The arrival of turbulent tides plunged the Twin Snake Merchant Republic into a long ice age that had never been seen before.

The first tidal shock darkened the sun and moon, and the temperature of the whole world plummeted, and the wind howled.

The second tidal shock caused the masses to move and squeeze violently, with new vertebrae-like mountains arching and rising up the land, while parts of the original mountains were fragmented, rivers were diverted, and cities were torn apart and swallowed underground......

The whole country is like a layer of heated syrup, bubbling and collapsing.

The terrain is easier and you can avoid disasters through migration, but long-term snowfall and low temperatures are fatal news that every life cannot escape.

The Seven Kraken racked their brains for this and remedied it everywhere.

The main deity enshrined in the Twin Serpent Merchant Republic is the Messenger of the Gods, but the actual god of jurisdiction and rule is now the Seven Sea Monsters.

The Seven Sirens have little affection for a civilization that is mostly made up of goblins and merchants, including sympathy.

The point is not to destroy it in your own hands.

"Even a piece of wood, a piece of stone, has its purpose. The world can be destroyed, but I want to see the value of destruction. Nothing else matters, only the benefits are important. ”

"Do it well, and you will do better than martyrdom."

The righteous god [messenger of the gods] is as gentle as ever.

The Seven Sirens are under a lot of pressure.

The Messenger of the Gods is a title god who focuses on commerce and trade, and he is usually very kind, not because he is a kind and tolerant god, but because he never reveals his true intentions. Whether He is satisfied or dissatisfied, angry or uncaring, humble or hypocritical, no one can tell.

But the Messenger is a very simple god.

As long as it is in His interests, there is no need to worry about anything else.

In his announcements and exhortations to the gods, this righteous god emphasized more than once.

"I am a god who pursues the maximization of profits, as long as everyone continues to create profits, then all problems can be solved and reconciled. If you can't generate revenue, you're failing. ”

"It doesn't matter if there is no gain for a while, I have patience, I can wait, but let me see the value in the long term."

"Short-term gains or long-term value, as long as you have any."

In a nutshell.

If you can't do that, then you will be kicked out of the chain of civilization by Him.

The most important thing in the void is the gods.

Everywhere there are gods who want to take refuge in the title gods.

The Seven Sirens followed the Messenger of the Gods very early. He knew very well that this righteous god was able to tolerate his defection and return in the past, and the reason was because of the ability of [Seeing the Wind and Steering the Rudder], and the Seven Sea Sirens were able to deduce the difference in strength between the gods through observation.

So in the face of the stronger gods attacking the messenger, the Seven Sea Demon naturally chose to side with the stronger one.

It's strange to say.

Although the Messenger of the Gods has been stumbling, threatened, blackmailed, and even attacked by other gods, he is still alive and well. It has to be said that the Messenger of the Gods is a god who knows how to survive very well.

The Seven Sirens are meant to the Courier as an observer, allowing them to accurately judge the strength of their enemies and choose the appropriate response strategy. Afterwards, the Seven Sirens are willing to return, and the Courier will forgive and accept them.

Values are the link between them.

However, the core values of the Seven Seas are no longer there.

Because the [Messenger of the Gods] is now backed by the giant [Yao God].

No matter who the enemy and threat is, as long as Yao Shen is still on this side, it will not be a problem.

The Messenger only needs to maintain the god Yao and ask him to intervene in times of crisis, which has become the most important core security strategy of the Messenger.

So the Siren was very anxious.

He always felt that he could be on the killing line at any moment...... The righteous god is secretly observing himself, and if he cannot provide new value, he will be killed. This provides the ultimate value—to be a traitor example to the rest of God.

After taking over the jurisdiction of the Twin Serpents from the Martyrs, the Seven Sirens made a series of measures.

He strictly forbade the apostles to be involved in any form of worldly affairs. The Apostle must have his own permission to haunt the Twin Serpent Merchant Republic. In this way, the disruption of normal order is reduced and the further expansion of local forces is curbed.

He established a system of responsibility for local trade, which made it mandatory for merchants to leave a portion of their property in the country of the Two Serpents, so that merchants would not have to migrate and transfer their possessions after making enough money.

He expanded the scope of tax incentives so that any trade in a particular city in the Twin Snakes could enjoy the corresponding dividends.

……

All kinds of regulatory strategies have played a role. The Twin Snakes' foreign population has steadily increased, and the combination of specific tax-friendly cities has created a new commercial trade network for the entire country, stimulating the surrounding towns and making the economy more active.

However, all this was shattered by the turbulent tides.

The secular order that had been painstakingly established was riddled with holes in the face of natural disasters, and the prices of food, winter clothing, and heating fuel skyrocketed and could not be contained.

In times of disaster, the profit-seeking nature of the merchants further frenzied, the common people without resources struggled to survive, and conflicts broke out between various local groups...... Once again, the country has returned to chaos and has become more torn and cohesive than at any time before.

