My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Using exams to determine a person's life trajectory is indeed somewhat one-sided and extreme, but if I may be frank, in his ideal world, there is no need for intrigue, factionalism, monopoly, or betrayal.

All these things that affect the functioning of the state and are abhorrent must be eliminated in order to maintain the pure atmosphere of the ideal state.

From this perspective, Xia Zuo directly eliminated all those in the Starry Night Kingdom who rose to power through underhanded means and conspiracies.

The following are the personnel selection criteria proposed by Xia Zuo:

Those who have committed crimes, regardless of whether their crimes have been discovered, are not allowed to enter the Creation Smoke;

Those with criminal tendencies, personality and psychological defects, who cannot be cured by alchemy and magic, cannot enter the Creation Smoke.

Those who are physically disabled and whose disabled parts cannot be repaired by alchemy or magic cannot enter the Creation Smoke if they cannot accept the learning arrangements.

Those who suffer from genetic diseases, infectious diseases, or various intractable illnesses that cannot be cured by alchemy and magic are not allowed to enter the Creation Smoke.

Men over 30 years of age and women over 28 years of age, especially those with severely declining physical function, are not allowed to enter the Creation Smoke.

Those who do not conform to the moral and civilized values ​​of Xia Zuo's previous life, or who have in fact violated the laws and regulations of Xia Zuo's previous life, are not allowed to enter the Creation Smoke.

Those who cannot swear allegiance to Starry Night Academy, or who cannot accept becoming a pseudo-blood mage, cannot enter the Creation Smoke.

The above conditions effectively eliminated over 95% of the kingdom's population. Xia Zuo will send his flesh-and-blood clones to meet the remaining 5%. After driving away the Temple army, these people will move into the emptied Starry Night City.

Those humans excluded from the sanctuary by Xia Zuo are not necessarily doomed.

Xia Zuo will arrange for the Blood Element Servant Legion to protect them, and use flesh and blood clones to guide them to take up arms to fight against the Starry Sky Demons.

Anyone who survives the battle and earns entry to the shelter through genuine combat achievements will become a member of the ideal nation after undergoing personality and mental transformation designated by the academy.

If one's innate conditions do not allow them to directly become a member of an ideal world, then they can only rely on their own efforts.

This is a very fair thing.

...

Five days later, at noon.

On the Eastern Continent, atop the Cloud Sea Terrace, the elders of the August family were engaged in lively discussion within the glass dome.

The battle that took place on the circular island reduced the production of alchemical materials for the temple by approximately 22%, resulting in negative impacts such as social unrest, declining potion production, and a shortage of strategic resources. The Holy Rune Department and the Mystic Guild urgently need to come up with countermeasures.

"Activate the strategic reserves of the Golden Bauhinia Ideal Kingdom and open the underground warehouses on the south coast. Leave all the supplies from the 15 warehouses to the Temple."

Bovaru looked at the family member in charge of allocating strategic resources:

“Our alchemy ship already has enough medicinal supplies stored on it. What we need now are ores, special gases, and high-value alloys. Try to get some from the warehouses of other temple departments.”

The family member in charge of allocating strategic resources moved his lips a few times, tentatively asking:

"What if the Demon Hunter School and the Inquisition find out?"

Bovaru shook his head slightly. "Our plan is about to succeed. By midnight at the latest, the Church of the Otherworldly Demons will have catalyzed the release of all the Otherworldly Demon armies. I will immediately have the Creation Crystal moved back to the Great Volcano and the Creation Smoke shut off."

Bovaru looked around at the family elders:

"We will take off and leave this planet no later than 3 a.m. the day after tomorrow. Gentlemen, this is a critical stage for the survival of our family. Do not let your guard down, and do not let the existence of the Temple's decree delay our plans. The sooner we leave this planet, the more likely we are to escape before Vasaksat arrives."

The elders all nodded, their faces showing both solemnity and a hint of barely concealed joy.

