Friendly Neighbors?

In the 200th year of the Dragon Calendar, the map of the Central Continent was fully revealed, and various hidden civilizations were discovered one after another.

But when the information was fully disclosed, war did not break out, but a cultural invasion began in full swing.

The Golden King began promoting a product to the entire world.

They are called rare people.

As Isis's retinue, the Rare Ones possess the most powerful reproductive abilities, making them the perfect choice for a flourishing civilization.

Meanwhile, the Golden King also launched a buy-one-get-one-free promotion.

With the gold trade routes fully opened, countries began to import rare talents on a large scale, which made the Golden King extremely wealthy.

However, the rare people that the Golden King sold to them all came from his own country and the Longwu Empire, and they were all adults.

These rare ethnic groups have adapted to the local culture. When they were sold to other countries, they not only did not abide by the traditions of those countries, but also promoted the culture of Longwu.

They lavished praise on the Longwu Empire, calling it paradise, a fairyland on earth, where roads were paved with gold, land was incredibly valuable, the crossroads of continental trade routes, and the heart of the world.

Such remarks have gradually increased as rare people have spread throughout the world.

At first, no one paid attention, but as time went by and more and more voices began to repeat the same words, a strange phenomenon occurred.

People from all over the world, from all countries, near and far, yearn to see what the center of the continent looks like, and long to leave their homeland.

This is especially evident in some underdeveloped countries.

Those who have traveled the Golden Road and glimpsed the superpowers in the Central Lands all return with various complaints, saying that their own countries are bad in this way and that way.

Even worse, some of them went and never came back.

This is precisely the new strategy proposed by the Golden King, Ye Long, and 004.

While it may seem that no war has occurred on the Central Continent, in reality, the war has already begun.

This time, however, the war has shifted from the material level to the cultural level.

Why is this? Because the Longwu Empire suffered a severe blow after its battle with Bai Ye, which damaged its very foundation.

Their military deterrence was weakening, and the new God-Human had failed to descend for a long time, so the three countries changed their approach.

As for Isis, as a goddess without a country, her power was practically zero.

They could only be caught in the middle, blindly following Ye Long and the other two.

But this cultural invasion won't last long. The gods behind those countries aren't fools either. Once they've sharpened their weapons, a war that will soon sweep across the entire Central Continent will inevitably break out.

Outside the Central Continent, after Li Yuan had lived in seclusion for two hundred years, the technological development of the Ocean Empire finally surpassed that of the countries on the mainland.

With no external enemies, they began to plunge headlong into various fields and started to grow rapidly, like a rocket.

The biggest breakthrough was that they mastered the alloy smelting technology and the construction method of the Drifting City!

In its early years, the Star Empire was renowned for its advanced purple-gold craftsmanship. Now, the Ocean Empire has not only overcome the technical challenges of purple-gold but has also created a new type of alloy composed of multiple metals.

They call it Yang Huang Alloy.

They possess massive underground mines and have built numerous Drifting City on the sea.

With the increasing productivity, the output of Yang Huang Alloy has also risen sharply and has been applied in various fields.

From industry to architecture, from armor to weapons.

Moreover, the Ocean Empire has also secured a place on the Central Continent.

Although they only occupy a corner of the continent, they are adjacent to the Desert Empire of the Golden King and the country of the elf Til Sandius.

Instead of further advancing into the Central Continent, Li Yuan turned his attention to Paradise Island overseas.

Over the years, he has made overt and covert contact with angels, maintaining a friendly attitude, but the angels have always been wary of him.

Li Yuan said, "We are all neighbors. Fighting at sea is disadvantageous to me, and fighting at sea is disadvantageous to you. Why don't we get along amicably?"

The angel simply smiled indifferently, treating it as a joke.

Can we trust Li Yuan, that old fox?

However, Li Yuan's presence is indeed a problem. Angel City is only so big, so it will definitely expand outwards.

However, if he were to cross the sea to fight, his hometown would be at risk of being destroyed by Li Yuan.

So on the surface, the angel could only greet Li Yuan with a smile, but in his heart he was always thinking about how to get rid of Li Yuan.

Unfortunately, Li Yuan thought the same thing.

While the two countries have maintained friendly relations on the surface, they are actually constantly testing each other under various pretexts.

Starry Sky Principal is a good example.

If both are at the fifth rank, it's hard to say who will win in a fight to the death. If you can eliminate the other fifth rank opponent in advance, there will be fewer obstacles on the road to godhood.

Today, Li Yuan came to see the angel again.

"A couple of days ago, one of my Drifting City in the South China Sea suddenly exploded. That was one of my few weapons production lines. When I heard the news, I was furious for a long time."

"Then, someone told me that they happened to see the winged people when the South China Sea Drifting City exploded?"

Mo glanced at Li Yuan upon hearing this, "That's too much of a coincidence. My people are flying around everywhere. To be honest, I don't know where they will be on any given day or at any given time."

"Besides, we've been neighbors for over a century and have always been on good terms. You wouldn't suspect that I did this, would you?"

Li Yuan: "Indeed, but this doesn't seem to be the first or second time this has happened, does it?"

"Every time my production line explodes, I somehow manage to see you. Don't you think I should at least come and check with you?"

Mo chuckled lightly, "There's nothing we can do about it, things just happen by chance."

"There are always so many incredible coincidences in the world."

"Speaking of coincidences, I do have something I'd like to ask you."

"How come every time I discover a new island and settle down there to build a city, that island is swallowed up by a tsunami shortly afterward? Isn't that a coincidence?"

Li Yuan chuckled lightly, "That's truly unfortunate. But as old neighbors, we've always had a good relationship for centuries. You wouldn't suspect that I did this, would you?"

Mo Dan smiled and said, "How could that be? I was just wondering if someone is trying to sabotage things, deliberately trying to sow discord between us, making us draw our swords against each other, so that person can reap the benefits?"

Li Yuan nodded, "That is indeed possible. After all, those Sequences are all very cunning. Honest people like us can easily fall into their traps if we're not careful."

"You're being a bit too modest," Mo said with a forced smile.

Li Yuan: "We're in the same boat."

"Oh, by the way, I discovered something really interesting the other day. Guess what? I caught a winged person underwater."