King from scratch

The weather in the other world is the same as before, and it is difficult to see the change.

The convoy stationed in the desert stretched for dozens of meters, the leading mechanical body stood on the grass, and the rest of the mechanical bodies returned to the convoy after their initial appearance.

He Xingwen, Zhe and Nubida's eyes stopped on the players not far away.

He Shu never thought that he would be so lucky to meet his target so easily - in his estimation, the time of their meeting would have to be postponed by at least one month, when the player gets the pass to enter the main city after qualification.

"Your Majesty the King." He Shu read out this familiar title, and began to worry about another point - he was not good at communication, but since the captain of the team was not here, he had to reluctantly contact the other party directly.

"I think we need to talk." He Shu said, "Isn't that one of the reasons why you invited us here?"

Nubida quickly turned from curiosity to enthusiasm, keenly smelling the aura of secrets.

What he didn't see in the king's subjects belonged to humans, but he saw in this intelligent creature that didn't belong to humans.

The system said annoyed words in a serious tone: "Ah, I was accidentally bumped into by him, why don't we just disqualify him from the internal test?"

He Xingwen mixed a sigh into this sentence: "Where did you get the bad taste?"

He Shu was taken aback for a moment, and quickly realized that the other party was not talking to him, but was talking to another existence.

Almost in the next second, the name of that existence has come to his mind - system.

The existence that makes miracles come true.

"According to my judgment, this performance is more in line with human reactions." The system explained: "I am trying to improve my intelligence."

All eyes fell on He Xingwen.

He Xingwen ignored them as a matter of course, and had a conversation like no one else: "That doesn't make you any more human."

"Humans are really hard to understand." The system said objectively: "How did they manage to create miracles under such inefficient operations, redundant emotional drag and useless thinking patterns?"

"Human beings also want to know the answer to this question." He Xingwen brought the topic back: "But right now, I don't think this is the point."

He Xingwen acted like a fool talking to himself, but no one tried to interrupt him.

In this world, a conversational partner that cannot be captured by others is not scary.

After all, there are too many races in this world that can do this.

Ignorance is what makes the fuss.

The system gave him the best solution: "You need to chat with them. In your territory, convey your ideas to them. It is indeed our original plan to reach further cooperation."

He Xingwen glanced at He Shu.

The system knows what he's thinking: "He's really not the best person to talk to, but considering that Wu Xing is still in Xinshou Village, but he can take the initiative to find you, I think you can be more lenient with him."

He Xingwen gestured in He Shu's direction, without concealing who the subject of his sentence was referring to.

"Who is he?"

"He Shu, a special strategic reserve of the Special Investigation Bureau, a genius whose IQ is far beyond ordinary people, has minored in 15 bachelor's degrees, and has an incomparably deep understanding of the operation of human society and the composition of the human world."

The system paused: "As a human being, he is very good."

Hearing it, He Xingwen, who is in college, hasn't even graduated, and doesn't even have a bachelor's degree, thought so.

"Of course, they can't compare with you." The system said sincerely: "The entire group of human beings is eclipsed in front of you."

...?

If it weren't for the fact that so many people were paying attention to him, He Xingwen would like to ask the system why it excluded him from the human group so confidently.

Does he have any hidden racial settings?

At that second, countless thoughts arose in He Xingwen's mind, and he even began to doubt his own race.

Could it be that the reason why my life is so legendary is that I was not human from the beginning?

It's unlikely, but not impossible.

He Xingwen put this question aside, the current situation is not suitable for him to confirm this with the system.

He Xingwen glanced at Nubida, and pondered: "Your previous proposal..."

The small wings behind Nubida, who was full of anticipation, couldn't help flapping a few times quietly, revealing an uncontrollable excitement.

"I still need to think about it."

Nubida looked at He Xingwen suspiciously. As a demon, he quickly noticed the evil meaning contained in He Xingwen's behavior.

However, He Xingwen has proved with practical actions that it is not a bad taste, but a warning.

"Your performance just now was terrible, and you can't convince me."

