Douluo Continent: What should I do if I don't have a cheat system?

Chapter 270 The United Empire's Superficial Construction Actually Focuses on People

Nineteen people who knew nothing were summoned to the office one by one by the Grand Deacon.

Before anyone outside could detect anything, the nineteen members of the Spirit Hall completed the replacement of their spirit rings.

All thirty members of the Spirit Hall branch have shed their identities as followers of the Church of Light.

The Spirit Hall in the Far North City is too backward. It lacks many facilities, and even the exchange service in the logistics department can only exchange for some daily necessities.

As for other spirit ring pills and the like, they haven't even entered the market.

Even though it's just daily necessities, quite a few people still come to exchange them every day.

In the far north, there is no agriculture; all food is imported from other places.

This slightly hindered Jerry's plan.

I was planning to wait until others were exchanging for spirit rings or upgrading the age of their spirit rings before making my move, but it turns out that neither of those services is available.

Arresting people secretly won't work either; you can't just arrest someone and then keep them there.

The far north belongs to the Heaven Dou Empire. Jerry went directly to Heaven Dou City, found Empress Xue Ke, and told her about the far north.

Xue Ke was very surprised when she heard this. When did the Church of Light take control of the far north?

I have absolutely no idea.

Moreover, the data reports from each city every month are all normal.

After discussing it, the two decided to address the issue in the far north directly from within, and to keep the matter from spreading to avoid causing panic.

Furthermore, it's uncertain whether the five divine envoys are actually in the far north, and it wouldn't be good to alert them.

The empire has inspecting officials, and under this pretext, they send a team of men over.

Five hundred people were not an option; too many would be problematic, and too few would leave the patrol short-handed. Ultimately, the maximum number of people a patrol could bring was determined.

The empire has regulations limiting the number of patrol officers to between 100 and 500, but most patrols only need to bring 100 people. A patrol team of 500 people is already the highest level.

Ostensibly, they were inspecting various cities to check on their development. This time, they were heading to the far north. After the inspection, they were preparing to develop the far north.

As soon as the news broke, the people in the far north received it and reported it to Tang San.

While at the Spirit Hall Academy, Tang San overheard some discussions about the two great empires.

The development strategy was to drive rural development from the city, starting with the capital and expanding outwards.

Tang San previously thought that even if the development reached the far north, it would take at least ten years. He never expected that it would only take a few years before the far north was reached.

It seems that the empire is developing very quickly. Although it cannot keep up with the speed of Wuhun City, it is not slow either. Moreover, the two empires are secretly comparing to see who is developing faster.

This is actually why Jerry retained both empires.

Even if we don't talk about mutual checks and balances, there still needs to be necessary competition.

Jerry's experience in the small world taught him that development is faster when there are opposing forces.

Wars frequently break out in these small worlds, but the pace of development in both technology and cultivation is very fast.

Unifying the Douluo Continent might bring a period of peace, but a country without rivals will experience very slow development across all sectors, and may even encounter developmental bottlenecks that are difficult to overcome.

Now the two great empires are comparing themselves in every aspect, including economy, agriculture, production, and military. This is why both empires, with their vast areas, can develop so rapidly.

Tang San was already prepared, and even if it was brought forward now, it would be better for him.

Controlling a developed city is definitely better than controlling a backward one. If the empire were to develop the far north now, it would actually suit Tang San's wishes perfectly.

Based on the number of believers in the far north, even if it develops and attracts a large influx of outsiders, Tang San is confident that he can control the far north.

Tang San then spoke with the person in charge of the far north, instructing them to cooperate with the empire's development and not to cause trouble during the development period, and to wait until the far north city was well developed before making any further decisions.

The Heaven Dou Empire is preparing to develop the far north, and the Spirit Hall has issued a message offering to provide free support to a group of people to develop the far north.

Furthermore, the Spirit Hall promised to improve all aspects of the operations of the Spirit Hall branch in the Far North City and to build the branch according to the standards of a branch in a major city.

Seeing that the Spirit Hall was also going to support the development of the far north, Tang San smiled slyly.

A standard branch of the Spirit Hall in a major city has all kinds of services. Doesn't this mean that spirit ring making machines, spirit ring age-up machines, and other advanced things are being delivered right to our doorstep?

