You became an emperor by letting me AFK.

Feng Tianyin then instructed her attendants to begin preparing the offerings, which she also valued highly, because gold not only had monetary attributes but also an irreplaceable industrial function.

Not to mention the discovery of other rare mineral deposits, the discovery of uranium deposits has put a huge weight off people's minds.

The good news must be reported to Heaven as soon as possible.

【hint】

A large gold mine has been discovered in the Linchun city area of ​​the Daqian Desert North region. The event continues to escalate and is highly likely to trigger a gold rush.

The unexpected news made Xia He raise an eyebrow.

How did she become so rich? Switching to the mineral resource map, it was clear that the explored areas of Linchun were quite rich, containing various rare metals. However, she immediately spotted the most crucial one:

I'm super, uranium.

For players, nuclear war is indispensable and crucial for accelerating the path to victory.

The entire nuclear industry is closely related to it, so Xia He is actually more concerned about resources related to weapons of mass destruction.

Now that it's been discovered, we can rest assured.

Although the reserves are unknown, there are at least self-controlled uranium mines that are not easily blocked. In addition, there are gold, rare earth elements, coal, and other minerals, covering a wide range of categories with great potential reserves.

She replied to Feng Tianyin's blessing, "Continue prospecting, with a focus on oil."

"Your Majesty, we have discovered super-large oil fields in the shallow seabed of the south, but our technology is not yet sufficient."

"It's fine to leave it as is; let's explore other things."

After Xia He finished communicating, she didn't forget to add some special effects to the gold mine blessing ceremony. Instantly, all the believers cheered and praised her.

It's quite lively.

This move confirms the gold rush, and there are bound to be plenty of opportunists.

On the eve of large-scale industrial development, people are always fervently pursuing various metal deposits. In fact, it's not just the gold rush; other minerals also have their own "hot" aspects, just not as widely known.

It's normal for the history of the Great Qian Dynasty to have reached this stage.

And the hype is just right.

Feng Tianyin is paving the way for the implementation of fiat currency, and it would be best to use gold, which is widely accepted, as an anchor for the transition. The plan is all set; then, step by step, the currency will be gradually changed to one effectively anchored to "national credit."

The stability of the Great Qian Dynasty was impeccable, with favorable weather, abundant harvests, and blessings from Heaven, and there was never any large-scale war.

There were frequent battles, but they were all fought against foreign enemies.

Hasn't this been 90 years of peace? We are about to usher in our first centenary.

After this Heavenly Dao Festival, people began to dream about the next one, a once-in-a-century event. Even now, with the emergence of spiritual energy, few people live to be a century old; how fortunate it would be to witness a century-old festival! It was precisely because of everyone's confidence in the Great Qian Dynasty that this monetary reform was able to be sustained.

This amount of anchoring material is insufficient.

Xia He still hopes to anchor more strategic resources, such as the shallow-sea oil fields that Feng Tianyin just mentioned.

Her gaze instantly fell upon the southern coast.

Scattered oil fields are distributed from the intercontinental sea to the ocean area. Just delineating the approximate boundaries of these fields was enough to give the Daqian exploration team a headache.

The technology is insufficient.

They went to great lengths and only found out that there was an oil field there.

In fact, the conclusion of "super-large oil field" was drawn by Feng Tianyin after personally inspecting the area. It had nothing to do with technology; it was purely based on violent exploration using spiritual energy perception, which was easy for the high priest who could be called a terrestrial god.

At this time, some ships were still conducting exploration.

Besides them, a considerable number of ships ventured into deeper waters, catching large quantities of fish. Because the temple understood the principle of not exploiting resources to the point of depletion, it began to regulate aquaculture in nearshore areas, prohibiting direct fishing and netting to avoid ecological damage and harm to future generations.

The permitted fishing areas are in relatively deep coastal waters, which some daring fishermen venture into.

Luxury goods are also produced here.

The temple's higher-ups promoted the luxury of pearls and corals. It was simple: just get senior clerks and above to buy more. As the saying goes, what the superiors do, the subordinates follow, and the trend was easily set off.

The demand for luxury goods also became a driving force for navigation.

Xia He's gaze reached the scattered islands in the sea between the continents, and even some areas that had evolved into city-states.

They welcomed Daqian's business network.

call!

Suddenly a sea breeze blew in, and dark clouds rolled up on the sea right under her nose, with lightning and thunder, forming a huge cloud.

The fishermen's faces immediately changed. "How is this possible? Such strong winds in the inland sea?"

"Never mind that, hurry up and adjust the canvas, we need to turn back."

The hurricane clouds arrived too quickly, engulfing an area in the blink of an eye, with thunder rumbling beneath them. Incandescent light flashed continuously within the black clouds, and a mournful howl seemed to echo in the wind, sending chills down one's spine.

Gududu!

