The last time Li Xingkong came to Cherry Blossom Country was before.
The scar he carved on Cherry Blossom Country Island could be seen from a great distance.
Compared to the previously bare crack, the area where the crack once stood has now become a river flowing out from it.
Starting from the coast, it extends throughout the entire island, all the way to Mount Fuji.
The river formed by this fissure has also brought changes to the surrounding environment. Originally, transportation in this area was not very convenient, but now, along the river, several ports and newly built cities have sprung up.
The distribution of cities in Cherry Blossom Country is quite peculiar. Each city's districts resemble a square, and this characteristic is even more pronounced from the sky, with roads lining the edges of each square, making it appear very orderly.
Each grid formed by highways represents a city with a unique political system.
Li Xingkong didn't fly too far. He randomly chose a city by the river formed by the fissure and landed in its administrative center.
Standing downstairs at the government affairs center, Li Xingkong immediately noticed the words on the building:
The Political Experiment Zone, Third District, Tribalism under Slavery Experiment Zone.
Upon entering the building, Li Xingkong noticed numerous array formations. Casually passing through them, he arrived at an office where two young men were watching a screen and discussing something.
Upon seeing someone enter, one of them turned around, then immediately tugged at the other person who was still operating something, and turned to look at Li Xingkong.
"Wow, it's the Sword Immortal Li Xingkong! I've met my idol!"
The other person was disturbed for a moment, then turned around and immediately recognized Li Xingkong.
Nowadays, Li Xingkong is no longer an unknown figure in Divine Land. Almost every cultivator knows about him to some Li Xingkong, whether from the official cultivation records of Divine Land or from past martial arts tournaments.
Moreover, those who come here to conduct political experiments are basically political talents pre-trained by Divine Land, so they are naturally not unfamiliar to Li Xingkong.
" Sword Immortal, could you please sign your name?"
The next second, a thick notebook was handed to Li Xingkong. He couldn't refuse it, so he raised his hand and signed his name on it.
Are you the lab technicians for this area?
"After signing your name, Li Xingkong asked."
"Yes, we are the experimentalists in this district. I am Liu Suiye, the political system experimenter, and he is Zhang San, the legal experimenter."
The person operating the main control panel explained.
Both were young, appearing to be only in their early twenties, and their cultivation levels were not very high, at most just beginning the Qi Refining. However, judging from their enthusiastic expressions, they had clearly found their own path. As for cultivation, they only saw it as a tool for prolonging life and had not invested too much effort in it.
"Could you tell me about your area? And since this is a political system experiment, how do you determine if it's good or bad?"
Li Xingkong was unfamiliar with this area, but he was also somewhat curious.
"Our area was designated as a slave-owning zone, a tribal system, meaning that slavery was still the core of our society."
Liu Suiye tapped the screen a few times, and a modern market appeared on the large screen. However, in this market, people were being bought and sold instead of goods.
A closer look at the prices offered by each person in the market reveals that they are clearly different from the slave system Li Xingkong had imagined.
Li Xingkong's imagined slavery system was still in that primitive society, where a few outsiders were captured and enslaved, then tied together with ropes and sold at will. But what appeared before Li Xingkong at this moment was clearly very different from what he had imagined.
"Although it was slavery, our in-depth analysis of the system suggests it was merely an advanced version of slavery."
Liu Suiye zoomed in on the screen so that Li Xingkong could see the signs in front of each person.
These people were basically selling to themselves, and they also set their own prices. Li Xingkong glanced at the bids from several people, his expression somewhat strange.
A young man dressed in overalls, who appeared to be a programmer, had a sign hanging in front of him that read:
"Programmer, selling my working hours from 9 am to 6 pm daily, the work is programming related, lunch is required, 500 yuan per day, 10,000 yuan per month, only selling the value of my work, not my personality, personal output patents, or my body."
Next to him was a young-looking woman whose sign read, "Selling my mealtimes daily, can help with meals, no physical contact."
After looking at the names of many people, Li Xingkong somewhat embarrassed. Was this some kind of slavery system? His life before he started cultivating hadn't been this good.
Besides those who sell themselves, there are also people who come to the market to buy. These people treat it like buying vegetables, commenting on each person before taking their preferred slaves to the relevant locations to sign contracts.
"This slavery isn't quite what I imagined..."
Li Xingkong stroked his chin.
"After all, we are exploring a new way of political system in this new era, not just wanting to torture these little devils. Venting may feel good, but it doesn't help us much."
Zhang San replied.
"Therefore, our current system of slavery strictly distinguishes the value of an individual, dividing a person's value into three aspects: personality, skills, and physical worth. Each person has a relatively independent right to sell these three aspects."
"For example, if you buy someone's skills but not their character or personhood, you can only condemn or criticize their abilities, not attack their character or body, otherwise you would be violating the laws of our region."
"The so-called tribal system is a system for upper-level management personnel. It is a system of lifelong responsibility for the tribal chief elected by these people, and the tribal chief is succeeded by defeating the previous tribal chief in a designated area."
"The two of us are in an observer position. Of course, Zhang San is still responsible for the detailed drafting of the law; this power is basically not delegated."
After hearing what they said, Li Xingkong felt that this system was quite interesting, and it was very different from the slavery system Li Xingkong.
"So how are the merits and demerits of this system distinguished?"
Ultimately, whether this system is good or bad needs to be compared to something else. Li Xingkong was quite curious about this as well.
"This is even simpler. Since no region prohibits the free movement of individuals, the merits of this system are judged by the annual inflow and outflow of people in each region."
"The more people who join, the better your system is, it's that simple."
Liu Suiye opened an annual report, which showed that the population inflow and outflow in his area had been consistently positive over the past few years.
"Of course, we will also differentiate between the nature of the inflow and outflow of population. We will conduct further analysis on which systems attract the wealthy, which attract ordinary people, and which attract criminals, in order to arrive at a more rigorous answer."