Chapter 433
"Where to accumulate divine power? The lord now has three ways to accumulate divine power. One is transmission from the main body, the second is the contribution of believers, and the third is feeding everyone. From the perspective of time and safety, the third method is the best. The second is the most stable, but the risks in all aspects must be considered. The first one has too much loss and can be used for emergencies."
"So we are going to distribute food to everyone first, and then quietly expand the number of believers. And you must go out in person, lord, because you have a Divine Realm that can carry a large amount of food. If we change to ordinary transportation methods, we need a team of hundreds of carriages, which is too eye-catching," Yinbi said while walking, analyzing with everyone.
Ang nodded.
Nai Ge Li Si complained: "What you said makes a lot of sense, but don't you care about Iron Shacheng and Torrent Fortress anymore? Just leave them alone?"
Yinbi said very seriously: "Of course, we must prioritize the lord's affairs. North Wind City is for planting vegetables, and Torrent Fortress is for selling vegetables. If it were me, I definitely wouldn't choose such a backward place for business, as there is no way to raise funds and form a financial group."
Nai Ge Li Si's heart skipped a beat: Damn it, he was shown off again, and he even showed his loyalty by the way.
A group of people led a carriage and walked eastward. The horses pulling the carriage were two bone horses. The Remnant Knight that Basoluo mentioned sounded very high-end, needing to gain the recognition of bone horses and the like.
These two bone horses were found in Iron Shacheng. When they were first led over, they were even more fierce, but after being glared at by Du Luo Ken, they became trembling. After being aimed at by Ang, they began to shiver. In the end, Du Luo Ken forcibly branded the soul brand, and they returned to normal.
Now, Ang rarely establishes soul connections with ordinary undead creatures like this. There are too many soul network nodes, and the quality is uneven, which will be very troublesome to command.
The conventional operation method of the Undead Empire is for the King and a part of high-level undead creatures to establish soul connections. These high-level undead creatures then establish connections with ordinary undead creatures, forming a pyramid-shaped ruling structure.
So these two bone horses became the subjects of Ang's subjects, but it's not bad. Du Luo Ken is also the King of Alchemy. In the past, he would have disliked this kind of low-level bone horse.
In order not to be disliked by himself, Du Luo Ken spent some time arming these two bone horses, including Earth Iron Hooves, metal joint reinforcement, etc.
"Steel-bottom secret silver hooves, engraved with the Earth Mark, each step can resonate with the earth, forming a shock absorption effect without attenuating power. Joint reinforcement can connect the bones into a whole. Even if the soul is lost, the body will not fall apart," Du Luo Ken introduced.
"Just pulling a carriage, this is too extravagant," Yinbi said.
Du Luo Ken spread his hands: "So I didn't give it full-body equipment." This means it's already very low-key.
Under the pulling of two low-key and luxurious bone horses, Ang and his party walked toward the east. The carriage was full of rapeseed cakes, because elf beans were added, so one the size of a fist could be full.
Walking and walking, suddenly saw a skinny little boy by the road. He had dull eyes, no expression, and looked at Ang and his party numbly. He didn't speak, and didn't have any movements, just like a shell that had lost its soul.
Yinbi took out a rapeseed cake and walked over, handing it to the little boy, saying: "May the God of Undead bless you."
The little boy blinked, his eyes fell on the rapeseed cake in Yinbi's hand, trance-like for a moment, and slowly had some spirit.
He couldn't believe it, reached out carefully, and looked at Yinbi vigilantly while reaching out.
Yinbi handed his palm forward, signaling him to take it, and said at the same time: "The gift of the God of Undead, take it, may you be full."
The expression on his face was so solemn that he was a living god-stick.
The little boy grabbed the rapeseed cake with a flash of his hand, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed hard, and stared at Yinbi with red eyes like a frightened rabbit.
Yinbi was afraid of scaring him, showed a kind smile, retreated step by step, and everyone continued on the road.
Until the motorcade passed the little boy's position, he was still a bit unbelievable, struggling to swallow the whole rapeseed cake. Immediately, a strong sense of satiety and satisfaction surged up, making him burp.
The little boy had forgotten how many years he hadn't been full. This strong satisfaction made him a bit trance-like for a while.
Until Ang's motorcade walked far away, the little boy suddenly woke up, jumped onto the main road, and chased after Ang's motorcade.
Luokesi and Jielisi at the end of the team heard the movement and looked back.
The little boy knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Ang looked back in surprise, because he felt a very strong belief: God of Undead bless...
Of course, the soul flames contributed were not few.
Ang took a look and stopped caring. Luokesi and Jielisi occasionally looked back and found that the little boy was following ten steps away, neither approaching nor leaving.
