The retired emperor and Empress Dowager Yin suspected that Zheng Ya was secretly plotting something, using his ability to create tens of thousands of invincible soldiers with a wave of his hand to change people's minds.
This ability directly caused the people of Kyoto to surrender at the mere sight of the army's arrival.
Aside from a few martial artists and cultivators who remained unaffected and continued to welcome the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Yin's massacre of the world according to their own nature, some of them went to war with the army and were eventually killed by the Nascent Soul stage cultivators who were protecting the army.
However, the ordinary people of Kyoto, who were clearly on the opposite side of the retired emperor, all chose to submit and presented all sorts of reasons and evidence to curry favor with the retired emperor and the envoys sent by the Empress Dowager, making the two of them afraid to take action against these people.
After all, Zheng Ya created virtual screens all over the continent to broadcast their atrocities of slaughtering the world in real time.
This made the retired emperor and the empress dowager very upset.
Unable to wantonly slaughter the people, yet forced to swallow their anger and accept those suspected of being misled by Zheng Ya into their arms, it felt like punching cotton, very unsatisfying.
Therefore, although the two suspected that Zheng Ya was secretly causing trouble, they were powerless to do anything about it.
The only option was to issue an order to the entire army to simultaneously and concurrently slaughter all dissidents.
They attempted to use this method to target Zheng Ya's ability to bewitch people.
However, Zheng Ya was destined to disappoint them. Relying on his ability to travel through time and space, and with the assistance of three spaceships and eighteen satellites monitoring the world and transmitting military intelligence in real time, he was always able to travel to the place where the army was suppressing the people and the families and individuals originated. With a wave of his hand, he used a planning and guiding magic to guide the people who were against the Emperor Emeritus and the Empress Dowager, pretending to be friendly and having everyone act as the sixth brother in the play.
This caused the game of slaughtering the world to drag on for a long time, with both sides locked in a stalemate.
More than three months have passed since Hong left the mainland. The battle of eliminating dissidents and feigning compliance continues, but there are repeated instances of surprise attacks, making the direct war more cunning and diversified.
At this very moment, the first interstellar spaceship piloted by Daiyu and others landed on the Sihe Continent, bringing back good news that greatly excited Zheng Ya and the entire conglomerate, thus beginning the transformation of the Sihe Continent into a habitable place for humans.
At the same time, they received a reply from Blue Star. Unfortunately, apart from the brother and sister Zheng Xing and Zheng Wang, there was no one else on Blue Star who possessed the power of spacetime. Before they could create a spirit-gathering array to convert it into the power of spacetime to assist in transmitting the message, they could only transmit a few words based on the spacetime power cultivated by the brother and sister Zheng Xing and Zheng Wang.
Many more messages were lost, erased along the way.
Even so, it can still be considered a piece of good news, a way to let people know that everything is alright and to exchange information.
This greatly excited Zheng Ya and the entire consortium. Everyone worked with great enthusiasm, doing their utmost to open a spacetime tunnel to connect with the humans of Blue Star, to transform the Four Continents into a habitable continent for humans, and to fully deploy the Four Continents array.
The courtyard house in Kyoto, Blue Star, welcomed the auspicious purple clouds from the east for the second day.
Purple mist blends with the haze and ripples in the wind on the upper part of the courtyard building, creating a fairy-tale-like scene.
What should have been a peaceful and harmonious scene was disrupted by the noise of people crowding into the courtyard in front of the building, shattering the tranquility of the beautiful view.
If it weren't for the armed police and soldiers guarding the area around the courtyard house, the noise from the people inside might have broken through the roof ridge of the house.
Zheng Xing and Zheng Wang, the siblings, were furious. They had no choice but to go to the balcony on the second floor of the courtyard house. Looking down at the crowd of people in the courtyard, who were talking incessantly, they said impatiently, "Silence!"
The hundreds of people gathered in the backyard looked over when they heard the noise, and when they saw the person in question, they all smiled with delight and fell silent.
However, the hundreds of people could not contain their excitement and instantly displayed the greatest enthusiasm they had ever shown, with smiles plastered on everyone's faces.
