Even so, immense material abundance remained Li Chen's foremost pursuit. This had to be satisfied before any other conditions.
Even a vulgar society awash in material desire was better than a backward one constantly plagued by natural disasters, human calamities, famine, and death.
A small country with few people, a fresh and idyllic countryside-these were not what Li Chen wanted.
Over the following period, the public opinion machine went into action once more. All manner of video news and entertainment steered the mental states and values of the People of the Heavenly Kingdom toward what Li Chen considered the right direction.
He wanted not only to be the final owner of Materialized Heaven, but also its moral standard and guide to values, drawing in his people's freely wandering thoughts and inclinations.
These methods operated on exactly the same principle as the Puppet Masters' remolding of body and mind. The difference was that they were more primitive.
But Li Chen did not yet have the ability to perfectly control every individual's mind and beliefs. Personally remolding them one by one was all but impossible, so he still had to rely on these primitive methods.
Afterward, corresponding laws were also introduced in Materialized Heaven, making adjustments across various areas.
Some time later.
"Even in an ideal society, the needs of the spiritual world are often difficult to satisfy, because the spiritual world is infinitely vast."
"And many of those needs contradict one another. Suppose I want to rule a country, command its countless people, and have every subject under my control, while others want the same thing. How could such needs be fulfilled?"
Mei Xuan asked Li Chen.
Li Chen said, "This is a problem Materialized Heaven urgently needs to resolve, but the ancients already gave us the answer."
Mei Xuan