However, for Zhang Song, the most crucial thing right now was to head to Deherim, quickly obtain the latest intelligence from Zhang Bo, and understand the progress of Zhang Bo's plan in Deherim.
"It doesn't matter. Even if that human, Shen Mu, looks quite powerful and grows very quickly, as long as Zhang Bo and I work together from inside and out, this guy will eventually be annihilated just like the Diesel Company!"
Zhang Song gripped the bow and arrow in his hand, allowing his trembling heart to gradually calm down.
Then, he led his three companions and the Wood Elf followers behind him, quickly leaving the area.
They certainly couldn't pass through this desert region.
After all, they had also discovered that appearing in this desert region basically meant being completely exposed.
This was detrimental to all their plans.
The Green Leaf Group and Deherim had not continued their interactions for a long time; it was as if, after losing the Diesel Company as an enemy, they entered a rather delicate situation.
From initial cooperation, they had now turned to mutual suspicion.
There was no other way. After all, even the powerful Diesel Company had been dealt with by Shen Mu's new human faction, so how could their weaker Green Leaf Group contend with Deherim?
Therefore, they could only passively retract their forces, silently beginning to observe Deherim, which was now in the open, like a venomous snake. Especially after discovering that a new human castle had been built overnight at the Diesel Company's ruins, it made them even more anxious.
Thus, they needed to be even more careful, avoiding unnecessary misunderstandings that could lead to armed conflict between the Green Leaf Group, which was currently at an absolute disadvantage, and Deherim.
If the Green Leaf Group were to engage in armed conflict with Deherim now, the Green Leaf Group would definitely suffer.
This was a deterrent stemming from strength.
Zhang Song understood very clearly now and was certain that if the Green Leaf Group and Deherim went to war, the Green Leaf Group would definitely be defeated. After all, the Green Leaf Group's true military strength combined was only about 2,000 people.
This was even after the Diesel Company's negative perception of crisis, which led the Green Leaf Group to specifically develop some military forces.
If they hadn't developed, even if all were gathered, there probably wouldn't be 1,000 effective combatants.
Zhang Song sighed at this moment.
He said nothing more, leading the two or three Blue Star Humans and the Wood Elves behind him, bypassing the edge of the desert, and quickly moving through the more complex environments of apartments and green spaces.
Soon, they crossed this desert region and arrived in the direction of Deherim.
"Song Ge, I wonder if you've noticed? The situation here is also very unusual." As they walked, a Blue Star Human behind Zhang Song frowned, looking at the surrounding environment, and spoke.
"What?" Zhang Song was still contemplating the military pressure Deherim was exerting on the Green Leaf Group. He hadn't noticed anything unusual as described by the Blue Star Human.
So he tightened his grip on his bow and arrow and asked with a solemn tone, "Did you find anything?"
Even the other Blue Star Humans and Wood Elves had their hearts in their throats, gripping their respective bows and arrows, looking around menacingly, but found no trace of enemies.
"It's not about enemies, but the surrounding environment." The Blue Star Human said, "Look at how increasingly desertified the surrounding environment has become. Before, there were many residential areas and green vegetation here, but now many deserts have appeared in these residential areas, and much of the green vegetation has also disappeared."
At this moment, the others looked around and indeed noticed the disappearing greenery and large expanses of yellowish-brown desert, and their faces also showed a hint of solemnity.
"Oh, so that's the problem you're talking about. It's a small issue. This is a phenomenon of the Spiritual Realm descending into the Blue Star World." Zhang Song waved his hand, also letting out a few slow breaths as his heart, which had been in his throat, calmed down. He calmly said, "It's just that this phenomenon has accelerated recently. Once this entire area becomes a desert, our current location will become an oasis. We can rest assured about that."
"Our location is an oasis? That's truly wonderful." The other humans smiled.
If this area were to become a desert, it would truly be a huge challenge for the Wood Elves, who are skilled in jungle combat. After all, if everything around them became barren, and they are a group of Wood Elves who need green vegetation to thrive, wouldn't it feel awkward standing in the desert?
Moreover, Wood Elves also need various outputs from the forest, including raw materials for their tools and arrows, all of which require forests.
Deserts are not suitable for elves to live in.
Now that they knew their Wood Elf Village would become an oasis, they also breathed a sigh of relief. If it really became a desert, then their Wood Elf Village would certainly have no future.
After all, they were not true Wood Elves, but Blue Star Humans who, through soul-level resonance, had become increasingly like Wood Elves. Essentially, they still regarded themselves as new humans and never truly considered themselves real Wood Elves.
Therefore, as Blue Star Humans, they understood the trade-offs of benefits.
"Alright, let's go. Don't make a fuss. Over the next six months, more and more Spiritual Realm scenes will descend here, and this place will eventually become a vast desert." Zhang Song didn't care about this, as he had already learned about this situation through Yang Di, the general manager, and the newly built large Wood Elf settlement.
When the Spiritual Realm fully descends, Blue Star will no longer be what it once was, and the so-called prosperous cities will surely be replaced by various Spiritual Realm terrains.
Of course, that's for later. Talking about it now is useless, and they are powerless anyway. After all, this is a general trend, already destined. What can these small fry of the Blue Star World do?
It's estimated that even the Wood Elf settlement, which is a relatively strong branch of Wood Elves in the Star Realm, cannot make a decision.
At this moment, Zhang Song led the two or three Blue Star Humans and the seven or eight Wood Elves, continuing to rapidly approach Deherim, hoping to find a safe house they had previously agreed upon with Zhang Bo.
