428: Chapter 428 Government Work Report on the Development of the Great Xia Otherworld

A clear commotion began to appear in the back half of the venue.

Those who did not understand the inside story were whispering; some were asking the Zhang Wei next to them, "What does Cultivate mean?", while others were checking their phones—probably putting them down after discovering there was no signal in the venue.

But the reaction of the people in the first few rows was different.

Zhang Wei sat in the seat at the far left of the first row. He turned his head to glance at the people whispering behind him, the corners of his mouth curling up.

The logistics director of the Giant World Forward Base sitting next to him, a sturdy man in his forties, slapped his thigh directly, the sound quite loud in the front row area.

Tao Zhe was still sitting there smiling, but the scale of his smile was larger than before.

Liu Guangping—the supreme commander of the Yaowu World garrison, sitting in the middle of the second row, did not smile, but his posture leaning back against the chair was obviously relaxed, as if he had unburdened something.

Professor Zhou Peide in the third row took off his glasses to wipe them, and after putting them back on, said something to the Zhang Wei next to him, who nodded several times in succession.

Su Mingyuan noticed these reactions.

Then he heard a voice coming from the right side of the first row.

It was Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei did not raise his hand, nor did he stand up; he just sat there in the chair, turning his head to look at Su Mingyuan, his voice neither loud nor soft, just enough for the people in the surrounding rows to hear.

"Finally, we don't have to hide things anymore?"

As the voice fell, Liu Guangping followed up.

"I've been reciting the confidentiality regulations for almost a year; I even recite them in my dreams."

Zhou Peide pushed his glasses: "My laboratory has a backlog of over forty papers, all of which couldn't be published."

The logistics director was more direct: "Every time I return to the Main World to visit relatives, I have to make up lies, saying I'm doing infrastructure in the Northwest. My mom has started to suspect if I'm in jail."

A few scattered laughs came from the first few rows.

It wasn't the kind of loud laughter, but the kind of laughter that comes from finally being able to breathe a sigh of relief after holding it in for a long time.

Su Mingyuan looked at them and also smiled.

He nodded.

"Correct. We don't have to hide anymore."

He pushed the microphone forward a bit.

"Your reactions just now perfectly lead into the last thing I want to say."

The audience quieted down.

"The rejuvenation pill is the first card. Let the financial sanctions of the Eagle Sauce become a joke, and let the daxia currency become the hardest currency in the world."

"But having just this one card is not enough."

"The rejuvenation pill solves economic problems. But Great Xia's true confidence is not one type of medicine; it is the entire Otherworld development plan. It is the resources, technology, and Cultivation Technique of the five Otherworlds. It is the Xuan Niao, the mecha legions, the cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage, the one hundred thousand students of Dawn City, and the seven million people about to enter the Yaowu World."

"These things added together are Great Xia's full stack of chips."

"Therefore, next, we are going to play this second card."

He scanned the two thousand two hundred people below.

"Otherworld development plan—fully disclosed."

The back rows really exploded.

The voices of those who had been whispering suddenly rose by several degrees; some people stood up, some were pulling the people next to them to ask "What did he say?", and the entire back half of the venue seemed to have its lid lifted.

The people in the front rows didn't react as strongly, but many of them exchanged glances.

Su Mingyuan waited for about ten seconds before the sound below slowly subsided.

"The existence of the five Otherworlds, the portal, crystal core, Spirit Stone, Cultivation Technique, Medicinal Pill, Yao Beast, cultivators—all announced to the whole world."

"Let everyone know what Great Xia holds in its hands."

He looked at those faces below the stage that were either excited, shocked, or bewildered.

"Once this card is played, there will only be one voice in the world."

He didn't use any special tone; he just stated the last sentence very calmly.

"That is the voice of Great Xia."

Su Mingyuan clapped his hands twice.

The LED wall behind him that had been black lit up.

A line of black text on a white background appeared on the screen, the font in standard government document format, with the national emblem printed above—

《Great Xia Otherworld Development Government Work Report》

Subtitle: To All Great Xia Citizens

The date and issuing unit were printed below, and the name Su Mingyuan was written in the issuer column.

Two thousand two hundred people looked up at that screen simultaneously.

