Era of the transmigrating earth-Chapter 2016: Large-Scale Rebellion Erupts

Humans are inherently competitive, and when external pressure is immense, they unite to resist outside forces.

But once the external pressure disappears completely, internal conflicts arise among them, and they can be relentless. The most crucial aspect is that they can’t even leave now.

Five cities have been completely surrounded by Du You in the center, cutting off all contact with them, preventing entry or exit.

As a result, the people inside cannot get out and must stay inside. Even if some hope Du You will accept them, Du You ignores them, leaving them stuck inside. Of course, he tells the people inside that they are still researching.

However, when they’ll finish the research and what the outcomes will be, the people outside are completely unaware.

As a result, the internal chaos intensifies.

Originally, such a situation should have been most severe in those cities individually isolated. But now it’s not; it’s most severe in the alliance of these five cities because only this city is entirely blocked.

Other individually isolated cities can still buy the food provided by Du You, so in the short term, there won’t be any issues. As for the long term, some have noticed things are amiss.

Because they can let a few people enter Du You’s United Empire for various reasons, they still can gather some external information. Everyone is watching the situation of the first force that resisted and refused to join.

Additionally, the supplies to purchase food are continually decreasing. Once these supplies can no longer be used to buy food, their internal problems are likely to explode.

Although some have raised this issue, that day seems too far off, so most people pretend not to see it.

Day by day, the United Empire continues to expand outward, with cities joining the empire one by one, and Du You’s territory keeps growing. With the help of rules, within Du You’s territory, soldiers can be mobilized, continuously generating points to create more forces.

This expansion rolls forward like a snowball, growing larger and stronger. Of course, isolated cities resembling islands continue to appear internally, just not as large as the first one.

One exception has occurred, where a force occupied three cities, and now, like other cities, is separated by walls. Seeing the outer walls, the people inside are as if they’ve seen a ghost.

They couldn’t comprehend how the other side managed to build such walls in such a short time.

Several more years passed, and the original Wildgrass Clan finally faced enormous problems. Various rebellions and riots emerged continually, but the upper class always pretended not to see them.

After years of singing and dancing, the fighting spirit of these people has diminished. Some still fantasized about waiting for the United Empire to collapse and then establishing their empire, while the others lost the will to fight.

No matter how chaotic the outside world was, how could it affect them? But they hadn’t anticipated that their soldiers were trained from those outside civilians.

Eventually, some soldiers rebelled, and when these soldiers attacked to their doorsteps, the reveling people finally realized something was wrong, but it was too late.

Angry soldiers killed numerous officials within the empire, and in the mutual struggle, the current clan leader of the Wildgrass Clan was killed, leading to a complete transformation of their territory.

The two cities farthest away declared independence immediately, announcing their departure from the Wildgrass Clan’s control and becoming new city rulers themselves. The Wildgrass Clan was extremely angry but helpless.

Due to enormous family changes like their previous leader’s death, this was a significant turning point.

During the power struggle, another nearby city also declared independence. At this moment, those fighting for power finally calmed down, realizing that continuing would ruin the clan.

Ultimately, the two strongest candidates compromised, splitting the clan into two. The two largest and closest cities remained as their last cities. Their proximity led to tensions, and patrols moved back and forth near each other’s locations daily.

Ironically, they trusted former family members the least, resulting in both sides holding back considerable military forces against each other. The originally strongest two cities ended up with limited external forces.

Additionally, as both sides had to fear each other, they dared not deploy troops randomly and had to back off. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

This behavior allowed the three independent clans to relax, and somehow, they secretly reached an agreement and ceased attacking each other, focusing entirely on the Wildgrass Clan’s members.

Originally subordinates of the Wildgrass Clan, their sudden independence was illegitimate, strengthening their resolve to counterattack. Not eliminating the Wildgrass Clan always felt like having a stone pressed upon them.

Du You, glancing at the report in his hand, smiled slightly: "Didn’t expect the Wildgrass Clan to turn out like this, but it’s fine; let them persist till the end." Though Du You foresaw this development, its speed surprised him. Such a large territory transformed in just a few years.

His external strategy had yet to be completed, and a long way lay before achieving continental unification.

This world is vast, making complete control challenging. Despite consisting of small, independent cities, the numerous demons here are overly troublesome.

The most significant concern is that with his development, surrounding demons gradually allied together. With reduced demon pressure, cities began allying. It’s said that new Kingdom Empires have emerged in some places.

Though imitating his system, a nation’s power ultimately surpasses that of a single city.

Even if the demons make close cooperation difficult, they still pose a problem for Du You. However, his early start means attempting to catch up to him is nearly impossible.

"Forget it, let’s not worry about them, we’ll continue attacking outward, lest some folks spread bad words about us."