Chapter 715

Chapter 715: Developing a White Paper

Year 6206 in the Huaxia Calendar

That year, Huaxia Official released the Huaxia Development White Paper and the World Development White Paper.

The World Development White Paper pointed out that even after losing a significant portion of the population in Penglai and Fangzhang continents, the world’s population still exceeded two billion.

Among them, there were over 800 million cultivators, accounting for about four percent. However, most official positions in various countries are now held by cultivators, blocking the path of promotion for ordinary humans.

Ordinary humans are now inferior to cultivators in all aspects. The violence index speaks for itself – without weapons, it’s challenging for ten thousand ordinary humans to defeat a single cultivator. Moreover, cultivators are more skilled in using weapons.

The best development opportunity for ordinary humans now is to become a skilled worker. It’s even challenging to become a scientist because compared to ordinary humans, cultivators have more time and energy. Therefore, the White Paper also calls for strengthening care for ordinary humans.

At the same time, it also points out the worsening current situation. The strength of the demon race is still rapidly growing. Apart from Fangzhang Continent, the countries in the western Shen Continent are also under constant threat from the demon race, living in uncertainty.

If we consider the oceans, the territories controlled by the demon race are larger than those of the human race. The human race only firmly controls the eastern parts of Shen Continent, the central and southern parts of Ying Continent, and the eastern parts of Fangzhang Continent. Everywhere else is either under the control or threat of the demon race. The world’s development still revolves around the confrontation between humans and demons.

The Huaxia Development White Paper provides more detailed information. According to statistics, the cultivators in the Huaxia Federation number around three billion, making it the largest in the world. Not only in quantity but also in quality, the Golden Core Period cultivators exceed a thousand in number.

Military, government, education, and many other institutional personnel have all been replaced by cultivators. Having Spiritual Root has become one of the mandatory criteria for entering the system.

In the region, besides the northern city of Jingdu, most cultivators are concentrated in the eastern coastal areas, along the major rivers, leading to very uneven development.

At the same time, within the land of Huaxia, the demons have been persistently active. Among more than thirty large mountain ranges in Huaxia, there are still many active demon beasts. Although these demon beasts are not high-level and cannot threaten cultivators, they still pose a huge challenge to ordinary people. Every year, at least hundreds of thousands of ordinary people die from the mouths of demon beasts.

The white paper also points out many data, such as the number of acres of spiritual land, the quantity of various cultivation resources and minerals, as well as the demon breeding industry, and so on.

The quality of this white paper is very high and can serve as data guidance for policy-making. Lin Jiang is earnestly studying and researching it.

"Uncle, this white paper is different from the one published online."

Cao Ying saw Lin Jiang reading attentively and came over to take a look. She found that many contents were different.

"Because there are many contents that are not suitable for public disclosure, so they specially sent the physical document."

Lin Jiang closed the file. Internet security has always been an area of great concern for Lin Jiang. Even though he has a special team responsible for his network information security, for some important things, he still prefers physical documents, which he can lock away in a secure cabinet or burn after reading.

"Let me have a look."

Cao Ying took the file and looked through it quickly. The information on Lin Jiang’s and the one published online were quite similar, with some extra details added.

"Hmm, no wonder they can’t publish it. The person who wrote this article seems really indifferent."

"I think it’s good to be objective without personal emotions."

"That’s why they dare not publish it, otherwise it may disrupt some moral values."

Cao Ying explained that the unpublished content in the white paper interprets the distribution of people from different perspectives. It includes many ‘useless’ people, not only ordinary folks but also cultivators.

There are over three hundred million Huaxiacultivators, with the majority still in the Qi Refining Period. Many of them don’t produce anything but consume resources. Also, many Qi Refining Period cultivators are old, becoming a burden on society.

Although the text doesn’t propose to solve these burdens, the tone remains condescending towards them. If this wording is made public, it could cause a huge stir.

"After reading, remember to keep it to yourself."

