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Chapter 335: The First Ascension Recommendation

The demise of the Maurya Kingdom was extremely rapid. This country was even more corrupt than the Western kingdoms. From top to bottom, from the state system to religion, everything was even more inhumane and hierarchical.

Therefore, it is more difficult to carry out the reform here. After all, many deep-rooted concepts cannot be reversed in a short period of time. We must take strong measures and deal strong blows.

In terms of religion, of course, it was still up to Ke Ling himself to make a strong appearance and display his divine power. He used the abilities of the two titles [The Strong Are Respected] and [Emperor of Mankind] to influence a large number of people to spontaneously convert to the "Emperor Religion". The "true God" once again launched a dimensionality reduction attack on the "false God".

The main theme is a "mechanical deus ex machina". You have to believe it even if you don't want to, unless you have the ability to be immune to "charm", magic, magic resistance, etc., but the people of the Peacock Kingdom obviously do not have it.

The religious atmosphere of the Maurya Kingdom is not inferior to that of the Western Kingdom, and the influence of religion is even greater than that of the Western Kingdom.

In the Maurya Kingdom, religion existed solely as a tool of rule, simply to suppress the people and consolidate the strict class system that benefited the upper class.

Although the "Emperor's Religion" is also a tool of rule, compared with the Peacock Kingdom and the Western Kingdom, which are a pair of talented people, Ke Ling can confidently say that the "Emperor's Religion" is quite advanced.

At least the "Emperor's Church" does not divide people into different classes. The core of the "Emperor's Church" is only one, that is, believing in the Emperor. Other creeds are all about truth, goodness and beauty. It is a bit like the Paladin in DND, which focuses on strict self-discipline and persuading people to be good. Of course, it is not as extreme as the Paladin.

In general, rather than saying that the "Emperor Religion" is a religion, it is better to say that it is a reshaping of social moral concepts. To believe in the "Emperor Religion" is to follow the moral concepts formulated by Ke Ling.

In comparison, Ke Ling felt that his own moral values ​​were simply too normal and incompatible with this feudal and backward world.

The religious issues were replaced by the "Emperor's Religion", but at the ruling level, the empire still used its own state and county system.

Anyone who disobeys is easily dealt with by killing them. This is where Esdeath comes in handy. She begins to stay in the Peacock Kingdom and quell rebellions everywhere.

Because the Maurya Empire surrendered so quickly when it was conquered, the aristocracy did not suffer too much loss, and faced considerable resistance during the subsequent land reforms and institutional reforms.

So Esdeath started a massacre in the Peacock Kingdom, plowing all the nobles again, completely cutting off the roots of the nobility, physically eradicating the roots. The upper ruling class was basically wiped out by her.

However, Esdeath's massacre of the nobles did not affect the ordinary people of the Maurya Kingdom. They did not object to it at all, and even applauded it.

Thousands of years of class solidification have made them no longer even like a race. The divisions between them are obvious, and the massacre of the ruling class did not arouse their hatred of the enemy.

"I somehow thought of a mysterious country."

Ke Ling complained that the Peacock Kingdom was indeed a bit like the mysterious country in his stereotype.

"What mysterious country? A new target for conquest?"

A series of question marks popped up in Esdeath's head and her face was full of excitement. Her mind was now full of conquest and killing. She was really going crazy in the Peacock Kingdom.

"Keep calm, let's deal with the Eastern Island Country first."

Ke Ling smiled. Esdeath was actually quite useful. When it was time to kill a lot, just let Esdeath go. This guy would definitely not show mercy. No matter how many people she killed, she had no psychological burden at all. Instead, she felt more and more happy.

"Okay, we've killed almost all of them here, it's time to move to another place to kill them."

Esdeath nodded. The Peacock Kingdom had become much calmer recently. Her unremitting efforts had begun to show results. The rest of the matters could be left to the Peacock Kingdom's garrison.

Soon, preparations for the expedition to the Eastern island country began. This expedition was actually the most troublesome of the three expeditions.

Because the ocean in the east is far more difficult to deal with than the western wilderness and the southern rainforest. It is filled with thick fog and countless dangerous species lurk in it. Humans who can only sail by ship seem insignificant.

