Chapter 111 A King's Road

Li Tianran sat on a collapsed wall in the ruins, watching the Pioneers clean up the battlefield. He took out a pot of water and threw it to Lu Chi, who was not far away, and asked, "How far is it to the next location?"

"Seven hundred kilometers." Lu Chi glanced at the satellite map, then unscrewed the lid of the kettle. As the cool, sweet water entered his throat, he felt his dry throat was fully moistened.

This was the twenty-second city conquered by the Pioneer Legion. The continuous battles had exhausted even the evolved individuals with strong physiques.

For five full days, the Pioneer Legion had rested for no more than twelve hours; the rest of the time was spent either in battle or on the way to battle.

Even Li Tianran felt like he had gone crazy from all the killing!

But the frantic battles also allowed the new recruits of the Pioneer Legion to grow rapidly. This force was expanding at a terrifying rate, sweeping away all enemies in its path. Even the strongest bronze walls and iron fortresses would collapse under the blades of the Pioneer Legion.

Without a doubt, although the Pioneer Legion currently only had 1,200 members, it was definitely the most powerful evolved individual force in the human race!

"Rest for fifteen minutes, prepare to continue moving forward." Li Tianran glanced at his watch and issued the order.

Lu Chi nodded and left, while a young Pioneer soldier stood in place for a moment, then walked over and asked somewhat cautiously, "Boss, can I ask a question?"

"Speak."

"Our actions will soon attract the attention of countries around the world. If they find us, what attitude should we take towards them?" The young Pioneer asked softly, "Is it cooperation, or war... or annexation?"

Li Tianran smiled. He was very gratified that these Pioneers were not only focused on fighting and killing, but were also beginning to care about the overall trend of the collective. This showed that they were growing in all aspects.

"The attitude we take towards them depends on the attitude they take towards us first." Li Tianran rubbed his nose, then looked into the distance and said, "But I think that both cooperation and war are unavoidable."

"..." The young Pioneer frowned, unable to understand what Li Tianran meant. Cooperation and war are both unavoidable?

"Although we now have a strong legion, our development time is still too short, and our numbers are too small, making us insignificant in this world... While those powerful countries are now suffering greatly from the beast tide, they still possess vast territories, large populations, and terrifying armed forces. This kind of foundation is something we currently lack."

"We have been winning victory after victory in the battles against the beast tide, while the powerful countries have been on the defensive. It seems that we are more dazzling... But in reality, if the powerful countries also abandon large areas of territory and their people, concentrating all their defense points in an area like Kuangxi Island, then their average armed strength would be hundreds or thousands of times greater than ours!"

Li Tianran looked at the Pioneer and said, "Moreover, our most powerful enemy at this time is the beast king race, so we will most likely end up cooperating with the powerful countries, which is beneficial to both sides!"

"Then what about war?" The Pioneer asked again. Since cooperation is so likely, why did Li Tianran say that war is unavoidable?

Hearing the other party's question, the expression on Li Tianran's face was strange, as if he was both sad and helpless.

"Cooperation... the word itself is simple, but in reality, achieving this goal requires many steps. It would be great if cooperation between two forces was really like in the movies, with people wearing suits and leather shoes, politely sitting at a desk and signing cooperation agreements." Li Tianran shook his head, "To the world's powerful countries, we are a 'private armed force', an irregular 'warlord', so from the beginning, we are destined to not be valued, or even taken seriously!"

"In the eyes of the powerful countries, we are very weak! And in a cooperative relationship, if the strengths of both sides are not equal, then the 'cooperative' relationship will slowly turn into a 'control' relationship." Li Tianran continued, "That's why I have been leading the Pioneer Legion forward, attacking cities and conquering territories, creating powerful achievements, in order to make any powerful country take us seriously! So that when we speak, any force will need to stop and listen!"

The young Pioneer became excited, his breathing became heavy, and he was obviously fired up by Li Tianran's words.

"But I guess that even if the Pioneer Legion creates such remarkable achievements, it still won't make the powerful countries treat us as equals, because we have no foundation. In their eyes, perhaps we are just a group of upstarts who have mastered powerful evolutionary forces due to good luck!"

"In this case, instead of 'cooperating' with us, preemptively using powerful force to directly control us, and then analyzing the secret of why we are so strong, is probably what more powerful countries are thinking." Li Tianran said word by word, "Compared to the beast tide, we cannot drive a large number of mutated beasts, and in this case, people will think that those powerful fighter jets are much easier to deal with us than with the beast tide!"

The young Pioneer was stunned. He felt as if something was stuck in his throat, and cold sweat broke out: "Now that the threat of the beast kings has become so serious, do the heads of those countries still hold such... malicious thoughts?"

Li Tianran looked at the sky and smiled lightly: "This is the nature of us humans! Whenever I feel that I have touched the bottom line of human nature... there is always something even worse that happens, reminding me that the bottom line of human nature can be even lower!"

"I have always been unwilling to speculate about them with the worst malice."

"Only when they find that they cannot control us by force, and cannot eliminate us by force, will they sit down at the conference table with us in a calm manner, smiling and shaking hands!" A mocking smile appeared on the corner of Li Tianran's mouth: "So this battle is destined to be unavoidable!"

The young Pioneer became nervous, and his breathing became rapid: "You mean... in the near future, the enemies we have to face are not only the beast tide, but also the powerful human countries?"

"Enemies all around." Li Tianran calmly uttered four words.

This is a king's road full of blood and fire, destined to be paved with piles of white bones!

This is also the only way for all countries and violent organizations to become the world's top powers.

Only when Li Tianran finishes this road, stepping on the piles of white bones of his enemies to reach the top, will Kuangxi Island be completely reborn and reach the peak!

At that time, Li Tianran will have absolute say in the human alliance!

The reason why Li Tianran so blatantly planted flags in all the ruined cities the Pioneer Legion had passed through was to promote the earlier arrival of this day!

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Tomorrow, I will continue to push a big plot, six updates at the bottom! No limit!

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"Come on! Come on! Whether it's the beast tide or the armies of powerful countries, use your flesh and blood and artillery fire to let me complete the final baptism, be reborn, and become..." Li Tianran looked into the distance, his eyes calm and confident:

"The true king!"