NOVEL WEB Chapter 77.1
With this, the three Innate experts were finally gathered together!
But upon closer inspection, it became apparent that all three of them had issues.
Bai Zhu was an assassin who had provoked the great Xue Kingdom, and it was certain that there would be a confrontation with them in the future.
Wine Sword Immortal was even more formidable, having provoked two noble families and had a bounty of 3 million taels on his head. Moreover, over the past decade or so, he had killed quite a number of people, making enemies all over the world.
Yaoyao was even more impressive, as anyone who could provide so many food supplies must come from an extraordinary major power.
Observing her usual behavior and style, her backing did not seem like one of the benevolent kind.
Moreover, she herself said that getting involved with her would bring trouble, and that definitely means big trouble.
His own country had just started to develop and had already attracted so many enemies.
Lin Beifan had a feeling that he had planted a mine that was sure to explode later!
“Forget it, let’s upgrade the Empire Sandbox first. Everything else can make way!”Just then, good news came from the north. An Lushan had pushed the national border out by 200 li and was recruiting soldiers smoothly.
“Ding! Due to the growth of national power, the player’s strength has been synchronously enhanced, rewarding you with the Indestructible Golden Body!”
“Indestructible Golden Body originates from the Golden Bell Shield, later refined by a peerless powerhouse into the Indestructible Golden Body! Once activated, a protective shield forms around the body, providing extremely strong defense and virtually unbreakable by anyone!”
Lin Beifan unleashed his power and discovered that a golden protective shield had indeed formed around his entire body.
The strength of the shield was formidable. Lin Beifan tested it and found it to be incredibly resilient as if it were crafted from divine weapon materials.
Lin Beifan was very pleased: “This martial skill is excellent! Now I have both offense and defense. I’m invincible!”
Then, one piece of good news followed another.
“Ding! The player’s country, the Xia Kingdom, has achieved a national power breakthrough of over 1000, a Territorial Area exceeding 600,000 square kilometers, Domestic Resources surpassing 120 million taels, a Population of over 6 million, Military Strength over 600,000, and the presence of 6 Innate masters, meeting all the conditions for an upgrade, hereby advancing to a great kingdom starting now!”
“At the same time, the Empire Sandbox meets the upgrade conditions and is upgraded to an intermediate form!”
Lin Beifan immediately launched Empire Sandbox.
At this moment, Empire Sandbox had undergone tremendous changes.
Empire Sandbox (Intermediate Level)
Territorial Area: 640,000 square miles (Arable land 40.58 million square miles)
Domestic Resources: 152 million taels (3 iron mines, 3 coal mines, 2 copper mines…)
Population: 6.12 million (Wealthy people 2%, Common people 34%, Poor people 64%)
Military Strength: 600,000 (6 Innates, 290 martial artists…)
Comprehensive national power: 1040 (great kingdom level)
(Note 1: The player’s country has now reached the level of a great kingdom, so Empire Sandbox has been upgraded to the Intermediate Level form. Players can now mobilize not only underground resources but also surface resources and materials, but only non-living things.)
(Note 2: After the upgrade of Empire Sandbox, a new game feature named Hand of God has been added! It allows players to change the domestic landscape, making it more suitable for national development.)
The first thing that caught Lin Beifan’s attention was the first note.
“Can mobilize resources and materials on the surface?”
Lin Beifan fell into deep thought, his gaze fixed on the Empire Sandbox, his vision narrowed, focusing on a rock in the wilderness.
With a single thought, the stone vanished, then reappeared in front of him.
With another thought, the stone disappeared again, returning to its original position.
His gaze shifted to the granary in the capital city. With a thought, several bags of grain vanished, appearing before him.
Yet another thought, and they were back in their place as if they had never moved.
“This ability is quite something!”
Lin Beifan was delighted. “It could be crucial for mobilizing supplies when needed, saving so much logistical effort!”
After all, it’s often logistics that one battles over in war.
In logistics support, food and supplies are key.
Whoever has more abundant food and supplies can hold out longer and is more likely to win battles.
With this capability, one can mobilize national resources and have ample supplies for any battle strategy.
