Chapter 374: Chapter 279: This Is the True Other-Transformation Freedom (2)

It took about a month.

He once again accumulated a million Life Talismans.

At this time, the deadline he set three months ago was already long past, so Su Xin came back to the ecological zone high above.

Looking down at the orderly and busy life of the people in the small town, Su Xin nodded with satisfaction and then called over Bai Zhilin and the others.

"Well done, in the coming days, I will gradually bring some people in, about ten thousand. You must manage them well at that time."

"Yes, Su Shen!"

Everyone responded in unison.

The title ’Su Shen’ was something Su Xin told them to use last time, and he also asked them to spread it around. In the future, everyone should call him that.

"There is one more thing. Since you are now my capable subordinates, I will give you some benefits—a Life Talisman granted to you."

"The Life Talisman is a special rune that can be used for resurrection. As long as there is a Life Talisman in your body, if you are accidentally killed, you can be resurrected by consuming the Life Talisman."

"Moreover, the Life Talisman will slowly absorb your Life Force over time. But don’t worry, this is not a bad thing but a good one. This Life Force can automatically release when you are injured, helping you recover quickly."

"In addition, there is a third benefit. Through the Life Talisman, I can communicate with you remotely at any time."

After hearing Su Xin, everyone looked expectant.

Many of them had heard about the resurrection incident that had caused quite a stir before, but because the place they were in was far from Sword Lake County, they didn’t know much about it.

Now, hearing Su Xin’s introduction to the effects of the Life Talisman, everyone immediately thought of the resurrection incident.

As for whether the Life Talisman would cause their life and death to be controlled by Su Xin, they weren’t worried about that. After all, with or without the Life Talisman, their lives and deaths were in Su Xin’s hands.

In that case,

Having a Life Talisman was of course a good thing.

After Su Xin finished speaking, he activated the Body Following the Will ability, transforming his body into a tangible and intangible stream of light, flashing past everyone.

In just the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people were implanted with Life Talismans, each with twenty.

Then he asked Bai Zhilin to gather everyone, grant each person ten Life Talismans, and have Bai Zhilin explain the effects to everyone. Meanwhile, he teleported to Luotian World again.

He casually chose a new place.

Spent half a month planting all million Life Talismans, then it was a matter of waiting for the Life Talismans to take effect and finding a suitable sect to strike.

Previously, he chose to capture Dragon Spring Holy Land first. On one hand, it was because he was more familiar with the location, and on the other hand, because Dragon Spring Holy Land was quite powerful.

Next, he chose a sect with slightly less power, so that Dragon Spring Holy Land could better maintain order and not be disrupted by later arrivals.

Therefore, this time Su Xin chose five super sects, where the strongest are usually in the Creation Realm, and there are only a few such cultivation levels, ranking at most in the top dozens at Dragon Spring Holy Land. Before the Dragon Spring Holy Land that had entered the small world in advance, they couldn’t stand out.

So, under the deterrence of Dragon Spring Holy Land, the few tens of thousands of people forcibly captured by Su Xin obediently cooperated for transformation and slowly began to integrate into the framework of the Azure Empire.

As long as this batch of tens of thousands of people stabilizes, the next time Su Xin captures people, he can select another hundred thousand or so. With these tens of thousands as the foundation, along with the overwhelming strength of Dragon Spring Holy Land and the advantages the Life Talismans bring, the basic foundation of the Azure Empire won’t be too chaotic.

As expected.

When Su Xin moved each sect’s entire population into the small world and gave them simple orders, these people were quickly subdued by the Azure Empire. Whether actively or passively, they soon integrated into the system of the Azure Empire.

Bai Zhilin and the others manage with a simple and crude method, dividing directly by strength, selecting the top-ranking Heaven-Reaching Realm and higher powerhouses as high-level, using strength to subdue and manage the weak. If a strong person is unwilling, they directly employ thunderous means.

The middle and lower layers are considered by both strength and capability, mainly managed by the former Dragon Spring Holy Land’s staff, and the bottom cannot stir things up.

Even though Su Xin captured tens of thousands of people in a short period, the overall situation remained stable.

Another month or so passed.

Su Xin captured another tens of thousands of people.

The Azure Empire still easily digested them.

However, a new issue that bothered Su Xin arose—over the past six months or so, after planting Life Talismans everywhere in many places, the resurrection incident finally spread, and the effects of the Life Talismans became widely known. Those people implanted with Life Talismans also were no longer hunted.

This resulted in the slower and slower effectiveness of the million Life Talismans he had planted this batch.

Su Xin even took a stroll locally.

After some investigation, he learned that the previous rapid consumption of Life Talismans was because many martial artists crazily hunted the hosts of Life Talismans, seeking to seize them, which led to his Fate Points increasing rapidly.

However, after numerous failures, those strong practitioners gradually realized that Life Talismans couldn’t be seized, so they gradually gave up.

Originally, the Luotian Continent World is very large, and the message dissemination efficiency is quite low. But the resurrection incident was too sensational, involving too many people, so within half a year or so, the truth of the resurrection incident was known almost worldwide, and the effects of Life Talismans were basically understood.

As a result.

This batch of people who were implanted with Life Talismans were almost not coveted or hunted by powerhouses.

"No wonder..."

"I thought it was strange how a million people couldn’t possibly all die within three months. Turns out they were collectively hunted by others before." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Those Earth Immortals from that day probably also hunted some people, found they couldn’t seize the Life Talismans, and then came to ask me about their source."

Su Xin felt a bit helpless.

He originally thought he could optimize one supernatural power per month as before, but at the current efficiency, it might take several months to optimize one.

The efficiency has decreased several times.

The key is, with so many people implanted with Life Talismans, if not for the hunting situation, many wouldn’t naturally die within a few months.

After all, the Luotian Continent still has a basic order, and under normal circumstances, those at higher death risk are primarily bottom-tier ordinary people like ants. Martial artists are not that high in death count.

This means that.

If Su Xin doesn’t want to keep waiting, then the Life Talismans on many people were planted for nothing, and he will have to suspend them in a few months.

Unless...

A world-spanning war is pushed forward.

Or just like at Silver Moon Continent before, only selecting those frontline soldiers in wars and planting Life Talismans for them.

Su Xin pondered.

He was not sure whether pushing wars in the dark would affect his acquisition of Fate Points, so he decided to select those frontline warriors in wars to plant Life Talismans.

But for now, he will have to wait a few more months, until the already planted Life Talismans expend some more.

...

Small World, Advanced Study Area.

The second phase of advanced study had come to an end, and Su Xin sent the personnel out of the Small World, bringing in the third phase of advanced study personnel already prepared.

Although the area of the Small World had grown much larger than before, Su Xin’s plan for the Advanced Study Area’s scale remained the same as before, and the number of people hadn’t increased.

After all, the Body Refining Realm martial artists of the White Mountain Star World weren’t too many, bringing too many in didn’t make sense.

Each batch of two hundred thousand, with the martial arts advancement rate of the White Mountain Star World, was just about right to keep things balanced.

In the vast square,

The third batch of two hundred thousand advanced study personnel stood in a huge square formation, all silent, looking up with awe at the figure hovering in mid-air.

Su Xin, like before, spoke simply for a bit, and finally said lightly:

"Get ready, everyone. I am going to unlock the Genetic Lock for all of you simultaneously."

Saying this, before everyone could react, Su Xin immediately activated the Super Universal Key.

The moment he did, the two hundred thousand people within his gaze simultaneously felt a surge of warmth from within.