Free Web NovelChapter 1091: Chapter 435 Defense Plan
It was precisely because Zhou Tian had made new discoveries during the previous plan that, even though the plan had not achieved the results he had initially aimed for, Zhou Tian had not taken that outcome to heart. For him, destroying the players’ potential for advancement was just one of the methods he had for dealing with the player crisis, and if that one method had not succeeded, Zhou Tian could employ another.
As a result, upon returning to his own territory, he didn’t rest or recuperate; at the first opportunity, he used the spatial teleportation array to return to the area of player influence he had originally infiltrated.
Zhou Tian had his reasons why he had to go back.
Before Zhou Tian entered the Gods and Demons battlefield space, his monsters had gained an absolute upper hand in the fight against the NPCs. However, at that time, they had only secured a small territorial advantage, and given the position of Zhou Tian’s lesser creatures, no matter how much advantage they had, if they were within enemy territory, they had to be prepared to be suppressed by the opposition.
Thus, although not much time had passed, Zhou Tian was aware that if the NPCs reacted and timely mobilized reinforcements from other positions, Zhou Tian’s creatures might not prove to be a match for the NPCs after all.
Moreover, after Zhou Tian retreated from the Gods and Demons battlefield space, there was no guarantee that the demigod NPCs wouldn’t take their anger out on Zhou Tian’s beastmen. Consequently, it was likely that in the near future, his territories would face retaliation from the NPCs. Even though the forces Zhou Tian had left in that area were more than capable of dealing with the NPCs inside the castle, they would stand no chance against the full might of the NPCs’ top powers.
Knowing about the existence of the demigods and anticipating that they might target his minions, Zhou Tian certainly wouldn’t just sit back and watch his underlings be slaughtered!
It wasn’t that Zhou Tian particularly cherished his minions; he was well aware that he could easily make up for the loss with his reserves of Special Energy. However, the impact of the monsters’ annihilation was something Zhou Tian could by no means overlook.
Firstly, had the NPCs annihilated all the minions attacking the Player’s Main City at that time, it wouldn’t just be about the players gaining strength, Zhou Tian’s sphere of influence in that area might also be snatched away by the NPCs while they were at it.
NPCs weren’t incapable of such actions. Considering the efforts they’ve made to ensure players have a safe environment to level up in, the NPCs would never tolerate the existence of a dangerous hostile force like Zhou Tian within the players’ area. Therefore, unless they were completely ignorant of the details of the monsters, there was no way they would just watch as Zhou Tian held those territories.
And were the NPCs unaware of the finer details of these monsters? Clearly, that was impossible.
Without special reasons, the monsters would struggle even to defend themselves, let alone attack the Player’s Main City. It’s unlikely they could even venture out of their own territory, so based on the situation in the player area, the NPCs were well aware that without an external force at play, those monsters would not have been able to cause such an upheaval.
Therefore, it goes without saying that with Zhou Tian’s beastman army on the battlefield, and considering that the monsters had just started an uprising and Zhou Tian had killed the NPC demigods guarding the passage, and then directly stormed the battlefield space they were protecting, if the NPCs still couldn’t put two and two together, then they would indeed be incredibly stupid.
So, if Zhou Tian didn’t step in at this moment, the NPCs would definitely take action, which would effectively clean out Zhou Tian’s influence within the player territories.
And if the loss of influence was just a superficial issue, the repercussions behind the scenes would be even more significant and could not be ignored by Zhou Tian. freeweɓnovel.cøm
Why was Zhou Tian able to easily take over territories within the player spheres? Aside from the fact that he liberated those monsters, there was also the resentment those players’ actions had invoked. Every monster within the players’ sphere hated the players deeply, seeing them as nothing more than livestock in their own territories. Under such circumstances, when those monsters met Zhou Tian, they were grateful for his actions and saw a chance for revenge against the players. That’s why Zhou Tian faced no resistance when he thought of annexing their territories.
Now, should those monsters believe that Zhou Tian could help them get revenge on the players and entrust their territories to him, and if in the end Zhou Tian only looked after himself, leading to their eventual annihilation at the hands of the NPC demigods, Zhou Tian’s reputation within the player sphere would undoubtedly be ruined.
