The Salt Villain was a naturally born new human that was born with a rank. However, there were only three of them in the entire Salt City, and they were all seven or eight year olds.
They were much weaker than true Transcendent beings.
Lu Yao found the child with the highest rank among the three and checked his panel.
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[Salt Race LV2] Yanjiu
Life Value: 20/20
Mana Value: 5/5
Damage: 1
Defence: 1
Speed: 1
[Longevity
Has a long lifespan.
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Lu Yao always felt that these three teenagers with the title of [Salt Clan] were a bit fishy.
So he tracked their trajectory.
After some careful tracing, Lu Yao found the source of this Salt Clan. The father of these three children was the same person, none other than [Corrupted Guard] Salt Gel.
This guy gave birth to these three children with an East Sea Clan woman in Salt City and often secretly sent meat and salt over.
Lu Yao had mixed feelings in his heart.
The happy part was of course the interracial love that gave birth to the [Salt Clan] that had never existed before and could improve the offspring of the entire tribal community. Looking at it in a long timeline, change was always a good thing.
The worrying part is. The emergence of the [Salt Clan] marked a kind of union between ordinary people and transcendent powers, and there was no telling what direction it would lead the little people.
There is no precedent for this.
The Pixel Villain would, from this point onwards, deviate significantly from human history on Earth, giving Lu Yao a bit of a headache.
It probably wouldn’t be long before there was no more homework to copy.
Overall, the birth of the [Salt Clan] still made Lu Yao happy.
They came with the [Longevity] attribute. No matter what, this attribute would definitely be a good thing if it could gradually cover the entire city and could give every villain a longer adulthood.
Lu Yao decided to wait and see first.
He was a Catcher in the Rye, and as long as these villains didn’t go over the cliff, he would let them grow wildly. Too much meddling would instead inhibit the creativity of the little people and affect the civilisation process of the Pixel World itself.
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Salt City didn’t have the splendour of the tribal headquarters, they didn’t have a fashion-setting spectacle like the [Colosseum], they didn’t have the [Monument] that symbolised history and inheritance, and they didn’t have such a rich and diverse range of produce. The population here was just two thousand, less than a quarter of the headquarters.
On the other hand, Yancheng is not burdened with any history.
There are not so many deep-rooted things here, there is no fanaticism, there is no culture of beast-fighting, there is no tradition of praying and worshipping the gods at every turn. ……
Salt City is a brand new city, and therefore not resistant to anything new.
The fishing company broke free of all sorts of constraints and made a big splash here.
A prompt popped up on the screen.
[Fishing Company invented the library.]
[The intelligence of everyone in Salt City has increased somewhat.]
[Shang Li invented carrier pigeons.]
[Salt City has mastered the method of raising and using carrier pigeons.]
Lu Yao was a bit surprised.
Shang Li actually came to settle in Yancheng?
He remembered this guy. Shang Li had been staying at the Garlic Tribe headquarters, running the Colosseum with Mu Ke. Now he had actually shifted direction.
Lu Yao swept his gaze over the city and found Shang Li following beside Fishing Lian. It looked like he had turned into Fishery Company’s deputy, or partner.
Was he discovering the money-making opportunities in Salt City?
Regardless of the purpose, it was good that these two tribal heroes could work together.
Fishing Company was creative, often had wild ideas, and dared to turn their visions into reality.
Shang Li does things practically and profitably, and is essentially a very realistic businessman. His greatest strength was his discerning eye, always able to find an excellent collaborator.
He had his eye on Mu Ke before, and now he was aiming for the Fishing Company.
Lu Yao watched the dialogue between the two villains with interest.
“The library must charge a fee.”
Shang Li said, “Knowledge that costs nothing will not be valued or revered.”
Yuelian objected, “Libraries are built so that more people can read books and gain knowledge. If sea shells are charged, then many people won’t want to come to the library.”
“There will always be people who will learn, and there will always be people who don’t want to learn.”
Shang Li said, “It’s just like meat. If we put a piece of meat on the side of the road and say that we don’t need any money to take it, then what will happen?”
