Chapter 1759 - 1762: It Begins
Zhu Huai was preparing to escape.
However, just as he was speeding away, the ground suddenly rumbled loudly. A burly man burst out from the soil, heading straight for the sky, directly blocking Zhu Huai’s path.
Although this burly man looked just like an ordinary member of the Human Clan, Zhu Huai couldn’t help but shout, "Giant Strength Demon King!"
Giant Strength Demon King was also one of the Demon Kings within the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
Zhu Huai never expected that this time there would not only be a Black Cloud Demon King but also another Demon King.
They had even set up an ambush in advance!
A chill surged through his heart; what exactly were these Demon Clan aiming for?
Who was the person behind them?
And what was that person planning?
However, it was clear that Giant Strength Demon King didn’t intend to exchange words like the Black Cloud Demon King, he immediately took action.
Zhu Huai hurriedly fought back.
The sounds of battle roared continuously for a moment.
The cultivators watching the scene didn’t say much.
Instead, a Divine Separation Stage cultivator looked at the Black Cloud Demon King, "Black Cloud, I won’t intervene in this matter anymore, but I hope you will still exercise restraint. And after the matter concludes, ensure you honor the promise of retreating back to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains;if not, I won’t stand idly by."
"Naturally!" Black Cloud nodded.
Though he was a member of the Demon Clan, he still showed a bit of respect to someone with higher cultivation.
When a senior at the Divine Separation Stage speaks, those whose compassion was still stirring felt compelled to stay quiet.
If they spoke now, they would be opposing this senior!
Alas!
As they stood by and watched, the turbulent beast tide began to surge.
Black Cloud Demon King was also taken aback as he observed the surging beast tide.
This kind of attack called ’beast tide’ was something he had never considered before.
No, to be precise, none of them, these members of the Demon Clan, had considered it.
They never thought of what use a multitude of demon beasts could be, but now he finally realized the fearsome nature of this move!
Demon beasts are different from ordinary members of the Human Clan.
Members of the Human Clan are born with the ability to gain intelligence; this is certainly an advantage, but isn’t it also a disadvantage?
Gaining intelligence leads to emotions and scheming; therefore, even if they form a human tide, they could crumble in fear.
But demon beasts are different!
Without awakening intelligence, they stick to simple thinking methods, and under the awe of these Demon Kings, they could become pure beasts who forget about death.
So once they form a huge impact, it’s estimated that even those at the Golden Core Stage wouldn’t dare linger too long in this beast tide.
After all, once they falter, the outcome most likely would be death!
A bit terrifying!
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While the first beast tide on Northwest Gourd Island was taking place, Gourd Waist’s four cities were undergoing a series of reforms.
These reforms were carried out by the talents Lu Xiaobu brought over a few days ago.
He had already made arrangements before leaving, having Hu Nanshan and a few others cooperate with the advisory team.
These varied talents have adapted their bodies to the Spiritual Pressure here during their cultivation process, hence they wouldn’t feel discomfort anymore.
Except for those few scoundrels Lu Xiaobu was preparing to send outside for survival, these people have already started participating in the affairs here.
Actually, for them, everything in front of them felt novel.
They even privately discussed and compared it to the exciting feeling in novels where one travels back to ancient times and uses various modern techniques to outmatch ancient ones.
This anticipation for showing off made their efficiency rise quickly.
However, at the beginning, they did slow down a bit.
After all, in their mindset, the technological development from ancient times to now, despite their experience, still required time; they couldn’t become a prosperous city overnight.
They even prepared for a few years of long-term planning!
And then!
They realized they were completely mistaken!
There was no need for so much time; they couldn’t even keep up with the speed of their plans!
Because they just realized this is the Cultivation World, not the actual ancient times!
Want to create some large-scale projects?
There’s no need for human labor to chip away; just provide detailed instructions to the cultivators, and it will be completed almost instantly.
Especially Hu Nanshan and He Quwu, the two City Lords.
One controls Earth Attribute, and the other controls Gold Attribute.
Thus, there’s nothing they can’t accomplish that these two, already at the Golden Core Late Stage, can’t.
Not only are the imagined large items created effortlessly, but the ordinary people here as well.
They don’t need to know why they’re doing this, nor do they have any thoughts akin to those of Gou Qilang; they just need the cultivators to command, and they’ll instinctively obey!
Although this made the talents from modern society feel a bit uneasy, they didn’t want to change it; it was absolutely pointless.
Thus, with a series of plans that the people here couldn’t understand, they were forced downwards with extremely strong tactics, from top to bottom.
Whatever power plants, signal stations, or various production factories for daily needs rapidly spread from Gourd Waist towards Southwest Huludao.
Countless ordinary people joined the unending assembly lines after undergoing simple training.
This decision was made by the advisory team after careful consideration; it wasn’t a highly mechanized modern assembly line but comprised of a large workforce.
This was a necessary measure since high mechanization requires a large number of talents in this area.
This place was clearly a blank slate in terms of such talents.
However, the manpower here was indeed sufficient, capable of compensating for this.
Of course, it wasn’t only about factory construction and economic development; they were also implementing various policies for modernization.
For example, the training of the City Guard Army, the planning and grading within schools, or the statistics and inquiry of urban household registrations.
While these might not be the best, they are fundamentally better than the completely open mode prevailing now.
Thus, although it may not be visible shortly, everyone in the advisory team believes that the fruits of their labor will soon be revealed!
And then today, Lu Xiaobu also returned to Nanshan City.
His first order upon returning to Nanshan City was to intercept all messages from East and West Gourd Islands, and arrest all personnel from every power planted here!
Instantly, communication between the sides almost completely ceased; even when messages sneaked through, they were mere fragments!
This is one of the reasons why the God Slaying Alliance values Gourd Waist so highly.
After all, they can’t always deploy high-ranking cultivators as messengers!
So chaos began!