From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 517 The World Collapses
The plan to build the island was thus temporarily put on hold.

Of course, even though building floating islands is much simpler than filling in lakes to create land, it is not something that can be accomplished overnight.

However, You Ming is not in a particularly tight timeframe at the moment. The population capacity of Toad Heart Island has not yet reached its limit, and the other dozen or so affiliated islands are still under development.

Based on current estimates, if all the existing land were developed, accommodating 300,000 people would not be a problem.

You Ming sat cross-legged inside the cave, leaving only two divine souls to guard Yuanling County and Toad Heart Island respectively.

In his mind at this moment, however, floated a statue that was ninety-six feet tall and made entirely of glass.

The statue has a rather fierce face and eight arms and three eyes.

A ring of divine wheels appeared behind him, with countless flowing patterns on it, as if each pattern contained martial arts combat techniques.

The void trembled slightly, as if countless people were chanting prayers.

The Supreme God of Calamity Suppressor Xuanwu!

This is the divine body that You Ming condensed in the [Huangliang World].

As Youming's external body advanced to the sixth rank, the rank of this divine statue also rose accordingly.

Although You Ming didn't pay much attention to the body of this statue, the [Yellow Millet World] behind it was You Ming's lifeblood.

The Yellow Millet World contains thirty million people.

As the Way of Divine Martial spread, almost everyone came to believe in this deity.

Although Yu Ming can only harvest three thousand divine power each year because the world level is too low.

But the real bug is that Youming has the cheat code [Calm Mind Flow View], which can continuously accelerate time in the Yellow Millet World.

Even if the harvest is small each year, only five years have passed in the outside world, but almost a thousand years have passed in the world of Huangliang.

Over the past "millennium," Youming has harvested an astonishing three million units of divine power.

Although 40% of it was converted into spiritual veins by You Ming to replenish the upper limit of spiritual energy in the Yellow Millet World, he still had more than a million units of divine power remaining.

This is a truly substantial sum of money.

These divine powers were not left idle. He invested a portion of them in the construction of Toadheart Island, and another portion in the [Creation Pool].

The [Creation Pool] can be used to produce Divine People. Low-level Divine People are like puppets, with low intelligence, unable to cultivate, and unable to reproduce.

However, high-level deified people can, like normal humans, not only cultivate and reproduce, but also provide faith to the gods just like humans.

With such abundant divine power, You Ming naturally indulged in a bit of extravagance, using thirty to fifty units of his divine power to forge each divine being.

To achieve this, he produced over ten thousand divine beings, which consumed five hundred thousand units of divine power.

These newly produced divine beings were named the [Wilderness Clan] by You Ming.

As you can tell from their name, this is a race that lives in harsh environments.

And so it is.

The Wilderness Tribe are largely similar to humans, but only five feet tall and much more robust. Their skin is dark earth-colored or rock-gray, and they can withstand extreme temperatures, poisonous gases, and harsh environments.

They not only have a strong ability to adapt, but they can also transform the environment by sensing changes in soil and airflow to create oases suitable for planting and living.

At the same time, they also have an extremely strong reproductive capacity. Under suitable conditions, they can reproduce dozens of offspring in just a few months, and their growth rate far exceeds that of humans, growing into strong adult members in just a few years.

Of course, in order to obtain these characteristics and control the manufacturing cost, Youming had to sacrifice their intelligence.

Low intelligence means that the amount of incense offerings that can be provided to You Ming is very limited.

But with the [Yellow Millet World] as a huge health pack, You Ming naturally didn't care about this little bit of divine power.

All he needed were these barbarian tribesmen to continuously cultivate the land towards the Yinshan Mountains and the northern wilderness, transforming it little by little into a place suitable for human habitation.

Although this may take decades or even centuries, You Ming believes that this investment is worthwhile.

These lands do not belong to the realm of gods. Since he is not a deity of the land, if he wants to rise to a higher rank, he must explore these places.

However, You Ming believes that the commercial prosperity brought by Toad Heart Island will inevitably bring a large population.

With a large population and abundant land, their divine authority will naturally rise rapidly.

Just as You Ming was pondering how to further develop Yuanling County, a thought suddenly struck him, and a page of a document flew up and landed on his desk.

"Between Qing and Qi prefectures, there was originally a project to build a canal, stretching over three hundred li, employing tens of thousands of laborers annually. The people were exhausted and food was scarce, and their wages were not paid. The supervisors were particularly harsh and demanding, and the sound of whips and lashes could not be stopped day and night..."

"Since March of this spring, the river workers have been gathering crowds and causing trouble. It started on the south bank of Pingyang and then spread to several prefectures. By May, the mutiny had gained momentum and amassed tens of thousands of people... Now the unruly crowd is spreading like wildfire and heading north..."

You Ming flipped through the documents for a while before slowly putting them down.

"Since the death of Emperor Liezong, the world has become increasingly chaotic."

These days, You Ming has been receiving urgent reports from various places, and he's almost gotten used to it.

Emperor Liezong was the previous emperor of the Great Liang Dynasty, who passed away three years ago. He was an ambitious and enterprising emperor who discovered early on that although the world was at peace, it was riddled with hidden dangers, to the point that they had become too deep to be reversed.

In the early years of his reign, he was determined to make reforms.

They dismissed redundant officials, established new laws, increased water conservancy, built canals, and expanded the canal transport system. They even went to great lengths to accomplish these tasks.

However, in You Ming's view, Emperor Liezong was too hasty in his actions, did not think things through, and valued merit over the people.

For example, starting ten years ago, he launched a large-scale canal construction project, employing hundreds of thousands of laborers day and night. Even in the remote Yuanling County, thousands of people were conscripted.

While he was alive, his prestige allowed him to temporarily maintain control of the situation.

But since his sudden death three years ago, the situation in the world has become increasingly out of control.

The current emperor is only thirteen years old and has not even assumed personal rule. He has no ability to clean up the mess that is now in the world.

"He appeared in a dream to Magistrate Yuanling County, instructing him to increase the size of the patrol office and to ensure the safety of the trade routes."

For deities, recklessly interfering in a situation is nothing short of courting death.

With so many third- and fourth-rank deities watching from the sidelines, he, a mere sixth-rank deity, should just mind his own business.

You Ming made some comments on the document and then casually tossed it away.

The document was sent to the chief clerk's room in the side hall. After receiving the deity's approval, Wu Mo hurriedly went to prepare.

(End of this chapter)