Chapter 2181: Chapter 2181: New Rules, Chains of All Beings
Thus, following Du You’s actions, the surrounding cities finally began to make their own moves.
Some brutal cities started large-scale suppression of rebellions. When the city’s population was insufficient, they captured people from outside and brought them into the city. As a result, the incidents became increasingly troublesome.
Those who didn’t want to stay here fled quickly, making it not so easy to capture them.
Many of those who were caught were criminals hiding outside. These bandits and robbers didn’t care much; even when entering the city, they still lived freely as they pleased.
They bullied others whenever they wanted, and even more so than before. As these people increased in number, the city became even more chaotic.
The entire inside of the city resembled a large prison, and this was no longer just a matter of deep resentment.
But their city lord only valued the population and didn’t care about anything else. As they felt their reinforcement growing stronger, the city lord was very satisfied. However, just days later, with a scream from the city lord, things changed.
They finally discovered for the first time that being hated by many people in their city could have a counterproductive effect. Not only did the original reinforcement disappear, but it also increased the chains on themselves.
Under the suppression of the chains, their power not only failed to rise but instead continued to decline.
These city lords, who usually paid no attention to anything, finally panicked, but it was too late. They were locked by the laws of this world, and with the law forcibly binding them, they were powerless to escape.
Even if someone abandoned their city and fled far away, they still couldn’t shake off these chains.
Upon learning this, many city lords who hadn’t had the chance to do so yet broke into a cold sweat. As long as the chains weren’t removed, their power would continuously decline, which was nothing short of chronic suicide.
Fortunately, they hadn’t done so yet, and some city lords with more drastic measures quickly toned down their strategies.
But for some, their previous actions were too excessive, and thus had no effect. After some time, more than a dozen city lords controlled by these law chains suddenly appeared.
The strongest among them had even reached Tier 8. But as soon as the incident occurred, this person’s power dropped to Tier 7. Then his opponent directly took action and resolved him.
After this happened, no one dared to act recklessly any longer.
However, those who focused on people’s livelihood didn’t see much improvement. Although they organized people around them to exterminate the Magical Beasts, they never considered how to do it best.
They only learned superficially and directly sent people to eliminate the Magical Beasts. As a result, no matter if the Magical Beasts were strong or weak, they killed them all. In many places, the Magical Beasts were even driven to extinction.
As a result, the citizens were indeed safer, but many adventurers living outside lost their sources of income. Because they usually relied on hunting some low-level Magical Beasts for their livelihood.
Without a source of income, they turned their attention to others.
Consequently, the surroundings outside the city became more chaotic, and more and more people left their lands, fleeing towards the Life Empire. Upon discovering this situation, these city lords were dumbfounded.
Because they never thought that the extermination of Magical Beasts on their side wouldn’t work, while the same action in the Life Empire would.
It was said that in the Life Empire, they only eliminated strong Magical Beasts and then sent people to garrison there. Isn’t that labor intensive and wasteful? Isn’t that still leaving some danger behind? How could their permanent solution turn out like this?
The high-ranking city lords didn’t understand the lives of ordinary people at all, essentially disrupting the ecosystem.
Obviously, Du You was not going to explain these things to them. As the internal situation stabilized, Du You began preparations for a new round of expansion. A large amount of military force has already begun to gather at the border.
Of course, the direction is still not towards the center of the continent, but instead towards the outskirts. His expansion hasn’t reached the furthest edge yet. When he reaches the edge, then he’ll expand towards both sides.
The people over there have no way to stop Du You’s offensive, and as for those around them, they won’t care, as it doesn’t concern them. In fact, they believe this is even better.
It draws Du You’s attention and wastes the Life Empire’s military power, making them feel safer.
Recently, more and more city lords have abandoned their cities and fled far away.
Because they realized that staying there wouldn’t allow the city to flourish again, and if things continued, they might be the next person to be controlled by the Chains of All Beings.
Once chained, it would be too late to establish a new city, as they couldn’t break through this limitation by developing a new city. Apart from death, there was no other road for them.
For someone who is at Tier 7 but can’t exert Tier 7’s power, that’s a very tempting treasure indeed.
"They’ve finally begun to expand, I knew he wouldn’t stay so quietly."
"Don’t worry, they’re still moving towards the outskirts, and even if they expand to the sides later, it won’t affect us."
"I have nothing to worry about, anyway, I’m preparing to leave and head to the center of the world. It’s very safe there, no matter how much trouble they cause, they can’t reach that place."
"Are you crazy? How is it safe there, it’s full of strong Magical Beasts, with Tier 8s everywhere. Moreover, the city density is very high there, so building a new city is nearly impossible."
With their strength, it’s impossible to advance without a city. Or rather, in this world, to reach Tier 7, one must first have their own city. At least, it should be a small city.
Alternatively, you could join a big city and become part of the upper class. But without the reinforcement of city power, it’s impossible to break through Tier 7. Through their own cultivation, reaching Tier 6 is already their limit.
So giving up building a city is equivalent to giving up on their advancement.
"No choice, I’ll find an opportunity later. I always feel that building a new city nearby is a waste of time, these people aren’t simple." Hearing this, many sighed inwardly.
Indeed, who would have thought that the Undead, whom they had always looked down upon, could explode with such terrifying power.
