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Chapter Seventy-Six: The Surface World of Shadows (Request for Subscription)

“Speaking of which, Gamma, how do you plan to develop the garden?”

“Bai Luo-sama, please take a look at this.”

Gamma took out a map and laid it flat in front of Bai Luo: “Our current position is deep within the Alexander Mountains, the farthest east on the continent.”

This place is filled with all sorts of terrifying Pokémon, and the Midgar Kingdom once sent armies to explore and develop it.

However, the result was heavy losses.

The environment of the Alexander Mountains is harsh, and the cost of development is frighteningly high.

Coupled with the large number of fallen soldiers, no one mentions this matter anymore.

Over time, this eastern mountain range has become a no-man’s land.

Apart from border nobles and Beast People tribes that come here for hunting, only some adventurers might venture deep inside to explore lost ruins.

“The Midgar Kingdom, Beta Empire, Lawless City, Oriana Art Kingdom, Beast People Kingdom, Pokémon Ancient Country, Holy Sect Country.”

Gamma: “These seven powers hold extremely important positions in the surface world of this continent.”

“First are the Pokémon and Beast People nations; they are located in the northern part of the central continent.”

“In terms of cultural exchange, the Beast People have always been in a state of self-isolation, rarely interacting with the Midgar Kingdom, Oriana Kingdom, and the Holy Sect.”

“This has kept the Beast People in an era of tribes and villages.”

If the kingdoms’ level of technology has entered the steam age, with train tracks spreading across much of the southern region,

then the Beast People civilization remains in a period of primitive barbaric growth.

The chieftains of the tribes can have dozens of wives and hundreds of children, who fight and kill each other, lacking any normal sense of kinship.

Demon Fox Village is considered an anomaly among them.

According to Xue Ji, the Beast People in Demon Fox Village and those who branched off from it tend to be gentle in nature.

Rather than fighting and killing, they prefer reading books and even actively engaging with humans in the south.

“As for the Pokémon race…”

Gamma’s knowledge of the Pokémon race comes from Alpha, Beta, and Epsilon.

All four women are Pokémon, and they hail from different classes within the Pokémon race.

Beta is royalty, holding the highest status.

Alpha is akin to a descendant of a military family, responsible for physical strength.

Epsilon is from a noble background, with a status lower than Alpha but still part of the important ruling class of the Pokémon race.

Finally, Gamma, the young girl from an ordinary Pokémon village, is equivalent to a commoner among the Pokémon.

“The Pokémon race is unlike the Beast People; there aren’t as many racial branches.”

“Most Pokémon live in villages scattered around the world.”

“Only the ancient and powerful Pokémon gather together.”

The situation of the Pokémon race has always been mysterious. The only thing certain now is that there exists some unknown connection between the Diablo Sect and the Pokémon race.

After all, Olivia, the Pokémon hero among the Three Heroes, seems to have been created by the sect.

“There’s no rush regarding the Pokémon race.”

Bai Luo said: “Let’s deal with the forces on the surface first before considering the hidden power lurking in the shadows.”

Seeing that Bai Luo did not blame them for failing to gather basic intelligence, Gamma sighed in relief.

“Besides these countries, I’ve also heard of a Far Eastern country named He Country beyond the continent.”





Mar didn’t elaborate much on the state of the Wa country; it was too far away from the continent.

Before mastering the ability for cross-sea trade, the garden’s commerce wouldn’t consider expanding over there—it would be too costly.

“Does this world also have a country modeled after Japan?”

“The culture of the Beast People tribes is actually quite similar to that of the Wa country.”

Alpha said, “But this kind of culture seems not to have influenced the three human nations of Midgar Kingdom, Bekada, and Orianan.”

“The Midgar Kingdom is nothing to fear.”

“The upper echelons of this country are already corrupt,” Beta said. “An bloated noble system, almost completely blocked channels for advancement, and an arrogant air of superiority.”

“Totally immersed in the lies spun by the Sect—this is the evaluation we gave after understanding Midgar.”

What does the Sect propagate about the world?

Perfect, safe, peaceful.

Those ancient myths and legends have long been forgotten by the people.

Similarly, people reject the descendants of heroes, branding them as cursed by demonic possession.

This greatly reduces the cost for the Sect to capture them.

Who cares if the demonically possessed ones die, go missing, or vanish?

“Compared to Midgar, we’re more concerned with the Bekada Empire…”

“An empire, huh?”

Upon hearing this, Bai Luo roughly understood what kind of nation Bekada was.

As far as Bai Luo knew, Bekada was a place where martial culture thrived, frequently launching wars against neighboring countries.

Otherwise, Daram wouldn’t exist as a soldier of the empire.

What use would a country without war have for so many soldiers?

Take the artistic nation of Orianan, the homeland of Rose-senpai in the original story.

The people there revere music, dance, painting, and generally look down upon warriors, seeing them as crude beings.

It doesn’t need any army or soldiers at all—purely defenseless.

“Orianan’s rejection of war and violence stems from the persecution its ancestors faced in that regard.”

Here, we must mention the unique spatial technology of the Shadow World—the Black Rose.

The Black Rose is a force capable of connecting different dimensions and spaces, named so because its distortion of space resembles a blooming rose.

Ancient Orianan met its downfall due to researching the Black Rose and applying it to warfare.

After that, the Artistic Kingdom of Orianan completely abandoned the use of force.

Bai Luo could even imagine that if one day an external enemy invaded, the Artistic Kingdom of Orianan might not even resist, simply surrendering outright.

To this, a certain law stated: “I’m familiar with this!”

“To summarize:”

“Orianan and the Midgar Kingdom, the former has been slacking off for years, while the latter is full of incompetents!”

“The only one truly worthy of our serious attention is the Bekada Empire,” Alpha said, “We must not let it ignite a war and disrupt the current balance!”

Purely speaking of military strength, Bekada is absolutely no match for the Golden Clan.

However, the problem is they don’t have the standing to openly declare war on Bekada.

That’s an empire with tens of millions, even nearly a hundred million people.

What position could the Golden Clan take to demand that tens of millions of people follow their will?

Without resorting to bloody means like slaughter to force the submission of the imperial citizens, the Golden Clan can only proceed cautiously when facing the Bekada Empire.

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