[Chapter 70 My goal is the sea of stars]

David’s method is very straightforward, and he doesn’t need to consider all kinds of messy situations and changes, and it doesn’t conflict with what he is going to do next.

Just develop step by step, and you can find out who your enemy is.

“Whoever prevents you from upgrading Winter Village to Winter Town is the biggest enemy.” Mark turned his head and looked at David. This method seems to be fine, but it is difficult to really test the enemy: “The Forrest family seems to be very powerful in Iron Tree Castle.”

“If it’s just the Forrest family, then the application to upgrade Winter Village to Winter Town will not be rejected, and other families will not watch the Forrest family continue to grow.” Only the Forrest family is not enough to make David’s application rejected. “

If many nobles join forces to resist, won’t it be impossible to upgrade the village?” Mark looked at David. He had long wanted to ask David what kind of plan he had for his village and his own future? Is it just to be a small lord in the remote border of the Kingdom of Tilan? Is there a more grand blueprint?

He didn’t think that someone like David would always be at the bottom of the aristocratic class. This conclusion can be drawn from the fact that David was unwilling to be an ordinary civilian before.

So the question is, what position does David want to stand in to feel satisfied? A great lord? A separatist? Or a real king?

Perhaps, through this “crisis”, Mark can get an accurate answer.

“If the situation in Iron Tree Castle is really so bad, then I can only go to the capital of Tiran.” If it

really comes to that, David can only choose to serve His Majesty the King today – because the king and the nobles of the capital have no direct contact with Winter Village. David believes that they will not care about the upgrade application of a remote village. As long as everything is carried out according to the regular process, even if the most stringent review is carried out, it is more reliable than Iron Tree Castle, where “everyone is the enemy”.

“Does this mean that you have to pledge allegiance to His Majesty the King?”

“I was originally loyal to His Majesty the King.” David didn’t care about this kind of thing. If he had to make a choice, it would be much better to choose to be loyal to the king than to the nobles of Iron Tree Castle. At least His Majesty the King is far away, and His Majesty the King generally has no time and energy to manage a remote small territory. He can get the greatest degree of freedom.

If he pledges allegiance to the nobles of Iron Tree Castle who are close at hand, he will encounter all kinds of troubles.

Now that there is a follow-up action plan, everyone will no longer discuss this matter. Whether David’s plan succeeds or fails, we will know it after it is done.

If we want to find out the mastermind behind the assassin, we have to wait until after this action to get more accurate information.

Right now, what they have to do is to protect themselves and let the village continue to develop.

Everyone dispersed and continued to do their own things. Steve was going to build a new wooden house with Peggy and Sharon to prepare for the many craftsmen who might come.

Mark and Laura did not leave. They sat at the table and watched David. When there were only three people and a turtle left, Mark finally asked the question he had wanted to ask for a long time: “David.”

“Huh?”

“Have you ever thought about doing something in this world?” Mark raised his eyebrows as he spoke, with an expression of ‘you don’t understand’: “You are not satisfied with being just an ordinary lord, right?”

David looked at Mark’s funny expression and blurted out his true thoughts: “Of course I have thought about it. I hope to build my territory into an extremely advanced city.”

“How advanced? Is it the same as the Earth?” The conversation between Mark and David aroused Laura’s interest. Laura suddenly wanted to know what David wanted to build Winter Village into: “A highly modernized big city? London? Paris?”

“Much more advanced than that.” Not to be sarcastic, David really didn’t think those two cities were advanced, not to mention his ultimate goal was far more than the level of Earth civilization where he had lived in his previous life: “To the level of being able to carry out alien colonization.”

“…” Mark Watney opened his mouth, wondering if this goal was too ridiculous? Don’t forget that they are still living in a world similar to the European Middle Ages. Even the tap water equipment needs Laura to transport from the earth. Even so, it is just a public water collection facility, which is far from the real tap water network.

In this situation, David actually yearns for “breaking out of the earth and heading for space!” Mark suspected that David was joking with him.

But want to refute it? He found that he seemed unable to refute it. Smart Mark immediately thought of the key to the matter: the development speed of David’s village has nothing to do with the civilization stage of this world. It mainly depends on which world’s new residents will appear in David’s village.

People like himself and Laura, who are ordinary earth civilizations, can help David’s village achieve a huge facility upgrade. If a few new people from a higher civilization world come, it is not impossible to achieve leapfrog development.

