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Chapter 267 A World Like a Caste System

The young man hated seeing such a tragic world and human suffering.

Especially in such a tragic world, where one resigns oneself to depravity and has no particularly good solution for the time being.

He knew he wasn't the type of person who used his brain, so he always saw himself as a more functional offensive player. After seeing this world, if he were forced to stay in the capital, he probably wouldn't be able to do anything but sulk.

Moreover, his abilities are related to space, so he can quickly provide support back and forth.

So after discussing it, the two decided to go their separate ways. Xue Dinglu planned to travel all over the Holy Kingdom, while Xiao Jiang decided to go to the Great Forest of Monsters to find the Beast King there, mainly those near-5th tier monsters with a certain level of intelligence.

Ideally, these would be the beasts whose intelligence is sufficient to begin evolving towards a kingly conformity, that is, those that begin to "transform."

Ironically, the elite among the monsters began to attempt to transform into human form, while many humans began to degenerate, some even regressing to half-orcs.

Before leaving, the young man handed the Heart of the World in his hand to Xue Dinglu.

[Heart of the World (Rank A): The core of a destroyed world, usable as a mini-world. Any enemy that invades and attacks you will be absorbed by this mini-world first. Unless one possesses the power to break through to the world level, they will never be able to leave.]

Xue Dinglu began to try to analyze this treasure.

Manually crafting a Noble Phantasm using a mod is actually more like a process of "copying" the original Noble Phantasm; the degree of copying depends on Xue's own skill level.

Because he had used the Cursed Blood so much, he remembered every detail of the Noble Phantasm and had the "Pseudo-Cursed Blood" as a reference. Therefore, Xue's Law was able to replicate the Cursed Blood with similar performance to the original.

He hasn't reached that level of proficiency with other Noble Phantasms yet.

As for replicating the Heart of This World given a prototype...

After spending several hours sweating profusely, Xue Dinglu looked at the props in his hands.

[Human Heart - False (Rank C): A fake core that can absorb and trap attacks that can only be launched after invading the body for a period of time. The duration of the trapping depends on the strength of the opponent.]

Well, at least the mechanisms are similar, only the numerical values ​​are quite different.

Seeing what Xue's Law had struggled to produce for so long, the young man remarked, "Brother, your hands-on skills are far inferior to your teacher's."

"You know my teacher?" Xue Luding looked at the young man and returned the Heart of the World to him.

"I don't recognize him, but judging from the portal and large panel inside your body, I can guess who he is. Although he's not one of us, he's someone written into our history books," the young general said, squatting on the ground and looking up at the sky.

"Brother, when you can manually modify the legacy he left behind, that's when you'll probably be considered a master."

Xue Law: "..."

The great sage told him that he would be able to modify the device when he reached around level 5.

His current skill level is still far from sufficient.

Let alone creating this system by hand, even if he disassembled the Heart of the World and made a one-to-one replica, he could only replicate something like this.

The young general carefully put away the Heart of the World and placed it in his pocket.

"By the way, do you have an organization that specializes in recycling magical artifacts?" Xue Dinglu continued to ask.

“Yes, bro, yes,” the young general said. “That place is called the Tomb of Heroes, located inside the simulated King’s body. It contains the treasures of our ancestors, so getting this thing approved is quite troublesome.”

"The treasures of our predecessors?" Xue Dinglu suddenly felt a headache coming on.

He suddenly realized that he had blown up the hero's holy sword.

“Yes, our organization had a very difficult time at the beginning. It was hard to train new people and to obtain enough combat power and means of self-defense.” He added, “Later, our predecessors solved the problem of self-defense by using emergency communication devices, and then left behind their treasures for us, the reserves, to borrow power, which allowed us to grow stronger later.”

Xue Law: "..."

The adjective "borrowing strength" is really apt.

Our forefathers condensed their great achievements and dreams into the Noble Phantasm, paving a new path for future generations.

While it does seem a bit like a junior borrowing the power of a senior's Noble Phantasm, your scientists could even consider replicating Noble Phantasms, then fusing multiple replicas to borrow the power of multiple seniors at once.

The most important characteristic of borrowing power is that it is quick to achieve results. Even a kid like Xiao Jiang, who has just reached level 4, can quickly reach the point where no one can catch him, as he claims.

Then I need to find some time to piece together the hero's holy sword.

We've digressed. The two strolled through the magic school, and just as the girl had said, pregnant girls were everywhere in the academy. They didn't even seem to care about their pregnancies, and some even recited magic spells in the sunlight while their bellies were sticking out.

Some of them, even with their bellies bulging, were still flirting with Xue Dinglu and his group.

