An infinite journey starting from paradise

The female commander's body was curvy, clad in blue-silver fish-scale armor. Her curvaceous form was tightly wrapped, showcasing her curves. Her enormous breasts, tightly encased in two bowl-shaped armor plates, resembled two large bowls turned upside down, appearing firm and erect. Meanwhile, her waist and abdomen were as smooth and flowing as a cheetah's.

Underneath her skirt, she wore tight leather trousers, which cinched her plump, perky buttocks tightly, revealing a uniquely feminine charm. Her most distinctive feature was her slender thighs, with rounded calves and firm thighs, yet not appearing overweight. She wore a pair of over-the-knee leather boots, the tips of which were tipped with sharp blades, giving her a striking and imposing presence.

This female commander's figure undoubtedly held a fatal allure for men of all humanoid and humanoid races. Even beneath her armor, her allure was hard to conceal. However, the White Elf officers and generals present could not regard her with admiration. Their eyes were filled with only reverence, for she was the supreme commander here—Olivia, the kingdom's second princess and the unbeatable and most powerful magic swordsman.

Blessed by the goddess of courage, Olivia possesses magical talent and physical qualities far superior to other white elves. Her extremely high nerve reaction speed and strong control of magic power make her a natural-born magic swordsman. In addition, the goddess' blessing also gives her more "special" abilities:

After receiving the blessing of the goddess of courage at a young age, Olivia's blood underwent some kind of mutation - when her body was intact, her blood was no different from that of an ordinary elf, but when she bled due to external injuries, her splattering blood would release extremely high heat like molten iron, incinerating the weapons that injured her and her enemies.

The blood at Olivia's wounds quickly coagulated into dark red crystals as hard as armor. If these crystals were shattered, Olivia's total magical power (psychic energy) and physical strength would be temporarily enhanced, with the more severe the injury, the greater the increase. As a price, once the enhancement effect wore off, the severity of Olivia's injuries would be doubled.

This berserker-like blessing is incompatible with Olivia's elegant and precise fighting style as a magic swordsman, but it allows her to defeat thousands on the battlefield, becoming increasingly formidable with each fight. The only drawback is that possessing this ability is definitely not a pleasant experience when being attacked. It's conceivable that unless one possesses a Victory Contract of invincibility, unstoppable attack, and indestructible power, one simply cannot penetrate Olivia's flower room.

After receiving the blessing of the goddess of courage, Olivia seemed destined to have nothing to do with men and women in this life, and could only fight on the battlefield as a warrior.

In addition to this special blood, Olivia also possesses another gift bestowed by the goddess: the [Fearless Banner], or what might be called the [Fanatical Aura]. When Olivia leads an army, especially cavalry, she activates this ability, imbuing her soldiers with a fearless fighting spirit and enhancing their physical abilities to their individual limits. Enhanced soldiers can restore the energy previously depleted by this ability by killing enemies.

As a price for using this ability, if the troops Olivia leads fail to defeat the enemy, the enhanced soldiers will quickly die of dehydration and physical exhaustion after the battle.

However, Olivia didn't know at this time that this ability had such a side effect. After all, she had never lost so far.

Because Olivia had always been at the forefront, fearlessly charging on the front lines, she was highly respected among the border troops and border cities. However, her reputation among the core power circles in Redgardo was not very good because of her background.

Although Olivia is nominally the second princess and one of the candidates for the next throne, she is not the daughter of the previous king, but the daughter of the current king, Queen Arielta. The problem is that Arielta, as a saint of the kingdom's state religion, is bound to remain chaste in service to the four goddesses and has never married.

Although Arielta claimed that Olivia was a daughter bestowed upon her by the goddess, the kingdom's nobles and key officials clearly refused to believe such lies. After all, the Four Virtues worshipped by Redgaldo lacked the tools used by their fathers, Sugo and Xiuquan, to impregnate virgins in other worlds, and there was no historical precedent for a goddess bestowing children. Therefore, they concluded that Olivia was the illegitimate child of Arielta and someone else.

From the perspective of medieval history, it wasn't uncommon for noble women to give birth out of wedlock, or for illegitimate children to inherit, but this world was different. It wasn't that the moral standards of the white elves in this world were particularly high—the vast majority of feudal, slave-owning aristocrats in the universe were no more than beastly. The key point was that Arielta's original identity was extremely sensitive.

Arielta was originally the saint of the kingdom's state religion.

