Chapter 1447: Evaluation and Decision

Evening.

Xia Duo's Portal was not yet finished, but a group of territory residents lacking nighttime entertainment had already gathered around the plaza.

In Daxia Territory, Xia Duo's word was law, but since "everything not forbidden by law is permitted," these people were not worried about their behavior crossing any lines before Xia Duo spoke up to drive them away.

And Xia Duo certainly would not drive away his own residents; Magic was not a private item that could only be locked away in a Mage Tower for a few to toy with, but universal Knowledge that everyone had the opportunity to come into contact with and learn.

Magic could only achieve the most widespread development when it faced the masses.

Regarding the crowd watching, not only did Xia Duo not stop them, he even stopped the security guards from stopping them, so the crowd in the plaza grew larger and larger.

Besides those truly attracted by the gradually taking-shape Portal, many others had come to watch the excitement through word of mouth; before long, the Grey Eagle Patriarch also arrived here under Jibu's guidance.

Noticing this, Xia Duo immediately instructed Jibu to bring the man closer and asked, "How does the Grey Eagle Patriarch feel about Daxia Territory after walking around all day?"

"It is very different from the Netheril Territory I imagined."

Maka glanced at the surrounding crowd, as if recalling something, his expression somewhat dazed, "In the past, many Netherese had been to the Grey Eagle Tribe. From them, we learned of an outside world that was completely different from ours, yet incomparably real, but here—"

"What about here?"

"Here, I have seen scene after scene that exceeded my imagination, even making me feel somewhat illusory at times. Take this plaza, for instance; I have never heard of any Netheril Lord who would allow all their subjects to enjoy the same order."

"Then, in your impression, what are Netheril Lords like?"

"In my impression, Netheril Lords are all profit-seeking people. They are greedy and violent. They claim to advocate for order, but they only advocate for order that benefits themselves. This can also be seen from those Merchants who go deep into Langas; each one is extremely cunning and greedy, and one can smell the evil intent on them from far away."

"And Daxia Territory?"

"It is peaceful and tranquil here, and you, Lord Xia Duo, are the most benevolent, enlightened, and fair Lord I have learned of to date. If I may be so bold, I feel you do not seem like a Netherese at all!"

"Haha!"

Hearing the Grey Eagle Patriarch's final judgment, Xia Duo immediately laughed happily. Of course he was not a Netherese; not only was he not one in body, he was even less so in thought.

Such an evaluation was undoubtedly an affirmation of him, not an offense.

"Then, has the Grey Eagle Patriarch made a decision now?"

"Yes, I have already decided. The Langas Plain is too cruel; now that there is an opportunity to leave that place, how could I possibly be unwilling!"

Although Maka had only stayed for one day, the Kewu Tribe had already been living here for nearly two years. After deep conversations with the original Kewu Tribe members and combining what he had seen and heard, Maka was certain that the Grey Eagle Tribe would live better in Daxia Territory.

It was just that in doing so, the Grey Eagle Tribe would also cease to exist, only becoming a story occasionally mentioned by the older generation. At the thought of this, Maka felt an indescribable sadness in his heart.

Perhaps joining Daxia Territory was a good choice, but if not for the matter of the great tribes hunting them, even if he had seen the true situation of Daxia Territory with his own eyes, this decision would not have been so easy to make.

All of this could perhaps be attributed to fate; perhaps from the moment those Daxia Merchants arrived at the Grey Eagle Tribe, the ending had already been destined.

The process of making the decision might have been difficult, but once the decision was made, Maka quickly accepted it all and began to actively uphold it.

"Lord, I would like to return to the territory now to notify my tribesmen to prepare for migration."

"No need to rush. My Portal here hasn't been built yet. Tomorrow, I will go with you and build the Portal there as well."

Xia Duo had originally thought the other party might need to consider it for several days; after all, he was a tribal leader, and joining Daxia Territory meant giving up his past status.

This kind of decision was not easy to make.

He had not expected Maka to make a decision so quickly, while his own Portal here hadn't even been finished yet!

Xia Duo thought of how the history books of his hometown often recorded that foreign tribes at the border would not want to leave once they arrived in the Central Plains, and some foreign emperor even left a dying wish: "I wish for future generations to be born in the Central Kingdom."

From this, one could see the strength of advanced culture's assimilation of the less advanced.

Daxia Territory had not yet developed much advanced culture, yet it had attracted a tribal leader to willingly submit based solely on the living conditions of its subjects.

And Xia Duo himself, preferring to be an ordinary member of a future civilization rather than a king or hegemon in the current environment, also illustrated this point.

It was just that the future civilization he wanted could not be waited for; it could only be created by himself!

Of course, if it existed and the other party was willing to accept him, Xia Duo would also be willing to give up his accumulations here in Netheril and take Niya to live a true civilized life there.

After sighing in his heart and signaling Jibu to entertain Maka, Xia Duo continued to build the Portal.

……

It was not until midnight that the crowd in the plaza finally began to disperse.

The temperature had been dropping rapidly recently, and the night was even more chilling. At first, they might have been watching out of curiosity, but now that they had seen what there was to see and chatted about what there was to chat about, if they didn't go back to crawl under their covers, they might not be able to get up tomorrow.

In Daxia Territory, being late, leaving early, work status, and so on were all related to individual evaluations, and individual evaluations were closely linked to the subsequent land-granting ceremony.

Except for the few who had already been granted land, most people could not ignore the impact of individual evaluations.

In fact, even those who had already been granted land could not ignore the impact brought by individual evaluations.

The so-called individual evaluation should actually be called the "Social Evaluation System."

For residents who had been granted land, if they wanted to engage in commercial activities in the territory or become civil servants, they would naturally face various obstacles if their evaluation was poor.

It was just that the individual evaluations for residents who had not yet been granted land had specific quantitative standards, while the individual evaluations for those who had been granted land and were considered formal residents were more broad, more like a personal file that only recorded important nodes.

Xia Duo promoted these in the territory on one hand to deepen the penetration of order into territory life, and on the other hand to consciously regulate and provide Guidance for the residents' behavior.

It could also be considered part of spiritual civilization construction.

……

When only Jibu and Maka remained by Xia Duo's side, the construction work of the Portal finally reached its end.

At this moment, what appeared before the three of them was a mist-like door frame composed of visible, deep blue radiance, nearly ten meters high and fifteen meters wide, revealing a mysterious and unfathomable aura.

Observing closely, one could even glimpse bright light spots occasionally flashing and disappearing within the deep blue light mist that formed the door frame; those were the Arcane Crystals serving as the Portal's Energy Core.

Originally, using Daiwei String as the carrier for the energy circuit did not require an additional Energy Core; as a material that was nearly a superconductor, Daiwei String itself could carry intense energy reactions.

It was just that in that case, the Portal would need to be redesigned.

To save time, Xia Duo still adopted the mature plan from the past.