He had been thinking about how to get his hands on these machines, but now they had been delivered directly to him. At this moment, Tang San felt very happy.

Tang San felt that his luck had improved since he came to Wuhun City.

Compared to before, my luck was really bad back then.

If only I had come to Wuhun City sooner! Jerry was so lucky to have arrived in Wuhun City so early.

Tang San still remembers when Jerry wanted to join the Spirit Hall during his awakening, but the staff at the time didn't want him at all.

If I had spoken up back then, I might have entered the Spirit Hall and gained access to this advanced information much earlier, as well as Jerry's affairs.

I've also learned that Chrysanthemum Douluo's first disciple was Ye Lingling, a member of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team. She has a plant-based martial soul and is very talented. Her martial soul is of the same type as Chrysanthemum Douluo's, which is why Chrysanthemum Douluo accepted Ye Lingling as his disciple.

Jerry met Ye Lingling during his time in Tian Dou, and it was through Ye Lingling's connections that Chrysanthemum Douluo accepted him as his disciple.

He realized he had been completely misled by Yu Xiaogang, who said that Jerry had innate half-level soul power, and no matter how much he cultivated, that was his limit.

Sure enough, what kind of vision could Yu Xiaogang, a level 29 Great Soul Master, possibly have?

Tang San believed that Jerry must have started cultivating after Chrysanthemum Douluo took him as a disciple, and with Chrysanthemum Douluo's support and guidance.

Later, I heard Yu Xiaogang talk about his breakthrough.

Even someone with innate half-level soul power can cultivate to a very high level. Yu Xiaogang was just short-sighted before, which is why he said that other people's upper limit was limited. You yourself also have innate half-level soul power, and you even cultivated into a god.

Later, Yu Xiaogang recommended that he go to Shrek Academy. However, he was young and inexperienced at the time. Shrek Academy was called an advanced academy, but its facilities were not even as good as those of a junior academy.

Later, he followed Yu Xiaogang's advice to cultivate, but during the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Competition, he didn't even make it out of the Imperial Division.

Yu Xiaogang really misled me.

Tang San felt like beating up Yu Xiaogang.

However, he held back in the end. Even if Yu Xiaogang wasn't a god-level expert, he was still a great help.

Since both the Empire and the Spirit Hall want to develop the far north, then let them develop as they please. I'll just sit back and reap the rewards.

At this moment, Tang San's smile looked somewhat sinister.

In Tang San's view, it was normal for the Empire and the Spirit Hall to develop the far north, so he stopped reading the reporter's report and told him not to interfere with the Spirit Hall's development.

The subordinates were worried that the Spirit Hall might have ulterior motives after getting involved, so they reported to Tang San again.

Unexpectedly, Tang San told them to ignore it and not interfere.

After the divine envoy went to Wuhun City, he seemed like a completely different person.

Are the Divine Envoys now so at ease with the Spirit Hall?

If the Spirit Hall got involved, as was the case in the past, the Divine Envoy would definitely say that the Spirit Hall was plotting something. The Spirit Hall would not act without self-interest. Although the Church of Light had not yet left the far north at that time, the Divine Envoy would often use events happening on the continent to warn everyone.

This time, something happened right next to us, but the divine messenger didn't tell us to be vigilant or anything like that.

When the report was presented, all five divine envoys sent their materials.

The result was the same.

They were told not to interfere, not to cause trouble, and not to pay attention to it. If they needed help, they were also told to provide some assistance.

After seeing that the Empire was going to develop the far north, Tang San communicated with several other people and shared his thoughts.

After confidently explaining his thoughts and plans, Tang San spoke more to persuade the others, fearing they might make trouble and affect his plans.

In fact, Tang San was overthinking things. Dugu Yan had given up, Oscar and Ma Hongjun were just lazing around and preparing to be the sixth in command, and Yu Xiaogang was secretly studying the Soul Instructor materials, wanting to make a name for himself. He didn't have time to care about these things.

Therefore, as soon as Tang San finished speaking, everyone expressed their support.

This is why the people of the far north received such similar opinions from the five divine messengers.

Since the divine messengers have said so, as a subordinate, offering my opinion is already fulfilling my duty.

