Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16394 Proposal
Upon seeing this situation, Wen Cheng and General Li did not stand on ceremony and immediately commanded their respective teams to launch an attack on the Creation Golden Wheels.

As soon as Chang Jun saw them arrive, he immediately commanded the Creation Golden Wheel to scatter in all directions, making it look like they were fleeing. This served two purposes: first, to lure away all the soldiers from the various battle teams and make them disperse, thus making it easier to strike; and second, to show that they were preparing to retreat. Their goal this time was to make the people of the Divine Kingdom believe that they were retaliating, so naturally they would not stay here to fight for long.

This battle went very smoothly. After converting several teams that were not yet members of the Blood Slaughter Sect into members of the Blood Slaughter Sect, they left directly. Of course, to increase their persuasiveness, they destroyed twenty Creation Golden Wheels this time.

After they left, Wencheng and General Li immediately reported the matter, and Gongliang Juewen immediately summoned all the people from various sects and families to the main hall.

Once everyone had arrived, Gongliang Juewen looked at them and said, "I think everyone is aware of what just happened. Sect Leader Shui, please tell us about your losses."

This sect leader, Shui Yi, is the sect leader of the Hanbing Sect. The Hanbing Sect is also a major sect and is qualified to participate in such a meeting, which is why Gongliang Juewen sent him to speak.

Shui Yi nodded and said, "Our losses this time were not significant. After discovering the enemy, we entered the underground base immediately, so there were almost no personnel losses. Only some surface buildings were destroyed, and the mountain-protecting formation needs repair. Other than that, there were no other losses."

Gongliang Juewen nodded and said, "Very good, Sect Master Shui, please have a seat."

Shui Yi responded and sat down. Gongliang Juewen looked at everyone and said, "I just asked General Li. He said that our sentries at Thousand Lotus Mountain didn't detect the Blood Slaughter Sect's operation this time. In other words, they used an illusion array to pass through Thousand Lotus Mountain, which is why the sentries there didn't notice them. After passing through Thousand Lotus Mountain, they immediately used Divine Light. Because we have too many sentries and various arrays at the first line of defense, they probably felt they weren't confident they could pass through the first line of defense silently. So they used Divine Light to rush through the first line of defense as quickly as possible and penetrate deep into our territory. This time, they even crossed the second line of defense and launched an attack on the Frost Ice Sect. After discovering our people had arrived, they didn't linger and retreated immediately. Fortunately, their Creation Golden Wheels need a process before using Divine Light, which gave us the opportunity to destroy twenty Creation Golden Wheels. Otherwise, they would have really escaped unscathed."

He paused, glanced at everyone, and continued, "From this incident, we can see that our defenses still have weaknesses. First, the sentries at Qianhe Mountain are too ineffective. Second, two lines of defense are clearly not enough; we must readjust our defenses. Third, this time the enemy is retaliating, but it also shows us that they have more large magical artifacts than we imagined. They may still have large magical artifacts that they haven't used yet. Another point to note is that the large magical artifacts we lost when we attacked them before might be repaired and used to attack us."

Gongliang Juewen paused for a moment, then continued, "They've done this before, everyone. Don't forget, they used a damaged Creation Golden Wheel that they had repaired. The Creation Golden Wheel was badly damaged. Although they didn't completely repair it, they still made it usable again. Last time, we lost a hundred large magical artifacts to them. Even if they can't repair all of them, even if they only repair a part of them, they are still large magical artifacts. We can't underestimate them."

Everyone nodded, and Gongliang Juewen continued, "Let's all discuss what to do next, especially the establishment of the new defense line."

A moment of silence fell over everyone. Then Shui Yi suddenly spoke up: "Your Majesty, after this attack, I've been thinking about this issue as well. Now I have some thoughts that I'd like to share with you all."