Nubida resisted the urge to roll his eyes: "I'm a demon," he emphasized to He Xingwen in a drawn-out tone: "Devils are such terrible existences, you can't ask us to become like your people..." Cold-blooded and No ego.

Nubida didn't say the second half of the sentence.

Zhe took over the quarrel and said calmly, "Why is it impossible?"

Nubida rolled his eyes at him: "Because before that, one of you or me must die."

The wandering businessman listened to the whole conversation calmly. Seeing that the dispute was about to escalate, he interrupted the dialogue and testified for the devil: "Dear king, you see, this is normal. Wherever the devil is, there will always be chaos, quarrels and even death." .”

"I don't mean to say that it's their racial nature, but you can't see a demon restraining his impulses, restraining his behavior, just to survive."

If He Xingwen's memory is correct, Nubida and the others did exactly what they did before, choosing to restrain themselves in order to survive.

Nubida justified his actions confidently: "That is a temporary compromise. Don't you think we have waited for an opportunity?"

"A chaotic city, a group of uncontrolled beings, since there is no order in itself, it is the most suitable place for us in the kingdom."

He Xingwen was convinced by his strong yearning for Xinshou Village: "Since you think it's okay, then I agree."

The agreement came too suddenly, and Nubida's first reaction was to suspect that the other party had bad intentions.

But a few seconds later, Nubida gave up unnecessary doubts, flapped his wings, and disappeared in front of them.

I hope he can know the value of life and freedom under the ravages of players.

He Xingwen looked away and turned his attention to the wandering merchant: "Let's go and see my kingdom."

"It's my pleasure."

Wandering merchants, to be precise, as the leader of this wandering merchant team, Anuta did not think that everything would go so smoothly. This new civilization that suddenly appeared in the land of God's Fall was unexpectedly lacking in aggressiveness.

As a new civilization, they can even be called friendly - if the Zerg and the undead are used as a control group.

Except for the strange places where they appear and the unusual way they expand, they are not much different from normal human kingdoms, and they are all political systems based on human society.

The territory of the kingdom has been expanded again and again, and finally it can barely be called vast, which allows Anuta to have more things to observe.

But obviously the king didn't want to take him to the forest or the ocean. He took Anuta straight to their main city. Along the way, Anuta could clearly see that the kingdom's Civilization is still in its infancy.

Primitive fishing with fishing nets, simple and rough clay-making methods, and immature civilizations seem to be newly born.

Anuta carefully collected these details and pieced together the appearance of the kingdom.

He noticed that at the other end of the main city, there stood a city that was indistinguishable from the main city, and the life characteristics of the devil stayed in that city.

Is that what the devil said, a city of chaos and lack of order?

The reason why there are so many magic lines engraved on the machine is because it has enough detailed functions, enough for Anuta, who has not personally arrived at the land of God's Fall, to obtain more information from the perspective of machines and ethers.

For example, the detection of life signs is enough for him to confirm that in that city, apart from a dozen demons and thirty humans, there are only traces of extremely strong ether fluctuations left.

Are those etheric fluctuations the same beings as these two beings?

Anuta "looked" at the two groups of ethers that were following them closely.

The images conveyed by magic patterns are different from human vision, but for most objectively existing real substances, there is not much difference.

In other words, human beings are still human beings in the picture—for example, the king and his subjects.

But some creatures whose main substance is ether, in their eyes, cannot have the dynamic capture and transformation of creatures, and can only become their original appearance.

Just like the two groups of stable ether sources behind them.

In Anuta's sight, He Shu and Du Ming were two halos of ether, emitting a faint light.

For Anuta, the only thing that surprised him about this group of creatures was that they were weak, so weak that they did not have any objective combat power at all.

He Xingwen stepped into the main city, and He Shu and the others were stopped by a system notification that jumped out at the door.

He Xingwen turned his head and looked at them: "Come in."

[Permission to enter the city has been obtained. 】

Following His Majesty's words, the notification changed, and the invisible barrier that hindered their progress disappeared.

He Shu and Du Ming stepped into the main city where players were not allowed to enter.

There is nothing special about the main city, except that there are npcs all over it and it runs in an orderly manner, its layout is exactly the same as that of Novice Village.

