Gods: Civilization Cultivation, Infinite War

Chapter 226 Conflict of Interests Among Players

Three days passed quickly, and the Earth Vein Purification Ceremony of the Disaster Relief Department was held on time.

Mobilizing all the surrounding ley lines to search for traces of the Zerg is a considerable burden on the ley lines themselves.

Repeatedly moving the earth's veins in a short period of time can easily damage them.

However, the Zerg must be on guard, otherwise the ley lines will suffer even greater damage.

In order to fulfill their duties, the local disaster relief offices will hold ley line purification ceremonies every now and then to investigate and suppress the surrounding insectoids, based on their actual circumstances.

The disaster relief office that Liu Yuan was in charge of guarding was the site of a land purification ceremony held three months ago.

In just three months, a large number of insectoids reappeared in the surrounding mountains and rivers.

This is because each Zergling needs to spend a certain amount of time simulating the aura of the earth's veins after it is born.

The aura of the earth's veins is not static, so even the Zerg cannot perfectly simulate it when they are first born.

Moreover, after perfect simulation, it dared not be too blatant when devouring the earth veins, lest the Disaster Suppression Division quickly detect the anomaly.

Otherwise, given the Zerg's rapid troop growth, even if it were just a single Zerg that split, three months would be enough time for them to completely devour this vast land.

Liu Yuan's expression remained unchanged as he looked at the locations of the insect swarms displayed in the array diagram.

As long as no insect swarm forms, no matter how large the insect population is, it is still under the control of the Disaster Relief Department.

As for the problem of insect infestation, that would be a much bigger issue.

Even a small swarm of insects is not something that high-level superhumans can easily handle.

The involvement of legendary superhumans is often required to ensure that there are no major casualties when dealing with micro-swarms of insects.

However, in the history of Tiandu City, there are very few records of micro-insect swarms occurring within its territory.

Even if something unexpected happens, at most it would only require high-level superhumans to suppress it, and it wouldn't involve legendary superhumans.

Moreover, insect swarms that require high-level superhuman intervention to suppress generally only appear in larger ley line nodes.

The earth vein node guarded by Liu Yuanzhen can only control the earth vein energy of the surrounding eight hundred miles of mountains and rivers.

Even if all the Zerg were integrated together, there would be no need for high-level superhumans to suppress them.

Therefore, there are no native high-level superhumans stationed in the disaster relief office in this place.

Even Liu Yuan, who is the Director of the Bureau, is only a mid-level extraordinary being.

He managed to get a blue panel by relying on the power of the position of Sizheng.

Not long after, the earth vein purification ceremony was completed. Looking at the dense clusters of insect swarm markers in the array diagram, Liu Yuan frowned slightly.

"That's a bit too much..."

A ley line purification ceremony was held just three months ago; normally, there shouldn't be such a large swarm of insects.

Its overall scale and quantity have exceeded Liu Yuan's estimate by about 10%.

However, the Zerg abominations cannot be judged by common sense. The changes of 10% are not yet unacceptable. We just need to pay more attention when we hold the ley line purification ceremony later.

Without much thought, Liu Yuan shifted his gaze from the array diagram and prepared to arrange the next suppression work.

Originally, this task did not require him, as the director, to personally arrange it.

He usually reviews the assignments after his subordinates have finished making them, and only needs to check them again to make sure there are no problems.

This time, however, the situation was special, as a commander came to the branch he was responsible for guarding.

Moreover, this leader is an outsider, an immortal player.

Liu Yuan was well aware that players were very interested in the work of the Disaster Relief Bureau.

In order to establish cooperative relationships with those powerful players, his branch also issued some credentials.

Currently, many players with credentials have joined the Disaster Relief Division.

Liu Yuan didn't care about these players holding credentials.

The Disaster Management Bureau establishes cooperative relationships with those powerful players simply to add an extra layer of insurance.

