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Chapter 24: Leaving the First Island (Two in One! Please Read! Please Vote!)
'System prompt: You have completed a highly compatible mysterious war! Refining the spoils!'

'System prompt: Because you have completed a mysterious war, you have now gained an upgrade in basic mysterious doctrine! You can now study basic mysterious doctrine!'

'System Tip: Basic Mysticism is not the only additional subject in the world. You can collect and utilize more mysteries in the world to add bricks and tiles to your empire, make your wonders more powerful, and keep your empire eternal!'

"System prompt: Basic mysticism can provide a certain amount of magic power to your faction. There is a certain probability that wizards and other special units will appear among your people. Your population can also begin to formally utilize magic power as energy and production units, but further research and production still need to be calculated separately."

'System prompt: The current basic mysticism can provide blessings for your people!'

'System prompt: According to the current mystical blessing, your people's national characteristics have chosen productivity! Your people's spontaneous productivity in their leisure time has increased by 1%!'

System prompt: Based on the results of your battle, your spoils of war are now worth an upgrade to the White Seawall! The White Seawall will appear as an artificial landscape in your empire! As long as you have the White Seawall, your people will be filled with confidence and optimism, and their happiness will increase by 1!

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Well, even a little money is still money. Safety is the most important thing.

Looking at the flames that illuminated the entire shallow sea, Leon just looked at the corpses below with no other expression on his face.

The humans weren't actually too surprised or cheering. Their victory under the guidance of the gods was a matter of course. After consulting with Li Ang, the sleepy people went back to sleep. Li Ang was left alone around the White Sea Dike, observing the embryonic form of his small empire.

It was a truly beautiful sight. The supernatural, bright golden flames illuminated the shallow sea with a translucent brilliance. Combined with the faintly fluorescent, mystical white seawall, and the clear reflections of the stars in the sky, it would have been a world-class sight in a previous life. Unfortunately, the scenery was now nothing but the debris of countless bones piled beneath the surface.

Just by standing on the White Sea Embankment and looking down, you can tell that most of the members of these sects are civilians with no combat ability.

There is no iron or rust under the clear and transparent seawall. Although the tide rises and falls, completely submerging the original land isthmus, it is still possible to judge what happened here in general.

The members of this unknown sect did not attack the Royal Navy ships. They did not know what religion they believed in, but lived peacefully on the island. The intruding Royal Navy brought them to this desperate land.

Li Ang was well aware that the small hill on his island was almost vertical, requiring manual excavation to create one power-assisted hole after another. If it weren't for the steep slope, they wouldn't have been able to build the White Seawall so quickly.

So the sectarian crowd at that time was essentially cornered and shot.

The Royal Navy brought these Aboriginal people out, plundered their wealth and treasures, and then brought them here and shot them all.

Even after killing all these people, they realized that the treasure they brought out did not seem to be a treasure at all. They even hastily started a rebellion and killed all the royal guards who might have ambitions.

All of this seemed absurd yet logical. They were very confident in their civilization and morality. But just a day ago, they killed everyone on the island. This contradiction was completely consistent for them.

Looking at the skeletons with a gap in their skulls on the seabed, Leon sighed.

Countless vines and secondary roots gradually spread from the other end of the island, covering the bottom of the seabed, and then disappeared.

The system didn't give any hints, and he himself didn't get anything. But how should I put it, sometimes people always want to do meaningless things.

Sitting on the fortifications of Baihaiti, Leon looked at the sea for a long time. When the night ended and the day began to dawn, he shook his head, turned around and returned to the Silver Gate that he was most familiar with, closed his eyes again and fell asleep.

As for the humans who are getting up and blowing the whistle to start a new day, they are in high spirits, as if yesterday was no more exciting than today.

Soon, the last five days passed in a flash, and the white road of the White Sea Dike gradually connected with the newest island.

When the last white tile was laid on the road, the system prompt sounded in Li Ang's mind.

"System prompt: You have completed the construction of the road and the White Seawall! You have connected your current island with another island in the Misty Archipelago! The logistics system between the two islands is running smoothly! There are no factors that interfere with logistics on either side!"

It's been built.

Compared with the strange phenomena in heaven and earth and the inexplicable spells and sigils that appeared when the two wonders were built, the construction of the White Sea Dike was much simpler.

Under the gazes of many people, Li Ang stood on the white seawall. He just reached out and touched the pure white seawall, and countless crystals and dust began to precipitate. The entire white seawall began to gradually melt and solidify, eventually forming a pure white seawall that looked magnificent and uplifting.

This white seawall blocked the confluence of the two seas. Huge waves crashed against the white dam, shattering into a shower of silvery-white water. The entire structure of the White Seawall, enhanced by Leon's mysticism, formed a vast and exquisite mural seal. It depicted him leading ten warriors, slaying monsters on the seawall and setting the coast ablaze.

This is undoubtedly another miracle that exceeds everyone's imagination, making people feel longing and pride when looking at this huge dam.

The humans were unaware of the existence of the system. They just enthusiastically shouted Leon's name, cheering for his power to create miracles once again.

"That's all for today, we'll deal with the rest tomorrow."

After taking a look at the working time, Li Ang simply ended today's work.

Although he really wanted to send these humans to another island to add wards, it was better not to break the rules. Leon didn't want to personally break the rules he had set, and he didn't want to become the kind of person he hated the most.