If the higher-ups don't accept it, and they have their own arrangements, what's there to think about? Just do what they say.

The people from the Spirit Hall and the Empire were ready to fight as soon as they arrived in the far north.

To prevent the people in the city from resisting and sending out distress signals when they were being arrested, the Spirit Hall's forces built a fortified area outside the city as soon as construction began.

It was called construction, but in reality, it was setting up a battle formation.

A standard barrier, plus a method to block cell phone signals.

The Spirit Hall staff were building and recruiting workers simultaneously.

The workers' benefits were very attractive, and the registration area was immediately packed with people.

Under the guise of testing their work abilities, a group of people were left behind while the rest went home to wait for the next opportunity.

Those who stayed were happy, while those who left were a little unhappy. Why weren't they chosen? The Spirit Hall really has no vision.

Those who stayed left after a day, and the Spirit Hall began recruiting again.

This gave the remaining people a glimmer of hope, and they were overjoyed, rushing over without stopping.

Some of the more cautious people even inquired about why the previous people hadn't stayed.

But the people who applied before just wouldn't say anything, and I could see a hint of disdain in their eyes, as if they hadn't gotten the job, so we couldn't either.

This is definitely jealousy after failure, or so these cautious people think.

Those who left before all signed contracts, so they can't say anything even if they want to.

So they first conducted a large-scale recruitment drive, kept some people, released some more a few days later, and then continued recruiting.

A month later, all the lower-ranking followers of the Church of Light were freed from the aftereffects of their previous suffering.

As for those who were originally biased towards the Church of Light, they were kept in custody after the aftereffects were cleared.

Now, only the city lord's mansion remains, where some important followers of the God of Light reside. They are not short of money and have not applied for jobs at the Spirit Hall, so the Spirit Hall has not taken any action against them.

The city lord's mansion covers an area of ​​800 acres, and the people inside are basically the descendants of the original nobles.

Empress Xueke slowly revoked all her noble titles.

Without their noble status, they set their sights on official positions.

Others failed, but Tang San, who was not a nobleman, succeeded.

Even after relinquishing their noble status, they can still remain city lords.

Other nobles, unable to secure official positions, had no choice but to remain in the far north to develop their careers.

Moreover, I've heard that the outside world treats the former nobles very unfriendly, and they might even be beaten or verbally abused.

Therefore, these people joined the Church of Light without any hesitation.

It's time to activate the grand formation we've been working on.

To prevent high-ranking figures among these believers from sending a message to the divine messenger and directly activating the grand formation, these believers were now trapped like turtles in a jar.

Jerry led his men and surrounded the city lord's mansion. Before they could react, a group of men rushed in and stormed into the mansion.

After interrogation, their identities were revealed; none of them were messengers of God.

The same answer came: the messengers were wearing masks, and they had never seen them before.

Jerry asked them, "You're all wearing masks, aren't you afraid someone will impersonate you?"

The answer Jerry received was something he hadn't expected.

After undergoing divine testing, they didn't know why, but they became completely obedient to the divine messengers.

A few days later, the far north successfully returned to the embrace of the empire.

After resolving the issue with the believers, Jerry began to work on developing the far north. He wrote a plan and then ordered his men to carry it out.

Only then did Jerry begin to survey the entire far north. Was there anything special about this place?

Why did the Church of Light choose to start its development here?

There's really nothing special about it; it's just that it's close by.

As soon as Tang San and his group left the mountains of the far north, they encountered the Far North City. It was precisely because it was so close that they chose to go there immediately.

Moreover, if they encounter an unforeseen and irresistible event, they will once again hide in the mountains of the far north, where even the gods of the Spirit Hall cannot find them.

Their escape route had been arranged perfectly long ago. Otherwise, do you think Tang San and his companions were stupid enough to choose such a poor, backward, and sparsely populated place?

However, the idea was good. Neither the Spirit Hall nor the Empire launched a large-scale attack on the far north. Instead, they openly recruited workers and silently eliminated all the believers in the city.

As before, the cell phones of several high-ranking officials were confiscated, and relevant personnel were responsible for using these phones to deceive the divine messenger.

Wuhun City

Five Divine Envoys Gather

Celebrating the development of the far north.

Cheers to the rise of the far north.

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(End of this chapter)