Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 598, Section 596: The War of the Gods is Approaching
Luo Yi could actually understand His Holiness the Pope's confusion and lack of confidence.

Unfortunately, the topic of 'environmental protection' has jumped a bit too quickly, starting with the shocking conspiracy of the Nesseril civilization.

But reality is just that surreal.

What Loy learned from Hohenzollern III about Nesseril's conspiracy was indeed from this perspective.

Industrial development and the power of machinery are new to people in this world, and we won't be aware of any potential problems until they erupt.

Only Luo Yi truly understood the extent of the harm caused by environmental pollution; it could potentially destroy a civilization.

Therefore, it is entirely possible that this would trigger a backlash from the concept of dimensional consciousness.

The only thing that comforted Luo Yi was that he was aware of this, and he kept a close eye on the industrial development of the Flower Territory and the treatment of pollutants, and he did a fairly good job.

In his mind, the factory had to be clean and spotless.

Wastewater, exhaust gas, waste materials, and slag generated during production all have corresponding treatment processes.

Although this leads to increased costs, in a situation where one company has a near-monopoly for a long time, the cost can be passed on to the buyers.

After occupying the demiplane, with Groot the tree herder around, he became even more rigorous about pollutant emissions.

Even in the industrial sector, he put forward the slogan of "industrial development and environmental protection go hand in hand," and required relevant personnel to study it from time to time, placing it on an equal footing with safe production.

However, he was unaware that the situation outside was actually this serious.

It wasn't until he acquired Hohenzollern III's memories and conducted a special investigation that he discovered the situation was far worse than he had imagined.

The Habsburg Empire was somewhat better; the Bonaparte Empire and the Sardinian Kingdom were truly focused on developing industry during wartime and completely disregarded environmental protection.

Take the capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia as an example. Due to the emission of exhaust fumes, there is even a fog that never dissipates throughout the year, so you must carry an umbrella when you go out.

That place already has another name—Fog City!
As for the Glorious Empire, which is far away in the New World, it is too far away for accurate information, but Luo Yi believes that it is definitely not in a good state.

Please note that this is only the early stage of industrial development in the Herka plane. What if it takes another ten or a hundred years?

Luo Yi didn't even dare to think about it!

With the Pope gone, Loy relaxed.

He didn't rush to leave, but simply lay down on the ground, emptying his body and soul, staring blankly at the sky.

When the sky falls, there always has to be a tall person to hold it up.

Such a major event concerning the entire plane should be left to the true pillars of Herka, those native gods, to worry about.

His ability to obtain firsthand information and spread it was already an unparalleled achievement.

Most importantly, after getting rid of this deadly secret, he felt a wave of relief wash over him, and all the fatigue of the past few days washed away.

In a daze, he fell asleep there, and it was the most comfortable sleep he had had in days.

Before he fell asleep, Miller's face suddenly flashed through his mind.

That once spirited young man has also been weathered by the world. I wonder if he can still face his own heart after knowing the truth?
Are you still angry, Luo Yi?

Actually, there weren't many. At this moment, Luo Yi hoped that he could be as far away as possible, away from the Old Continent, away from all the troubles here.

……

At this moment, on the endless ocean channel, an ocean ferry is sailing forward.

Miller stood on the edge of the ferry, staring blankly at the rolling waves below.

It was unclear how many days he hadn't groomed himself; his hair and beard were disheveled, and he looked dejected, as if he had lost all his energy.

He now understands Luo Yi's words even better!
The truth is so cruel, representing an unbearable weight. Knowing it is like having a heavy stone weighing on your heart, and it may not necessarily be a good thing.

Beyond the distant waves, a magical warship breaks through the water.

A magician stood at the bow of the ship, quietly watching the ferry depart, and finally did not continue to follow it.

As the distance increased, the remaining members of Petrovich's family on the ferry finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After discussing it for a while, they selected a middle-aged man to step forward and ask Miller, "Chieftain, the people from Flower Territory have finally stopped following us. What should we do? Should we try to return to the Empire?"

Miller was awakened by him, and suddenly turned his head to look at him, asking, "You still want to go back to the Empire?"

The middle-aged man was completely bewildered: "Shouldn't we go back?"

"His Majesty has already spoken. Do you think we still have the right to go back?"
Do you have no idea what we're doing? Do you lack a clear understanding of that person's power?

"We can never go back!"

"Is he really that domineering?"

"Domineering?"

Miller pointed at the magical warship and asked, "What do you think that ship is for?"

