Chapter 740

Chapter 740: Stirring Up Trouble

In the year 6,305 of the Xia calendar, the first space voyage team set off.

This time, the long voyage of Huaxia was given great importance, with a live broadcast that lasted a long time and attracted millions of fans on several platforms.

This action was meaningful as it directly showcased the strength of Huaxia. Everyone knows that space projects cost a lot of money. Despite supporting the war in Fangzhang Continent, Huaxia was able to maintain its research and development capabilities, which is quite impressive.

As soon as the live broadcast started, the stocks in the aerospace field skyrocketed. Every day, they hit the limit as soon as the market opened, showing the direct benefits.

"Since the full recovery of spiritual energy, the wars have never stopped. It started with the monsters within each country’s borders, then moved to Penglai Continent, followed by Fangzhang Continent. The wars have been going on for one or two centuries without a pause. During the wars, the number of cultivators surged, leading to the depletion of resources. Apart from Huaxia, the entire human race globally, whether in basic or cutting-edge sciences, has been in a standstill state. Now, with Huaxia making such a move, it truly deserves to be the beacon of the human race."

High-ranking members from Wangxian Sect, such as Ying Continent and Li Qing, were also watching the live broadcast. Zheng Yi, who is considered the strategist of Wangxian Sect, oversees all the mundane affairs in Ying Continent.

"I want to know the pros and cons of this matter for us."

"The cons outweigh the pros. Huaxia has showcased its national strength, which has a significant impact on ordinary people. Nowadays, Huaxia’s aerospace stocks hit the daily limit, and funds are flowing towards Huaxia. It will also inevitably attract a large number of tech professionals to settle in Huaxia, resulting in significant losses for us. Since the spiritual energy recovery began, Huaxia has been absorbing our top talents. Many graduates from the prestigious institutions in Ying Continent end up going to Huaxia, and half of the international students don’t return."

"Is there no way to stop this?"

Li Qing immediately felt unhappy. She also values the prestigious institutions in Ying Continent and allocates a large amount of funding each year. Now, seeing them benefit others, no one can be happy about it.

"Can’t stop it, this is what people want, to ease it, we need to pay more, treat them better than Huaxia."

"We don’t have that much money, these years our industry upgrade was restricted by Huaxia."

"Yes, that’s our difficulty, not just us, even Qingyun and Zhou Liao are in the same situation, now Huaxia is sucking blood from the whole world."

Zheng Yi said, not only can Ying Continent not resist, even the strong countries Qingyun and Zhou Liao are the same, in the decades after World War II, Qingyun and Zhou Liao’s strength was not lower than Huaxia, it can be said they were evenly matched.

But as time passed, especially after the recovery of spiritual energy, Huaxia surged ahead, leaving Qingyun and Zhou Liao far behind.

The current situation of the human race is that one is much stronger, Huaxia is the superpower, Qingyun, Zhou Liao, and Ying Continent are the strong countries, while others are just supporting roles, not prominent enough.

"If this continues, Huaxia will become even stronger, and we will become weaker. Not only in cultivation, but also in technology, we need to find a way to reverse the situation."

"Leader, we can’t reverse it for now, unless Huaxia has internal turmoil or suffers a major blow. But you know about the demon clan’s sudden attack, so many people died, yet they recovered in just a few years. Speaking of the demon clan, this…"

"I know that the demon clan made peace with Huaxia."

"The Huaxia could easily defeat the demon clan, but they chose not to. Some people suspect there might be a conspiracy, but the Huaxia seem unaffected by these rumors."

"Leader, for Ying Continent to become powerful, we need the opportunity to take a shortcut. That opportunity is to unify Ying Continent, take control of the remaining one-third of the land, increase our population to at least five billion."

"With vast lands, abundant resources, and a population exceeding five billion, we can gradually become strong in cultivation and technology, catching up with the Huaxia."

"Zheng Yi mentioned that the strategic advisors under him have informed him about the crucial situation regarding Ying Continent. This is their only chance."

"In a maximum of fifty years, I can reach Tao Achieving."

"Li Qing firmly stated to Zheng Yi that within fifty years, she will achieve Tao Achieving. This will allow her to defeat the high-level demon clan in the north of Ying Continent and unify the continent."

"Fifty years is enough time. However, it may take a long time to surpass the Huaxia, as their advantage is significant."

"After Tao Achieving, I can wait, and so can you. Whether it’s hundreds or thousands of years, it doesn’t matter. In the era of cultivating immortality, the top sects didn’t start off strong. They emerged through the flow of time and continual elimination."

"The leader is right. We have opportunities. I still have thousands of years of lifespan. I can wait."

"I can wait too."

Several people spoke up, saying that their cultivation had advanced from Soul Changing to Void Achieving, increasing their lifespan by thousands of years, and some even more.

"Master, then I will make arrangements to prepare for unifying the Ying Continent."

"Sure, it’s good to prepare early. Also, set aside some money to give bonuses to those technology experts, so they won’t all be lured away by Huaxia."

Li Qing nodded. She was shocked when the Space Battleship killed the Demon Emperor, and once again, she admired the technology of mortals. Over the years, they had improved the treatment of their technology experts several times, but every time they did, Huaxia raised it too. They were ultimately not as wealthy and couldn’t compete.

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In the year 6,311 of the Xia calendar, the second group of space expedition members set off.

This time, Huaxia didn’t put in as much effort into publicity, but it still caused a huge stir in certain circles, especially with the announcement of some new technologies, leaving them very envious.

"Roll it up, the more inward roll, the better."

Lin Jiang found out that several powerful countries have started to put efforts into technology competition. He felt reassured because this is the desired effect he wanted – only by working hard internally can technology develop faster.

"The benefits in the field of aerospace are already very high, do we need to increase them further?"

Cao Ying, holding a document about strategies to stimulate internal development in various countries, mentioned that it contains a lot of data.

For example, currently in Huaxia, the wages of ordinary workers are within a monthly salary of tens of thousands, while even the most basic researchers in the aerospace sector have an annual salary of over two hundred thousand. This is for newcomers who have just joined, and after staying for three to five years, they can earn at least five hundred thousand.

These figures don’t include other hidden benefits. When taken into account, it is even more. Some mid-level senior researchers are already earning millions annually, surpassing any other field in terms of salary.

"Let’s increase it, why not? Ninety-nine percent of Huaxia’s tech personnel are cultivators, and these benefits are meant for cultivators. Let’s increase it; just work them hard until they collapse."

"Alright, let’s increase it further. However, adding more Huaxia coins doesn’t make much sense. How about providing them with spiritual resources directly?"

"No problem. The first step is to transform all the canteens in aerospace-related units into spiritual food. After all, Penglai Continent has been developed for decades, and the price of spiritual food has dropped. I will send a few people to their units to guide them in cultivation."

"If we’re going to increase it, let’s do it significantly to make other countries despair."

"Not good, go step by step. If we defeat them all at once, they will give up. That would be boring. Let’s increase gradually, a little for them, and a little for us."

"You are really bad, killing someone and still wanting to hurt their feelings."

"It’s all about having fun. After living for so long, if we don’t find something interesting, it would be very boring."

Lin Jiang laughed loudly. He enjoys playing and likes it when others can’t get rid of him even though they can’t stand him.

"Is our long-distance voyage ready?"

"Yes, it’s ready. We’ll go together when the time comes."

Lin Jiang nodded and as he talked about it, his eyes immediately became deep. This upcoming journey might be the key to his breakthrough, as he had been preparing for it for a long time.