“Of course someone would take the meat away, right?”
“Wrong.”
A sweaty emoticon floated above Shang Li’s head, “That’s something we merchants used to do.”
“What really happened was that a lot of people came over to look at it, but no one picked the meat up because they all thought that there was something wrong with it. A lot of people told us that they wouldn’t fall for it and not to take them for fools.”
“If there was no problem, why would good meat be given away for nothing?”
“In the end, it was a wild dog that ate the meat.”
“……”
Shang Li continued, “But then, just lowering the price of the meat a little bit will instead attract a lot of people to go crazy. This is also the true experience of our merchants.”
“I know that you want everyone to learn knowledge. I also admire you, otherwise I wouldn’t have left the colosseum behind to come and work with you.”
“Unfortunately, you know a lot about knowledge, but not about what people want.”
“They don’t want knowledge. Or rather, they don’t really want knowledge, they just want good things.”
“That’s why good things certainly don’t come for nothing, they have to be paid for. That’s something hunters and farmers know.”
Shangli sagely enlightened Fishing Company, “The reason why I said that libraries need to charge a fee is to tell them that knowledge is valuable and a good thing. That way they will cherish it instead.”
“……”
Fishing Company was speechless.
He finally admitted, “You’re right, I was the one who thought too simply. It’s better to charge for it.”
“Yes, Mayor.” A smiley symbol floated above Shang Li’s head.
A question mark floated above Fishing Company’s head, “I’ll ask again, why are you here?”
“My answer is still the same, Mayor, because I have a good opinion of the city, and the Mayor you.”
Shang Li said, “The Colosseum is great, but it still doesn’t compare to an up and coming city.”
“Yao City’s Colosseum represents the past and the present.”
“But this is the future.”
“Businessmen will always place their chips in the future.”
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Salt City’s library was very humble, a large stone house built in the centre of the city. It looked four-square, with a flag outside the house painted with book motifs.
There was a man at the door shouting, “Library, library. Find the book you need and someone will read the whole book out for you, even if you don’t know the words.”
Not many people came here because of the measures taken to charge for the books. Most people gather around outside and wait for the people inside to come out and ask about what they’ve seen – commonly known as white johns.
Salt City is like a vibrant teenager, curious and motivated by everything, not hesitating to step out and try all kinds of new things.
……
Lu Yao moved his viewpoint.
Over at the Garlic Tribe headquarters, it was a different scene.
A part of the people indulged in the thrill and excitement brought by the colosseum and ale, indulging in pleasures and getting drunk and crazy in blood and wine.
Others became puritanical fanatics. They praised the gods at every meal and drink, quoted passages from the Gospel of God, and prayed and worshipped at the temple.
Others aspired to wild adventure. In their oared sailing ships, they rushed again and again to the borders of the Broken World, as if to duel with unseen giants. Many lost their lives at sea as a result.
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The abundance of food in a short period of time has caused most of the small people in the Ministry to lose themselves, and has caused the old tribal birthplace to become twilight.
Commonly known as overfeeding.
The death of the sorcerer Morimi has exacerbated the situation.
At the temple, the prophet Hemera finally got angry.
She began to lead scholars around preaching sermons to make those who indulged in lust repent before the temple and the Gospel. She then expelled a portion of the extreme hedonists and drove them indirectly to Salt Lake City, and created an army for this purpose.
[Hemera created the Temple Army.]
[The Garlic Tribe learnt to form and use armies.]
[The Garlic Tribe founded the city, Yao City.]
Unlike Salt City, Yao City was filled with a strong atmosphere of god worship. It slowly turned into a city that focused on agriculture and religion.
Lu Yao overlooked the two cities located in the east and west.
They had set sail from the same starting point, and there was finally a divergence in direction.
The two cities would go further and further along their respective routes, and what would happen in the future was anyone’s guess.
Lu Yao leaned back in his chair, remembering the classic beginning of A Tale of Two Cities.
This is the best of times, this is the worst of times, this is ……
Forgot about it later.