The middle-aged man replied matter-of-factly, "Of course they're escorting us, just like jailers escorting prisoners!"

"No, he's actually protecting us. His presence represents that person's authority and commands, which is why no one dares to touch us."

Otherwise, we would have died eight hundred times over.

At that moment, Miller turned his head back to look at the sky and said, "If you really go back, you will definitely die. Are you willing?"

The middle-aged man fell silent, his expression growing increasingly dejected.

Miller didn't want to pay attention to him, but he was thinking to himself—it's good that he's gone, it's good that he's gone!

The further you go, the further you stay away from right and wrong, which is also great!

……

If we were to discuss who was qualified to unify the entire Old World and accomplish that earth-shattering feat over the long course of history?

The perfect candidate is none other than the Sun God.

At some point, if He so desired, He could have united royal power and divine power to create a divine kingdom on earth.

However, this sun god was wise; he knew that doing so would be very dangerous, extremely dangerous.

When social contradictions accumulate to a certain extent, turmoil is inevitable. Even ordinary people who are starving possess a terrifying power.

Especially when resentment accumulates and is directed at deities, faith can become poison.

Therefore, He chose to maintain divine authority and delegate royal power, allowing the heroes and kings to contend for it as they pleased.

Ultimately, they will all need Him to crown them.

However, even so, it is still acceptable to acquire a piece of land to serve as the facade of the Church of the Sun.

That's how the Papal States came about!
It is located in the center of the Old World, where the Holy City is situated. It is under the control of the Church and is very small in area, but it is covered by a continuous range of temples.

Arriving here is like stepping into a divine kingdom. Every year, countless devout believers walk here on foot, just to pray and catch a glimpse of the true face of the divine kingdom.

It is also here, in the largest church, that the current Pope, His Majesty Saint Clement Hodgson Stuart, who resembles an elderly man, kneels and prays devoutly to the sun god.

A beam of holy light descended from the sky and landed on him, illuminating his soul and bringing him clarity. Furthermore, the gaze of a great being looked down upon him.

He then recounted everything that Luo Yi had said to his God.

At one moment, the holy light intensified tenfold, descending with immense divine power. Before the old man's eyes, countless shifting scenes seemed to appear abruptly, like countless lines being stretched out, heading towards an unknown future.

So, following the information provided by Luo Yi, everything seemed to be as he had said.

As the environment deteriorated and countless lives were lost, the multidimensional consciousness became angry and restless, and was also coerced into unleashing a cataclysmic apocalypse.

Countless people died, countless lives were lost, which further fueled the rage of the multidimensional consciousness.
The more severe His punishments, the more lives are lost, and the angrier the plane's consciousness becomes.

In this vicious cycle, the entire plane was cleansed.

At this moment, even powerful gods are helpless. In fact, the resentment of their dead believers haunts them. The more powerful they are, the more passive they become, and the more tragic the outcome.

When life ceases and the plane falls silent, some being will naturally plant the seeds of life.

Let the plane restart, let life proliferate, and let civilization embark on a new trajectory.

At this point, the Silver Top crashed down into the plane, and through the entanglement of the rules, it gained control of the entire plane.

Thus, this place will become another colony of the Nesseril civilization in the multiverse.

The power of the Netheril civilization was built up from these colonized planes.

The divine power vanished abruptly, and the old man collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath, his forehead and face covered in sweat.

But he still struggled to lift his head and said, "It's true, it's true, my lord, what he said is actually true!"

The old man couldn't directly see the truth, nor could the sun god.

The gods of the multiverse are never omniscient or omnipotent; they may be powerful, but they are not invincible.

However, once the context is understood, verifying the truth is still possible.

The old man just used the 'Great Prophecy Technique' in the name of God to directly extract a piece of truth from the future in the river of time!
Now he is certain that what Luo Yi said is true, or at least, there is a high probability that it will become a reality in the future.

"My lord, should we implement an environmental protection strategy?"

"The great war is over, but order has not yet been fully established. In the name of the church, I will talk to those emperors and kings, and we should be able to get it done."

But at that very moment, divine power descended, and a vast and majestic divine decree echoed in the old man's soul.

This was the clearest hearing the command of God the old man had ever received since he became pope.

He said, "The war of the gods is coming!"

When the divine power subsided, even with the old man's life experience, he couldn't stop trembling.

The war of the gods is coming.
Those four short words could contain an unimaginable amount of terrifying bloodshed!
……

Luo Yi slept for a day and a night at the estuary, and when she woke up, she felt completely refreshed.