Zhang Song looked at the desertifying Blue Star World around him, feeling a sense of unease in his heart.
This was a trepidation that arose from a Blue Star Human witnessing the destruction of the Blue Star World.
But he was powerless.
Because in the Star Realm, those creatures whose main base is the Spiritual Realm, they are the ones who decide how to completely relocate the Spiritual Realm's foundations into the Blue Star World and then turn the Blue Star World into the culprit of the Spiritual Realm.
They are the ones playing the game.
And the pieces they play are these spiritual anchor point plane coordinates bound to Blue Star Humans.
They had already entered the game, and besides, these Blue Star Humans who were killed by Undead Monsters had no way to resist; they could only be used as pawns.
Because if they didn't cooperate with these people from the Spiritual Realm, the Undead Monsters would completely destroy them.
death spirit rules would also completely occupy blue star rules, turning the Blue Star World into an Undead World.
But look at them now, after uniting with the various races of the Spiritual Realm, they can at least preserve the possibility for some of these Blue Star Humans to survive, and they can also ensure that the Blue Star World, in essence, still retains a trace of blue star rules.
After all, blue star rules and spirit world rules have already partially merged with each other.
If the seemingly tough spirit world rules didn't protect and unite with these Blue Star Humans, then the spirit world rules alone wouldn't be able to contend with death spirit rules.
These are all interdependent.
They help each other, repel each other, devour each other, and then support each other.
It is a special state of spirit world rules and blue star rules.
It's entirely because death spirit rules are too powerful, plus two other evil rules outside of death spirit rules are also helping death spirit rules invade the Blue Star World, so these blue star rules and spirit world rules can only join forces and are forced to cooperate.
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If there were no death spirit rules and the other two evil rules, it's estimated that blue star rules and spirit world rules would themselves clash, contending with each other and having conflicts.
"Forget it, whether the Blue Star World dies or not has nothing to do with us, as long as we can survive." Zhang Song shook his head at this moment, looking at the safe house they had reached. He motioned to the Blue Star Humans and Wood Elves behind him, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual around, he plunged inside.
And inside, two small, short little monsters were already waiting.
Holding short daggers, they shivered and hid in the corner.
Upon seeing Zhang Song and his group approach and confirming they were Wood Elves, they all showed joyful expressions and ran over, bowing respectfully again and again.
"Hmm, you're good too. Here are your rewards and gifts, two apples for you to eat." Zhang Song smiled, motioning for the Blue Star Humans behind him to give each of the two little monsters a bright red apple. Then he took the sealed letters the two little monsters handed over.
Opening it, he quickly read the dense small print, understanding the recent situation in Deherim, and his expression gradually changed from solemn to somewhat happy.
However, even amidst his happiness, he still showed some suppression and seriousness.
The happiness was because in Deherim, Zhang Bo had completely gained the trust of those Blue Star Humans, and had even formed some small groups among them, and had also divided those Blue Star Humans, causing each of them to develop some estrangement from Shen Mu.
But why was there also some suppression and seriousness? He also discovered that the new human faction in Deherim had been developing too quickly recently.
They could even find some Blue Star Humans to give them Spiritual Realm inheritances, allowing them to become Spiritual Realm Commanders.
This was a quite generous act.
Not to mention the current Green Leaf Group, even when the Diesel Company was still around, they were reluctant to offer 10 slots daily for ordinary people to become Spiritual Realm Commanders.
This consumed very precious Spiritual Realm inheritances, and also a lot of spiritual realm mark fragments, which were very important strategic materials.
After all, spiritual realm mark fragments could transmit a large number of native species and various materials from the Star Realm.
Who wouldn't feel pained giving them away for free like that?
Then he continued to read the content above, his brows furrowing more and more: "Oh no, that castle really was built overnight. Zhang Bo hadn't heard any news before, as if Shen Mu had blocked the information."
This blocking of information clearly indicated a relatively systematic security measure.
And since Zhang Bo didn't know, it was clear that the information channels and intelligence channels Zhang Bo understood had not learned of Shen Mu's intention to build a new castle.
This indicated that Zhang Bo still hadn't completely gained Shen Mu's trust.
"No, I need to speed up the pace. If this Shen Mu develops faster and faster, then the Green Leaf Group will be reduced to a subordinate." Zhang Song's brows were furrowed like the character 'river' (chuan, meaning river): "No, it's not just about needing to speed up the pace anymore; it's about needing to act quickly."
The speed of Shen Mu's step-by-step development now was simply outrageous to him.
He had already felt that Shen Mu was developing very quickly. If he wasn't restrained, once he fully developed, it wouldn't be a matter of being a subordinate or not, but whether he and the Green Leaf Group would become food on the table.
Of course, this was just his analogy.
The humans of the Spiritual Realm were not like the Pig-Headed People of the Diesel Company, who would even eat humans and elves, and they had no habit of eating humanoid creatures.
They still belonged to the civilized faction.
But the problem of being on the table as food was the same fate as the Diesel Company: being completely annihilated, and then their resources being taken by Deherim to become new energy for the development of those humans.
Zhang Song didn't want this to happen, after all, the Green Leaf Group and the Wood Elf Village were extremely important stages he encountered in his life.
After his city village had been massacred by Undead Monsters, he had come to regard the Green Leaf Group as his home.
How could he just watch the Green Leaf Group be swallowed and wiped out by Shen Mu, a nobody he had never known before, who had developed through sheer luck?
Zhang Song was now very worried. (End of this chapter)