Chapter 552

Chapter 552: What the Hell

Although the royal families were very reluctant to dissolve their nations, they understood that in the face of powerful cultivators, they had no room to resist.

So next, after the elders of all the royal families arrived, they announced the dissolution of their nations one after another.

After the royal families dissolved, it was time for the other noble clans and wealthy families.

Of course, some were unwilling to accept the dissolution of their nations and family powers and wanted to resist.

For such people, Yun Lan showed no mercy and simply ordered the complete destruction of their families.

As the only Immortal in the mortal world, her words were commands that no one could defy; even pretending to obey would not work.

Anyone who dared to go against her orders would face her reckoning.

Under her powerful divine sense, no family or faction could pretend to comply without her noticing.

Therefore, during this reform, at least tens of thousands of people died under Yun Lan’s orders across Huayang Star.

Now, Yun Lan did not need to kill anyone personally; she only needed to issue commands, and others would naturally carry them out.

With the dissolution of all nations, Yun Lan began to redraw the counties and reappoint officials for each county.

Yun Lan mandated that only ordinary people could serve as local officials; cultivators were not allowed to hold these positions.

To ensure the smooth execution of orders, the central government issued a decree that no cultivators may interfere with local governance; violators would be executed.

Faced with Yun Lan’s dominance, although cultivators held grievances, they had no choice but to comply.

After redrawing the counties and arranging the local officials, Yun Lan immediately launched a massive Infrastructure Plan worth trillions.

Yun Lan decided to build a highway network that would cover every county on Huayang Star.

Globally, she planned to establish eight Global High-Speed Railway Lines that would connect all continents and oceans.

At the same time, she prepared to vigorously develop the shipbuilding industry to compensate for the lack of land transportation and make ordinary people’s lives more convenient.

Although they were in the cultivation world, using spatial equipment for transport seemed faster.

However, spatial equipment was not something everyone could possess; only those who had participated in trials and achieved certain results owned it on Huayang Star.

Although weapon smiths who mastered Spatial Formations could create storage gear, such equipment in the mortal world typically had limited capacity.

Moreover, there were currently no weapon smiths with the capability to master Spatial Formations on Huayang Star.

Even if there were, the materials to manufacture spatial equipment were not available on Huayang Star.

Thus, developing ordinary transport was the most effective way to enhance the economy and national strength.

In addition to developing land and sea transportation, Yun Lan also planned to build one hundred space elevators and ten Space Vehicle Landing Platforms over the next thirty years.

Space elevators could quickly transport materials to space and could also transport special materials mined on Mars back to Huayang Star.

Hence, space elevators were crucial facilities.

As for the difficulty of building space elevators, it posed little challenge to cultivators.

The toughest part of constructing space elevators is getting countless materials into space to first build a platform and then laying cables down from the platform.

The strength of the cables must be able to withstand immense tension.

However, for cultivators, this was not a problem at all.

All the surface scientists and engineers need to do is build the space platform. Then Yun Lan can directly use the system subspace to store the platform and teleport it to an altitude of over thirty thousand meters before releasing it.

As for the cables, that’s even less of a problem. In the cultivation world, there are many materials that are incredibly lightweight yet have strong tensile strength.

Xianshui Town.

"Did you hear? The National Construction Bureau is hiring over here, and you can earn at least ten thousand a month!"

"Over ten thousand a month? That’s great! Why don’t you go?"

"I don’t need to; I’ve already signed up online!"

"You can sign up online? I’ll give it a try too…"

The trillion-dollar infrastructure plan completely stimulated the global economy.

Moreover, half a month later, the Immortal Nation issued a decree requiring everyone, except the elderly and children, to participate in the construction. No one was allowed to remain unemployed.

This decree brought the unemployment rate on Huayang Star down to zero.

Even Li Xiaojun could not escape being forced to work.

One day, a group of officials from the town came to Li Xiaojun’s home for an inspection.

"Are you the only one taking care of the child?" the newly appointed town mayor asked Li Xiaojun.

"Yes, I take care of the child by myself."

Li Xiaojun knew that Yun Lan was off pursuing her ambitions, so he simply said he was alone with the child.

Upon hearing Li Xiaojun’s words, the mayor had someone register him.

Finally, the mayor said to Li Xiaojun, "We are about to open a factory in the town, and it should be operational in about half a month. As an adult, you must go to work."

Hearing this, Li Xiaojun quickly asked, "What will happen to my daughter if I go to work?"

"When your daughter is of school age, you can send her to school, just like many families like yours do," the mayor replied.

"Alright."

Li Xiaojun nodded.

Half a month later, Li Xiaojun took his daughter to school while he went to work in the newly built factory in town.

Fortunately, the factory required only eight hours of work each day, and he could pick the child up from school in the afternoon.

Li Xiaojun never expected that after so many years, he would actually have to go to work.

Of course, if Li Xiaojun did not want to work, no one could force him.

He mainly wanted to experience the long-lost feeling of going to work, which is why he agreed to it.

Li Xiaojun’s factory primarily processed food, likely to provide nutrition for workers on construction sites.

Quickly, Li Xiaojun got to know a group of colleagues.

Most of the colleagues he met were from the town or nearby villages.

It was great to work close to home, though the only complaint people had was that the factory’s salary was a bit low, only three thousand a month, which couldn’t compare to the over ten thousand on construction sites.

Of course, everyone knew that while construction work paid more, it was physically demanding and most people couldn’t handle it.

"Mr. Li, congratulations! Your daughter Yunxi has been identified as having top-grade spirit roots. She will soon be admitted to the first academy of the Immortal Nation, the Huayang Immortal Residence…"

One day, a group of officials came to Li Xiaojun’s home, led by a governor from the region.

Hearing about his daughter’s top-grade spirit root talent, Li Xiaojun couldn’t help but twitch his mouth.

What the hell, top-grade spirit roots? His daughter clearly had the lineage of chaotic divine demons!