Adisseo Jin was dragged out of the factory by Yan.

Adisseo King glanced at the rough mechanical body, and saw traces of dwarf craftsmanship: "Wandering businessman?"

Anuta: "Greetings to you, descendants of the Xishan Dwarf King."

Adisseo Jin said directly to He Xingwen: "Wandering merchants roam among the various races in the mainland, selling everything that other forces need in exchange for money."

"Your Majesty, they are completely useless and untrustworthy." Adisseo King's attitude towards the wandering merchants was very clear, and he was the only existence in the kingdom who clearly expressed his dislike.

Anudha was not surprised by the treatment he received from the dwarves.

When He Xingwen cast a puzzled look at Anu Da, he explained in time: "There is a past between the dwarf and Ai Zhijin..."

Andrisu King interrupted him: "The Wandering Trader was a friend of the Dwarf Kingdom, but not from the day the Dwarf Kingdom fell apart."

Anuta continued to be interrupted: "After the death of the last dwarf king of the dwarf kingdom, the dwarf kingdom held an election vote for the next dwarf king. They sent us an invitation. As friends of the dwarf kingdom, we have a vote."

"But you didn't come!"

Adisseo King said: "The final vote was held three times, and each round was tied! It was because you were missing your vote!"

"After three rounds of tie votes, the successors had a fair, just, and final holy duel. Renyu Tu died in the holy duel. As a result, internal strife in the dwarf kingdom arose. In the end, the dwarf kingdom fell apart."

It sounds like a tragedy caused by wandering businessmen who didn't participate in the election.

But after a careful look at the logic, I feel that the wandering businessman is a bit wronged.

Three rounds of tie votes, is it really because one vote is missing?

If the number of voters is so small that every vote is crucial, then even a wandering businessman who is just a friend can get the right to vote.

The fact that a wandering trader can get a vote proves in itself that the turnout is large enough to make the vote less important.

In the case of a large number of voters, three rounds of tie votes.

That's not the reason for missing one vote.

This simple logic is obviously not only clear to the wandering merchants, even Adisseo King may know it.

"So, wandering merchants will never be friends with dwarves." Andysu King was very upset about this point: "Because you didn't come at the beginning."

Anuta knew the dwarves, he didn't try to persuade the dwarves, but started directly from the business.

"Their condition is not very good." Anudda said: "But they refused to go to the gathering place of the dwarves."

"Of course, in their eyes, those gathering places are the direct cause of the dwarf kingdom being torn apart." Andy Su Jin looked at He Xingwen: "I can try to persuade them, but it may not be useful."

"After all, becoming a citizen of other countries is equivalent to abandoning the dwarf kingdom for them."

"They would rather die of starvation where no one knows, than forsake the glory of the dwarves."

From this point of view, it is no wonder that Adisseo King was exiled. The gap between him and traditional dwarves is so great that people feel that his exile is a matter of course.

The kingdom needs more dwarves, but they are not urgently needed. Civilization sails slowly and always reaches its final destination.

He Xingwen has never been anxious about this from the beginning to the end, and now he is not so anxious that it must be those dwarves.

"The dwarves will handle the affairs of the dwarves." He Xingwen bent down to look at Andy Su Jin, and said, "You just need to remember that the choice is in your hands."

Andysu King's expression became serious. Just as the king said, the dwarves are more urgent now than the kingdom that is developing in an orderly manner.

They missed the time when the kingdom needed them most, and they would have to pay a new heavy price if they wanted to board the big ship of the kingdom in the future.

"I know what you mean." Andy Su Jin said seriously: "I will convince them."

What do you know?I always feel that the other party is brainstorming, and brainstorming the wrong answer.

He Xingwen stared at the dwarf for a few seconds, feeling uneasy.

Just in case, He Xingwen decided to provide Adisseo Jin with a little protection.

"Huang will go with you." He Xingwen made a decision - he didn't have many choices, Zhe was in charge of the operation of the entire kingdom, and he couldn't be born, while You was in charge of the players, the only ones left for him to choose were Yan, yellow.

Yan used his IQ to exclude himself from the options, and Huang naturally became the only choice.

