The announcement from the Legal Front didn't provide many details, but it has officially turned warfare into a routine method of problem-solving.

Zhou Yi quickly contacted Duke Destructive.

It had previously allied with Lord Dominator to launch an offensive against Turbo City.

Duke Destructive said, "I did indeed assist it earlier, but after Turbo City was taken, I cashed out and left, only taking the 100,000 light seeds it gave me, without considering dividing the territory."

"That place is too far from the Shuanghe Region, difficult to govern as an enclave, and very risky."

"The information I got is that about one and a half hours ago, negotiations between Mechanical City and Lord Dominator broke down, leading to direct military action."

"They launched seven long-range missiles from the sea, destroying Turbo City's defense system. Two A-grade giant weapons, David, landed from the Dead Sea with a large number of military drones and robot dogs, injuring Lord Dominator during the attack."

"On the other side, they used flying system mechanical lives to bomb the Hundred Schools Plateau."

"Lord Dominator reported that the Legal Front used twelve earth-breaking light bombs, destroying its 13,000 acres of agricultural land, which won't recover for at least five years."

Zhou Yi was stunned, "Earth-breaking light bombs? How did they get that stuff?"

"Huh? I thought you authorized the sale of that technology to them... didn't you?"

Duke Destructive was also a bit confused.

"No."

Zhou Yi frowned.

The earth-breaking light bomb was developed by Shi Gandang and had only been used once during the bombing of the Shuanghe Region.

How did the Legal Front get this technology?

He immediately inquired with the inventor, Shi Gandang.

The Light Seal Expert said, "President, the technology of the earth-breaking light bomb is not complex; the important part is the idea. As long as the combination and balance of E-3 level 'desertification,' 'evaporation,' and 'high temperature' are achieved to reach sufficient explosion energy levels, it's doable."

"With the manufacturing capability and industrial foundation of Mechanical City, they can carry them using long-range missiles or high-explosive bombs."

"They only need to analyze the explosion site, and Light Seal Experts can deduce which light seals were used and then narrow down the combinations for testing. These combinations can be figured out."

"I speculate that they collected samples from the bomb site we hit before and then replicated it."

Zhou Yi felt somewhat helpless.

In this area, Mechanical City indeed had full marks for talent.

Perhaps developing something from scratch was difficult, but once they had a final product or related item, they could reverse-engineer it from the answer.

This was first-rate copying ability.

Duke Destructive continued, "Seeing things were going bad, Lord Dominator withdrew from Turbo City, even losing some money to escape. In comparison, Duke Apex at Gear Castle was the unfortunate one."

"The defenses at Gear Castle were solid, and they had built specific mechanical interference devices. Duke Apex himself was stationed there, preparing for long-term management of the area."

The Doll Governor said in a low voice, "Duke Apex refused to hand over Gear Castle in a conversation at the Mechanic Hub, and then he was assassinated with a single shot."

Zhou Yi asked, "Assassinated?"

"Yes."

"There's not much information; both Lord Dominator and I are gathering reliable first-hand data."

Duke Destructive's tone grew heavy, "All we know for now is that just after Duke Apex finished the negotiation, a red dot appeared on every person's head in Gear Castle."

"That red dot locked onto each person, inescapable. It's likely a special marking technology. The source couldn't be identified, and there were no countermeasures."

"Duke Apex was completely covered in red dots and was hit by a black light beam, reduced to dust."

It added, "Duke Apex was a seasoned sea lord with strong self-preservation skills and high vitality. But he was instantly killed on the spot—this method is unprecedented. We suspect it is a new type of death light weapon."

"Because the black light penetration leaves a very noticeable track effect. But what exactly the mechanism is remains unknown."

Zhou Yi's heart tightened.

Red dots marking each person, combined with deadly black lasers.

The source couldn't be found.

These two technologies were clearly specially matched, efficient, and precise.

Duke Destructive said, "With Duke Apex assassinated, the city official in charge of managing the city opened the gates and surrendered."

"In this way, Gear Castle was retaken by Mechanical City, even the Main Camp Liao Island originally held by Duke Apex was taken over by the Legal Front."

Zhou Yi frowned, "Using a lethal strike for Duke Apex, a comprehensive suppression for Lord Dominator..."

"Your extensive war experience, in your opinion, why adopt two different approaches? Logically, using the method of assassinating the sea lord would be the quickest."

Duke Destructive said, "It depends on the strategic goal. Achieving the strategic objective allows for accepting large losses, but failing to meet the goal renders even stellar victories useless."

"Overpowering a sea lord's forces and assassinating the sea lord himself is indeed the most efficient. The Legal Front's goal isn't just that; retaking the lost Mechanical City is also very important..."

It pondered for a moment, "Testing data."

"I believe they are conducting external tests."

"In terms of swift resolution, the decapitation method for Duke Apex is best, but the follow-up is difficult to handle. Without a leader, the group's internal factions splinter into smaller groups, and managing Liao Island isn't as easy as it looks."

"Gear Castle is about 300 kilometers from Liao Island. If left unchecked, it would become an unstable factor, affecting future law and external security of Gear Castle."

Duke Destructive elaborated, "The other method is the approach used on Lord Dominator's side: full-scale warfare and force suppression. Although costly, it secures a stable city and surrounding environment. Keeping the sea lord, Lord Dominator, maintains stability in the neighboring areas."

"They are testing which of these two methods is the better solution. By collecting data, they can decide on their combat strategies against different sea lords in the future."