The Kingdom of Ridgardo basically inherited all the systems of the Kingdom of Ivlorien. The position of the Holy Maiden of the Church is held by the most magically talented woman in the royal family's non-inherited side branch, who is responsible for protecting the royal family. Lilina, who brought Sheris, the sacred tree, and a series of royal treasures to Alfheim more than 1,500 years ago, held this position.

The saint of the state religion is supposed to remain chaste throughout her life and protect the royal family to ensure a smooth transfer of the throne. In other words, after the death of the previous king, Arielta should have assisted her niece Angelica to ascend the throne, but she relied on her own powerful strength and the followers she had cultivated over the years to steal the throne.

In short, Arielta did not come to power in the right place.

While Angelica herself had no complaints about her aunt's brazen attack, preferring to lead troops to be king, the interest groups on her side were not about to surrender easily. After all, political positions were a matter of life and death for those who played both sides, while others were often on the verge of a life-or-death struggle.

Some of them claimed that it was because Arielta came to power illegitimately and was morally corrupt that she angered the four goddesses, and that the invasion of the Kingdom of Keludora against Readgardo was a divine punishment from the goddesses.

This statement is indeed firmly believed by many citizens of all classes in Ridgardo. After all, there really are gods and magic in this world.

With powerful enemies coveting her outside and ministers criticizing her inside, the situation of the new king Arielta is obviously not very good. Keeping the country stable and defending the country is not something that can be done overnight, but the internal and external troubles will not give her much time to resolve them.

In order to solve the current dilemma, Arielta only needs to do two things: first, repel the invading Keludola army, recapture lost territory and even expand territory to prove her ability as the supreme ruler; second, use "reasonable means" to deal with other possible heirs to the throne, leaving only her lineage, so that even if she obtains the throne illegitimately, others will not be able to support other heirs to the throne.

The problem is that Arielta can't solve either of these two problems. Needless to say, it's already difficult to form a strategic stalemate with Kylo Dara's army.

As for the latter, Alierta's brother, the former king had two daughters. The third princess Flora was born blind and frail, so she was not a concern. But the first princess Angelica was as powerful as Alierta and Olivia, and her prestige in the army was far greater than theirs. Although she did not show any ambition and had no complaints about her aunt Alierta usurping the throne that should have belonged to her, the more she did this, the more Alierta felt that she had evil intentions.

Arielta suspected Angelica was holding back because of the border war, hoping to avoid internal conflict and allowing Keludra to exploit her. If Keludra's army were defeated, Angelica would immediately mobilize the military's will and the greater good to dethrone her and her daughter.

And at this critical juncture when Arielta didn't know what to do, she received "divine revelation":

"Sacrifice the legitimate heir of the country to the evil god in exchange for the powerful force to unify the continent."

This sudden divine revelation just happened to meet her two basic needs, provided that after sacrificing Angelica to the evil god, the evil god could really help her repel the invasion of the Kingdom of Keludora.

It stands to reason that Arielta, once a saint of the state religion, would not so easily trust the black-robed woman who appeared in her dream, but the increasingly critical situation forced her to take a risk -

Just this afternoon, Arielta's frontline forces urgently reported to her the sudden, large-scale withdrawal of the Keludra army. While she had no idea what those dark elves were up to, Arielta was still terrified. If Keludra simply withdrew, her beloved niece would be on her back, ready to take revenge on her. While Arielta wasn't afraid of a confrontation with Angelica and her supporters, she felt the loss of Keludra would be immense.

Therefore, Arielta finally made up her mind to sacrifice the third princess Flora to the evil god first to see what this evil god is capable of.

Far away on the front lines, Olivia was completely unaware of her "mother's" schemes. She was, in fact, a rather simple person, preferring the front lines to the political machinations of battle. Furthermore, she and Angelica had a very good relationship—not sisterly, but at least a mutual admiration. Angelica admired Olivia's immense individual combat prowess, while Olivia admired her strategic planning and deployment of troops.

Just now, Olivia was planning to use a long-distance communication magic device to contact Angelica, intending to discuss with her how to deal with the sudden retreat of the Keludora army.

At this moment, Olivia would never have thought that she would soon be able to meet Angelica again, but the scene of their meeting might not be too "decent".

Chapter 456: Husband...Husband!

"If he doesn't want to be respectable, then help him be respectable."

In the president's office of Seven Star Entertainment Co., Ltd., Hehuan hung up the phone angrily.

Since the directors of Mantangtang do not agree with Consortium B's merger plan and intend to use the various patents in their hands to hinder the newly established game development department of Qixing Entertainment, Hehuan plans to use the "visible big hand" to teach them what "macro-control" means.

