Human Dao Envoy

The predicament facing Lingchou Realm cannot be solved simply by uniting internally.

If the problem could be solved simply by uniting internally and avoiding competition, then this group of shrewd individuals would have already joined forces to form an industry association, collectively reduce production, and protect the world's ecosystem.

The problem is that Lingchou Realm's competitors are not itself, but the entire overseas market. It is difficult for their products to differentiate themselves. In this kind of high-volume business, their competitors are all "Law Treasure assembly lines".

Yes, you're not the only one who has this.

Admittedly, the Lingchou Realm is somewhat different due to its unique Law Treasure structure, which is why everyone likes it. However, this liking is not to the point of being "indispensable". So if you dare to reduce production, others will dare to use something else.

If I can't have Shaxian duck leg today, I'll just have pork trotter rice. There are differences, but not too much, and both are edible.

If duck leg shops dare to close down for renovations, then in a couple of days everyone will be eating pork trotter rice, and duck leg shops won't be able to open anymore; the market will be completely emptied.

Therefore, the Witchcraft Silkworm is useful.

The items made by the Witchcraft Silkworm are indeed superior to those produced on the Law Treasure assembly line, with performance improvements of about 10%. The quality of the products made by the Witchcraft Silkworm can reach 75% or even 80% of that of fine handcrafted items.

Such a large difference can completely make up for the profit gap caused by the reduction in production, because it is simply different and superior. A performance difference of 10% is more than enough for the Lingchou Realm to occupy a new market.

Admittedly, the technology of the Witchcraft Silkworm cannot impact the market of the Law Treasure assembly line, because only the terrifying efficiency brought by the Law Treasure assembly line can meet the Law Treasure needs of so many people in the myriad worlds. The Witchcraft Silkworm can only target a niche market.

The key point is that the Lingchou Realm is only a fifth-grade world, and it does not produce fifth-grade Law Treasure. Most of its magic robes are seventh-grade or eighth-grade. The Lingchou Realm only produces a very small number of high-quality fifth-grade items.

There are countless worlds skilled in crafting exquisite Law Treasure, some even surpassing all other alchemists in the land. Reason Way often travels there to learn from their expertise.

However, in the current small market of the Lingchou Realm, the Witchcraft Silkworm can completely replace it, at least according to Zhang You.

The actual situation will only be known after it is actually implemented.

Inside the production line, Zhang You naturally introduced the various characteristics of the Witchcraft Silkworm to Mo Xiao, and showed him actual demonstrations and samples, even personally touching the production line to explain the advantages of the Witchcraft Silkworm in detail.

"Look, the Witchcraft Silkworm can completely solve these two problems. First of all, the Witchcraft Silkworm is not picky at all. It only needs the remains of the breeding industry. The breeding industry should have been widespread in the Lingchou Realm. The waste materials from the breeding industry, including waste products such as remnant souls, can be directly put into production. Although these cannot be used completely, this greatly reduces the consumption of resources."

"Secondly, the production of the Witchcraft Silkworm has indeed decreased. After all... the production efficiency of the assembly line is about two hundred times that of the Witchcraft Silkworm. This is still the case for the Lingchou Realm by the raw materials. If it is a fully powered assembly line, the efficiency is at least one hundred thousand times that of the Witchcraft Silkworm. But those are not important. We don't need such a high output, nor do we have that many raw materials."

"With higher quality products, there will be opportunities for rotation. At least half of the raw material consumption of the Law Treasure weapon production line can be stopped and invested in the Witchcraft Silkworm. Mr. Mo Xiao, do you think this brand-new technology from all over the world can solve your current predicament?" Zhang You patted the entire production line and said.

Mo Xiao raised his eyes and looked at everything in front of him, those Witchcraft Silkworm that kept eating and gnawing on 'waste'.

Although the efficiency was not high, the products produced were superior. In fact, Zhang You, the technical specialist, had overestimated the value of artificially produced high-quality goods.

Most low-level alchemists may not be as skilled at crafting Law Treasure as a magic Law Treasure assembly line.

A craftsman's skills are nurtured by resources. Apprentices are not qualified to enter the commercial market and can only make a living by low-end customization. Only mid-level and above craftsmen can beat the Law Treasure assembly line and gain a foothold.