If any unexpected events are discovered, we will have an extra force available.

As for those players who hold certificates, their strength is generally low, and they are dispensable to the Disaster Relief Division.

A simple response is sufficient; there's no need for special treatment.

However, this Commander, who also has the identity of a player, came to the Disaster Suppression Division, just like other players, to participate in the work of suppressing the Zerg.

Liu Yuan had no choice but to take this seriously, personally arranging the suppression of the insectoid race, also in order to make a better impression on the Lord.

"My Lord, these are the locations of all the insect swarms discovered this time. Do you wish to designate a specific swarm for suppression?"

Liu Yuan presented the array diagram to Ni Die and spoke respectfully.

Looking at the dense markings in front of her, Ni Die shook her head.

"You can arrange it as you see fit, thank you."

Reverse Butterfly isn't an expert in suppressing the Zerg, so she wouldn't interfere at this time.

Although Liu Yuan had always been very respectful to her, Ni Die knew that he was only being respectful because of Tian Heng, who was behind her.

Those who are family know their own affairs. Ni Die was well aware that although she held the Heavenly Capital Decree and was theoretically the Lord of the Heavenly Capital City, she possessed immense power.

However, in reality, the power she possessed was vastly different from the power the Lord possessed.

Before her, most of the rulers of Tiandu City had already wielded immense power before being granted the Tiandu Laws.

For them, the title of "Lord" was merely icing on the cake, equivalent to further consolidating and enhancing their power.

Before she came into contact with Tianheng, she was just an ordinary player.

It has no foundation, either among the player base or within the Tiandu City system.

Relying on the laws of Tiandu City can at most earn you great respect from the natives of Tiandu City, but to think that you can directly seize power based on this is wishful thinking.

If one lacks self-awareness and recklessly interferes in the political environment of the capital city to seek personal gain...

At that point, they might lose even this respect, be ostracized by the natives, or even have their laws revoked.

Now, wielding the Heavenly Decree, she has a dream start that most players don't have.

Even those high-level players who are already far ahead, she will eventually catch up with or even surpass them. In the process, she can also gradually increase her influence among the player community and within the political system of Tiandu City.

She has to take things one step at a time, and eat one bite at a time. Right now, all she needs to do is to be steady and methodical.

Ni Die did not become arrogant because of Liu Yuan's respect for her.

But the other players were somewhat surprised to see a native with a blue panel treating her with such respect.

Players and natives are not in the same system. Even high-level players can only earn the respect of the natives, not this kind of obvious deference.

Not to mention that Ni Die has only just become a superhuman and isn't even a mid-level superhuman yet.

It makes no sense that they were treated with such utmost respect by the natives with the blue panel.

"Sister Die's methods are truly unimaginable. She has gained the approval of the natives so quickly, and even the local official in charge of guarding the area treats her with great respect."

The person who said this was a player from the same guild as Ni Die.

Their guild doesn't have any high-level players yet, so naturally they're not qualified to establish cooperative relationships with various disaster relief agencies.

So before this, they could only watch helplessly as players from those big guilds rapidly grew with the help of the Disaster Relief Bureau's resources.

It's not just the Disaster Relief Division; other departments in Tiandu City also readily establish cooperative relationships with numerous high-level players.

For the entire Tiandu City, high-level players are nothing special, after all, even legendary extraordinary individuals are a dime a dozen in Tiandu City.

In reality, the legendary extraordinary beings of Tiandu City have already attained a certain transcendent status.

Although they have not yet broken away from the power structure of Tiandu City, they rarely participate in specific implementation and instead have gained greater decision-making power.

In this situation, the high-level superhuman natives are already the biggest guarantee for maintaining the normal operation of Tiandu City.

By simply providing the other party with a little convenience, one can gain the friendship of many high-level players, further enhancing this guarantee.

Few departments would refuse such a good opportunity.

Moreover, providing convenience to players will not harm one's own interests; it is inherently a win-win cooperative relationship.

