From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 162 Faith Purification! Spiritual Essence! [Please Subscribe! Please Vote!]

It takes an average Soul Master about half a year to earn 1,000 gold Soul Coins, and some with bad luck may need a year.

When the Technology Chamber of Commerce was developing rapidly, it needed a large workforce for labor-intensive industries. Both Soul Masters and ordinary people needed it, so the salaries and benefits for the two groups were different.

Because certain departments are prone to injuries and fatalities during work, Chen Hong specially set up a compensation system within the Science and Technology Chamber of Commerce to take care of those injured on the job, with a maximum compensation of one thousand gold soul coins.

Furthermore, in order to prevent the heads of ordinary people from becoming too valuable and attracting the attention of those with ulterior motives, Chen Hong specifically weighed the specific income of some Soul Masters before finally setting a compensation amount for ordinary people.

However, Chen Hong has now discovered that, since he left Soto City six months ago, some unscrupulous Soul Masters seem to be trying to infiltrate the Technology Chamber of Commerce.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you."

Seeing the children's fear, Chen Hong concealed his aura and explained to them, "I will provide a satisfactory resolution to what happened to you."

Chen Hong gently raised his hand, and a small gourd appeared in his palm. He then handed the gourd to Bai Ping, whose body was stiff, and said, "Take a small sip each; it will help you recover a little."

"As for the rest, someone from the Technology Chamber of Commerce will come to meet with you tomorrow."

After giving all these instructions, Chen Hong glanced once more at the emaciated children around him and silently sentenced the mastermind behind it to death, who had almost caused him a major disaster.

He then turned and left, leaving the children looking bewildered.

However, Bai Ping stared blankly at Chen Hong's departing figure.

"Science and Technology Chamber of Commerce"

Bai Ping glanced down at the small gourd in her hand, and her suspicions were immediately confirmed: the other party must be from the Technology Chamber of Commerce! Only people from the Technology Chamber of Commerce have a particular fondness for gourds!

On the other side, Chen Hong, who had left the slums, glanced at the dark sky and then walked towards the most bustling night market in Soto City without looking back.

"How can there be such disgusting people?" Ning Quan, who had been secretly following Chen Hong without any breath, frowned and slowly appeared.

"Because money is so easy to make, many people are willing to take risks." Chen Hong walked silently ahead, his aura equally subtle. If you didn't look closely at him, you might even doubt whether he really existed.

"Should we gather the armed forces now to clean up that mess?" Ning Quan frowned and said, "Scamming the Technology Chamber of Commerce's compensation funds and poisoning them with slow poison is already trampling on the Technology Chamber of Commerce's bottom line."

"No rush," Chen Hong said indifferently. "The real show has only just begun."

Chen Hong walked eerily down the brightly lit street, looking up at the 'Cloud of Faith' in the dark sky above Soto City, his heart heavy.

He was now certain of one thing: the mental turbulence hanging over Soto was the power of faith.

An hour ago, when Chen Hong used the spirit crystal as a filter and directly used his martial soul power to begin absorbing the 'mental turbulence' in the sky, countless songs of praise and voices appeared in Chen Hong's ears.

At that moment, Chen Hong seemed to hear the heartfelt words of almost the entire city. Every prayer for the Technology Chamber of Commerce ultimately converged into countless chants in Chen Hong's ears.

This led Chen Hong, who had always focused on top-level development, to finally turn his "arrogant" gaze towards the lowest levels of Soto City by chance.

If he hadn't glanced at it, things would have been fine, but that one glance revealed to Chen Hong an instant discovery of a historical crossroads that the Technology Chamber of Commerce was currently facing: Soul Master or Commoner.

Initially, the Technology Chamber of Commerce relied heavily on ordinary people, creating numerous jobs for them. However, as Soto City's reputation grew, more and more Soul Masters flocked there (as it was difficult for ordinary people to travel long distances). Due to the Technology Chamber of Commerce's focus on high-end products and the scarcity of industry jobs, many Soul Masters began to recruit ordinary people, who, unable to compete, were constantly squeezed out of their livelihoods.

Furthermore, due to urban expansion, a large amount of farmland was occupied, and some unfortunate civilians were completely reduced to homelessness and then driven away by the city patrol team, thus forming slums.

All of this took place during the six months Chen Hong was away from Soto City; the Technology Chamber of Commerce seems to be transforming into a Soul Master force.

Once the Technology Chamber of Commerce successfully completes its transformation, it will mean the start of a new round of expansion. After the expansion, it will absorb a large number of Soul Master laborers to repeat the previous operations.

Large tracts of farmland were occupied, houses were bulldozed, civilians were driven into factories, then driven out of factories, and in the end, nothing was left.

This state of discovery was naturally something Chen Hong did not want to see. In the past, out of reverence for the power of faith, he had distanced himself from the city, become engrossed in his research, and neglected to pay attention to the Science and Technology Chamber of Commerce, thus leading the Chamber of Commerce down a rather controversial path.

Because of his high position, even though Chen Lin had climbed up from the bottom, he was not very familiar with the current development of the Science and Technology Chamber of Commerce. He only knew that everything was thriving and that costs were being reduced and profits were increasing.

Now that Chen Hong has noticed this undesirable phenomenon, he naturally has to use his powerful influence to forcefully steer the development of the Technology Chamber of Commerce back on track.

The number of Soul Masters is too small to give rise to a sufficiently powerful civilization.

Furthermore, one thing that Chen Hong was most concerned about was that there was almost no difference in intelligence between Soul Masters and ordinary people.

In other words, even a titled Douluo, with the support of various spiritual realms and spiritual soul skills, may not necessarily be smarter than an ordinary person!

It can only be said that titled Douluo, with the support of mental power, have a faster thinking speed, but in terms of the depth of their thinking, they are no different from ordinary people.

Therefore, the power that Title Douluos are proud of does not include wisdom, which Chen Hong finds ridiculous.

From this point alone, Chen Hong understood that for future development, the Science and Technology Chamber of Commerce could not be separated from the general public.

Furthermore, after recognizing that mental turbulence is a kind of power of faith, Chen Hong became even more determined to follow the mass line.

Although he wouldn't absorb that so-called power of faith, he discovered something that was enough to overturn the understanding of Soul Masters once again.

That is... the power of faith, which seems to be able to... purify!

At this moment, within Chen Hong's sea of ​​consciousness, a white droplet emitting a pale golden glow was being continuously refined by him using his spiritual power!

(End of this chapter)