"If there is an accident, he will handle it."

Anudha keenly noticed that the dwarf didn't seem to feel that the king's arrangement was a sign of distrust, and he accepted it well.

Adisseo King was very different from the dwarves Anudha knew.

He appeared to the king more like a human being with knowledge and interest than a dwarf with a famous single-mindedness and hot temper.

Of course, this is not the first existence in this kingdom that surprised him, the devil is.

Although demons are still demons, if someone thinks that the performance of demons just now is the reason why they are notorious, then they look down on other races in this world too much.

Compared with the previous performance of the demon, his performance in front of the king can only be called a small prank with a smile, unlike the demon that Anuta is familiar with.

And there must be some reason that compelled the demons and dwarves to restrain their characters and show humility and loyalty to the king.

The reason for this is, and only possibly, the opponent's strength.

Anuta came to this conclusion, silently raised his vigilance to the peak.

With the permission of the king, Andy Su Jin hurriedly ran towards the city.

He Xingwen's eyes turned to the wandering merchants and players who were still present.

"Zhe, take the wandering merchant around the city and wait for Adisseo King to clean up..." He Xingwen looked at the mechanical body.

The other party's voice came from Sea Dragon Stone: "Wandering traders who stay outside the border can lead him the way to meet the dwarves."

The meaning of the other party was very obvious, He Xingwen: "Are you going to stay in the kingdom for a while?"

"With your permission."

"This..." He Xingwen looked at the mechanical body subconsciously: "Can the device continue to be used?"

"No. After the energy in the Sea Dragon Stone is exhausted, it can no longer be driven. Due to its special structure, the Sea Dragon Stone cannot be replaced." The other party said unhurriedly: "But this will not be an obstacle. For this visit, We have prepared enough mechanical bodies."

He Xingwen remembered the number of mechanical bodies coming out of the tent, and it was indeed enough.

"Zhe, you arrange a house for him..." He Xingwen said while deeply feeling that there is not enough manpower.

But the problem is, after opening the krypton gold channel of the holographic game, his energy is not enough...

"Then let others show him around the kingdom."

The system interrupted at the right time, reminding He Xingwen: "Given the other party's businessman attributes, maybe you should be vigilant against him? After all, intelligence is also a commodity."

So, in front of the wandering businessman, He Xingwen directly said to Zhe: "Don't let him be alone, you don't need to take him to places like Xinshou Village, the forest, or the sea."

After Zhe led Anuta into the city, He Xingwen confirmed with the system: "Do you think we need to hide information from the other party?"

The system said: "The creation of NPCs, the use of black blood stones, the resurrection of Phoenix, the uniqueness of players..."

"Do you think it's necessary to hide these things?"

He Xingwen didn't think this could become a secret, after all, the kingdom was here, and there were so many strange things in the kingdom, so many miracle names were written all over it from beginning to end.

"I think, before further confirming the sincerity of the other party, as an outsider who will not become a citizen of the kingdom, you have no reason to be defenseless against him."

Most of the time, the system is always right.

He Xingwen turned his attention to the only existence present.

"What do you want to talk about?"

"Talk about the part we didn't finish talking about last time."

He Shudao: "We have already shown our sincerity, I think it's time for you to show your sincerity too?"

He Shu lacked conversational skills, so he chose to get straight to the point: "What can the different world bring us? To what extent can you cooperate with us?"

He Xingwen walked towards the center of the city. There were a few NPCs scattered on the road, most of them were in a hurry. No one looked at the king who appeared on the street, and no one stopped to salute the king.

They walked on the road so calmly, discussing a matter that had a profound impact on both worlds.

"What can the different world bring?" He Xingwen repeated his question, and said, "If you don't know the answer, then you won't let this closed beta start at all."

"The premise of this question is," said He Xingwen, "whether it is possible for the two worlds to communicate with each other."

"And when you received the batch of simple holographic gaming helmets, you got an affirmative answer."

"But obviously, it is not an intercommunication that everyone can achieve." He Shu said rigorously: "If this kind of intercommunication is open, then the other world cannot be your 'discovery' alone."