After hanging up the phone, He Huan turned to look at Lin Shangren, who was sitting not far away fiddling with something. "Hey, can't you just give those vultures a quick death? Even if they're not good-looking, there's no need to torture them like this, right?"

In front of Lin Shangren, there were three vultures fixed by black shadows, and Lin Shangren himself was holding a dagger and constantly gesturing at the vulture that had suffered a mental breakdown and was wilted.

"Hmm…try again."

Lin Shangren turned off his ability of [Bird Healing] and the terrifying self-healing ability of the witches. Then he used a dagger to cut a wound on his left arm, and then stabbed the vulture with the knife.

"Guga!"

As the vulture let out a scream, Lin Shangren poured his own blood, which he had prepared earlier, on it to heal its wounds.

Seeing that the scar on his left arm had not healed yet, Lin Shangren reluctantly turned on his self-healing ability again and healed the wound.

"It still doesn't work. The energy extraction rate of a knife is so low, so the greatsword definitely won't work either. It seems that I can't make a 'blood-sucking sword' that can be effective on its own for the time being. I can only use it with armor."

Looking at the healing runes and psychic energy absorption runes he had carved on the dagger, Lin Shangren put down the knife and picked up the black arm armor and another dagger that he had placed aside.

Lin Shangren cut his arm again, but this time he wore the arm armor that imitated the black sword armor in the Elden Ring, and then slashed horizontally, instantly killing the three vultures. This time, the wound on his arm healed itself.

"Alright, so we can create a heavy armor that blocks pain and heals itself by killing enemies. How about adding a function that uses stored pain to stimulate the body and increase explosive power? Hmm, worth considering.

Then there's the hand cannon. We can't make an energy pulse cannon like Iron Man's right now. Even if we could, the effect wouldn't be very good. Oh, and I have a few improved black powder recipes in mind, the kind that can be replenished with local materials at any time. Hmm, I need to write them down.

Then there's the matter of weapons. While physical exorcism enchantments can break through all "fantasy and supernatural" elements' defenses to achieve an attack, the duration of the enchantment is still a bit short. Frequently adding buffs on the spur of the moment isn't a good idea. The weapon's magic-breaking effect needs to be considered...

We also have to consider the damage of the weapon. Grabbing the enemy's health bit by bit like Sisyphus pushing a rock isn't going to work. It's better to deal percentage damage and disable healing. Hmm... it would be nice to have some Diablo-related items, like a CB helmet or meat-eating boots for me to research, or even Viego's Ruined King.

It's easier to block healing, but for ordinary enemies, poisoning is enough. It just so happens that there are some recipes for special sword oils in the Demon Hunter's Notes, so I can improve them a bit. Hmm..."

Lin Shangren fell into deep thought as he designed the complete set of equipment he was going to make for Gazi.

Seeing that Lin Shangren was slow to answer her, Hehuan was somewhat annoyed, but when she saw his extremely serious and focused expression, Hehuan couldn't help but support her cheeks with her ten fingers and admire her man.

"Nakato looks really handsome when he's serious."

Thinking about how her man had inexplicably shouldered the fate of countless universes, He Huan rubbed her cheek and regained her spirits: "I have to continue working hard, at least to help Shang Ren share some of the trivial matters."

He Huan was about to pick herself up and get back to work when Fululu, in bat form, landed on her shoulder and flew in front of Lin Shangren again, landing on the black arm armor. She said, "Hey, you have time to make swords and armor for men, but don't you have time to make me an alchemical body?"

"It's being made, it's being made. Just be patient, okay?" Lin Shangren tossed out an amethyst ring from the shadowy space. "The core components are ready. All we need is a shell that satisfies you. I've asked Wuguo to make it according to your instructions. If you're really in a hurry, I can also stuff these parts into the girl doll Wuguo made before, the one that Tokita Misaki possessed in the simulated dream."

"Then I can form a triplet with Mizaki Mei and Shirazaki Mizan, right? Or are you just tempted to take action against the little loli at home, but because of your own principles, you want to use me to satisfy your craving? Pervert, trash, trash~"

Looking at Fululu, who was constantly yelling provocatively, "Your face, like a little bitch, is indeed quite suitable for being stuffed into a lolita doll's body."

"Hey, do you need me to prepare foot-stepping socks and a succubus horn headband?"

"Whatever you say. I've already prepared my personality-correcting belly punch."

As he spoke, Lin Shangren summoned the [Wedge of the Hundred Aspects of the Crucible] and then retrieved the life-size doll named Misaki from the shadowy space. Upon contact with the amethyst ring, the doll and the ring instantly fused into a single ring with ornate silver patterns.