They didn't know what to do, so they walked to the front to ask if they should drive the little boy away.
Yinbi sighed: "Let him follow. Driving him away is not equal to driving him to die? A child appears in this kind of place, and I don't know what kind of suffering he has experienced. Sigh."
"Death is a new beginning, may his family's soul be at peace," Du Luo Ken blessed.
Walking until evening, the little boy didn't lose track, but he was tired and swaying. Of course, Jielisi was even worse, complaining long ago: "When are we going to rest? I'm exhausted."
"Lord Du Luo Ken, when will you build the kind of carriage that moves by itself? I'm exhausted, my legs don't belong to me anymore."
Yinbi opened a map and said: "We are going to the Deluoge City ahead. There is an Undead Temple there. From now on, we are all believers of the God of Undead. Don't let it slip... uh, no, we have always been the God of Undead, believers of Lord Ang, remember."
Sometimes even Yinbi easily forgets that they are really believers of the God of Undead, but Ang has too many godheads, and he likes to plant things, which is obviously more suitable for the God of Planting, making people always forget his main godhead.
Why emphasize their identity as undead believers? Because this is the second most useful identity in the world. Except for undead creatures, the most useful identity is undead believer. Absolutely no one dares to make things difficult for a group of people who believe in the undead.
Of course, Yinbi actually doesn't want to use this identity, because he has inquired that the number of undead believers is actually very small. If it weren't for the Undead Empire's efforts to spread it, the Undead Temple might have disappeared long ago, because it is not spiritual.
Think about it, the undead godhead is on the main plane, the believers here don't get a response to their prayers, and there has never been a miracle, and the Undead Empire's promotion is not serious. It's strange that there are many believers.
But no matter how few believers there are, this is the 'official' religion of the Undead Empire, the state religion. Even if you don't believe it, you absolutely don't dare to provoke them casually.
However, this also brings another problem. You don't dare to provoke them casually, but if you dare to provoke them, it's not an ordinary goods. So Yinbi doesn't want to use this identity very much, and hopes to use the identity of the Spirit Dragon Knight Order more.
Unfortunately, Leader Newen ran too fast, didn't leave any tokens, and it was too easy to be exposed if he pretended.
They couldn't reach Deluoge City in a short time. Yinbi beckoned to the back, signaling the little boy to come over.
Following all the way, Ang and the others didn't drive him away. The little boy's vigilance was gone. Seeing the beckoning, he ran over quickly.
"Tired? Sit on the carriage, what's your name?" Yinbi hugged him to the carriage and handed him a new rapeseed cake.
"Jiemi." The little boy took the rapeseed cake and gnawed it hard, responding vaguely.
A rapeseed cake can fill his stomach, but chasing and running for an afternoon, the things in his stomach had long been digested.
"Jiemi, are you willing to serve the God of Undead?" Yinbi asked solemnly.
Feeling the warmth surging in his stomach, Jiemi nodded his head like a chick pecking at rice. If serving the God of Undead means having rapeseed cakes to eat every day, he is very willing.
"Okay, from now on, you are the priest of the God of Undead. Remember three sentences: God of Undead bless you, may your soul be at peace; the gift of the God of Undead, may you be full; Lord Ang, save me! Remember?" Yinbi taught on the spot.
Jiemi nodded. Is it so easy? Becoming a priest of the God of Undead is too simple, right? Who is Lord Ang?
No matter who he is, his belief in the God of Undead is as pious as this rapeseed cake. Jiemi swallowed the last bite of the rapeseed cake fiercely, his heart firm like a stone.
Two hours later, some sparse fire points appeared in front, and Deluoge City arrived.
Deluoge City is a main city, possessing a population of over one hundred thousand, possessing a teleportation array, Undead Temple, Hall of Knowledge, various guilds and chambers of commerce, etc., more prosperous than North Wind City, which belongs to the same main city.
However, at this moment, outside Deluoge City, it has become a refugee camp. The sparse fire points are the firelight in the refugee camp.
On both sides of the main road, countless refugees used stones, leaves, broken cloth, and rotten nets to separate them casually, becoming their own place of shelter, because there were too many of them, and even firewood couldn't be found nearby. They couldn't bear to light the fire, and the whole family huddled together and shivered.
Seeing Ang and his party walking by, one by one women and children stood up in these shelters that couldn't even be called shacks, looking at Ang and others with fear and expectation, their eyes praying for something, but they didn't dare to step forward.
Luokesi and Jielisi couldn't stand this kind of look. Jielisi couldn't help but want to open her bag.
Yinbi shouted in front: "Jielisi."