While the apostles were trying to save and maintain stability, the number of new deaths was increasing day by day. A large number of merchants fled early to take refuge in the Resurrection Kingdom, and no one in the upper echelons wanted to stay and hold on, leaving behind mostly poor civilians, who were also becoming numb and desperate, stealing, looting, and fighting became more and more common.

The country is on its way to extinction.

The efforts of the gods and civilizations are not worth mentioning in the face of the natural disasters that have swept through the Leap Zone.

Thinking of this, the Seven Sirens were upset for a while.

He turned his attention back to the shrine.

Everyone waited quietly in their idols.

As with the past Shingu meetings, the six gods did not communicate with each other in any way.

After another long and dreary wait, a belated oracle sounded above the dome of the shrine.

"Butterfly-kun, you come first."

The courier is the ruler of the Timberjack Nation.

The statue of the Butterfly King resembles the Butterfly God, except that the wide wings on his back hang down like a cloak.

The Butterfly King's light voice came from the idol: "Lord Masami, the short-term reserves of firewood in the Logging Country are still sufficient, but a large number of forest areas have to be cut down on a large scale due to the shortage of fuel and materials to supply several other worlds. At the current consumption, it is expected to support it for another 20 years. However, given the ongoing impact and aftermath of turbulent tides, this time may have to be lowered. ”

"I've ordered the elves to speed up the ripening of the trees, but the sun only appears for a tenth of the day, so the trees are not growing as well as they used to. Coupled with the increasingly cold climate, some forests that require warmer climates are already difficult to grow, and production reductions are inevitable, and it is expected that the forest areas of logging countries will gradually reduce production until they are reduced to about half. ”

"Hmm."

The Messenger of the Gods also said, "Master Shanzhu, what about the mineral reserves? ”

"Lord Huizhengshen, the deep deposits in the mining country have been partially moved and changed, and new exploration and reconstruction of the mining area need to be done."

"The situation is much more severe in surface and shallow mines. Sandstorms, earthquakes and landslides have killed and left more than 3,000 miners dead and missing, and meteorites and dust storms are falling from the sky from time to time...... Under normal circumstances, the existing fuels and materials and ores would supply the world for about 120 years, and this time may be extended given the continued decline in the populations of all countries. ”

"However, because the winter season will continue, and the subsequent tidal impact will make the mining country even colder, and the mining will become very difficult. I conservatively estimate that the actual ore reserves will only last for about 70 years to supply five worlds. ”

The mountain master is the jurisdiction of the mining country, and the upper body is like a human, and the lower body is like a sheep.

"If the situation in the countries is extremely serious, I would recommend moving to the mining countries to centralize management," he added. There are some special fuel oil and rock formations that cannot be mined, but can be ignited for heating on the spot. ”

The Seven Seasmen's heart sank when they heard this.

Logging countries have reduced wood production, and mining countries have tightened their ore production.

The Twin Snake Kingdom is a country that is extremely dependent on external imports, and if it does not have access to these two important imported resources, a large number of civilians will freeze to death in this winter with no end in sight.

The gods can certainly perform miracles to raise the temperature.

But the premise of a miracle is that it can solve the problem. There is no way to solve the turbulent tide caused by the outside at all, but it only continues to consume the fire of faith.

If a civilization does not provide the gods with faith and population, but instead consumes the gods, it will only be abandoned and restarted.

The next person to be named was Makutake.

His image was like an oval black shadow, like a thin sheet perpendicular to the ground. This is also because He is the Shadow Master, a member of the undead and shadow beings, and a nature god.

"The warring states cut their expenditures and carried out large-scale disarmament, retaining only one percent of their permanent troops."

"In order to prevent these warriors from becoming thieves and rebels, I have managed to contact the outside and encourage the warriors to go to the Resurrection Kingdom to join the army."

"In other respects, the warrior country can still endure."

Makumu didn't talk much.

The Messenger of the Gods mumbled.

Then it was the turn of the martyrdom to report.

"The key registered talents in the Fengxing Realm have all been transferred underground."

He said: "Tidal impact caused the long disappearance of the sun and moon, the abundance of dark monsters, and the frequent sighting of demonic altars. ”

The Seven Sirens were relieved.

It seems that the situation in the Wind Realm is much worse than that of the Twin Snake Country.

Demons are like rats and cockroaches that can't be killed, and once they are found, they are already all over the place. And as long as you are targeted by demons, it is difficult to completely eradicate demon worship. Because they always have a variety of ways to demagogue, to grasp the strongest desires of all kinds of life.

Among the courier civilizations, the Twin Snake Nation and the Windwalking Realm have the highest status.

The former represents the absolute core of secular civilization, while the latter is the place where the Messenger collects all kinds of talented people.

Before martyrdom, he was imprisoned in the resurrected kingdom. The arrest of a god in prison may sound shocking, but in the eyes of the gods, it is not a matter at all.

Everyone knows that martyrdom is trying a high-risk and high-reward way - secretly using the achievements of the Yao civilization to localize and improve, but it just failed.

