Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 1362 - 1355: National Integration

Chapter 1362: Chapter 1355: National Integration

Such a system seemed to Luo’er to be quite standard—nothing particularly good about it, but also not lacking anywhere.

It must be recognized that Abisien began as a tribal alliance, with various leaders discussing affairs together. Now that they were integrated, naturally no single party could dominate; after all, no one could dominate during the alliance period.

Exactly because of this, the system of a presiding seat complemented by a Cabinet seemed relatively well-suited for them, as both the presiding members and the Cabinet members had the right to discuss state affairs. To a certain extent, this was also a result of mutual compromise.

Luo’er had imagined various plans for integrating Abisien but had not expected Linglan to take such extreme measures to handle the matter. In a sense, she effectively expelled the three northern tribes of West Outer Heaven from Abisien.

However, this Abisien was not that Abisien. Overall, the organization established by Linglan and others should be called the Southern Yao Federal Alliance, still part of Abisien, yet they consolidated the three great Beast-Ear Races into one race, no longer dividing power by race.

After the establishment of the Yao Federal Alliance, Linglan naturally assumed the highest presiding seat, since she had always been the spiritual symbol of the Beast-Ear Race, and earning such an honor was not surprising.

The remaining leaders of the Yao Race also entered the Cabinet one after another. Initially, Linglan even planned to include Luo’er and others in the Cabinet, but they strongly refused.

It is important to note that the Advance Team was subordinate to the headquarters, and becoming a member of other countries’ Cabinets was a political issue. In such matters, Luo’er never dared to take a grave risk.

Not just the Advance Team, but Gao Feng’s Human Scientists also clearly opposed joining the Cabinet, for a simple reason: they were still loyal to the Kingdom of Ronisca and could not just join another country at will.

Moreover, these High-peak people possessed long lifespans, so they were confident that Ronisca would certainly send someone to retrieve them; it was just a matter of time, and time was the least of their concerns.

The consecutive refusals of the Advance Team and the High-peak people left Linglan somewhat disappointed. After some discussion and compromise, they agreed to assist the Yao Race with construction in an advisory capacity, while firmly refusing to become involved in their internal political strife.

Linglan and others had previously forced Luo’er to pick sides, which had already made him very unhappy. The Beast Head Tribe might have been unreasonable and barbaric, but it should be noted that the Yao Race had relied on them to have the confidence for a counterattack initially.

Though the subsequent war was mainly conducted by line infantry, the contributions of the Beast Head Tribe in the hunting down of Generals were undoubtedly significant.

As previously mentioned, Luo’er was never the sort to judge by appearances. In his view, although the Beast Head Tribe was arrogant and savage, they were not beyond being civilized. With proper guidance and learning, they could be integrated into the great family of the Yao Race.

Therefore, he was very disappointed in Linglan’s initial approach and believed that if the Yao Race was to integrate and form a nation, they should not have abandoned the Beast Head Tribe, forcing them to leave the southern West Outer Heaven in such a way.

Of course, Luo’er was very clear about Linglan’s political considerations, so he also hoped that the Southern Yao Race, once powerful, would accept their former Northern allies and integrate them into the construction of Abisien.

In his disappointment, Luo’er also saw that, without the constraints of the Beast Head Tribe, the integrated Southern Yao Race demonstrated vigorous firepower, and the Yao Race and the Human Race coexisted harmoniously. His propaganda slogans were lively in the streets and alleys, and big-character posters could be seen everywhere.

The Human Race was very satisfied with the series of policies implemented by Linglan, and more and more of them chose to join the Southern Yao Race. At the same time, under the strong wave of propaganda, they began to enlist eagerly.

Suddenly, the Southern Yao Race had a whole ten-thousand strong Human Race army. Although it could not compare to the armies of the Dongsheng Empire, it nonetheless filled the void left by the catastrophic defeat the Yao Race had suffered in their military strength.

While Luo’er was busy with propaganda, Tangmo and the others were not idle either. Almost every week, they would hold a magical performance, just like a stage play, in which she and Baiyue took turns performing magic, including those of the Demon Clan who were learning magic. This helped to deeply ingrain the concept that the Demon Clan could also engage in cultivation.

