Sixty-five years into Norton, everything was rebuilding.
The damage inflicted on the Southern Continent by the past Cataclysm War is healing at an unimaginable speed, and the overall environment is even improved by the intense pressure of the Pale God Norton.
Although the Pale God is said to have developed serious mental problems, his rule remains strictly orderly and operates steadily, all thanks to the Pressure emanating from Pale God, which covers the entire Southern Continent.
It must be said that this kind of order, where a supreme deity completely controls everything, does have some merit.
Abraham and Duoxia had already heard about this, but they held completely different opinions on it.
Compared to other parts of Garden of Eden, the Southern Continent had a particularly advanced political system due to rapid changes in government and the miraculous governance of the Pale God.
Even with this renewed reign of the Pale God, its methods of governance offer a valuable reference for researchers of political systems today.
Such progress in political systems and thought attracted the attention of Duoxia, whose thinking had already undergone a transformation.
In the sixty-third year of Norton, he smuggled himself from the Northern Continent to the Southern Continent by ship, adopting the alias William Mark, and began to travel and preach throughout the Southern Continent.
In just two years, what he saw and heard in the Southern Continent transformed his already fundamentally changing ideas into a roughly complete system.
Duoxia had also ruled the Southern Continent. In the past, the New Faith Pope Saint Peter passed the papacy to him, allowing him to serve as pope for a full hundred years. Therefore, Duoxia's knowledge, experience, and ideas were at the forefront of the Southern Continent.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have become the first person to go from betraying Norton to supporting Norton.
However, Duoxia himself was actually in a state of hesitation.
The Lino City, a self-proclaimed Holy City in the Southern Continent.
Lino City, the city where the Pale God rose to power. Although the Pale God has long forgotten the name Lino City, the people of Lino City are still proud because the Pale God once rose to power here.
They even declared Lino City Holy City that was not officially recognized, and proclaimed themselves the orthodox city bestowed by the Pale God.
The more knowledgeable a person is about the history of the Holy Lord Empire, the more proud they are of it. The older the Vampire, especially some second- or third-generation Vampire who have survived from ancient times, the more proud they are of it.
Even though they weren't the first Vampire to emerge from Lino City, they still spontaneously gathered Lino City, smugly considering themselves the only legitimate ones who had followed the Pale God in the past.
It's somewhat reminiscent of some people in modern society who give themselves the false title of having ancestors from the Plain Yellow Banner and take pride in it.
However, they are somewhat better off, since the Pale God still reigns, and it does have some advantages to legitimize themselves.
For example, Vampire or humans from other places would be more respectful because of this title, and would even go out of their way to give it face.
The lingering influence of this simple, Pale God led these people to truly lose themselves years later, genuinely believing themselves to be the orthodox representatives of the Pale God, thus creating a scene never seen elsewhere in the Southern Continent: political discussions.
In the Lino City tavern, the unique discussions begin early every morning and often reach their true climax before heading home that evening.
Bright light bulbs illuminated the entire interior of the tavern, where the smells of alcohol, smoke, and even vomit mingled with the odors of food, creating an extremely unpleasant and complex odor.
However, this only made the atmosphere in the tavern even more intense.
A noble-level Vampire, dressed in a hood and resembling a skeleton, sat in the corner of the bar, quietly listening to the arguments of the people around him.
After arriving in the Southern Continent, Duoxia realized what a miserable life she had been living before!
The Northern Continent is filled with Holy Lord Church, and the entire population opposes Vampire. Even members of the royal family who have become Vampire have been purged or semi-imprisoned by Miles XIV, making it an extremely unfavorable environment for Vampire.
In addition, although it appears to be under imperial control, it is actually a place where capital runs rampant. This makes the pace of life for the lower classes extremely fast, leaving them with no time or right for leisure. They can feel a sense of urgency just by walking down the street.
But here in the Southern Continent, a group of Vampire sat casually in a tavern, tasting the blood it offered and arguing about blasphemous things. Not only were there no guards to control them, but the surrounding crowd also joined in.
Not only is the management and control lax, but the pace of life is also ridiculously slow.
The overall living environment and level of happiness here are worlds apart from those in the Northern Continent!
Duoxia had never experienced such a comfortable living environment. He could even sleep anywhere in this officially controlled tavern, and if he got drunk, he could find a corner to lean against the wall and fall asleep.
In the Northern Continent, everything costs money!
This level of happiness in his life further distorted Duoxia's already skewed views toward Norton.
"Your Majesty is the true God! Your Majesty is true justice!"
As I've said before, Your Majesty is different from other emperors. The fundamental reason is that Your Majesty possesses supreme power, which gives you a considerable degree of oversight! This is also the fundamental reason why Your Majesty is able to govern the Southern Continent in such a way.
Even if other emperors attempted to govern in the same way as Your Majesty, the final result would still be the same: returning to the capitalist nature of the Holy Empire. This is an inevitable consequence of development, and also a manifestation of human nature!
"I don't think so. The fundamental reason why Your Majesty is able to govern in this way is surveillance. If we could also have the same surveillance capabilities and a very complete system, then we could also try to implement this kind of control. There is definitely a truly complete and perfect system in this world that can help us achieve this result!"
This is an inevitable consequence of social development. As you just said, the essence of human nature lies in greed, and only through equality for all can greed be kept to a minimum.
Therefore, when we use systems to achieve true equality for all, we will be able to achieve the current management situation!
"Capital itself contains contradictions, the root of which lies in human greed. Therefore, the capitalist system has irreconcilable flaws, which is the fundamental reason why the people of the Holy Empire suffered so much hardship. As you just said, people are inherently greedy, so when their lives become unsustainable, they will inevitably fight for their own interests! Successors, to secure their positions, will learn from this experience and either grant the people more benefits to prevent easy resistance, or replace the old system and attempt to reconstruct the distribution of benefits to perpetuate the nation's foundation."
Whether it's distributing more benefits outwards or restructuring the distribution of those benefits, both will lead to the same result: ordinary people will receive more benefits. This cycle will continue, and the final outcome will be exactly the method of governance that Your Majesty is currently employing.
"..."
The scent of blood wine wafted from the mouths of the clamoring Vampire around him. Although the conversations among these self-proclaimed White Banner Vampire were bold, they truly brought Duoxia a completely different perspective, making his eyes grow brighter and brighter than when he was single-mindedly trying to imprison Norton.
He seems to have found his way again...