Chapter 326: The favor is really not over yet!
"No, Master!"

The monkey rushed into the shogunate in a panic and reported to Lin Liuji:
"There are so many people outside, including heavenly officials and mortals. They all want us to give an explanation! They have the reason in their hands, so I dare not act rashly. I can only stop them first..."

"I know."

Lin Liu's face was filled with anxiety and helplessness. He had known about this for a long time, but he had no good solution. He could only say:

"Stop them first and try to appease them... Tell them I'm trying to find a solution for them and tell them not to worry! If anyone gets too excited and starts a fight, take them to the prison first!"

After receiving the master's instructions, the panicked monkey finally found his backbone. It was not that he could not beat the petitioning group, but that he was not in the right in this matter. It was like being asked to pay his wages due to unpaid wages, which was embarrassing to talk about. How could he dare to act rashly?

Fortunately, the master gave the order, and it just needs to execute it...

After the monkeys left, Lin Liu stroked his beard and asked in a deep voice:
"Does the Emperor of Heaven know anything about this?"

The young man in black sitting opposite him shook his head helplessly:

"Don't ask me this, I've never seen such a scene before..."

The "scene" he was referring to was not the petition for salary, but the failure of the monk to become a god!

How could it fail? It didn't make sense. I had never heard of anyone failing to become a god before. At most, wild gods died of old age because they could not gather enough incense.

As for accumulating enough incense but being blocked from becoming a god... this is truly unheard of.

Even the knowledgeable Emperor of Heaven was helpless, let alone Lin Liu. In his annoyance, he stroked his beard with greater and greater strength. If it weren't for the strength of his true god's body, he would have pulled out a few white beards!

“Why did it fail?”

Lin Liubai was puzzled, so he had to retrieve the files of the celestial officials who had become gods and those who had not and look through them carefully, hoping to find some key information.

But after looking through it for a while, he still couldn't find what he was looking for. No one's resume had any obvious key elements...

However, after watching him flip through the pages again and again, the Emperor seemed to have some guesses and gradually became thoughtful:
“How many people are there in this group who have become gods?”

Lin Liu raised his head, frowned and replied:
"Two thousand one hundred and sixty-six people, what's wrong?"

The Emperor of Heaven did not rush to speak, but asked again:

"How many people are there in your Eight Banners?"

"Including me and the monkey, there are eight hundred and thirty-two people."

The Emperor of Heaven gradually realized:

"That means that the two sides together have 2,998 people... plus me and Taibai Xingjun, that's exactly... 3,000?"

Three thousand?

As soon as this number appeared, Lin Liu couldn't help but think:
Three thousand is not an ordinary number. In various classics, three thousand is a number that carries special properties.

And right now, the number of gods just happened to be stuck at this number, and he couldn't help but associate it...

"Is... three thousand a limit?"

Lin Liu was a little unsure.

"Whether it is or not, just give it a try!"

The Emperor smiled, Lin Liu hesitated for a moment, then nodded:
"I'll go find Li Ziliang right away..."

"No need, just use me."

There was no trace of fear on the Emperor's face, only curiosity and relief:
"If what you said before is true, then if I am awakened by the [Alarm Clock], it is equivalent to returning to that eternal primitive world... Since it is not death, why not use me as an experiment? I really want to experience the feeling of being awakened..."

This……

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded with mixed feelings:
"Thank you!"

[You don’t need to say as much as you did to others. You just mentioned Zhao Si’s name to the Emperor of Heaven, and he was shocked, and then a look of sudden realization appeared in his eyes…]

[In the brief moment of awakening, the former protagonist who has found himself looks at you, his successor, with helplessness in his eyes.]

[In desperation, he seemed to want to say something, but he didn't say it, as if some force was stopping him... In the end, he slowly fell down, and his consciousness quietly dissipated...]

[You didn't even feel sad for a moment about the passing of the Emperor of Heaven, you immediately started the experiment! ]

[While you ordered people to bury the Emperor of Heaven in the "God's Tomb", you personally went out and caught the most violent one among the angry petitioners, the Heavenly Official Lao Deng! ]

[Everyone is horrified: Is the general going to personally start a massacre?! ]

[Everyone was afraid, and the captured Lao Deng's eyes quickly became clear, and his original anger was swept away, replaced by trembling.]

[General! I haven't repaid you my kindness yet! ]

[As Lao Deng begged for mercy in fear, you said nothing but directly ordered: "Break through now!"]

[Old Deng was trembling with fear, but he didn't dare to say anything. He could only sit down nervously. Under the gazes of the audience, he reluctantly began to try to break through again...]

[Not long after, he suddenly trembled and his face showed excitement! ]

[After a few hours, a shadow walked out of his body and gradually transformed into a figure exactly like him. The overflowing divine power naturally formed various strange images, which were very beautiful! And his physical body had no breath at all...]

[A true god has broken through! ]

[Lao Deng, who had just made a breakthrough, was overjoyed. His dissatisfaction and anger turned into excitement and delight.]

【Snapped! 】

[Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he didn't care about the face of the True God at all, he just slid to his knees on the spot, and when he looked up, his face was already covered with tears! ]

[“I knew it! The general will not give up on us! From today on, I will defend the general to the death! Defend Daxin!”]

[“The general’s kindness is higher than the sky! The general’s kindness is deeper than the sea! The general’s kindness is not enough!”]

