You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

Chapter 165 Not only did the enemy not flee, but they even dared to retaliate? (5k)

In September of the 126th year of the Extraordinary Era, the aristocratic families began to create momentum in public opinion, claiming that the cultivation techniques required too many resources, especially energy crystals, which were non-renewable resources.

This precious resource should be used on those who are capable of using it.

Based on this central viewpoint, a massive influx of articles flooded the internet, practically dominating everyone's viewpoint.

Furthermore, some so-called science popularization experts and prestigious university teachers, corrupted by money, say things that cause anxiety.

[Nationwide War is Underway!]

We should pool our resources to develop high-quality professionals.

After all, modern warfare is a war between the strong!

In short, the weak, commoners, and those at the bottom of society are simply not worthy of cultivating martial arts techniques.

Even if the cultivation method were placed before them, the obscure content and technical terminology, without explanation from a researcher specializing in cultivation techniques, would greatly increase the likelihood of them making mistakes during practice.

Therefore, for the sake of their lives and their future, ordinary people are better off not practicing cultivation techniques.

When the winds of public opinion reached the Red Heart Army, some fools were indeed swayed by the public opinion and submitted requests to their superiors to prohibit the army from practicing martial arts.

Ordinary people around the world are generally very easily influenced by public opinion.

Public opinion is something that can be interpreted in many ways: black can be turned into white, and white can be turned into black.

[In various events, simply reversing the timeline of the event, even if the content remains unchanged, will dramatically alter the truth it reveals.]

This behavior was quickly criticized publicly by Deng Qi, the leader of the Red Heart Society.

When faced with a public opinion crisis, please think about it for a moment.

If the disadvantages of your cultivation technique outweigh the advantages, do you think the Red Heart Society would take such a great risk to pass it on to you?

Why is there such a huge public debate about this cultivation method lately?

Why have calls suddenly arisen to ban the dissemination of these practices?

Why weren't there such voices in previous years?

Just listen to what those so-called experts and scholars say, and then ignore it.

Don't judge these people who take money and shout whatever they want; look at what they do.

If you were to actually throw the cultivation technique in front of them, do you think they would throw it away or choose to practice it themselves?

The result is obvious with a little thought!

In the same month, the Red Heart Society produced the "Complete Guide to Cultivation Techniques," which contained almost all the information related to the cultivation process.

Of course, the second generation of Red Heart also has related storage.

If you encounter any problems in your cultivation, you can directly consult the second generation of the Red Heart Sect, or even have them scan your body.

[And the Red Heart Society's counterattack in terms of public opinion came swiftly!]

After all, waging a war of public opinion has always been one of the Red Heart Society's strengths.

We must seize the high ground of public opinion no matter what!

Reports of powerful families monopolizing cultivation techniques, forbidding their dissemination, and even hunting down lower-level practitioners of these techniques were quickly exposed.

[Afterwards, the Red Heart Army and the Guardian Corps were mobilized on a large scale.]

The Federal aristocratic families are still living in a fantasy that they are the local tyrants and can continue to act arrogantly and domineeringly.

When the executioner's blade fell, they realized that the Red Heart Society and the Federation were fundamentally different.

They can use public opinion and manipulate the so-called desires of the lower classes to force the federal government to make concessions.

[But once the Red Heart Society has made up its mind about something, it will push it through no matter what.]

Anyone who stands in their way will be destroyed!

Faced with the Pure Heart Society, which holds the truth, the Federal aristocratic families are ultimately like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

When the scions of the elite families in the Number One Battle Group heard about this, they were enraged and wanted to go to their families' aid, only to find Yang Rong, a Nine-Turn Hero of the Crimson Heart Society, standing at the entrance of the Number One Battle Group, holding a long sword.

Upon seeing this group of scions of prominent families appear, Yang Rong grinned.

[Then, a major purge began within the Red Heart Society.]

In order to develop the Red Heart Society in the shortest possible time and to overthrow the Federation as quickly as possible, and then integrate all the Federation's forces for vigorous development, this process will inevitably result in a large influx of corrupt individuals.

