After seeing Jiang Jing pick up his iced drink and take a sip, Rita smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Household Department has sent you the statistical data you requested yesterday."

"Oh, tell me about it," Jiang Jing said casually, eating the snacks Rita had carefully prepared.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Rita bowed slightly, then reported with a slightly solemn expression.

"After all the cities in the world were unified under the new empire, they are now being developed along two main lines, namely food production and mecha armaments, as Your Majesty requested."

"Now, more than 300 cities have established war mech and elixir production factories, which can produce an average of 300 main battle Titan mechs, 500 light mechs, and 500 long-range artillery mechs every day."

"Correspondingly, various types of shells and energy are also being produced, but the resource consumption is too high. Such a rapid production capacity can only be maintained for one month, after which the speed will be reduced by half."

"The current grain reserves, after being uniformly distributed, can only support the region for six months. However, the newly reclaimed production bases in Mesopotamia and the East are expected to harvest the first batch in more than two months, which will be sufficient to meet the demand."

"Aside from military matters, Your Majesty, the population survey you requested has been completed, and the total population of the Empire is now 4.32 million."

"Sixty percent of them are adults aged 18 to 50, only 10 percent are over 50, and 10 percent of the remaining 30 percent are minors, all of whom are orphans."

When Rita spoke of the more than 140 million orphans, her voice trembled slightly, because the number was terrifying.

More than a decade ago, before the second major collapse, when the world had a population of several billion, there were only forty to fifty million orphans. Now, with the population reduced by more than ten times, there are still so many.

In this chaotic era of insufficient production capacity, where even adults are starving and Honkai beasts roam the wild, such a large population of orphans has no guarantee of survival.

According to Tianming's rough estimate, millions of people starved to death worldwide last year, most of whom were orphans; it's no exaggeration to say that starvation was rampant.

"More than 40 million orphans?" Jiang Jing nodded, his expression calm and unmoved.

After composing herself, Rita continued, "Now all 40 million orphans have been resettled. The male-to-female ratio is 1:1.2. Those who are of working age (15 years and older) have been assigned suitable factory jobs after three hours of study each day."

"Among the 20 million women, more than 7 million are between the age of 10 and 15. After more than half a month of testing, 37,000 of them have Honkai adaptability."

"As per Your Majesty's request, more than four thousand girls with the highest adaptability were carefully selected from among these people. After questioning, all four thousand three hundred girls were willing to become Your Majesty's Valkyries."

"These girls have now been taken to five exclusive academies in Xidu, Shenzhou, and Dun City in the European region for a month of relevant knowledge instruction."

"After they have completed their basic studies, these girls will arrive on this island to undergo artificial stigma implantation and Your Majesty will reshape their meridians."

"Your Majesty, isn't four thousand acquired meridians too many? Won't this have some negative effects on you?" Rita looked at Jiang Jing with some concern.

After nearly a month of training, Rita, who was among the first to condense meridians within her body and already possessed S-rank strength thanks to the Godslayer Armor, has successfully refined the Honkai energy within her.

Having refined that Honkai energy and broken through to the peak of the third level of the Profound Yin Refining God Technique, she now wears her exclusive God-Slaying Armor, making her several times stronger than before.

In particular, the Honkai True Essence obtained after refining Honkai Energy not only does not corrode their bodies, but also constantly strengthens their physical bodies, making their combat endurance ten times greater than before.

Such a significant increase in strength shocked them, and they felt even greater admiration and awe for Jiang Jing, who had caused all of this.

Even stronger than her, Youlandail, who had broken through the fourth level of the Profound Yin Refining God Technique by refining all the Honkai energy in her body and reached the peak of the fourth level, had actually tried to condense her meridians out of thin air.

The result was that Durandal, who had mastered power and could materialize energy, successfully created an energy network resembling a meridian network out of thin air.

However, these nets cannot enter other people's bodies, let alone freely create another blood vessel-like meridian system in their bodies like Jiang Jing did, without any rejection.

Moreover, just to condense a seemingly functional energy network, Yulandal had already consumed half of his power. Therefore, Rita was very worried when she heard that Jiang Jing was going to condense the meridians of more than four thousand people.

Over the past month, Jiang Jing's actions—seemingly ignoring the will of others and using terrifying methods to enslave the will of all the higher-ups, but in reality genuinely saving the world and ensuring the continuation of humanity—have won over Rita, who comes from an ordinary florist family.

In comparison, Otto, whom she once respected, seemed to have a very narrow perspective; the difference was like night and day.

