The icy blue seawater, under the sunlight, reflects points of brilliance.
Looking around, it is still an endless ocean... beneath what appears to be a calm sea surface is an endless war.
rcury 42, or as it’s more popularly called at this ti—Water Hell.
"...I really didn’t expect we’d be back so soon."
Many in the courtyard have been striving here for ten years, with quite a few even having established families here... Considering that the official language and culture here are standardized by the Eastern Country, calling it a second holand isn’t at all inappropriate.
"To be honest, I don’t miss this place at all."
Xue En gnawed on bamboo, looking at the salty ocean with disdain.
Lu thought he was really going to retire to the second line and settle down in the ancient city... but in the end, he still applied to co here.
"Actually, is it really important over there? With us gone, at least half of the ancient city is empty..."
"64% of the buildings are gone, 73% of the population is gone; saying half is still conservative."
Honestly, seeing these numbers, Lu Ping’an found it a bit excessive.
He kind of understands why others are wary of his group... The greatest threat from Lu’s group was perhaps not their expansion as it imposed no compulsion; he rely managed himself well enough to attract surrounding people to co voluntarily.
This isn’t the aura of a sovereign but rather the continual production of benefits... In so people’s evaluations, Lu Ping’an could indeed "steal the country."
The reality is that without Lu Ping’an even noticing, he essentially devoured the whole ancient city.
The region that was once the location of the ancient city had a large chunk missing after the courtyard continent floated away... In fact, if Lu Ping’an hadn’t actively diverted, he could have moved the entire ancient city, leaving only wasteland for the Eastern Country.
"Why not do it?"
"So people yearn for peace on Earth... Besides, if we really leave a UFO-sized crater for the Eastern Country, there’s no way they wouldn’t go mad."
Recalling his experiences in Wanjing, Lu Ping’an felt that his treatnt might have been a bit too excessive.
The Nirvana Plan has developed to such an extent that many achievents have already been observed... The internal decision-making departnts of the Eastern Country’s officialdom probably live in anxiety daily as their strategic goal is to cultivate transcendents beyond the tenth tier and the world.
But once the seeds of transcendence appear, how to coexist with them, and how to ensure their stability, is almost an impossible task.
"Having transcended the world, there’s no need for the world’s support, so why maintain the holand? Is it solely due to sentint?"
Lu Ping’an’s path is not yet entirely clear, but one thing is certain: to beco God Above Gods, relying solely on the holand is absolutely insufficient.
Utilizing the power of multiple worlds to form one’s own "existence" is a foundational principle that has already been established.
Just like the Firebird seen back then, with countless large and small worlds beneath its wings... Lu didn’t dare to imagine that kind of intensity. The Twelve-Pillar is considered strong even among the eleventh tier, or counting them as part of the eleventh tier might be a misjudgnt; all Lu Ping’an wants is to surpass the lower limit of the tenth tier and achieve high-dinsional qualitative change.
"Want the horse to run, but also afraid it’s too strong and fast, and would really run away."
Sotis, Lu Ping’an can slightly understand and sympathize with those decision-makers over there; they’re worried the top seeds they’re nurturing might not grow, yet also fearful they would grow too fat and run away, or worse, directly turn back to imperial rule.
Lu shook his head; although the Eastern Country was generous, not only not sending any overt supervisors (mainly because they were useless), but also turning Lu Ping’an’s marshal rank into an actual position, and even giving him the title of frontline War Zone Commander-in-Chief... All those things are empty; what is concrete is that with this title, Lu Ping’an can directly command the local garrison of rcury 42 and, by paying a certain price, "requisition" other civilian deities belonging to the Eastern Country.
It could be said that if he wanted, he could fully attempt to occupy this world and beco the only legitimate regi... Perhaps, this is what the Eastern Country silently acquiesces to or even hopes he would do.
Since the tail can’t be lost, "vassal" might be a good solution... When the Emperor of Zhou is weaker than the vassals but still insists on so-called dominance and orthodoxy, it might not be good.
"No need, truly independent, I’d have to cover all expenses and salaries over here, and returning to Earth for supplies is a hassle, not to ntion the holand business..."
As long as he controls his ambition, Lu Ping’an doesn’t think independence is beneficial.
If he were really to form his own country, dealing with the local Long Hand Clan, Proper God Church would beco quite delicate.
"Boom!"
The "continent" slowly descending onto the ocean interrupted Lu Ping’an’s thoughts.
The World’s Will of this world is still under control, allowing Lu Ping’an to easily enter the surface... In fact, other deities could do it too, provided they’re willing to bear the possibility of complete downfall.
"Initiating link..."
At this mont, Lu Ping’an briefly falls into Divine Sleep once more.
He is linking to his nurous "Lighthouses" spread across the world.
The network of the Trading Land, the soul transmission technology that allows mortals to easily beco extraordinary, the spiritual network that spans the entire world, this is both the starting point and the largest gathering place of completed products.
On Earth, Lu Ping’an wouldn’t be able to do this... On one hand, this kind of "building stations and setting transmission points in another’s ho" is clearly excessive; on the other hand, the specially cultivated Fusang Wood Tree Light is hard to survive away from its native place.
Lu Ping’an could try to cultivate it, but because of the concerns and lack of real battle demands, it’s naturally left alone.
"...There are a lot more, a lot more."
And at this ti, when Lu Ping’an attempted to link to the Lamp Tree Network, rather than seeing the reality of neglect and disconnection after its owner’s exit, he saw countless additional network nodes.
Whether they naturally grew, or soone actively helped migrate and plant them to make the network more efficient.
"...Uh, there are traces of usage, signs similar to Xiu Yi’s abilities, it should be the indigenous God of Life using it for information transmission?"
Those who have experienced the information age know the significance of "information network construction" for war; even if sothing is added to the network, as long as it doesn’t affect his own use, Lu Ping’an has no objections.
"It’s already under control..."
And this ti’s Controller, whose power is quite far from Lu Ping’an’s, combined with genetic key-type permissions, he easily regained control over the entire connected super-large network station.
That also ans his sight can blanket the entire world....
"This world’s developnt is better than anticipated... but the battlefield situation is much worse than expected."
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