Chapter 615: Chapter 601: A World Transformed
In the blink of an eye, time had leapt to September.
It has been a year and a half since the apocalypse occurred, but for some, this year has felt longer than an era.
Chen Feng always felt a certain pressure on him. Even though he gained a lot during this year and a half, he still felt short on time. After months of transport, there are still half of the survivors on Xiamen who haven’t been sent back to Order.
The sea was anything but calm, and during the transportation, sea monster attacks were frequent. The most disastrous was a month ago when a giant octopus emerged from the sea, causing enormous waves. Except for a few distant ships that were spared, five ships fell into the sea.
Even though the warriors rushed to rescue, only three hundred people were successfully saved, while the remaining two thousand perished at sea.
This is a painful number. Because of this, Xiamen City held a large funeral to console those who died in the maritime disaster.
No egg remains intact under a fallen nest.
Yet everyone understood it was something unavoidable; the existence of the Insect Realm was known to everyone in the city. From breaking once every two weeks to once a week, and now breaking every three days, the Insect Realm was becoming increasingly unstable. Although the insects paid a deadly price every time, with souls devoured, blood drained, even their flesh becoming mere sustenance for ordinary people, it still didn’t stop their plundering!
It was as if something behind was chasing them, forcing them to attack Xiamen City relentlessly.
Saruman completed the conversion.
Three hundred and ten thousand Skeleton Warriors became a solid dam defending against the insect tide, truly becoming an Undead Legion, and at the front of the legion, there were six golden figures!
Golden Skeletons!
Over the past three months, the insects had provided the shattered plane with boundless Power of the Soul, which Chen Feng used to evolve the skeletons. By now, six skeletons had successfully evolved, becoming fearsome Skeleton Kings!
It could be said that just these skeletons on the island could create a bloody storm, but Chen Feng knew that these skeletons couldn’t leave here.
The Insect Realm would collapse every so often, and although Chen Feng intended for humans to join in the training, if done several times a week, even the mightiest warrior, after witnessing such bloody scenes, would likely suffer a mental breakdown.
The Undead Legion couldn’t leave; when the Insect Realm hadn’t fully collapsed and the Insect Emperor emerged, they had to stay here, resisting the insects’ rampage at Xiamen.
Everyone in Xiamen City knew what was happening around them. Aside from a few ordinary people who had given up hope on life and didn’t want the tiring journey to unfamiliar cities, ninety-nine percent of the survivors agreed to relocate.
A few transport ships were overturned by sea monsters, an unforeseen situation. To prevent this, Chen Feng dispatched the Bottom-dwelling Demon Fish. This creature from the Abyss, a darling of the sea, would significantly increase the safety of the ships with its escort.
Chen Feng sat at his desk, with numerous documents placed in front of him.
Cottonwood, dressed in a black skirt, wearing framed glasses, reported the recent situation to Chen Feng. Su Tan had submitted, and her two lieutenants, Dog Servant Ah Fei and Cottonwood, also swore loyalty to Chen Feng.
This Cottonwood was a managerial talent. After some evaluation, Chen Feng appointed her as the secretary, specifically to report on the surrounding conditions.
The situation around was unclear.
With the arrival of energy storms, the boundaries between planes were becoming looser. Occasionally, different races descended into this world. Although it wasn’t as malevolent as the fusion nature of the Insect Realm, it nonetheless caused significant unrest.
Especially in the southeast, there were even traces of Beastmen. Although the scale wasn’t large, with only three hundred-some, there were several Golden Tier strong individuals among them. They occupied the island, enslaving the beasts and building houses, watchtowers, apparently constructing their own tribe, trying to take root in this world.
Beastmen are as tall as humans, but due to their developed muscles, they weigh slightly more. The sloped foreheads, protruding jaws, prominent teeth, and rough skin clearly conveyed their lineage to everyone.
Beastmen adore scars. They view battle scars as symbols of honor, and decorative scars as beautiful things.
Any Half-Beastman living among or around Beastmen bears scars, either as marks of enslavement and former Half-Elven master identities’ humiliation or as symbols of conquest and high status honor. Depending on how they view these scars, such Beastmen living among humans may show off or hide them.
Beastmen live freely above or below ground. They usually are active at night, while during the day, they choose to sleep hidden from the sight of civilized humans in their own lairs.