Moreover, after taking control of all intelligence agencies, she discovered that, as Jiang Jing had said, Otto's shadow was indeed behind all the world's collapses and disasters over the years, directly destroying his heroic image in Rita's heart.

Jiang Jing casually said, "No problem. I've created a standardized program, so the girls will only need to fuse with this True Essence Seed to start cultivating."

As he spoke, Jiang Jing flicked his hand, and a white crystal the size of a thumb appeared and was placed on the table. With a thought, he conjured more than ten more crystals out of thin air, which landed on the table with a clatter.

"That's good." Seeing this, Rita felt even more admiration for Jiang Jing and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, do we really need so many Valkyries?"

Wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt that revealed his belly and shorts, Yulan Dale, Jiang Jing's current bodyguard, walked over from the woods behind. His agile body was covered in sweat.

Behind her were Himeko Murata and Theresa, who were wiping sweat from their foreheads with towels in their hands. The three of them had just been warming up in the distance, but Durandal had taken on two opponents at once.

“The plan to exterminate Honkai Beasts in the wild is progressing smoothly under the mech swarm tactic. The few Emperor-class and two Judgment-class Honkai Beasts that appeared have been eliminated by us. We don’t need to make so many girls into warriors anymore, do we?” Durandal objected somewhat.

The official Valkyrie team of Destiny used to be maintained at a size of over one hundred people, with more than ten squads, and the number of reserve personnel taught at the school was also less than five hundred.

One reason is the scarcity of people with Honkai adaptability, and another is the persistently high resource availability and mortality rate.

Now that their power has begun to suppress the Honkai, Durandal no longer wants any more girls to embark on this dangerous path.

Jiang Jing finished his drink in one gulp, shook his head, and said calmly, "Your strength is not enough."

"I have now locked the limits of technological research and gathered all industrial power to mass-produce various Titan mechs to overwhelm Honkai Beasts, but that does not mean that the Honkai in this world will stop."

Jiang Jing looked at Theresa and the others and chuckled, "Do you really think that once we control the Herrscher of the Void, the Herrscher of Thunder, the Herrscher of Wind, and the Herrscher of Death, even stronger Herrschers won't be born?"

“Your Majesty, are you referring to the end?” Theresa and the others’ gazes sharpened.

After unifying all of Destiny's power, as high-ranking members, they also learned countless secrets from the past, such as the information Destiny obtained from those ruins about the civilization where the previous Fu Hua lived.

"Not bad, the strongest Herrscher of the End is waiting for you later." Jiang Jing chuckled, without mentioning that the Herrscher of the End had appeared in this world more than ten years ago and that the timeline had been restarted.

Durandal's gaze narrowed slightly, and he said confidently, "The Herrscher of the End. Although I don't know how strong it is, I feel that if a Herrscher like the Herrscher of Wind appeared in front of me, I could suppress it with one hand."

"Tch, I could easily overpower Wendy with one hand right now," Theresa said dismissively, arms crossed.

“No one knows how strong it is until it comes out, and don’t forget that Sirin used to be connected with the Honkai ‘God’, so it might appear at that time.” Jiang Jing said with a playful tone.

"The 'God' of Honkai, Your Majesty, is there really such a thing as a god in this world? Is it the one who controls the Honkai and destroys our civilization?" Himeko Murata's eyes blazed with fury.

"Maybe there are, or maybe the so-called gods are just people with greater power." Jiang Jing said noncommittally, then changed the subject.

"Moreover, besides those Herrschers, there's another unruly person lurking beneath the Quantum Sea. Given his obsession, it's impossible for him to accept anyone else. Add to that the Herrscher of the End and the 'God,' and your current power is still far from sufficient."

"Your Majesty, you mean the World Serpent."

Rita frowned slightly: "Those rats are very cunning. I tried to catch them several times, but they always managed to escape. I only managed to get a few layers of skin off them."

“It’s normal that you can’t catch them. Under that person’s guidance, they exist in another world level as ideologies. However, although you can’t catch them, what they want to do is also restricted, so it doesn’t matter,” Jiang Jing said indifferently.

Just then, a chant of "one, two, three, four" rang out from afar, and then a group of more than a hundred people ran from the far end of the beach, each sprinting at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour.

The leaders of this group are Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Seele.

However, each of these people was wearing a sexy bikini, and as they ran vigorously, their long, fair legs rippled and shimmered, creating a breathtaking scene.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." Kiana, the leader, waved excitedly to Jiang Jing.

"Greetings, Your Majesty..." The A-rank, B-rank, and C-rank Valkyries running behind also looked at Jiang Jing with admiration, waved excitedly, and then disappeared like a gust of wind.

