MC's career as foreign lord

“That makes a bit of sense!” Zhou Ren nodded, continuing to walk towards the border.

“It's not just that. People on the continent enjoy favorable living conditions, making it harder for them to gain favor with the world's will. Even if they do, the price they have to pay is often unimaginable!” Shandru said.

The lich's apprentice seemed to loosen his collar slightly, revealing his somewhat robust physique. “However, we usually don't put it that way. The reason they compete for the Mandate of Heaven is actually for another opportunity!”

Zhou Ren was curious. It seemed that this battle for the Mandate of Heaven might not be just for a legendary opportunity as previously stated. After all, many people have the chance to reach legendary status, and many races even have the opportunity to strengthen themselves to legendary combat power without reaching legendary status.

“We only recently found this information in the elven library!” Mossa said, “This is actually a path to becoming a god, but very few people know about it. Now, I'm afraid all the races on the continent know about this, so they've all come here to fight for a rare Mandate of Heaven that appears once every few millennia!”

“A path to becoming a god? Sounds interesting, continue!” Zhou Ren said, casually taking out an apple and eating it. Recently, the resources in his hands had gradually become abundant, and he was wondering if he could be a little more extravagant. For example, stop eating meat and eat vegetarian food every day, as eating meat every day is not good for the body.

Of course, when he says vegetarian, he doesn't mean ordinary plants. He might not be able to afford enchanted golden apples, but he could try golden apples and golden carrots, right?

Moreover, he could also drink some potions to quench his thirst and wear some industrial products to slightly match his status.

These things all require a lot of resources to accumulate, which can further advance the industrialization of the territory by another stage.

As they were talking, they had already arrived at the edge of the territory, the plaza where they confronted the orcs. Now, there were no longer any orc corpses or remnants of war, and even the craters from the bombings had been filled in long ago.

What remained here were territory arenas that had already been built and a Mandate of Heaven that was completely exposed in the sky, displaying its power.

Seeing strangers arrive, they turned their heads and, upon realizing it was the territory administrators, gave up their observations.

If the territory administrators really wanted to compete for this Mandate of Heaven, they would have had enough time already. It wouldn't be their turn.

Since the other party could show this bit of goodwill, they wouldn't refuse to give Zhou Ren face. Anyway, giving face wouldn't lead to any bad results.

Of course, there were no orcs among these people, as the territory had clearly rejected orcs. The legends also hoped to receive such a response, so they could get rid of an opponent.

Watching the battle for the Mandate of Heaven and the two legends fighting fiercely in the arena, Zhou Ren casually said, “Tell me, what is this so-called becoming a god all about?”

He was very curious about this, because no matter how you look at it, legends are still far from gods. Even the one known as the closest to a god actually relied on the power of the magic net and magical energy.

Karsus's Apotheosis relied on replacing the spirit of a god, not truly transforming oneself into a god. The difference between the two, of course, cannot be calculated in millimeters.

So, understanding the legends about becoming a god at this time is not a joke. So many races have sent legends to compete, and even though almost none of the large races have come, the small races are almost relentlessly coming one after another.

He didn't see any traces of elves, dwarves, humans, orcs, or other large races here, but he did see some strange legends, some legends that were rumored to have gone extinct, and some legends from ordinary small countries.

They were fighting fiercely in the arena, and the losers didn't dawdle at all, leaving without hesitation, as if they really accepted the outcome of the gamble.

“I'm just a legend, but many people are willing to believe it's true, that's all!” Mossa said, “If a quasi-legend obtains another Mandate of Heaven before obtaining their own, and comprehends their own Mandate of Heaven while harvesting the other, they will have a brief dual-Mandate of Heaven achievement!”

“A dual-Mandate of Heaven should not exist in this world. Only gods and demons can have a true dual-Mandate of Heaven, because the Mandate of Heaven they obtain has no upper limit, and they don't have to bear the cost of failing to complete the Mandate of Heaven!”

“Because of this, someone cleverly did an experiment. They killed a legend and obtained their Mandate of Heaven, thereby allowing the legend who obtained the Mandate of Heaven to comprehend their own Mandate of Heaven in another instant. Under the clash of the two Mandates of Heaven, that person's identity was pushed into a realm that did not belong to demons, but also did not belong to legends!”

That legend eventually killed all the legends around him and became an Abomination. Although that was the case, he did possess god-like power and had even gained some evolution on top of that power.

This Abomination didn't lose his sanity, he would just disappear for a while and then return for a while. He harvested a territory of his own in the bottom layers of the Endless Hell and buried it there, but no one could deny his combat power that rivaled that of a god.

No one knows who dug out this legend. The main thing is that all the gods didn't deny it, so even if they can't become gods, having such power is enough for many people to rival gods.

They don't really want to become gods, they just don't want to be controlled by gods. As long as they have an Abomination-level powerhouse, they can temporarily break away from the rule of life and obtain a territory of their own, which is of course very important for those small races without faith.

“In that case, I hope they truly achieve such an Abomination!” Zhou Ren said, “Even if, according to you, they will go on a killing spree because they lose their sanity the moment they become an Abomination!”

Now, a certain Abomination is visiting the lower realm, so he wouldn't be afraid of him turning the world upside down when he invites him over. Zhou Ren smiled as he watched this scene, not entering it, but quickly turning and leaving.

