Genshin Impact: A Red Teyvat Life Starting from Zero

"I sincerely suggest that you two, even if you're going to wander around, it would be best to bring our security personnel with you. Otherwise, if there's an accidental injury, it will be difficult to handle."

"Definitely next time."

Wen Chen gave a perfunctory reply.

The security guard came up to them, looking quite embarrassed.

After all, they themselves felt guilty and didn't want to pursue the matter further.

It was already evening when they came out of the police station, so they obediently followed Sparrow back to their lodgings.

After listening to their account, Beidou frowned deeply, his face showing the expression of someone on the subway, an old man, and a mobile phone.

"So, you were detained in the police station for an entire afternoon?"

"That's it."

"Nothing at all?"

"Not really."

The two men's expressions turned serious.

They took a stack of newspapers out of the backpacks behind them.

"We bought this on our way back tonight. We took a quick look at it. Big sister, you should take a look too."

They had already arranged the newspapers in chronological order.

Beidou took the newspaper and began to read it.

"From these newspapers, I finally understand why the security guard was so nervous about us."

"Haiji Island is now in a state of division, and many of the Coral Palace's administrative agencies have effectively ceased functioning."

Chapter 73 The Changes on Umijima Island (Part 1) – The Atmosphere Suddenly Turns Showa Era

"what?"

Beidou had barely glanced at the newspaper when he looked up at the two people with an incredulous expression.

"Haigee Island has also split up?"

"Yes."

Wen Chen and An Xin nodded.

"..."

Beidou is a bit speechless.

No, aren't you still fighting the shogunate?

Why is the shogunate still eyeing you covetously, while you yourselves have already split apart?

Moreover, in Inazuma, the shogunate was divided into two factions that were fighting each other.

Why is it that your subordinates on Haiji Island, the magistrate's side, have also split up?

One begets two, two begets three, what are you doing here?

Are you Inatsumi people going to divide things into such infinite subcategories?

"Is this news true? Or is it some kind of misleading fake news?"

"It shouldn't be. These are all published in the official newspapers of Haiqi Island, and we've both seen them. They don't seem fake. Big Sister, take a look. Perfect timing, we'll tell you all about it together."

As Beidou flipped through the newspaper and Wenchen and Anxin explained, the changes that had taken place on Haizhi Island during this period gradually became clear.

The origin of the split was a series of actions by Jiang Ming.

Inevitably, this process affected the interests of some people, causing dissatisfaction among others.

These people are the extremists who believe in the serpent god, also known as the "extreme serpent god faction".

Initially, it was simply a matter of distributing food and the factory providing employment for some people.

All of these are fine.

They may disapprove or be unhappy about it, but it doesn't have a real impact on them.

At most, we'd exchange a few sarcastic remarks when we met.

Gradually, they realized something was wrong.

They gradually discovered that their influence could not penetrate the factory at all, and they could not even get involved in the administration of the industrial zone.

Those factory directors and bureaucrats in charge of the industrial zone were all outstanding talents carefully selected by Xin Hai. Most of them had a pragmatic tendency; being able to work and improve people's lives was more important than anything else.

There are also worker organizations such as "mutual aid groups," which are responsible for the workers' living conditions on the one hand, and serve as a supervisory body for production management on the other.

These factories obeyed Coral Palace almost exclusively and showed no interest in what they said.

The lowest-level workers, who were refugees fleeing from the shogunate, were not interested in snake gods.

The workers were more willing to obey Jiang Ming's orders, followed by Xin Hai.

They tried to get involved in the industrial zone, but were met with a rebuff.

People in the factory and industrial zone, from top to bottom, didn't even give them a second glance.

The industrial zone became a power vacuum for them.

At this moment, they were somewhat flustered, but overall the situation was still under control.

They suspected this was a way to weaken them, but these industrial zones were Jiang Ming's creation, so it was understandable that he wanted to keep them out of the way.

Moreover, these factories themselves obey the orders of Yu Xinhai, the [Current Human God Witch], so in a sense, they are also part of the Serpent God's forces, which makes perfect sense.

They comforted themselves in this way.

Next, Xin Hai, Jiang Ming, and Wu Lang unanimously proposed to form a new army, equipped with brand-new weapons and with a brand-new organizational structure.

They would certainly give their full support to forming a new army.

Their core support lies in the military, and this move is aimed at strengthening their power.

However, during the process of assembling the team, they discovered something was wrong.

This new army has soldiers from all walks of life.

Some were drawn from their former armies, others were selected from refugees, and still others were former officers of the Tokugawa army.

But their faction is the only one missing.

A new army of ten thousand men was formed, but only a handful of them actually entered the ranks!

Moreover, they were all mid-level officers; there were no officers of their rank or position at the top or lower levels.

In other words, this new army drew away a number of their elite troops, but they had almost no command authority.

They felt a vague unease.

Why does this look so much like the setup of a factory?

But ultimately, the military is their foundation; they have the confidence and are not flustered.

There are still some people who went there, so let them start developing from scratch.

Then Xin Hai, Jiang Ming, and Wu Lang decided to establish a "thought committee member" system.

This new army also began to adopt a dual-track system, just like in the factory.

Unsurprisingly, they were also excluded from the selection of these "ideological committee members" to be sent to the army.

With this ideological committee member in place, it will be difficult for them to develop their factions within this new army.

Their already limited strength was completely rendered useless in this new army.

Moreover, this ideological committee member has more power than the leader of the "mutual aid group" in the factory!

A political position is one thing if one is in charge of personal matters, but to be allowed to interfere with military decisions is another!

This is clearly a dual-command system.

The newly transferred officers didn't care much; they were all carefully selected by Xin Hai, and almost all of them had been promoted.

With the opportunity for promotion and the chance to get rid of those scoundrels, who cares about these things?

But they were furious.

This is Jiang Ming, this despicable outsider, who has already begun to encroach on their military power?!

How dare he? !

Next, should we also place other members of the Sea Guard into these "ideological committee members"?

How dare you!

After the resolution was announced, they immediately began protesting to Xin Hai.

However, Xin Hai remained unmoved and insisted on implementing the resolution, citing the need for development.

I simply assured them that new people would use new methods, and old people would use old methods.

This resolution will only be implemented in the newly formed army, not in the existing Haiji Army.

This answer clearly did not satisfy them.

You don't have to implement it within the existing Sea God Army, but you can weaken our power indirectly, or even abolish the existing Sea God Army!

Seeing that Xin Hai remained unmoved, they began to persuade him not to trust Jiang Ming, this despicable outsider.

We are your most loyal subordinates, [The Living Goddess]!

What they received was a stern rebuke from the depths of their hearts.

Xin Hai warned them that the greatest enemy at present is still the Shogunate army, and they should not say anything that would be detrimental to unity!

These people didn't gain anything from Xin Hai; they just got scolded and sent back.

With their foundational military power weakened, tension and discontent within the "Extreme Serpent God Faction" were nearing their breaking point.

Under these conditions, a certain argument began to spread rapidly among the "extreme serpent god faction":