The young man's face turned even uglier.

They barely saw the boy along the way, which made him even more silent.

"The male-to-female ratio in this world is even more outrageous than in my world," he said.

"In a world where reproduction is paramount, men have a much lower reproductive value than women. Just like you said, most boys are hung on the sacred tree right after birth; they have no future of their own, no life of their own. The remaining children are either those with some magical talent, used for breeding to improve genes, or women who can provide future reproductive value..." Xue Dinglu said.

"It's like the process of breeding livestock. That's why I said that even if they realized something was wrong, they couldn't resist at all, because the only ones who could resist... were already brothers on the sacred tree when they were born."

"You can't expect the world's nobles, the merchants among the common people, the vast majority of girls among the common people who have been instilled with the value of reproduction from childhood, and the few boys who are fighting with all their might to survive. They don't have that ability."

The two continued their stroll.

The young man may have seen too little of the tragic world; he has always been angry, forever angry, and filled with deep sorrow.

“I finally understand what you meant by ‘Brother,’ why the Mind Flayers are so clever.” The young general stopped and pointed to the towering, magnificent buildings of the distant capital, the territory of the world’s nobles and gods. “Is it the best, yet most despicable, way to rule by plunging the lower classes into endless infighting?”

"Yes, during the reign of the angels, although it still looked terrible to us, at least commoners could cross social classes by becoming missionaries and magicians. But now, a large number of commoners have even become degenerate, and can only rely on extremely minor genetic mutations."

“I’m leaving, brother. Be careful here. If you encounter any problems, use the emergency contact device. Don’t worry about wasting it. I’ll get there as fast as I can, and then there will be assistance soon.” The young man stopped and instructed Xue Dinglu, “Finally, don’t use your real name.”

"Alright, alright, I'm the interstellar longevity king, don't underestimate my vitality," Xue Dinglu joked.

The two parted ways, exchanging blows before the young general used a spatial leap to leave. He was going to the Great Forest of Monsters to find the monsters who had lost in the war against humans and to win them over.

Xue Luding looked towards the direction of the magic academy in the distance, and then headed towards the dormitory.

He decided to spend the rest of the day in this academy, then travel throughout the entire capital city on the second day, then throughout the human kingdoms north of the capital city on the third day, then to the west on the fourth day, then to the south on the fifth day, then to the east on the sixth day, and finally, on the seventh day, he would stop to rest and complete the setup of the entire Century of Innovation.

The ritual method was very crude and could not compare to the methods that Zeus had devised over thousands of years.

Strangely, in Zeus's arrangement, Typhon, as the lord of monsters, assumes the position of "shadow" in the light, corresponding to "Satan" in the underworld in Genesis.

In Xue's innovative century, the young general goes to the Monster Forest to gather all the monsters and use their power.

Perhaps it's just a coincidence, Xue's Law thought.

Even without Xiao Jiang, the person going to the Monster Forest might be an angel in disguise. However, Xue Luding felt worried about the angel's mental state, so he left Xiao Jiang to him.

It just so happens that he doesn't want to stay in this religious country.

Let's leave that to Xue Dinglu.

Back in his dorm, the dorm supervisor saw him and said, "By the way, you've successfully advanced to a formal mage, and you've been moved to a better dorm here."

Xue Dinglu and the two guys who replaced the young man were wealthy men who were half-nobles. Their ancestors had divine blood, so they had corresponding families. In the structure of this theocracy, they were responsible for coordinating the transportation of materials between various cities.

After the gods obtained the supplies, these peripheral units were responsible for transporting the supplies to other cities.

To the true world's nobles and gods, they were nothing more than servants in a family, but to the common people, they were already considered nobles.

It even resembles the caste system of a certain major Eastern country.

The gods are Brahmins, the divided families are Kshatriyas, the common people are Shudras, and the degenerates and half-beasts are Dalits (slaves and untouchables).

Magicians automatically become Kshatriyas, which is why those girls risked their lives, even selling their reproductive rights for the next ten or even several decades, just to stay at the magic academy.

It's true, there's nothing new under the king.

Just as Xue Daolu opened the door to his new dormitory, he heard the sound of a shower coming from inside, along with a faint fragrance. Xue Daolu was taken aback.

His lips twitched; he had already guessed what kind of scheme this was. He immediately set up a barrier and stood outside the door, ignoring everything around him. During this time, he wrote down what he had seen and heard in "The Innovative Century."

　Updates will proceed as scheduled during the 5-day holiday, though there might be a slight delay. It's so nice to be able to enjoy late nights without having to deal with daily life.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)