"Okay, let's give it a try."

Lin Shangren pressed the drive ring onto his belt and activated the Wuqi drive.

[GOLEM PLEASE~]

Along with a noisy sound effect, a purple magic circle rose above the table, and then a naked girl's body emerged from it.

Lin Shangren took off the ring and placed it in the girl's chest. Then, just as Zeus gave life to Pandora, she opened her eyes.

Fululu raised her hand and looked at the long palm of this new body. She seemed very satisfied, and then she reached out and touched her chest.

"Tsk, it hurts my hands. I can't even pinch much meat."

Fululu kneaded the breasts of her new body, and pinched the tip of her nipple with her fingers. After just a few pinches, the tip, like a baby bird's beak, stood up playfully.

"The sensitivity is quite good. Yeah, my breasts are about the same size as your hands. You can press these two buttons like you're using a game controller. Do you want to try it now and use my breasts to perform combos? Come on, I'll use the joystick and you use the controller."

Fululu approached Lin Shangren with a wicked smile.

"Forget it, I'm not interested."

Lin Shangren wanted to refuse, but Fululu was already pressed against him: "Not interested? Then are you interested in inserting that thing between your toes and the straps of your socks, rubbing it back and forth, massaging it with your big purple hat, and finally making my feet full of it? Or using your hands and feet to help you masturbate?

Or do you want me to wait until you're done with Kirika and Yura before I use my mouth to clean you up and let you taste the combined flavor of mom and dad? Hey, weren't you quite interested when you were doing this with those two girls, Misan and Ming?

Hehe~ Perverted uncle, you don’t want others to know what you did to your adopted daughter, right? Then why don’t you find a way to shut my mouth, shut it all~”

Seeing Furulu who couldn't help herself as soon as she got the human form, Lin Shangren reached out and hugged her gently, and used the changing gloves to change her into a light blue dress.

"Let's talk about it at night. It's not appropriate in broad daylight."

"Inappropriate? Then what does what you two just did half an hour ago count as?" Fululu looked at Lin Shangren angrily.

"That counts as morning exercise, but it's almost nine now. Time to do something else."

Lin Shangren sheathed his dagger and arm armor and pulled out a crudely bound book. This was a first aid textbook he'd revised in his dream world late last night, based on the 70s edition of the Barefoot Doctor's Manual. While healing magic existed on Midgard, those with magical talent were few and far between. Most ordinary people were left with the crude, medieval European medical practices of "bloodletting at the slightest disagreement." Lin Shangren felt it was necessary to educate his subjects about basic medical knowledge and train a variety of doctors.

This book is not limited to Midgard; it can also be used in the worlds of the Dark Bible and the Shell Girl. Lin Shangren has already prepared lead editions in multiple languages ​​and plans to distribute them the next time he returns there.

Clothing, food, housing, transportation, military, faith... Lin Shangren originally planned to first designate Shuiliu Village and the surrounding areas as territory, and then slowly develop from infrastructure like playing an SLG game, but now in order to speed up the progress of unifying the continent, he plans to focus on education first.

Back then, Liu Laosan was able to establish a unified dynasty with the help of a county's gang. With his countless knowledge, Lin Shangren could train ordinary villagers in a small village into "talents who can manage the country" and unify the continent of Midgard without any problem.

"We have the teaching materials, and the practical courses can be simulated through simulated dreams. I'm busy today."

In addition to teaching the villagers of Shuiliu Village, Lin Shangren also had to settle the Miyano sisters. He also planned to visit Dr. Agasa and ask him to help analyze the differences in the direct DNA of various races in the continent of Midgard.

More importantly, today marks the third day since his departure, according to the elves of Alfheim. Barely a surprise, they will use their magic circle to summon the Linshang people back. The Linshang people will also need to distribute supplies within Alfheim and attempt to bring the elves back to Midgard to see if they, as "pure species," can survive in their original habitat.

"Well, it's time to go."

Lin Shangren opened the portal, then turned to Hehuan and said, "Hehuan, I'm going over there. I should be back this afternoon, but I might not be able to go home overnight. If you need anything, remember to contact me through the familiar I left for you."

……

Strictly speaking, today is only the second day that Lin Shangren has taken control of Shuiliu Village. However, because Lin Shangren has repeatedly pulled the villagers into simulated dreams to learn various knowledge and skills during these two days, in the villagers' subjective cognition, they have been living with their "almighty god" for some time.

