Chapter 21: My Lord, isn't this Wonder of yours a bit heretical?

The lord of the Falcon Knights was a man who appeared quite elegant. After accepting Li Ang's invitation, he personally felt the power of the Holy Grail in front of all the knights, confirming that the Holy Grail had not been corrupted.

For these people who still lived in an age of faith, since it was not corrupted, it proved that this Holy Grail was actually opened for their actions. Furthermore, Li Ang himself truly did not engage in any attacks or brainwashing, but rather sincerely invited them to join the ranks of pioneers.

The knights also set aside their anxieties regarding this; after all, being able to pioneer a kingdom was a very great undertaking.

As for Li Ang's rhetoric about not being a god or a servant of the Goddess, various mythological stories were actually quite tolerant. If you say you aren't, then you aren't; in any case, in the end of mythological stories, the one who denies it the most is often the god.

Therefore, the intense conflict and mutual retaliation that had been envisioned did not actually exist.

After all, from the perspective of faith, whether it was the Norscans who were now friendly forces, or those slaves who had been abducted, they were essentially friendly forces summoned by the Goddess and called by the divine.

When the reality that the Holy Grail was intact and had even provided help was placed before them, and at the same time the other party truly did not look like a bad person, they still calmly and rationally chose to show their loyalty and faith to Li Ang.

It didn't even take a day or two before they witnessed the results brought about by their faith.

That was a steel city district rising from the frozen earth.

All of them witnessed Li Ang manipulating that unimaginably vast Mouneng, pulling a part of that huge steel construct up from underground, and then repairing it.

Inside that structure, which was the size of a standard city, flowed indescribable energy; even when that huge Experimental Zone appeared, a feeling of instinctive attachment rose in everyone's hearts.

It was as if this was their destination, their home.

No one dared to question any of Li Ang's actions or judgments again.

"Your civilization has added a new civilization population; the inherent Norscan racial traits have begun to expire!"

"Your total population is less than ten thousand; you cannot trigger the civilization unification process!"

"Please note, only a civilization built by yourself can undergo cultural improvement and repair! Building a culture for the Norscans is part of your self-built culture; your civilization will inherit a portion of the Norscan racial traits after it is established, please be aware!"

There were too few people, too few things, and mixing civilizations also lowered the stats.

It was necessary to continue to lure some people over.

Sitting in the Core Terminal of the brand-new Ancient Saint Research Institute, Li Ang floated in mid-air and instructed somewhat casually: "The population is still somewhat insufficient. When the time comes, continue to let the Norscans recruit and win people over along the coast. If the calculations are correct, the knights should arrive here in a steady stream."

"Why not let us go back and explain clearly? My lord? Clearly, you are the true saint."

The Grand Master of the Falcon Knights, who was standing by, asked with great confusion.

Ever since confirming the sanctity of the Holy Grail and witnessing Li Ang directly pull up and repair the Wonder, this Knightly Order leader had considered himself a servant and looked at Li Ang with great bewilderment.

"I can lead my squires back to our homeland to denounce that coward who refuses to submit to fate. If you need a title in the true sense and supplies, we can also fully provide them. Is it because we are not pious enough?"

"There is no need for that, Asula. Doing so would only slow down progress."

Li Ang waved his hand, interrupting the Great Knight's speech.

"When people face conflicting messages, the option they choose is relatively conservative."

"So, it won't quickly bring soldiers and the population I need. Even if you went back, you would only take away a batch of labor, and then return in a mixed state a long time later."

"Only when those people are together, fully releasing their malice and anger, will they bring an entire army before me. We are a forward base; we must go deep into the interior of the Chaos Wasteland, so active population and weapons are more important. And neither of these can be obtained through simple pioneering."

Manipulating Mouneng, as if floating in a zero-gravity office, Li Ang finally patiently put these anxious knights at ease. "And as long as they come before me, it will be just like this. They will acknowledge my divinity, my greatness, because people cannot resist civilization itself. It is just that simple."

"So that's how it is."

"Then, since you have all become familiar with the environment over these past few days, it is time to get to work. You should have this technology in your heads on how to build a Wonder."

Li Ang floated in mid-air and casually assigned the Great Knight in front of him to the ranks of Wonder construction.

But at that moment, the Great Knight's expression suddenly became somewhat strange.

"... Yes, my lord."

"Hm? Why such an awkward look?"

"This... the Wonder you mentioned, it seems a bit heretical..."

"?"

Feeling the method of Wonder construction transmitted in his mind, which could be described as twisted and unimaginable, the expression on the Knightly Order leader's face became increasingly subtle.

"The first phase of the Ancient Saint's Experimental Zone repair is complete!"

"The Experimental Zone is now open; you can now use the various simulation facilities inside the Experimental Zone to build your own direct troops!"

"The Gene Repair Zone is now open; you can now perform a certain degree of gene repair on populations by consuming Mouneng or equivalent energy and matter, and ensure that no mutation phenomena will occur!"

"Required prerequisite technology: Gene Cognition"

"The Engineering Support Zone is now open; your current job universal points have increased to 6."

"The second phase of the Ancient Saint's Experimental Zone repair mission is now open"

"Because it involves the repair and completion of high-precision parts, it requires prerequisite technologies: Magic Shaping, Consciousness Distortion, Steel Forging, Large-scale Architectural Engineering"

"Requires 120,000 units of Mouneng, 4,000 units of steel, Repair Blueprint (Treasure)"

"Hint: The architectural blueprint is not a real-world creation; perhaps some demons can gather such wonderful psionic items. You can also research this item yourself through the Wisdom Path or the War Path."

"... Hm? Ah, I sent the wrong one, sorry. The steel city under your feet was repaired by me alone; it has nothing to do with you. This is what you are to build."

Li Ang lay in the air, glanced at the position where he had placed his population, and apologized somewhat embarrassedly.

Then he pushed a light blue Wonder construction target into the Great Knights' heads.

"What you are to build is the Labyrinth of Wisdom; this is what we are to build."

"..."

Isn't this even more heretical? Or is it that the Goddess actually already possesses supreme power, capable of achieving such formidable things?

Feeling the production method and effects of the 'Myriad Phenomena Labyrinth' transmitted in his mind, some disrespectful thoughts could not help but emerge in the Great Knight's heart.

(End of chapter)