Chapter 173

When Li Yu saw the longest of the inquiries, scenes of exciting and bustling pioneering efforts involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

The founding of a new nation is always accompanied by excitement, casualties, and vigorous vitality.

Yet, the current "Wanfu Nation" is quite different; after all, Wanfu City has already been a stable, major power for many years.

In the process of transforming from a city into a nation, one can completely omit stages like conquest and war.

The most important thing is pioneering.

By analogy, it reminds Li Yu of the Western Development period of a certain major nation on Earth in his past life.

Of course, it is countless times more dangerous.

In his past life, humanity only needed to face the harsh environment of the unknown wilderness and humanity itself, whereas here, one must face endless mystic entities, terrifying and unsolvable mysterious phenomena, and the "Evil God corpses" within.

Even for the strong, there is still the possibility of alienation and sudden death.

If they were ordinary people within a peaceful nation, they would absolutely not be willing to participate in such pioneering, even with extremely generous conditions and benefits.

But the people of Wanfu City!

Whether they are ordinary people or cultivators, almost every single one of them has a touch of madness.

The scene that can be foreseen is the citizens of Wanfu City pouring out in full force to pioneer the three great forbidden areas.

As Li Yu thought this, within the Tianjiao Society star cluster, the group owner 【Star Play Command Master】, who had been called upon by many group members, finally appeared and gave a definitive answer:

"That's right!"

"The grand plan for the founding of Wanfu Nation is already in motion... The Wanfu Law is currently receiving the blessings of the gods. Once the number exceeds a certain limit, the power of the Wanfu Law will affect every living being in the current world. By then, even the six great righteous gods will have to acknowledge the status of Wanfu Nation."

"Besides this, the Wanfu Army is also being formed through recruitment to prevent the three great nations of Gan, Li, and Jing from jumping over the wall in desperation and coming to conquer us."

"And the grand pioneering plan is a benefit given by the City Lord's Mansion to all the citizens."

"Whether it is a major power or an individual, you can go into the vast and boundless forbidden areas to pioneer and establish your own private territory... When the City Lord's Mansion confirms that you have completely achieved pioneering and occupation, you will be enfeoffed."

"I heard that the Blood God Temple, the Jinshen Sect, and the Fallen Buddhist Sect are all stirring, wanting to pioneer successfully as quickly as possible and establish their own enfeoffed nations."

"This request is somewhat rude, but the City Lord's Mansion still recognizes it."

"Enfeoffed kingdoms, recruiting slaves, and so on—the City Lord's Mansion recognizes it all, as long as the inspection is passed."

"What are the inspection standards?"

This long passage of text, one wonders how many merit points it cost the Star Play Command Master.

After reading it, Li Yu instantly had a guess regarding the answer to a subsequent question from another group member.

"Resources!"

"There will likely only be one standard, and that is resources."

"The City Lord's Mansion adopting the 【Enfeoffment System】, a system that shares almost all power, is to tie all the Evil Gods to the chariot. Therefore, there is only one standard for whether a territory can pass inspection, and that is to see how many resources the sect behind it has invested."

Sure enough, as soon as this thought arose in Li Yu's mind.

Within the star cluster, the answer from the Star Play Command Master popped up.

"There are many inspection standards, and it is impossible to explain them clearly at once. Those of you or the powers you belong to who are willing to try can compare it to the level of support the six great righteous god sects gave to the three great nations back then."

"It is not that strict, but at least you must prove to the City Lord's Mansion that you can establish a qualified kingdom fief."

"Below the kingdom, level by level, there are also corresponding inspection standards."

A slightly circuitous answer, but it was no different from what Li Yu had thought.

The group owner is undoubtedly a merit point tycoon. Having rarely spoken, he did not stop immediately.

Instead, following that topic, as if making a public statement, he poured out all the corresponding pioneering plans of the City Lord's Mansion.

Afterward, he even uttered a passage filled with bewitching emotions.

"Everyone, this is precisely the time to build merit and establish a career."

"Once Wanfu Nation completes all pioneering and establishment, its territory will not be inferior to any other nation, and because the territory itself is pioneered from the three great forbidden areas, no matter from what angle you look at it, it is far better than the other three nations."

"The three nations of Gan, Li, and Jing are separately supported by the 【Six Sects】, while behind our Wanfu Nation will be the 【Gods Alliance】."

"This is a nation of gods that has never appeared in history."

"In Wanfu Nation, whatever god you want to follow, you can find the corresponding one, you can obtain divine gifts, and you can very easily step onto the path of cultivation."

"By then, even if our Wanfu Nation fights three with one, we may not necessarily lose."

