Superhumans of the Dome City -
Chapter 230 - 230 10 Ninja_2
230: Chapter 10 Ninja_2 230: Chapter 10 Ninja_2 This recorded account bears a great deal of subjectivity and the limitations of its time.
In fact, Zero Island was rich in natural resources, the sea provided ample marine resources, and its deep mountains were abundant with rare minerals; the locals had already formed a civilization and religious worship before the arrival of the Empire’s fleets, and they were certainly not any dumber than the distant mainlanders—it’s worth noting that back then, Morton’s barbarians were still running around in skirts fighting each other, while Ustus’s savages were still figuring out how to fight grizzly bears.
But there’s one thing the ancient books of the Empire didn’t get wrong, and that is that Zero Island was indeed a terrible place.
This place was plagued by Dragon Disasters, with giant dragons appearing every few years.
The locals who survived the difficult times of the giant dragon phenomenon worshipped dragons as capricious gods, and thus the phenomenon of giant dragons had the names of Polluted Gods and Calamity Gods on Zero Island.
The frequent occurrence of the giant dragon phenomenon brought about massive real-world destruction, resulting in all sorts of supernatural creatures existing on Zero Island since ancient times.
These creatures, like demons and sprites, were hard to pin down; they often operated in areas far from human habitation and were thus known as Hidden Gods.
Legend has it that a very small number of Hidden Gods harbored good will towards the locals, helping them through the toughest of times, and were revered as Direct Gods.
The fearsome Calamity God, the secretive Hidden Gods, and the friendly Direct Gods—these three types of deities became an important part of Zero Island’s local faith and were collectively known as the Eight Million Gods.
Because of the widespread primitive faith, religious organizations that worshipped gods and interpreted divine will had tremendous influence on Zero Island; they were essentially the ruling class.
And after the arrival of the Empire, the local religious forces on Zero Island were further strengthened: the Yong Guang Empire brought the technological advancements known as the Impermanence Skill, giving the priests and witches truly extraordinary powers compared to ordinary people.
The Impermanence Law Enforcers of Zero Island were born within an extremely dense mythological atmosphere; they protected the nation by slaying dragons, worshipped deities, and had overriding control over secular authorities.
In the early days, all the Impermanence Law Enforcers on Zero Island acted under the leadership of the same organization, which was the oldest and once the most powerful Impermanence Law organization on Zero Island: The Seven Luminaries Divine Sect.
The Skills of the Seven Luminaries Divine Sect originated from interactions with the Empire and developed with extensive help from Empire experts.
As such, the Zero Island under the rule of the Seven Luminaries Divine Sect had a very close relationship with the distant mainland, with frequent cultural exchanges and personnel flows between the two nations.
Zero Island’s situation continued in this stable atmosphere for 1500 years…
until the year 1709 of the Yong Guang Calendar, when the Void Light Disaster descended upon Zero Island.
This Dragon Disaster completely changed the face of Zero Island and led the country toward a development path beyond anyone’s wildest dreams.
Before the arrival of the Void Light Disaster, Zero Island was a crescent-shaped whole island, with a total area of approximately 520,000 square kilometers, making it the second-largest island in the world at the time.
After the departure of the Void Light Dragon from this land, Zero Island lost more than a fifth of its territory, with the complete crescent being split into three smaller islands, each transformed by the power of the giant dragon into something entirely unrelated to its original form.
The local religious forces suffered unprecedented blows in the Void Light Disaster, and the Seven Luminaries Divine Sect’s foundation was greatly damaged.
Meanwhile, another group that had been neglected seized the opportunity to take the stage on Zero Island.
They were samurai, who had long been oppressed by the Divine Dao forces, merchants who had never held great power, and ninjas, who served all those in high positions yet kept themselves hidden in the shadows.
Samurai, merchants, ninjas—the important figures of these three forces formed an alliance in this period, and a new organization emerged from the ancient soil.
This is the official organization that still holds dominion over Zero Island to this day…
The Martial Arts Association.
Gongsun Ce concluded his self-summary thus far and figured he needed more details.
“Excuse me, Miss Alice?”
The hunter next door snorted through his nose.
“There’s a point I truly don’t understand…” Gongsun Ce pushed up his glasses, “Why did the Empire directly teach the Impermanence Skill to the people of Zero Island at that time?
Isn’t that a little too generous?”
The Impermanence Skill was a technology developed for the phenomenon of giant dragons; according to conventional thinking, how could such a technology be easily passed on to foreign powers?
Even if they didn’t make them bow down and pay homage, they should have obtained it in exchange for a large number of precious and exotic resources.
Alice rolled her eyes: “And you call yourself an Imperial, forgetting the basic state policy that the Yong Guang Empire has been harping on for two thousand years?”
Without a second thought, Gongsun Ce responded, “To unite all power around the Emperor, forge the eternal glory of human civilization, and work towards the complete victory over the giant dragons.”
Even kindergarten children could recite these lines.
Alice flipped through the magazine in front of her seat with boredom: “Isn’t this obvious to you?
This is exactly what the ancient Imperials did; they truly believed that slaying dragons was a cause for all humanity, so whenever they reached a new place, they left specialists to teach the Impermanence Skill knowledge to the natives.
The ‘messenger’ role at the grassroots level of the Yiji Hall was evolved from this activity.”
The blue-haired woman enthusiastically explained: “Let me tell you, the ancient messengers visited places far beyond Zero Island.
The Impermanence Skill of the Southern Ocean islands was taught during the Second Grand Expansion period by Imperial people, and the most interesting is the Impermanence Law Enforcers of Ustus—do you know how they came about?”
Gongsun Ce’s eye twitched, and he was reminded once again of the anecdote the headmaster had told during an elective class.
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