Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

”Could it be that an additional Celestial King level power might join?” Chu Xiu’s face was somewhat grim.

”Hard to say,” Zhao Jie shook his head, ”but all three Celestial Kings of Huaxia are already aware of this matter, and the Supreme leader in the government even specially requested a full report from our Investigation Bureau.”

The Supreme leader in the government!

This statement made Chu Xiu’s expression even more solemn. Although that Supreme leader’s power might not match the Celestial Kings, they are the true core of Huaxia, overseeing the operations of all policies and order, the highest leader of official forces!

”Then... what does the government mean?” Chu Xiu inquired.

He felt that this matter had already somewhat exceeded his control.

”Hard to say,” Zhao Jie shook his head heavily, ”I can’t disclose specific details, I can only tell you that the government is divided into two factions internally, some want to seize this opportunity like a mantis catching the cicada, while others want to simply abandon conservative forces.”

”After all, you know, your civilization is just a small civilization with a population of twenty thousand. No matter how outstanding your talent is, the growth of civilization requires time to accumulate. Many in the government feel it’s not worth the risk, which is why the investment only amounts to a paltry two billion.”

Chu Xiu nodded knowingly. If the construction of the Corpse Demon World camp were likened to an investment, it would be a high-risk but low-reward junk stock. The government’s ability to provide some assistance is already sufficient.

”Brother Zhao tells me these things, so the Investigation Bureau likely has a mature plan?” Chu Xiu said.

Zhao Jie smiled, ”Chen, you are perceptive, it’s not a plan, just some suggestion.”

”Firstly, for the decisive battle with Ashtar, our Investigation Bureau will provide as much support as we can, but ultimately it’s your own matter, Chen, you must exert substantial effort.”

”We can’t intervene in the strategic game from above, just maximize the optimization of camp defenses.”

”So the first issue to tackle is, for example, manpower.”

”To activate the Spiritual Patterns formation using Titan Giant Mechanism assistants, we can try retaining students from your cohort through increased bounties.”

”But for controlling Titan Giant Mechanism’s core and selecting candidates against local High Tier forces, that’s for you to solve.”

”There are two ways: one is a high bounty, with great rewards comes great courage, as for the second...”

Zhao Jie glanced at the three people representing three forces who had not yet left after trading Cause and Effect Points with Chu Xiu, and smiled, ”These three comrades might have something to say.”

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu first froze, but then quickly comprehended.

Zhao Jie’s intention was to let him choose a force to join!

He currently lacks support because of his identity as a free agent, those higher up lack the motivation to support him.

The reason for the future of humanity is truly superficial! Chu Xiu couldn’t afford it! Although he has now demonstrated incredible talent, among the higher-tier Awakened, how many would be willing to sacrifice their own benefits to nurture a genius unrelated to them?

Forget the Celestial Kings, even Demigods, and Heroic Spirit level powers already no longer rely on human civilization for survival, which was evident from the battle in Peng City. Even if human civilization were to go extinct, these Heroic Spirits could still survive, and most could find ways and means to join other forces and civilizations.

In such circumstances, naturally, no one would take risks for Chu Xiu.

In fact, the various benefits given to Civilization Envoys were already the interests those powers were willing to concede.

But joining a force is different, especially with the Path to Divinity on the horizon!

Chu Xiu’s speculation was correct; almost immediately after Zhao Jie’s words, the leaders from the three different forces began to speak one after another.

Their expressed intentions were similar.

That is, if Chu Xiu is willing to join them, they will dispatch Demigod level powers to assist Chu Xiu, and even the Celestial Kings might make a move!

Each force has a comprehensive reward and punishment system, as well as metrics like Contribution Points; given Chu Xiu’s astonishing talent, all three offered him a high initial Contribution Points, enough to temporarily hire a Demigod, and some even indicated that a Celestial King would send their trusted Demigod to assist Chu Xiu free of charge!

However, this assistance is not unconditional.

On the surface, it seems that Chu Xiu wouldn’t lose out at all, but sometimes choosing a side would mean losing many intangible benefits, not to mention the most important freedom.

”But sometimes, restricted freedom also means protection from a powerful backer.”

”As my power gradually increases, attention towards me will rise, and the covetous eyes will grow ever more intense, so now is indeed a suitable time to join a force.”

”But I must choose carefully; once I join one force, the Demigods from the other two will be even less likely to take risks for my civilization.” Chu Xiu calculated silently.

He didn’t have any obsession with never being subordinate to others. As a Demon Cultivator who maintained order, wasn’t it just to rely on the stability brought by order for growth?

After pondering for a while, Chu Xiu clasped his fists and said, ”May I ask if you could give me some time to think?”

”Of course.”

All three smiled and left after providing their contact information.

After the three figures disappeared, Chu Xiu turned to Zhao Jie and asked, ”Brother Zhao, what do you think?”

Zhao Jie replied, ”Joining a force isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If you don’t want to be too tightly bound, just maintain a cooperative relationship based on benefits exchange.”