The end of another world: the desolate land!

Tap, tap, tap... The sound of fingers tapping on the armrests of wooden chairs rang out in the meeting room of the central church. Harman sat in the first seat on the left, looking at the recent population explosion and resource consumption ratio and fell into deep thought.

The elven city-state had indeed made a fortune by relying on the elemental condensed spirits. The total amount of wealth and funds each week, day, and even month was terrifying.

But if all this money is used to purchase basic resources and mid-level resources, it would be a huge waste and would also be a war of attrition.

This time, the meeting was held in the central church of the city-state. Meng Lingyue, Harman, and Moss, the three decision-makers, all gathered together. Of course, the other prime ministers, generals, 12 elders, many decision-makers of the remaining departments, and the acting city lords of the other two city-states also came to the conference room for the meeting.

The policy of this meeting is naturally that the allocation of resources in the forest area and the three city-states cannot keep up with the proportion of consumption.

There are two obvious options now. One is to stand still. This method can barely maintain the situation, but the subsequent development will be greatly restricted.

Another way is to annex. As mentioned before, in addition to the forest area, there are 6 other areas with abundant resources in the surrounding area.

Moss and Harman were hesitant. After all, in their understanding, the elves did not have the final say in the current forest area. There were too many things to consider.

But Meng Lingyue didn't think so. She had already taken control of the forest area early on, so how could she give up on annexing the other six areas?

Although Meng Lingyue secretly controls the entire forest area, she does not want to expose it too much now, but is ready to act out a scene by overdoing it~

Lord City Lord! According to the consensus of our elders' council and the voting results of private discussions, all 10 of our elders agree to attack the six surrounding areas.

Yes, City Lord! Now we the elves already have three city-states, and we already have rune materials, medicinal materials, and minerals, which are the three resource areas that can determine the fate and development direction of a city-state. Why not use this springboard to move to the next level?

That's right! The resources consumed by the three city-states every day cannot be measured in numbers or money, and the resources obtained from the forest area and part of the grassland area cannot perfectly meet and operate the three city-states.

Please ask City Lord Moss and Prime Minister Haman to issue an edict. We the elves should also complete the unification of the entire forest area and the plunder of the surrounding areas!

Not only did the 10 elders agree to integrate the surrounding areas and forest areas, but after hearing the elders' retelling, the other generals and prime ministers also explained the pros and cons of the matter to each other.

(These elders, generals, other prime ministers and responsible persons all sang in unison, and it was obvious that Meng Lingyue had begun to perform.)

Harman looked at his sister who was looking down in thought, then sideways at the group of elders and the many responsible persons who expressed their intention to capture the city.

Although he was puzzled as to why these old guys were so cooperative with his ideas at this moment, he felt puzzled, but this was exactly the effect he wanted.

But... things didn't go as planned. I did want to integrate the entire forest area, and even the surrounding areas. However, the previous civil unrest and unstable development resulted in the remaining vassal races and combat power of the elven city-state not being very high.

Helpless, he finally had to explain all his concerns one by one.

Everyone! I know you want to take the elves to a higher level, and so do I, but we can't win the war with words. The city-state is now well-funded, but the money can only be piled up in the treasury.

It would be a huge waste if this huge amount of money was used to purchase basic resources for stable development!

What we lack most now is high-end combat power and backbone forces, and both of these combat powers require a lot of time and money.

There are only two handfuls of people in our city-state whose combat power exceeds level 1000, and this is only when I, the prime minister, and my sister are included.

Harman was explaining on the side, and Meng Lingyue seemed to be drinking tea leisurely at this moment, but privately she was contacting the Clay Man Tribe, the Forest Dragon Tribe, the Grass Spirit Tribe, the Lingti Deer Tribe, those city lords who had already been replaced by Meng Lingyue in private.

It would take some time for them to get over here, so they could also listen to Harman's complaints.

Okay, everyone, no need to say more... Although I also want to increase the power of the family group to a higher level, based on the current situation, the development of resources, and time planning, now is not the time for us elves to resort to force.

After all, we don't even have complete control over the forest area now, and how can we control the entire area so easily? Elders, you should just stop thinking about it and develop it honestly for a few hundred or a thousand years.

After listening to the words of the second-in-command of the elves, the elders, generals and other responsible persons looked at each other, but if they looked more carefully, they would see that their eyes all drifted slightly towards Meng Lingyue.

After receiving Meng Lingyue's micro-expression telling them not to worry, the other responsible persons pretended to show frustration and confusion.

The people below had performed enough, and it was Meng Lingyue's turn. The girl naturally put down the tea set and looked up at Harman. The tone of her subsequent conversation seemed very relaxed and firm.

Harman: Don't speak so early. What you are worried about is that the elves are taking too big a step without fully coordinating the forest area, which may lead to trouble.

But you might as well ask those city lords if they are willing to fight with us?

Oh my sister Meng... Don't be so careless! It is simply impossible to get those annoying old guys to form an alliance with us and sign an alliance agreement with us as the main force.