If those dangerous species lived on land, the empire would be able to kill them all, but in the ocean, no matter how strong the empire's military was, it could only watch helplessly.

On the sea, you can only sail by boat. Even if you are a strong person, it is easy to capsize when facing giant marine dangerous species and giant flying dangerous species. No, it is the boat that capsizes. When Akagi went to the eastern island country, the boat was overturned and he almost died in the sea.

The empire's navy has never been taken seriously. It hasn't even expanded all the land on the continent, let alone the ocean. The empire simply doesn't care about those island countries.

The navy can finally participate in this expedition. They are building ships, more ocean-going ships. After defeating the eastern island countries, they will also sweep the islands in the South Pacific. The war on the continent has ended, and the rest depends on the navy.

Ke Ling felt that this world that was highly similar to the Earth would not just have this one continent and some island countries, but there must be new continents, such as America and Africa.

If the Empire, the Western Kingdom and the Maurya Kingdom are the Eurasian continent, then Africa, which should be connected to them, is missing. However, in Ke Ling's impression, there doesn't seem to be any black people in the Empire, so even if there is Africa, it is probably a separate continent and has never had any communication with the continent where the Empire is located.

In the currently known world, the Eurasian continent and the Pacific Islands already exist, leaving only Africa and the Americas. It seems that these will have to be explored by the Imperial Navy.

The ocean is shrouded in fog and filled with dangerous species, which has greatly restricted ocean exploration. We can only fish in the nearshore areas. This phenomenon is even more serious, especially in the eastern ocean. Sheila, who has traveled to various countries, has even been to the southern islands, but has not been to the eastern island countries. This is a clear example.

Over the years, the exchanges between the Empire and the Eastern Island Countries have been quite limited. Only a handful of people from the Empire have ever been to the Eastern Island Countries, and almost no one from the Eastern Island Countries has ever made it to the Empire, because their technology is so different from that of the Empire, and they simply have no means of crossing the ocean. The Eastern Island Country is called "Wakoku", and this name makes Ke Ling feel like an expert, and he knows what the place is right away. At this time, "Wakoku" is in the Warring States Period, where 24 countries are competing for hegemony. The last time it was unified was probably hundreds of years ago.

According to the records in the Imperial Tool [World Encyclopedia·Longolongo], the Eastern Island Country was called "Kamiwa" and the Imperial Tool [One Slash, One Kill·Murasame] was forged on this Eastern Island Country. From this point of view, "Kamiwa" is probably the name from thousands of years ago, and by then the Eastern Island Country had obviously changed dynasties.

[World Encyclopedia·Longolongo], this is a book-shaped imperial weapon, which looks very mysterious. On the cover of the book is a purple magic eye, which looks like the eye of some dangerous species.

In the [World Book - Longolongo], there are maps of countries around the world. Of course, it is only the known world, and the most detailed one is within the empire, with detailed data on everything from products to addresses. In addition, on the last page there are even predictions of super-large-scale natural disasters that may occur in the future.

Many of these prophecies have already come true. The existence of this "Imperial Book" has made great contributions to the survival of the empire. At least before many natural disasters occurred, the empire was prepared in advance, which greatly reduced the impact of the disasters.

The most amazing thing is that this imperial weapon is still constantly writing forward, as if it is constantly predicting the disaster that will happen next.

Ke Ling guessed that the dangerous species used to create this imperial weapon was probably the same as the "leader's" father, a dangerous species with the ability to predict the future. They might even be the same species.

But that's not necessarily the case, because the imperial weapon [World Encyclopedia·Longolongo] can only predict natural disasters, and cannot predict other things, such as man-made disasters, otherwise the empire would not have come to this point, and would not have been overthrown.

At this time, the map of the imperial weapon [World Encyclopedia·Longolongo] became more detailed, and the maps of the Western Kingdom and the Peacock Kingdom became extremely detailed, and were automatically updated by the imperial weapon.

Ke Ling didn't know what the principle was. Was it tied to the fate of the empire? Wherever the empire expanded, the map would light up? Where would the prophecy of natural disasters expand to?
It can only be said that some imperial instruments are indeed very puzzling, and conquering the Eastern Island Countries will be of great help to the research of imperial instruments, because the Eastern Island Countries have a production method called "Underworld Treasure", and this method is widely circulated in the Eastern Island Countries.

