Chapter 172: Resolving Disasters, Harvesting Faith

Upon hearing this, the Great Elder finally understood the function of this device.

"Then why don't you hurry up and make it!" the Great Elder said.

"Alright, I'll do it right now. It's very simple; I can finish it today."

After saying this, Jerry immediately ran to the laboratory and began to craft it.

The Great Elder did not leave; seemingly having thought of something, he suddenly said, "Jerry, you could use this as a weapon! A great weapon of mass destruction! And an invisible one at that. If you placed one near Heaven Dou City, I estimate that no matter how much the Heaven Dou Empire struggles, they wouldn't be able to make a splash within a few months."

"Even if the Heaven Dou Empire mobilized all of their Water Attribute Spirit Masters, they wouldn't be able to solve it. I have a deep understanding of this!"

"Great Elder, it's better not to. In the end, it is the ordinary commoners who suffer, and I feel that if such a device were used as a weapon, it would harm the harmony of heaven!" Jerry said cautiously.

"The Heaven Dou Empire is struggling quite fiercely right now; we still need to take precautions and be on guard," the Great Elder said.

"That's simple. Isn't the branch of the Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City still there? Open up the Logistics Department there. Previously, Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi noticed the problem, but at the time, they didn't dare to make it public for fear of causing panic among the people."

"Then we shall do it again. By the time they discover it, all the supplies will have been transferred to Wuhun City. Without supplies, how could they stir up a war? Fighting a war is all about the supplies in the rear," Jerry said indifferently.

"That is true, but what specific services should we open to them?" the Great Elder asked.

"Open up Spirit Ring exchanges, anything under twenty thousand years is fine. This way, many Spirit Masters won't go out to hunt Soul Beasts. If they don't hunt Soul Beasts, their source of income will decrease. Unlike Wuhun City, the Heaven Dou Empire doesn't have that many job positions."

"With less income, they won't be able to afford many cultivation resources. This is equivalent to indirectly restricting the Spirit Masters of the Heaven Dou Empire."

"Furthermore, fill the Heaven Dou Empire with the clothing industry and restaurants. These are all places that consume money. For an empire, the total amount of money can be considered fixed; if more is consumed in these industries, it will naturally decrease elsewhere."

"Also, arrange for some people—though these people will be working in the shadows. Have them sell real estate in Wuhun City, and they can also handle Wuhun City residency applications on the side. Once a portion of them has assets in Wuhun City, do you think they will still support Xue Beng in launching a war against Wuhun City?"

"Have these agents create a private file. When the time comes, whether or not we acknowledge their status is entirely up to us!"

"Isn't the Spirit Hall suffering from a drought? Use this as a pretext to collect large amounts of grain, and incidentally, collect other supplies as well."

"This way, even if it is discovered, they will only think that the Spirit Hall is collecting supplies because of the drought; they won't think of anything else."

"There are even many nobles who love to profit from such disasters. They hoard grain and supplies during normal times and sell them when natural disasters strike. To the outside world, the current situation of the Spirit Hall is a natural disaster, and it is the perfect opportunity for them to make their move!"

"Jerry, you even considered this? You're even utilizing the natural disaster you created yourself. Sometimes when I think about it, it's truly terrifying to contemplate!" the Great Elder said.

"Great Elder, I'm doing this for Wuhun City! Besides, when we laid out this plan before, you and the Elder Council supported it unanimously. Everyone had a hand in it!" Jerry explained.

"I feel like everything you do has a purpose. I suddenly thought of the new disciple your master took in—Emperor Xue Ye's daughter, right! You wouldn't happen to have arrangements for her too, would you?" the Great Elder said in surprise.

"Haha, Great Elder, why don't you guess?" Jerry said with a smile.

"I don't want to ask anymore; I'll know sooner or later," the Great Elder said.

Afterward, Jerry took the newly crafted device and returned to Wuhun City with the Great Elder.

As soon as they arrived in Wuhun City, they felt that the air was dry, and many decorative green plants had withered. A gust of wind blew by, kicking up dust from the ground, and many buildings were covered in a thin layer of gray ash.

Wuhun City, which originally had excellent greenery and was full of vitality, now had a desolate feeling.

"See that, Jerry? This is the good work you've done!" Seeing the scene before him, the fire in the Great Elder's heart suddenly flared up.

"Great Elder, don't worry, it will be solved very soon," Jerry said awkwardly.

"Great Elder, come with me to the square. We can announce to the public that we have a solution, and we can also win over the hearts of the people."

"Jerry, I feel like your heart is very dark!"

"Great Elder, among those of you who play with power, how many have hearts that aren't dark? Compared to you, I'm just a minor player!"

"I can't be bothered to talk to you anymore. Let's go!"

Jerry and the Great Elder flew directly to the square.