You don't know that the other city-states are even more ambitious! Relying on the fact that no race is completely united in the forest area, they have been doing a lot of tricks behind the scenes.

If a few of them come to our city now and give us some advice, they will be able to listen to our strategy and unify the six surrounding areas!

Hehe~ I'll show you how to drink tea while standing upside down~

(When saying this, Haman obviously had a firm belief and was very sure that the group of people who put two onions in their noses to pretend to be elephants would not come at all)

But then there is a comedy scene.

Prime Minister Haman received instructions from his subordinates that several city lords who had established city-states in the forest area had all arrived at the Holy City of Elves.

Not only did he come here, but he also specifically requested to attend the meeting. Not only did he come here to attend the meeting, but he also stated directly and without delay that he wanted to follow the elves to conquer the world!

It's fine to conquer the world~ these Haman can accept! What's the most outrageous thing? The most outrageous thing is to merge with the elves and become a vassal race.

Harman was stunned by this... It was so magical! He was just sitting at home, and those old men suddenly seemed to have come to their senses and gave him treasures. Not only did they give him treasures, but they also supported his career and were willing to use all their wealth to support him!

With this unreal emotion, he was full of surprise even when signing the alliance agreement. However, when he saw the Clay Man Tribe, Forest Dragon Tribe, Grass Spirit Tribe, and Spirit Deer Tribe, several city lords who were well-known and had a say in the forest area, all signed and stamped the city lord's seal.

Harman knew that he was not dreaming at all.

Moss's words didn't matter. After all, she would have to give up her position in the autumn. She was really fed up with the position of city lord. Busy back and forth every day, her and Xiao Meng'er's world of two had been delayed.

Isn't this just a coincidence? Why should I care when others are rushing to offer warmth? Afraid of these old guys causing trouble? What a joke! Even if I am cursed, I am at least an affined elf who can use some of the power of the forest. It is no problem for me to grind these city lords who came to seek refuge to ashes, and I have signed an agreement.

The meeting ended happily and confusingly. Moss didn't feel anything, but Harman felt more and more that something was wrong.

If we want to know what exactly is wrong, we need to adjust the timeline to what Meng Lingyue said to him.

After coming to Meng Lingyue's studio privately, he expressed his doubts directly.

I thought you wouldn't find out until a day later~ But if you really don't find out until a day later, I'll definitely give you a good beating.

(Meng Lingyue, who was wearing monocular glasses, didn't raise her head and was drawing some runes carefully, but she didn't miss the conversation with Harman)

My sister! You are too obvious, okay? When you finished speaking, the city lords of the other city-states all rushed to our place as if they had received some order.

And they all signed this unequal treaty directly as if they had received some orders. Even if I were as stupid as a pig, I should know that there must be someone manipulating this behind the scenes.

But... Sister Meng? I'm also very curious, could it be you who did this?

(Harman's eyes at this moment were filled with inquiry, curiosity, and even excitement)

Meng Lingyue first put down the feather pen in her hand, but did not take off her glasses. Instead, she looked at Harman sitting on the sofa on the right leisurely.

Don't you already have the answer?

It was you who really did it! No, no, no, how did you do it, Sister Meng? Those are the Clay Man Clan, the Forest Dragon Clan, the Grass Spirit Clan, and the Spirit Deer Clan. The latter two races are fine, but they are completely allied with us. I have a good chance of persuading them.

But the two city-states of the Mud Man Clan and the Forest Dragon Clan are notoriously difficult to deal with. How did you train all these old stubborn people like dogs?

Isn't this easy? Just kill them all and replace them with a group of people to impersonate them, right?

(Harman was first silenced by Meng Lingyue because he heard something he could never imagine)

He didn't even believe it in his heart and mind, but he stared into the girl's eyes. After a few seconds, he realized that she was serious. Harman fell silent.

It’s not that I don’t believe it, but I think it’s too weird.

He and his sister both had secret guards and even some intelligence organizations. Harman also thought he was in control of the entire area, but Meng Lingyue's words just now directly shattered all of this.

His own secret guards and intelligence organization, the Dark Web, have no need to exist at all in the face of the means of the girl in front of him. It would be fine if she was a strong person, but Meng Lingyue's current level is only 387.

Meng Lingyue, who was sitting on the floating chair, turned her head to look at the wonderful expression on the face of Harman, the second-in-command of the Elf City, and found it very interesting.

Okay... Stop looking like a psychedelic mushroom with all those colorful faces. All your secret guards and intelligence organizations are under my control. Not only that, although you control the three city-states in public, they are actually my people in private.

It seems that the entire forest area is scattered like ants, but in fact it has formed an anthill long ago.

Relax, I do all this for my sister. After all, my sister's curse requires a lot of life force, and now if the entire forest area is to be slowly cured over time, it will take tens of thousands of years to break the curse.

As our power expands and the areas of the entire race and city-state become more extensive, it will become easier and faster to collect life force.