Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 407 Colonization
Ji Fuyou used 3300 satellites controlled by the communication center to transmit the cultivation method and instructions to all chips with signal receiving capabilities.

but……

According to his observation, when the order was passed down, it did not receive much response; instead, there was mostly suspicion.

"Ok?"

Ji Fuyou was somewhat surprised.

Shouldn't these people seize this opportunity to change their destiny?

He glanced thoughtfully at a staff member not far from him.

He also had a biochip implanted in his body.

With a thought, the Void God Realm began to capture and analyze the mental signals of this staff member.

He quickly realized something and turned his gaze to an old man beside Zhu Guang: "You use all kinds of equipment to conduct comprehensive, all-encompassing surveillance of all your subjects? And you classify everyone into different levels?"

"Uh……"

The old man glanced at the silent Cardinal, considered his words, and explained, "This is also to maintain social stability and prevent harmful social elements from causing destruction and affecting the peaceful lives of the lambs..."

"Now, tell me, how should we categorize and regulate these systems?"

Ji Fuyou Road.

"This... mainly utilizes a 'Sky Patrol' system, which categorizes those lost sheep into five levels based on their actions. Unemployed individuals are added one level, those who possess knives and weapons are added another level, and beyond that, the third level is basically where punishment is imposed. For example, those who practice body tempering or meditation without permission, those who have recently experienced unfair treatment, those who engage in violent acts, etc..."

The old man quickly added, "The system will automatically create files for all the lambs. Once the danger level rises to level three, law enforcement drones will be deployed to identify and handle them..."

Ji Fuyou nodded after listening: "Therefore, in the worlds under the jurisdiction of the Mechanical God Cult, cultivation techniques and meditation are prohibited."

After saying that, he seemed to sense something: "Only by entering the subordinate institutions of the cult can one obtain the qualification to cultivate the techniques. Moreover, these subordinate institutions have only been open to the public in recent years due to the fog of mystery. In the past, they only recruited the descendants of clergy."

In this civilization, which was ruled by the Mechanicus cult for 800 years, social classes had become completely rigid.

The children of clergy will inevitably become clergy in the future.

Children of farmers will inevitably become farmers in the future.

There are virtually no exceptions.

"This... is mainly for the benefit of ordinary people."

Bishop Casting Light explained, "After all, martial arts training and spiritual cultivation consume too much time, energy, and money. People have limited energy. Rather than letting them spend their life savings on martial arts training and spiritual cultivation, it's better for them to work honestly and live their lives peacefully. For them, nothing else matters; life is the most important thing."

"Life is important, that's true, but can they really live their lives peacefully and securely?"

Ji Fuyou glanced at him: "Moreover, with current technology, do ordinary people really need to devote all their time and energy to working just to make ends meet?"

"Uh... this is also to motivate them and allow society to progress... otherwise, if everyone can earn a high salary, no one will work hard, and social development will stagnate... we are also looking at the problem from a long-term perspective, considering the overall situation, the religion, and even the future of the entire race."

Bishop Casting Light said, forcing himself to speak.

"For the sake of the religion, for the sake of our people..."

Ji Fuyou, too lazy to waste any more words with this cardinal, said directly, "Lift this legal ban..."

He realized something before he could finish speaking.

The Cult of Mechanism has ruled this world for 800 years, and all its ideas have taken root in people's hearts. It is obviously wishful thinking for them to inspire everyone's initiative by lifting the ban.

Instead of doing that, it would be better to use the "clergy" system to entice everyone to practice the techniques diligently.

Just like how big businesses used to lure everyone into practicing meditation.

He doesn't necessarily want to overthrow the Mechanicus and bring a new world and a new life to all people.

In a way, he also came to colonize this world, treating everyone in the world as temporary workers of the virtual god realm.

A year or two later, the mist will encroach upon this world on a massive scale. If these people can withstand the mist beasts, they can continue this odd job for a few more years. If they can't...

The destruction of the world will also be inevitable.

"In order to obtain enough cannon fodder to go deep into the fog, you issued a decree a few years ago to expand the recruitment of clergy. So, expand the scope of the decree even further."

Ji Fuyou said, "Under the guise of continuing to expand recruitment, we will issue recruitment notices to everyone in the world. The only criterion for recruitment is that one has achieved success in body and spirit cultivation and can sense the existence of the 'Divine Kingdom'."

He did not emphasize that everyone should meditate and cultivate their spirit.

But for ordinary people, after a long day of work, their bodies are already quite tired, and then they can't handle practicing martial arts.

On the contrary, it's the refinement of the spirit...

It tests an individual's spirit and will, which is actually more beneficial to people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

It's likely that most people from lower classes, provided they have normal intelligence, would focus their time and energy on spiritual cultivation.

Moreover, there is the prerequisite of sensing the "divine kingdom".

For a martial artist to improve their essence and qi to the point of nourishing their spirit, they would need to reach at least the level of a secondary-advanced martial artist. But as for those with spiritual abilities...

You just need to cultivate your mental strength.

