Chapter 1278 – Trial Lands Revealed

Although the world map returning to normal created many problems, there were many visible benefits.

The biggest benefit of this change was a great strengthening of the Imperial Court’s control over the local areas. At the same time, the territory would not feel so empty and would make one feel more stable.

The communication and interactions between provinces and regions would also become more active.

Apart from that, after the map was reset, territorial trade would be greatly promoted.

The problems in ocean trade between Great Xia and South America would also be solved after the reset, and the trading would definitely enter a golden age.

Specifically for Great Xia, the benefits were evident.

First, although the change would weaken river transport, it would make railroad construction a lot more convenient and make it possible to release trains through the entire Empire.

If not, Ouyang Shuo would not feel confident about building railroads on such a large-scale.

Secondly, this update would weaken the defensive pressure on the troops, especially those at the border.

Great Xia’s disarmament truly came at the right time.

Thirdly, which was also what Gaia hoped for, it added a lot of momentum to Great Xia’s expansion.

This was also something that Ouyang Shuo wanted to happen.

The part that made Ouyang Shuo feel the most emotional was that he felt really close to the game world with the reset.

That’s right, closeness!

Although the game world that was expanded 10 times used Earth as its model, the mountains and ancient cities were different from real life.

This was an illusion created when the planet was expanded like a balloon that was blown up.

Although it was similar, the size difference was a constant reminder that this world was virtual and fake. It was a reminder that they would never be able to return to Earth.

After the map reset, this feeling of familiarity swarmed them.

Although they were unable to return to Earth, they were able to remodel a planet Earth in the game world as the collective memory of their generation.

Now, every tree and grass brought back memories.

“Thank you, Gaia!”

At this moment, not just Ouyang Shuo, but most players also had similar thoughts.

2. Opening up the results of the second industrialization.

Removing the restrictions of the second industrial revolution technology tree. As long as one has the relative research and development ability, they can produce relevant items and technologies.

The second industrial revolution gave rise to electricity.

After the steam engine, electricity was produced. Along with electricity came lights, cars, movies, and electrical appliances, becoming a new energy source that added to and replaced the steam engine.

Next would be the innovation and use of internal combustion engines, giving rise to ships, airplanes, and the like. Petrol mining and crude oil production came into focus as a result.

Compared to the minor changes during the first industrial revolution, the second revolution was a true changing of the old world. To say that it was a change of the skies was not an exaggeration.

In history, many imperialists appeared in this era that challenged the old order to gain more interests and profits.

This was something that Ouyang Shuo was wary about.

The future Great Xia empire must not walk the capitalist path.

Luckily, to Ouyang Shuo and most players, the second revolution was nothing new. To them, it was just a primitive society.

The changes in modern day society were something that people of those times could not even imagine.

In 2190 AD, not only did the world enter the Federation era, but they even went through the 4th AI revolution, 5th AI instantiation revolution, and 6th space exploration revolution.

To call the second industrial revolution a primitive society was not wrong.

After 200 years, Earth had built up an effective management structure. Ouyang Shuo stood on the shoulders of giants and was confident about leading Great Xia onto the right path.

As the emperor that started all this, he had an advantage that others did not.

All in all, along with the technology tree being unlocked, Great Xia would give rise to an era with more chances and challenges.

3. Opening up the Mu Continent.

Atlantis, Lemuria, Mu, and Gendaya, these were termed as the four most mysterious civilizations. Although one had never seen them, all sorts of rumors had been spread about them.

In the game world, Ouyang Shuo summoned Atlantis and traded with Lemuria. However, he knew nothing about Gendaya and Mu.

Be it in his last life or in this one, he had no clue.

Legends had it that the Mu Continent was really huge, located east of Hawaii and west of the Mariana islands. South was Fiji, Tahiti, and the Easter islands.

The island was eight thousand kilometers long from east to west and five thousand from north to south. It was similar in size to North and South America added together. Its overall size reached 35 thousand square kilometers, and it was an always beautiful and rich place.

Who would have expected Gaia to take the initiative to expose Mu?

When he looked at the introduction to Mu Continent, even someone as calm as Ouyang Shuo could not help but yell vulgarities, “What the f**!”

The so-called Mu Continent was set by Gaia as the mysterious trial lands.

Mu appearing in the Pacific was just Gaia removing its seclusion and exposing it to the people, allowing it to participate in the global challenge for the top.

“What a bother!” Ouyang Shuo could not help but exclaim.

On the global scale, the countries that were destroyed before the 7th year of Gaia were all transported to the trial lands. From now on, they would begin their game journey once more.

The appearance of Mu gave Ouyang Shuo the biggest headache.

Thinking back to the countries Great Xia destroyed, Japan, Korea, the Southeast Asian countries, Morocco, Somalia, Ethiopia, and more.

One could say that 80% of the countries on the Mu Continent were enemies of Great Xia.

After all, when the dynasties rose up in Europe, they mostly merged with one another and did not destroyed the others, so very few of them were teleported to the Mu Continent.

That included Persia and the Arab Empire, which used the same method.

On the Mu Continent, apart from Great Xia, the rest were probably enemies of the Indian Empire. These two allies faced the same fate.

Coincidentally, the Mu Continent was located between Great Xia and the Indian Empire in the Pacific Ocean.

Ouyang Shuo could not help but facepalm and shake his head as he said, “My life just is not a peaceful one.”

Although Gaia said that the trial lands would be more intense than the wilderness, and the player would grow at a slower than on the outside, Ouyang Shuo still kept his guard up.

First, Ouyang Shuo was not sure whether Gaia would include the Mu Continent technology into it and let the players search for them.

If that happened, it would be a huge problem.

On the global scale, no one was as clear as Ouyang Shuo about how broken such technology was.

Secondly, the cruel environment of the trial lands might have created a group of strong of people.

One could foresee how strong the survivors of such a tough environment would be.

Thirdly, Ouyang Shuo could not be sure whether the Mu Continent countries were fighting for themselves or had merged into one to fight as a common entity.

If it were the former, there was not much for Ouyang Shuo to worry about. Great Xia could destroy them once, so they could do it again. If it were the latter, Ouyang Shuo had to be on guard.

An organization merged together would definitely be a colossal giant.

The Mu Continent had just been released, so all of this was unknown. There was not much that Ouyang Shuo could do; he could only tell the warzones there to be on their guard.

Nanjiang was the closest to the Mu Continent and was the old best of the Southeast Asia countries. If they wanted to attack, the Mu Continent would definitely target it.

It seems like Ouyang Shuo’s previous plan to weaken the Nanyang warzone could only be postponed for now.