83: Build a city!

Ye Su looked at the young man with interest.

The 'Lord Hu' Liu Qiao mentioned from the Shennong Forbidden Zone?

"Waiting for me? Or rather, were you the one who lured me here?"

Ye Su spoke.

"It was I."

"Speak plainly. Who are you trying to imitate with that archaic speech?"

"Hehe, it's just to show my family's heritage."

Zhuge Hu actually smiled a bit shyly at this moment.

"A prestigious family? Zhuge? Is it the Zhuge I'm thinking of?"

"If your Lordship is thinking of the Marquis of Wu of Chuanshu, then indeed it is."

"Heh, imitating your ancestor? Thinking the world is in chaos, so you've come out?"

"Something like that. The realm... no... the world is about to fall into chaos. People like us who have been hiding away should also start emerging."

"Get straight to the point. I'm currently in quite the mood for killing."

Ye Su said.

Prestigious families really did exist.

When the martial marrow sifted through Cui Hu's memories, the Wudang Golden Hall had appeared.

Combined with Cui Hu's original identity...

This world still had some things buried deep within it.

However...

Coming out at this time, for what?

The art of dragon slaying?

Stop joking; everyone learned that stuff during nine years of compulsory education.

Marxism-Leninism has already taxed this concept thousands of years into the future.

If such things were truly scarce, Ye Su wouldn't have had to use such violent methods to suppress all the Professionals.

Which of those Professionals didn't want to shout, 'Are kings and nobles born to their rank?' and then drown the Imperial Capital?

That was just the temperament of the people of Great Xia.

"I have naturally come for the continuation of civilization," Zhuge Hu said.

"Please listen to me, my Lord."

"The global arrival of classes is a timing that changes the era. Individuals will continuously gain great power from it."

"And the rise of individual power will, without exception, give birth to ambition."

"Who wouldn't strike out at the weak once they become powerful?"

"Who wouldn't want beautiful women once they have power?"

"With a sharp blade in hand, the intent to kill arises easily; with great power in one's body, one will surely trample over the limits of humanity."

"Otherwise, who would one be cultivating for?"

"However—timing is not on the side of humanity. The Yao Race has been born, and the Sea Race is even more immensely powerful."

"For the sake of the common good, if humanity exhausts its strength in internal strife, how can we fight against the Yao Race and the Sea Race?"

"Humanity's internal chaos is like meat rotting in the pot; future generations can gloss it over, and that's that."

"But with foreign races before us, the slightest mistake could lead to the disaster of racial extinction."

"This is logic, but no one is willing to listen."

"The authorities are willing to listen. They are doing their best to maintain Order, hoping to get through this transition period. Once the racial war begins, external pressure will surely force the Professionals to unite."

"The Professionals aren't willing to listen. When your Lordship slew the Great Turtle, that kind of great power was enough to stir anyone's heart."

"Man is born evil!"

"Fortunately, your Lordship is here!"

"Now that your Lordship is suppressing the Professionals with such an overbearing posture, I believe this transition period will pass peacefully."

"I... well... me, despite my lack of talent, I'd like to stay by your Lordship's side and offer some ideas, hehe."

"As for the specific reason—I'm afraid of dying."

"Everything now is just child's play. When the Yao Race truly charges out and the Sea Race really makes landfall, amidst the fields of corpses, I'll need a thick leg to cling to!"

"So, here I am."

This man was very smart.

His words had struck a chord with Ye Su.

The common good?

Don't be ridiculous.

At the root of it, it was just fear of death.

Ye Su was also afraid.

Because of the human great elixir, Professionals were killing each other like madmen.

Once the Sea Race really lands or the Yao Race enters the fray...

Is Ye Su supposed to fight them all alone?

Do you think this is a cultivation novel?

Therefore, suppressing the mutual slaughter of Professionals was to preserve vital forces.

Even if it just meant one more slash against the Yao Race on the battlefield, the pressure on Ye Su to survive would be slightly reduced.