Zhou Yi thought to himself, how professional.

Duke Destructive indeed had unique insights in the field of warfare.

The Legal Front was collecting data, using the data to make decisions. They hadn't engaged in a war for many years and needed to gather extensive battlefield data and subsequent feedback.

Just a day later.

The Legal Front issued another announcement.

—All intruders have been expelled from Piston Town.

—Piston Town formally joined the Legal Front.

Piston Town is a small mechanical city, similar in scale to Recursive City. Previously, the general agreement model was broken by the Mechanical Knight Order, and Piston Town was occupied by a group of Heavenly Kingdom mutant rebels.

Zhou Yi had heard about this group of mutant rebels from Duke Destructive.

They broke through the blockade of the Heavenly Kingdom in small guerrilla groups, merging overseas to establish territories, calling themselves the Freedom Army. Now, the Freedom Army has absorbed mutants from various places, becoming a force to be reckoned with.

The members of the Freedom Army are all mutants, inherently radiated, and it's not suitable for them to settle in cities with many ordinary people. Mechanical City doesn't pose a problem, as mechanical lives have certain anti-radiation capabilities.

The Freedom Army previously seized an opportunity and successfully raided Piston Town.

Unfortunately, before they could warm up to this city, they encountered the overwhelming force of the Legal Front.

As a bystander, Zhou Yi observed the frontline battle situation via satellite every day, maintaining keen interest and continuously refreshing the page.

Against the Freedom Army, the Legal Front adopted a third approach.

They initiated an airstrike mode.

The Legal Front's air force dropped "light-blocking bombs," "high-pressure bombs," and "sealing bullets" from 5000 meters high.

Light-blocking bombs can block the convergence of light seals and death light, acting as a weapon killer.

High-pressure bombs can instantly increase pressure over an area, creating special light-shadow phenomena used to identify hidden enemies.

Sealing bullets disrupt the local light structure, sealing the active abilities of nearby people and light imprint devices.

Accompanied by the bombings, paratroopers descended from the sky at night.

These were a new model of mechanical spider units, fully metal-structured.

Unlike the Mechanical Knight's "spider cars," these mechanical spiders were much smaller, each about 20 to 30 centimeters long and 15 to 25 centimeters wide, roughly the size of a child's washbasin.

These mechanical spiders were very small and not easily detectable.

Upon landing, they began quickly laying copper wire networks on the ground. Electric cats then emerged from these spiders, moving along the copper wires, establishing a defensive line.

Mechanical spiders, as engineers, built electric fortifications, paired with the electric cats' strong breakthrough movement capabilities, quickly overwhelming the defending mutants in Piston Town, easily reclaiming this mechanical city.

Zhou Yi was eating and watching the show, but seeing this, he was dumbfounded.

Watching the fun, he realized it had hit close to home.

He immediately contacted Guste from Yin Shang Company.

"Did you sell electric cats to the Legal Front?"

"Mr. Zhou, no. We sold them in batches to different groups, but somehow, the Legal Front managed to acquire at least 200 out of the 500 electric cats from us."

Guste's voice was also helpless, "We only sell these items; we can't control their final destinations..."

Zhou Yi immediately understood.

Based on Mechanical City's style, every action was calculated.

They had decided to buy the electric cats from the beginning, planning to establish the electric cat system.

The next day.

The Legal Front launched a reclamation campaign against Mechanical Bay.

Different from previous cities, this was an important large-scale manufacturing city with more complex issues.

In the previous war during the general agreement period, large-scale explosions occurred in Mechanical Bay. These were not external attacks but were caused by some mechanical lives inside the city that installed "keys," turning them into mechanical thugs.

The city saw the birth of many mechanical thugs, causing explosions everywhere and looting various resources in the city.

This situation arose due to two main reasons.

First, Mechanical Bay had an extremely high unemployment rate, with over 27% of mechanical residents being jobless and on the verge of death. If not for the mechanical life mechanisms, the revolt would have come sooner and more violently.

Second, external influence.

Guste did not shy away from this: "Our company was indeed involved... not just us, but also the Railway Company, Shenwei Company, the Heavenly Kingdom, and Star Axis."

"Mechanical Bay is large in scale, with well-developed infrastructure, a port, large factory areas, abundant water resources, and is a plain, housing over 40,000 mechanical lives with good human and natural resources."

"But because of the involvement of various parties, maintaining a delicate balance, everyone wanted to attract the advanced professionals inside and obtain a share of the land use rights. Before joining the Legal Front, Mechanical Bay remained an independent city."

"But this time, we didn't expect the Legal Front to come in so aggressively... we had to make a painful exit."

Zhou Yi was more concerned.

This time, the Legal Front did not disguise their methods in reclaiming and cleaning Mechanical Bay and entirely adopted the electric cat system.

Mechanical spiders descended from the sky using flying silk, constructing a wired network, releasing electric cat warriors, and even using electric cat transcoders to communicate with the electric cats.

Electric cats had absolute suppression over mechanical lives, almost instantly controlling the mechanical thugs.

Seeing this infuriated Zhou Yi.

Fuyu Heart at least paid a patent fee.

The company harnessed the intelligence of its employees, developing the electric cat system. But Mechanical City stole, replicated, and applied it on a massive scale for profit, even waging war. This was a blatant patent infringement!

Other smaller places doing this could be overlooked.

But the Legal Front, with its vast resources, doing this, was shameless.

Just you wait!

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