A huge shadow was cast beneath the surface of the sea, so large that just a glance made one's legs go weak, as if a giant creature from the deep sea was lurking there.

Even fishermen who were used to the ocean felt their legs tremble.

All they could do was try their best to change course.

"Where is the lighthouse's light?"

Several attempts to adjust the direction were to no avail. Surrounded by such a dense hurricane cloud, it was impossible to see any direction, and the sextant could not maintain its measurement. Everything was in chaos, I was dizzy and disoriented, and my feet were shaking violently.

The fishermen looked dejected, thinking it was all over. They were probably going to be eaten by fish today. Without this income, would they still be able to live a good life?

stare!

Suddenly a ray of light pierced the darkness and tore through the clouds, revealing the faint outline of a lighthouse.

"Found it, it's a lighthouse, quickly head back that way."

Their hope was rekindled, and they drove out with all their might, so much so that they didn't notice the oppressive feeling around them being inexplicably suppressed, and for a moment they didn't even care about swallowing the fishing boat.

The lighthouse light was made by Xia He. As long as we navigate towards it, we can return to port smoothly without any problems.

"It's time to deal with you."

Her gaze was not obstructed by mere dark clouds; she took in everything.

The Heavenly Dao's perspective is too high, so many details are not visible. However, if you look closely and zoom in, you can still see the clues. A subspace rift emerges from the depths of the sea, like a giant beast opening its bloody maw, accompanied by a strong polluting power.

It craves the present world and cannot tolerate it.

With a new era imminent, the concentration of psionic energy has already surged, allowing evil spirits to seize the opportunity to infiltrate.

If I had been a step too slow, I would have been parasitized.

Given the current level of the new batch of priests in the south, they are unlikely to be able to detect it in time, which will give it time to lie dormant, and the consequences will be unpredictable.

Fortunately.

Xia He had already identified it, but hadn't taken action yet because she was observing.

The pollution of the sea god back then probably seeped in in the same way, except that the level of psychic energy was incomparable back then. Unlike now, a humpback whale has become a kin.

The once docile giant has become the first exceptional specimen.

Just as the God of the Sea was actually a giant octopus, Xia He now understood that a subspace rift torn apart in the sea had given birth to a certain unfortunate marine creature, which then spread its polluting beliefs to the human world.

"Interesting. I'll tell Tianyin later."

The Great Qian Dynasty has been studying the cases of the two evil gods, Changshengtian and Haiqi, but progress has been slow. Now, however, a new idea has emerged.

While I was pondering this.

However, several fishing boats appeared at the other end of the hurricane cloud, but they did not belong to the Great Qian Dynasty.

It's a country on the south coast?

Xia He can see the civilization behind the ships:

【Brahma】

The name is as expected, since the names in the Civilization Evolution game often correspond to history, such as Borneo being Kalimantan. Of course, things will be different in the world of Terra.

Her gaze was fixed on the southernmost edge of the map fog, where some fragmented maps could be vaguely seen.

Daqian once thought that the Hainan coast between the mainland and the mainland was also a flat coastline.

Actually it is not.

It may have resembled a broken island near Hudson Bay before extending into the land, and there were likely straits leading to the deep ocean, so Borneo's navigation skills were probably more advanced.

It should be a civilization that originated on islands and then developed on land.

A century is enough time to explore.

According to the internal testing version's mechanism, when Xia He officially took over the operation, that is, the first year of enlightenment, various civilizations began to develop rapidly, but it did not mean that the previous accumulation was wiped out.

On the contrary.

Some civilizations with a rich and profound heritage may actually experience a leap in development due to the resources available before the Enlightenment.

Borneo likely began its land-based power transformation rapidly during a historical window.

Otherwise, they would be targeted by the two southern countries.

While Xia He was observing the other party, the sea creatures also set their sights on a new target, and in an instant, the shadows beneath the water began to rise.

Wow!

A column of water shot up with such force that it pierced through a fishing boat, severing the keel and tearing the hull apart. The fishing boat instantly disintegrated; its weight of several tens of tons was insignificant before it. The humpback whale's body, now infused with psionic energy, was a kin-like creature.

The people on the boat screamed as they fell into the water, splinters of wood flew everywhere, and the catch was scattered all over the place.

The monster opened its blood-red maw and swallowed everything whole; this was from Xia He's perspective.

For ordinary people with poor spiritual perception who can't see clearly, it's a vortex.

The vortex swallowed lives.

Deeper inside was a shadow that was gradually growing larger. Coupled with howling winds, rolling black clouds, and surging waves, everyone felt weak in the knees. The lesson from the past was right there; they were doomed.

They certainly knew about the warp monsters, but they never expected to encounter such a large-scale disturbance in the Inland Sea.

"We've run into some bad luck."

Xia He clearly observed that the surrounding pollution energy was constantly rising, repeatedly setting new records.