Doctor, I'm really strong!

This is the original intention behind the founding of a nation, and also the legitimacy of its existence; a nation inevitably represents the interests of its ruling class.

The foundation of the community was established at the time of its founding, and the full name of the country is "Terra People's Community".

If you agree with our principles and accept our laws and regulations, you are our compatriot.

But people's hearts are unpredictable. There will never be a shortage of people who say one thing and mean another. These people may seem harmless on ordinary days, but given the chance, they will not hesitate to become traitors and lackeys, realizing their dream of becoming superior by betraying national interests.

Those who are destined to be unassimilated are the targets of the community's revolution.

The system previously had a function similar to a mind detector, using different values ​​to mark each individual's level of recognition of the country. Those with negative values ​​were secretly monitored or dealt with directly. If it was discovered that someone had infiltrated the cadre ranks, they would be assigned to a deadly position, making them burn themselves out for the development and construction of the community as traitors.

However, this kind of display can only distinguish between enemies and allies. Some people may be loyal to the country, but they may not be loyal to the country's current beliefs. Just like how Tsarist Russians support the Soviet Union, their support and the Bolsheviks' support are two different things.

Online, this is called the "leftists can be divided infinitely." In the past, it was about physically separating people into leftist groups; now it's about verbal battles on the internet.

Within a community, there will inevitably be nationalists. This is an inevitable occurrence in the process of the birth of a nation-state. Only after the distinction between "you" and "me" is made can the distinction between our country and other countries be established.

On Terra, apart from the Sarkaz, there is not much discrimination between other races. Of course, the relationship between the Infected and ordinary people is another matter entirely. In short, mutual understanding between humans is just that difficult.

Let alone between countries, even city dwellers and country folk can fight over clothing.

Moreover, even loyalty has different levels. Some people may be loyal to the community, but that doesn't mean they won't fight for the interests of their own families and factions. The chain of interests is like a spider web, and once it spreads out, it's hard to find the source. This is what the factions, or cliques, are like in the bureaucratic system.

This situation was bound to happen. It's just that some people know what they can and cannot touch, and they strive for their own interests but don't do things they shouldn't. At most, they just skirt the rules. Everyone smiles at each other and understands each other.

However, some people don't care about such things. As long as I haven't colluded with the enemy or betrayed the country, they can be very lenient and do some gray-area things. It's against the rules but not illegal. At most, it's a moral stain, not a legal issue.

Since it is politics, it is bound to be full of compromise, confrontation, games and exchanges. Although the community is now united, there are actually five main factions within the community.

The first faction is the Integration Movement faction. Although they are armed forces forcibly integrated by Liu Jiuli, it is undeniable that they were the original people who followed Liu Jiuli in the revolution. They were the original revolutionary core around Liu Jiuli, the leader. They were old revolutionaries with seniority, and their first-mover advantage inevitably gave this faction a huge influence. The number two figure in this faction is Talulah. Compared to the Integration Movement, she is the number one figure. Liu Jiuli was the beginning of the Red Guard era.

The second faction is the Rhodes Island faction, which is easy to understand. As a partner in the early stages of the Red Guards' growth, Rhodes Island provided a lot of human resources, especially valuable resources like instructors. Many people in the Reunion Movement today were apprentices trained by elite Rhodes Island operators. With these two relationships, the Rhodes Island faction naturally became the second largest faction in the community. It is also composed of veteran revolutionaries and seniority. In addition, with the special case of Amiya, the Rhodes Island faction has a natural attraction to the Sarkaz. Sarkaz who are loyal to Liu Jiuli can easily join this faction.

The third faction is somewhat special, as it also belongs to the Reunion Movement. It is Patriot's Shield Guerrilla Force. These battle-hardened elite warriors are now mostly in high positions and serve in the military. Although Patriot is currently stationed in the North, leading a group of mixed-bloods as a pure-blood Wendigo, mainly fighting against the demons, Frostnova, as the second-in-command of this faction, is in the top three of the community. Even if she doesn't have this idea, when Patriot is not around, his influence will be absorbed by Frostnova and have an impact on the outside world. This faction is also composed of veteran revolutionaries and senior members, with the added bonus of goodwill towards the military.

