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Chapter 87 Seize hope
The horror game department's second year.

Ji Xiu resigned from his management position and, with the help of Zuo Yi, entered the Yujing Church as a priest.

After this year of hard work, he gave Zuo Yi a satisfactory answer.

At this stage, the number of installations of horror games in Yu Jingguo has reached 820 million, and the average online time of each game warehouse exceeds 6 hours. The output of the Power of Fear has also reached a thousand times the average monthly output of the Black Hole Organization last year, and with the new The development of games and the further popularity of game warehouses continues to grow.

The output of the power of fear in this year alone has far exceeded the output created by the Black Hole Organization since its establishment.

These power of fear are first transported to the fear formation buried underground in the city through the game warehouse as a node, and then are transported from the fear formation to the mysterious ruins of the Northern City to water the growth of the fear god body.

The success of the terrorist game plan also made the Black Hole Organization lose the meaning of existence.

Zuo Yi has begun to liquidate the members of the Black Hole Organization, especially the pollution team. All members have been killed by Zuo Yi.

Although he has worked for Zuo Yi for decades, in Zuo Yi's eyes, the Black Hole Organization has always been just a tool to achieve his goals. Now the tool has lost its value and may even become a stumbling block that hinders the development of Yu Jingguo. He will not have No mercy.

……

These two options cannot be chosen at the same time.

But he saw Zuo Yi coming to him at some point:

"How sure do you think we can defeat the Kuroshio natural disaster in this timeline?"

Ji Xiu understood what Zuo Yi wanted to express.

"I'm just giving you a reference option. You can continue to stay in Yu Jingguo to study with me, or you can go to the sea to experience. These choices are all processes that you will inevitably go through in the future timeline. The only difference is the order of selection. Before and after.”

"Before I learned that the Black Tide has many demon gods besides Preface, I thought there was no chance of winning. Now... there is no chance of winning based on just one timeline."

Choosing to continue walking in Li Tan's body, the goal is to become the high priest. If you keep switching bodies, it is obviously impossible to become the high priest in different identities at the same time. This process takes time to prepare.

Just like the two choices Zuo Yi mentioned before, whether to target members of the Black Hole Organization and constantly replace the body to gain more abilities for improving strength, or to continue using Li Tan's body and become the leader of the human race.

"Forget it, let's stay in Yu Jingguo and study with you for the time being. At least let me see the future of this timeline."

On this day, Ji Xiu was in Zuo Yi's study looking at Yu Jingguo's overseas resource map.

"Since there is no chance of winning, the purpose of this timeline is to pave the way for more possibilities for the next restart. You are the future leader of the human race. Only by going to the front line can you have a clearer understanding of the situation outside the sea and what Yu Jingguo is facing. Dilemma... In a situation where you are doomed to fail, any meaningful choice you make is the right choice, regardless of the size. The difference between dying on the front line and dying under the black tide is only the length of time."

Under the condition of infinite restart, any meaningful choice can be executed. The difference is only in this timeline or in the next timeline.

Zuo Yi heard this and nodded with a smile:

This is a process of accumulating experience and learning.

Hearing these words, Ji Xiu was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Zuo Yi:

"As a leader, what you lack is the understanding of Yu Jingguo, especially since you have never been to the front line. The only concept you have of the country is the information sent from overseas. This is a process of learning and experience, and it is also your influence on your formulation. The foundation for the future direction of humankind.”

"No matter how much you see, nothing is as good as seeing it with your own eyes. Do you have any idea of ​​going to the outer sea front to have a look?"

So these two choices cannot be made on the same timeline.

"So you want me to go to the outer sea front line to gain some experience?"

Zuo Yi nodded, came to sit next to him, and pointed to the black whirlpool on the map of the outer sea:
"Do you know what this is?"

"Don't you often say that the outer sea is extremely dangerous? What if I, the future high priest, lose my life when I go to the front line?"

Realizing that Zuo Yi was asking questions to torture him again, Ji Xiu organized his speech and replied:

"The Sea Soul Clan, a foreign force in the outer sea, is a powerful clan living in the north of the Yujing Resource Island. They control the nearby 120 million square kilometers of sea territory, so this area is also called the Sea Soul Territory, the resource area of ​​our human race. It is also within its sphere of influence..."

The Sea Soul Clan was the first alien force outside the sea that Ji Xiu learned about while studying with Zuo Yi.

The black hole on the sea map is the residence of the Sea Soul Clan. The black hole is actually a huge defensive formation. Follow the black hole tunnel to the deep sea, and you can see a group of undersea buildings made of coral, shells, pearls and other materials.

