You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

Chapter 71: Sinking the Front Line (5k)

That evening, three young people from the investigation team applied to join the Red Heart Society.

They feel that it is time for them to live out their dreams.

[In April of the 130th year of the Supernatural Calendar, most members of the investigation team joined the Red Heart Society.]

Just as they were about to quit the investigation team and resign from their federal positions, they were persuaded by their friends from the Red Heart Society.

Since we must strive for our ideals, the place where we strive will naturally vary depending on our abilities.

You have better backgrounds and better conditions than us, and you even hold important positions in the Federation at a young age.

Therefore, you should not resign from your federal positions, but should delve deeper into the federal government.

[If the Chixin Society needs you one day in the future, you will be able to provide even greater assistance based on your abilities.]

[Under such persuasion, the members of the investigation team nodded in agreement.]

[Even so, with no one leaving the investigation team, the team leader managed to find nothing unusual.]

[Of course, he felt that after attending the various meetings of the Red Heart Society, the team members' eyes brightened, their energy and spirit became particularly abundant, and they were full of confidence in doing things.]

This apparent preference even led the captain to suggest that the military send a group of young officers for exchange.

[The atmosphere within this Red Heart Group is truly wonderful!]

How could such a group embezzle federal assets?

In May of the 130th year of the Supernatural Calendar, the investigation team returned after conducting interviews, inquiries, and field investigations, having collected evidence of the Red Hearts' innocence.

[However, how could the three great families be satisfied with such a result?]

So, they mobilized their connections and had the Military Court Conciliation Branch issue you a subpoena.

[No matter what, I'll trick you over here first.]

[When you reach their territory, whether you summon the mysterious power behind them or be crushed to death by them will all depend on their will.]

[But their calculations are doomed to fail.]

[Because you have no intention of going there at all, and no matter what, you don't intend to pay the money back.]

[Prioritize the development of the Red Heart Regiment to prepare for the chaotic war ahead.]

If he grows up one day, he wouldn't mind leading the Red Heart Regiment to Jiangcheng, Licheng, and Pingcheng.

[In August of the 130th year of the Transcendent Calendar, Zhao Feng completed his third-level mission and was officially promoted to a third-level professional.]

[In the same month, Lin Xue also completed his promotion.]

[Two third-level professionals suddenly appeared in the Red Heart Group.]

But you know, this is just the beginning.

[As time goes by, the number of third-level professionals within the Red Heart Group will increase.]

[In September of the 130th year of the Transcendent Calendar, you purchased two skill absorption cards through the Administration. After absorbing the two A-level skills, Critical Strike and Life Return, you had Deng Qi and Wang Meng exchange them for their long-accumulated contribution points.]

[For professionals, skills are also one of the main sources of combat power.]

[And the A-level skills can increase a professional's combat power quite explosively.]

[It can be said that these two A-level skill cards have added two top-tier combatants to the future of the Red Heart Group.]

[The direct gift from the previous time and space has once again shown signs of change in this time and space.]

[In December of the 130th year of the Supernormal Calendar, due to your absence, the Military Court Mediation Department, in accordance with federal law, submitted the dispute between the three great families and the Red Heart Chapter to the Tribunal without reaching a settlement.]

[With no members of the Red Heart Battle Group arriving, the Chief Judge ruled in favor of the three major families.]

[The Jade City members of the Red Heart Group are required to return all the resources they invested in these professionals within one year.]

[When this message arrives, you are organizing a grand celebration for the Red Heart Society.]

[Today, the number of official members of the Red Heart Society has exceeded five million.]

【Therefore, December is also called the Glory Month by all members of the Red Heart Society.】

[In January of the 131st year of the Supernormal Calendar, you issued an order, ordering the official members of the Red Heart Society to settle in Ningcheng.]

[The number of abyssal monsters outside Ningcheng's defense line is definitely enough for the members of the Red Heart Society to kill.]

[Thus, a massive migration of Red Heart members began in Nanyun Province.]

[Such a big commotion naturally attracted the attention of Nanyun Province officials.]

[Even a high-ranking official called you personally to ask what happened?]

You told them about the demon cave outside Ningcheng's defenses and promised them that Nanyun Province was the birthplace of the Red Heart Society, and that the Red Heart Society would never forget it.

[Chixin will stay in the super factories in Nanyun Province and will not demolish or move them.]

[Local people from Nanyun Province can still enter the factory through job applications.]

After receiving the answer he wanted, Senior Officer Nanyun hung up the phone contentedly.

