Chapter 910 - Youve Painted Yourself Into A Corner (1/2)
”Your power is definitely to copy other people's powers,” P5092 said firmly, convinced of his own judgment. ”Let me recall who has a power similar to White Mask… Xu Xianchu!”
Xu Xianchu was now considered an important commander of the Northwest. Therefore, no matter how little attention the Pyro Company paid to the Northwest, they would still know some information about them. As such, P5092 immediately linked Ren Xiaosu's White Mask to Xu Xianchu's shadow clone.
Ren Xiaosu asked calmly, ”Have you ever considered that you know too much already?”
P5092 grunted, ”Hmm?”
Why did it feel like something was off?
Ren Xiaosu sighed and said, ”I've been discussing with you whether you should join the Northwest along the journey here. Now that you know so much, it looks like you have no choice but to go there.”
Other than confirming whether the Wang Consortium was really actively battling the enemy at Mt. Daniu, Ren Xiaosu also wanted to showcase his powers so that P5092 would willingly join the Prosperous Northwest.
But since P5092 was so smart, there was no other choice left than to join the Prosperous Northwest.
”You've painted yourself into a corner.” Ren Xiaosu sighed.
P5092 was speechless. For some reason, he even sensed a hint of threat in his words.
After he quietly got onto the steam locomotive, Ren Xiaosu said, ”You're also considered a military commander of the Northwest now. Do you think that the Northwest should participate in the Central Plains war?”
”No.” P5092 shook his head. When it came to strategy and military matters, he regained his usual composure. ”Comparatively speaking, Fortress 178 should be guarding their original territory and not rashly come to the Central Plains without fully understanding the expeditionary army's strength.”
”What do you mean?” Ren Xiaosu asked.
”The Northwest Army does not understand the geography of the Central Plains, nor have they ever fought here before. So if the expeditionary army becomes unstoppable, Fortress 178's troops in the Northwest would still be protecting the people of the Central Plains,” P5092 analyzed. ”The Central Plains that I'm talking about refers to the entire Alliance of Strongholds, people of the same nationality.”
”But what if the entire Central Plains falls?” Ren Xiaosu asked, ”Haven't you thought about how many people will die?”
”Then what if the main forces of the Northwest are ambushed by the barbarians when they get here and end up thinning their strength, eventually causing the Northwest to fall?” P5092 retorted. ”So, what Fortress 178 should do is defend the Northwest first. The expeditionary army can't kill all of the humans in the Central Plains. As long as there's still people guarding a piece of territory here, everything will still be possible in the future. But if all of them fall, it will be very difficult to have any hope at all.”
Ren Xiaosu understood now. In P5092's opinion, if the Central Plains fell, the Northwest would become the new tinder for humanity to restart. They would have to first think about the issue of survival before discussing how to subjugate the lost land.
P5092 placed the issue of the continuation of the nation as his highest priority. All of his strategies were to serve this purpose.
There was no right or wrong here. It was just that after humanity was nearly wiped out, an organization with obsessions like the Pyro Company would be born.
Ren Xiaosu chuckled and said, ”Look, you've even started thinking for the Northwest. That's really good.”
P5092 said in a serious tone, ”Actually, I've always rejected the idea of the Prosperous Northwest until this moment. It's just that I've failed in doing so….”
The steam locomotive rumbled in the northwest direction to where the infantry brigade led by Zhang Xiaoman was, Mt. Youyu.
Along the way, Ren Xiaosu invited P5092 to play Fight the Landlord together, but he was plainly rejected.
Throughout the journey, P5092 used every available second to supplement his knowledge of the Northwest. Some of this information was described to him, and there were also some maps that Ren Xiaosu carried with him.