"And every one of you will be a founding hero, a legendary cultivator."

It must be said that the Star Play Command Master indeed has extraordinary dramatic talent.

Although only scarlet text was displayed within the star cluster, without any images or sound, every one of his words carried a strong sense of bewitchment.

Anyone who heard it would feel their blood rush to their heads, wishing they could go to the three great forbidden areas to pioneer right now.

Even Li Yu!

After reading it, he was also quite moved.

He immediately reacted: he is alone and has no sect; what private territory should he build? Just focusing on quickly advancing to a higher sequence is the right path.

While Li Yu was pondering, the group owner finally revealed the current plans and situation:

"Starting from today, the city will patrol and broadcast the Wanfu Law and the grand pioneering plan."

"And some slightly safer paths will be opened, allowing some adventurers to go to the core forbidden areas first to pioneer and explore secrets."

"Of course, the official start will be after the 【Pioneering Celebration】 is held."

"And in five days, the Ancient God Train will also be completely cast. As part of the celebration, the City Lord's Mansion will arrange for the Ancient God Train to depart from the camp, pass directly through Wanfu City, circle the city, and then head to that terrifying river valley. The group of 【God-Chosen】 on the train will complete the first core forbidden area pioneering."

"Thereby lifting the Evil God threat in that large area."

"That area is enough to establish a kingdom that can support a population of one million."

"As for who will ultimately win it, it depends on each family's means."

"So the true vanguard troops for this grand pioneering plan are us nine."

"Broadcasting the grand pioneering plan throughout the city... With the City Lord's Mansion doing this, I'm afraid it's not just the city that will be boiling; other places in this world will also fall into restlessness because of this."

"But can it really succeed? Will the three nations and six sects allow the birth of a fourth nation with such a wild system?"

"If Wanfu City really succeeds, do I still need to smuggle myself out? Can it be considered going abroad directly?"

After reading the group owner's message, Li Yu couldn't help but complain in his heart.

However, there was no other way; this matter had already been decided.

It was just that Li Yu didn't expect that the "first pioneering mission," which he thought was nothing, was actually so important.

And his complaint became reality within the next few days. The first sign: The "Wanfu Daily" changed its distribution system, switching from once every three days to a true daily newspaper, once a day.

And all the headlines for the next few days were monopolized by the grand pioneering plan.

The content was all about pioneering-related deeds:

"Major news: The first batch of exploration teams was allowed to pass through the already opened safe paths, enter the forbidden area 【Ancient Black Forest】, and after paying the price of half the members dying suddenly, the exploration team discovered several 'Qi Springs' and several 'Divine Gold Ore Veins' in the savage land deep inside. Through the inspection of the City Lord's Mansion, the exploration team was recognized as having ownership and was allowed to establish a camp."

"Among the second batch of exploration teams, there was a team that believed in the 【Ming God】. Under the guidance of the god they followed, they discovered a huge mermaid nest in the terrifying river valley forbidden area near Wanfu City. With the help of the resources of this nest, the team successfully established the first territory outside the city and passed the inspection of the City Lord's Mansion, being named 【Mermaid Town】."

"An exploration team composed purely of hundreds of ordinary people, under the guidance of several Blood Age path cultivators, successfully entered a realm of the Ten Thousand Mystic Frozen Plain and merged with the wild tribes within, successfully establishing the first wilderness city. After passing the inspection of the City Lord's Mansion, it was named 【Wildman City】."

"The territory of Wanfu Nation... is expanding every day... A vastly huge nation is being established bit by bit."

"Tomorrow, the Pioneering Celebration will be officially held."

"The first Ancient God Train to open up territory for all citizens will circle Wanfu City once, and after receiving the blessings of all the citizens, it will break through the endless mist and pioneer the vast and boundless three great forbidden areas into the territory of our Wanfu Nation."

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Ancient God Camp, inside the mechanical castle.

Li Yu looked at one "Wanfu Daily" after another, even though he was not in Wanfu City at this time.

It did not affect his feeling of the current atmosphere in the city in the slightest.

Enthusiastic?

No, to be more precise, it is manic.

No other reason: under the City Lord's Mansion's open plot, the gods didn't hold back for long at all; very soon, one Evil God after another began to place their bets.

For example, that "Ming God," whose situation seems not very good, is in urgent need of developing a huge sect and obtaining a large number of believers.

Previously, it seemed to be restrained by the City Lord's Mansion, and its missionary work made little progress. Not many people in the city were willing to believe in the great Lord of the Spiral, the Ming God who holds the infinite black water.

Now it is different, so this Evil God kept increasing its investment.