In fact, the method of making the so-called "ghost treasure" was passed down from the empire. The so-called "ghost treasure" is not even as good as the "ministerial tool".

"Underworld Treasures" are weapons made from dangerous species as materials, and they are stronger than ordinary weapons.

The general "Hell Treasure" is just stronger than ordinary weapons. If it is made with extremely high-quality dangerous materials, the Hell Treasure may have special effects. However, such Hell Treasures are rare and difficult to create.

Ordinary dangerous species are difficult to hunt, and powerful dangerous species are even more heavyweight. They are like natural disasters to the Eastern island countries, so their "Underworld Treasures" are basically ordinary.

But that is for "Wakoku". For the Empire, collecting dangerous materials is not a big problem. The problem is the loss of technology. The loss of imperial weapon manufacturing technology is too serious.

Although the technology used to create the "Underworld Treasure" is not very advanced, any bit of technology that can be recycled will be of great help in rebuilding the "Imperial Tool". After all, these are all ancient technologies that have been passed down, and perhaps more can be deduced from them, so we must make the best use of them.

The expedition to the island country was rapidly advanced, and Ke Ling took this opportunity to start rewarding people according to their merits. After two wars of annihilation, it was natural to select some heroes and reward them.

Ke Ling gave the order and asked the "Ascension Committee" to start evaluating the list of "Ascendants". The composition of the members of this "Ascension Committee" is very complex, including officials from the empire, priests from the "Imperial Church", military representatives, representatives of public opinion, and of course, existing "Ascendants", each of whom has the power to nominate candidates.

As expected, Akahima was successfully selected, and her sister Kurohima was also successfully selected. Kurohima was recommended by Esdeath, and she unexpectedly liked the little girl very much, probably because Kurohima was ruthless enough to the enemies. Of course, Kurohima did make a significant contribution in the two expeditions.

There's no other way. They were all alone, but Hei Tong led eight people to fight. No, there were even giant dangerous species among them. With the imperial weapon [March of the Dead·Eight Chambers], she alone could be used as a combat team, covering all duties such as close combat, long-range combat, protection, charge, and assault.

In addition, Nadezhda was also nominated, and the Emperor's Patriarch was also on the list. This was normal. As heroes who rebuilt the empire, they were not qualified to "ascend". What qualifications did others have? Their contributions were obvious to all.

There are not too many people nominated this time, but the number of Imperial Tool Users is indeed quite large among them. Except for the "Emperor's Patriarch", the rest of those nominated are basically the current Imperial Tool Users.

This also made everyone realize that it is indeed time to recover the imperial equipment. The ability of the imperial equipment users is simply too good to be used during wars. Who can compete with them for credit?

After getting the list of "Ascendants", Ke Ling took a look and found that Tatsumi did not nominate anyone. This kid must be confused. How did he become an "Ascendant" for no reason? And became a member of the "Ascension Committee" who was qualified to nominate others?
Of course, it wasn’t just Tatsumi himself who was confused. The other committee members were also confused when they saw Tatsumi.

Look at General Budd, look at General Esdeath, and then look at you, Tatsumi. Where are you from, little Karami?

The embarrassed Tatsumi was in a daze throughout the whole process. He didn't think he was qualified to nominate anyone, so he simply kept silent the entire time, pretending to be a master without saying a word.

"this kid"

Ke Ling found it a little funny. He could probably imagine how embarrassed Tatsumi was. With that child's simple personality, he must have been numb.

"Let's choose these four this time."

Ke Ling looked around and then selected four people, the two sisters Red Eye and Black Eye, and two important management members, Nadezhda and the Leader of the Imperial Cult.

Nadezhda was nominated by General Budd, and the old stubborn man had obviously recognized Nadezhda's administrative ability. The Emperor's Patriarch was more popular and was the first to be nominated. The nominated candidate was the common candidate that everyone agreed upon.

It has to be said that people like the leader of the Emperor Cult, Ubuyashiki Yoshiya, do have an overwhelming advantage in personnel activities. People with high charisma can thrive no matter where they are.

(End of this chapter)