His future was limitless, with the letter from the future scouting the path ahead.

As long as he survived, it might not be any worse than immortal cultivation!

From this, one could see that Ye Su was cautious to the extreme!

And this Zhuge Hu, beneath all his talk of righteousness, actually shared the same goal as Ye Su.

Exactly.

Only by surviving would everything be possible.

If his power truly became heaven-shaking, it wouldn't be impossible to shoulder the two capitals and thirteen provinces... pfft... or to hang the common good of the realm at his waist.

"You're quite interesting. Let's talk while we walk."

Ye Su said.

"Alright." Zhuge Hu's eyes lit up with joy, feeling as though he had almost successfully landed the job.

"What's your class?"

"A special support class!"

"Hmm?"

"Hehe, Stargazer! I can see a glimpse of the future."

Shua.

Ye Su immediately stopped in his tracks.

Instantly...

Zhuge Hu felt a boundless, terrifying killing intent envelop him.

"You! Have you seen my future?"

Ye Su asked.

He wanted to kill this guy.

The future was Ye Su's greatest trump card.

"In... in a certain large-scale war, your Lordship led the charge and eventually died in battle."

Zhuge Hu said, sweat breaking out on his forehead.

"Oh."

Ye Su dissipated his killing intent.

With this one sentence, Zhuge Hu's motive was made clear.

Smart people have their quirks.

The future is like that?

I don't believe it. I want to use my brain to change it and prove how awesome I am.

And so...

He came to Ye Su's side.

His ultimate goal was to live, and his objective was to change Ye Su's ending.

To realize his own personal ideals and value.

At this moment...

Zhuge Hu had truly successfully joined the team.

Stargazing only showed a glimpse of the future at most.

But the letter from the future was the true cheat code.

---Ye Su returned to the Suzhou and Hangzhou with Mo Xiaoyu and Zhuge Hu.

Li Qing's side was also cleaning up the last remnants; they were all about to return.

At this moment, the Suzhou and Hangzhou was very lively.

The airport was bustling with a continuous stream of military aircraft flying in, transporting countless corpses of the Yao Race.

People from the Research Institute were handling the handovers while simultaneously expanding production lines at a frantic pace.

Crate after crate of number 2 potion was being produced.

It would be traded to various cities.

In exchange, they would receive massive amounts of resources and funds.

In the past, the scale hadn't even reached this level.

But as Ye Su established his dominance over the world of Professionals, Great Xia went full throttle, racing toward the goal of making everyone a Professional. The Research Institute's accounts were now sitting on an astronomical amount of wealth.

They didn't even know where to spend it all.

Zhuge Hu's arrival was almost perfectly timed.

Because neither Ye Su, Mo Xiaoyu, Black Tiger, Li Qing, nor the commanding officer of the Su Hang Grand Camp had the ability for development planning.

This wealth could not be immediately converted into foundation and influence.

Zhuge Hu arrived like a timely rain.

"So, you who carry the title of the Marquis of Wu, give me an idea."

Ye Su said.

"Build a Suzhou and Hangzhou!"

Zhuge Hu spoke up directly.

"Currently, the Suzhou and Hangzhou is a modernized Suzhou and Hangzhou."

"But the future is an era of Professional martial power. This kind of modern Suzhou and Hangzhou has too many loopholes."

"It has no Suzhou and Hangzhou walls, it's open in all directions, it lacks defensive weapons, and it has no capacity for self-sufficiency."

"So, my idea is to build a Suzhou and Hangzhou."

"Let the wealth circulate."

Having said this, he looked at Ye Su and said meaningfully:

"The potions are in our hands; we can open shops."

"The resources for building the Suzhou and Hangzhou can be recovered using potions. Firstly, wealth will circulate, giving ordinary people hope of becoming Professionals."

"Secondly, these ordinary people who become Professionals won't be able to leave this Suzhou and Hangzhou."

"Population, wealth, resources—these are the true foundations."

"The numbers on the ledger are worthless if they just sit there!"