Whether it was complete path sequences, divine origin, or finally even dependents and offspring... all were poured in.

In just a few days!

In Wanfu City, there was an additional Ming God sect with powerful strength and tens of thousands of believers.

The believers of this sect also acted quite manically, asking everyone they saw if they wanted to learn about the great Lord of the Spiral, or if they wanted to join the Ming God sect.

With the Ming God like this, other Evil Gods were not to be outdone.

Under such an atmosphere, it could almost be said that every day in Wanfu City was a "Missionary Day."

Because of Dan Chenzi's manipulation, Li Yu's reputation was not bad.

He also possessed the permission to return to Wanfu City, and with the help of the City Lord's Mansion's passage, he could also avoid the monitoring of the Sacred Nest brain.

But Li Yu only focused on shrinking into the Immortal Castle, looking at Wanfu City from afar in the Ancient God Camp.

Although separated by a great distance, he could still clearly feel the extremely intense will of the gods above Wanfu City, like a pot of chaotic, turbid soup.

"It's simply an Evil God gathering!"

"I finally managed to dispel those Evil God marks and gained my freedom."

"If I go to join the fun at this time, it's possible I'll be targeted by some messy Evil God again."

"But will the City Lord's Mansion really not cause any big trouble by doing this?"

Li Yu felt the liveliness and extraordinary spectacle in the direction of Wanfu City.

In his heart, however, an extremely strong omen of crisis could not help but arise.

But unfortunately, he couldn't say anything.

"Wanfu City is doing such a big thing, so blatantly; the three nations and six sects will definitely not agree and will want to make trouble."

"At worst, they will raise an army to attack, but with the three great forbidden areas as an insurmountable place, unless the three nations and six sects completely unite, it is impossible to achieve."

"At best, they will engage in some spy activities to destroy the tacit understanding between the City Lord's Mansion and the major powers and gods."

"But these should have nothing to do with me. I am not a true citizen of Wanfu City; I am also a spy and undercover agent. If an opportunity arises, I have to run away..."

Li Yu's worries could not stop the passage of time.

On the surface, he is the Star Play Command Master and a member of the God-Chosen Pioneering Team; his status seems not low.

But in fact, he is still a small character who cannot struggle or change anything.

For example, today!

The Pioneering Celebration was held as scheduled.

Li Yu proposed that he did not want to waste time patrolling the city and could go to the other end outside the city to wait and meet up with the Ancient God Train, but he was directly rejected by the City Lord's Mansion.

Nine God-Chosen, not one can be missing.

They must act as the facade like "big stars" and accept the cheers from countless Wanfu City citizens.

And the reason Li Yu didn't want to show his face or patrol the city was that from early in the morning, he had felt a strong sense of crisis.

Although there was not a shred of evidence and he couldn't investigate anything.

After reporting it, Xu Baixi came to guarantee that the City Lord's Mansion had made extremely sufficient preparations, and with the current Wanfu City being blessed by a group of Evil Gods, it was absolutely impossible for anything to go wrong.

Therefore, Li Yu had no choice.

He had no choice but to meet up with the other eight calm and composed God-Chosen early in the morning, and follow that mysterious, terrifying, and unlookable Ancient God Train out of the camp and toward Wanfu City.

Unlike Li Yu, this fake, every one of them was a true God-Chosen, and no matter what, they all had the blessings and protection of their own true gods.

Even when facing a true "Evil God," they could still save their lives, so naturally, they were fearless.

And Wanfu City at this moment!

All the citizens were also looking forward to the arrival of the "Pioneering Number."

As the corpses of various major races were thrown into the Ancient God Train as biological fuel.

Above the permanent frozen plain shrouded in cold mist, a towering and terrifying giant train suddenly drove out.

The earth trembled crazily because of this.

The thick smoke filled with divine Qi that sprayed out from the corpses of the ancient gods seemed to react with the will of the group of Evil Gods in the dark above the firmament.

From this, billions of magnificent and strange rays of light were derived, which could make the gods go crazy.

This scene was indeed incomparably shocking.

Even Li Yu was shocked by this, and he couldn't help but involuntarily imagine: what would a nation established by millions or tens of millions of manic ordinary people together with a group of Evil Gods look like?

But before he could imagine it, Hongdou, who had been disguised as an ordinary doll by his side, suddenly leaned into his ear and warned him in a very urgent voice:

"Beep beep beep!"

"Detected radiation from a spiritual energy nuclear bomb exclusive to the 【Tiangong Sect】... The intensity level is extremely high... Please, Master, return to the Immortal Castle to hide as soon as possible."

(End of chapter)