Himeko watched the scenery disappear with a fragrant breeze, her tone somewhat ambiguous: "Your Majesty, do you come here every day just to watch them run? And you even require Mei and the others to run in swimsuits."

"The cultivation techniques they practice were developed by me specifically for combat. The effects of cultivation while walking and exercising are twice as fast as meditation. Even in combat, it's equivalent to cultivation. I made them run on the beach every day to strengthen their training, understand?" Jiang Jing raised his eyelids slightly.

"Really?" Theresa stroked her chin, looking at Jiang Jing with a puzzled expression. "But Your Majesty, why are they running around this beach?"

one two three four……

Just then, Kiana, who had run a lap, excitedly led the way and rushed over from a distance.

"Greetings, Your Majesty..." A large group of eye-catching beautiful women waved to Jiang Jing and then gradually disappeared into the distance, leaving behind a fragrant breeze.

“Yes, Your Majesty, I’ve noticed that their daily running and training sessions seem to coincide with the time you come here to sunbathe.” Yulan Dale looked at Jiang Jing suspiciously.

Faced with the three women's questions, Jiang Jing blinked: "Am I that kind of person? Would you believe me if I said I just gathered them together?"

"..."

The four members of Durandal didn't speak, but their expressions and eyes already conveyed the answer.

Jiang Jing shrugged: "Okay, I admit I just came here specifically to watch pretty girls running in bikinis, alright?"

After saying that, Jiang Jing revealed a wicked smile: "Moreover, I'm not just looking at the scenery, I'm also choosing my harem."

"The harem..." Rita and the others were taken aback.

"Yes."

Jiang Jing replied matter-of-factly, "As the emperor who rules this world, wouldn't it be a loss of face if I didn't have three to five hundred beauties in my harem?"

"This……"

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P.S.: Today's update is 8,000 words. I just finished writing it and am now adding 4,000 words.

I owed 111K in debt in September and paid off 84K. Phew, it's too late to look for pictures anymore. I'm going to rest now.

Chapter 343 Your Majesty, please be mindful of your image.

"Haha... Your Majesty is really joking." Himeko Murata scratched the back of her head, thinking Jiang Jing was joking, and tried to smooth things over with a laugh.

Jiang Jing chuckled and said, "Do you think I'm joking?"

“This… even His Majesty cannot forcibly take people away.” Seeing that Jiang Jing didn’t seem to be joking, Youlandail frowned.

Jiang Jing smiled faintly: "Don't worry, I wouldn't do such a thing. Of course, it has to be their own choice. Besides, my women are not just anyone."

"For example, Theresa, your figure is too bad, so it won't work."

“I…I don’t even think much of His Majesty.” Theresa said, hands on her hips, clearly angry.

Looking at the confident Jiang Jing, the four women present inexplicably felt a urge to beat him up, but unfortunately, they couldn't win.

However, it must be admitted that if Jiang Jing were to tell those officially trained Valkyries that he needed more women for his harem, with his charm, a dozen or so Valkyries might step forward that very night.

He possesses the highest level of power, status, and strength in the world, and even his appearance surpasses that of Otto, who was once known as the most handsome man in Destiny.

With such a beautiful river view, if you show even a little care to those young girls, they simply won't be able to resist it. They might even fall for these girls who have never been in love in less than half a day.

When Rita and the others first met Jiang Jing a month ago, they only felt that this self-proclaimed strongman from an ancient civilization looked very comfortable, but after spending more time with him, they found that he was more and more handsome.

It wasn't the kind of beauty or handsomeness that comes from a pretty man; it's hard to describe.

During this period, whenever Jiang Jing closed his eyes to think, Yulan Dale, who was guarding him, and Rita, who was waiting for instructions, would watch him for a while and then become engrossed in his thoughts.

Just like that face had a magical power—no, it was this person who had a magical power—it made people want to see his true face, which was shrouded in mystery.

"Ahem... Let's not talk about that for now, Your Majesty. When will your Plan of the Gods begin?" Rita coughed, breaking the somewhat awkward atmosphere.

Jiang Jing looked at the four Herrscher leaders, Theresa and Himeko Murata: "Theresa, how is Kiana and the others' control over the Herrscher power now?"

Upon hearing this, Himeko Murata and Theresa's expressions turned serious. Theresa reported, "Because of Your Majesty's seal, the four of us, now free from worries, have been working hard to refine the Herrscher core this month."

"Mei and Seele can now unleash their full Herrscher power and enter Herrscher form. It is expected that they will not experience any physical strain within half an hour."

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