I can find treasures in my dreams.

"In addition, the Holy Heaven Palace has issued a decree with great goodwill, which stipulates that from this day forward, the living conditions in the thirteen lower areas of the Giant Mountain Ice Fortress will be comprehensively improved, including the following points."

"First, we will comprehensively renovate the houses in the ground floor area. For the houses that are too dilapidated, Ice Castle will be completely demolished and a new batch of houses will be rebuilt."

"Secondly, Ice Castle will completely renovate the roads in the ground floor area to ensure that all residents can travel more conveniently."

"Thirdly, Ice Castle will comprehensively improve the sanitation of the ground floor area, build more ventilation shafts to improve air quality, and lay more sewage pipes..."

Errot, the garrison commander of the Giant Ice Fortress, rattled off several reform measures in one breath.

This was the decree issued by the Holy Heaven Palace, which was aimed at the poor and lower classes, after the high-ranking knight Alre was devoured, when they realized the situation was dire.

There is only one purpose—to alleviate the pent-up resentment in the lower classes.

It must be said that the Holy Heaven Palace's reaction speed was indeed fast enough.

And in the crowd.

Some of the poor looked expectant, but many more were disappointed.

Because these policies did not address the most core demand—the three-tier system.

The so-called "three-tier system" divides all Ice Souls into three tiers.

Although the Holy Heaven Palace has never explicitly said those three words, everyone knows that the three-tier system has already permeated every aspect of the Ice Soul Society.

Each ice castle has a number of restrictions in place to limit movement and contact between the three classes in various ways.

Give the simplest example.

An average family in a lower-class area who wants to move to a middle-class area must purchase a property in the middle-class area.

There is an essential prerequisite for purchasing property – applying for a resettlement order.

The application for the official resettlement order has many conditions, the most demanding of which is 300 Jindals.

The vast majority of poor people earn between 400 and 500 silver dar per month, while 1 gold dar is equal to 1000 silver dar.

Even if you don't eat or drink, it would take up to 600 months to save up this amount of money.

In comparison, purchasing a relatively inexpensive property in a mid-level area would cost around 100 gold dahl, far less than the application fee for a resettlement order.

on the other hand.

If they cannot move to the middle level, they will not be able to find better-paying jobs, and their children will not be able to receive a better education.

Therefore, in the eyes of most poor people, the decree issued by the Holy Heaven Palace this time did show some changes, but it was far from meeting their expectations.

We want to move freely!
We want to remove the identity restrictions!
We demand equality!
Unfortunately, the Holy Heaven Palace cannot give the poor what they want.

Because the three-tier system is the core of the Ice Soul Society, it is directly related to the way the interests of each stratum are distributed.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that abruptly abolishing the three-tier system would inevitably trigger massive social unrest.

Even if the Holy Heaven Palace is willing to abolish the three-tier system, it must proceed gradually and change things little by little.

At this time.

Erlot loudly announced the final measure: "From this day forward, in order to improve everyone's lives, every household in the lower districts will receive 500 silver dar festival coins for every holiday."

"If there are more than four family members, the holiday bonus will increase by 100 silver dar for each additional member. For example, a family with five members can receive 600 silver dar for each holiday."

"For the most important Holy Day, the holiday allowance will be doubled, meaning each family will receive at least one gold dahl."

Erlot paused for a moment, then raised his voice: "Everyone, let us cheer for the great benevolent policies of the Holy Heaven Palace."

The quasi-Venerable One had assumed that the tremendous cheers would resound throughout this area of ​​the Ice Fortress.

However he was disappointed.

Only a few small cheers rang out; the vast majority of the poor remained silent.

Errot paused, his brow furrowing slightly. He suddenly recalled a phrase many executives had uttered in their reports: "The poor are demanding far too much, and Ice Castle simply cannot provide it; this is an unsolvable problem."

Now he finally understands that sentence.

In his view, the Holy Heaven Palace had already shown unimaginable benevolence, yet the poor were still not satisfied.

How greedy!

Erlot had completely lost interest in giving the speech and said somewhat perfunctorily, "Alright, everyone, go home now."

He activated a secret technique, and his form quickly became blurred.

In the moment before disappearing.

With his keen hearing, Erlot heard the hushed whispers in the crowd.

"We must continue the struggle!"

"We carry on Mr. Fagas's legacy and will strive to achieve equality for all!"

Subsequently.

The space has changed.

Errot returned to the Guardian Temple.

He stood there for a few seconds, then suddenly realized something—the benevolent policies promulgated by the Holy Heaven Palace seemed to have the opposite effect.

This did not satisfy the poor; instead, it made them believe that their struggle had led the Holy Heaven Palace to compromise.

This further strengthened the poor people's belief in fighting to the end.

Erlot couldn't help but sigh, "The Nightmare Enemy is terrifying."

He genuinely believed that the enemy had found the weakness of their civilization this time.

*
On the second day.

The quasi-Venerable heard the news without any surprise: "Thirteen strikes have occurred in succession at the bottom of the Ice Fortress."

His face was full of sarcasm: "A bunch of lowly people!"

There was another piece of news that shocked Errot: "According to the executives' investigation, the lower-class poor seem to have obtained a dream network through which they can communicate with each other without having to meet in reality."

He instantly came to a conclusion—this was definitely a powerful secret technique at the Venerable level.

A supernatural network that even ordinary people can use is far beyond the level of a knight.

Erlot even doubted that the supreme ruler of the Holy Heaven Palace probably didn't possess such miraculous skills.

He hesitated for a moment, then turned to his subordinates: "Execute the cleanup plan."

"Yes!"

Since the needs of the poor could not be met, and the poor chose to continue to resist, the Ice Fortress could no longer compromise, so the only option was to clear it out.

Although he understood that doing so would inevitably exacerbate the conflict, it was the only thing he could do given the circumstances.

The so-called "cleanup plan" is, in essence, to kill the organizers of the strike and key members of the equal rights association.

But this time, Ice Castle changed its approach; the executives no longer carried out forced arrests or executions in front of a large number of poor people.

Instead, they wait until the strike ends, then use their supernatural abilities to kill the target without anyone noticing, disguising it as illness or an accident, thereby creating a high-pressure, terrifying atmosphere to intimidate the poor and underprivileged.

After thinking for a moment, Erlot quietly left the garrison.

He planned to investigate the Dream Network himself and then report to the Holy Heaven Palace.

Because his intuition told him that this thing, though seemingly harmless, actually contained immense destructive power. (End of Chapter)