Reincarnated as a bamboo rat, it begins its extreme survival struggle.

The Forge is an active volcano in the Winterthorn Mountains. The Blackrock Dwarves spent nearly a thousand years transforming this active volcano into a stable forge, using its natural heat and highly active magical elements for forging.

Both races lost their homeland. The Blackrock Dwarves were in a slightly better situation than the Yetis, since the entire race spoke a common language and possessed the craft of forging. Although it was not easy for them to make a living in other cities due to their race, it was still better than the Yetis, a completely illiterate race.

The Yetis were the ones who encountered setbacks after leaving the Winterthorn Mountains. Some conservative cities didn't even recognize the Yeti race, and when they saw Yetis appear near the city, they even...

They dispatched the city guards to pursue and attack. (The Yetis who speak the Common Tongue are usually the wise men of their tribe; after the caravan entered the Winterthorn Mountains, they relied on these wise men to negotiate.)

The Southwest Seventeen Cities Alliance is largely characterized by conservative customs, and people generally do not accept races other than humans. Even in Cangxing City, the demi-human race does not have an easy life, let alone in other, poorer cities.

Only Chishui City is an exception among these cities. Before it was transformed by the Crimson Light God, it was a place where a large number of non-human races lived due to its prosperity.

After being transformed by the Crimson Light God, even the mayor of Crimson Water City became Bell, this white-haired rat. Needless to say, the city's inclusivity is unparalleled.

Yetis and Blackrock Dwarves found their kind who had come to Redwater City to make a living. After learning about the plight of their race, they rallied together resources from all sides and eventually received special attention from the church, which is why the church proposed an aid plan.

First, church doctrine requires believers to sacrifice and dedicate themselves; second, pastors have a missionary need and want to bring these two races, who have no faith, under the church's wing.

However, accepting some ethnic migrants is something that the executive mayor of Chishui City finds hard to accept. After all, the arrival of new residents will affect the welfare level of Chishui City's residents, especially migrants like Yetis who are refugees.

The church not only demands to accept refugees, but is also prepared to expend city resources to provide aid from afar. Can the executive mayor tolerate this?

The executive mayor's proposal is to promote technological innovation within Chishui City. The prosperous Chishui City has extremely close trade ties with the outside world. The executive mayor knows that the cities along the southeast coast are now very different from what they were a dozen years ago. The emergence of the [steam furnace] has brought about an amazing change in productivity.

He planned to introduce this latest technology and offer incredibly generous and attractive treatment to visiting scholars. The mayor was willing to invest heavily as long as the technology could be brought to Chishui City.

The pastors didn't object to the mayor's opinion, since they were recognized by the Red Light Spirits and had extremely high moral standards. They wouldn't act out of personal favoritism or launch a vicious attack on political enemies simply because of differing opinions.

In the ensuing verbal battle, the pastors' aid plan was vetoed by the executive mayor, while the pastors' talent recruitment strategy was unanimously approved by the executive mayor's side.

Watching the two groups argue, Bell tilted his head and thought a lot. As the discussion was about to end, Bell asked Acorn to raise his hand on his behalf, which attracted everyone's attention.

"Mr. Mayor, do you have any other opinions?"

In the minds of these councilors, Bell, the honorary mayor, basically never expressed any opinions and always abstained from voting by default. He would only express his opinions at critical junctures that would affect the development of Chishui City.

Seeing Bell raise his hand, all the councilors tensed up, ready to hear what insightful opinions Bell would have.

Bell wouldn't speak without reason. Before raising his hand, he had already prepared his speech. He had fully digested the information that the Crimson God had left in his mind, and Bell was no longer unfamiliar with Crimson Water City.

"Although the aid plan was rejected, I must acknowledge the humanistic brilliance it contained. This is the foundation of Chishui City. We must become a beacon of civilization, not only illuminating the southwest region, but the entire world. Therefore, the aid plan is necessary, but it needs to be implemented in a different way."

"Talent introduction programs are also necessary. We must keep abreast of advanced productive forces, but it is obviously not enough to just belatedly introduce a new technology after it has emerged. We must enable our own people to develop new technologies."