As a modern person, Luo’er was acutely aware of the power of influence brought about by propaganda. Linglan also highly approved his approach, thus he had been unwaveringly supporting him. Of the three major financial expenditures of the Southern Yao Race Federation—military, development, and the remaining one was propaganda.

There had been Cabinet members who questioned the excessive spending on propaganda, suggesting that the budget should be appropriately reduced, but they were vetoed by the highest seat, Linglan. Because Linglan knew all too well that the current concept of the Southern Yao Race was almost entirely created through propaganda.

Let’s not even discuss the Human Race, as they would ultimately be assimilated. But the bloodlines among the three major Beast-Ear Races were incompatible, and their offspring were still noticeably different—the Qingqiu Clan remained the Qingqiu Clan, the Maoyou Clan remained the Maoyou Clan—there was no way to achieve the kind of ethnic integration seen on Earth.

It was precisely for this reason that it was necessary to propagate the concept of the Southern Yao Race, to tell these members of the Demon Clan that no matter what they looked like, they all shared one designation—the Southern Yao Race. This was about establishing a broad sense of ethnic identity and breaking down the divisions caused by differences in bloodline and characteristics.

Only in this way could the Demon Clan form a cohesive whole. When faced with danger, they would consider the collective interest, rather than just their own tribe or their own people.

After internal consolidation, the leaders of the Demon Clan finally could focus on the development of the Demon Clan. The territories they occupied were rich in mineral resources, which meant that the Southern Yao Race could live comfortably by merely selling minerals.

However, the arrival of the people from the Western Continent allowed their mineral resources to start playing a leading role in world change.

Rich coal deposits had been discovered in the South West Outer Heaven, and at the current stage, both the Demon Clan and people from Kyushu were mining coal using manpower and animal power. Thus, Gao Feng’s Human Scientists creatively suggested utilizing steam power for mining and introduced the concept of the Industrial Revolution.

Such a viewpoint was unanimously approved within the Demon Clan, and it was swiftly put into practice. The researchers of the Demon Clan, under the guidance of Gao Feng’s Human Scientists, began to attempt the creation of steam, pushing forward the arrival of the Industrial Revolution.

The reason why the Demon Clan internally agreed to develop new dynamic forces was very simple—there was a shortage of manpower within the Demon Clan, and they needed industrial power to compensate for the lack of human labor, somewhat similar to early Europe in this respect.

Although Gao Feng’s Human Scientists proposed the concept of the steam engine, the first industrial machinery to be put into production was magic-powered machines, not steam engines.

After all, this is the Otherworld, and before Earth’s intervention, Gao Feng’s Human Scientists had always been using magic as the main source of industrial power. In contrast, the steam engine was a concept of power from Earth.

However, the cost of magic power was high, so at the moment, it was only being promoted on a small scale as a simple transition.

The reason for the high cost was simple. Because magic power required the use of Magic Crystals, and Magic Crystals needed the engraving of Guidance Runes, and the machines also required the engraving of corresponding Runes for them to be activated.

The problem was here—the Helrandum had crashed, and not many of the High-peak people survived. Subtracting the military personnel, there were even fewer scientific researchers left.

Before Earth’s involvement, Gao Feng’s Human Scientists had been able to develop magic power, relying on the domestic reserves of magical talent. Now that they were stranded in the East Continent, the conditions were not as good as at home, and it was not easy to use magic power on a large scale.

Moreover, it wasn’t just a shortage of personnel; secrecy was also within the considerations of Gao Feng’s Human Scientists. After all, magic power was the unique expertise of Ronisca, and if it was learned by others, it would be terrible if used against their own people in the future.

In comparison, Earthlings were not so concerned about the misuse of steam power, since Earth had already completed the Industrial Revolution, fully exploited the potential of steam power to its limits, and abandoned it—so they didn’t care at all about others learning these technologies.

As long as the Demon Clan could enter the era of the Industrial Revolution, the gap between them and the Dongsheng Empire would quickly widen. Although the existence of magic made this gap less visible, after all, an industrialized nation tackling an agricultural one meant that it might be unrealistic for the Dongsheng Empire to replicate past victories.