Eastern Continent.

Hogg Mountain Line.

When the army of the Kingdom of Light arrived, they gathered their followers to build a statue of the goddess of light in a valley.

Every day since its establishment, a large number of believers of the Church of Light have come here from all over the rear, regardless of the troops of the Dark God Kingdom that are constantly haunting, to pray in front of this white statue that is hundreds of meters high, even taller than the mountain next to it.

In the eyes of believers, this is the place where the army of the Divine Kingdom of Light first came down to save the common people at the behest of the Goddess of Light, and it is a sacred place like the holy city of Avino of the Church of Light.

And the other places where the armies of God have descended are more or less considered special places by believers.

It's hard for players to imagine how much fanaticism and faith a deity can give a believer in a godly world.

With the arrival of the Divine Kingdom army, Ji Chen could feel that the followers of the Ocean God Sect were in a state of emotional instability.

Previously, many of them were believers in other sea gods of the sea god system, but because they did not receive the response and manifestation of the gods for a long time, or because the power of the church declined, their faith declined or they were disappointed and turned to the sea god cult.

Therefore, at this time, when I saw many Divine Kingdom armies coming, I couldn't help but feel a little panicked, for fear that the Divine Kingdom Army of the original faith would make trouble for them.

Heretics are more hateful than heretics!

As a result, their hearts were filled with worry and uneasiness, and their faith in the Sea God Cult began to waver, and the power of faith provided was reduced.

Ji Chen knew what needed to be done now. Immediately sent troops to the coastal cities of the middle of the ocean to preach force in various sea god churches.

In particular, as soon as the two good-looking divine power armies arrived, they looked no worse than the other divine kingdom armies, and the believers were obviously excited, and their anxiety and worry were much less, and they turned to abundant faith power.

The competition between the gods for believers was no less fierce than that of the army of the kingdom of God, and in a relatively peaceful era, it was the main channel for the gods to expand their power.

At the same time, those Sea God Sect priests who were sent to various places to preach were also recalled to the Ocean Crown in batches to listen to Ji Chen's plans and orders.

When they returned to their respective dioceses with the next batch of resources, they invariably began to export the resources in stock on a large scale for a new round of missionary work.

To put it simply, it is to continue or even strengthen the behavior of "throwing coins".

Now the Overworld is at war everywhere, the demons, the evil camp and the order camp are still at war, and the armies of the gods of each god system are also fighting each other.

It can be said that the whole world has become a pot of porridge!

In such a troubled world, whoever can give believers shelter and security, and who can give enough resources for survival, will be able to win the loyalty and trust of believers.

Among them, the Ocean God Cult focuses on the poor people and low-level believers, and after a period of preaching, the effect is remarkable.

Eighty percent of the new believers are low-level people, and they are the most loyal believers to the Sea God Cult. No doubt.

Like the Ocean God Cult, it is so kind and approachable that it treats the people and believers at the bottom by sending food and clothing, and even sets up a special support organization.

Such a "down-to-earth" behavior is also a scorpion in many spiritual churches - the only one!

Other deity churches were more often concerned with the aboriginal aristocracy, city officials, army officers, urban middle class, landlords, and wealthy peasants, no matter how poor they were.

For them, only these believers, who are in the middle and upper echelons of society, can help the operation of the church.

Without the donations of these wealthy believers, the huge amount of money required to set up churches, welfare homes, and training church warriors in each city would have been enough to overwhelm the church itself.

Only these high-quality believers with assets and backgrounds can provide financial support to maintain the operation and expansion of the church, but they do not mean that they do not care about the bottom believers, but most of the time the focus is not on them.

The Ocean God Cult started from seemingly small but very important aspects such as clothing, food, housing, and transportation, quickly grasped the needs of the aborigines at the bottom, and seized this part of the areas that other spiritual churches ignored or did not care about, so as to complete the accumulation of the initial number of believers as quickly as possible.

In some ways, believers at the bottom offer no less power of faith than the wealthy natives, and even more so in terms of loyalty.