"Therefore, I propose that from now on, all professional guilds in Redwater City establish Redlight University, which belongs to everyone, to use knowledge to change the fate of everyone, whether it is for races outside the city that need help, or to make our city develop better."

Chapter 245 The Racial Situation of the Crimson Light Elves

Bell's proposal to establish a university received unanimous approval from the city council.

The emergence of universities can enhance urban cohesion, raise the cultural level of the city to a certain extent, and make it easier to cultivate talents useful to the city. The executive mayor strongly agrees with this approach which is beneficial to urban development.

On the other hand, pastors, whose core belief is to help the world, also agree on establishing a place of teaching so that more people can learn knowledge, escape ignorance, and devote themselves to the cause of building the world.

For Bell, the university also served another crucial purpose: to categorize and integrate the various kinds of knowledge collected in Chishui City over the years, allowing him to access them at will.

Knowledge is power, a view Bell firmly believed.

To facilitate his exploration of the ocean of knowledge, Bell himself will serve as the president of Akako University, which will also be Bell's library and experimental ground.

Bell drafted the first batch of courses to be offered after the establishment of Chiguang University and prepared to compile related teaching materials.

In Bell's vision, Red Light University is a place for professionals with a foundation to undergo secondary advancement. The first batch of students to be recruited are professionals with an individual level of 15 or above and who also possess the relevant professional level.

The first batch of subjects is divided into three categories: martial arts, magic theory, and life skills.

Below the three main subjects, there are further specialized sub-disciplines. For example, under the subject of magic theory, there are a series of sub-disciplines such as potion preparation, scroll making, and magic formula research.

After the three main subjects are running stably, Bell plans to open a practical combat enhancement course to specialize in combat techniques. The executive mayor plans to recruit talent and establish a fire-powered technology course. The church, of course, will not be idle either; they plan to open a theology course.

Theology is not just an empty and boring subject of faith; it contains real power, which is the power system of the church.

They emphasize perceiving miracles and understanding the spirits of the dead, drawing strength from the places where miracles occur and requesting support from where the dead sleep. This is the source of the priests' power.

Miracles are not uncommon in this world. Although the god worshipped by the church has not performed any miracles or answered any prayers for thousands of years, there are still many miracles left by this god in this world.

Aside from the gods worshipped by the church, the powerful members of the church can still draw power from the miracles left by other evil gods and such things.

If he has time, Bell also plans to listen to the church preach theology and explore the power and nature of miracles.

"The framework for Chiguang University has been laid, and while Chiguang University is being built, I can comfortably enter a state of slumber."

The textbook was not yet finished, but Bell was already feeling sleepy. He had intended to use the knowledge from the "Primitive Beast Body Forging Method" to compile the basic textbook for martial arts before falling asleep, but the energy feedback from the Crimson Light God incident came faster than expected.

Bell had a premonition that after the Red Light God's modifications to the world stabilized, a large amount of experience and other energy would flow into his body, but he did not expect these feedbacks to come so quickly.

This means that the Red Light God's modifications to the world have stabilized and completely transformed into this state.

It is a natural part of the world.

"Alas... It's a pity that everything about me, the God of Crimson Light, has vanished..."

The cost of altering the world is immense; using the existence of a god to activate the power of "sacrifice" results in a completely irreversible outcome.

The modified world isn't even considered a remnant of the Red Light God's divine miracles.

In the mayor's mansion in Chishui City, which belonged to Bell, Bell chose a comfortable position and sank into a dream.

In addition to the experience and energy feedback brought about by the change in the world, the Red Light God also left a gift in Bell's dream. Bell was eager to unwrap the gift, just like he was looking forward to a Christmas present.

While Bell was asleep, construction work in Chishui City proceeded in an orderly manner.

Given Bell's position in Redwater City, his proposed development strategy will mobilize urban resources and turn it into reality as quickly as possible.

As for the specific tasks, they wouldn't give Bell any headaches at all, because the executive mayor would handle all the trivial matters.

"Get some rest, Eddie."

In the executive mayor's office, the air rippled like water as a crimson spirit emerged from a spatial rift and leaned against the executive mayor, who was writing furiously, its eyes filled with tenderness.

As a Crimson Light Spirit, she can control her weight and float freely in the air, posing no pressure whatsoever to Executive Mayor Eddie.