Moreover, in the event that another country invades, they can…
Hehehe! Hehehe! Hehehe…
I can’t keep thinking about it, the more I think, the happier I get!
At this moment, Lin Beifan’s imagination ran wild: “Since I can manipulate inanimate objects, can I possibly…”
At that moment, he condensed a streak of Sword Qi in his hand and then slashed out.
“Clang”
But moments later, the Sword Qi disappeared.
Two hundred miles away, on a mountain peak, a streak of Sword Qi suddenly appeared.
The Sword Qi slashed down, leveling the mountain peak.
Lin Beifan was overjoyed: “This really works!”
This ability is too overpowered!
It meant that his combat power had been fully unleashed!
As long as he wished, he could strike wherever he wanted, kill whoever he wanted; the entire country was within his striking range!
More accurate than missiles, more terrifying than missiles!
Aside from Grandmaster-level powerhouses, no one could escape his strikes and pursuit!
“Haha… With this ability, our nation is safe!”
After a good while of excitement, Lin Beifan finally calmed down and turned his attention to the newly emerged feature—Hand of God!
This function was easy to understand; it essentially treated the nation’s terrain and landscape as if it were a sandbox, allowing one to mold it into the desired shape to better suit the country’s development.
“Let’s give it a try!” Lin Beifan rubbed his hands together, unable to wait any longer.
Then, he reached out towards the sandbox and pressed his hand down onto a green mountain.
At that moment, near this green mountain, there was a group of people farming.
One of the tanned old men, in his thirties, had just finished plowing the field when he looked up and was startled.
“Where’s the mountain? How come I can’t see the mountain anymore?”
Then he lowered his head and rubbed his somewhat dirty arms across his eyes before opening them again for another look.
“Still not there… Could it be haunted?”
The thought sent a chill through his entire body.
Abandoning the buffalo he was using to till the land, he started to run back in a panic, shouting as he went, “Old He! Old He…”
Underneath a large tree, there was another old man lying back with his legs crossed and resting under the shade, his eyes half-closed beneath a straw hat.
The dark-skinned old man ran over and gave a hard shove: “Old He! Wake up! Come on, wake up!”
The man was rudely awakened and said irritably, “What’s with the yelling in broad daylight? Can’t a person get some rest?”
The old man exclaimed in shock, “I might really have seen a ghost!”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk… Children should not speak of bizarre forces and chaos of spirits! Even if it were a ghost, they come out at night, what’s there to fuss about during the day? Don’t disturb me, let me sleep a little longer!”
“Don’t close your eyes just yet, look over there! Wasn’t there a mountain in that spot? It’s disappeared!”
“Nonsense, how can a mountain just vanish?”
“Why would I lie to you? If you don’t believe me, just look over there. If I’m lying, then I’m your grandson!”
Both of their gazes shifted in unison.
Then, they saw a green mountain standing tall.
“It hasn’t disappeared? That mountain has always been there, right?”
The old man was shocked and stuttered, “That mountain… how has that mountain reappeared?”
“It never disappeared in the first place, so what’s this about reappearing? Are you going blind in your old age, or are you just trying to pull my leg?” said the person who was woken up, clearly annoyed.
“No, no, no… It’s not like that! I’m not joking!” The old man was anxious, struggling to explain, and as he looked towards the mountain, he exclaimed again, “Take a closer look. Doesn’t the mountain seem a bit shorter?”
“It’s indeed a bit shorter, but what’s the big deal? I don’t care, I’m going to sleep!”
“Don’t sleep yet, there’s definitely something wrong with this mountain!”
“I think the problem is with you! If you keep bothering me, I’m going to lose my temper!”
Lin Beifan witnessed this scene and burst into laughter.
Just moments ago, he had used the Hand of God to flatten the mountain, and then he pinched it back into shape.
It’s just that his skills were a bit rusty, and he couldn’t restore it completely.
So, it led to this absurd and ridiculous scene.
“This is truly the Hand of God, reshaping the world like I’m a deity!”
Lin Beifan found this ability too interesting, casually altering the terrain and molding the world to his liking.
However, such things shouldn’t be done too recklessly, or it could drive others to collapse!
The most direct benefit this power brought him was—
“From now on, I won’t need people to dig rivers, I can do it myself!”
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