The fourth faction is the Ursus Native Faction. This faction is an invisible one, without any overt spokesperson. Its main members are outwardly neutral, at most maintaining close ties with Talulah, Frostnova, and Patriot. However, they do exist, as the community's initial base was within the Ursus Empire, and many of its cadres were Ursus natives. The shared Ursus origins form the basis of this faction's mutual recognition. This special faction, which has no spokesperson and has been integrated into other factions, currently has the largest number of grassroots civil servants and commanders within the community, and half of its political officers are of Ursus origin (not just of Ursus ethnicity). This must be taken into account when implementing policies.

The fifth faction, as you might have guessed, is the Kazdel faction. Like the Ursus faction, it's an invisible faction without a representative. This faction joined the latest and has the weakest influence, but its loyalty to Liu Jiuli is the highest. Despite being a region that was only recently liberated, it has already become Liu Jiuli's solid base. Whether Liu Jiuli himself is willing to admit it or not, when it comes to doing something sensitive, he will indeed consider the Sarkaz first. However, he doesn't understand why the Sarkaz are so fanatical about him. It's true that the Ursus people admire him, but compared to the Sarkaz, they are obviously not quite there yet. This faction is easy to join the Rhodes Island faction because Amiya is also a Demon Lord candidate. However, due to this special status, they have a more direct influence than their actual numbers suggest.

The five factions are currently living in peace and cooperating seamlessly because the country is in a period of growth, with a large blue ocean market and plenty of benefits to distribute, so there is no need for infighting. However, this blue ocean state cannot last forever. Once development slows down and the internal distribution of basic interests is completed, friction and conflict will inevitably occur. The difference lies in whether it can be controlled.

When Liu Jiuli was in this position, he could naturally suppress the five major factions. Putting aside everything else, which of these factions didn't have loyal followers dedicated to Liu Jiuli? If you wanted to rebel, don't start an uprising while Zhu Yuanzhang was still alive. Are you tired of living?

However, whoever takes over this position will likely have to carefully coordinate the relationships between the five factions. Furthermore, there will be various clashes and disseminations of ideas among these factions, and the struggle for interests will be conducted in a roundabout way. Power is exclusive, highly selfish, and very aggressive. Liu Jiuli doesn't think his comrades are all saints.

You know, back then, so many people walked the 25,000-kilometer road, only to be corrupted by sugar-coated bullets in the end.

The national consciousness system can help Liu Jiuli solve this problem. Its strength lies in its ability to demonstrate the relationships between people.

Section 282: 1105 Personnel Transfers

(Second update, (～￣▽￣)～)

After the national consciousness system went online, Liu Jiuli could directly use it to query causal relationships.

What does that mean?

If A instructs B to do something, a connection will be established between A and B. This is similar to how, when you are investigating a case, all the relevant parties in the case are automatically identified. You can then investigate them one by one. Even if you can't find evidence to convict the criminal, it will keep you vigilant and allow you to investigate secretly until you find an opportunity sooner or later.

Moreover, a perfect crime with absolutely no evidence cannot exist in reality. The act of destroying a body is itself a form of evidence. There is only one real reason why a case cannot be investigated: the erosion of time. The complete disappearance of evidence over time is a defeat by the laws of nature, and there is nothing that can be done about it.

The national consciousness system can monitor everyone in the entire country, and this monitoring is causal, meaning that you have connections with others, and to what extent.

For example, there are red lines representing loyalty, green lines representing friendship, and gold lines representing love. The darker the color, the closer the relationship. When used in conjunction with the previous display of public opinion, it leaves no way out for foreign spies.