[In February of the 131st year of the Transcendent Calendar, you began to build all the fortifications along the Ningcheng defense line.]

[And all of your construction projects were contracted by various construction organizations under the Red Heart Society.]

Because of this massive workload and the three-shift staff required, the small city of Ning was suddenly filled with various construction workers.

[Although Ningcheng is small, its population is not large.]

[But with your recent free awakening and the generous distribution of coins, almost all Ningcheng residents are members of the Red Heart Society.]

[In this process, you also experienced the benefits of a strong regiment.]

[As a Class B regiment, even though you've been giving awakening classes to people in Ningcheng on a large scale, violating the so-called Transcendental Law, no one has complained to the Administration.]

[Or, even if a complaint was made, the administration would simply suppress the matter.]

【After all, what's the point of fussing over such a small matter? 】

[With the influx of a large number of professionals, all walks of life in Ningcheng have prospered.]

[This prosperous situation has even attracted professional teams from other cities and provinces.]

The value of a city during its development and pioneering stages is beyond imagination!

[Perhaps this process is dangerous, but as long as they can persevere, they will surely gain unimaginable rewards.]

[Thus, with the influx of a large number of Red Heart Society members and other pioneering teams, the number of abyss monsters roaming around Ningcheng decreased rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.]

[There was even a team of second-level professional warriors who managed to find their way to the vicinity of the Ningcheng Demon Cave. After going deep into the Demon Cave, they created a topographical map of the interior and uploaded it to the Zhiwang. This alone made the team a lot of money.]

[As soon as this news came out, more professionals gathered towards the Ningcheng Demon Cave.]

[In March of the 131st year of the Transcendent Calendar, because your massive construction project required an excessive amount of labor, you opened it up to bids from Yuncheng and Shangdu.]

[When a large number of Shangdu forces poured into Ningcheng, Chixin would begin to use this to establish a beneficial relationship with them.]

[Shangdu has the largest population among all cities in the northern provinces.]

[Thus, the seeds of the Red Heart Society had already spread to Shangdu.]

However, without the support of local forces, the Shangdu authorities intentionally or unintentionally suppressed the development of the Red Heart Society, resulting in the Red Heart Society's failure to develop in Shangdu.

So you think this is a good opportunity.

[From the purchase of various raw materials, to the acquisition of various high-energy weapons such as magic crystal cannons and laser cannons, to the collection of various extraordinary materials.]

[This contains terrifying profits. When the Shangdu forces earn money from the Chixin Association as suppliers, they will naturally act as amulets for the Chixin Association's growth and development in Shangdu.]

【Thus, the Chixin Society began to rapidly develop in Shangdu.】

[In April of the 131st year of the Supernatural Calendar, the Chixin Society was running out of funds due to its horrific daily expenses.]

[Regarding this, you were not at all panicked and directly asked Lin Xue to arrange and start lending across the federation.]

[Do you still need to care about money? ]

[Given the current size of the Red Heart Group and the Red Heart Society, they can easily borrow a terrifying amount.]

From legitimate, federally protected loans like "grace loans" and "soul loans" to the "black heart loans" and "death loans" that exist on the black market, there are at least thousands of different loan types available.

【Just start masturbating! 】

[In the extraordinary era, without resources, even the most talented professionals will find it difficult to advance and their levels will be unable to increase.]

【And money represents resources.】

[Just as you relied on taking out loans to increase your level in the first simulation, you laid the foundation for your rise in the next simulation.]

[You, now, still remember your original aspirations. Even though the Red Heart Group has grown to this point, you continue to develop your ability to raise loans.]

[Using the Red Heart Warband and the Red Heart Society as collateral, you can extract more money than you ever have before.]

[Among them, the one that borrowed the most money was Soul Loan Headquarters.]

[Of course, the repayment interest is also extremely high.]

【But you simply ignored this interest. 】

[When your Red Heart Regiment grows into a numbered regiment, do you want to see if you can hold a knife to the neck of the Soul Loan boss and see if he still wants you to pay back your debt?]

[In May of the 131st year of the Transcendent Calendar, you led the Red Heart Regiment and launched a large-scale sweep against the Ningcheng Demon Cave.]

[While the White Eagle Empire hasn't declared war yet and the Federation is relatively stable, you want to first clear out the Ningcheng Demon Cave to reduce some of the pressure later.]

[Especially the large number of abyssal monsters in the Ningcheng Demon Cave, which are all resources!] [This time, the Red Heart Battle Group will lead the way, while the other combat teams of the Red Heart Society and other pioneering teams will follow behind the battle group to pick up any leftovers.]