Gongliang Juewen nodded and said, "Speak." Shui Yi nodded and then said, "Your Majesty, after so much fighting, I've discovered a characteristic of the Blood Slaughter Sect. Perhaps because they are outnumbered, they choose targets of higher value when attacking, such as large cities or major sects. Only if there are no large cities or major sects will they choose smaller towns or smaller sects. That means that the most dangerous places right now are actually the large cities and major sects. What we need to do is actually quite simple: first, ensure the safety of ordinary people. Relocate ordinary people around the large cities to smaller towns, preventing them from easily approaching the large cities. This way, they will be basically safe. It would also be best to relocate the ordinary people in the large cities as well, leaving only combat personnel in the cities. These large cities and major sects..." "We'll use the gates as bases. All the major cities and sects will become bases. This way, our entire divine kingdom will become a massive defensive line. Once the enemy enters, no matter which major city or sect they attack, it's equivalent to attacking our base. As long as we build underground bases beneath the major cities and sects, and then build teleportation arrays within those underground bases, even if the Blood Slaughter Sect wants to attack us, our biggest losses will probably only be some surface buildings. We can restore those buildings at any time, so there's nothing to worry about. This way, our losses will be minimized. And just like this time, if they attack any of our bases, our people can go to their aid immediately. This is actually very easy for us."

Everyone was stunned when they heard him say this. They really hadn't expected him to come up with such a solution. Shui Yi glanced at everyone and then said, "Moreover, there is another advantage to establishing an underground base. That is, we no longer need to worry about their barrier arrays. Their large magical artifacts are all Creation Golden Wheels, which can be converted into teleportation arrays and barrier arrays. When converted into teleportation arrays, they can transfer people on a large scale. When converted into barrier arrays, they can completely cover an entire city, preventing news from spreading out and rendering the city's teleportation arrays unusable. However, if we use an underground base, their barrier arrays will not be able to cover the entire underground base. We can still maintain communication with the outside world and receive external support. Therefore, this underground base must be built, and it will become an important battlefield between us and the Blood Slaughter Sect in the future."

Upon hearing his words, everyone nodded in agreement. They had all thought of this before, but no one had said it aloud.

Gongliang Juewen said, "Sect Leader Shui's suggestion is good, but there is a problem. Those big cities are important distribution centers for supplies. If we relocate all the people from those big cities, the distribution of supplies will be disrupted. If this is not handled properly, the lives of ordinary people will be greatly affected. If the lives of ordinary people are affected, it could lead to great chaos."

Although ordinary people in the Divine Kingdom have little power—a rogue cultivator can wipe out an entire village—they are actually the foundation of the Divine Kingdom. If the Divine Kingdom were to lose its ordinary people and only have cultivators, it would immediately collapse. While ordinary people may lack strength, they are extremely important. They can produce and manufacture large quantities of resources, many of which are needed by cultivators. Moreover, ordinary people are the source of new blood. Without ordinary people, sects would have no way to replenish their blood. Although new members are born within sects, the number is still too small. A cultivator's fertility is affected as their strength increases, so the number of children a cultivator has is actually quite low. If a sect doesn't rely on ordinary people to replenish its blood and only produces new blood on its own, it will soon run out of new blood, and that would be the end of it.

Therefore, although ordinary people may seem insignificant, they are the foundation of the divine kingdom. If ordinary people's lives were to encounter problems, the foundation of the entire divine kingdom would be shaken, and that would be a real problem.

Gongliang Juewen was referring to this very issue. He felt that if all the large cities were turned into bases and all the people in the large cities were relocated, it would be equivalent to sealing off some distribution centers for supplies. In the future, it would become very difficult for ordinary people to buy suitable daily necessities. If ordinary people really had to make a living because of this, then something serious would happen.

Shui Yi said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, I think there is no need to worry too much about this matter. We can move the distribution center of supplies to those small towns. Moreover, the ordinary people around the big cities will be relocated directly, and they will no longer be able to enter the big cities to buy things, so they should not be greatly affected."

Gongliang Juewen didn't say anything, but glanced at the others before asking, "What do you all think?"

Qingxuan then spoke up, "Your Majesty, I think it's feasible."

Wan Hai also spoke up, saying, "Your Majesty, I also think it's feasible. If the Creation Golden Wheel used by the Blood Slaughter Sect were to use divine light, it could penetrate deep into our territory at any time. Therefore, all the cities in our Divine Kingdom are no longer safe. Turning all the major cities and sects into bases is the best solution, and I believe it is feasible."