Then, he happily returned to the flower collar.

Instead of rushing to build up his army or conquering territory in the abyss, he slowed down the pace of his life and work.

When things get busy, arrange government affairs, receive people, soothe people's hearts, and provide sufficient compensation to mitigate the negative impact of the chaos.

Of course, this didn't take much time; he spent most of his time with Lilia and Klein, living a simple life as a family of three.

Whether it's boating on the river, watching the sunrise over a sea of ​​clouds, having a barbecue in the wilderness, or climbing to a high place for a panoramic view...

For Luo Yi now, distance is not a problem, so their footsteps reach as far as the far north ice plains, the endless ocean, the deep seabed, and the clouds above...

After a long period of busy life, Luo Yi realized that she owed her family a lot.

Klein, in particular, showed more unfamiliarity and fear towards his father.

This time, we can make up for it properly and broaden the horizons of the little ones.

Even Oliveira said that Loy was like a bowstring that had been loosened, finally able to relax.

Of course, that's what they say, but the massive Flower Territory continues to forge ahead.

The biggest gain, of course, was the successful advance of the Abyss Expeditionary Force.

The lair of the Soul Lord and the Eye Lord has been captured.

Fighter jets provided escort, magic tanks swept past, and heavy troop carriers followed closely behind. The entire operation was lightning fast.

At this time, the expeditionary force had already escorted a massive amount of goods back.

Meanwhile, there are three or four abyss mining sites that have already achieved stable production, and various resources are continuously flowing into the war fortress.

This was a moment of harvest, and Luo Yi once again felt the immense benefits brought by the Abyss Battlefield.

With this huge injection of benefits, even if there are sacrifices, it is worthwhile.

Meanwhile, the chaos within the Habsburg Empire persisted in the outside world.

In particular, a large number of veterans returned from the battlefield. They had no place to settle down, no jobs, no income, and were paid meager salaries. They also had to face inflation and even had trouble eating.

It's easy to imagine what a group of ruthless veterans, who can't even get enough to eat, might do.

The most direct consequence of this is that the group of mechanics, mages, and warriors who were previously unwilling to engage with Luo Yi's recruitment are now scrambling to get on the Flower Clan's ship.

As Luo Yi recruited more and more technical personnel and filled various projects, the pace of progress accelerated.

In particular, Marius Gray, a mechanic obsessed with missile research, encountered another calamity mechanic, Michael Bates, who completely solved the problem of stabilizing the missile's flight trajectory.

The gyroscope researched by this mage Michael Bates can be applied to almost all kinds of machinery, including ships, fighter jets, submarines, missiles, and spacecraft, and its applications are beyond imagination.

With the addition of the King of Demon Eyes' near-orbit scanning and positioning, the long-range missile bombardment that Roy had been looking forward to seemed to be just around the corner.

Of course, all of the above are just the inertia of the flower collar. What Luo Yi really did was only one thing!
He promulgated the "Flower Territory Environmental Protection Law" and enforced it through administrative orders.

At the same time, he also established an environmental protection department in the Flower Territory, granting them sufficient authority to be responsible for the entire Flower Territory.
And the related industrial chain of flower collars, including the environmental issues of Norman collars and Freud collars.

The rights of the environmental protection department are guaranteed by law here, and they even have the right to request assistance from the police department and the Axe Gang.

If they are caught, they will be given a chance to rectify the situation. However, if they fail to meet the standards a third time, Luo Yi will punish them to the point of bankruptcy.

They could even be dismissed from their posts or held criminally liable.

To be honest, there are still some obstacles, but Luo Yi's prestige is undeniable.

In the small territory of the Flower Leader, his orders are absolute, and no one dares to disobey him.

The environmental protection department has indeed identified some individuals who were illegally discharging pollutants, but overall, the situation is still under control.

However, Luo Yi never expected that his easy life would be disrupted by the news brought by Saint Yorn.

The Mage Tower, six stories high.

Loy looked at Saint Yorn as if he were a madman: "What did you say? The war of the gods is coming?"

"No, is the great sun god really this brave? Is this the final battle?"

"Are you really not going to consider my opinion and pay more attention to environmental protection?"
Given the current situation, we can actually buy ourselves quite a bit of time!

Saint John smiled wryly: "I'm just here to tell you that, on a deeper level, I really don't know!"
However, since our Lord has issued this divine decree, there is no turning back.

(End of this chapter)