Chapter 1869
Chapter 1869 - 1865: Messenger of the Thirteen Segments
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The commerce and trade in this world are destined to lead nowhere.
"Is this something a person regarded as the God of Commerce should say? They all think your divine position involves commerce."
"Trade does not equate to commerce, especially since mine is ’the transaction of life.’ Life is the core, while the transaction is simply ancillary..."
In a peaceful world, commerce and trade can achieve victory... Yet in the era and world of war, pure commercial activities only lead to becoming more fat and valuable, ultimately turning into someone else’s ’Treasure Chest Monster.’
In the war era, the ultimate victory condition is only to win the war. Once the acquired ’currency’ reaches a certain level, it can no longer be converted into war resources... In this world without a universal currency or commercial agreements, profits obtained solely from trade are meaningless.
"However, as a strategic disguise, it has value, and considerable..."
From the feedback received, Lu Ping’an’s smoke bomb has already taken effect; they probably genuinely consider Lu Ping’an to be an outsider God of Commerce and a guardian of travelers and merchants... This is actually a divine position endowed by Lu Ping’an to Hua Xueyi, but in reality, it is also one of her disguises.
Moreover, the caravan has mentioned that the Peace Divine King (Eternal Life God) has an ally who is the God of Martial Fight... In their view, this is a deity weak yet specializing in logistics development.
When caravans can provide weapons and food, these travelers from the Foreign Domain prove their worth.
Of course, when this armed caravan demonstrated its combat power... Fei’er, acting as the ’hired thugs,’ followed along; as a ’Divine Son’ on the religious side, she can directly borrow the power of Lu Ping’an and Chris.
The steel legion is the trusted aide of ’Peace God’ Lu Ping’an... He also consciously divided forces, letting the Flame Legion, destined to bring destruction, fall under the banner of ’War God.’
Hua Xueyi is the ’Divine Envoy,’ or rather, a higher-ranking ’Divine King Messenger,’ executing Lu Ping’an’s will directly.
After becoming a ’Magic Pet,’ she also possesses undying-nature... Even if the current body is destroyed, Lu Ping’an can still revive her using the rerival method for magic pets.
With adequate experience, strong mobility, and undying-nature, she naturally becomes the most suitable messenger.
"My clones have already moved forward in six directions..."
After inheriting Zhi Xi’s Animated Armor template, Hua Xueyi evolved in an even more bizarre manner.
[Metal Harmonious Body (Mid-Level Golden Abnormal Ability): Liquid metal body can split out metallic core droplets to integrate into metallic shells for use as clones. Current limit is twelve droplets.]
Sound sinister? This is actually an ability Hua Xueyi had in the past, the basic ability of her fused magic pet, Metal Slime.
Constantly splitting oneself is the instinctive behavior of Slime’s fission reproduction... Whether these generally low-intelligence beings have self-awareness is a challenging question; after all, they cannot even possess a stable memory module.
And it is precisely this trait that makes their thin self-awareness the most suitable harmonizing agent and clone material.
Which of the split Slimes is the past self? This question is meaningless to Slimes but holds great significance for Hua Xueyi.
From the results, those ’Hua Xueyi’ are all parts of her... After abandoning the physical constraints, top-tier Extraordinaries inherently exist as a ’mass,’ now simply using new methods to split apart.
Having half the body of a Metal Slime, it is natural for her to awaken this racial talent.
Not considered special, yet highly practical.
Now, Hua Xueyi can separate into droplets, incorporating them into Animated Armor, Metallic Humanoid, and Mechanical Man, becoming leaders of various caravans, and also an excellent messenger of Lu Ping’an.
In essence, she is already a vital personnel in the expansion of forces.
"Two caravans have been completely wiped out, and clones died too... Tch, they even declared an attack on our homeland."
"Let them speak."
Some caravans split off smoothly, encountering more rational lords... But after passing through several times safely, the next encounter might be beasts or butchers.
In an era of inconvenient transportation, the so-called safety and stability of trade routes are initially a test of human life, and the cost for Lu Ping’an here has become quite low.
Those Animated Armors and Mechanical Men, in a certain sense, are also mass-produced ’consumables,’ with Hua Xueyi as the caravan guide, capable of splitting out twelve individuals at most... Now, urging caution is still Lu Ping’an’s decision.
"Continue sending out more caravans, has the new trade route network blueprint been finalized?"
The paths walked by caravans are naturally the so-called ’safe trade routes.’
Some deities are easy to deal with, while others destined to be impassable; merely paying this cost yields all kinds of valuable intelligence and feedback, Lu Ping’an already feels he has profited greatly.
And the disdain other deities have for the ’God of Commerce’ is also a major reason for Lu Ping’an’s behavioral success.
A weak deity far away, non-threatening yet able to provide commodity support, most deities quite far away are willing to grant some convenience.
But on the flip side, deities nearby are not so honest.
To wealthy ones, especially to nearby rich merchants and deities from the Logistics Department, they will not hesitate to directly plunder...
"Thanks for your hard work."
"A bunch of trash, what’s so hard working?"
The returning Chris seemed a bit unsatisfied, the opposing side ran away before she could enjoy the fight.
As a role of ’War God,’ she is the leader of the legion, also the overall Army Commander of direct confrontation.
"Any gains?"
"Yes, and many."
Lu Ping’an responded with a smile, the initial gains were quite fulfilling for him.
"There’s a place you might like, it’s called ’Cat Forest,’ that area generates Cat-Transformed Beast Humans, and can also produce various rare species. Once we obtain the ’rules,’ our beastification stone statues might generate various rare Cat-Transformed Beast Humans..."
"Are you certain it’s not just your hobby? If it weren’t for Little Shuiyun being so inadequate, you almost handed her the duty of Divine Envoy."
When Chris said this, her expression was somewhat peculiar.
She belongs to the Conservative faction, in her nighttime interaction with Lu Ping’an, she maintains human form and has repeatedly rejected certain requests from him... Often the next day, Lu Ping’an can be seen specifically going to ’pet cats.’
Having truly found a cat holy land, it ensures a good time for Lu Ping’an?
"Forget it... Inform me once there’s news about the Land of life."
The places reached by the caravan, the first batch of feedback consists of intelligence on various rule environments and buildings.
𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
And once these intelligence is obtained, it naturally becomes nutrient for the evolution of Lu Ping’an’s forces.
This commercial conduct as part-time information gathering is excessively consistent with history; the intelligence network spread out is already taking effect.
Moreover, these things also serve as "incubators" for Lu Ping’an himself and demigods’ evolution.
He, along with them, is efficiently extracting local resources, completing their own evolutions.
— End of Chapter 1869 —