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Chapter 397 Divide and Conquer
But how exactly was Theresa supposed to make her move?
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Her alliance was no pushover–they were strong enough to wipe out an entire camp in one go. But if she did that, the other two camps would definitely catch on. And once they realized what happened, there was no doubt they’d team up against her.
Building a camp took blood, sweat, and time. But destroying one? That was the easy part.
They all had helicopters. If they decided to fly in and drop a few bombs in a suicide attack, her losses would be devastating.
But if she sat back and played it safe, growing quietly in the shadows, it was only a matter of time before all three camps discovered her existence. And when they did, they’d still come for her.
After seeing how these three camps really operated–their arrogance, their cruelty–Theresa was even more convinced of one thing: they were all the same.
She wasn’t about to sit around and wait to be discovered, then scramble to retaliate.
Once she got back, Theresa started thinking hard about the problem.
She thought it over from every angle, but couldn’t come up with a clean starting point–until one name popped into her head: Xavier.
She headed straight to his place and told him everything she’d seen.
Xavier listened, then gave her that sly smile of his.
“The best generals win without fighting. Next comes diplomacy. Then comes open battle. The worst strategy is to lay siege to a city.”
He recited the four golden rules of war.
The moment Theresa heard them, her eyes lit up.
Of course
Charging in with brute force was the dumbest move she could make.
There were better ways to bring them down
“Their camps are already riddled with internal tension. Stirring up division from the inside is the perfect play Xavier said, freely passing on his lifetime of strategy
“ Support an opposition force within each camp. Let them challenge their leaders. Best case, we help them overthrow the top brass and install someone we control
Theresa felt like a fog bad been lifted Just in Ark Camp One, there was Harry—the man whose sister was
killed.
And in Ark Camp Two, there was Steelbloom.
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Both of them could be useful.
“Go on, Old Mr. Keaton,” she urged.
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“We deepen the conflicts between the three camps. Turn them into each other’s enemies. Stir the pot until war breaks out among them. We stay out of it–unless one side is on the verge of getting wiped out. Then we step in and support the weaker side.
“But we don’t let anyone get wiped out completely,” Xavier added. “Let them bleed each other dry.
“And in the end… we take them all down in one sweep.”
Theresa’s mind clicked into gear. She looked at Xavier with admiration. “No one plays the long game like you do.”
He chuckled and waved his hand. “I’m old. You young ones are the future.
“But Theresa, remember this: no matter how smart your strategy is, it won’t matter if you don’t have the strength to back it up. If we want to dominate, we need real power.”
Theresa nodded firmly.
She needed to move on both fronts–build up her own power, and wear the others down.
She wasn’t going to be someone people could push around. She was going to be the predator, not the prey.
After leaving Xavier’s, her first stop was to check the progress on camp construction.
With the first defensive perimeter completed, work had already begun on the second line of defense–the city wall.
Most of their population lived within the city. A strong urban defense was absolutely essential.
Construction crews were working around the clock to get it done.
Meanwhile, the Zombie Reaper, invented by Leon, had already been deployed.
Every day, Lucas and his squad took people out to clear nearby zombie clusters.
One drive–through could flatten dozens. In a single day, they were clearing over a thousand zombies,
On the production side, both industry and agriculture were surging
All manufacturing bars had resumed. Whenever they lacked equipment, they just cannibalized okt gear and patched it together.
Building materials, tools, and gear were pouring out in a steady stream
Farms were producing more than ever. The quality of life across the alliance had skyrocketed
Gone were the days of just getting enough to cat–now, everyone was eating well
Having meat in every meal was no longer just a dream
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Not long after returning. Theresa arranged for a few fruit baskets to be put together. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ.net
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They gathered up all the leftover or imperfect fruit from their alliance and packed it into crates. She sold the lot to Morgan.
At the last auction, a single pack of strawberries had gone for 7,000 gleamstones.
Now, she was offering an entire crate of mixed fruit for 700 gleamstones.
When Morgan received the shipment, he was stunned.
He hadn’t expected Theresa to have this much top–quality fruit lying around.
And at that price?
He figured maybe it was because her camp was based on the East Coast, where land was rich and fertile. They must’ve gone through hell to collect that much.
He didn’t hesitate–he took all fifty crates on the spot.
Then, he passed some along to the other two camps.