But most importantly, this system allows Liu Jiuli to discover the "enemies" within the organization.

They wouldn't call them enemies, but rather the kind of person who opposes you but doesn't say it out loud or deliberately cause trouble. However, they might create extreme problems for you at crucial moments, but to outsiders, it seems like they're just doing what you ask and have nothing to do with you.

Such people are not lacking in ability, but just like the difference between a staunch revolutionary and a temporary revolutionary, the former persists in the revolution until the end of their lives, while the latter feels that they can enjoy themselves after conquering the country, and then continue to play music and dance.

They are not enemies, but opponents with differing political views, or new vested interests standing on the side of certain groups.

There's no way around it, following the older brother isn't easy, but you can't expect everyone to be diligent their whole lives. Diligence is a counter-instinctive behavior for humans, which is why we say diligence is a virtue. Most people prefer comfort, enjoyment, and the release of their desires, rather than staying true to their original aspirations like an ascetic.

There are many ways to solve this problem, such as higher salaries, better benefits, and systematic anti-corruption work. However, people are the foundation of everything, and Liu Jiuli cannot solve the fundamental problem by wiping out everyone. Therefore, this problem is completely unsolvable until humanity ascends to another species.

However, the system has now given Liu Jiuli another option. Although this option is tied to his own choice, it still has the flavor of "the end of a regime" in some respects. But as long as Liu Jiuli stays in power and stabilizes the situation for a long enough time, he can cultivate a good internal atmosphere in the entire community and eventually form a solid internal inertia. Don't think this is impossible. Humanity has only been in civilized society for a few years. If the concept of selflessness can be implemented for millions of years, then future humans will absolutely not be able to understand past humans.

Of course, how to get to that point and how to proceed still needs to be discussed, but at least now a path to a brighter future has been seen, and that possibility has been presented to Liu Jiuli.

From now on, no matter who he communicates with, their interests and factional affiliations will be transparent to Liu Jiuli. Any pretense will be useless to Liu Jiuli. Once these connections are clear and enemies and friends are identified, Liu Jiuli can control the course of the community ship.

Since it's a people problem, all I need to do is promote those who share the same ideals and let everyone know that any deception or pretense won't work in the political arena of the community. If you don't want to be a public servant who serves the people, you don't even have a chance of passing the civil service exam. Even if you do pass, you can forget about ever sitting in a high position.

Liu Jiuli had already planned it out. The top three ranks of the future community must be composed of comrades who do not forget their original aspirations, that is, people with both talent and virtue. The focus will be on cultivating those who have good character but lack ability, those who are talented but lack virtue, like Cao Cao, and placing them in auxiliary positions in various posts. If they do not perform well, they will be removed, but their status and benefits will not be bad. Even if these people have ambitions, they will not be willing to give up their positions, after all, they have worked hard to climb up and are only one step away from the top two positions. All Liu Jiuli needs to do is to manage personnel appointments and removals well.

As for the attitudes of the various groups within the community towards Liu Jiuli's personnel appointments and removals, at least at this stage, there is absolutely no such issue. If you dare to rebel at this time, you'd be beaten to death by the people as soon as you step outside.

"Moonshadow, I'm leaving the oversight and control to you. Keep an eye on the flies within the community."

"Yes, sir. Comrade Liu Jiuli, just watch."

Those traitors aren't useless either. Liu Jiuli plans to throw them into jobs that will kill you, such as sending them to some secret factory under the guise of "the country needs you" to work overtime day and night, enjoying the wonderful life of 007 every day. He also plans to let these traitors work themselves into the workforce, and preferably give them some hope of making a name for themselves. Then he can enjoy watching these winery employees working diligently and competing fiercely.

Think about it: people who hate the community burn themselves for it, and when they're about to die, you tell them the truth, killing them out of their spirit, leaving them with unfulfilled grievances.

Isn't that awesome?