"You should get some rest. I need to write three more project proposals."

Eddie wasn't a workaholic. Before coexisting with the Red Light Spirit, he was a lazy young man who could spend an entire day spacing out in the warm spring sunshine.

But since becoming the executive mayor, Eddie hasn't had a proper rest in a long time. He has a sense of responsibility far beyond that of ordinary people, a sense of responsibility and mission that is almost obsessive.

Eddie believes that, regardless of good or evil, the world should operate under reasonable rules. Good intentions alone cannot accomplish good things. In necessary situations, choices and sacrifices must be made, and even the world must have a dark side.

This philosophy is precisely the core reason why he can coexist with the Crimson Light Spirit.

The symbiosis of the Crimson Light Spirits is a one-sided phenomenon where good birds choose good trees to perch on. Different Crimson Light Spirits have different understandings of goodness and will coexist with different beings.

Eddie's Crimson Light Elf is a unique being among the Crimson Light Elf clan, with a high degree of recognition. Unlike her generally kind-hearted fellow clansmen, she sees Eddie as a hero who binds darkness to rules, capable of commanding both forces and driving society forward.

Don't overwork yourself.

The Crimson Light Spirit picked up the glass on the table and pointed it at the glass from a distance, causing the azure liquid to gradually rise.

This is the new Crimson Essence, a precious medicine crafted by Crimson Spirits from the complex thoughts gathered in the city. Its effects are even stronger than the Crimson Essence previously made with Crimson Marrow.

However, the production of new Crimson Light Essence is even more unstable, and is subject to the subjective influence of Crimson Light Spirits.

As for Eddie's Crimson Light Spirit, out of consideration for his health, giving Eddie the Crimson Light Essence to use for energizing was a waste, since Eddie had already drunk the Crimson Light Essence many times, and its restorative effect on him was no longer significant.

However, the Crimson Light Spirits are willing to do so. Some Crimson Light Spirits, feeling that they have followed the wrong person, will refuse to produce Crimson Light Essence. After a certain period of time, they will take the initiative to terminate their symbiotic relationship with the host.

Chapter 246 I'll give you a name, let's call you Philie.

The Dreamland remains the same as always: a lonely floating island with a rushing river running through it.

Unlike in the past, a beautifully packaged gift box was placed at the entrance of the Spirit Hut, with a label on it.

'Bear Grylls, this is the last trace I leave behind in this world.'

The font on the label was cute, but unfortunately, it automatically collapsed after Bell read it and couldn't be saved.

This gift box contains the final gift left to Bell by the Crimson God, a legacy left by a deity, which can't be too bad.

But before the gift box was opened, the experience feedback from this event reached Bell's body first.

'You participated in the [Crimson Light Salvation] event, and you significantly disrupted the [River of Fate] of the Diego world!'

Based on your participation in the event, you have gained 100,000 experience points!

Based on your participation in the event, the River of Fate favors you, and your Luck attribute will receive an additional two points!

Based on your participation in the event, you have been awarded the title of [Honorary Mayor of Chishui City]!

The first notification is always experience points, which are the hard currency that promotes Bell's growth and allows him to grow rapidly. These 100,000 experience points are an astronomical figure.

However, these 100,000 experience points paled in comparison to the subsequent rewards.

"The luck attribute? I can't believe I got the luck attribute that isn't something external."

Bell's increased luck attribute makes it easier for him to discover hidden treasures through various coincidences and participate in major events with a wide-ranging impact.

This attribute, which is inherently locked and cannot be improved according to common sense, possesses the power to turn the rotten into the magical. Bell heard about it at a gathering of fellow villagers. If the luck attribute is developed in depth, it is possible to develop unique skills from it.

Compared to the mysterious attribute of luck, Bell has already experienced the benefits of being the mayor of Chishui City.

This mayoral position is locked into the world's rules, meaning that as long as Redwater City does not suffer a devastating blow, Bell's mayoral position will remain, and he will still have far greater control over the city's resources than anyone else.

"Meow, I haven't even had time to inscribe my magic, nor have I had time to use the Primal Beast Body Forging Technique, and now I'm going to become stronger again."