Blessed by Abundance, A Scourge of Terra
Chapter 97

Master Huang Wants to Go Home, but Someone Pulled a Cheap Trick! / Sending "the People's Hearts" to the Emperor of Sargon

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The Yaoshi chuckled gently, then fell silent, his body transforming into a golden light and vanishing.

Then Huang Cao felt a chill down his back, and the next second countless blue rays of light, like missiles, precisely struck the spot where the Yaoshi had just been standing.

These beams of light instantly annihilated countless lifeless stars, and even black holes were completely eliminated under their radiance.

[Scourge of Abundance! Don't run away!]

Theoretically, the Yaoshi didn't hear that sentence...

"So, does this count as a love-hate relationship?"

Huang Cao, who was awakened by the beam of light, almost jumped out of bed.

Good heavens, one arrow can wipe out an entire galaxy, and it's firing like a machine gun. Why hasn't the Yaoshi been caught yet after all this time?

Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore.

Big shots have big shots' ideas, and Master Huang began to try out his new ability.

"What's the use of the ability to see the vitality within others?"

Does that mean we can only see other people's lifespans?

But what does it matter to me whether other people are living well or not?

If you want others to rest in peace, what good is having a long lifespan?

Even if a lifespan is only one hundred years, if you slap it into pieces, isn't it all for nothing in the end?

So what's the use of this ability?

Never mind, let's try it out first...

Huang Cao's eyes instantly turned from black to gold, and at the same time he could feel every trace of life around his body, from a blade of grass to life itself.

The moment of death of any life is laid bare before his eyes.

But this doesn't seem to be working...

Just when Master Huang thought this ability was just a bonus, he happened to see numbers suddenly appear on the top of the glass vase placed at the door of his room.

The countdown on the screen showed exactly one minute. Just as the one-minute countdown was about to end, the High-speed Battleship suddenly seemed to have stepped into a pothole and jolted violently.

The glass vase wobbled once during the shaking, then crashed heavily to the ground, and at the same time, the countdown above the ceiling instantly dropped to zero.

Huang Cao: Hiss~

160

Chapter 160 Master Huang wants to go home, but someone is causing trouble!

This blessing is quite interesting.

But is this really the blessing the Yaoshi bestowed?

Huang Cao was unaware that the blessing given by the Yaoshi only allowed him to see living beings, but not non-living beings.

At the same time, it does not have the ability to predict future life or death; it can only see other people's lifespans, which is at best a dispensable skill.

The current situation seems to be the result of some force amplifying it...

Huang Cao spent the rest of the day developing his new abilities in his room.

For example, if a vase is about to break, its lifespan will be zero in a few seconds. However, if you leave it alone, its lifespan could be as long as hundreds of years.

So here's the question: if you encounter powerful enemies that require rules to defeat, will this ability still work?

If you find a weakness in your enemy, you can mentally simulate whether you can succeed. If the enemy's lifespan reaches zero or decreases drastically, then you will succeed in the future.

If even if you find a weakness, the opponent's death time remains unchanged, then it means your strength is too poor, the kind that you can't beat even if you try your best.

At this point, there's no need to think; just run away.

It has a kind of interesting logical fallacy, suggesting that the bullet hole existed before the trajectory.

This ability can also be used in other areas, and may even save the lives of loyal subordinates.

What we're seeing isn't lifespan, but rather when exactly we'll die in the future.

Long lifespan does not mean living a long time, just like the difference between immortality and eternal life.

Huang Cao felt that the greatest use of this ability was to solve his worries about the future.

Strictly speaking, he has no weaknesses. His only weakness is his family in this world, because people like Lamian and Warfarin have spent decades with the Huang Cao.

He cherishes everything he has now.

After obtaining this eye, Huang Cao only needs to glance at it before setting out to see if there is a significant reduction in survival time to indirectly determine whether there are any problems with his rear in the future.

After all, if something really happens, the lifespan of his family members will definitely be affected when Huang Cao decides to go to war.

Once a change occurs, Master Huang can instantly realize that there might be something he hasn't taken into account.

As long as nothing changes, I can confidently and boldly fight on the front lines.

Fighting without any worries is completely different from going to the battlefield with fear and anxiety.

Moreover, when going to war, one can also check the remaining survival time of one's soldiers.

If a large number of one's soldiers die prematurely, it means that one will definitely suffer a defeat in the future, and then one can adjust the strategy in time.

In short, this is a Tier 0 support ability.

This eye seemed to be fixated on everyone's predetermined fate on the timeline, and it was the one who could change the course of time.

Is this really something that Abundance can achieve?

Never mind, as long as it works!

After some thought, Huang Cao had almost fully developed this ability, and his previous disdainful attitude had vanished.

After showing off his skills for a while and smashing many plates.

Huang Cao immediately put aside his joy.

It's time to finish dealing with the aftermath of this land of Sargon, and then go home to enjoy a period of luxurious living.

From the start to the end of the war, I had been away for half a year, and every day, besides fighting, I was coordinating military affairs.