The body structure of this race is very special, with a human appearance. There are three gill lines on both sides of the cheeks. The skin is blue and exudes a light blue luster. The eyes are deep vertical pupils, and the hair is blue, green, and purple. color.

They are the dependents of the original god "Sea Soul God". They have powerful control over water elements. They can control waves and create ocean storms. In addition, they can establish spiritual connections with sea beasts and drive them to fight.

Since the human race's resource islands are on the edge of the Sea Soul Clan's territory, they must pay a certain amount of resource income to the Sea Soul Clan every year.

Except for the human race, all forces within the territory of the Sea Soul Clan need to pay tribute of spiritual resources to the Sea Soul Clan.

There is also an insurmountable gap in strength between the human race and the Sea Soul Clan. The disputes with foreign races also come from other alien races in the waters under the jurisdiction of the Sea Soul Clan. These alien races, including the human race, can be called subordinate forces of the Sea Soul Clan.

The Sea Soul Clan never pays attention to the interest disputes between races in the sea area. They will only give tribute standards based on the quality and scope of the resources controlled by each subordinate race, even if there are subordinate forces that are involved in the interest disputes. When another subordinate force is destroyed, as long as the race that plundered the resource area takes over the tribute standard of the other subordinate race and completes the annual tribute.

Of course, not all resource areas can be plundered by subordinate forces.

No foreign race is allowed to go to core resource areas such as "Haiquan Island" within the area where the Sea Soul Clan is located, otherwise they will usher in a devastating blow from the Sea Soul Clan.

When he heard Zuo Yi talk about the Sea Soul Clan, Ji Xiu realized that this race would be a stumbling block on the future development of the human race.

But he was also very puzzled by a question. Since the Sea Soul Clan was so strong, why didn't they occupy all the resource areas and only choose to obtain resources through commission.

Zuo Yi's answer was that the Sea Soul Clan's fertility rate was very low and the number of clan members was limited. It was simply impossible to exploit all the resource islands by dispersing clan members.

After explaining this issue, Zuo Yi also said that the Sea Soul Clan actually thought about enslaving other subordinate forces to mine resources.

After all, the method of enslavement only requires providing the enslaved race with the most basic survival needs, and the amount of resources far exceeds the amount obtained by taking a commission.

However, after trying it, the Sea Soul Clan found that there were too many hidden dangers in doing so.

First of all, the Sea Soul Clan is also experiencing a resource war.

The territory of the Sea Soul Clan can be regarded as a large circle, and the disputes of interests between the human race and other alien races are within this large circle. However, the Sea Soul Clan is at war with the race that controls another large circle due to issues of territorial scope and core resources. The core combat forces were dispatched to the edge of the sea to engage in a fierce war with another force.

This resulted in the Sea Soul Clan not having the energy and sufficient number of tribesmen to manage the enslaved race. Secondly, the foreign races within the control of the Sea Soul Clan will only temporarily compromise when faced with issues of interest, but whenever they find an opportunity, they will show their fangs and cause damage to the Sea Soul Clan's management system.

Therefore, the Sea Soul Clan made a very smart choice. They distributed non-core resources to all foreign forces within their jurisdiction. As long as they pay tribute, they can mine resources at will.

Doing so has two major benefits in Zuo Yi's opinion.

First of all, the income from resources does not need to be managed personally. As long as the standard is set, the resources can be paid as tribute every year, and more energy can be devoted to the war.

Secondly, there is no prohibition on interest competition between races within the jurisdiction of the sea. For the sake of profit, each race wants to seek expansion. The endless resource war is also consuming the strength of these alien races, so that no threat to the sea soul can be born in the jurisdiction of the sea. racial interests.

Letting go may seem like a loss of resource benefits, but it is actually a very wise choice.

In Zuo Yi's eyes, if the human race wants to rise, it must break through the Sea Soul Clan's blockade and become the dominant force in the Sea Soul Domain.

The most lacking thing for the rise of a race is not technology, but resources.

But the most core resources in the sea area are controlled by the Sea Soul Clan. If you want to grow, you must remove this big rock that is weighing on the human race.

It's just that the current comprehensive strength of the human race is far from reaching the point of challenging the Sea Soul Clan. The other alien forces in the Sea Soul Domain are the main targets of the human race.

Just like a big fish eating a small fish, the human race needs to devour other forces in the Sea Soul Domain to strengthen itself, and then challenge the Sea Soul Clan when it is strong enough.