"In these final 30-odd hours, except for those on missions, no one else should leave the rooftop, and no one outside the family should come here..."

A crisp "ding..." rang out from the metal disc of Bovaru.

Bovaru's words were interrupted as he frowned slightly and looked at the illusionary image on the metal disc. It was Celine contacting him via the emergency communication channel.

A voice, audible only to Bovaru, reached his ears:

"Lord Bovaru, Shazo wishes to visit you; he is currently in the Holy Mark Department."

A look of doubt appeared in Xia Zuo...Bovaru's eyes.

He hesitated for a few seconds, waved to the family elders around him, signaling them to leave quietly, and then sent a message back to Celine in the illusionary image:

"Take Xia Zuo to the conference room on the rooftop."

Half a minute later.

Celine and Shazo appeared in a flash of teleportation. Celine bowed to Bovaru and left, leaving Shazo alone to face the patriarch of the August family.

Wearing a simple alchemist's robe, Xia Zuo walked slowly inside the glass dome with his hands behind his back.

He glanced at the silver-haired Bovaru, then shifted his gaze from the man's wary expression to the vast sea of ​​clouds, settling on the white clouds that surged like waves.

"Berval August... Do you know that in the future I've been observing, you treated me as an honored guest of the August family, and provided me with valuable information about the August family for me to study and use?"

Xia Zuo met Bovaru's shocked and angry gaze with an extremely calm and composed expression, as if he was not afraid at all of Bovaru calling for the guards to launch an attack.

“I read a lot from your expression, Bovaru. You fear me, you avoid me, you fear that your actions will bring about your annihilation. You don’t know who I am, or why I possess spacetime powers that surpass all of yours…”

Xia Zuo walked towards Bovaru, ignoring the other's clenched fists, and sat down on the metal plate opposite him.

Xia Zuo skillfully pressed a few buttons on the metal disc, inputting attribute-free energy, and manipulated the metal disc to float steadily.

Bovaru's mouth opened slightly, seemingly in utter astonishment. Then, his expression hardened, he closed his lips tightly, and stared intently at Xia Zuo. The astonishment in his eyes vanished, replaced by utter wariness.

“I know everything about you, Bovaru, and I know everything about the August family. In the future I predicted, you told me about the family’s past yourself.”

Xia Zuo landed in front of Bovaru with his arms crossed, tilting his chin slightly:

"Have you heard this saying?... Once you can foresee the future, the 'present' no longer matters. You can't acquire knowledge and wealth in the present, but you can have everything in the future."

This family precept, known only to each patriarch, left Bovaru stunned for half a second.

He slowly exhaled, his voice slightly hoarse as he said:

"It seems you know everything."

"Yes."

"Then what are you doing here?" Bovaru loosened his fist and then clenched it again. "Have you come to stop the August family from leaving?"

"No." Xia Zuo snapped his fingers, took a parchment scroll from his alchemy pouch, and floated it between the two of them:

"This contains the plan to improve the alchemy spaceship. You have ample time to increase the spaceship's cruising speed by 30% before 3 a.m. the day after tomorrow."

Bovaru summoned a golden hand to take the parchment scroll, used a flash of light to cut the thin string on the scroll, and quickly glanced at the contents of the scroll.

Two minutes later, Bovaru placed the parchment scroll beside his lap, looked up at Shazo, and asked:

"Why should you help us? We have no money left to pay you."

“No reward needed, Bovaru. Helping you is helping myself.” Shazo patted the hem of his robe, stood up from the metal plate, and floated towards the teleportation portal leading out of the rooftop:

“It’s not just you who got my spaceship improvement plan; the Church of the Otherworldly Demons and Kamashiberlein each have one. Like you, I also need to leave this planet. The faster you escape, the harder it will be for the Otherworldly Demons to catch up with you, and the less pressure I will feel.”

Xia Zuo's figure was swallowed up by the teleportation light.

Bovalou reopened the parchment, a trace of sadness appearing on his face.