Not being executed by that terrifying Yao God is already extremely lucky.

Because of this prison disaster, the Seven Sea Monsters, who were guarding the Wind Realm, became the successor of the Martyr God and went to the Twin Snake Country, and after the Martyr was released from prison, he came to the Wind Realm.

The two sides are reversed, and many things are afraid of comparison.

Seeing that the martyrdom was not doing well, the Seven Seas Demon was also relieved.

He even laughed out loud in his heart.

"Seven Kraken."

After being named, the Seven Sirens immediately talked about the situation on their side.

“…… It is impossible to know how long the turbulent tides will last, and the general environment will only get worse. If we abandon or directly destroy one or two civilizations by conventional means to reduce resource consumption, we will not be able to change the status quo. ”

He paused and said, "I think that we should seek a union with the Yao civilization. ”

"The Resurrection Kingdom, one of the branches of the Yao civilization, has abundant reserves of various resources, and the demand for food from the ancestors of the White Bone is almost negligible. A new type of local food is called "Ice Tooth Potato", which depends on the extremely cold environment, and the colder it is, the better it grows, and if we can introduce it, it can greatly alleviate the pressure on food. ”

"The Resurrection Kingdom's [Flying Kite Hut], this item is the best choice to avoid the scourge on the ground, and we also need it."

"Then there's the Arcane Kingdom of the Resurrection, which is now becoming a nation of seafood. The local god [Ominous Water Nymph] used water monsters and water fairies to build settlements under the water and raise a large number of deep-sea fish. ”

"The most important thing is that the [Demon Society] over there has done a great job of cleaning up illegal demons. I heard that there was a complete demon over there, and he had already subdued the god Yao, if he could ask the [Demon Association] to help, the current situation of demon worship in the Wind Realm should be alleviated. ”

The Seven Sirens glanced at the statue of the martyr.

"But it's not enough to solve the underlying problem."

The Seven Sea Monsters no longer concealed: "I suggest that you take this opportunity to formally request to merge into the Yao civilization and become a subsidiary civilization chain of the Yao God." This is the best choice for us at the moment, and it is also the way to maximize the benefits. ”

The gods were silent.

The Seven Seas Siren continued, "As far as I know, Yao God doesn't trust outside gods very much. However, it is not without precedents for outsiders to join, such as the subsidiary civilizations [Ghost Realm] and [Zhulu Kingdom] in the distant regions on the other side, which have also become part of the outer circle of the Yao civilization. ”

"The key is to show enough value and sincerity, and be willing to start from the periphery."

When it comes to seeing the wind and the timing of his throw, the Seven Sirens don't think they're going to lose to any of the gods.

"That's impossible."

The martyr questioned it: "I have been in the Resurrection Kingdom for many years, and I can tell you for sure that Yao Shen is very cautious about the title of god of this size. The Yao are radical and open-minded on the outside, but on the inside they are very conservative and cautious in terms of order and culture, especially in terms of faith. ”

"I can't find any reason why Yaoshen will be willing to truly accept our entire chain of civilizations."

The Seven Sea Demon smiled slightly: "You're right, but this is the God of Yao." ”

"It is important to show the Lord God the fact of our weakness, so that He can see that we really need help and are willing to follow His will. Since you know the ghost realm and the bamboo reed country, then you should know even more, why did the gods of those two divine kingdoms not get the status of a god like the water nymph? ”

"The fundamental reason is that Yaoshen doesn't need so many highly similar subordinate civilizations. The water race run by the water nymph can establish a complete marine civilization, which is lacking in the Yao tribe. The ghost realm is an undead category, and the Zhulu Kingdom is just a kind of grass and wood monster, and the Yao clan does not lack ground power. ”

"Our advantage lies in the ability of Lord Masahami to operate and the channels of trade between the parties, and the messenger civilization can be used as a propeller for the Yao civilization, accelerating them through pure commerce and economics...... That's where our unique value lies. ”

Merging into a strong camp of the Lord God is in the core interest of the Messenger of the Gods, and is what all gods desire.

Martyrdom does not speak.

"Of course, I also think it's not easy. But even if we can't get consent, at least our attitude has been made clear. Yaoshen values attitude, integrity and candour. What we have to do is to sell frankness and attitude, tell Him everything, and become what God Yao needs and likes. ”

The Seven Sea Monsters finally concluded: "Even if it fails, it will be much easier to ask for Yao Shen's assistance at this time. ”

"That's a good point."

The Messenger of the Gods finally spoke.

"Seven Sirens, come with me to the Resurrection Kingdom."

"Yes, sir."

The Seven Sirens glanced at the numb statue of the martyr and couldn't help but feel smug.

I have devoted myself to the study of Yao Shen for so many years, and I have formed a special apostolic team to collect and study "Yao Theology".

You're a love brain who got together with the apostles and want to fight me? Laughing to death, sister.

(End of chapter)