[Then they took their harvest to Ningcheng and sold it to the Red Heart Chamber of Commerce.]

【This sweep will result in a win-win outcome! 】

[This is your first time facing the Demon Cave. Even though the Ningcheng Demon Cave is relatively small now, the highest level of the abyss monsters inside is only level 30.]

[But there are too many abyssal monsters in the Demon Cave.]

[Once the war begins, it will be endless and there will be no end to the killing.]

[So, the day after your return, you set about establishing two escort regiments under the banner of the Red Heart Regiment.]

[Although these two guard regiments have not been recognized by the Federation, for the members of the Red Heart Society, your recognition far exceeds that of the Federation officials!]

[Especially when you announced that the Guardians would hold annual assessments, and those who excelled would be admitted to the Red Hearts, the Red Hearts instantly became excited.]

[After all, under your consistent brainwashing, all members of the Red Heart Society consider it the greatest honor to join the Red Heart Battle Group and defend you.]

[Stars, protect the moon! ]

【Shadow, surrender to the light! 】

【Isn’t this the objective law of development of all things?】

[Being able to join the Red Heart Corps, being able to stay by your side 24 hours a day, and listening to your teachings, is the supreme honor for most members of the Red Heart Society and is their lifelong pursuit.]

[But even for the Guardian Regiment, you have a strict screening system.]

【Strength comes second.】

【Loyalty is the most important thing! 】

[Especially in your perception, those who are fanatically loyal to you are the first choice for candidate members of the warband.]

[Secondly, there are members of the Red Heart Society who haven't reached the level of fanaticism, but are equally loyal.]

[In just a few hours, each guard regiment's 5,000-man strength was filled.]

[Now, you have three regiments and 15,000 combat professionals in your hands.]

【But the Red Heart Regiment is your main development target, and you have invested the most resources in it.】

[The levels of the professionals in the two candidate regiments are quite different.]

[But it doesn't matter. After you transferred a group of second-level professionals from the Red Heart Regiment to the Guard Regiment as captains, squadron leaders, and brigade leaders, the two Guard Regiments quickly became operational.]

【After that, it was time to invest extraordinary resources.】

Fortunately, during the Ningcheng Demon Cave raid, they harvested a large number of primary and intermediate God-Granted Crystals, so there was no need to purchase additional Crystals while developing the Guardian Corps.

【As for equipment? 】

[Given the current size of the Chixin Society, purchasing a large number of elite-level suits should be no problem.]

[Just like that, after a simple grooming and training, the Guards Regiment instantly possessed the combat power of a Class C Regiment.]

[In a sense, the current defense force of Ningcheng is even stronger than that of Licheng.]

[Although the number of battle groups is insufficient, with the terrifying appeal of the Red Heart Society, once the Ningcheng defense line is in crisis, the centripetal force and combat effectiveness that will be unleashed will far exceed that of other civilian battle groups.]

[In June of the 131st year of the Supernormal Calendar, as expected, the White Eagle Empire declared war on the Federation.]

【Only this time, you are fully prepared. 】

[And around the time the White Eagle Empire declared war, they used the large amount of funds left behind to take advantage of the stock market turmoil and reap a fortune.]

[You purchased two more Crucible Battle Formation Cores through the old principal's channels.]

[In the future, when encountering high-level abyssal monsters attacking the city, without the support of the Crucible Battle Formation Core, the power unleashed by the Guardian Corps will be unsatisfactory.]

[If possible, you would like to gather everyone's strength together through the Crucible Battle Formation.]

[The combined power of the three chapters is definitely stronger than the Red Heart Chapter alone.]

[But unfortunately, the Crucible Battle Formation Core in your hand can only gather the strength of 5,000 people.]

[Perhaps there are more advanced furnace battle array cores in the Federal Research Institute, but they are probably not available even with money.]

So you had the old principal contact the Fifth Research Institute and offered a high salary to poach someone.

[However, you are only the leader of a Class B regiment, and the researchers at the Fifth Research Institute have no intention of switching to this position.]

[In the same month, Director Nie contacted you, hoping that you could lead the Red Heart Regiment to the Abyss front to provide support.]

[There are other uses for the Ningcheng defense line.]

[But Ningcheng has been built by you into an impregnable fortress, and you are also ready to take on the aristocratic families of Shangdu.]