So, just before the New Year of 1105, Liu Jiuli carried out a massive personnel reshuffle. This reshuffle, announced after the New Year, is known as the "1105 Personnel Reshuffle." This reshuffle had a profound impact on the community. All historians in later generations believe that it was the "1105 Personnel Reshuffle" that allowed the community to break free from the historical cycle and find another possibility in the cyclical upward spiral of history. However, the key to this was Liu Jiuli's own discerning eye, which truly placed a group of proletarian fighters who never forgot their original aspirations in the most suitable positions for them.

The most frustrated were the opponents hiding in the shadows. They couldn't believe that they hadn't done anything, yet they were suddenly transferred to positions with no real power. Moreover, those transferred to the same departments were mostly sophisticated egoists who enjoyed scheming and infighting. They were thus completely removed from the system of real power, and their newly formed small interest groups collapsed instantly.

After all, you've lost all real power, so why would anyone invest in you? They might as well go and lick the boots of a new bigwig.

Unfortunately, none of the newly appointed officials are easy to deal with, leaving those who want to corrupt peripheral civil servants and gradually achieve their goal of political participation by capital scratching their heads in frustration, unable to find a reason.

How could there be such a sudden personnel change? How could the investment suddenly go down the drain? It doesn't make sense!

No matter what they think, it can no longer affect the established facts. After all, these people do not have much power, nor have they formed a large vested interest group. When the community was founded, it was a complete revolution, killing all the hostile classes and starting from scratch. It has only been a little over a year. Those who want to band together have not yet developed. Now Liu Jiuli has directly brought down the golden cudgel. What can they do? If they want to outwardly comply but inwardly defy, if they want to deliberately cause trouble, if they want to mislead the masses, they will have to wait for time.

But now it's all gone, everything's gone, so they can only continue to lie low and wait for the next opportunity.

As for Liu Jiuli, tomorrow is the Spring Festival, so he'll be on holiday!

Section 283: The Wendigos Guarding the North

(Update delivered, good morning everyone (～￣▽￣)～)

February 12, 1105, Terra, Chinese New Year

When you are living a peaceful life, there is always someone who bears the burden for you.

The Northland Fortress is the new site of the Wendigo Court, one of the ten Sarkaz royal courts, and also the place where Patriot is in charge. He once pledged allegiance to the former emperor of the Ursus Empire here and fought for the Ursus Empire. However, he knows very well that the main enemy of Wendigo is not the countries on Terra, but the demons from the Northland.

These invaders come in all shapes and sizes; they could be animals, plants, or some other kind of Frankenstein's monster. The only thing they have in common is that they can all move, want to kill you and take over your body, and can also launch mental attacks.

Simply put, it means losing SAN (Sanity), not just in terms of skills, but also in terms of appearance.

Liu Jiuli personally came into contact with these "little cuties" when he was conducting research in the northern regions.

How should we evaluate these guys?

Even the most normal human with an XP system, after seeing the demon, would feel that the essence of evolution is worth pursuing.

If you think you can handle facing evil spirits, brother, you're like drinking a broth of filth on an empty stomach. I salute you for being a true man.

Due to the troublesome nature of demons, dealing with them requires specialized personnel, such as Wendigos who have strong spell resistance and talents, or the Emperor's Guards who are modified using demon fragments.

If you have a strong enough spirit, you can face them head-on; after all, there are always creatures on earth who dare to confront Kelvin.

Under normal circumstances, no country that is at war with evil spirits would send its regular army here to wrestle with them. Even if the regular army wins, there will be cases where doctors discharged from mental hospitals go insane. It's not a question of whether they dare to or not, but whether they can or not.

Just like calculus, if you don't know it, you don't know it; forcing it won't help.

After the establishment of the Commonwealth, the Ursus Empire lost the entire Far East region. However, there was good news: the Commonwealth took on some of the pressure of resisting the evil forces. Since the Commonwealth's northern border was longer, it was equivalent to taking on two-thirds of the defensive pressure.

