Chen Changsheng’s counter-question left everyone stunned.
Because they had never imagined that Chen Changsheng would actually consider such a “foolish” method to deal with the surrounding small realms.
Thinking this, Mao Weng immediately laughed and said, “Chen Changsheng, isn’t this method of hollowing out the small realm a bit too slow?”
“If we really need to expand the medicinal fields, the three of us could take over these small realms within three months. Why go through such a roundabout way?”
Upon hearing this, Chen Changsheng smacked his lips and said, “I know you can easily take over these thirty-odd small realms.”
“But what will you do after taking over these small realms? Expanding the Abyss Realm requires far more than just a few small realms.”
“What I truly want is a ‘locust’ army.”
“Locusts are ordinary creatures in the mortal world. Once they gather in swarms, they will leave nothing but barren land wherever they pass.”
“It’s easy to defeat one realm, but making one realm completely disappear is nearly impossible.”
“I defeated the Four Directions Continent, perhaps I could k*ll all the living beings on the Four Directions Continent, but can I make this land vanish completely?”
“Obviously not. Not even if I alone, or even all of you combined, could shatter the Four Directions Continent.”
“But if a locust army were to face the Four Directions Continent, eventually, the entire continent would be consumed.”
“That is the true terror of a locust army.”
Chen Changsheng’s unique insight instantly enlightened everyone, even Wang Zun, who usually did not give Chen Changsheng a good look, praised him.
“Gradually eliminating thirty-odd small realms through such means is remarkable.”
“Hearing you say this, I am also very curious about how much a realm with a Heavenly Mandate would lose its mandate if it were hollowed out.”
After saying this, Wang Zun looked at the distant Mine Vein Small Realm.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng smiled and said, “Eliminating the Heavenly Mandate in this manner is unprecedented. The specific answer will probably have to wait for time to tell.”
“Furthermore, the strategic location of the Mine Vein Small Realm is extremely important. After digging to a certain extent, you need to stop your actions.”
“The Mine Vein Small Realm will also belong to me. I believe there should be no objections from everyone.”
Facing Chen Changsheng’s request, none of the sixteen forbidden grounds opposed it.
Everyone knew that Xiao Xianweng and Emperor Huangtian were waging wars, and as a strategic stronghold, Chen Changsheng and his group would not let go of the Mine Vein Small Realm.
The forbidden grounds did not need to wage war, so their desire for the Mine Vein Small Realm was not great.
As long as they could obtain a large amount of resources, other matters could be negotiated.
At this moment, the representative of the Dead Sea Forbidden Ground spoke up.
“Recently, you asked us not to participate in the task of laborers.”
“The first stage of the Abyss Realm has been almost completed, and now the second stage has begun.”
“Although you didn’t explicitly say it, we all felt that every deployment you made was highly targeted.”
“We have reached this level of cooperation. Shouldn’t you explain it in detail?”
With this statement, everyone’s gaze turned to Chen Changsheng.
Facing everyone’s gaze, Chen Changsheng smiled and said, “Since everyone is curious, I’ll explain it in detail.”
“The purpose of establishing the Abyss Realm is to create a strategic warehouse, a vast strategic warehouse.”
“To establish such a strategic warehouse, the Abyss Realm must plunder externally.”
“The target for the first stage of plundering in the Abyss Realm was the numerous high-level wandering cultivators.”
“These people are neither particularly strong nor weak; they tend to sway with the wind, typical examples of opportunists.”
“In truth, I Chen Changsheng has made some achievements in researching puppets.”
“A cultivator at the Immortal King Realm and an Immortal King Realm puppet working together require significantly more energy for the puppet compared to the cultivator.”
“Because no matter how strong the material, the puppet will wear down, and these puppets cannot possess the creativity of living beings.”
Speaking, Chen Changsheng pointed to the distant Mine Vein Small World and said,
“Just like those miners, once they tasted the sweetness of mining, they all started to mine crazily.”
“For this reason, they even developed specialized mining treasures and techniques.”
“Have you not noticed that the output of the Mine Vein Small World has increased significantly recently?”
“And after mining extensively, they even boast that they are making money, when in fact, I am making even more.”
“Compared to puppets, aren’t they more useful?”
“It’s precisely because they work hard that we can earn so much, right?”
After listening to Chen Changsheng’s words, everyone laughed.
A representative from the Deadly Valley said, “People say that the forbidden grounds treat human lives as grass, being the biggest source of disaster in the world.”
“But in reality, we have only killed a few people.”
“When you, Chen Changsheng, act, all living beings in the world are within your cage.”
“To be honest, without cooperating with you, even we from the forbidden grounds might not escape your cage.”
“Hahaha!”
Chen Changsheng laughed, and he laughed happily.
“Where in this world is not a cage? We are also trapped in cages.”
“The only difference is that our cages are larger.”
“Although the word ‘cage’ is full of holes, even the force of a ‘dragon’ cannot break through the limitations on its head.”
“If my cage could be easily broken, then it wouldn’t be a cage anymore.”
“Clap clap clap!”
Chen Changsheng’s words made Mao Weng applaud.
“Wonderful! Truly wonderful!”
“Talking with you, Chen Changsheng, is truly a pleasure.”
“No wonder the Sacred Forbidden Ground would unhesitatingly support the God-slaying Plan.”
“Perhaps only your enemies can understand how worthy of respect you are.”
“The first stage of the Abyss World is the exploitation of wandering cultivators. So, the second stage should target cultivators higher than wandering ones, right?”
“Yes,” Chen Changsheng nodded and said, “Wandering cultivators are indeed useful, but compared to resources, they are just the bottom layer of the cultivation world.”
“True resources are often concentrated in those cultivators with families.”
“And they are also the most traditional cultivators in the cultivation world.”
“Trying to extract resources from them is a very difficult task.”
“So we need to use both a stick and a carrot.”
“Only then can we get resources from their pockets.”
