Upon hearing Xia Xingchao’s words, Ye Yun fell silent. For a long time, Ye Yun had harbored strong resentment towards foreigners, viewing them no differently from other races, or even worse. However, at present, almost all of Hua Yi Country’s available population had been utilized, and even with the re-application of previous technologies, the current demand could not be met.
“Then let’s expand recruitment. For non-core tasks, we can recruit excellent professional talents among foreigners and other races. We need to quickly establish a complete set of governmental processes. From now on, you can handle these matters accordingly,” Ye Yun waved his hand and agreed.
“Thank you, Your Grace.”
“Commander Qin, establish security teams as soon as possible. Based on the population of this star system, the ratio of security personnel must not fall below a certain level. Funding will be allocated separately.”
“As you command, My Lord!”
The Imperial Palace currently possessed sufficient funds. Apart from the military’s seventy percent allocation, the remaining thirty percent was enough for the empire’s operation. Moreover, the logistics team’s weekly return of supplies and wealth from the Ninth Cosmic Quadrant was more than enough to sustain the empire.
“Whether it’s the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Governance, I have only one requirement! That is, all ‘Heavenly Dao’ players within my Ten Directions Empire, upon reaching level 75, must spend ten days every half a month in the New Mortal Continent!” Ye Yun looked at Qin Zhan, Xia Xingchao, Tang Zhe, and Jin Di.
These four individuals generally did not leave the imperial capital, overseeing court affairs and managing domestic and foreign matters. Among the original Five Dragons, only Song Ji was constantly traveling. Yue Xia, as the commander-in-chief, managed all military affairs. It could be said that all matters of the empire operated around them, and they, in turn, centered around Ye Yun.
As Ye Yun finished speaking, the twenty-seven ‘Nine Ministers’ waiting by the side, each holding a specially made computer, prepared to begin a new day’s work. The Ten Directions Empire had not abandoned its past technological products; items like computers could significantly enhance the administrative efficiency of the entire empire.
“Your Majesty, we have just received information. The dimensional barrier of the Kunlun Mountain’s extradimensional space is experiencing abnormal fluctuations. It is estimated that the barrier will merge with the Blue Star world in approximately thirty days,” at this moment, Song Ji suddenly looked up at Ye Yun, who was still seated on the imperial throne, and said.
“One month? Qin Zhan, dispatch two suppression legions there. Let the soldiers on Blue Star also go. Bring all those cultivators from the extradimensional space up here,” Ye Yun’s eyes flashed with brilliance upon hearing Song Ji’s words.
Kunlun! Throughout the history of Hua Yi Country, it had always been shrouded in mystery, with legends of immortals, demons, spirits, Buddhas, and Taoists abounding there. Yet, now, an extradimensional space filled with cultivators had appeared. To attribute this to coincidence would be unbelievable.
To be honest, with Ye Yun’s current understanding of spatial laws, he could entirely repair the collapsing barrier of the extradimensional space, or enter the cultivators’ extradimensional space without damaging the barrier. However, Ye Yun had not done so. The primary reason was that the cultivators in the extradimensional space were generally at the Heavenly Venerable realm, with the strongest barely reaching the Saint realm. Furthermore, most of them possessed the bloodline of Hua Yi Country’s people.
The Venerable realm! The ten million strong human army of the Dragon Palace now far surpassed this strength! Even some of the elders remaining on Blue Star had surpassed this level.
It was unavoidable. The wealth Ye Yun had harvested from other planes was simply too immense. Even if it wasn’t fully reflected in the game map where Blue Star players resided, the drop rate for killing monsters in the wild now started at ten gold coins.
This had directly led to the rapid rise of ordinary citizens. In the fourth year since its inception, the combat power of ordinary civilian organizations alone far surpassed the peak strength of the official forces in the previous life.
“There are approximately twenty million cultivators in the extradimensional space. Judging by their auras, there won’t be any particularly powerful beings. Two suppression legions should be sufficient.”
If not for the fear of cultivators emerging and causing trouble, Ye Yun wouldn’t even bother with them, as their numbers and strength were not something Ye Yun took seriously.
“Understood. I have received the relevant information. Based on the unstable barrier, it will form a wall opening of about three kilometers in radius. I will arrange personnel to guard it and also send one legion inside,” Qin Zhan said, directly opening his command system to begin his day’s work.
Ye Yun did not say much more. The empire’s affairs were gradually moving onto the right track. Unless it involved matters they couldn’t decide, Ye Yun generally did not interfere excessively.
“System prompt: Congratulations to the player for defeating 30 Level 2 gods of the Thirty-Three Cosmic Quadrant in the real world and 1 Level 3 god. You have obtained 640,000 Three-Day Stones, 64 God Blood Pills, 64 Law Fragments, and your Point Gold skill cooldown time has been reduced by 2,510,000 days!”
“System prompt: Player’s talent skill ‘Point Gold’ cooldown has ended.”
Ye Yun, who had been dozing off, was suddenly jolted awake by the system prompt, his sleepiness vanishing.
In over two months, Ye Yun’s attributes had already reached a terrifying level. Even Black Ant’s attribute values had broken the rules of the Outer Heavens. With a level below a hundred, it rampaged through low-level kingdoms in the Outer Heavens, slaughtering gods. Let alone Level 2 gods, even Level 3 gods were instantly killed by Black Ant.
In over two months, more than sixty days, Ye Yun’s attributes had surged more than four thousand times under the endless supply of fine wine! One could imagine how unrestrained Black Ant was over there.
Of course, Ye Yun’s strength in the real world had also surged, but not as extravagantly as his attribute values. This made Ye Yun extremely frustrated. He clearly felt the Great Emperor’s barrier right before him, yet no matter how his strength surged, it only seemed to bring him closer to the Great Emperor’s barrier. The barrier remained, like an insurmountable wall blocking Ye Yun’s path forward.
This left Ye Yun feeling incredibly choked and uncomfortable.
However, this time, the number of gods killed by Black Ant was not only greater than before but also of higher quality. Ye Yun clearly sensed that Black Ant no longer acted as discreetly as it had in the beginning.
But…
Ye Yun looked at the cleared cooldown time of ‘Point Gold’ and for a moment, he was unsure how to use it. After all, of the three conditions to further enhance his talent, he only met the attribute point requirement. The rest were still far off, especially the level, which was a strict constraint. This was because the Outer Heavens where Black Ant was located was a real world. Apart from the dropped items, the creatures it killed provided no experience points. As for the required divine skills, Ye Yun was even more clueless.