Chapter 208: God Ring: Post-Disaster Reconstruction

Jerry returned to Wuhun City with Tianmeng Iceworm.

Along the way, Tianmeng Iceworm's mouth just wouldn't stop, cursing and swearing, until it finally infuriated Jerry, who sealed its mouth shut directly.

This Tianmeng Iceworm is truly a good-for-nothing; other Soul Beasts can take human form at four or five hundred thousand years, yet this million-year-old Soul Beast that has become a god hasn't even taken human form.

Its only strength is its Spirit Power, but if it encounters someone with higher Spirit Power, it has no solutions at all.

Furthermore, its methods of using Spirit Power are too crude; it really is a waste of all that Spirit Power.

He found the Great Elder and Poseidon and told them they didn't need to condense a God Ring themselves, as there were ready-made ones now.

"Jerry, are you sure what you have in your hand is a million-year Soul Beast?"

Seeing the Tianmeng Iceworm that Jerry was dangling, Qian Daoliu asked uncertainly; no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't tell it was a million-year Soul Beast.

"Yes, Great Elder, but don't underestimate it. Its main strength is its powerful Spirit Power; it's only because it encountered me that I could easily suppress it. Absorbing its Spirit Ring will be a great help to the improvement of your Spirit Power. Not only can you obtain Spirit Skills related to Spirit Power, but after increasing your Spirit Power, it will also be easier to comprehend the Rules in the future."

Jerry explained to Qian Daoliu and Poseidon the benefits of absorbing the Spirit Ring of a Spirit Power-type Soul Beast.

Hearing Jerry say this, the two of them had no more questions.

Tianmeng Iceworm has the mindset of a baby silkworm, which left Jerry unsure of how to harvest its tissue for a moment.

Forget it, I'll just cut off a bit of skin; it can grow back later anyway.

Amidst the screams of Tianmeng Iceworm, Jerry cut off two pieces of its skin.

"What are you screaming for? Look, I only cut off a tiny bit, and the wound has already recovered."

Jerry was also startled by Tianmeng Iceworm's shrieking.

"Try cutting yourself and see! You cut someone else's flesh and then won't even let them scream," Tianmeng Iceworm complained.

I have tried cutting my own flesh, but it's useless. I used to be a human, and although I awakened the Fairy Bloodline, I don't have a Spirit Ring.

Oh, I should say the Fairy Clan is quite special; none of them have Spirit Rings. Jerry had already experimented with this back when he first cultivated the fairies.

According to this situation, the Fairy Clan shouldn't belong to the Soul Beasts; they should be considered a type of humanoid creature, which is why the rules imposed on Soul Beasts by those gods in the God Realm cannot control the Fairy Clan.

He had previously discovered that as soon as the Fairy Clan breaks through one hundred thousand years, they directly transform into fairies.

Otherwise, Jerry himself would be a walking million-year Spirit Ring right now.

Too lazy to bother with this Tianmeng Iceworm, he threw it into a cage to the side.

Then, Jerry brought out a newly made Spirit Guidance Body Detector; this one contained data regarding gods and could directly test a god's physical attributes.

He tested both the Great Elder and Poseidon; both of their bodies had transformed into a God Body upon breaking through the Hundred Level, so the final data showed they could both withstand a million-year Spirit Ring.

Then, he placed the Tianmeng Iceworm's tissue onto the Spirit Ring manufacturing machine.

It took six days to generate one God Ring.

It seems this Spirit Ring manufacturing machine also needs improvement and upgrading. It needs to be replaced; it takes six days to generate one God Ring, which is far too long.

It is estimated that Jerry is the only person on the entire continent who would think this time is too long.

After Qian Daoliu and Poseidon exchanged some courtesies, they decided to let Qian Daoliu absorb it first.

Had he known it would take so long, he would have just taken two Spirit Ring manufacturing machines. Jerry was too lazy to wait; he took the Spirit Ring when Qian Daoliu finished absorbing it and immediately started making the next one.

The Tianmeng Iceworm on the side was dumbfounded; since when could one make a Spirit Ring just by taking a little bit of meat?

What has happened to this world?

No wonder Jerry said in the forest before that Spirit Masters nowadays basically won't hunt for Spirit Rings anymore; with this method, who would still go out and hunt themselves?

"Poseidon, once this Spirit Ring is generated, you can absorb it right here. I won't keep you company; there is still a lot of follow-up work for this World Advancement, and I need to go help!"

After Jerry finished speaking, he left. Before leaving, he had Tianmeng Iceworm locked in a dungeon of the Research Department; this dungeon was much stricter than the prison in Wuhun City, and even if a god came, they wouldn't be able to escape.

Tianmeng Iceworm cried out, asking Jerry not to lock it up, promising it definitely wouldn't run away.

It had been locked up by Ditian and the others for too long and really didn't want to be locked up again, and it promised that if a Spirit Ring was needed in the future, it could provide it directly.