Spiritual needs of faith + material needs + survival needs.

As a result of this three-pronged axe, the vast majority of the wavering inhabitants quickly fell, and even many poor believers of small churches converted to the embrace of the Sea God Cult.

No matter how much faith they believe, they can only eat.

When other churches saw such a pry into the corner, they could only scold this small church for stealing chickens and dogs, but they were entangled in a series of sexual things that came from the army of God's kingdom and couldn't spare much energy.

And these poor believers can't donate any resources, and it's not worth making a big deal at this time, so they will put this matter aside for the time being, and it's not too late to settle accounts later.

Now, the armies of the kingdom of God have descended, and the churches of the gods are very confident.

However, what they didn't know was that after the Sea God Cult had enveloped all the low-level residents and had a deep faith, it would be difficult for them to change their minds.

The spread of the Sea God Cult in various dioceses has been a little faster.

Shiploads of resources were brought from outside to the top of the ocean, and shipwows were brought to the dioceses to provide the resources and funds needed for the mission.

"My lord, in addition to the crown of the sea and the Great Fluorescent Sea, the total number of believers in each diocese has now exceeded 800,000, especially in the three regions on the northwest coast such as the Duchy of Reinhardt, in several coastal cities, the Sea God Cult has become the mainstream church."

Willus was a little excited, saying that the speed of such a mission was amazing.

From the dispatch of missionary priests, the number of believers on all continents and islands has grown from zero to 800,000 in less than a month.

Ji Chen smiled lightly.

Asked.

"Why is Reinhardt's side progressing so quickly?"

Willus hurriedly said: "That's the case, the area of the Duchy of Reinhardt was a reckless land in ancient times, and several pioneer families moved there from the outside world, starting from scratch, and gradually establishing several kingdoms, so there is no native faith."

In addition, Reinhardt countries strictly control the preaching of the church, so that no church has been able to spread on a large scale.

But after the Sea God Cult entered, instead of stopping it, they took the initiative to help, providing a few buildings for free as our missionary churches, and even sending soldiers to maintain order."

Willus shook his head, puzzled.

Ji Chen was a little interested, and secretly sensed the power of faith on Reinhardt's side.

The quantity is. More than 400,000, accounting for half of all believers.

Most of them are located in cities, towns and villages by the sea.

In the midst of the prayers and fanaticism of the believers, he found several familiar beings.

Julius, Monica, Sebastian, Milana

These familiar aborigines have all become members of the Cult of the Sea God, and have been protected by the protection of the territory.

They probably already knew that the Ocean God Cult came from the crown of the sea, and the "god" of the belief was him, so they took the initiative to facilitate the mission of the Sea God Cult.

And this also means that Reinhardt has sided with him and chosen to stand on his side with the crown of the ocean.

"In the future, we will increase our missionary efforts in Reinhardt, give priority to resources, and expand the influence of the Sea God Cult there as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

Willus raised his head and said: "My lord, there is one more thing, it is about the problem of the residential population, more and more people are joining the crown of the sea, and now there is not much land left on the island to build residences and municipal facilities, once the excessive absorption of foreign population, it will seriously affect the ecological balance of the island, compressing the industrial area and agricultural area."

Ji Chen frowned, "This is indeed a question, how many inhabitants are there in the crown of the ocean now?" ”

"Not counting the sea tribes, the lizardmen, there are more than 300,000 inhabitants."

The inclusion of 300,000 long-term residents on an island that occupies one-third of the island's area and is less than one-third of the island's habitable terrain is approaching its ecological limit.

More than half of the primeval jungle that originally covered sixty or seventy percent of the main island has now been cut down, and most of the rest is located on the west, northwest, and north sides, with buildings on the southeast side centered on the lord's castle.

If it spreads further to the west and northwest, the whole island will become bare.

Ji Chen thought about it, and he also felt that he couldn't destroy the increasingly scarce vegetation for the sake of the population.