[The scions of powerful families who previously swaggered and acted recklessly within the Federation can now simply change their status by shifting their allegiance and altering their appearance.]

[You, Lin Xue, Deng Qi, and the old principal are all very aware of these drawbacks.]

Such a thing would never have happened in the Red Heart Society, which you personally cultivated from the very beginning.

However, in order to develop the Red Heart Society to its peak state of the previous timeline as quickly as possible, you have no other choice but to act in this way.

After several months of dismantling everything, a thorough purge from the inside out began.

All scions of wicked families, all those families that have stirred up trouble and brought disaster to the nation on this land, will vanish in this reckoning.

Although the Federal aristocratic families seem quite obedient to you now.

But you know, all of this is based on the strength of the Red Heart Society's military might.

[Your hatred for the aristocratic families is no less than that of ordinary members of the Red Heart Society!]

【kill! 】

[Kill them all!]

Not a single one will be left behind!

The Red Heart Society receives the gifts from previous timelines to develop and strengthen itself, in order to resist the invasion of the Abyss in the future, and even to invade the Abyss in return, not to enrich itself by dragging along these vampire families.

[In October of the 126th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, all the wealth of the former Federal aristocratic families was invested in the development of the Red Heart Society to achieve a positive cycle of economic growth within the society.]

Meanwhile, the fixed assets and other large properties left behind by the aristocratic families were mortgaged to the White Eagle Empire and the United States government.

In this way, you amassed a vast fortune from both countries.

Throughout this process, the White Eagle Emperor's cooperation was impeccable.

Afterwards, the royal family received all their money, while the aristocratic families received theirs in a 30/70 split.

From the White Eagle Emperor's perspective, this was a perfect match for cooperation.

[But you've done this kind of thing many times before, so you're very skilled at it. Even the White Eagle Emperor thinks you two are incredibly destined for each other.]

To this, you simply responded with a smile.

[In December of the 126th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the purge that swept through the entire Red Heart Society finally came to an end.]

The skill with which the scions of noble families concealed themselves during this event was truly impressive.

Clearly, the powerful families had prepared multiple contingency plans for what they were going through today.

[But they overlooked one thing: their names are already in your, Lin Xue's, and Deng Qi's minds.]

Therefore, no matter how they hide, how they disappear, or even suppress their inner instincts and pretend to be from the lower class, they all want to join the Red Heart Society in order to obtain a new identity.

However, their every move was already within the watchful eyes of the second-generation loyalists.

Based on relevant intelligence, the Red Heart Society's supervisory team went directly to arrest them.

Even if they are angry, resist, or cry out that they are innocent during this process, it will be useless.

[Perhaps to the scions of noble families, they hadn't revealed anything, and after disguising themselves, they began to act according to the family's plan for the continuation of their lineage. How could they have suddenly been exposed?]

[Is he cheating?]

Regardless of their speculations, they ultimately cannot escape judgment.

[In the same month, the Super Military Gear officially began installation.]

Lin Xue went to the southern border defense line, and Deng Qi went to the eastern border defense line to begin the counter-invasion plan against the Winter Empire and the Sunset Empire.

【empire!】

None of them are reliable!

Therefore, you have decided to destroy all imperial forces before the abyss's projected will descends!

This vast land should be filled with flags of unwavering loyalty.

[Given sufficient conditions for survival and adequate welfare arrangements, the population of the Red Heart Society could increase several times over in just over twenty years.]

In January of the 127th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Crimson Heart Society defeated the border troops of the Peacock Empire on the border of the Highland Province.

Under the leadership of the former principal, the Red Heart Army advanced with unstoppable momentum.

The various armies of the Peacock Empire crumbled like clay chickens and earthen dogs before the Red Heart Army.

When faced with a true superpower war, the military weaknesses of so-called world powers are exposed.

[One soldier from the Mauryan Empire could defeat six Red Heart Soldiers. Their slogans were deafening, and as a result, on the main battlefield, there were many instances of two or three Red Heart Soldiers chasing an entire enemy battalion, or even a regiment.]

[A valiant and skilled soldier from the Chixin Army spoke on camera, saying that the enemy had only three thousand men, while they had a full six!]

