The Sand City strategy was based on mutual visits and exchanges, and whether it was sending out sand walkers or inviting the two countries to participate in the activities, it was all about expanding the Yao Race’s external influence and continuing to radiate the ordinary people of the two great divine kingdoms.
Lu Yao’s ultimate goal was to use culture as a hub to build a circle of civilisation, turning the Ghost World and the Bamboo Reed Kingdom into a cultural community on the outer layer of the Yao Race’s world.
The way title deities played was usually from the top down, controlling the deities at the core of the divine Kingdom so as to achieve domination and mastery over the entire divine Kingdom.
This approach was based on the superstructure, and the Title Deities treated the gods as if they were bannermen who did not have to pay for land, simple and brutal, and by strangling the gods, it was tantamount to grasping the only helmsman of the Divine Kingdom.
Lu Yao’s approach was to both hold the gods in the upper echelons and carry out the cultural integration of the common people.
This would be much more cumbersome and slow, with the benefit of extreme stability and not being top-heavy.
By following in the footsteps of the Yao Clan, the Spectral Ghost Realm and the Bamboo Reed Kingdom would be guided by the Yao Clan, allowing them to take many fewer detours, and also have the opportunity to develop rapidly with the help of an advanced civilisation.
In order to achieve the strategic goal behind this, Lu Yao had formulated a whole set of guidelines.
The Martial Arts Conference, which allowed transcendentalists to spar and verify their ready-to-fight abilities, giving participants from both countries the opportunity to showcase themselves.
The city exchange visits, on the other hand, were exchanges and learning on the cultural and technical levels.
And the most crucial step.
“Immigration?”
An exclamation mark lit up on Buluo’s head, “You mean, allowing the residents of the Phantom Ghost Realm to migrate to Sand City?”
“To be precise, it’s allowing the residents to migrate to each other.”
Slemod spoke, “The few who visited Sand City previously, Funeral Poison, Funeral Season, and Lushan and Bamboo Tiger, are either intelligent and resourceful, or tough and tenacious. All of these characterisations are fine traits that our Yao Clan holds in high esteem.”
“That’s why I thought, Sand City is a young city that was originally populated by Yao Clan migrants from various cities, so why not welcome the aspirants of the two great divine kingdoms? As long as they labour in Sand City, they are Sand City residents.”
“Sand City won’t force a change of faith, this is also considered a small privilege of this city.”
This was the ultimate goal of Lu Yao’s previous series of padding.
Absorbing immigrants from foreign godly nations.
Initially, what Lu Yao wanted was to capture some Bamboo People, Funeral Race and Reed Folk to enter the Yao Race World. As long as they went through the baptism of the Yao Race’s civilisation, the vast majority of them would soon integrate.
The Imperial Scout Squad led by Botu was a success story.
As the two great divine kingdoms sent out emissaries and returned to their countries after visiting Sand City, they brought about many changes in the two countries, either explicitly or implicitly. Whether it was the Luminaries or the Funeral Race, they all showed their wisdom and talent in different fields.
Lu Yao gradually changed his mindset.
Establishing a stable system of absorbing foreign talents would be more stable and long-lasting.
This was what led to the later Apostolic Expedition and even the absorption of quality immigrants.
The most crucial thing was that neither of the two god kingdoms could refuse this proposal.
Whether it was based on fear and worry at the divine level, or the thirst for the advanced technology and culture of the Yao civilisation, He would agree and could only agree.
After listening to Slimer’s words, Buluo was silent for a long time.
Lu Yao knew that he was waiting for the oracle of the Psi-God.
After a few moments, Buluo said, “This offer is indeed hard to refuse, so please give me more guidance in the future.”
“Excellent, Mr Buluo, this will be a win-win situation. Whether it’s Sand City or the Phantom Ghost Realm, both will be better developed and enhanced, and I wish us good luck in our co-operation.”
Slymod immediately talked to Buluo about the specific details of the co-operation.
Seeing this, Lu Yao settled down.
This was right.
Cooperation was the win-win situation, and confrontational thinking was not desirable.
Having taken care of the most crucial step in the Outer Circulation of Civilisation, Lu Yao got up and stretched his limbs, stretching his back.
“Little Flame, brine me a few ribs with a softer texture, slightly spicy, and less sauce.”
“Yes, Lord God, please wait a moment.”
The cactus ball was ordered to run all the way from the flower pot straight to the fridge. Not long after, the sound of water draining from the tap and the thumping sound of chopping vegetables came from the kitchen.
