Chapter 158: Students
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While Chinese people often presented a modest and somewhat low profile image to others… when it came to martial virtue, few others could compete with them.

Since ancient times of kings and generals to the modern rejuvenation of the nation, Chinese people had faced challenges head-on—Yu taming the great flood, Hou Yi shooting down the nine other suns, Yu Gong moving the mountains. Embracing defiance as a righteous way of life, the Chinese had never concealed their martial virtues. [TL note: The feats noted here are mostly Chinese fables.]

Yang Qiu, a true Chinese in essence, only played the role of a madman disturbing the peace when conditions were against him. But with favorable circumstances, his inherent martial spirit running in his blood could no longer be contained—with over three thousand undead at his disposal, conquering a small territory like Indahl was certainly within reach. However, securing Indahl with just the undead was not without its challenges.

It couldn't be said that conquest was difficult—no army could outlast the undead in attrition, and factors like morale, food, and supply, critical to ordinary warfare, posed no issue to the undead. As long as Yang Qiu provided temporary teleportation points while continuing to be the power source for players to have limitless respawns, winning any battle was merely a matter of time.

The real challenge lay in smoothly taking over administration and maintaining order post-conquest. The American military's experience in Afghanistan was a case in point. It took less than half a year to control major cities, but the ensuing 18 years of counter-insurgency warfare were grueling.

When players first took over Weisshem, it was a night's job. But establishing stable rule in Weisshem under the "Taranthan faction" took three full months.

In these three months, Rex, Ji Tang, Zhao Zhenzhen, and many others had put in great effort, and even Yang Qiu himself had to move several containers of instant noodles…

Indahl, with its one major city, over 20 towns, and about t

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