“Keep an eye on this place, pay attention to giving me feedback. If something really happens, I need to get the news as soon as possible!” Zhou Ren said.

Although the situation here doesn't seem to be that crucial, it's certainly not that simple, at least he himself knows that.

Once someone obtains a special destiny from another place and successfully acquires a second destiny here, that person, whether good or bad, will exhibit a power unique to themselves in this place.

This power from the gods will be pursued and sought after by all races in the world, for they are too eager to escape the control of the gods. Even if they appear无比compliant on the surface, who isn't secretly developing their own strength behind the scenes?

Zhou Ren shook his head. Even a country like Netheril was forcibly sealed by the gods for various reasons. He didn't think that these people's ideas could come true so easily.

Perhaps the final result will be that gods remain gods, humans remain humans, and the poor wretches who want to take risks will naturally belong to the abyss.

If the humans here are lucky, they might be able to wait for a figure similar to the Yellow Emperor in Chinese legends, who can not only communicate with the gods on an equal footing, but also forcibly sever the connection between heaven and earth to prevent the influence between gods and humans.

However, the emergence of this matter is not as troublesome as imagined. The main problem to be solved is actually the influence of the gods on this world. Once this matter is resolved, everything else is a foregone conclusion.

He even made a judgment and found that the probability of this happening was extremely high, so he no longer paid special attention to it. It would be good to come and take a look when something really happened here.

Since Zhou Ren had two or three days of vacation, he planned to go back and continue working on forestry-related things, such as the tree harvesting system that had been giving him a headache.

The tree farm was still there, and different trees were still being cut down by people who took the time to come over, but their trees were still in a state of deficit for a long time. Of course, there were some misjudgments in this, but more of it was due to the expansion of the tree farm.

Because the demand for trees was getting higher and higher, and the landscape trees in the territory were not allowed to be cut down, they could only wait here for the trees to grow, and it was easy to delay the schedule for a while.

The solution to this matter is actually very simple. After all, all the resources are under his control, and if the number is not enough, the easiest thing to do is to replant them.

If one tree planting place is not enough, then two, three, or even ten or eight. Anyway, the entire community doesn't necessarily need light. It's not impossible to put more lanterns, torches, or even various fluorite or redstone lamps.

However, as the saying goes, even with the Tinker's Construct lumber axe, they still have to allocate two to three people every day to spend a period of time specifically cutting down trees.

No matter from what aspect, this is a boring, uninteresting, and time-wasting job.

It's the same as planting wheat or various foods, but planting food doesn't make the residents feel any different, because they have to plant anyway, and now they can even get more resources, so of course there's nothing wrong with it.

So, it seems that this matter is not impossible to operate. The first thing Zhou Ren thought of was something else.

Since cutting down trees is very boring, then of course the process of cutting down trees should be greatly simplified. With the lumber axe, they don't need to cut down trees one by one. They only need to cut the roots of the trees to collect all the resources of a tree, which is very simple.

He only needs to choose some dark oak or jungle wood, put four saplings together in a square shape, and then let them grow into a big tree, which can perfectly solve most of the problems.

After all, these trees are huge, have a lot of resources, and are very convenient to cut down. Just plant a lot of these trees, and most of the resource crisis can be solved. It shouldn't be particularly difficult.

However, this is still not intelligent enough. After all, they still have to allocate manpower to cut down trees, and even say that they still have to allocate enough manpower to replant trees.

This is still a very labor-intensive and time-consuming thing. Zhou Ren is always thinking about whether such a waste of resources is worth it?

Now he doesn't have to think about this kind of problem, because he is already preparing to make an automatic tree farm from Forestry.

That's right, Forestry actually allows tree planting to be truly automated. The automatic tree farm is something that can cut down trees and can very easily replant most of the trees.

In a sense, this is even something that does not require any operation, only needs to come over to obtain the products, and even does not need to obtain the products. As long as the pipelines are made well, then you can harvest wood at home.

As the saying goes, their pipeline system is actually quite perfect, so they only need to simply make the tree farm.

Zhou Ren smiled. It seems that lazy people are indeed the primary driving force of the world. Only laziness makes people think about handing over all things to machines, so that all technologies can be truly released.

He opened the synthesis guide and glanced at it. In fact, there is not much difference between the automatic tree farm and the manual tree farm. The manual tree farm does not require electricity, but it requires a special resource called humus soil, while the automatic tree farm requires enough energy to generate electricity.

Zhou Ren's plan is actually very good. The last time he used the biogas engine, the effect was much better than he imagined, so this time he also plans to directly use the biogas engine to obtain enough energy to power the automatic tree farm.

With the existence of the cow bottles, he will not lack milk at all, and as for the lava, the huge lava tank in the Nether is enough to support their use for many centuries.

This is the capital to support energy. The next exchange will probably have to wait until the real industrial system is completely perfected and can be successfully made by him.

Zhou Ren carefully took out some materials from the box. He couldn't help but be careful, because these are non-renewable resources. If they are used up, he may have to think about how to obtain them.

This resource is the famous apatite in Forestry. This is a substance similar to bone meal, but it is unique to Forestry itself and is used to ripen various plants and harvest them, a catalyst similar to bone meal.

It may not seem very useful at ordinary times, but it is actually famous enough.