Nowadays, the Witchcraft Silkworm is even comparable to some mid-level alchemists.

Technological advancements are truly amazing.

"That's really... impressive. If everything is as you say, then it can indeed maintain our existing world to a certain extent, at least giving us a breather. But there are still some problems. How difficult is it to raise and maintain the Witchcraft Silkworm?" Mo Xiao asked.

Zhang You explained, "In fact, they require almost no maintenance. The Witchcraft Silkworm itself has the characteristic of being alive. As long as there is food and a clean environment, it will multiply on its own. And like all Gu insects, as long as there is enough food, they will multiply on their own, and otherwise they will stop multiplying."

"Furthermore, they possess other properties, such as the ability to perform self-sampling encoding..."

The presentation is still ongoing.

Meanwhile, similar negotiations are being conducted simultaneously with seventy or eighty different merchants from the Lingchou Realm, and even outside the Lingchou Realm, numerous other negotiations are underway.

This is perfectly normal business practice, almost beyond reproach, and the fact that it spreads through hundreds of layers of communication almost completely blocked the existence of the chamber of commerce.

Even the Chamber of Commerce itself believed that this was a completely normal business transaction, and everything was so normal that it easily passed the scrutiny of the Lingchou Realm.

While business activities were in full swing there, on the other side, the Lord of Lingchou Realm was talking with a young Human Path being.

This was a sixth- Human Path cultivator, with an ordinary face and not particularly handsome, but his eyes were quite bright and memorable. He wore a typical Chang'an-style blue robe, which immediately brought to mind two words.

Imperial Academy.

That's right, this is the robe of a student from the Imperial Academy. It's already quite worn out from wearing it. This thing is Law Treasure, and the fact that it's worn out shows how long he's been wearing it.

He was not Human Path envoy, but rather sat openly in front of the Lord of Lingchou Realm, with a Law Treasure production line placed in front of him.

This powerful machine is actually quite beautiful. Although it's described as an assembly line, it doesn't have that rough industrial feel at all. Overall, it's just a semi-transparent sphere.

Just like a... star.

So beautiful, so magnificent, the whole piece is six feet one inch and three fen long, with a circumference of eighteen feet three inches and nine fen. The eight directions, ten Heavenly Stems, Twelve Yuan Chen, twenty-four solar terms, and seventy-two pentads are engraved on it, which determine the four cardinal directions and the day and night.

It's less like a machine and more like a work of art.

This translucent sphere can decompose raw materials into gas, then weave and assemble them to rapidly produce pre-designed Law Treasure at an astonishing speed. As long as there are enough raw materials, a single Law Treasure production line can produce millions of Law Treasure every day.

The Lord of Lingchou Realm stared blankly at the Law Treasure assembly line.

This is far superior to their assembly line.

The Law Treasure they now possess were acquired through various means: some fortuitous opportunity chance, some by trickery, and some by treasure hunting and finding hidden gems.

However, those Law Treasure production lines were actually things that had been used to the point of obsolescence and had long been phased out by Human Path. But even so, they were already treasures that were enough to change the ecology of the Lingchou Realm.

The machine in front of us is from the Human Path, a brand new product. Not only is it a brand new model, but it is also equipped with corresponding plug-ins developed by the Reason Way, which increases its efficiency by thousands of times and can produce inferior Seventh Rank Magic Treasure!

This one machine is enough to eliminate all the Law Treasure production lines in the Lingchou Realm and change the entire world's ecology.

"Lord of the Realm, this is the magic Law Treasure production line with the participation of the Reason Way. This efficiency is enough for you to carry out the next expansion, right? It's not just limited to the present, but it will also have great benefits in the future. The price is not expensive either. It can be exchanged for just a few Sixth-Rank World. I think at this price... you can't even find it by chance." This Human Dao envoy said.

The Lord of Lingchou Realm did not reply, but fell into deep thought.

Indeed, this production line for Law Treasure is enough for them to carry out their next expansion.

However, as a fifth-rank official, she was not a fool. On the contrary, she could clearly see the consequences of accepting the machine.

In the end, in order to supply the machine with the necessary materials, she had to launch an expedition to capture a large number of worlds and turn them into Law Treasure.

This small sphere, at full power, can tear apart a hundred worlds in a single day, turning all the world's resources and all life into homogenized Law Treasure.