Instead of running away, they dared to fight back against us!

How can this be possible?

[Thus, the Crimson Heart Army fought their way through countless obstacles, ultimately reaching the vicinity of the Peacock Empire's capital.] [During this process, a ninth-rank professional from the Peacock Empire attempted to attack the Crimson Heart Army, but was cleaved in two by a single sword strike from the Sword Elder, who was far away on the Eastern Frontier battlefield.]

From then on, the Peacock Empire's ninth-tier professionals remained silent.

In February of the 127th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Crimson Heart Society coordinated the development of the Peacock Empire's occupied territories into three new provinces.

For the Mauryan Empire, where the bloodline system was deeply ingrained, the Red Heart Society was nothing short of an invader.

However, there was no resistance from the lower classes of the Peacock Empire.

Because they discovered that their lives had improved since the arrival of the Red Heart Society.

In previous years, under the oppression of the aristocratic bloodline, they could only engage in the most menial occupations and were not even entitled to education.

[While traveling, if certain noble bloodlines are in a bad mood, one can simply kill them at will.]

Afterwards, all that's needed is to pay compensation to the authorities.

[But when the Red Heart Society arrived, and the noble bloodlines continued their old ways of bullying men and women, the Red Heart Army directly put them on trial in the street.]

In most cases, they simply beheaded these noble bloodlines.

[When the heads of noble bloodlines rolled across the ground, when the lower classes of the Peacock Empire understood that Chi Xin was standing up for them, and even when they looked at them with a hint of sympathy and helplessness in their eyes, my heart burned with intense emotion.]

For the first time, they experienced what it meant to be respected.

For the first time, they were able to dine in an upscale fast-food restaurant just like these nobles.

[The first time, the Red Heart Army placed them in clean and hygienic civilian houses, and even provided them with basic living supplies and all sorts of good things that they had only heard of before.]

These things are only available to those of noble blood.

These were things they hadn't even been allowed to look at from afar before.

Now, to obtain these things, they only need to expend a negligible amount of labor.

For a moment, even the lower classes of the Peacock Empire in the Red Heart Society-occupied areas doubted whether they were dreaming.

[What kind of invader treats you so well after they come knocking on your door?]

Are they really invaders?

Isn't this a gift from the gods high above, sent to help them live a good life?

Most importantly, the noble bloodlines of the Mauryan Empire have always proclaimed themselves as children of the gods.

[They, the lowest of the low, are born with sin, and it is because of this sin that they are reborn into this lowest of the low.]

Therefore, they were born to serve these nobles!

Even killing them would be an honor for them!

At least, the lower classes, by paying with their lives, have had their sins from past lives atoned for.

In a sense, it's because they owed these noble bloodlines in their past lives that they are tormented and even murdered by them in this life.

This idea was widespread in the Mauryan Empire and even received unanimous acceptance from the lower classes.

However, when the Red Heart Army arrived, the Red Heart Society's ideals followed suit.

[The Red Heart will tell them that you were not born sinful!]

Those so-called nobles by blood are no more noble than you.

Pick up your butcher's knife and kill them, but they will still die!

After they die, their bodies will also decompose, stink, and rot.

If anyone bullies you, fight back!

[Who says you were born sinful? Then use your knives to cut down their slanderous faces.]

[Why didn't the so-called god come to save the so-called son of a deity who was beheaded?]

In an instant, the common people of the Peacock Empire were shattered by the scene before them and the words of the Red Heart Army soldiers.

Even those at the bottom of society are, in essence, human beings.

[Any normal person, at most, is either naive or trapped in their own information cocoon, easily swayed by various things, leading them into a state of blind obedience and foolishness.]

Under these circumstances, the mentality of the lower classes in the Mauryan Empire was gradually changing.

When the noble bloodlines united, intending to instigate internal strife in the rear while the Red Heart Army was besieging the Peacock Empire's capital at the front, hoping to incite a rebellion among the lower classes, the lower classes of the Peacock Empire quickly reported this plan.

As expected, these noble bloodlines were suppressed, and some were even sent to the executioner's block.

