Gods: Civilization Cultivation, Infinite War

Chapter 155: Alliance of All Spirits
"Now that everyone is here, let's get down to business."

Without continuing the small talk, Chen Li went straight to the point: "You all seem to have a common doubt.

That’s why I live in such a small, unknown city.”

Seeing Hua Luoyi and the others nodded, Chen Li continued, "Before I answer your question, let me ask you something first.

How much do you know about the relationship between the Kingdom of the True God and the cities of our Blue Planet?"

Faced with Chen Li's question, Hua Luoyi and Zheng Jie shook their heads in confusion.

Only An Qijing quickly gave the correct answer: "The Kingdom of the True God needs residents living in real cities to maintain its stability."

"Yes."

Chen Li nodded: "The kingdom of the true God is located in the subspace, and the subspace is not stable.

Even if a safe area is opened up in the subspace to place the kingdom of God.

In the real area corresponding to this safe zone, a certain number of Blue Star citizens are also required to live there in order to maintain the long-term stability of the kingdom of God in the subspace.

This is also the main reason why all cities have restrictions on the travel of Blue Star citizens living there.

You have lived in the Divine Court since childhood, so you should be deeply touched by the existence of these restrictions.

The reason why the Divine Court is so strict in this regard is because there are too many true gods there.

Nearly one-third of the true gods in the entire pantheon are concentrated in the Divine Court.

Except for those upper-level true gods and above, the areas corresponding to the kingdoms of ordinary lower-level true gods and even middle-level true gods are just some marginal areas of the divine court.

If there were no restrictions on the travel of the residents of the Divine Court, any activity in the entire Divine Court would result in some signs of population movement.

This could cause unrest in the kingdoms of many lower-level or mid-level True Gods, causing them enormous losses."

"So that's it..."

After listening to Chen Li's words, An Qijing finally understood the reasons for the existence of these rules and regulations of the Divine Court.

Although she knew a little more than Hua Luoyi and Zheng Jie, she didn't have much understanding of the specific statements.

Before this, she had always thought that such a situation occurred because of the strict hierarchy within the Divine Court.

It now seems that it is precisely because of the need to restrict the travel of the residents of the Divine Court that a strict hierarchical environment has emerged.

She has always reversed the causal relationship between the two.

Hua Luoyi and Zheng Jie, who were standing by, also looked like they had gained some new insights after hearing these words.

They both live in ordinary cities, where there are restrictions on residents' travel.

But as long as you make a simple report, you will basically be allowed to do so, and there will not be any strict restrictions.

"The Divine Court has such strict control over residents' travel. How did you find time to come here so quickly, Jingjing?"

At this moment, Hua Luoyi suddenly asked with some curiosity.

They had just made an appointment to meet yesterday.

Hua Luoyi and Zheng Jie are ordinary city residents and can go out at any time.

An Qijing lived in the Divine Court, where residents' travel was strictly controlled. How could she have left the city the next day?

“Under normal circumstances, this is definitely not possible.

Not to mention going to other cities, even traveling within the Divine Court or going to other areas requires reporting in advance and obtaining permission before obtaining the right to teleport.

But for some reason, I just submitted my application to go out yesterday.

The Divine Court’s review department approved it almost immediately, and they even arranged for staff to come to my home to verify the relevant information with me.

After knowing that I was invited by Chen Li, the expressions on their faces suddenly became enthusiastic.

Honestly, I've never seen that kind of expression on the faces of those staff members since I was a child."

Speaking of this, An Qijing's expression was also a little confused.

As a department specifically responsible for reviewing the travel of residents of the Divine Court, the staff there are all citizens of Blue Star.

After all, in a sense, their duties are very important in maintaining the stability of the kingdoms of many true gods.

Moreover, ordinary Blue Star citizens are not qualified to work there, and each of the staff members has a strong background.

Most descendants of true gods do not receive their favorable treatment.

If Chen Li was there in person, the staff would be so enthusiastic, and An Qijing could understand it.

But just a title can make those staff members who always think highly of themselves become enthusiastic.

An Qijing was a little confused. Is the value of the offspring of a true God really that high?

“The staff at the Divine Court do have some background and may know something about me.

They know that the city corresponding to the spatial coordinates you submitted is my city.

The current Li City is still under construction and is unknown. The citizens of Blue Star who know this string of space coordinates are basically those who have some relationship with me.

Naturally, they dared not neglect it in the slightest."

After hearing Chen Li's explanation, the expressions of Hua Luoyi and others also became somewhat interesting.

Just because they have a little connection with you, the staff of the Divine Court dare not be negligent in the slightest. Do you think this is human language?
Without paying attention to Chen Li's Versailles remarks, several people grasped the key points.

"You said Licheng is your city?"

Hua Luoyi and the others were a little confused about this.

If the role of real cities is to stabilize the kingdom of the true God in the subspace.

Then Chen Li would have to at least wait until he became a true god before he could consider building his own city.

After all, there is no sign of the Kingdom of God yet, so what is the point of building a real city in advance?

"Yes, you already have some understanding of the relationship between the Kingdom of the True God and the real city.

The subspace area corresponding to the city is a safe area.

When I become a true God, the Kingdom of God will be directly placed in the safe area of ​​the subspace.

Therefore, the development of Licheng is also a top priority for the future development of our alliance.

This is not just to stabilize my kingdom of God. When more true gods are born in the alliance in the future, the kingdom of God can also be placed in the subspace safety zone corresponding to the city."

Hearing this, the expressions of Hua Luoyi and the others became a little solemn.

Not only do you have to build an alliance from scratch, but you also have to build a real city?
“The key to developing a city is to attract Blue Star citizens.

If we don't consider your identity, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to attract too many Blue Star citizens to live here."

