Building a New Stronghold

Neji, falling from high above, didn't exactly make a small commotion.

It quickly attracted the attention of the Genin on guard duty, but since both of them recognized Neji as part of the initial group who followed him to the Land of Hot Water, it didn't cause much of a stir.

After recognizing Neji, the two of them hurried over and respectfully bowed, saying, "Greetings, Leader Lord!"

Neji didn't put on airs and directly instructed, "Show me this new base. Let's see what you've built during this time!"

Without hesitation, the two nodded in agreement. They then stepped forward to lead the way, taking Neji on a tour of the new base. During the tour, Hayashi Ki heard the commotion, rushed over, saw it was Neji, and joined Neji's base tour, acting as a guide.

The valley wasn't small, about 100 mu. The vegetation within the valley was lush, mostly consisting of tall trees that completely blocked the ground. This was why Neji could barely observe anything with the naked eye while in the air.

To further enhance the base's concealment, Hayashi Ki had minimized damage to the trees while constructing the main facilities and areas underground. The soil excavated from underground was conveniently washed out of the valley by the river, reducing soil accumulation.

The underground base was divided into eight main zones: living quarters, recreation area, training area, research area, material storage, office area, and some supporting facilities.

This was to ensure that the members living here could learn and work better.

At the same time, Neji couldn't help but marvel at the construction speed in the Ninja World.

Due to the presence of Natural Energy in the air, even if it was relatively sparse, it allowed ordinary people in the Ninja World to reach two to three times the physical parameters of strength and speed as adults compared to their previous lives. After special training or becoming a ninja, they were countless times stronger than in their previous lives.

Top-tier ninja were even more incredible, capable of splitting mountains and filling seas with ease.

This meant that even without modern construction equipment, the Ninja World could maintain a remarkably exaggerated construction speed, even if they were just digging by hand. And with the use of ninjutsu, wouldn't the construction speed skyrocket?

Neji planned to implement a closed management system for the entire underground base and increase the concentration of Natural Energy within it. This would allow the children to live, learn, and train in an environment with high concentrations of Natural Energy year-round. Combined with specially formulated medicinal baths, it would ensure they wouldn't just be "born in Rome," but would be countless times ahead of their peers.

This reminded Neji of the compressed fluid he obtained through Natural Energy purification. Using it in a sealed space to increase the concentration of Natural Energy in the air was remarkably similar to the "Spirit Gathering Array" in fantasy novels.

The "Spirit Gathering Array" used the power of formations to increase the spiritual energy concentration within its coverage, while he used purification technology to increase the concentration of Natural Energy in a specific area. Both achieved similar effects.

Currently, the underground base had been completed, and some children had already moved in. What was still needed was further sealing of the underground base, ideally by covering it with a formation to minimize the outward leakage of Natural Energy.

Additionally, a group of teachers needed to be trained to provide ideological and cultivation education to these children.

Konoha's approach was indeed quite good for the relatively underdeveloped education system of the Ninja World. With the Will of Fire as the focus of ideological education, it instilled in children the core idea of sacrificing oneself to protect future generations and the village.

If this were in his previous life, such an approach would undoubtedly seem ridiculous. In critical moments, how many people could truly sacrifice themselves for others? Especially in Konoha, where powerful clans controlled almost all the village's power, why should commoners sacrifice themselves for them?

Neji didn't intend to engage in such convoluted schemes. Neji emphasized only one point: transaction. The organization took them in, taught them to learn and cultivate, and upon becoming capable, they had an obligation to help the organization complete a certain number of missions.

Once they had repaid the organization's investment, they could choose to continue working for the organization for compensation or choose to leave. The organization would never obstruct their choice.

This way, by clearly stating the terms, the choice or refusal was entirely up to them, significantly reducing the possibility of future resentment.

If anyone wanted privileges without fulfilling obligations, the organization's specialized departments would handle them.

Neji called Hayashi Ki and several management personnel of the base to the conference room and shared his ideas about a contribution point system, asking them to formulate a relatively complete contribution point system.

The core content was that every child who signed an agreement with the base could apply for a substantial contribution point loan for daily living, learning, and consumption.

The base would also regularly release tasks, allowing the trainees to earn some miscellaneous contribution points through their own efforts to supplement their living expenses and consumption.

Only when the orphans had learned and become capable, able to work for the organization or undertake missions for the organization, would they earn more contribution points to repay their initial loans.

Once the loans were repaid, they would gain their freedom and could choose to continue working for the organization and live within it, or choose to leave the organization and live in the outside world.

As long as the ratio of the organization's investment in the orphans and the organization's expected return from them was controlled, the organization could operate stably and long-term, rather than one-sidedly giving or excessively taking.

As managers of the organization, they could also earn contribution points through their work and use these points to exchange for training room usage time and Body Reinforcement Fluid for cultivation. These were rare items that couldn't be bought with money in the outside world.

These rare items were the ropes that bound them. If they wanted to improve, live longer, and become stronger, they could only work hard for the organization.

At that point, Neji himself only needed to control the Natural Energy compressed fluid and Sage Mode cultivation secret techniques to command a large number of people to serve him.

With this in mind, Neji decided to prioritize the relocation of the Natural Energy purification equipment to the Summoning Realm. More and more projects now required high concentrations of Natural Energy, and the quantity was increasing. To improve production efficiency or prevent the leakage of confidential technology, relocating the production equipment to the Summoning Realm was very necessary!