Situation

"Interesting." Watching the "Daji Hao" fly away, Feng Xue had no intention of chasing after it. In fact, he hadn't yet figured out how he wanted to intervene in this world.

Although in theory, there shouldn't be Weird Tale in this world, so there's no need to worry about a supermodel native like the Miss Ke Family suddenly jumping out.

However, the technological prowess displayed by the Daji Hao still made Feng Xue feel a considerable sense of crisis.

Without a doubt, the technological creations of this world, or rather, the world's power system, could potentially pose a threat to itself.

Although there's a chance for him to be resurrected, he's not a masochist, so it's better for him to stay alive if possible.

Moreover, Aoyagi Lantern clearly stated that she wanted to go to the top of the tower, and based on the current intelligence, the top of the tower is likely to be a hub that controls the Infinite City. After thinking it over, Feng Xue felt that rather than hoping that the person who obtained this power was a good person, it would be better to keep the power in her own hands.

"As it stands, the plot seems to follow the Investiture of the Gods. In the Investiture of the Gods, a year later Daji will be forced to Chaoge because her brother has been captured, and then be possessed by the Nine-Tailed Fox on the way."

"Now, Daji is the 'Daji Hao' land-based warship. Even if her fate is still to be sent to Chaoge, what about the Nine-Tailed Fox's possession? It can't be that the celestial team from Nuwa secretly replaced the entire crew, can it?"

Feng Xue deduced what would happen next in the "plot," then shook her head. Such a story was obviously illogical. Or rather, even if it followed the Investiture of the Gods plot, a crew member entering Chaoge would obviously not affect King Zhou's decision, and naturally, there would be no possibility of the harem interfering in politics.

After all, it's still within the realm of human understanding to say that someone becomes tyrannical because of a beautiful woman's pillow talk, but to say that someone gets carried away by new War Weapon and indiscriminately kills loyal and innocent people is just too much like rock and roll.

Of course, if it were a superweapon capable of conquering the world, that would be fine, but if it really was that kind of thing, would the Marquis of Jizhou have waited until the ship was stolen?

Moreover, beyond this lies Feng Xue's subjective issue—

What can he gain from this world?

Normally, Weird Tale would be the obvious choice, but the problem is that the state of the two Weird Tale of Hong and Jun in this world is truly intriguing.

If he really wants to Weird Tale here, he must first avoid existing cultivation and technology to avoid being tainted by them, which could cause them to revive prematurely, or even revive within his own body.

In comparison, using the civilization of this world as nourishment to cultivate one's own [Immortal] powers seems to be a better choice.

Even better would be to find the Phantom Object that anchors the "immortal" rules that govern this world.

"So the best approach now is actually to ignore that so-called Daji Hao and instead experience as much of this world's technology and magic as possible."

Having made up her mind, Feng Xue bypassed the main battlefield and began intensive internet browsing.

Although it might sound like he's Slacking Off, there's nothing he can do about it. After all, he really knows very little about this world and doesn't understand many common-sense terms. Instead of rambling on and on, he might as well get a general understanding of the online environment first.

Then, he was a little confused.

It's unclear whether those two predecessors did it intentionally, or whether they were so focused on spreading Weird Tale that they neglected the development of human culture, resulting in this world, despite having reached a level of technology that even the present world can only look up to, still employing the ancient system of feudalism.

In other words, the rulers divided their territories among various feudal lords, and then maintained their nominal rule through morality, popular support, blood ties, public opinion, and other means.

Although in later generations, there are often some foolish or malicious individuals who argue that the feudal system could have dynasties lasting eight hundred years while a unified empire would last at most three hundred years, advocating that the feudal system was better than a unified empire, anyone with a brain should understand that this has nothing to do with whether it is feudal or not; it is essentially a matter of population and productivity.

When productivity is forcibly increased, to the point that even farming doesn't require a large population, Feng Xue sees the development of this era as utterly abnormal.

The Cyberpunk world.

On the surface (on the internet), the people of this world are relatively wealthy, at least able to go online and chat whenever they have time. But if you look closely at the official news, you will find that there is war almost every day in this era. The barbarians on the periphery often clash with the people of the Great Shang, and the surrounding lords also rebel from time to time.

According to online sources, Grand Tutor Wen Zhong is currently leading the mecha division in the North Sea to fight against the rebellion of seventy-two warlords!

Even under these external circumstances, these netizens remain in a state of Entertainment to Death, or rather, they have no sense of crisis about this state at all.

In Feng Xue's view, this situation could only occur if either people in this world completely disregard life and death, or if they possess an inexplicable confidence that they will never be in danger.

Given the situation where someone posted crisis-related comments under multiple aliases only to be ridiculed, Feng Xue believes the latter is more likely.

"Forget it, I'm not Emperor Xin..."

Feng Xue shook her head and turned her attention from national affairs to the biological atlas.

If he really intended to create Weird Tale in this world, he should have started with politics. After all, given the current situation, it would be a disservice to those nine years of compulsory education if he didn't give them a significant social engineering shock.

But if Feng Xue were to actually do that, she would inevitably fall into the vicious cycle of building high walls and stockpiling grain.

With so many other worlds available for development, why is he wasting his time struggling with this one?

After leaving the area of Heavenly Book Research Institute, watching the ordinary people strolling around the streets without any sense of tension, Feng Xue suddenly felt extremely out of place.

He sighed, followed the map navigation to find a shuttle similar to a long-distance high-speed train, and embarked on the road to the East China Sea.

Although she didn't have much interest in the main storyline of this world, Feng Xue was quite interested in her childhood memories.

Considering that one of the kids is going to cause some big trouble next year, he thought he might be able to get involved in this matter.

Well, it's not really about saving people; I just want to see what level the Four Dragon Kings are at.

Incidentally, I also want to take this opportunity to peek into the origins of the Heavenly Court.

Ultimately, even if Feng Xue didn't really want to interfere in this matter, the existence of the Heavenly Court was an unavoidable obstacle. If the Heavenly Court was powerful enough, he would naturally give up any extra thoughts and simply visit places like Jin'ao Island and Jade Void Palace to pay homage to the sects and learn some cultivation techniques.

But if the Dragon King is incompetent and the Heavenly Court is weak, he wouldn't mind conquering the Heavenly Court and becoming the Jade Emperor himself.

That's all for today's chapter.