Chapter 132: Peak Start
Yu Jing 552 years.
Zuo Yi became the high priest of Yu with the blessing of the people of the five major cities.
The reform of Yu Jingguo was also quietly launched in this year.
This timeline has advantages in all areas that the previous timeline cannot match.
The development model of the previous timeline is completely by feeling the stones, there are many unknown risks, and there have been many misjudgments that have led to development regression.
But with this timeline, known mistakes can be avoided as much as possible.
At the level of combat power construction, it has a huge advantage.
In the initial stage of the human empire in the previous timeline, the only combat power that could really be used was the seven members of the Divine Relic Squad, and the other warriors were ordinary people, fighting against the alien races in the open sea through basic technological weapons.
This led to the difficulty of early development.
It can't be compared to the pomp and circumstance of the human empire.
In the later human empire, in addition to a variety of civilization technologies, the composition of combat power also includes the blessings of the gods brought by the belief system, the special abilities brought by the transcendent path, the weapons and equipment made of rare materials, and so on.
And in this timeline, the biggest advantage of the Human Empire is that it has 148 primordial gods at the beginning.
Time has restarted, but the legion commander who died in battle has not disappeared.
As subordinate gods, their sigils were retained in the Mist space after time was reset, and obviously included their memories.
This time, he released all 141 souls and let them enter the world reincarnation system.
Just like in the previous timeline, during his time guarding the high walls, each time he cut out his consciousness would be sucked into the reincarnation system, and he would be born into the human family one day after that.
The difference is that this time it is 141 souls who enter the reincarnation system at the same time.
In the foreseeable future, the Human Empire will soon have 148 powerful legionnaires.
Even in this timeline, An An, the Lord of War, may not be the strongest legion commander.
The reason is simple.
In the previous timeline, An An's growth had a first-mover advantage, and the war legion established was also the most popular legion in the Human Empire, absorbing a large number of warrior beliefs to help An An's growth.
And in this timeline, the first-mover advantage of the seven members of the Relic Team still exists, but there is a lot of room for non-primordial legion leaders to catch up.
Many of these legion commanders have great growth potential, but due to their late debut, there are not enough legions of Faith warriors they have established, and their growth rate is relatively affected.
There is no doubt that even if An An does not have any first-mover advantage, just by virtue of the characteristics that he can grow through war, his future combat power is enough to rank among the top three army commanders.
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Yu Jing 553 years.
Ji Xiu sat in front of the TV, looking at Zuo Yi who was making a national speech in the picture, thinking about his thoughts.
This timeline, he has not changed his arrangement for himself.
He still has to defend the walls with the posture of a god of fear, delaying the development of the human empire.
Although Zuo Yi also said that he wanted to replace him, Ji Xiu still chose to refuse.
Because Zuo Yi couldn't do it better than him.
In addition to the power of fear generated by the horror game, he is also the unification god of the 148 Legionnaires, and can use some of the power obtained by the Legionnaires as his own growth fuel.
If he wants to have a longer future, only he can do it.
As for Zuoyi, it won't last long.
His willpower is indeed strong, and there is a timeline to prove that he is guarding the high wall.
But the strength of willpower can only affect oneself, and strength is the key factor in the length of time to defend the high wall.
Zuo Yi's growth speed is destined to be incomparable.
A year later, he will embark on a journey to the North, returning to the darkness once again until the final battle comes.
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Emperor Xiu 1 year.
After decades of reform, the human empire left behind the outdated ideas and entered the era of imperial cultivation under the leadership of Zuo Yi.
At this time, Ji Xiu had already gone to the high wall for fifty years.
During this period, the human empire underwent tremendous changes.
First of all, the Yujing Church was banned and changed to the Emperor Xiu Church, and the country name Yu Jing was also changed to the Emperor Xiu.
The second is the reform of the internal power system.
The Imperial Church no longer manages the military department, and the military department is also split into a legion model, which is governed by a council of legionnaires formed by 148 legionnaires.
With the exception of High Priest Zuo Yi, all the clergy of the Dixiu Church had no authority over the affairs of the legions.
It was also in this year that the Human Empire officially showed its fangs to the open sea and decided to give Emperor Xiu a generous gift for the year.
Sea Soul Domain.
The center of the vortex island chain.
The pitch-black whirlpool rotates slowly, constantly ingesting the surrounding seawater.
Beneath the sea is the huge crystal palace, the land of the "Sea Soul Clan", the overlord-level force that rules this sea.