Even so, it is not easy to achieve the level that David said.

“Isn’t it too far away?” Mark originally thought that it would be a very grand ideal for David to build a civilized country in this world that is more advanced than the backward countries on the continent. As a result, David’s goal is even farther than he thought: “Even if it is really possible, I don’t know how many years it will take.”

It is not easy to upgrade from the European medieval civilization to the interstellar civilization, even if you cheat. Mark thinks that it will take decades to even reach the edge. Even if David can work hard towards the goal firmly and everything goes smoothly, how to solve the problem of life span?

“Life span?” David doesn’t think this is a problem: “I haven’t worried about this problem.”

Since the appearance of Fording, life span is no longer a problem that David is worried about. The emergence of extraordinary power basically shows David that he will definitely have many ways to extend his life span in the future.

Even if no relevant people appear in the next few decades, David does not have to worry or be entangled. Even if he only relies on the Holy Light, he can live for many, many years.

“Even if there is no other choice, relying on the Holy Light alone can greatly extend life span.”

Turalyon lived for a thousand years with the power of the Holy Light. As long as David can steadily improve the Holy Light, even if there is no other choice, his life span will not be like ordinary people who can hardly live for more than a hundred years.

“Does this mean that I can live a long time?” Although Laura had searched for relevant information, she had not studied these details. She initially learned and used the Holy Light purely out of curiosity about the mysterious power, but she did not expect to get an unexpected surprise.

Mark, who was standing next to him, reacted even more exaggeratedly, and immediately grabbed David’s arm: “I think my body can hold more Holy Light, how about you pour some more into it?”

“…”

David looked at the reactions of the two men with a smile. In his previous life, he often saw the protagonists in various film and television themes look down on longevity and immortality, but in fact, the pursuit of longevity by humans runs through the entire history of human civilization, and various related legends and actual examples emerge in an endless stream. At the

same time, most normal people, when they learn that they can live longer, will only feel happy and will not think that this is a curse as long as they are not repeatedly tortured by any illness – it can only be said that the screenwriters of those film and television dramas are not normal people.

“Don’t be in a hurry. If you want to live longer with the Holy Light, you still have to truly master the Holy Light. In your current situation, Mark, you can only extend your life by a few decades at most, and it is impossible to extend it by more.”

“I think it’s already a lot to live a few decades longer.” Mark was happy at first, but then he looked helpless: “I may lack the talent for the Holy Light, and I can never really control the energy in my body.”

“Maybe you are really not suitable for the Holy Light? Otherwise, I will let Fording collect some other knowledge, and there will always be one that suits you.” There are many kinds of mysterious powers in Azeroth, and many kinds of professions

that use mysterious powers have been derived. Even if Mark can’t be a priest or a paladin, he can try other paths. Considering Mark’s identity as a scientist, maybe he is more suitable to be a mage who studies arcane energy?

Or a druid who studies the way of nature? A shaman who communicates with elemental spirits? After all, Mark is a botanist, and his major may be more compatible with these two professions.

“Hearing you say that, I’m not in a hurry.” What Mark is thinking now is that when he returns to Earth, he may have to slowly move his family to Winter Village. He really can’t resist the temptation to learn all kinds of mysterious knowledge. Considering that his life span might be greatly increased, he had to make some preparations in advance to avoid being caught and sliced for research. Just

as Mark began to think about whether he could become a powerful archmage, a shadow appeared in the open space not far away.

“Is Tirion back?”

David sat here just to see if Tirion would come back. Although Tirion had to stay in the Deadmines for a long time waiting for Van Cleef’s reply, he would go back to Winter Village from time to time to check the situation and replace the battery of his laptop.

However, the figure that appeared was not Tirion, but a blonde woman in a blue slim military uniform. The woman in a miniskirt uniform seemed to be avoiding something and was looking back while running. As a result, the sudden change in the ground conditions and the inappropriate iron-gray stiletto high-heeled leather shoes made the blonde female officer unable to maintain balance and fell to the ground. The

tragic chest brake scene made David and others stunned for two seconds before they reacted, and they hurriedly got up to help the unlucky newcomer up.

“Are you okay?” Laura was closest to the blonde woman, so she moved the fastest. After noticing the panic on her face, she immediately said that she was not a bad person: “Although I don’t know what trouble you are in, you are safe now.”

(End of this chapter)