You could be greedy, and Zhao Yunhai found that you could also choose to turn a blind eye.
After all, everyone has selfish desires, and no one is a great sage who can be selfless. He can understand that.
But... at least there should be some bottom line to greed.
Murphy's position, even if he was just a minor warlord, was something many dreamed of, yet it was given to such a good-for-nothing.
Without even thinking, it was obvious that Murphy had given too much.
After changing to a new person, the attack indeed became much smoother, and at least the situation of collapse was not visible to the naked eye.
Li Fan's side also counterattacked fiercely, with artillery fire still bombing everywhere, gunshots filling the sky, and smoke billowing.
On the battlefield, people fleeing in all directions began to hide in basements, hoping for this war to end soon.
Zhao Yunhai mobilized satellites to monitor the situation on the battlefield. He could not show himself yet, and he could not give Li Fan any chance to react.
"What's going on? Why did the opponent suddenly change their formation, Xiaobai?"
Li Fan asked into his watch.
"Unexplained reason, the opponent's general died unexpectedly, and his former deputy has been replaced."
As for why Xiaobai didn't discover Zhao Yunhai and the others, it was because the area was too poor to achieve data monitoring.
Furthermore, Zhao Yunhai had been using a false identity since his return, so even artificial intelligence like Xiaobai could not find him.
And Zhao Yunhai's false identity was his real identity, which was registered in the database.
As for the appearance issue, the drawback of artificial intelligence is that it only trusts data.
Zhao Yunhai had already guessed why Li Fan was able to monitor him through data at that time. In that doomsday world, artificial intelligence was not a new thing.
"Execute phase two of the plan."
"Yes, Yun Shao."
The so-called second plan was a small interlude designed to annoy Li Fan.
"Hand over Li Fan, and the war will end."
"Hand over Li Fan, and the war will end."
"We don't want to kill each other, Li Fan, get out of our homeland."
"We don't want to kill each other, Li Fan, get out of our homeland."
"We don't want to kill each other, Li Fan, get out of our homeland."
Afugate is now divided into two, with Li Fan being the main culprit.
If it weren't for Li Fan, the entire Afugate would have been under Murphy's rule, and there would have been no war.
Although life was difficult, at least their lives were saved by avoiding war.
Now, with Li Fan's appearance, Afugate was instantly engulfed in flames, and countless people were separated from their families.
Warning leaflets written in the Afugate language were dropped by plane into the area controlled by Li Fan, and loudspeakers repeatedly broadcast the same message.
Li Fan had no idea what he was about to face. At this moment, he looked at the dropped leaflets and sneered.
He had genuinely treated the people of Afugate well, and their education, healthcare, and living standards were constantly improving.
How could these people betray him and defect to the enemy?
Perhaps there were calm and intelligent people, but there were always too many ignorant ones. Death was now, and they didn't care about medical care or education.
In the past, their lives were hard, but at least there was no war.
Even though Li Fan treated them well, he was also the reason they fell into the quagmire of war.
However, they couldn't understand the meaning of temporary suffering. It was this lack of understanding that led some people to have other ideas.
Some intelligent people wanted to speak out, but they were quickly shot dead.
They just wanted to live, what was wrong with that? They didn't want war. Even if they could win, who could guarantee that they wouldn't die before winning?
If they were already dead, what was the point of winning?
Under the thoughts of these people, Li Fan discovered that a part of his local armed forces had gone missing.
When one side faltered, all eight directions were defeated.
Li Fan's defensive fortifications, which he had originally been proud of, collapsed the moment his own people surrendered, falling one by one like tarot cards.
"A bunch of ungrateful, ungrateful wretches."
Li Fan couldn't believe that these people, whom he considered simple and honest, would betray him for no benefit.
Just because they didn't want war?
"Don't they know that only through war can they truly stand up?"
Li Fan truly couldn't understand.
"According to data analysis, without external interference, our side is bound to win. The surrender behavior is incomprehensible."
Xiaobai did not find an answer after data analysis.
Some indigenous people, who were most deeply influenced by Li Fan's protagonist halo, were still resolutely maintaining Li Fan's order and directly attacking the traitors.
Because of this, the traitors dared not turn back and could only turn their guns and start fighting.
Having lost their retreat, the traitors' combat effectiveness was far stronger than before.
"Hahahahaha—Li Fan, oh Li Fan, he's probably still confused, isn't he?"
Upon receiving the news, Zhao Yunhai couldn't help but burst into laughter.
This was human nature. What a protagonist understood least was human nature, because under the influence of the protagonist's halo, it was difficult for them to perceive the complexity of human nature.
"A'Da, let the betrayals come even more intensely. I like to hear it."
Zhao Yunhai gradually restrained his smile, his eyes icy.
"Yun Shao's plan is flawless. Li Fan is bound to lose this time," A'Da said with a smile.
The value of betrayal was the price of betrayal.
The leaflets A'Da had airdropped were changed to a reward of ten thousand US dollars for surrender, a total of two hundred million US dollars, on a first-come, first-served basis.
This was ten thousand US dollars, a huge sum for the people here.
This was the most realistic thing that Li Fan could not give them.
As soon as this news spread, Li Fan's firepower instantly weakened considerably, and countless people began to surrender.
Those who surrendered were afraid that they had not surrendered fast enough, and they ran out of their positions, throwing away their weapons and raising white flags.
Their speed was much faster than when they charged. They pushed and shoved each other, afraid that those in front would take their spots.
Those who surrendered first even regretted surrendering later, saying it was unfair.
Those who shouted unfair were directly shot and forced to shut up.
Seeing this, Zhao Yunhai sneered.
The protagonist's halo was useless in front of him. As long as he was there, he could suppress the protagonist's halo.
Without him, these schemes would not have been enticing under the protagonist's halo, and would have instead made the opposing side's morale even stronger.
Two hundred million US dollars was not much for Zhao Yunhai; it wasn't even a drop in the bucket.
Money was only valuable if it was spent well; otherwise, it was just a pile of scrap paper.
This was what was meant by "a thousand pieces of gold cannot buy my happiness."
Moreover, these two hundred million US dollars were traceable, and Li Fan would never suspect him.
"It's truly terrifying not to be educated. I sold myself for ten thousand US dollars?"
On the other side, Li Fan, furious, trembled, unable to express his anger at these people for a moment.
Ignorance.
Lack of knowledge.
He knew the principle of "it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish" and wanted to teach them how to earn money themselves.
And now, ten thousand US dollars had completely sold them out.
Ridiculous.
He was now a joke.
However, Li Fan was curious if the other side really had so much money.
That shouldn't be the case.
Two hundred million US dollars, the other side shouldn't be able to afford it.
"According to the data, Murphy can mortgage the mining resources of the territory under Commander Murphy's control, worth two hundred million US dollars, which is within the estimated range."
Xiaobai suddenly spoke, dispelling Li Fan's doubts.
"This guy is truly betting everything,"
Li Fan said with a bitter smile.
...
"Yun Shao, what should we do next? Please instruct us."
Si Jinyan walked in, congratulated him, nodded to A'Da, and stood in front of Yun Shao, bowing his head to ask for instructions.
Zhao Yunhai rested his feet on the table, his hands on his abdomen. He was dressed like a handsome young warlord.
"Don't worry about casualties. We are many and the enemy is few. Li Fan is already beyond redemption."
"Attack me, attack fiercely, until Li Fan's power in this world completely disappears."
"By the way, those who have surrendered are also part of this region. Forcefully conscript them and send them to the battlefield."
"What if they refuse?" Si Jinyan couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Yunhai chuckled, "Those who refuse, the money is for those who need it."