However, the Ursus Empire, which is a mortal enemy of the community, is so cautious in dealing with demons that it is a model of human caution.

The Ursus Empire not only copied all the information it had on the demons and gave it to the Community, but also sent the Emperor's Guard to cooperate with the Community in this regard.

The reason for doing so is very simple: the erosion and infection of evil is terrifying. Once it spreads within the community, surrounding countries will all be affected. In this respect, everyone is a community of shared destiny. At least between countries there is room for negotiation and surrender. Evil is aiming to exterminate all races. Compared to them, even a gangster country like the United States is a normal person.

Liu Jiuli was naturally very interested in these demons, so when the Patriots came here to report on their duties (the community controlled the Far East region and was naturally responsible for providing supplies to the Northern Fortress), Liu Jiuli came along to investigate and had a friendly exchange with the local demons.

The outcome of the exchange nearly scared the patriot to death.

The demonic invasion and infection were completely ineffective against Liu Jiuli. As for combat power, it was laughable; he was no match for it. Liu Jiuli literally tore the demon apart with his bare hands, even licking a fragment of the demon to taste its saltiness, and finally declaring it "inedible."

It's absurd no matter how you look at it, and it's still absurd even now.

But an unexpected event occurred during this process.

Liu Jiuli discovered the true nature of the demon, or rather, Yueying, as the system spirit, analyzed the true nature of the demon.

The academic name is: Soul Fragment Consciousness Energy Gathering Body.

Commonly known as: haunted.

In fact, after a living being dies, the remaining consciousness condenses into incomplete fragments of thought, which are the soul fragments mentioned earlier. When these soul fragments come into contact with Originium energy, this kind of demon is born.

Because these are souls whose true nature is revealed after death, they possess a natural ability to attack and will seek out any living being to possess, which gives them the feeling of returning to their bodies.

However, due to the complexity and chaos of its own energy, the possessed creature will die quickly, but the soul will absorb a certain amount of soul energy in the process, and thus gradually grow stronger. When the energy intensity exceeds a certain limit, it will split, the population will continue to expand, and at the same time pollute the surrounding environment.

This is why demons are so difficult to deal with. They are not only aggressive, but they also change the surrounding environment to their advantage. When this technology is used on the internal guards, it is called the domain skill of the territory.

It is worth noting that the areas where souls are born must have experienced a large number of deaths. It is hard to imagine what the home of evil spirits is like; the scene must be extremely terrifying.

Further north in the Northland lies unknown darkness.

However, once the true nature of these things was discovered, the demons became easier to deal with. No matter how bizarre their attack methods were, they all required energy and involved an energy transfer process. As long as this process was blocked, the demons' mental attacks would not cause any harm. At most, their unique appearances would cause some aesthetic discomfort.

As for the method to eliminate evil spirits...

The great Comrade Bo Ren once said: There is no problem in this world that cannot be solved by equivalent measures; if not, then increase the amount.

The Originium Arts department created Originium Arts that can shield against mental attacks and inscribed them on the power armor. They also included a small accessory to ensure that Red Army soldiers would not suffer from mental attacks and endocrine disorders even when facing demons without wearing power armor.

But if you're disgusted by the other person's appearance, there's really nothing you can do. After all, you can't gouge out their eyes, so you just have to be tough.

Although the method was available, the principle of the community was that if they could kill you from 800 miles away, they would never make a move within 100 meters. Therefore, a large number of artillery and air force troops entered the northern fortress, while the front line was filled with landmines and automatic gun emplacements. Want to see people? You'll have to break through two kilometers of the defense line first.

Drones flying overhead provide coordinates for the artillery, while air force personnel occasionally streak across the sky, unleashing a burst of fire upon detecting anything out of place on the ground. In addition, there are armed helicopters to ensure that the evil forces can enjoy a combined air and ground feast.