There are many challenges that humans need to face in this process.

Before it develops to strong enough, the human race will inevitably attract the attention of the Sea Soul Clan, and then it is likely to directly face the Sea Soul Clan's military suppression.

Therefore, before showing its fangs, the human race needs to hide its strength and wait for the right time.

Zuo Yi mentioned these issues when talking to him about overseas issues.

During the answer, Ji Xiu completed the day's assessment and then began to listen to Zuo Yi's lecture.

The content of Zuo Yi's class is very complicated. In his eyes, as a leader of the human race, you need to master all the fields in Yu Jing's country in detail, even if you are not proficient, you must understand it.

Every piece of knowledge can help inform future decisions.

Only by understanding can you understand all aspects that every future plan can affect.

Zuo Yi was really strict in his education. Although he could not force him to do anything, he would always tell him:
"Since you have chosen to become the leader of the human race, you must do your best. The difficulties ahead are not scary. What is scary is the indecision in your heart as you move forward. If you don't have the mentality to move forward, how can you break through the endless reincarnation? What can we use to challenge the black tide?"

Zuo Yi has been teaching him how to become a qualified leader of the human race.

But Ji Xiu understood that this expectation was not for himself, but for the future prosperity of the human race under his leadership.

Zuo Yi knew that he could not achieve this goal, so he placed his dreams and expectations on him, hoping that he could achieve this ambitious dream.

……

Three years later.

On the high wall of the northern border where the snow was falling, Ji Xiu turned to look at Zuo Yi beside him.

At this time, most of his body had been corroded by the power of fear, but he still stood proudly with his hands behind his back, and the white robe on his body was blown by the wind.

"Lao Zuo, is there anything else you want to leave behind?"

Facing the inquiry, Zuo Yi turned to look at him, and he could see the spreading and shrinking blood-colored mist in his eyes that had turned scarlet:
"Try every timeline to the end as much as possible, and don't give in at every turn. Even if you have unlimited times to start over, you have to treat every timeline as the last one."

"How do you know that I surrender easily and give up?" Ji Xiu was stunned.

"Leyi."

"It's really him."

The only people who could know about his surrender and reopening were the members of the Shenyi Team, most likely the loudmouthed Le Yi.

“What’s the point of continuing to work hard when you know you’re bound to fail?”

Zuo Yi raised his head and looked at the surging blackness outside the high wall, squinting his eyes as if remembering:

"I also asked a senior about this question. I asked him that Yu Jingguo is losing its future and can't see any hope. What's the point of us continuing to work hard?"

"I was not a great envoy at that time. After learning the hidden truth of despair, I was completely confused about the future and found that all my efforts were meaningless. No matter how much I put in, I could not bring back Yu Jingguo, who was sliding into the abyss. …So I don’t see the point of continuing to work hard, since the end of this road can already be seen at a glance.”

"Senior told me that if you work hard, you may not get the results you want, but if you keep working hard, you may be able to find hope, even if it is a slim ray of hope."

At the last moment of his life, my senior held my hand and told me:

"My journey is over, and the baton from Yu Jingguo to the future will be handed over to you. My efforts were not in vain, because I found you, and your appearance gave me hope for the future. "

As he said that, Zuo Yi turned to look at him, his eyes seeming to smile:

"I took over the trust of the senior, and all my efforts are to pursue the slim hope for the future for Yu Jingguo, whether it is the Black Hole Organization or the Fear God Plan... I am very determined on this path. But I don’t know if that glimmer of hope will appear if I continue on this path, and whether my efforts will be rewarded.”

"Every attempt is a gamble. I am like a gambler who is about to lose everything. I bet on Yu Jingguo's future for a slim chance, but I don't know what the outcome will be."

Zuo Yi's eyes flashed with scarlet light, as if crystals were flowing:

"Until I met you, I knew that I had grasped the ray of hope that my predecessors said. Your appearance allowed me to truly see the future that Yu Jingguo can continue."

"Ahem..." After coughing violently, Zuo Yi pulled an ugly smile from the corners of his mouth that had been corroded by the power of fear:
"Senior didn't lie to me. Most of my efforts can't get the results I want, but if I keep working hard, I might be able to find hope, just like he found me... just like I found you."

At this moment, Ji Xiu's heart was shocked.

In Zuo Yi's eyes, what he saw was not the sadness that should be felt when facing death, but the relief of holding on to hope.

Only then did he realize that in Zuo Yi's eyes, he actually represented hope.

(End of this chapter)