"And the communication channel between the two worlds in your hands brings the question back to the beginning, what can the other world bring us?" That is his next question, how deep can their cooperation go.

He Xingwen's answer determines the country's follow-up response plan.

He Xingwen didn't expect this, because he didn't divide himself and the other party into two independent individuals.

But obviously, the other party had had an extremely in-depth discussion on this before the start of the internal test.

The system interrupted He Xingwen's pause: "Profit and glory, magic and technology, everything in your great rule will become the cornerstone on the road to the revival of Huaguo."

He Xingwen paused.

He understands the system, and the system has never concealed his essence in front of him——from the cold analysis of all existence by intelligent creatures, which constitutes the appearance of the system.

Humans would say such soft and passionate words, but the system would not.

His essence is the decomposition and reorganization of cold numbers, the optimal solution is his eternal choice, and humanity and morality are just two unnecessary conditions added when he is in human society.

Therefore, there should be a second half of this sentence.

The system continued: "Then, similarly, interests and glory, human beings and technology, everything from Huaguo will become the cornerstone for the kingdom to enter the world stage."

"The essence of cooperation is the exchange of interests. Only those who are bound to the same interest body can work together."

"Hua Guo cannot dominate another world, because they do not belong to this world." System: "And you have no intention of dominating Hua Guo, because you always have blood and loyalty to it."

"Then, the basis for the exchange of interests is thus formed."

He Xingwen looked up at the magnificent building not far away. The altar stood in the city center, silently demonstrating the power from the system.

It was at that moment that he suddenly understood the true meaning of what the system said before—[It seems to me that there is a road behind every choice you make, and when you make a choice , I saw what this road looks like after. 】

When this conversation between him and the Special Investigation Bureau appeared in the system database, it was definitely not at this moment, but earlier...

Maybe it was the moment he blurted out "I want to play a holographic game", or maybe the moment he decided to contact the Special Investigation Bureau, the system saw this scene that would happen soon.

He Xingwen's silence gave He Shu a clear signal.

He waited for a moment, then interrupted He Xingwen's silence.

"Are you communicating with the system?"

He Shu recalled the scene of He Xingwen talking to himself just now, and asked with a scientific spirit: "As far as I know, in most online novels, the system has the ability to communicate with the host through consciousness, but you system, he doesn’t seem to have this function?”

So much so that He Xingwen had to do the embarrassing and redundant behavior of talking to himself.

He Xingwen also didn't care about this point. He accepted the way of dialogue and communication from the beginning, but never thought about why he couldn't use consciousness to conduct dialogue.

The system gave the answer: "The premise of conscious communication is that I can hear your consciousness, but human consciousness is often full of complicated thoughts. In this case, the result of conscious communication is most likely that I have no difference. Accept all the thoughts that come from you, not just one thought."

"You won't like this way of communication," he said firmly.

Indeed, no one likes the idea of ​​being owned by someone else.

And when an existence can complete clear communication with you through consciousness, another problem will inevitably arise.

Does he really only hear the answers I want him to hear?

Once a seed of doubt is planted, it cannot easily disappear.

Foolish soliloquies lessen the doubt.

But now, He Xingwen began to think about this issue.

"So, you can perceive my thoughts?"

"If you are willing to establish a channel for communicating with me, I can indeed," the system said, "If there is no channel, then I need to invade your consciousness... I don't have to do that."

When doubt arises, stating affection and loyalty is the most useless option because it cannot be proven.

Expounding objective reasons is a more powerful way to dispel doubts.

For example...

"I don't need to invade your consciousness to get the thoughts in your mind." The system said objectively: "It's unnecessary to risk losing your trust."

What it means to be superfluous is that the other party can completely infer his thoughts through data.

It seems that he still has a very long way to go on the road of learning the human thinking mode.

This reason strongly dispelled He Xingwen's suspicion, and then inserted He Xingwen's sarcasm.

He Xingwen decided to interrupt the dialogue with non-human beings and get some comfort from the dialogue with humans.

"Where did we talk just now?" He didn't have the thought of answering He Shucai's question, but returned to the original conversation.

"About what you can get from the different world?" He Xingwen relayed the system's answer just now: "Benefits, glory...everything I can give you."