The sound in the venue was silent for a few seconds, then became noisy again, and even louder than before.

Su Mingyuan did not pay attention to the reaction below.

He took a remote control out of his pocket and turned to the second page.

The second page was the table of contents.

A total of twelve chapters.

Chapter 1: Overview of portals and Otherworld.

Chapter 2: Zombie World—crystal core energy system.

Chapter 3: Giant World—skyfall steel and super Materials.

Chapter 4: Zerg World—biological resources and mineral raw Materials.

Chapter 5: Yaowu World—Cultivation system and Dawn City.

Chapter 6: Skeleton World—Spirit Medicine, Medicinal Pill, and Danding Heavenly Palace heritage.

Chapter 7: Military power—mecha, Xuan Niao, and spirit armor troops.

Chapter 8: Cultivator Rank system and national Root Bone detection data.

Chapter 9: Research and development, mass production, and external sales rules for rejuvenation pill and other Medicinal Pill.

Chapter 10: daxia currency new anchoring mechanism.

Chapter 11: Industrial transfer and citizen welfare plan.

Chapter 12: General outline of Great Xia's new era national strategy.

Su Mingyuan did not explain page by page.

He put down the remote and let the screen stay on the table of contents page.

The people below began to exchange glances.

A moment later, the commotion in the venue rose again.

Su Mingyuan picked up the microphone and flicked it twice with his finger.

Two muffled sounds came from the loudspeaker, not loud, but enough to pull everyone's attention back.

The audience quieted down.

Su Mingyuan looked at these two thousand two hundred people and did not speak immediately.

He picked up the remote, skipped all the chapters in the middle, and turned directly to the last page.

The content on the screen changed.

It was no longer dense data and photos, but only a few lines of text, the font size very large, large enough that the last row could see clearly without squinting.

Chapter 12 Appendix

Great Xia Citizen Rights List

1. From the date of public release of this report, all Great Xia citizens shall enjoy the following rights—

1. Basic Living Security: Every citizen shall receive a monthly living allowance of no less than 10,000 daxia currency, with no age restrictions, no employment conditions, and no time limits.

2. Medical Security: All Great Xia citizens shall enjoy priority purchasing rights for Medicinal Pill medical treatments. The price of rejuvenation pill for citizens remains unchanged at 10,000 daxia currency. Future new Medicinal Pill categories will be priced according to the same principle.

3. Cultivation Rights: All Great Xia citizens who pass the Root Bone detection are entitled to apply for entry into the Yaowu World to Cultivate. The Cultivation Technique, basic Medicinal Pill, and Cultivation venues required for Cultivation will be provided free of charge by the state.

4. Housing Security: Citizen housing in Dawn City and subsequent Otherworld cities will be allocated for free, with an area of no less than 100 square meters per capita.

5. Education Security: Dawn Military Academy and subsequent Cultivation academies will be open to all Great Xia citizens free of charge.

6. Travel Security: The Otherworld portal will be open for passage to Great Xia citizens, with no fees charged for round trips.

7. Child Security: Children of Great Xia citizens will automatically obtain all the above rights from birth.

Seven items.

It was written very simply, with no official jargon, no beating around the bush; every item was in plain language.

The venue was silent for about five seconds, then someone in the back row started clapping.

The applause lasted for nearly five minutes.

Su Mingyuan did not interrupt, waiting for it to stop on its own.

After the last bit of sound dissipated, he picked up the microphone and said the final words of the day.

"After this report is released, everyone in the world will know what Great Xia holds in its hands."

"They will be afraid, they will be jealous, they will be angry, and they will want to come and snatch it."

"But they will eventually understand one thing—"

"They can't snatch it away."

"Because the portal is in our hands. The Spirit Stone is in our hands. The Medicinal Pill is in our hands. The Cultivation Technique is in our hands. One point four billion citizens stand firmly with us."

"The only thing they can do is to accept this reality, then work crazily, and crazily earn daxia currency."

"From today on—"

He put the microphone back on the table, and his voice became even clearer because there was no other sound in the entire venue.

"Great Xia is no longer the factory of the world."

"From today on—"

"Great Xia is the master of this world."

"Dismissed."