[A new fan who doesn't need the Blood God has just been released! ]

[The protesting group watching the scene was also very excited. The Heavenly Official monk who had been hiding in the crowd for fear of being caught suddenly jumped out of the crowd.]

[“General! I can love Daxin too! I can defend you too!”]

[“General! General!”]

[The scene was chaotic for a while...]

[But you were not happy about it at all, instead you fell silent.] [The experiment was successful.]

[The upper limit of the number of true gods that this dream world can accommodate is three thousand! ]

[Although I don't know exactly why, the result of this experiment has completely shattered your fantasy and plan. The foundation of the rotation system no longer exists at this moment.]

[You only have one way left...]

【…】

[In the sixty-seventh year of the new calendar, due to unknown reasons, after the new generation of True Gods ushered in a blowout, the remaining cultivators all failed to break through! ]

[The Heavenly Official monks who failed to break through could not accept that all their efforts were in vain, nor could they accept that their boundless future was suddenly cut short, so protests arose one after another, and people petitioned in droves! ]

[This wave even spread from the Heavenly Officials to the independent cultivators, and then to the mortals...]

[The monks were making a fuss, mainly because they lost their official positions and their stable jobs. They had lived like slaves for decades but got nothing in return. Anger and despair drove them to start the strike.]

[Some even go so far as to turn evil, from guardians of order to destroyers, and only by destroying order can they vent their anger! ]

[The commotion among the mortals was mainly caused by the strike of the cattle and horses. Once the cattle and horses went on strike, the high welfare they had originally enjoyed was gone in an instant. How could the mortals, who had long been accustomed to this, tolerate this?! ]

[The common people were roughly divided into two groups. One group sympathized with the cattle and horses who worked hard but got nothing in return, so they chose to support them in defending their rights. The other group advocated that the shogunate and the imperial court should strike hard at these unruly people who were on strike! ]

[This is not because they are cold-blooded, but because the cattle and horse strike has really affected the functioning of society. Although they sympathize with the strikers, their own interests are obviously more important...]

[And at this cusp, as the intersection of contradictions, you must make a reasonable response...]

"How dare these troublemakers cause trouble! They are no longer ordinary troublemakers, we must deal a heavy blow to them!"

At the Eight Banners Political Conference, many of the long-time high-ranking Eight Banners True Gods angrily scolded the unruly people:

"General! No more hesitation! Give the order now!"

"Yes, General. Send them to the Heavenly Prison one by one! Send the unruly people to heaven one by one!"

"General..."

After everyone's suggestions, the eight flag owners in the audience remained silent. The seven elders, including Monkey, all looked at Lin Liu in the middle with different thoughts, hoping that he would come up with an idea.

Lin Liu remained silent...

Suddenly, a flag owner suggested:
"General, we can actually arrest those celestial officials who are causing trouble, teach them a lesson, and then let them continue to work. This way, there will be no need for bloodshed..."

When the monkey saw that his master was silent, he understood his difficulty: his master was sympathizing with the cows and horses.

As a filial son to his master, he certainly wanted to share his worries, so he asked:

"You said to force them to continue working, but they can't become gods now. Even if they can continue working, what will happen when they die in the future?"

"Simple!"

The flag owner said indifferently:

"Anyway, there is reincarnation now. When they die, we will help them reincarnate..."

"What happens after reincarnation?"

"Of course I will continue to repay the favor!"

The flag owner naturally:

"Continuous reincarnation is considered immortality...Shouldn't they continue to repay such a great favor?"

"..."

The monkey was so angry that he laughed:
This is fucking true! The general’s kindness can never be repaid by the next generation!

However, this inhuman proposal actually won the unanimous approval of more than 800 true gods:
"This is good!"

"Master Ding, that's a good idea!"

The monkey was speechless, but he remembered:
These people from the Eight Banners who are now full of talk about gratitude and generosity were once workers who worked as hard as cattle and horses.

As a result, now that they have been promoted and have a position, they have suddenly become the high and mighty uncles, shouting and calling for the killing of these poor colleagues, and have completely forgotten their days of being slaves...

Why should we make things difficult for cattle and horses?

The monkey seemed to be holding back a lot of anger. Even though he was at the top of the ruling class, he still felt that these scumbags were all disgusting...

"All right."

At this moment, Lin Liu, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke:

"I have decided to temporarily detain those who caused the trouble, and those who committed serious offenses will be punished!"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but celebrate:
"The general is wise!"

At this time, Lin Liu shook his head again and said:
"However, regardless of whether they have committed a crime or not, the shogunate must compensate them materially. If there are any who have died, their reincarnation must be properly arranged... Although they have no hope of immortality, they have served sentient beings for many years after all, and their contributions should not be erased!"

"As for serving as a celestial official again in the next life, there is no need for that. Just let them live in peace..."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment:

"Who will take over the vacant position? Do we need to recruit new independent cultivators?"

"Without the temptation of immortality, I'm afraid no one will come..."

Come?
If you come here, you will be a slave for the rest of your life. Which normal person would want to come here?!

Everyone is just pretending to be blind, they are not really blind. It’s okay to deceive others with words of kindness, but don’t deceive yourself...

Under everyone's blank stares, Lin Liuyi slammed the table and said seriously:
"After all, monks are limited in their lifespans, and their cultivation is not high, so their efficiency is very low. Many high-level tasks of regulating natural disasters and man-made disasters are not something they can do."

"So from today on, all official posts in the four continents of Daxin will be held by true gods!"

"Let those who have just become gods repay the kindness of the people of the world!"

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(End of this chapter)