hotmtlnovel Chapter 1778 The Uncrowned King
Chapter 1778 The Uncrowned King
Chapter 1778 The Uncrowned King
"The most effective way to save the desperate is not simply through material and money."
A peaceful journey does not promise salvation; it is the God of Redemption who promises salvation.
But he did give hope to mortals, just like the desperate patient at the beginning, he got the opportunity to change his destiny.
“Mortals, or most ordinary people, when they are forced into a desperate situation, the only currency they have is their life.”
Those who have nothing will not refuse this path of "self-rescue".
To everyone’s surprise, after an initial slow development period, the theory and believers of “life trading” began to spread throughout Southeast Asia.
After all, there are too many desperate people here who have nothing but their lives.
Compared to the rescue that will never come, this kind of "deal" that makes the position and price clear at the beginning is more acceptable.
"The spokesperson of the East Country promised that we do not interfere with the thoughts and actions of other countries. Some new changes in Southeast Asia mentioned by a certain country have nothing to do with us. The slogans they shouted may involve some civil forces."
In the East, people keep saying that it has nothing to do with them, and that the influence of civilian forces has nothing to do with the official ones.
The fact is that, whether in Southeast Asia or in every corner of the world, Eastern Orthodox churches, civil forces, and multinational corporations are all taking action.
Whether it is trade, public welfare relief, or selling reconstruction services, they are clearly interfering in the world.
Just like after World War II, European countries were reduced to ruins and were simply unable to refuse the rescue of the Michel Plan. In fact, if we only look at hard indicators such as population and economic losses, this is many times more miserable than World War II.
Many places have been reduced to wasteland, and a reshuffle is certain. The Eastern Country officials have no interest in expanding outward in all directions. Merely internal development and the development of the star field will result in endless consumption.
But those so-called civilian forces, those righteous gods, quasi-righteous gods, and evil gods that were originally restrained by the official authorities, are also the best preserved group in the war, and are now eager for opportunities for development.
As long as those vacant lands are still on the earth, they have their value. If there are some people living on them, they can become places for development.
After all, most of the gods on Earth are human gods, and if possible, they still hope to develop their own power with humans as the backbone.
The world situation is changing, a new era is coming, and people like Lu Ping'an can't even be ranked on the stage. It's not that his power is weak. Now that his reborn power has obtained the title of a true god, it is already a powerful force in the first tier. It's just that he acts more gently and is not very threatening.
This stuff is the result of comparison. In Europe and Citibank, the churches really used force to clear the way.
As long as Lu Ping'an continues to carry out public welfare under the banner and only targets the leaders of warlords and lords, the surrounding countries will not cause trouble for him. There are more dangerous existences in the areas around them.
The instability of the Mountain Kingdom has been targeted, and "civilian forces" have emerged in its south, north and east, while another large country to its west is even more unstable.
Lu Ping'an's power expanded rapidly, but he did not encounter much hostility. The key was that he did not "occupy the mountain as king".
He had always just marked out some safe zones, transforming the already alien and dangerous areas into his holy land.
From a human perspective, this is undoubtedly a great thing to block foreign threats, and each holy land is a simplified "trading place" that can allow mortals to trade life and future. When Lu Ping'an is still on Earth, it can also be used as a teleportation point to the higher-level "courtyard" and go to the "Holy Land of Life" for higher-level transactions.
So, although they do not occupy much land, they can actually change the fate of the victims.
The Life Preservation Corps no longer has to hunt down those warlords. The disaster victims in their territories who can't survive are willing to give up everything, including their lives, to change their fate.
And those saviors do not need to be outsiders. Those locally born "life merchants" and those self-saviors who have accepted the Holy Scripture of Lu Ping'an will naturally spread these news and ideas.
A single spark can start a prairie fire. When a large number of extraordinary people were born by Lu Ping'an's ability, the absolute military power of the warlords and lords began to collapse.
It is foreseeable that their heads will sooner or later become part of the Avengers' collection.
It's not that they didn't resist, they even took the initiative to form an alliance to attack the trading site. Lu Ping'an led the main force of the entire battle group to attack with all their strength, killing people and causing rivers of blood.
These elite soldiers who had experienced the plane wars, equipped with thousands of war machines, crushed those scattered warlords and the armies of the two countries too easily. Yes, those two countries also quietly dispatched some officers and ships. It was also a good thing to be able to eliminate this unstable factor.
However, they underestimated Lu Ping'an's war reserve, and at the same time, they also underestimated the existence of a...
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The giant beasts of the ocean reappeared on the battlefield. Hundreds of fog-sound monsters appeared on the battlefield, and the weakest among them was above the rule level.
The Mist Sound Beast is still hunting dragons and snakes, and has even formed a dynamic numerical balance with them. It is regarded as a "beneficial beast" by uninformed humans.
But now, they have shown obvious tendencies. Most people don’t know that they are actually Lu Ping’an’s “tamed animals”.
"The King of Sea Beasts? Haha, the King of XX is really cheap nowadays."
Lu Ping'an was happy to receive the new title, but the unknown number of sea beasts completely made the two countries lose interest in him.
It's not just a matter of combat power. If Lu is really killed, and the Mist Beast is gone or out of control, what will happen to those dragons and snakes?
With the real threat gone, Lu Ping'an's development has become more stable.
All he had to do was to manage those safe zones well, complete basic rescue and reconstruction work, and operate some local resource industries, trying to start recovering his investments. With just some oil fields and minerals, not counting the recently discovered gold mines, Lu Ping'an found that he had already started to make back his investment.
Even so, he still does business and charity work honestly, and his main businesses are various hospitals, schools, and refugee camps.
If he wanted, he could occupy the land and become the so-called king of Southeast Asia, but he still just fulfilled his "disaster relief responsibility."
"Why not grab the territory? Well, that doesn't really mean anything to me."
To people outside, Lu Ping'an can say nice things, but in response to internal inquiries, Lu Ping'an told some very truthful words.
"If we don't have people's hearts, what's the point of rebuilding the dilapidated temple? From another perspective, if we have people's hearts, does it matter whether there are dilapidated temples or not?"
When the followers of Lu Ping An fill the entire area, and when their ideas are truly accepted by ordinary people, does it really matter whether they occupy those territories?