Chapter 169 - 130: Lead Us in the Counterattack!

Under the oppression of the Commercial Federation, the upper echelons of Seagull City were all bustling.

It was already noon, and the sunlight was warm.

Lin Lan seized the opportunity to sneak in some downtime, lounging in a rocking chair in the manor’s back garden, basking in the sun.

The Foreigner finally built his own team in this strange world.

The saying goes that if you trust someone, you don’t suspect them; if you suspect them, you don’t use them. Even though Charles and Old Dean were citizens of the Alliance, Lin Lan still gave them complete financial authority.

Although in name he had become the lord of a nation, Lin Lan was not foolish enough to hold all power in his own hands.

In fact, he was somewhat disdainful of the title ’King’ and didn’t even consider holding the so-called ’coronation ceremony.’

In Lin Lan’s eyes, those kings who lust for power are laden with flaws.

Such people typically enjoy the thrill of controlling others, scowl at their subjects, like making people ponder their thoughts, then marry dozens of queens, bear a dozen sons, and before dying, sit on the throne paranoid, watching the princes and princesses brawl...

This was his stereotype.

In some way, Lin Lan’s view was not wrong... the abstract scene is prevalent across most of the small island nations surrounding the Empire and the Alliance.

Lin Lan never intended to become like that and didn’t care at all about how people referred to him; the initial ’Lord’ title was quite handy.

He was not naive enough to think all his decisions were wise and correct.

What Lin Lan could do, for now, was merely provide people with a vague direction based on his past life experiences and pick up where the Old Gods left off, relying on systems and copies to explore the faltering future epoch.

Being practical and diligent seldom goes wrong.

Fortunately, he had endured the lonely struggle of the single-handed ’mouse stage’.

After vanquishing the embryonic form of the Celestial Calamity blocking the gates and delegating the management of local civilian affairs to Ed Charles and the others, Lin Lan could finally take a slight breather.

Lin Lan took a bite of the imported fruit that Lisa had specially prepared for him.

The fruit looked bright red on the outside but surprisingly tasted like beef, spicy and chewy.

Lin Lan comfortably squinted his eyes; amid rare leisure time, he accessed the system panel to organize his recent acquisitions on the ’subjective plane.’

First was the golden item [Blessing of Terra Mother Goddess].

[Function 1: Creating Avatars]

[Function 2: Countless souls will peacefully be born under your care]

Don’t be fooled by this thing’s modest description; the ’souls’ in Function 2 don’t just refer to simple human souls.

Lin Lan closed his eyes, clearly feeling the wings wrapped in an umbilical cord in the dark space, floating gently in the Foreigner’s palm.

The entire Ark Island seemed to have established a subtle connection with him.

Everything on earth has its own soul.

Winter soil, coastal sand, roots buried beneath snow; the whole land seemed to be whispering softly to Lin Lan.

A remarkable vitality was nurturing within the island, with all perilous areas slowly losing their edges, gradually becoming gentle and habitable...

If this trend continued, as long as the Foreigner was willing, by spring, even seaside sands could sprout seedlings!

True transformation of heaven and earth.

This is the power of the Gods...

Lin Lan carefully perceived the concept entrusted to him by the Terra Mother Goddess, his gaze suddenly becoming odd as that umbilical cord naturally embodied the Divine Authority over fertility.

If he forcibly utilized this aspect of power, he could even transform into a concept-level tentacle monster from the script, and then...

Ahem.

Indeed, there’s something to it...

Overall, the power of fertility wielded by Terra Mother Goddess isn’t as direct, dazzling, and aggressive as the Eternal Fierce Sun, but subtly influential, like silent rain.

By passing through the food shortage period, Lin Lan could even let clusters of crops grow on stones.

Dealing with food shortages is quite feasible.

Despite the bustling interactions between the Ark Kingdom and the Alliance, in reality, the Ark Kingdom may have closer ties with the Northern Empire.

High-ranking officials of the Alliance would hardly imagine that the Ark Leader has an Imperial Duke as a gaming friend!

If Lin Lan wished, he could log in anytime and fiercely engage in confrontation with those enigmatic Dukes of the Northern Border, and Frost Falcon distinctly released a collaborative signal, agreeing to Lin Lan’s trade request.

Lin Lan wasn’t concerned about the historical grievances between the Alliance and the Empire; as long as conditions permitted, he intended to leverage both sides.

He then focused on Function 1 of ’Creating Avatars.’

This feature had already been paired with the purple item [Feather of Rebirth Blessed by the Abyss].

[Function 1: The most perfect material for creating flesh!]

[Function 2: Bearing the Abyssal Blessing of immortality (ineffective)]

Lin Lan had collected blood and flesh painstakingly gathered by the Master of Infinite Profound; his current body was precisely the Foreigner’s avatar.

’Feather of Rebirth’ can be fully paired with Terra Blessing to achieve heavenly resurrection of creatures.

Scarlet feathers encircle Foreigner’s fingertips like nimble fish.

Once connected with the real ’Lin Lan,’ even if physical form is obliterated, Lin Lan can use that soul-linking thread to reform his comrades’ bodies with the Abyss Feather...