However, since the players have only been around for a short time and neither side knows each other well, the various departments of Tiandu City are maintaining a relatively conservative attitude towards this cooperation for the time being.

Once everyone is familiar with each other, this cooperative relationship will certainly not be limited to high-level players; all players can participate.

However, given the number of players, fierce competition is inevitable.

Player factions with high-level players in charge are already trying to integrate into Tiandu City, using its resources to continuously improve their own strength.

The other player factions, however, were like headless flies, only able to take on the lowest-level tasks every day to accumulate little by little, which was extremely inefficient.

A step ahead leads to another step ahead, and it's not an easy task for those lagging player factions to catch up with these big factions that have taken the lead.

The sudden rise of the Reverse Butterfly brought new hope to her guild.

Before this, Reverse Butterfly was just an unknown nobody in the guild.

But after she proved that she could connect with the indigenous forces, her status immediately underwent a huge change.

I wouldn't dare say I could directly surpass the guild leader, who is a mid-level transcendent, but I've at least become a highly sought-after figure in the entire guild.

At this moment, there are only two player factions in this Disaster Relief Office.

They are players from the same guild as Reverse Butterfly, and players from another large guild.

Compared to the admiration shown to her by players in the guild that Ni Die belonged to, players from another large guild looked at her with somewhat hostile eyes.

If we consider the entire Tiandu City as a huge experience pool, then the various large guilds each occupy a corner of this experience pool, without disturbing each other.

The amount of experience points that can be produced in the entire city of Tiandu each day is limited.

The experience points generated by the local inhabitants are beyond the control of the major guilds, since all the lower-level players rely on these experience points to level up.

No matter how powerful these large guilds are, they wouldn't dare to oppose all the lower-level players.

However, the various indigenous groups within their own sphere of influence already considered it theirs for the taking.

Departments that have already established cooperative relationships hope that these relationships can be further deepened.

They also regard those departments that have not yet established cooperative relationships as potential future partners.

They are not worried that those departments will establish connections with other guilds.

After all, even large guilds with high-level players look down on them, so they would look down on small guilds even less.

What surprised the players in those large guilds was that other guilds and native forces established cooperative relationships so quickly.

Although this did not directly harm their interests, it did lead to a cooperative relationship between the guild where Ni Die was located and the Disaster Relief Division where Liu Yuan was located.

It won't be so easy for their guild to establish a closer cooperative relationship with Liu Yuan's local disaster relief department afterward.

If this small guild within their guild's sphere of influence also produces high-level players and rises to become a large guild, then they will accept it.

After all, these large guilds are just taking the first step; they haven't completely settled the power structure among players.

The rise of new player forces has squeezed the living space of these established forces, requiring them to give up some resources, which is acceptable.

However, the guild that Reverse Butterfly belongs to is clearly not in this situation.

After seeing the group of players known as Reverse Butterfly, they immediately conducted an investigation.

Based on the results of their investigation, they discovered that the strongest member of the guild that Reverse Butterfly belonged to was only a mid-level transcendent.

He wasn't even a sixth-tier transcendent, just a fifth-tier transcendent.

Among these large guilds, there are at least eighty, if not a hundred, fifth-tier transcendents.

Until new battles occur, it is virtually impossible for a fifth-tier transcendent to break through to become a high-tier transcendent unless they have an extraordinary opportunity.

Why should such a small guild, which can be easily crushed, be allowed to take a slice of the pie from these big guilds?

Although they were somewhat surprised to see Liu Yuan, the head of the department, being so respectful to a player who had just become a superhuman.

But for players, this is far from enough to force them to back down.

The player community is independent of the natives and the armies of various civilizations, and is not completely bound to the native power system.

Disputes between players are generally resolved within the players themselves.

Unless this small guild has a much larger backing, anyone who dares to try and steal their share will not fare well.

(End of this chapter)