"I won’t speak out of turn, but sometimes I feel a chill in my heart. If one day my vitality fades, my strength declines, would I also become a burden, turning into one of the ‘useless’ people?"

"There’s no need to worry, you are stronger than the Nascent Soul, even if you decline."

"Hehe."

"Let’s not talk about sad things."

"I wonder what you will do next, will you use policies to eliminate these burdens?"

"I’m not that cruel."

Lin Jiang shook his head direct, he wouldn’t do that. Even though his mind told him that reducing the useless population of Huaxia would be beneficial, it was too harsh, and he wouldn’t do it.

The current population burden is too heavy because the recovery of spiritual energy is only over a hundred years old. The first generation of cultivators has not completely died out yet. Before the recovery of spiritual energy, the average lifespan was over ninety years. After the recovery, the average lifespan of the cultivator group increased, reaching over a hundred years. There are many cultivators in the Qi Refining Period at the age of a hundred and four or five, which is much stronger than the time of cultivating immortals.

In another twenty or thirty years, as long as the first generation of cultivators who have not advanced will mostly die out, then it will enter a normal cycle, new people will come, and the old will go.

"That’s about right. We both hold high positions, but we have climbed up from the bottom. In more saintly terms, we should take care of the people at the bottom more, not expecting to make them very happy, but at least they should have some dignity."

"You said that, what did you mean?"

"Well, there is a group of people who seem a bit lost."

"I understand, I will take care of this matter."

Lin Jiang nodded. More than a hundred people woke up, over ten died, and many others in high positions. Being in a high position is interesting; if one is not disciplined, they may lose their way.

When too many people praise you, even if you make a mistake, they will say you are right, without any flaws. Gradually, your character may change, becoming arrogant and conceited.

Not to mention that many of the awakeners are descendants of former cultivators. They come from wealth and have never experienced grassroots levels. They carry the mindset of their time, so it’s inevitable they may become a bit lost. Lin Jiang will find opportunities to guide them.

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Chen Jinfa entered the office where Muse was already waiting for him. Muse is a frequent visitor to Chen Jinfa now; even his secretary no longer stops him.

"I told you, don’t come to me unless it’s necessary."

"Boss Chen, Big Brother is in trouble now, asking for your help isn’t too much, right?"

"I gave you a lot of money."

Chen Jinfa said with a grim face, he was being blackmailed.

Muse found out about his past, and used it as a threat to blackmail Chen Jinfa. Because in Huaxia, it is strictly forbidden by law for cultivators to practice evil techniques. If caught, they are sentenced to death without exception. Over the past few months, Chen Jinfa has already given away tens of thousands of spirit stones.

"That little money is enough to appease beggars. I am also a powerful cultivator. The expenses for a powerful cultivator are high, you know. Besides, I have a group of brothers to support."

"If you continue like this, I will be ruined."

"Tsk tsk, I overestimated you. You don’t have the ability. The Chen Jinfa of the past was a poor and miserable young man, but the present Chen Jinfa is a wealthy man with a family. Do you dare to risk everything?"

Muse sneered. In the past, in Jiabang, Chen Jinfa was at the bottom of society and felt miserable. He vented his frustrations online and coincidentally caught the attention of Muse’s subordinates, who casually gave him an evil technique manual.

Back then when Chen Jinfa talked about risking everything, he believed it because he was poor. But now, Chen Jinfa is well-off with a family and high income, feeling very satisfied.

"Because of you bothering me, my happy life comes to an abrupt end. If you won’t let me be happy, why should I let you? We might as well die together."

"Haha, calm down, Mr. Chen. We don’t want to bother you either. How about we make one last deal?"

"Can you guarantee that this is the final deal?"

"Of course, we value our integrity. Once this deal is done, I will disappear from your sight and never appear again."

"Okay."

Chen Jinfa reluctantly agreed, knowing the person’s promise was not reliable. However, he needed to play along for now and find a way to deal with him later.