Chapter 1776 - 1779: Becoming a Chess Piece
Xin Lifeng was utterly confused when he returned to Nanshan City.
The events of today were too many and too bizarre, so bizarre that he found it hard to believe it was all orchestrated by a single person.
Of course, his own meddlesome aid played a part, otherwise, Lu Xiaobu himself had said it was a long-term scheme.
Yet, despite all this, his mind was still a muddled mess.
At the very beginning, he thought it was just a small scam to cheat some Spirit Stones, sure it was because Lu Xiaobu was short on money!
Then, he realized it wasn’t about the Spirit Stones; the important thing was to create chaos in God Slaying City.
Just when he thought a little chaos wouldn’t matter, he again realized that the chaos in God Slaying City was just the first step, next was to spread chaos to the surrounding cities as well.
In his thinking, if chaos ensued, then by all means, better to kill by mistake than to let them go, and forcibly suppress it.
But before he or anyone even made that decision, Lu Xiaobu had already evacuated one city!
By this point, he found it utterly marvelous.
After all, a normal person’s thinking, definitely like his, if there’s a city rebelling, it should be best to consolidate it, it’s a Strength!
However, they just didn’t!
Thus, they triggered even greater chaos, and rebellion began successively.
He thought this should be the end, achieving so much was beyond human capability!
But it wasn’t over!
The millions of Spirit Stones he initially dismissed and later ignored became the fuse yet again.
This time, it directly burned into the heart of the God Slaying Alliance.
Even a slight mishandling would lead to tremendous chaos.
No, it’s not just a mishandling, based on Xin Lifeng’s understanding of the members of the God Slaying Alliance, they would only continue making mistakes from start to finish.
How could they think so far? Balanced dealing?!
It would be good enough if they didn’t take their share!
As he gradually sorted out his thoughts, a sense of despondency emerged again. He looked at Lu Xiaobu, somewhat conflicted, and asked, "Are we truly inferior to the Demon Realm? Why are our people so foolish?!"
"Hahaha!" Lu Xiaobu laughed and shook his head, "Not everyone is foolish; there are smart people like you, but there’s a restriction that determines you cannot escape this net!"
"What restriction?" Xin Lifeng was startled and promptly sat upright.
"This restriction is the lack of order, the lack of trust!" Lu Xiaobu smiled, "I don’t know about other islands, but that’s what I saw on Gourd Island."
"Here, everyone is centered on their cities, and in every encounter, there is always vigilance. You don’t trust me, I don’t trust you, everyone only believes in their own Power."
"Isn’t that a good thing?" Xin Lifeng asked, puzzled, "Is it wrong to believe in oneself?"
"For an individual, certainly not, but for a collective?" Lu Xiaobu queried and answered himself, "For a collective, if no one trusts anyone, it means every individual within must keep constant watch on their back; even without any move, one must be weary, let alone if there’s a slight move."
Hearing this, Xin Lifeng’s mind gradually opened, "With a slight move, they would suspect the person behind them, suspect their own people!"
"To protect themselves, they would exhaustively purge people behind them, even if those people are their own, even if there’s a distant enemy!"
"Because for them, enemies may be foes, but are at a distance, whereas people behind them are different, they can stab them at any time!"
"Today’s events just demonstrate this!"
"It was just a scheme, just some Spirit Stones. If everyone trusted each other, even temporarily, they would direct the conflict towards West Melon Island, attack it, and seize everything there!"
"But since they don’t trust each other, they need evidence that they can believe in."
"The process of finding this evidence equally increases the distrustful actions of the other!"
"Thus, confrontation turns into chaos, which further stirs the inherent unease and fear within people, and eventually, it becomes uncontrollable!"
Like a student learning new knowledge, Xin Lifeng’s eyes brightened, and he quickly analyzed the issue from this new perspective!
"Then how to solve it?" Lu Xiaobu looked at him.
"Unify! Unify either in terms of power or spirit!" Xin Lifeng immediately said, "After unifying in power, this problem can slowly be resolved, allowing everyone to develop a sense of identity with this power, eventually becoming a whole!"
"Spiritual unification is even easier; find a person everyone trusts. So, once a situation like today arises, a single word from this person can resolve most of the problem!"
Lu Xiaobu nodded approvingly after hearing him out, "Inferring from one instance, coming up with the idea of spiritual unification, not bad! I didn’t misjudge you indeed!"
"No! Something’s not right!" Xin Lifeng suddenly realized something, staring intently at Lu Xiaobu, "If I can think of it, you certainly can too, did you prepare something else?!"
"Clap, clap, clap!"
This time, Lu Xiaobu clapped his hands directly.
Afterward, he smiled and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, a religion should be developing in that part of the Chaotic Land in the Northeast near Gourd Island!"
"Religion, Chaotic Land?" Xin Lifeng’s eyes were bright, pacing back and forth, "In the Chaotic Land, a great one set the rules, prohibiting private fighting, meaning relative stability there."
"But mere stability under high pressure is not enough, people will still have conflicts. These conflicts can’t be vented, nor is it feasible to address the great one over such issues!"
"Thus, this religion becomes a great outlet for venting!"
"And as this religion develops and grows, we can more quickly take control of the entire Gourd Island!"
Xin Lifeng felt immensely excited, eventually aligning himself with the cause.
He completely abandoned that bloated, decrepit God Slaying Alliance, finding new soil!
He had figured it out, he wanted unification, a unification propelled under his hand.
If it weren’t for the God Slaying Alliance being the most feasible earlier, he probably wouldn’t have bothered!
Now, here, by Lu Xiaobu’s side, he saw even greater hope!
Demon Realm?!
What does it matter?!
When it was the enemy, he naturally wary, but now being on the same side, he was actually happy!
"I want to go to the Chaotic Land! You can control me like you control Hu Nanshan and the others, I won’t resist!" Xin Lifeng took a deep breath, speaking earnestly to Lu Xiaobu.
He knew Lu Xiaobu used some methods to control Hu Nanshan and them, but now, he willingly wanted to be controlled!
Because he saw a chessboard gradually filling with chess pieces, and the one playing was Lu Xiaobu.
So, he was willing to be a pawn!