Chapter 1429: Chapter 1429

1429: Chapter 1425: Great Powers 1429: Chapter 1425: Great Powers Lu had left, but the things he had left behind were destined to change the lives of many people.

The forest made up of lamp trees, lamp flowers, and lamp grass continued to grow rapidly even after he had left, recognized by the World’s Will, they had, in a sense, become the weeds of the new era.

With greatly shortened growth cycles and significantly reduced planting costs…

Perhaps they could not grow as wildly as weeds everywhere in the world, but as long as farmers, florists, and fruit farmers patiently nurtured them, even ordinary people could obtain a large number of seedlings and thus make a living.

In fact, a large flower market had already appeared in this area, selling extraordinary Magic Plants that absorbed the world’s nutrients at the price of cabbages.

And only a very few people knew that the future series of lamp-related Magic Plants would become nearly worthless…

Due to Guan Xinxian’s negotiation with the World, they were destined to become both ubiquitous and commonly seen, also becoming the most valuable and easily mass-produced specialties of the world.

“Young people are indeed fearsome…”

Seeing the scene before him, Mr.

Shi Xiaoyou sighed that, perhaps apart from the Top Gardener who carries an environment with him, there could be another category of Gardeners who “permanently or long-term alter the environment.”

His lament wasn’t merely about these lamp trees and the ensuing ecological chain.

“Indeed, the rumors are true.

In the midst of ordinary warriors, professionals make up at least forty percent, and there hasn’t been a large scale of non-combat deaths.

He truly can convert ordinary people into professionals with no risk.”

Some pieces of information had spread very widely, with most people considering them rumors.

Even some Big Shots were secretly observing, suspecting that somebody had acted inhumanly again…

deceiving ordinary people into professional selection with a 100% survival rate by saying “they have gone home” after half had died—such events were far too numerous in history.

In order to obtain combat power, there were always plenty of bastards who behaved inhumanly, deceiving civilians into undergoing life-and-death trials to become professionals wasn’t even news…

The problem lay in the fact that such lies were bound to be exposed, and the people of the Eastern Country now needed a good reputation.

“A year of lifespan, huh?

What is that, really?”

Shi Xiaoyou thought, anyone standing before the Wishing Well didn’t care about the year of lifespan lost as the cost of their wish.

Indeed, at least 95% of the losers would, without hesitation, make a second wish given the chance, whether it cost five years or ten years of lifespan—they could fully accept it.

After all, in such a world, no ordinary person could predict whether they would still be alive in the next decade.

So, what’s there to hesitate over ten years, five years of lifespan…

Fortunately, with the Wishing Well’s ability, the cost of a second wish basically ensured a mortal could become a professional, otherwise many are destined to make a third wish, preferring to use up most of their lifespan rather than be unable to control their own destiny.

Lu Ping’an’s view was not mistaken; when the battlefield involved the world, involving planes, winning or losing wasn’t something to be resolved by someone simply fighting on the frontline for a longer period.

“In the end, it will still become a competition of comprehensive national strength.”

In this respect, wars in the Extraordinary World were no different.

Do not underestimate these professional noobs now, for even the Quasi-God had once progressed step by step from among these weaklings…

The base population is always the first advantage, with the second being the environment provided for their growth.

In fact, Lu Ping’an himself had brought the “environment for becoming skilled”; he had also selectively opened some functionalities, granting them the possibility of trading life for power.

What was more surprising to him was that after harvesting “life,” the courtyard had clearly become much stronger.

Was it because it had absorbed the different life forces of mortals?

Or was practicing the “Life Trading” rule turning the courtyard into a more stable Rule Crystal?

Lu Ping’an felt it was both.

“I might become the most merciful lord, but also the most cruel dictator…”

Granting the weaker the power to survive, yet taking away their time to live…

This act itself was hard to define as either merciful or malicious.

“In different worlds, the same act can represent completely different dimensions of right and wrong…”

Big Cat’s words, however, were somewhat reflective.

“…..On Earth, trading life for power is essentially the hallmark of cults, but in this world, it might be the utmost kindness.

Oh, in times of chaos, cults might not necessarily be cults.”

Lu Ping’an shook his head; he had actually known the answer for a long time…

Mortals might be weak but they are not foolish.

Seeing those people trading their lives for opportunities without hesitation, Lu Ping’an knew the “trade” he offered was goodness in this world.

He indeed hesitated, even when he was about to take actions that would twist the fate of the entire world, he would think a little more.

“…..This will also be a bargaining chip.”

After overcoming his own challenge, Lu Ping’an very rationally placed it on the trading list of the Salvation Army.

Since Lu and his team had invested so much in this world, he naturally could not trust his and this world’s fate to others.

This time heading to the nation-building ceremony of the Salvation Army, there were not just one or two things to strive or even snatch.

Even through mere chit-chat on the Contact Board, Lu Ping’an could see the brewing storm.

At minimum, just a few things that the Lin Nu’s Church big shots wanted, Lu Ping’an felt the new government wouldn’t easily concede.

“Automatic national treatment and tax exemption policies, oh, since when have we become a major power…”

Seemingly ordinary words carried an abundance of privilege.

The Newborn kingdom is a multi-ethnic state, with the Long Hand Clan and Fishmen destined to be the main ethnic groups, and the Saphire people rushing from Outside the Domain highly likely to become a united minority.

Probably not even one percent.

But in reality, those in this kingdom who would certainly possess authority, power, and wealth in the short term had to be the Easterners.

“Easterners, how could they renounce their citizenship to join this New Kingdom…” Even now, the Eastern Country did not acknowledge dual citizenship.

But some things are quite practical; for the New Kingdom, if you’re not even a citizen of the homeland, why should others trust you?

Being forever an outsider wasn’t feasible; many big shots were already lords of various territories, and the New Kingdom couldn’t possibly bypass them.

The preliminary suggestion from the Salvation Army was to hope they would become so-called honorary nationals, or outright renounce Eastern Country citizenship and fully become citizens of the New Kingdom…

In this world and era, there’s no clever maneuver like dual citizenship.

But hold on, the people from Earth have arrived.

The first demand of the big shots on the Contact Board was to inscribe in the “constitution” of the New Kingdom that inhabitants of this world could become citizens of the New Kingdom through registration and oath-taking, and that Easterners, upon entering this world, automatically gain citizenship of the New Kingdom (without the need to renounce their original citizenship).

This is the dual citizenship exclusive to Easterners from Earth, seemingly equal but clearly a privilege for specific individuals.

Seemingly nominal, yet it signifies that when everyone is from one nation, other ethnicities cannot verbally or in writing distinguish using terms like Easterners and this world’s people…

If political correctness is merely a slogan, then the Eastern Country big shots and lords can use power to turn slogans into reality.

As long as there is any public discourse targeting Easterners, the big shots can cite the constitution and national identity, even though everyone knows it’s merely nominal, but with just cause, engraved into the keystones of nation-building.

If this is acceptable, the second demand is even more outrageous…

“Eastern Country Lords have absolute control over their territories and enjoy tax exemption for a hundred years…

these guys are really too much.”

Lu Ping’an felt somewhat helpless; these privileges were quite excessive, but he himself was also a beneficiary and realistically couldn’t stop this “collective big shot behavior.”

But to just throw these into the preparation work for nation-building was definitely inviting trouble…

“Hope everything goes smoothly…

uh, it’s impossible that nothing will happen, so, let’s hope fewer people die.”