During this time together, even before Sister Rosalie arrived to formally preach, the villagers had already converted. Originally, like the various races in other lands, they worshipped the "Four Goddesses": the World Tree, the creator of the world; the Four Goddesses, the creators of all races; and the High Elves, under the Four Goddesses, overseeing the elements of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, as well as food, clothing, housing, transportation, medicine, the military, and government.

Yet, despite their faith for so many years, the goddess and the high elves never seemed to protect them, nor did they offer any benefits. At best, they offered psychological comfort, and nothing more than support. But this almighty Lin Shang was different. He truly protected them: he provided them with food, taught them to read, gave them the military power to protect themselves, and taught them a simple calendar, as well as knowledge of farming, metallurgy, architecture, animal husbandry, and more.

Such a "god" who combines multiple divine functions such as the god of agriculture, the god of craftsmanship, the god of war, the god of medicine, the god of hunting, etc., will appear by your side every day to give you practical help. If you still don't believe it, then you have some intellectual problems.

In order to show their respect for Lin Shangren, whenever he appears in the village, some villagers who see him will stop what they are doing, raise their right hands and shout "loyalty" in Chinese to greet Lin Shangren.

Although performing the Nazi salute in a small or medium-sized collective housing modeled on utopian socialism was somewhat ridiculous, and Lin Shangren felt a little embarrassed about it, it was, after all, a spontaneous behavior of some people, and he was not going to stop it by force.

After distributing the "Barefoot Doctor" manual and teaching the villagers in a simulated dream, Lin Shangren gathered representatives from various ethnic groups and drew blood samples from them. After doing this, Lin Shangren went to the temporary stable on the west side of the village.

Due to several previous robberies, there were no oxen left in Shuiliu Village, so Lin Shangren selected forty horses from the war horses he captured from the Kerudora army as plough horses, and he even built this simple stable with his own hands.

Furthermore, since the saddles and horseshoes of warhorses were not suitable for working in the fields, Lin Shangren spent the last night crafting Gus's battle armor while also using scraps to make a batch of horseshoes and plows. This trip to the stables was to hand these things over to the dwarves in charge of the stables and metallurgy.

"Ah, my lord!"

Seeing Lin Shangren walk into the stable, the three female dwarves who were discussing how to use the remaining grain to make wine inside quickly stood up and saluted him.

Their names were Norin, Kela, and Jin, dwarven craftsmen specially selected by the Linshang people from the over 2,000 Matrixes they had rescued. Originally citizens of the United Kingdom of Garland, they worked in the same metallurgical workshop and were experienced blacksmiths. After the occupation of Garland, they fled to the border city of Redgardor and were subsequently captured by the Keludora army.

Despite their short stature, they possess impressively muscular builds. However, they don't resemble the image of a muscular woman, but rather... pure manliness. Due to the unique racial characteristics of the dwarves, female dwarves possess the same primary and secondary sexual characteristics as human females, but like male dwarves, they also possess thick hair and even grow beards. Female dwarves who work as metallurgists secrete more estrogen due to their long-term, intense labor, resulting in a more masculine figure and voice.

Therefore, compared to tomboys, they gave Lin Shangren the feeling of being more like pure Viking men.

"Now, let's get to work," said Lin Shangren. "Replace these horseshoes. Then put new saddles and plows on them and see how they perform. If they work well, you can imitate the plows I made and equip every plowhorse with them."

"Understood." The three answered in unison, and Ke La, among them, had already picked up the hammer.

"Very good." Lin Shangren took out a bag of horseshoes and several plows from the dark space, and also took out a box of wine. "If you do well, this vodka will be yours."

"Hi~"

The dwarves have a very sensitive sense of smell. After smelling the strong aroma of alcohol emanating from the box, the three dwarves couldn't help but take a breath, as if they wanted to inhale all the alcohol in the air into their lungs.

"By the way, remember to drink in moderation. Don't delay your work, and don't hurt your body."

As he spoke, Lin Shangren used the black shadow to shape a chair in the style of a food stall and sat down on it.

"Ah? Are you going to supervise the work?"

"Sir, our sisters' craftsmanship is well-known. It's just a matter of changing the horseshoe, which is a piece of cake. Don't you still trust us?"

"No, I just enjoy watching horseshoeing," Lin Shangren said frankly. "And also cow hoofing, puttying, and house building... Anyway, I enjoy all kinds of skilled work. Just watching it relieves my stress."

As he spoke, Lin Shangren looked down at his watch.

"There's still some time before my next scheduled task, so I'll just take this as a break. Don't worry about me, just keep working."