After the White Sea Dike was built, as part of Li Ang's power, it naturally possessed the ability to make enemies feel uncomfortable and provide early warning of approaching danger. That was enough. It wouldn't be too late to continue exploring the rest tomorrow.

Leon didn't think there was anything wrong with his judgment, and then asked Charlemagne to bring a group of people to the island to explore new areas.

But after listening to Charlemagne's report, Leon felt that he still underestimated human inertia.

Some habits and ideas cannot be solved by simply giving them things.

"I do not want to go out?"

"Yes, my lord."

Half-kneeling on the ground, Charlemagne whispered sincerely, "The vast majority of people think it's better to stay on the island. They plan to build a wall around the island to defend against all invading enemies."

"How do you build a wall on the sea?"

"It was your plan. They decided to dig up the clay from the island, fill it around the island, and build a white porcelain wall on top."

"They are actively expanding the Lianshan kiln and trying to build a brick kiln production line, which they want to cover the coastline and cast a defense line made of pure high-hardness diamond porcelain. They also plan to build a larger defense line."

"Rather than exploring, most of them believe they should stay on the island and build a great wall to protect themselves before exploring the outside world. If you forcefully take them away, it will likely cause dissatisfaction among many people and may interfere with your plans."

"Of course, we humans who grew up in the Silver Gate completely obey your orders. Only those who come later are rebellious. I hope you will understand this."

"..."

This is indeed a disturbance, although I don't know what is on the other island.

Listening to Charlemagne's conversation, Leon felt that his territory was really a small temple with many evil spirits and a shallow pond with many turtles.

It's only been two months. The White Sea Dike has just been built, and we have just gained more power and ability, but now class and divisions have begun to emerge internally?
No, you guys have eaten and drunk enough and have nothing to do, so you just play with yourselves?
Listening to Charlemagne's words and looking at his resolute eyes, which seemed to be completely unaware of what he was doing and as if he had a clear conscience - and he really had a clear conscience - Leon didn't know what to say for a moment.

He could certainly offer a host of eloquent arguments, like "Unity is mutually beneficial, division is mutually detrimental," and "the current islands can no longer support greater ambitions, and we must find loftier ideals and goals." But this stigma is difficult to overcome. Two months later, I still feel a lingering fear, and I don't know what the Royal Navy fleet actually did.

But this thing cannot be made.

What's the point of this thing? It just surrounds the island with three layers of walls, then builds a giant white eggshell around itself.

The only purpose of this thing was probably to blind the opposing observers in the sun. According to Leon's calculations, by the time he left, the Royal Navy fleet would probably have ten thousand ways to dismantle this fixed target.

You have no anti-occult facilities, and no artillery to counterattack. How can you resist the enemy's demonic artillery fire? Is it because of the thickness of your blood sacrifice walls?

Before Li Ang could come up with any explanation, the system prompt explained everything.

'System prompt: Due to past experience and history, some of your people have spontaneously decided to build a unique national wonder!'

'Divine White Wall:
After witnessing wonders like the White Sea Dike, Lianshan Kiln, and the Hanging Gardens, your subjects decided to construct a unique structure that would evoke their national spirit. Having once escaped war, they harbored a natural fondness for city walls and defensive structures. This fondness also carried over to the islands, where they sought to embody their national spirit through this structure.

Some of your people are not native to you; they have their own races and nations. While they still deeply love you, they are learning from your experiences and methods, transforming their thinking and actions. After witnessing the miracle of the White Sea Dike, the wise among them finally came to a conclusion.

'Why don't we build a wall to protect ourselves? God gave us hands to build, so we should build white walls for ourselves to protect ourselves from evil.'

Having learned the construction techniques of the White Seawall through spontaneous actions, your people decided to spontaneously construct the island's defense facilities, the Divine White Wall.

This wonder is not a wonder of the world, nor is it a magical wonder, and has no actual defensive significance, but it can be used as a national symbol.

Estimated construction time: thirty years.

The facility is seen as a symbol of national spirit.

Once successfully constructed, your colony and empire will be granted the Castle Builder Spirit, increasing production speed by 50% when constructing defenses.

During construction, your population has a 5% chance of gaining the Great Project Builder Spirit each year. This chance accumulates annually, reaching 100% after 20 years. While building a Mega Project, production speed increases by 50%.

When you decide to build and support, the ninety-nine people you transfer will gain a temporary national spirit, Divine Grant, which increases all productivity, action, and rest processing capabilities by 50%.

And because of the blessing of Lianshan Kiln, this building can be regarded as a part of the Lianshan Kiln system, strengthening the defense of Lianshan Kiln and exerting automatic repair capabilities.

Please explore or add more functions after construction.'

"..."

But then again, we still have to pay attention to people's opinions.

Actually, it's not impossible to build this. Although it takes a little longer, consumes more, and the things required seem a little complicated, it's a good thing.

Most importantly, it doesn't mention that it must be built proactively. Since these people like it, then we can choose a compromise method that satisfies everyone.

"Charlemagne, go get a few people from the Silver Gate to survey the island."

"Sir, what about those people?"

"Since they like being on the wall and want to build it, let them build it. As long as it doesn't affect their work, they can just run a few kilometers to work and consider it their commute."

Hesitation for even a second shows a lack of trust in the BUFF.

Apart from anything else, the state of the divinely gifted one alone was enough to make Leon make up his mind.

Leon pressed the build button without hesitation and spoke calmly to the somewhat confused Charlemagne.

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