, an angry voice rose unconsciously.
"That's right, Yamashita-san, do you know what you're saying? If we agree to Black and White Eagle Village's conditions, all our wealth will become the property of Black and White Eagle Village, and we ourselves will become puppets and cannon fodder for Black and White Eagle. By then, all of us will be sinners against the Great Dongyin Village and the Dongyin tribe!"
Another angry voice rang out before the old man could respond.
Hearing this, the old man gritted his teeth and then couldn't help but say:
"What do you think we should do? Not agree to Black and White Eagle Village's conditions, then are you suggesting that we agree to Long Village's conditions and become slaves to Long Village for the next few decades or even centuries?"
A single sentence, causing those who had been staring at the old man angrily to fall silent.
The members of the public restrooms who were originally about to scold the old man, all had their voices completely caught in their throats at that moment.
Several times they tried to speak, but in the end, no one could utter a word.
For a moment, the entire public restroom fell into an eerie silence.
Not agree to the conditions of Black and White Eagle Village, only agree to the conditions of Long Village.
Thinking about the conditions of Long Village, everyone couldn't help but tremble with fear in their hearts!
Just thinking about the point of having to repay all the resources they had stolen in the past is something they cannot accept!
Or, it's something they are simply unable to do!
Not to mention other goods, they had robbed over 30,000 tons of gold from Long Village alone.
So much gold that most of it has been taken away by Black and White Eagle just like the data in their biological laboratory back then. Only a few have entered their gold vaults, and the rest has been basically consumed by them over these decades.
The official gold reserves in Dongyin Village add up to less than 1,000 tons in total!
In this situation, what could they use to repay Long Village?
This is just gold!
They can't even afford the gold; let alone other items.
The gold is only a part of the wealth and resources they had plundered.
To put it another way, even if they wanted to repay Long Village, they simply can't afford it!
More importantly, one of the ten conditions proposed by Long Village is a tenfold war reparations!
If they agreed to such conditions, they might not be able to pay them off for decades or even centuries!
So, they are even more impossible to agree to the conditions proposed by Long Village!
Compared to the conditions proposed by Long Village, those of Black and White Eagle are relatively easier to accept.
"Not so!"
"Neither can we accept it!"
Suddenly, everyone was startled and immediately snapped back to their senses.
Just a moment ago, they had almost fallen into a vicious cycle of thought.
Although the conditions proposed by Black and White Eagle may seem better than those of Long Village's, they are still unacceptably high.
But if they agree, they will become puppets and cannon fodder for Black and White Eagle.
With Long Village's current strength, if there were any conflicts between Long Village and Black and White Eagle in the future, they would be the first to be sent out as cannon fodder!
To some extent, that is a crisis of extinction level!
Long Village is probably desperate to find an opportunity to retaliate against them. If they really agree to Black and White Eagle, it's like handing over the opportunity directly to Long Village!
Thinking about this, all the members of the public restrooms trembled in their hearts.
Thinking back to the conditions proposed by Long Village that are completely unacceptable, a terrifying idea naturally emerged in everyone's minds.
Why did Long Village propose conditions that are completely impossible and unacceptable for them to accept?
Is it because Long Village is unaware that they cannot accept them?
If they truly didn't know, then it's understandable. It can be reasonably explained as Long Village's excessive greed. However, it's clearly not the case. Long Village is very smart and should have known!
Then why did Long Village still propose it despite knowing it?
This is deeply unsettling when you think about it!
As they think about this, the hearts of all the members of the public restroom tremble even more!
"Gurgle..."
Until a certain moment, a clearly audible sound of swallowing saliva echoed suddenly in the silence of the public restroom.
(Chapter completed)