An Qijing spoke calmly and quickly pointed out the biggest difficulties Licheng faced in its development.

Chen Li shook his head: "My identity does have some special features, but these things are not suitable for excessive publicity.

I don't intend to use this method to attract other Blue Star citizens to live in Licheng." Hua Luoyi also spoke at this time: "I heard that most cities, when they are first established, will issue a series of preferential policies to attract other Blue Star citizens to join.

Can we also use this method to build the city?"

"I think it's quite difficult. The examples you mentioned are basically some long-established True Gods who joined together to build a city.

Among them, there is at least the existence of a middle-level true god.

They already have enough strength to provide other Blue Star citizens with a sense of security.

Coupled with some preferential policies, it will be possible to attract a large number of Blue Star citizens to live there."

Zheng Jie quickly poured cold water on Hua Luoyi, thinking that her idea was a bit unrealistic.

"Zheng Jie is right, we simply cannot compare with those true gods in this regard.

The wealth they have accumulated over a long period of time is an extremely exaggerated figure that we cannot compare with.”

Although Chen Li has no shortage of resources, they are all provided to him free of charge by the divine system.

As for his personal wealth, he is not very wealthy.

Compared to most demigods, it is naturally far superior to them, but compared to true gods, it is completely insignificant.

"So I plan to ask the God System for a loan first to solve the construction problem in the short time before leaving the city."

Hearing this, Hua Luoyi and the others were not surprised.

After all, even if Chen Li could become a true god, he would definitely be penniless in a short period of time.

Without the wealth accumulated by other true gods over a long period of time, if you still want to build a city, you can only rely on borrowing.

"Loan? How much are you planning to borrow?"

"Well, let's borrow one million first."

"It's just a small loan? What good can it do?"

Hua Luoyi and the others were a little confused. One million faith crystals was not a huge sum of money for an ordinary demigod.

If used in urban construction, not even a splash of water can be made.

Chen Li glanced at them and knew they would misunderstand him: "I said one hundred trillion."

"Fuck!"

Zheng Jie couldn't hold it in any longer and unconsciously switched to the character of the Place of Origin.

"Brother, don't scare me. I can't even pay back the interest on a hundred trillion faith crystals!"

“Why do I have to pay interest?”

Chen Li didn't take the other party's intense reaction to heart.

One hundred trillion faith crystals is indeed a huge sum of money, and ordinary lower-level true gods cannot afford this amount of money.

But from Chen Li's perspective, this is not an unimaginable astronomical figure.

Not to mention the entire pantheon, any faction is fighting in the endless void.

The military expenditure generated in that process must be far greater than this figure.

"Can you borrow money from the God System without paying interest? And brother, you haven't even become a true god yet, how can you borrow so much? Is the God System really run by your family?"

As Zheng Jie finished speaking, An Qijing continued, "I heard that in the Endless Void, the price of a small plane is generally around 100 billion.

One hundred trillion faith crystals can buy a thousand small planes."

Chen Li shook his head: "This money definitely cannot be used to directly purchase planes, otherwise no matter how much money you have, it will not be enough.

I plan to use part of it for the construction of infrastructure outside the city, and the rest for bidding and as military expenses for foreign wars."

The so-called bidding is that different factions within the pantheon compete for the qualification to fight external wars.

Normally, after the divine system has anchored the location of a crystal wall system, it will first divide it into many different areas.

Each area has a different base price. If multiple factions are interested in an area at the same time, they will have to bid to obtain the final qualification to attack it.

If the crusade fails, or if it voluntarily gives up for other reasons, other factions will take over.

The cruelty of the Endless Void is multifaceted.

Not only are the indigenous forces more powerful, but even foreign wars are not as free as in the place of origin. One has to pay first to obtain the qualification to fight foreign wars.

And the price is not cheap at all.

Generally speaking, the final bidding price will be around one-tenth of the total value of the corresponding area.

Taking into account the military expenditure consumed in this process, even if a foreign war is successful, the profit will only be about 300%.

If we fail, we will be unable to breathe for at least thousands of years.

If important people are killed or injured in this process, there is even a possibility of being unable to recover.

The reason why Chen Li only borrowed one hundred trillion was because there was no need to borrow more.

With the strength of a lower-level true god, when he goes on an external expedition in the endless void, he can only choose some marginal areas to bid.

Ten trillion is almost enough, considering the military expenditure and the probability of failure.

A loan of one hundred trillion was enough for him to launch at least two foreign wars.

If it really isn't enough, then just continue to borrow. Anyway, for him, it's just borrowing some money from his own family.

It's already very good that he is willing to pay it back. As for when he will pay it back, it definitely depends on his mood. No one will say anything to him if he really doesn't pay it back.

"Fighting in the Endless Void requires a large number of manpower, and we must consider this early."

“Well, in reality, our leaving the city would hardly be attractive to those citizens.

Including those citizens who have already lived outside the city, their strength is quite good, but they basically come here for retirement, and they certainly cannot be relied upon when fighting external wars.

So I plan to start from the place of origin. As long as I can recruit enough people there, I will be guaranteed a place to fight external wars."

In a sense, the Blue Star gods who had just left their place of origin should be in the prime of their life.

When you are in the place of origin, no matter how disappointing you are, your strength can still be steadily improved.

However, after leaving the place of origin, it is not so easy to continue to improve one's strength.

Most of the Blue Star gods could not even take all of their believers with them when they left their place of origin.

Whether on Blue Star or in the Endless Void, there is not enough living space to accommodate their believers.

In this case, their strength may even decline instead of improve.

"Come to think of it, you haven't given the alliance an official name yet."

"Let's call it 'All Souls Alliance'."

(End of this chapter)