Finally, it swore an oath using its own Divine Soul. After the oath was finished, Jerry felt a focus from the world, and Jerry hurriedly contacted the World Consciousness.

The World Consciousness told him that after this advancement, it had become more powerful.

Its control over the world was also stronger; it could now supervise anyone who swore an oath to the heavens with their Divine Soul, and anyone who failed to keep their oath would be met with Heavenly Punishment.

Fortunately, he asked in advance; he wouldn't dare to swear oaths randomly in the future. This wasn't just getting struck by lightning, but a direct Heavenly Punishment. Jerry was someone who had survived a Heavenly Punishment once, and he was well aware of its power; he didn't even dare to guarantee he could survive it a second time.

However, this news needed to be notified to the entire continent, otherwise, who knows how many scumbags would be struck dead every day.

Tianmeng Iceworm was also stunned. It had only intended to swear an oath casually to trick Jerry, never expecting to be noticed by the world. It received a message in its heart that once the oath was broken, it would be reduced to ashes, which left Tianmeng Iceworm feeling depressed.

But he couldn't let Tianmeng Iceworm run around randomly either, so he summoned a few maids, told them to follow Tianmeng Iceworm, and to educate it on the rules of Wuhun City.

If Tianmeng Iceworm had taken human form like Ditian and the others, there would be no need to arrange people, but since it was still in a Soul Beast state, it was too much trouble in Wuhun City.

Thinking of this, he would have to go ask the Silver Dragon King for advice on how to take human form in the future.

Their transformation and the "demon-transformation" Jerry researched were two different things. Although both resulted in a human form, the demon-transformation was clearly better; the body developed a dantian, and after the Soul Power Seed was gone, the world directly excluded these demon-transformed Soul Beasts from the category of Soul Beasts, and the rules added by the God Realm targeting Soul Beasts were useless against these demon-transformed Soul Beasts.

After communicating with the world, he reclassified the demon-transformed Soul Beasts and added a new race: Demon Beast.

Because they were Soul Beasts that transformed into demons, they were called Demon Beasts.

Moreover, the World Consciousness also told Jerry about his own situation at this time.

In ancient times, this world had many races, but after the great war of the races, all races were simplified into two.

The Beast Race and the Human Race.

Humanoid races were all categorized under the Human Race.

For example, the Orc Race, like the Wolf Bandit tribe that exists in the world today, is part of the Orc Race; because they are humanoid, they were categorized under the Human Race.

Furthermore, when a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast chooses to take human form to avoid the Thunder Tribulation, its race has actually changed; it has become the Orc Race.

Because humanoid races were all eventually classified under the Human Race, there was no reproductive isolation.

This explanation from the World Consciousness also resolved the doubts in Jerry's heart.

He used to think that Tang Hao was of the Human Race and A Yin was of the Beast Race, so why could they have children?

And the Wolf Bandits could also make human women bear their children; could it be that there was no reproductive isolation in this world?

Now, he finally had the answer.

Moreover, the World Consciousness told Jerry that the Beast Race was not the only humanoid race; races like the Fairy, Elf, and Angel races were all humanoid.

Jerry could say he had seen Fairies, Angels, and Beastmen, but he had never seen the Elf race; did Elves exist in this world?

Jerry asked which race the newly added Demon Beasts belonged to.

After thinking for a long time, the World Consciousness told Jerry directly that Demon Beasts could not be counted as either race, or could be counted as both; let's just call them the Neutral Race!

Because the Demon Beast race had two forms: human form and beast form.

When in human form, they counted as the Human Race; when in beast form, they counted as the Beast Race.

Demon Beasts also had their own personalities; some liked their human form, while others liked their beast form. For example, Erming liked his beast form very much and was basically unwilling to transform into a human form.

Afterward, Jerry came to the Cabinet; now, every department was busy running around.

Although Wuhun City did not suffer too much impact this time, the areas outside the city were affected very severely.

Many cities in the Two Great Empires were experiencing this phenomenon; the areas outside the cities were all affected very severely.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he would break and then rebuild, re-planning the roads.

And taking advantage of this opportunity, Jerry prepared to build railways. Although he had previously produced airplanes, there were too many people every day; even with one flight every 10 minutes, it was still not enough.

So this time, Jerry prepared to build railways.

Furthermore, when the ground cracked this time, a long fissure ran directly through the Star Luo Empire, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Spirit Hall; the subsequent heavy rain filled this fissure, and thus, a canal was obtained for free.

Some places were relatively narrow, so he would repair them, and in the future, there would be an additional major traffic artery.

Moreover, there was no longer any war between the Two Great Empires now; after repairing the roads this time, the Two Great Empires could also sell Soul Guidance Cars.

Then, he would build a highway; in this way, the problem of excessive passenger volume for airplanes could be solved.