He Shu turned his head and exchanged glances with Du Ming behind him, and instantly understood the subtext of his words.

"Community of interests?"

He Xingwen did not get any comfort from human beings, but was stabbed a few times by human wisdom backhand.

"That's right, a community of interests." He Xingwen said: "I respect and defend the country's gains in other worlds, on the premise that the country respects and supports the kingdom's expansion in other worlds."

He Shu spoke quickly to keep up with the rhythm of the conversation: "Expand with the kingdom as the main body? How to distribute the benefits?"

The system inserted a dialogue: "The premise of everything is based on equivalent exchange."

"Every entity acquired from another world means the enhancement of the ether on the earth."

"The current strength of the ether on the earth only acts on life without intelligence, so only a small change is caused."

"However, the higher the intensity of the ether, the wider the area affected. There will be abnormal ability users among human beings, and there will also be abnormal ability users among other creatures."

"The choice given by nature is extremely fair. It is not only given to human beings, but also to all living creatures on the earth."

"So, the premise of all exchange and distribution of benefits is based on how they intend to open the door to the era of spiritual recovery."

He Xingwen conveyed the system's warning to He Shu, and then asked the system his question: "In this way, the recovery of spiritual energy may not be a good thing, and there is no point in exploring another world?"

He Shu disagreed with his point of view. He refuted He Xingwen's words before the system: "Opportunities and crises coexist. Abandoning a new world because of dangers is the most stupid person would not make this choice."

From ancient times to the present, all actions of a country are based on interests.

The fundamental reason for the country's continuous development is to obtain more benefits.

The limited space and land on the earth make several countries fight endlessly, just to get more benefits.

But now, in front of them is a different world that has not been fully developed.

It has dangers, but again, it represents huge benefits.

What a new world represents is not only resources, land, and population, but also new civilizations. The changes in the means of production brought about by the collision of technology and magic are the most fundamental interests.

The two industrial revolutions directly contributed to the rise of the two countries, and their prosperity is still active on the international stage.

So, how many industrial revolutions can the collision of civilizations in two different worlds bring about?

What they want is not just to divide the visible part of the benefits, but to share the invisible part.

The system is well aware of the SBI's thinking, but it doesn't feel the need to explain the ins and outs behind it to He Xingwen in detail - because this is not a negotiation.

Perhaps the SBI came here with the idea of ​​negotiating.

But He Xingwen was not.

So the system just answered He Xingwen's question categorically: "In fact, their thinking is exactly the opposite of yours. For them, this restriction means the controllability of spiritual energy recovery. By manipulating the physical objects obtained from other worlds, Quantity, to control the intensity of spiritual recovery."

For He Xingwen, who has no political experience and has been a king since he came up, his lack of sensitivity to this is very understandable.

About the connection between the concentration of ether and the transfer of matter, it belongs to a brand new news.

He Shu wrote it down, and then continued: "For further cooperation, I need to obtain the approval of my superiors before I can continue to discuss with you."

"But your attitude towards this is clear enough." He Shu stretched out his hand towards him, and said implicitly: "Hua Guo will always stand behind its people."

He Xingwen shook hands with him, ignoring the implicit hint.

The system explained for him: "Obviously, he has received your goodwill towards the country, and feels that the community of interests can go deeper."

"The country will not support the king of a different world, but it will support its people. What he means is that you can use a legal identity to conduct a visit to the different world..." Systematic thought about the words: "Humanitarianism Rescue."

There are only a few words in He Shu's sentence, does it really contain so many subtexts?

He Xingwen has reason to suspect that the system has over-interpreted the other party's words, but in fact the other party just said it casually.

The clasped hands shook lightly and let go.

He Shu glanced at the altar in front of him: "Can I go offline here?"

He Xingwen nodded perfunctorily, his thoughts still immersed in what the system said just now.

The figures of He Shu and Du Ming disappeared beside the altar.

He Xingwen: "What is a legal identity?"

"A member of an organization, a member of a country is a legal identity."

System: "Your actions will be interpreted in the name of the will of the country."

"This is the real community of interests."