As some rumors say, they can also act normally during the day. But they generally don’t do so because the daylight would burn their eyes. In darkness, Beastmen have excellent vision, much like dwarves. Their dark vision reflects images in red and black, similar to other dark vision capturing black and white scenes.
This situation leads many to think Beastmen are color-blind, a common misconception about them. Because of these reasons, Beastmen often like wearing bright colors that other races detest. Beastmen enjoy attracting any kind of attention.
Suddenly having such a neighbor undoubtedly raised the alarm. Some hawkish factions even claimed they’d organize forces to eliminate them.
But this proposal was directly vetoed by Chen Feng. Knowing oneself and the enemy leads to invincibility in battle. The world had evolved; if before the energy storm, it still belonged solely to humans, now, as countless planes began to rattle, this land had entered a new era of multiracial struggle.
Several hundred Beastmen already counted as a fledgling social system. Chen Feng wanted to understand their lifestyles and habits. For if in the future, real Beastman civilization descended on this land, Chen Feng wouldn’t be caught completely off guard, not knowing anything about them!
Chen Feng secretly captured some Beastmen, and after interrogation, learned about their distribution.
There are as many as twenty major powers.
Frostwolf Clan, Dusk Hammer Clan, Blackrock Clan, Black Tooth Clan, Bloodcave Clan, Thunder King Clan, Shattered Hand Clan, Ravenclaw Clan, Dragon Throat Clan, War Song Clan, Shadow Moon Clan, Fire Blade Clan, Bonechewer Clan, Taunt Skull Clan, Blazing Blade Clan, Moknasar Clan, Bloodaxe Clan, Fire Brand Clan, Shield-Breaker Clan...
These clans constitute the ruling class of the Beastmen.
Marking the key points, this is the primary force to observe.
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Through the Teleportation Array, Chen Feng returned to the base camp.
But this time, he did not return to Order; instead, he arrived on Death Island.
After a period of development, the buildings on Death Island expanded several times over, and a magnificent structure appeared by the coast, belonging to Chen Feng’s Divine Hall.
Ships from Order have already approached; the surrounding maritime trade attracted many people. Compared to the inland, there are evidently more opportunities here.
Some ambitious professionals voluntarily came here to participate in the voyage.
Chen Feng had many tasks to handle in a short time, but no matter how many, they must be tackled step by step.
As for Order, it remained as it was before.
Only its scale has become larger. After Du Men’s research, more than twenty tree spirits walked through the fields, engaged in harvesting.
On both sides of the street, the presence of goblins can be seen everywhere. They are no longer in tattered clothes but are rather decently dressed. These goblins were the first batch to take refuge with Chen Feng and are thus considered contributors to the establishment of Order. Therefore, they gained the rights of formal residents.
Order has become a multi-racial city. Half-elves, Naga, and goblins—and even Ogres—can be seen on the construction sites. The powerful military deterrence allows them to live here peacefully and even find some work they can manage.
Compared to Naga and goblins, half-elves undoubtedly resemble humans more. Therefore, after the recruitment policy was relaxed, some half-elves even joined the Combat Department, becoming combat personnel.
So, when incidents occur around the area, residents seeing a half-elf with pointed ears leading a team of humans for support have long become accustomed to it.
Thus, the entire Order, under this atmosphere, has even become a bit magical.
These races came to the unknown Human World, originally as potential enemies of Order. But under the absolute military suppression of Chen Feng, they became law-abiding residents here.
What changed them?
Delicious food? A stable life? Or houses built of bricks and stones?
None of these. For chaotic creatures led by Ogres, these are not the reasons for their transformation. Only power is the truth behind their adherence to laws.
Of course, Chen Feng does not rashly consider all alien races as residents. Only those who have contributed to Order can have the status of residents; the rest work in the camp as slaves.
Polarization.
This is exactly the effect Chen Feng desires. After seeing their companions owning houses and delicacies, those alien races with miserable statuses will naturally work hard to gain recognition as formal residents.
For Chen Feng, his ultimate goal is to leverage the entire world’s strength, with hundreds of races vying for supremacy. Who knows which race will appear next in the Human World?
Whether goblins or Ogres, these are just seeds for Chen Feng’s propaganda of his doctrine. If he can conquer these races intruding into the Human World in the future, then these seeds residing in Order will be planted among them, allowing his faith to take root and sprout.
Compared to humans, goblins governing goblins is much more suitable!
It is evident.
Chen Feng is playing a large game of chess.
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