"Sigh..." Bovaru sighed inexplicably, closed the parchment scroll, and resumed his usual stern expression.

He summoned his men and instructed them to deliver the parchment to the Wildhammer Kingdom, then gazed alone at the sea of ​​clouds from the rooftop.

...

The Western Continent, a secret base.

Xia Zuo sat at the desk, opened his eyes, and ended the control of his flesh and blood clone.

The August family's generous gift package has already been delivered.

The gift package prepared for Kamashiberlein has already been handed over to her by Natalie.

As for the big gift package for the Church of the Otherworldly Demons, humph, Xia Zuo would never do something like helping the Otherworldly Demons.

He placed a trap in the gift package of the Church of the Otherworld that could paralyze the flesh-and-blood ships of the Otherworld's high command at a distance of about 0.15 light-years from the planet.

To this end, Shazo spared no expense, using a fertile cyst slot to convert Grandabech, captured by Rexor, into a fertile cyst.

The church gift package, laced with a trap, was delivered by Granzabech, a nurturing body utterly loyal to Shazo.

Chapter 70 The Best Scapegoat of the Year

Three days later, at dusk.

Xia Zuo sat wearily on the tower terrace of Starry Night Castle. The hustle and bustle outside the castle faded away in the slow, dimming sunset. The white mist that permeated the city lulled the common people into sleep, allowing them to get through the most difficult days in their sleep.

The past three days have been the busiest three days in Xia Zuo's history.

A fighting legion composed of flesh-and-blood clones and blood-elemental servants clashed fiercely with the Temple army stationed on the Western Continent. The battle covered thousands of acres in the northwest and southwest of the Western Continent, directly destroying three ancient forests and two peaks.

Despite suffering some casualties, the combat legion still completed the mission assigned by Xia Zuo: to capture all the Temple troops alive and preserve their heads in culture tanks.

Near Starry Night City, the number of participants was small, but the fighting was equally fierce.

The temple army, composed of elite arcane mages, not only concealed three Eternal Mages, but also mobilized all the towers and alchemical satellites suspended high in the sky.

If Xia Zuo hadn't prepared a large number of energy bombs around his tower beforehand, using it as a suicide bomber during the battle, it would have been questionable whether the battle against the elite arcane mages could have ended smoothly as planned.

Fortunately, everything is about to settle down.

Beatrice mobilized her garrison mages to clear out Starry Night City, and then transported people from various places to the list of Xia Zuo.

All those who did not meet the selection criteria were placed outside Starry Night City by Beatrice and guarded by Xia Zuo's flesh and blood clones and blood servants.

This massive population shift in Starry Night City didn't cause much of a stir. Many people were brought to Starry Night City without really understanding what was happening, while many others were sent out of the city walls while under the influence of the potion.

Beatrice and Chazor are trying their best to minimize the pain of this disaster, which is difficult for ordinary people to understand, and to reduce the chaos and despair it brings.

As the sun sets and night falls, the sorrow unique to this world takes center stage.

Xia Zuo sat in a wicker chair, listening intently to the sounds carried by the breeze; the city was quiet in the darkness.

"Release the primordial smoke," Xia Zuo said, looking down at the little golden chaste tree on his lap.

"Be careful to control the height of the smoke layer. Don't let the smoke rise too high. Just enough to cover the top of the castle's spires."

The little golden chaste tree writhed in the miniature culture jar, and as she danced, black smoke emerged from the silhouette of the city under the moonlight.

Countless plant roots emerged from the ground, spraying creation smoke into the air.

On the city's edge, vines grow rapidly, clinging to the city walls and spreading upwards. Once they reach the maximum height that the plant fibers can withstand, they extend horizontally, joining other vines that converge from all directions to form a vine dome that covers the entire city.

The primordial smoke was bound by the vine dome, the delicate features and mucous membranes on the surface of the vines fixing the smoke in place, creating an inverted bowl-shaped cloud of smoke.