Although it was very rewarding and I was quite skilled at it, mental fatigue is different from physical fatigue...

In particular... there are now countless projects related to land development in Sargon.

... Eight months after the expedition to Sargon.

A month later, the Huang Cao was blessed with Blessing of Abundance once again.

There's a saying that goes something like this: patients never get sick like the examples in the books.

As mentioned before, Huang Cao began cultivating specialized national management talent many years ago in order to cope with the gradual expansion of its territory in the future.

These talented individuals, after the war in Sargon ended, also came to Sargon at the command of their lord, ready to make their mark.

However, after a few months, Huang Cao discovered that the knowledge possessed by his leadership team was still somewhat inadequate when facing the thriving land of Sargon.

Looking at the stack of letters of complaint on the table, Huang Cao could tell just how much hard work his people had put in to manage this land.

The situation of Sargon's slaves is far too complicated; they seem unable to adapt to their current life in a short time...

In other words, they can't stand seeing others do well and are always scrambling to grab something better, which is largely due to the previous chiefs' divisive policies.

In order to manage such a large number of slaves and save costs, the chiefs chose to incite the slaves to hostility towards each other with all sorts of trivial benefits.

This is why there are very few slave uprisings in the land of Sargon.

Because the slaves hated each other, they continued their old way of thinking even when they arrived in the territory of Huang Cao.

Even after being allocated land, they still tried to seize more land by various means, and fought fiercely every day over all sorts of trivial matters.

These people fled from Sargon's chieftain army to the Huang Cao and had never experienced the resistance path of the original Gaul colonies.

Therefore, many people subconsciously believe that everyone around them is an enemy, but since they have food to eat, they don't intend to fight each other to the death.

This is a difficult situation, even though the administrative team that Huang Cao brought from the Eden is composed of highly qualified personnel.

However, it also relies too much on textbooks.

Master Huang could understand the difficulties his subordinates faced, after all, he and certain major powers on this land probably wanted to treat everyone as real people.

Doing good is often more difficult than doing bad.

Huang Cao opened and read all the letters one by one, and found that so far, these Sargon slaves had only cultivated half of the land they were allocated.

The "half" here refers to the total area, not that these people stop farming after they have cultivated half of the land they have been allocated.

Instead, half the people planted all the land, while the other half didn't plant a single seed.

It's equivalent to half the people being hardworking and the other half being lazy.

Furthermore, there was an incident where someone stole another person's Seed.

When the harvest season arrives, these lazy people will surely steal the grain that the hardworking people have painstakingly grown.

These wicked people thought that Huang Cao would praise them like the chiefs did.

At the same time, since all the slaves had been treated very well when they first arrived in Huang Cao territory, they naturally assumed that Master Huang was a kind person.

The evildoers thought that even if they broke the law, they probably wouldn't face severe punishment.

Therefore, they bully those honest, hardworking farmers even more brazenly.

"I was too kind after all."

Huang Cao sat in the chair, deep in thought.

I'm about to go home, and half of you guys immediately give me this terrible job, huh?

161

Chapter 161 Sending "Hearts of the People" to Emperor of Sargon

Now I finally understand why Ursus residents are so annoying?

For Huang Cao in particular, this is not just a matter of game mechanics, but also a factor that he needs to consider in real life.

The environment corrupts people, and that's certainly not the fault of the Sargon people. But I've already provided a good environment, and you still want to mess things up here.

Isn't that a bit impolite?

Huang Cao didn't intend to discuss philosophical matters, but he had already provided a good environment, yet these people still went against him.

I have absolutely no qualms about beating you.

If it is true that Master Huang did not understand the laws of economic operation and acted recklessly in killing and slaughtering, then he would indeed reflect on his actions.

However, they've already started bullying the people I sent, and I'm afraid they'll start bullying me, Master Huang, in a few days.

Even Theresia didn't ride on me, how dare you?

These are no ordinary troublemakers; we must take strong measures. I'll spend two more months playing with you.

It's true that I, Master Huang, am kind-hearted, but I know very well where to put my kindness. When it's time to be ruthless, I must be ruthless.

Some people don't deserve even a little bit of kindness. Such a precious thing should only be possessed by good people.

What are these people who don't farm thinking? Aren't they just waiting for other hardworking people to have a good harvest so they can steal their food?

Before the first crop was harvested, all food supplies were provided by Huang Cao.

After the harvest, Huang Cao will no longer provide free food, but it will provide channels for purchasing grain.

These former slaves of Sargon could use the money from selling grain to exchange for more exquisite Moh handicrafts or food.

With a flourish of his pen, Huang Cao dispatched all the Abundance Warrior who were currently on leave and resting, as they had no military missions.

The number of these slaves was enormous, with as many as a million people fleeing from Sargon to come to him.

According to the accusations submitted by his subordinates, there are as many as 500,000 villains waiting to plunder others' grain after the harvest.

But it doesn't matter; having a few hundred thousand fewer people means more land can be freed up to build factories.

After these slaves escaped, the Sargon government must have been in dire need of manpower and now desperately needs these lazy good-for-nothings to fill the void.

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