With the support of this thing, expeditions are most likely to be successful.

Because the resources she plunders can be quickly converted into combat power through the Law Treasure production line, equipping everyone with Law Treasure of the appropriate grade, she can easily create an invincible iron army. As long as she doesn't provoke other fifth-grade worlds of the same level, this kind of plundering war is a pure positive cycle.

Just like... Human Path.

This is the delicious fruit that the Human Path envoys have given us.

If it weren't for the fact that her world was in the vortex of war between humans and witches at this moment, she probably would never have tasted such delicious bait before she died.

Yes, even if it's bait, it's so delicious that it's impossible to resist.

But... thousands of years ago, they followed the Shaman Path.

Although things have become quite mixed up now, if one abandons the Dao Lineage, not to mention revenge, the Shaman Path might not retaliate. After all, their public image is generally quite Buddhist. Just considering matters of Cultivation Method and their past foundation, they would have to rebuild everything.

However, this reshaping, because of the groundwork laid over the past few thousand years, actually seems... not so unbearable.

But making a decision now seems too... cheap.

So, the Lord of Lingchou Realm said, "Envoy, I hope you will allow me some time to consider this."

"Well, leave the things here. Realm Lord, take your time to consider them. But there aren't many worlds left. After all, the envoy from the Shaman Path has also come, and he's come in a grand manner. He's not as low-key as I am," the Human Dao envoy said with a smile, and then left.

He is indeed very low-key.

He kept a low profile... He actually came a few years ago, but he used a little trick to push the Lingchou Realm towards the precipice of Dao Contention.

The original plan was to keep a low profile until the ideology of the Lingchou Realm naturally shifted, and it's very possible that no one in the Lingchou Realm would notice the subtle changes until the shift was complete.

Unfortunately, at this moment, the Shaman Path openly displayed his talisman, indicating his arrival. There was nothing that could be done but to reveal himself and slightly speed up the process.

But the other party seems a bit strange. They appeared with great fanfare and then hid away. Could they really be cultivating? That would be... quite funny.

Regardless of what happened here, after the Lord of Lingchou Realm left, he quickly returned to his office.

Being the realm master is not an easy job; it requires handling a large amount of affairs. Since she didn't want to bring these things home, she simply set up an office specifically for them.

In fact, normally, it only needs to be handled once every six months. After all, minor matters can be handled by subordinates, while she only needs to make some important decisions.

But during this period, major events always occurred, and she had to make decisions on each one personally to determine the Future World order, which put her under considerable pressure.

There's no way around it; to them, people or shamans are simply not important.

The Lingchou Realm only nominally follows them; in reality... what governs the Lingchou Realm is not some supreme Dao, but rather the 'worldly way'.

That's right. Even those at the fifth rank are ultimately just going with the flow of the world. Their ultimate goal is still survival. The fifth rank world is said to be so powerful, but how can it not be influenced by the world in this vast outer realm?

To live, and then to live better, that's their only goal.

For those from outside the realm, only by risking their chance to survive, or even by abandoning their own civilization and world to wander at the cost of their lives, can they have the opportunity to pursue the Way.

Pursuing the Dao is even simpler for some primitive indigenous worlds. After all, in a closed world without outsiders, there will always be a group of top beings who have no worries about survival and can pursue the Dao at will, eventually breaking through their own World Barrier and coming to the outside world. And they usually maintain this momentum for a period of time.

Some may eventually succumb to the ways of the world, but there are quite a few who can stick to their principles.

However, for those so-called 'civilized' worlds like the Lingchou Realm, they never had the opportunity to pursue their own path from the very beginning. They were already in this world from the very beginning, and for them, no matter how they climbed up, they were easily surrounded and blocked by the pressure of survival, such as the problem that the Lord of Lingchou Realm was facing at the moment.

There's no other way. Pursuing the Dao is certainly a good thing, but you have to stay alive first.

Alternatively, they could simply abandon their civilization, like Captain Li Shiwei, and break away to live alone, which would reduce the pressure of survival.

But... the Lord of Lingchou Realm can't do it. She is the Realm Master. If she leaves, what will happen to civilization?

"Sigh..." she sighed and picked up a new report.

Hmm? A new technology has arrived? Could it offer hope for solving the world's resource depletion problem?