Before the phones were released, Song Ankang had already had the relevant personnel of the Yuanxia Federation develop a large batch of apps. These included news, short videos, social entertainment... They seemed dazzlingly varied, but they all shared one thing in common: guiding the various races toward unity and friendship while promoting the Xuanhuang Merchant Alliance.
Whether it was the release of the phones or these apps, everything was done under the name of the Xuanhuang Merchant Alliance, all in preparation for future unification. That unification would begin economically, quietly joining all races together like rain moistening things in silence.
Cultural methods, entertainment methods, and economic methods were the main approaches. Hidden behind all that goodness was absolute military force. However, unless he had no other choice, Song Ankang would not readily resort to force, because the losses would be enormous—and those losses would all be his own wealth.
In addition, the Xuanhuang Merchant Alliance was also forming its own armed forces. For the time being, they were hidden among the various races and deployed in those races' names to conquer the underground spaces and the spaces in the sky. The countless layers underground and countless layers above were not merely a figure of speech; there really were that many layers.
Countless races stood side by side across Xuanhuang Continent. Although most preferred to live on the surface, where the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth was most abundant, many also preferred to dwell underground or in the sky, layer upon layer, interwoven and scattered. Most of those places were vast and sparsely populated.
After all, compared to the surface world of Xuanhuang Continent, the environment and spiritual energy underground and in the sky were considerably poorer.
With the release of the phones, it was as though a new world