Chapter 910. Ripples in the Galaxy.
News of Liu Shu’s advance spread rather quickly. While it was normal for World Trees to conquer a Solar System here and there from time to time, Liu Shu’s advance was unstoppable. For Liu Shu, it had been around fifteen years since she started expanding, but for the rest of the people, only five years had gone by.
And yet, in that time, Liu Shu spread to over 30 nearby Solar Systems.
That was not expansion. It felt as if Liu Shu had found a cheat in the system and was abusing it to get an unfair advantage.
What was worse was that, usually, when such forceful conquest of so many Solar Systems happened in quick succession, riots and other situations that worked against them in terms of both administration and culture would cause tons of trouble. After conquering a Solar System, you usually needed a few years to digest it, unless you were a massive superpower like a Globular Star Cluster.
Strangely, whenever Liu Shu conquered a new place, forget riots, people welcomed her quite eagerly.
This was part of Liu Shu’s tactic when spreading her situation with the Covenant. Because of her conflict, many powers had researched her and stumbled upon Liu Shu’s list of blessings.
The previous territory of the Nexus was a zone people looked into with tons of interest because, usually, an anti-World Tree society would cause endless trouble when absorbed by a World Tree.
When they investigated, expecting riots, city paralysis, and many other problems, they encountered the polar opposite. The 11 or so worlds from the two Solar Systems had adapted to the point that they looked unrecognizable.
Forests previously restricted to the wild areas had grown in a controlled manner.
Lignified Trees had substituted for around 60% of the structures, creating massive forest cities.
The people worked with pleasant smiles all around, and those who had been following Liu Shu’s laws were now blessed by her and doing incredibly well in life.
If you deeply searched in the privileged zones where some individuals had lost many of their advantages, you could find individuals who were unhappy and dissatisfied here and there. Otherwise, it was almost impossible.
Health, lifespan, talent, comprehension, education, affordable pricing, affordable living, reduced overall taxes, basically free healthcare, healthy children, increased fertility, increased overall beauty thanks to new healthy habits, massively reduced crime rates... and the list went on.
The new citizens all realized that living within Liu Shu’s sphere of influence was not something to be bothered about, and it showed. Even online posts spoke positively about Liu Shu. Only a few tried to write sensationalist posts or rile up the crowd and spoke strongly against her.
Having found a way to succeed in conquering thanks to those Nexus Solar Systems acting as her experimental ground, Liu Shu applied almost identical conditions to every newly conquered Solar System.
The five-year adaptation period, followed by new blessings every few years and gradual improvements in everyday life, worked tremendously well.
What became public knowledge after a while was something the Covenant and Nexus allowed to slip so that more eyes would look Liu Shu’s way, and not the kind type.
"The Heavenly Willow’s domain has time-altering properties. Time flows rapidly within the Golden Sap Empire domain, from two to three times faster."
Liu Shu was not flustered when they uncovered it. Instead, Liu Shu took their reveal and pushed it even further, making her