At this stage, the Human Empire is located on the northern land, which is closest to the Kuroshio High Wall, which is considered barren land, so few outsiders visit it.
But the sea is different, the islands rich in resources and the abundant production of marine food are the rich places that the land tribes yearn for.
The territory of the Sea Soul Clan is in the rare resource "Vortex Island", this island is sunk under water, and is regarded by the Sea Soul Clan as the core resource for the development of the race.
Except for the Sea Soul Clan, no alien race in the sea is allowed to approach.
At this time, the human empire was still in the early stage of development, and it was not a super empire with countless sea areas in the later part of the previous timeline, and even in the Sea Soul Domain, it was just an ordinary force that was not at the forefront, only occupying three low-level resource islands, and was not valued by any foreign sea forces.
As far as the Sea Soul Clan is concerned, they only remember the name of each resource island in the sea area under their jurisdiction, as well as the share of the island's output.
But except for some foreign forces with good strength, they don't care at all, and they don't remember which race governs which resource island.
It can be said that the current human empire is just a slave labor of the Sea Soul Clan to harvest the resources of the sea area, and most of the resources produced by hard work must be handed over to the Sea Soul Clan in the form of offerings, in exchange for the right to continue to use the resource islands given by the Sea Soul Clan.
The Sea Soul Clan, which is close to the Emperor Xiu Continent, is the primary target of the Human Empire after launching the Great Expedition Plan.
In the face of the Sea Soul Clan, the Human Empire in the previous timeline chose the development strategy of Taoguang Yanghui, gradually encroaching on one island after another, secretly hoarding weapons and equipment through the resources produced by the resource islands, and only dared to show its fangs when it had the strength to confront the Sea Soul Clan.
The Battle of Sea Soul is also seen in the history books of the previous timeline as a key step in the rise of the Human Empire.
The human empire that controls the Sea Soul Domain can be regarded as completely gaining a foothold in the sea area, and has the ability to radiate power to the more distant open seas.
However, this timeline, after discussion among the 148 Legion Commanders of the Legion Council, unanimously agreed that the gradual erosion of the development model was too conservative, and even felt that it was a complete waste of time to do so.
A small overlord in a barren sea area has spent decades, or even more than 100 years, to lay out and confront, slowing down the speed of resource acquisition.
Especially in the eyes of those legion commanders who are at the bottom of the ranks, their heads almost crashed when they saw this battle plan.
They were all born in the era when the human empire was strong, and the territory of the human empire had countless resources and seas.
The area of the Sea Soul Domain can only be regarded as a "small sea area" in the sea area once controlled by the Human Empire, and there is no core-level resource island, only a very ordinary rare resource island.
In such a sea area, if the Human Empire loses one piece or one more in the later stage, it will not even be reported to the high priest, and it is up to the legion to decide to solve it.
In the eyes of this part of the legion, a sneeze from the Human Empire can scare away the weak alien races in the sea, making them flee in a hurry, not daring to stay in the slightest.
But now I saw a battle plan book that was hundreds of pages long.
Their heads are going down.
It feels like standing in front of an ant, carefully planning with hundreds of pages of instructions on how to lift your feet to trample the ant.
In the end, it was An An's explanation, which made them understand that this battle book was the combat strategy of the Human Empire to drag down the Sea Soul Clan in the previous timeline, but it was obviously no longer applicable to this timeline.
This time, 148 Legion Commanders descended on the Vortex Island at the same time.
The Sea Soul Clan at the bottom of the sea soon had an abnormal energy fluctuation, and a large number of warriors emerged from the bottom of the water, looking up at the 148 figures hanging overhead.
When they clearly felt the aura that belonged to the gods, their eyes were full of despair.
The strongest person of the Sea Soul Clan, the Sea Soul God, was just an ordinary Primordial Seed, but there were 148 Primordial Gods suspended in the sky above their eyes.
Even if each of them is just a low-level original god, it is not the Sea Soul Clan that can compete with it.
After a while, the body of the water element condensed by the Sea Soul God surfaced on the surface.
Looking at the 148 divine shadows from afar, a haze appeared in his eyes, and he knew that he was in a catastrophe.
On the battlefield of the open sea, the Sea Soul God thought that he would die in a tragic war, but he didn't expect it to be in this way.
But the next words of An An, the leader, made the Sea Soul God stunned.
"Give you three days to get out of the sea."
