Chapter 979 - Magical Energy Loan (2/2)

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Whilst the Venerable Dragon God was in the midst of preparations for his crusade; one by one, a group of Greater Rat Demons were moving into a building in the eastern part of the Land of Culinary.

Unlike the arrangement scheme for the humans, they were arranged according to a hierarchy system.

The buildings of the Greater Rat Kingdom was divided into two parts, one above the surface and the other underground.

Different from the Earth, there was no magma or large areas of groundwater underneath the ground, neither was there any geological movements, making the underground more stable. Compared to the Earth, it was more suited and easier for construction work to proceed, as long as the basic groundwork was done.

Their source of water supply depended on regular rainfall and it must be stored accordingly.

Without the recycling properties of the all-purpose bacteria, the supply of water would not be able to supply this many mouths.

Greater Rats could only live underground whilst the Greater Demon Rats occupied the surface.

Greater Rat Demons also had a strict hierarchical system. According to the National Intelligence Management System, citizens were divided into nine ranks and twenty-seven levels based on their accumulated merits and individual power levels. There were also super-class citizens, namely the King and the few ministers.

As for the Greater Rats, they were regarded as slaves and tools to be driven; they possessed no civil rights, and neither did they have any political power.

Unless they were intelligent enough and cultivated into demons under the nourishment of vitality, what awaited them was only a lifespan of fewer than twenty years where they would be worked till death.

Although Greater Rats were dull creatures and could not carry out many of the more modern and complex tasks, they could handle a lot of simple heavy labor menial work.

Tasks such as planting crops, excavating, cleaning and courier handling were all, in fact, simple, repetitive processes. So long there was supervision and training, these Greater Rats could be put to work.

Due to the suppression of the bloodlines and Demonic Energy, they have become incredibly submissive to the Greater Rat Demons, and cases of riots such as those among the human slaves were never heard of.

Founded upon the wealth of the hard work of hundreds of millions of Greater Rats, the basic standard of living for the Greater Rat Demons was considerably well-off, to a point where the average person would be envious.

After several years of development, the number of Greater Rat Demons had grown to millions. Now all of them were to be evacuated into the Land of Culinary, with the exception of a group that had entered inside to work, the majority of them were still working outside, enduring the risks and dangers of being attacked by the evil spirits.

Similar to Ren Ruofeng’s plan for spirtually-controlled mechs, Bai Shixin needed to do the same. Otherwise, it would be impossible to maintain the regular production of their daily necessities.

Bai Shixin and his ministers stood on top of a building, watching their subjects move into the arcane realm in an orderly manner.

“My King, we are most fortunate that those Shadow Spirits did not make us their main targets. They’ve only sent a few insignificant earthworm monsters to intimidate us, but that is not enough to interfere with our relocation process. Now the core Greater Rats have been safely evacuated.” Kong Liang gleefully tried to flatter.

“That is due to His Majesty’s great foresight, how could you say that it was only luck?” An opposing voice came immediately.

“That’s enough. Evacuating is our last resort. After the evacuation, the production outside the realm still needs to be continued, but the venture now carries risks. Those spirits hate the living by nature, and the ones that are exposed outside bear the risk of being transformed or getting attacked by them at any given moment, which one of you is willing to take up this task?” Bai Shixin asked calmly.

Silence filled the room.

Talk was easy, but not many were actually willing to walk the talk.

Everyone knew the risks and dangers were not something to be taken lightly.

Demons and spirits share the same roots, and demons were most prone to attract evil spirits.

Before, there were humans on the surface, but now the humans have evacuated and so have the majority of the Greater Rat Demons. Under these circumstances, those who went out were bound to be the light in the darkest night, the most obvious target.

The only ones left on Earth right now were either fools or the ones powerful enough to ignore those evil spirits, like a certain Pharos of the East.