[How can you retreat now? ]

[However, you still wanted Director Nie's support, so you passed on the information about the Ningcheng Demon Cave's soaring energy coefficient.]

[For a moment, Director Nie fell silent.]

Soon, with the complete annihilation of the Fourth Federation Regiment, the Regiment Administration was so busy that they simply forgot about the Red Heart Regiment, a Class B Regiment.

[In July of the 131st year of the Transcendent Calendar, a medium-sized demonic tide erupted in Ningcheng.]

[And this time, you took the initiative to attack, and your three regiments were like unsheathed swords, slaying the lord monster at the core of Ningcheng Demon Cave in just three days.]

[Regarding the space teleportation formation within the Ningcheng Demon Cave, after noting its approximate location, you immediately had people build a surrounding defense line nearby.]

[If any abyss monster emerges from here, it will be killed immediately.]

[Once you've grown stronger, you can use the Demon Cave as a monster spawning spot. You'll get tons of extraordinary resources every day. Actually, if you think about it carefully, this kind of life seems pretty good.]

[But you also know that once the Federation completely blocks the Demon Cave front, the Ningcheng Demon Cave will begin to grow and develop.]

[At that time, the Red Heart Group will have to decide whether to continue killing monsters or conduct a strategic retreat based on the situation.]

[In September of the 131st year of the Supernatural Calendar, the Federation suffered continuous defeats on the front lines, causing a tense atmosphere in various cities.]

[The Chixin Society took this opportunity to spread the news widely in the commercial capital.]

[For a time, the number of members joining the Red Heart Society increased dramatically.]

[Inside the Shangdu, aristocratic families and large corporations have contacted the Chixin War Group and donated large quantities of extraordinary supplies.]

[You have added these noble families and groups that have supported the Red Heart Regiment to the whitelist.]

[After all, the other party has shown good intentions, and you are not someone who cannot distinguish between good and evil.]

[No matter what the situation, make your own people more numerous and the enemy less numerous.]

If the family is willing to follow your wishes in the future, as long as it doesn't violate your principles, then other matters are negotiable.

In October of the 131st year of the Transcendental Calendar, the Federation and the White Eagle Empire made peace. The news of the various clauses of the "Northern Border Treaty" instantly stirred public opinion within the Federation.

[Last time, you didn't have enough strength and foundation to support you, so you could only watch a good opportunity pass you by.]

【Current events create heroes! 】

[When the Federation is in chaos, it is an opportunity for social reformers like you to become active and spread your views.]

Otherwise, in a peaceful and stable era, no matter how talented or cunning one is, one will be forced to hunker down and live under the sway of the times.

[Thus, under your instruction, the Chixin Society began to radiate throughout Nanhe Province, with Shangdu as its core.]

Thanks to your early preparations, the Red Heart chapters in each city immediately unfurled their banners and sounded the clarion call against the Northern Treaty.

[At the same time, Lin Xue led a group of core members of the Red Heart Regiment to Nanyun Province.]

[This is the birthplace of the Red Heart Regiment, the original base of the Red Heart Society. Due to the baptism of new ideas, public opinion in Yuncheng is on the verge of exploding.]

When Lin Xue arrived, when the second-in-command of the Red Heart Society came to Yuncheng.

[For a moment, all walks of life in Yuncheng, especially the student community, instantly found their backbone.]

After arriving at the agreed location and time, the two provinces of Nanhe and Nanyun began their parades almost at the same time.

[Such a humiliating treaty!]

[Those people at the Federal General Office deserve to be killed! ]

The military is fighting on the front lines, the regiments are sacrificing their lives on the front lines, how can those damned politicians hand over heroes covered in medals as war criminals?

What does a temporary defeat matter?

[Since the White Eagle Empire wants to fight, then fight! ]

【At worst, sink the front line! 】

The Red Heart Society seized this opportunity to gain recognition, and soon began to be labeled as idealistic, fearless, and devoted to the Federation.

With Nanyun Province and Nanhe Province as two vivid examples, other provinces in the federation naturally followed suit and rose up in rebellion. All sectors of society mobilized to oppose the signing of the humiliating Northern Treaty.

[At the same time, the Federation Frontline Regiment received overwhelming support from domestic public opinion. While tears welled up in their eyes, they also straightened their backs.]

They stated that anyone who advocated for such a treaty would have their entire family reduced to ashes, their souls ripped out and roasted in the Nine Netherworld Fire until they crumbled and disintegrated!

[In short, the war can continue! ]

[But anyone who wants to sell out the country will die! ]

(End of this chapter)