But only when the population increases, the territory can develop, so what should be done to increase the population capacity of the territory?

Looking at the sand table map of the Crescent Islands on the table next to him, he gradually had an idea.

"We reclaim the land from the sea."

Willus was stunned by the novel word.

Ji Chen picked up the chess pieces on the edge of the sand table and inserted them into the shallows at the junction of the main island and the northeast secondary island.

"How about filling and barracking around this shoal with a lot of rocks and mud to build a lot of land for a house?"

Willus touched his chin, his eyes showing a bit of surprise and surprise, "This seems to work?" If the shallows aren't too deep, and there's plenty of rock and mud."

"So what are you waiting for, go explore."

"Yes!"

Willus hurriedly ran out and took people to explore.

I'll be back shortly to report on the situation.

The waters around the shoal are not deep, and there are conditions for land reclamation.

Under Ji Chen's permission, a large number of residents of the crown of the sea rushed to the scene with tools, and this scene made foreign merchants and sailors stunned.

When I asked, I found out what they were going to do to "reclaim the sea and make land", and they looked at each other and didn't understand each other.

The ocean is so vast that these inhabitants want to fill it in and create land?

Isn't the creation of the land a power that only gods possess?

They soon saw how the inhabitants of the crown of the sea had "created the land."

I saw transport ships carrying a full load of stones and dirt, and dumping them directly into the sea, like throwing handfuls of gold coins into the sea, without causing any waves.

Some people shook their heads and left as a joke, while others remained curious.

Some of these players, dressed in fancy costumes and known as the Glory Lords, showed their expressions one after another.

"Hold the grass, this is reclamation!?"

"I didn't expect to see this situation in this other world, it seems that the Crescent Islands are becoming more and more densely populated, and the land is a little insufficient."

"Shall we hurry up and buy a few houses here, and then sell them to get rich when the prices here are high?"

"It's really possible, otherwise you can't afford to pay any special bride price."

As boatloads of stones and earth were dumped incessantly, the water gradually became cloudy, and the rocks and dirt no longer sank, but gradually showed their heads, gradually filled with more earth, and people were able to stand on them.

The inhabitants of the crown of the sea immediately cheered, although this outcropping land was only the size of a house, but this was the first step in their successful land reclamation.

Next, as long as you follow the lord's series of commands, you can create a land that can accommodate more people!

As long as the shallows between the main island and the northeast sub-island, and between the northeast sub-islands, and the shallow water around them, are all filled in, then at least tens of square kilometers of flat land can be created here.

This flat land is enough to build a residential area that can accommodate 300,000 people!

If you follow the gourd and make land in the shallow water around the main island, it is not impossible to accommodate millions of people.

Watching the residents of the crown of the ocean dump rocks and fill the soil with enthusiasm, Ji Chen looked thoughtful.

It is rumored that the power of the earth has the power to move mountains and hills, turn rugged mountains into flat land, and shape the terrain at will, so does the power of the sea have similar power?

If so, if you can use your power to create an area on the seabed that can accommodate terrestrial races, then the land problem will be solved.

Thinking of this, Ji Chen wanted to test it immediately.

After several selections, he chose a relatively flat undersea basin west of the Crescent Islands.

The power gushed out, and the sea water in front of him gradually surged around under Ji Chen's control, as if there was a point in the middle that excluded everything, and it was gradually expanding.

Soon, the spot became a cavity, and the surrounding fish looked at this bizarre place in bewilderment, and stuck their heads into the cavity but their eyes widened, there was no seawater here!?

Ji Chen's hands were raised and spread to the sides, and as his arm span extended, the cavity continued to grow larger, becoming as big as a house.

He slowly moved into it.

It's like going from the sea through the shroud of the tidal core on a giant tortoise to the inside, but there is no air.

But this was not a problem, Ji Chen just snapped his fingers, and the air squeezed in from the surrounding seawater.

Looking at the undersea space that had already begun to take shape, Ji Chen nodded with satisfaction.

(End of chapter)