This angered Li Yunlong, who was on the front line of maintaining order. He strode up to the steps and stopped, scolding the crowd: "What are you all doing crowding into the backyard?"
Don't you know that the higher-ups have arranged for the distribution of gene-enhancing drugs to start with criminals? What business is it of yours?
"Are you all just here causing trouble? Have you got too much to do?"
"Commander, we are all neighbors of the Zheng family. We request your consideration so that we can contribute to the country, march into the stars, and dedicate our lives to the pilgrimage!" Yan Fugui raised his hand to speak on behalf of the people in the compound.
In fact, back when the higher-ups announced the pilgrimage plan and decided to adopt Zheng Ya's suggestion to let criminals from all over the world march into the Star Sea first, everyone in the institute was indignant and felt that their dignity had been insulted.
Are the neighbors really inferior to criminals?
The key point is that the higher-ups decided to send the criminals to the stars, so it was impossible not to send people to guard them and guide them to land on the planets in space to contribute to the pilgrimage.
Then the people in the compound should try their best to become the neighbors who guard the criminals and eventually succeed in their pilgrimage.
Otherwise, everyone will lose face and be ridiculed by the whole world, which would be worse than death.
So the entire institute discussed the matter and finally decided to gather in front of the Sihelou building to apply to become the first pioneers on the pilgrimage route.
Li Yunlong was naturally aware of the outcome of the discussion among the people in the compound, but he could not disobey the task assigned by his superiors: "This is an act of rioting."
To put it more seriously, this constitutes a mass boycott of higher-level leaders and sabotages the nation's efforts to lead the world in pilgrimages—a truly heinous crime.
How will the whole world view your unreasonable demands and your attempt to force us to bend the law for personal gain? Do you think that's possible?
“Reporting to the leader, we are all volunteers. As Zheng Ya’s neighbors, we cannot tarnish his reputation. We strive to be among the first pilgrims. How can you say we are sabotaging him? That is unacceptable…” Yan Fugui argued according to the agreed plan.
This scene allowed Xu Qi, who was stationed at the Moon Quarter Building, to see through the true nature of the people in the courtyard through the live broadcast. She promptly sent a message and broadcast a reply: "Alright, the people in the courtyard, as my neighbor Zheng Ya, have enthusiastically signed up to become pilgrimage pioneer volunteers. On behalf of Zheng Ya, I warmly welcome them."
Since everyone is willing to contribute to the pilgrimage, please line up immediately to receive the gene potion…
“Ahem, Comrade Xu Qi, this is not in accordance with regulations…” Li Yunlong, who was not one to tolerate any wrongdoing, tried to stop him, but Xu Qi smiled and said, “This is a personal sponsorship quota I offered, and it does not conflict with the regulations of the higher authorities.”
After all, everyone in the courtyard is a familiar face, so it's convenient to use..."
"Yes, yes, a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative!" Everyone in the courtyard echoed, their faces beaming with joy. Li Yunlong angrily said, "You are truly enjoying the blessing of Zheng Ya's success, which has brought prosperity to his entire family!"
"Fellow neighbors, make way..." A group of military police escorted the criminals from the compound into the backyard. Qin Huairu, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Jia Zhangshi, and Xu Damao were among them, each with a smug look on their faces and their mouths crooked with smiles.
They were the first pioneers of the pilgrimage, and their vanity spread throughout the world, bringing them unprecedented satisfaction.
A spaceship hovers low in the sky to the west of the Sihelou building, waiting for the criminals to take the gene potion, board the ship, and fly into outer space.
This scene was broadcast live to the whole world, and the bright moon over the sea shared this moment.
Unable to tolerate their smug expressions, Zheng Xing and Zheng Wang, the siblings, waved their hands and scattered batches of gene potions: "One bottle of gene potion per person, take it on the spot, let's begin!"
"Glug glug" People caught a batch of gene potion, eagerly unscrewed the caps and drank it down.
At this moment, a new physique and power awakened.
"Haha, I've awakened my lightning ability, it's awesome..." Xu Damao's shout shocked the world. Yi Zhonghai and others also awakened their abilities and announced it to the world, getting carried away with their triumphs.
Li Yunlong angrily exclaimed on the spot, "Damn it, this scourge lives on for a thousand years..."
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