Why not set up Teleportation Arrays directly? The reason was that the cost was too high, and there were too few people who could make Teleportation Arrays. Should he let one person, Jerry, do it and work himself to death?

Soul Guidance Cars could basically be mass-produced on an assembly line. Except for some special parts that required a Soul Guidance Master to make, everything else could be made using molds and then handed over to professionals to assemble before they could be sold.

Jerry decided this time to bring over many mechanical devices from his past life. In order to let the people of the continent live better, the sooner these machines were produced, the sooner they would benefit.

Subsequently, Jerry came to the mechanical laboratory of the Research Department.

The first thing to make was a Road Roller, which commoners could also use, because roads needed to be repaired everywhere during this period.

However, it was not the kind of Road Roller from his past life with a large roller in front, but rather, the front roller was replaced with a rectangular device. When the rectangular block stood upright, it could serve as a Bulldozer; after turning it horizontally, the bottom side would directly activate a Gravity Array to rely on gravity to roll the road.

One machine with two uses; it was much more convenient.

After making it, he tested it and it was very practical, so he handed the blueprints and the finished machine to the production workshop of the Logistics Department, letting them start production directly.

Afterward, Cranes, Excavators, Trucks, Transport Vehicles, and so on were also produced by Jerry. He instructed the relevant personnel to produce them immediately and put them into use right away.

Many farmlands were destroyed this time, so the second thing to produce was agricultural machinery.

Soil Tillers, Harvesters, Seeders, and more than a dozen other types—all the machines Jerry knew were produced.

These agricultural machines were priced extremely low and were put into use across the entire continent.

Many commoners did not believe such machines existed at first, but holding a "try it out" mentality, they bought one. After using it, they shouted directly, "Too amazing!"

In the past, it took commoners several days to till one mu of land; now, with a Soil Tiller, they could till one mu in an hour, and after becoming proficient in operation, the speed was even faster.

For a time, agricultural machinery was in short supply in the Two Great Empires. Many commoners thanked Jerry, thanked the Empire, and thanked the Spirit Hall one after another.

During this period, Jerry harvested too much Faith Power.

Ever since the Faith stars in his Sea of Consciousness merged, Jerry no longer needed to extract Faith Power himself.

All the Faith Power would directly merge into Jerry's body.

For Jerry, who was in an Energy-like State, merging with Faith Power now directly increased his entire body's energy capacity.

If Jerry's body was equivalent to a water bucket before, then his current body was equivalent to a water vat.

Sure enough, it was easier to harvest Faith Power after a disaster.

After the road-building machinery and agricultural machinery were finished, Jerry prepared to make trains. However, the first step was to build train stations in every city. After Jerry planned them, he directly conveyed the instructions to the Two Great Empires, letting them allocate a portion of people to start construction.

Next were the tracks; this was a major project.

However, the Douluo World was different from his past life; this was a world of Cultivation.

Therefore, the tracks Jerry set up were double-layered: the bottom layer was the railway, and the top layer was the highway.

In this way, one road had two uses, and it could be built all at once.

It was very convenient to build railways in this world; there was no need to go around in circles. He just built them directly, cutting through mountains when encountering them and building bridges when encountering rivers.

He dispatched a Spirit Master engineering team; for ordinary people, it was a major project, but for Spirit Masters, it was just average, a routine operation.

Because trains needed to pull many carriages, the power had to be strong, and the operation of the trains was controlled by the Spirit Hall, so these locomotive heads were set up as complete Soul Guidance Devices. The first carriage was the locomotive head, and the second and third carriages were Energy Storage Devices, used alternately.

In the future, every city could be connected, and by then, Soul Guidance Cars would surely be everywhere.

Then, charging stations were naturally indispensable, so Jerry produced many Energy Storage Devices. From then on, the branch halls of the Spirit Hall had one more business: charging stations.

As for waterways, Jerry had once made fishing boats; on this basis, he modified them into Cruise Ships.

In this way, passengers taking the Cruise Ships could enjoy the scenery along the way.

After the basic things were researched, the rest could only wait for the projects to be completed.

Because of Jerry's series of operations, the post-disaster reconstruction work proceeded very quickly, so many commoners began to feel bored. With nothing to do, they liked to wander around, eat and drink, and go shopping, which also drove the economic development of major cities.

In the past, even if many commoners had money in their hands, they had no time to consume it due to farm work, so a lot of money did not circulate. Now that the work in the fields was finished, they had saved a lot of time to do other things.

Seeing this situation, Jerry was very satisfied. Although he had earned a lot of money before, he had turned around and invested it into other construction projects.

In the end, the money in Jerry's hands was not much.

After money was spent in many areas, it could not be earned back because the money was not circulating.

There were many things to do before, and he had no time to manage this matter. Now, with post-disaster reconstruction, he could just take this opportunity to let all the money circulate.

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