Jielisi looked over, only to see Yinbi shaking his head. She was a bit unconvinced and ran to the front to ask in a low voice: "I want to give my beef patty to them, can't I? Just now that child was only two years old, hungry to the point that his head was big, and his eyes were staring straight at me."
"If you want to cause chaos, or want to kill them, then you can do so," Yinbi said with a wry smile: "Don't worry, let me see what the situation is here first."
At this time, the city gate obviously wouldn't open. Ang and his party stopped in a remote corner, and Yinbi went out to inquire about the news.
Not long after, he brought back a human who had a similar temperament to him but was more timid. No need to ask, this human is also a businessman.
Letting the human businessman wait far away, Yinbi reported: "Lord, two months ago, Deluoge City also had some chaos, but the major chambers of commerce have been maintaining order. More than a month ago, the empire sent someone to send the Undead Scepter, and it was completely stabilized here, so the refugees around gathered here one after another."
"At the beginning, Deluoge City still came out to accommodate some refugees to work, but as there were more and more refugees, Deluoge City couldn't accommodate them. Now they don't dare to recruit people, and even closed the city gates, restricting the food in the city from coming out, and not letting others come out to provide disaster relief. It is estimated that they want the refugees to disperse on their own."
"What disperse on their own? Isn't it just waiting for people to starve to death? Who restricted the food in the city from coming out? Not letting others come out to provide disaster relief? Someone wants to come out to provide disaster relief? Who?" Nai Ge Li Si asked.
Although Nai Ge Li Si doesn't understand human feelings very well, he understands history. There are too many examples in history of letting disaster victims starve to death to eliminate famine. He saw through the sinister intentions of the city's main rulers at a glance.
Disaster victims gather outside the city without food relief, they can't go anywhere, so there are only two results: leave here and starve to death on the road, or starve to death here.
This is a very inhumane approach, but it is often the only way, unless the city can conjure food out of thin air. If the food is not sufficient, they don't even dare to provide disaster relief, otherwise, disaster victims from other places will hear the news and swarm in until all the stored food is eaten.
On the main plane, the Eastern Diocese has Andongni to allocate resources, divert disaster victims, and organize production, so humanitarian disasters rarely happen.
But at this moment, the organizational structure of the Undead Empire has collapsed, and no one can allocate resources or divert disaster victims. Everyone will only gather where there is food, either eating up one place or starving to death.
"Is the situation already so serious?" Du Luo Ken asked in surprise.
Yinbi shook his head: "It hasn't reached the most serious time yet. Although there are many disaster victims, there is actually food. It's just that no one dares to take it out and hoard it just in case. If production cannot be restored and farming is missed, next year will be the most miserable time."
"What should we do now? We must speed up, otherwise more people will starve to death," Nai Ge Li Si said anxiously.
Yinbi said: "I didn't expect so many disaster victims outside the city. In this way, we can change the plan, recruit workers, and recruit workers in the name of the Undead Temple."
Early the next morning, several local businessmen took the silver coins given by Yinbi and started shouting on the street: "Recruiting, recruiting, Undead Temple is recruiting. Those who believe in the God of Undead can go to apply, food included."
Clang! Food included? Everyone who heard this sentence immediately felt their belief in the God of Undead in their hearts.
Yinbi had already arranged it last night. Maintaining order, guiding the flow of people, and distributing food were all ready. With the experience in Torrent Fortress, he easily arranged people properly.
Everyone received a rapeseed cake. When receiving the cake, they all heard a sentence: "The gift of the God of Undead, may you be full."
Gnawing on the rapeseed cake with vegetable fragrance, feeling the warmth surging in the abdomen, many people couldn't help but cry, and their hearts truly began to be grateful to the God of Undead.
Jielisi quietly found the pair of mother and daughter who were staring straight at her yesterday and quietly stuffed them a beef patty.
There were more than ten thousand disaster victims outside the city. They brought Ang two waves of soul flames. One wave belonged to the God of Planting, and everyone who ate the vegetable ball contributed. The other wave belonged to the God of Undead, contributed by those who were sincerely grateful to the God of Undead.
Before, Ang didn't care much about faith meta-energy, because he couldn't use any god skills here, whether it was the death halo, or the beauty fist and element conversion, and even the ultimate transformation couldn't be used. Accumulating too much faith meta-energy is useless.
But now, with the influx of these two waves of soul flames, Ang felt a bit strange. He stepped on a footprint on the ground with force, and the death halo spread out.
Ang kicked it away immediately. The scope of action was full of living people, and they were hungry disaster victims. The rapeseed cake they just ate would have to be digested in two minutes under the death halo.
However, Nai Ge Li Si felt it, flew over and said in shock: "Can the death halo be used?"
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