Before their deaths, these noble bloodlines looked around with eyes full of disappointment and disdain. In their eyes, these people from the lower classes were nothing but blatant traitors and betrayers of their country!

If it weren't for these traitors, how could they have died before even achieving their goal?

The thoughts of the lower classes in the Peacock Empire were simple: they wanted to continue living this kind of life and didn't want to go back to the days when they lived next to garbage dumps and had to scavenge for food from them every day.

[Even high-ranking figures in the Red Heart Army said that if the opportunity arises in the future, they will help them awaken their professions and become extraordinary individuals, a status only attainable by those of noble bloodlines!]

Instead of enjoying a good life and a happy existence, some people risk their lives to overthrow those who created their happiness, thus plunging their own lives back into misery.

They've never been to school!

[I'm not stupid!]

As for the so-called propriety, righteousness, integrity, and sense of shame?

When even eating becomes a problem, when survival is difficult, when being sick means only waiting to die, then so-called propriety, righteousness, and a sense of shame become unimportant.

The need for survival is the primary requirement for human beings!

Then, something strange happened.

In the areas occupied by the Red Heart Society, the Peacock People radiated happiness, their eyes shone with positive emotions, their faces wore smiles, and their hearts were filled with faith.

[Within the original territory of the Mauryan Empire, the lower classes were stagnant and filled with negativity.]

The United States media quickly reported on this strange incident.

The world opinion, which was initially condemning the Red Heart Society, fell silent upon seeing this report.

Is the Red Heart Society's invasion truly an invasion?

[It looks more like they went to give out freebies/gifts.]

[At the bottom of the Peacock Empire, the soldiers of the Red Heart Army are actually called the Divine Army, meaning that every soldier in this army is an incarnation of a god walking among mortals.]

In this country steeped in faith, a large number of people have even sculpted memorial tablets of Red Heart Army soldiers for worship.

After all, the light in their lives came from the Red Heart Army!

Therefore, they wanted Chixin to continue winning more than anyone else!

[In March of the 127th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, you discovered that some other voices had appeared within the human will that was emanating from within you.]

As these voices became increasingly pure, the Red Heart Society's operations within the Peacock Empire became increasingly successful.

Even when the super-military matrix was used to attack the Peacock Capital, the people seemed to offer little resistance.

[In the same month, ordered by the Peacock Emperor, the Peacock military personally aimed and fired a forbidden weapon into the territory occupied by the Peacock Empire.]

They want to destroy the occupied territories!

After all, the bloodline nobles in this region had already been wiped out by the Red Heart Army.

Since nobles no longer exist, there's no need for the commoners in this region to exist either.

Otherwise, allowing these lowly people to continue living like this might truly shake the very foundations of the Mauryan Empire's rule.

But how could the Red Heart Society stand by and watch the area they began to build be attacked by forbidden military forces?

Soon, a neutralization and purification bomb departed from the Red Heart Society's Plateau Province and struck the Forbidden Military Weapon directly, completely purifying the forbidden power it unleashed.

The fact that the Mauryan Empire used forbidden military weapons to attack its own citizens also began to gain traction around the world.

Soon, the ordinary people in the occupied territories also learned of this devastating event.

Their emperor wants to kill them!

[The divine army, which appears to be invading their homeland but actually brings them happiness, is doing everything in its power to protect them.]

The world is developing in a way that is becoming increasingly incomprehensible.

In April of the 127th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the protection afforded to the Peacock Empire by human will completely collapsed.

Under the old headmaster's command, the Red Heart Army and the Guardian Corps launched their most ferocious siege against the Peacock Empire.

Of course, we still need to use the most intense firepower to completely break down the capital's defenses.

If the defenses inside are too formidable, special military bombardment could be used to completely destroy the Mauryan Empire.

After all, the lives of the Red Heart Army soldiers are far more valuable than those of the Peacock Capital!

Seeing that the capital's defenses were in grave danger, the Peacock Emperor hastily led his subordinates and loyal followers to evacuate the Peacock Empire.

[In the same month, the Mauryan Emperor selected a new location and solemnly announced to the world that this would henceforth be the new capital of the Mauryan Empire.]

The world was in an uproar.

(End of this chapter)