"Now, I want you all to enter the divine kingdom and upload all your life's knowledge to it, so that those who enter the divine kingdom in the future can study and comprehend it, so that they can grow up faster and fight against the strange beasts and demons emerging from the mist."

Ji Fuyou turned his gaze back to the Bishop of the Lightforged Machine and others.

This behavior...

This left the bishop somewhat puzzled.

After a long while, the bishop finally said, "Your Excellency... what do you want?"

After saying that, he continued, "If you need this world, we can make you the new Pope and put you in charge of the Cult of Machine God."

“I have my own world, and I can’t afford to waste much time on you.” Ji Fuyou said calmly, “Your world… will be destroyed in a year or two at most. Even if you give it to me to control, at least we’ll have to wait until we survive the calamity.”

These words, combined with Ji Fuyou's actions, evoked mixed feelings of sorrow and joy among the clergy.

The good news is that Ji Fuyou doesn't seem to have any intention of ruling them.

Tragically, the reason he didn't rule them was because he felt their world was on the verge of destruction and therefore worthless.

“Go, in your capacity as Cardinal Bishop, deliver a speech and, through the most authoritative channel, inform the world of the standards for obtaining ‘clergy,’ while endorsing that those practices are the first round of bestowals by the Church.”

Ji Fuyou said directly, "If you are willing to work hard, you will be the new Pope of the Cult of the Machine God."

The words "new pope" gave the bishop a jolt of energy.

Although he knew that the other party wanted to support him as a puppet so that they could control him from behind the scenes, but...

On the one hand, if he doesn't agree, it's questionable whether he can even save his life.

on the other hand……

That's the Pope!

Even a puppet pope would be far superior to his current status.

"Yes, I'm giving a speech."

As Zhu Guang spoke, he immediately added, "It's a good opportunity to give the world an explanation for the collapse of the Tower of Supreme Harmony, and also to use this as a pretext to announce the expansion of the recruitment of clergy."

"Ah."

Ji Fuyou responded, and warned at the same time: "Tell everyone in the Mechanical God Cult that after working 8 hours a day, they must also practice martial arts and cultivate! And you only have a maximum of two years left!"

"8 hours of work..."

Zhu Guang felt a deep, secret pain in his heart.

This effectively cuts the working hours of ordinary people in half.

However, he was also aware of the external threats.

The strange beasts and monsters lurking in the mist are probably far more terrifying than they anticipated.

He immediately said, "I would rephrase it as, that the recruitment channel for clergy will only be open for one year, in order to encourage everyone to diligently practice!"

"can."

Ji Fuyou responded.

The one-year timeframe was obviously added to create a sense of urgency among the public.

As long as this world isn't completely destroyed by the fog, the more temporary workers like this, the better.

"Let's begin now. I'll be monitoring your speech."

Ji Fuyou said, "During the preparation for the speech, all clergy members were informed to sense the frequency of the Kingdom of God and enter the Kingdom of God to report."

Although Bishop Lightforged was filled with anxiety, the situation was beyond his control.

If Ji Fuyou, who was so close at hand, dared to resist, he would likely face certain death.

Therefore, although he was worried about the so-called divine kingdom, he still had no choice but to enter the divine kingdom according to the frequency left by Ji Fuyou.

However, once he arrived in the divine kingdom, he discovered that it seemed to be no different from the outside world.

His mental world was not left with any mark or subjected to control.

"Now, let's use objects to convey the spirit and condense all that you have learned."

Ji Fuyou's mental fluctuations were once again perceived by everyone.

The staff and the Templar Knights looked at Forged Light.

The cardinal waved his hand, becoming the first to condense the knowledge he possessed.

Seeing this, others followed suit.

Instantly, orbs of light condensed from the group.

Upon witnessing this astonishing sight, one of the technicians exclaimed as if realizing something, "This is... a mind network?"

"You can think of it that way."

Ji Fuyou glanced at him: "Based on the amount of information you contribute, I will grant you points and permissions. Points can be exchanged for knowledge and information uploaded by others, while permissions are related to the sophistication of the knowledge and information you can exchange."

He glanced at Cardinal Casting Light: "Besides, you're too weak. It won't be easy for you to secure the position of Pope. Complete the transformation to the Saint realm as soon as possible!"

After he finished speaking, a surge of spiritual master's experience and information about breaking through to sainthood was poured into the bishop.

Upon receiving this information, the cardinal's eyes widened in shock: "This...this is..."

"It's the breakthrough experience you sense."

Ji Fuyou said, "The more knowledge and information you contribute, the higher your authority will be. At that time, not only will you be able to exchange for breakthrough experience from master to saint, but you will also have access to cultivation insights for the Divine Sense Realm and multiple Divine Sense Realms!"

This bishop is very clever, but he has one advantage—he's afraid of dying!

Fear of death plus intelligence!
Combining the two...

They were clearly the most suitable traitors and puppets.

Therefore, before the world is destroyed, he naturally wouldn't mind letting him sit in the papacy.

(End of this chapter)