It was not long after New Year’s Eve, and the sky was still chilly, so in the rented house without air-conditioning, Lu Yao tucked in a hot water bag to keep warm.
He freed one hand to minimise the emulator and clicked on the official website of the collected committee.
There were two new messages on the bulletin board.
The first one was the Notice on Publicly Soliciting Clues on Suspected Violations and Crimes of Hong Mouxiong’s Evil-Related Gang.
The announcement said that this Hong Mouxiong used his job at a roadside restaurant in the south line street area as a cover to use his player identity to abduct and sell women and children by luring and intimidating them with special props ……
Lu Yao took a look at the detailed description inside, and the more he read, the more familiar he felt.
A roadside restaurant?
He carefully observed Hong Mouxiong on the photo.
Remembering, this person was the food delivery boy in the restaurant. Lu Yao’s memory now, although he couldn’t call it unforgettable, was far superior.
Attached to the notice were the names and facial features of three children known to have been abducted and sold.
One of them had an impression on Lu Yao.
Because there was a missing person notice posted downstairs in the neighbourhood, the lost eight-year-old was one of them. It wasn’t an accident, but was abducted by criminals.
Back then, Song Shiyi had asked Isabel to eat at that restaurant. It wasn’t clear if it was pure coincidence, or if she was checking up on this Hong Mouxiong.
Lu Yao looked to the next entry.
Reward Announcement: There was a traffic accident somewhere in the next city over, and after the accident there was a black travelling bag missing, containing a transparent glass Klein bottle.
The inside of the bottle has a black sketchy portrait of a man with large ears and eyes, hands and knees, in an ancient form that moves around the inside of the bottle. Anyone with information is invited to report it to the Commission ……
Lu Yao immediately realised that it was a silkworm bush.
When he looked at the date, it was a bounty announcement issued four days ago. And the bounty announcement was followed by a locked symbol, with the note next to it [Withdrawn].
Lu Yao pondered, it looked like the 66th Silkworm Bush had been arrested.
It was afraid that it would be difficult for it to get out of the committee’s hands.
After scrolling through the committee’s messages and notifications for a while, Lu Yao finally waited for the richly scented marinated pork ribs to be served. He poured a cup of cola, put on his plastic gloves and was about to start eating when there was a sudden knock on the door from outside.
Little Fire immediately burrowed into the flower pot and resumed its cactus posture.
Lu Yao muttered.
Who is knocking on the door at one o’clock in the middle of the night?
He initially thought that it might be the drunkard upstairs who was dazed and went to the wrong door.
Knock – knock – knock.
The knocking on the door was harsh in the quiet night, the force was not heavy, and there was a sense of sober restraint.
Lu Yao’s heart flinched, it couldn’t be looking for trouble, right?
Safety first.
He first summoned Isabelle, Blood Knight and Tyrant over, commanding Isabelle to go to the door to inquire, Tyrant ambushed in the corner, and Blood Knight stood at his side to act as a personal bodyguard.
Isabel asked in slightly accented Chinese, “Who is it?”
A well-spoken male voice came from outside the door, “Greetings, honourable Mr. Pilot.”
The other party introduced himself, “My name is Harrow, I was commissioned by the Silkworm Bush to come and retrieve the memories it left behind, and I found my way here.”
“I’m sorry for the late night visit, and for not drawing attention to myself. The committee has my registration information over there, you can check it, I’ve never done anything against the local rules when I came to this world, but I generally don’t want to deal with them either is all.”
Isabel received Lu Yao’s permission and opened the door.
Lu Yao looked outside through her eyes.
At the front door of the rental house, there was a dirty stray dog crouching.
It was covered with black spots on its white fur, and there was a large black spot at its right eye, like a pirate’s blindfold over his eyes, making it look a little fierce.
The pirate dog couldn’t help but lick its tongue when it saw the ribs in Lu Yao’s bowl. It endeavoured to turn its face away, but its eyes were not listening to its commands, and its sight was still focused on the ribs.
It tried to stabilise its breathing, “Mr. Enlightened One, please also be able to hand over the Silkworm Bush’s memories to me ……”
Before the words were finished, the pirate dog had already nimbly burrowed in, and Isabel didn’t even have time to stop it.
As it rushed to the door, it was kicked off by the tyrant with a precise kick.
The pirate dog landed lightly after a backflip, it looked at the tyrant wearing a white bone helmet, “Swordsman, is this an invitation to duel me?”
“You are strong, I accept your challenge.”
The pirate dog’s eyes became as if they were crimson lava, and its body exploded into a mass of twisted hairy monsters that blended black and white.