Looking at the statues in the square, his own statue was still intact, but the Angel God's statue had its wings broken off, and it still hadn't been repaired.

"Great Elder, why hasn't the Angel God been repaired yet?"

"Don't blame me for that. At the time of the earthquake, we started disaster relief as soon as we got back, and then came the drought. Now everyone is in a state of panic. Some people have been spreading rumors that the Spirit Hall offended the gods and that it is a divine punishment sent by the gods, but these people have all been suppressed."

"However, more and more people are starting to believe it. First the earthquake, then the drought—if we don't solve it, we won't be able to suppress it for much longer!"

"There are even people like that? They must be spies from other empires. Whenever there is a natural or man-made disaster, these people jump out to stir up trouble. Stop suppressing them; the next time you encounter these people, execute them immediately. On one hand, it solves the source of the problem, and on the other, it serves as a warning to others."

The people of Wuhun City saw the Great Elder and Jerry flying to the square and spontaneously gathered there.

This time, because there was business to attend to, Jerry did not wear a mask.

"Lord Jerry, there is a drought now. We beg Lord Jerry to bless us and make it rain soon!"

"Bless us, Lord Jerry!"

"Bless us, Lord Jerry!"

"Bless us, Lord Jerry!"

In an instant, the square was filled with people kneeling on the ground.

The Great Elder stood to the side, grimacing.

"Great Elder, you can't blame me for this. These things only started happening after you erected this statue!"

"I can't be bothered to argue with you. Then you announce it yourself!"

"Alright!" Jerry then took out a sound-amplifying Spirit Guidance Device.

"Greetings, citizens of Wuhun City! I have been away cultivating for some time and have not been able to keep up with the news regarding the Spirit Hall in a timely manner. During this period, I have let everyone live in such dire straits, and I feel deeply responsible. I would like to offer my apologies to everyone here."

The Great Elder whispered from the side: "You certainly should apologize properly!"

Jerry heard this, gave an awkward smile, and continued:

"Today I have returned, and I am going to resolve the drought for everyone! To solve this drought, I have specially developed a new type of Spirit Guidance device. It has already been tested, and its effects are fully capable of solving the drought in the Wuhun City region. Furthermore, I announce that from this day forward, the Wuhun City region will never suffer from drought again!"

After saying this, Jerry put away the sound-amplifying Spirit Guidance Device and flew directly to an altitude of nine thousand meters.

He had originally wanted to install it directly at the Floating Small Courtyard, but he thought that the Small Courtyard would still be rented out to others to live in, so installing the device there would indeed be inconvenient.

Then, he took several small bases out of his ring, installed the devices directly onto the bases, and set up defensive devices and automatic attack devices on the bases.

He scanned the area of the Wuhun City region with his Divine Sense, confirmed the placement positions, and finally used twenty-eight devices to fully cover the Wuhun City region.

In the future, these twenty-eight locations will need to be guarded by people. Although there are defensive and automatic attack devices, some Spirit Masters with special abilities can still break through, so they still need to be guarded.

Currently, in the Wuhun City region, there is very little water-attribute soul power in the air.

Waiting for natural charging would take an unknown number of days, so this time Jerry directly took out Energy Storage Devices to charge these devices; as for the future, he would still rely on the devices to charge themselves.

Moreover, Jerry improved these devices by installing an Energy Storage Device on each; once the Energy Storage Device is full, it will stop. At the same time, he set them to no longer spray automatically, requiring manual activation.

After all the Spirit Guidance devices were set up and charged, Jerry returned to the plaza, where the commoners below had not yet left and were still waiting there.

"It's all set up!" Jerry said.

"Then start it, what are you waiting for?" the Great Elder said.

"Alright!"

He then said to the commoners in the plaza: "Everyone, all the devices have been installed, and now, let the rain begin!"

After Jerry finished speaking, he directly activated all the devices through his Divine Sense.

From the originally dry sky, raindrops began to fall one by one, then more and more, slowly turning into a light rain, and then into a heavy downpour!

Seeing the rain falling and slowly turning into a heavy downpour, all the commoners cheered, welcoming the heavy rain in the plaza and shouting loudly!

Some people realized what was happening and knelt directly in the heavy rain, shouting loudly: "Thank you, Lord Jerry, may Lord Jerry bless us!"

Then, more and more people knelt on the ground and shouted; Jerry saw much Faith Power flying out from them and directly merging into Jerry's statue.

Seeing this situation, Jerry was speechless. But since it was his own statue, he would let it absorb it for now, and sooner or later, he would take it all back.

However, so many people thanking Jerry still made Jerry's old face flush red.

He had only solved the trouble he caused himself, yet so many people were thanking him; no wonder those gods like to create disasters and then step forward to solve them! It is all the fault of Faith Power!

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