As the words fell, the leading figure dissipated, and the remaining 147 figures disappeared with it.
The Sea Soul God, who was already ready to die, suddenly realized that he had been despised and despised.
From the eyes of the leader, it saw indifference without the slightest emotion, as if it was just a poor worm in his eyes, and it didn't even bother to make a move on it.
At this moment, the Sea Soul God's mood was complicated.
There is the joy of the aftermath of the catastrophe, the anger of being ignored, and the grievance of being powerless...... All kinds of emotions were intertwined in its heart, and it knew that it was time to lead the Sea Soul Clan away, and this sea area was about to have a new master.
He turned his head to look at his clan warriors, sighed in his heart, and then spoke:
"Evacuate the sea."
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Three days later.
The Human Empire officially took over the Sea Soul Domain and became the overlord of this sea area, and demanded that all alien forces in the sea area evacuate within the specified time limit.
Soon, a migration tide was set off in the sea, and a large number of alien forces abandoned the island and left the Sea Soul Domain.
This time, the Human Empire took the entire sea area without even using force.
As for why he didn't choose to take the Sea Soul Domain through war, in addition to efficiency, he also took into account the strength of human warriors at this stage.
At this stage, the human empire has only 148 legion commanders who really have the strength to enter the open sea.
The rest are ordinary people, their physical fitness has not been developed and improved, and their combat power is limited.
The 148 Legion Commanders could indeed sweep through the entire Sea Soul Domain, but the process would take time, as ordinary human warriors would not be able to help.
Choosing the method of deterrence can quickly take the island, and use the resources on the island to develop combat power improvement.
This is the easiest and most effective way.
At this point, the great expedition of this timeline officially began, and mankind entered a period of rapid development.
Although the memories of ordinary people cannot be preserved to this timeline, each legion commander is a memory point, and they are very aware of the development process of the human empire in the era of their birth, as well as the crises encountered.
The rest of the Human Empire went smoothly.
In the course of the Great Expedition, new resource islands continue to enter the territory of the human empire, and the speed of development continues to increase like a rocket, and the development of technology is also changing with each passing day.
The resource islands that needed to be compromised in order to hold on to the Yu Shock Kingdom were reduced to the past tense of the times during this period.
The glorious era of the emperor is coming.
In the new era, the people of the Human Empire are still singing the praises of Emperor Xiu like the previous timeline, and the soldiers return their souls to Emperor Xiu as the highest glory.
The same goes for the corps commanders.
They are all gods, but they all understand that this glory comes from Emperor Xiu.
Especially in the Kuroshio War, when he saw the appearance of Emperor Xiu, who only existed in legends, all the legion commanders felt the call from the god of unification at that moment, and there was an incomparable sense of intimacy.
And this intimacy comes from the separation of souls.
They were originally the same soul, and it was the Emperor Xiu God who created them after separating the self-consciousness from the soul.
In this era, whether it is cohesion or combat power building, the emperor is advancing at a speed unimaginable in the previous timeline.
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Emperor Xiu 1880.
Legendary Seas.
A huge bag of water suddenly bulged out of the windless and waveless sea, and the pitch-black battleship broke through the water, jumped over an arc on the surface of the sea, and slammed into the water, making a splash.
At this moment, the beacon cannon was erected, and after the dense scanning bombs were lifted into the air, they rained down towards the sea.
On the hull of the battleship, the emblem of the "Black Soul Legion", which symbolizes the 208th Legion of the Human Empire, is imprinted.
The arrival of this warship means that the Great Expedition of the Human Empire has officially advanced to the periphery of the Legendary Sea, and is about to challenge the Legendary Sea.
Compared to the previous timeline, this timeline advanced the Human Empire to the vicinity of the legendary sea, 1,500 years faster.
But in terms of combat power construction, the Terrans in this timeline are several times stronger than the human empire in the 3,300-year period of the previous timeline.
Especially the number of gods, after the Great Expedition began, the human empire far outnumbered all the forces along the way.
It is never the strength of the human empire that affects the speed of advancement, but the speed of logistics and infrastructure along the way.
The 148 legion commanders launched a great expedition for the initial combat power, destroying and fanning out the territory along the way, and it is difficult for any force to pose a threat to the human empire.
Choosing to enter the legendary sea area in this year is a relatively conservative decision when you have accumulated enough strength.
And the legendary open sea is only a new starting point in the eyes of the human empire.
This time, the goal is the legendary inland sea, which is known as the world's top powerhouse.