Upgrading the portable space to 92 cubic meters still required 1 billion National Fate Points. Hua Kai guessed that if he could upgrade the portable space to 100 cubic meters, there would be a huge change in it!
Under normal circumstances, China's National Fate Points would increase by 2 million to 3 million points per day. If he lowered it from 2 billion to 1 billion, it would increase by 4 million to 6 million points per day. Now, it had already dropped to 400 million points. Hua Kai saw that the National Fate Points were increasing at a rapid pace, increasing by 20 million points in a single day.
In about 80 days, China's National Fate Points would increase from 400 million to 1.4 billion. If he wanted to upgrade the portable space to 100 cubic meters, it would take him two years.
The prerequisite was that he could no longer use the National Fate Points in the future. However, this would not affect China too much. When Hua Kai entered the Clan Secret Realm, he restricted everyone's right to use the National Fate Points.
Hua Kai told the core members of the clan that he needed the National Fate Points to upgrade the portable space and move the Mountain-carrying Tortoise's corpse. Everyone felt that the most important thing now was to deal with the Mountain-carrying Tortoise's corpse. They could not wait a thousand years for the corpse to be eaten clean. A Soul Formation Realm cultivator could live up to ten thousand years, while a Golden Core Realm cultivator could live up to a thousand years. After a thousand years, there would probably only be twenty or so Soul Formation Realm cultivators left.
On the second day, bad news came. The Chinese soldiers in the Land of Rest had been killed by the self-destruction of a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator. There were 126 casualties, including three Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators and fifty-five Xiantian Realm cultivators.
In just seven days, Xue Chen told Hua Kai that an expedition team had returned from Sindhu and told him about the situation there.
"Your Majesty, Sindhu is covered in dense forests, and all humans live in the forests.
Sindhu is also ruled by tribes, and they have many countries like the Federation. The people there are much shorter than us, and their skin is dark. They are very good at climbing trees.
There are many poisonous insects in the forests of Sindhu, and most of our explorers died when they entered the forests. Only about 20% of the people found the tribes there, and it was all thanks to the Antidote Pills that they prepared beforehand.
Otherwise, they would all have died in the forests! "Xue Chen said to Hua Kai.
"The humans of Sindhu had to adapt for more than ten thousand years before they were able to survive in that tropical forest environment.
Their bodies were highly resistant to poison, and ordinary poisonous insects were no longer effective against them.
These poisonous insects were also the protective umbrella of the humans there. There were very few desolate beasts and savage beasts living there. Demonic beasts were also very rare.
Many of the humans in Sindhu are poison refiners, and they have mastered the Poison Body. A single expert can easily kill many people of similar strength to them. Thus, poison refiners are very popular there, and it will be very difficult for our men to enter.
There are no Divine Transformation Realm experts there yet. Send a Divine Transformation Realm expert there. If they are willing to cooperate in fair trade, we can build a port along the coast and slowly lure them out of the forest.
If they don't want to communicate, they can stay in the southern region and build a city. We can slowly migrate and eradicate their forests bit by bit. In the future, we will definitely complete the unification.
In addition, there is a Day Corridor in the southeastern part of the Land of Rest that leads to Sindhu. We can advance from the north and south at the same time, "Hua Kai said to Xue Chen.
These obstacles were not a problem for Hua Kai. Losing some soldiers made China realize that they were far from being able to rest easy. It would be a long and difficult process for China to unify the world.
However, China had so many Divine Transformation Realm experts, and they also had Hua Kai, who was at the peak of the Divine Transformation Realm. Even if the other side resisted, the outcome was already set in stone. As for how long it would take to conquer these regions, it would depend on the speed of China's migration.
Over the next few days, bad news came from all over the country. Hua Kai used the Kunlun Mirror to search for Great Demons in the sea. Every time he killed a Great Demon, he found that his country's Luck would increase by a large amount. This would speed up China's recovery.
Hua Kai also began to spend a large amount of money, holding all sorts of activities in the country. China's Luck also increased. Originally, it would have taken 80 days to recover 1.4 billion Luck, but it was done in just 50 days.
In the second month of the 101st year of China's existence, spring arrived, and China's Luck began to rapidly increase. However, the news from Sindhu was not good. They had more than ten Golden Core Realm experts, but they were all hiding from China's Divine Transformation Realm experts.
This meant that the upper echelons of the various countries in Sindhu already knew of China's strength and had discussed how to deal with it. They knew that China's army could not enter the mountains, so they refused to let China come.
When Hua Kai heard this, he said to Xue Chen, "Don't worry about Sindhu for now. If those people don't come out, it'll be very difficult for us to do anything to them. Using fire to burn the mountains will only increase our karma. Once we've cleaned up the bodies of the Mountain-bearing Tortoises in the sea, we'll clean up all the Monster Beasts in the southern seas of the continent. It won't be too late to conquer Sindhu after that."
The experts of Sindhu had already reached a consensus. Even if he could use the Kunlun Mirror to find all the Golden Core Realm experts and kill them, it would be impossible to make them submit. In Sindhu, China could only use soft tactics to assimilate them. There was no chance of a forceful attack.
Meanwhile, the work in the Land of Rest that Hua Chengmin was in charge of was progressing very smoothly. After many explorations, China had basically understood the pattern of the sandstorms in the Desert of Death. After exterminating more than a hundred Monster Beasts in the desert, Chinese Ink led the Chinese formation masters to establish more than a hundred oases in the desert. Just like that, a path through the Desert of Death was completed.
Every year, there would be an endless stream of people heading west on this path. China had already stabilized its footing in the eastern part of the Land of Rest, and many tribes had already submitted to China. Now, in order to not take the initiative to attack, China used trade as a means to gradually break down the hostility of the other side. China had already organized tens of thousands of scholars to head to the Land of Rest. In the past few decades, the Land of Rest had also cultivated a trace of Spiritual Energy. Although it could not compare to the Divine Lands of the East, the natives here could finally cultivate.
In July of the 102nd year of China, Hua Kai finally increased his Portable Space to 100 cubic meters. When he checked the cost of upgrading it again, the System showed that he needed 2 billion Fate points. Even so, Hua Kai still planned to try accumulating more Fate points.
Whether it was the System, the [Family Secret Realm], or this world, they had always hinted to Hua Kai that Fate points were very important. If he wanted to reach a higher level, he had to have the support of powerful Fate points.
Hua Kai also clearly felt that the will of the people was very important to the development of the world, and he was the steering wheel of the people's will.
As such, he felt that the last step could not be separated from Fate points and the people's will. Perhaps that special will had something to do with it. As such, the main direction of China's development in the future was to increase its overall strength. Expansion was not something that had to be done. It was enough to slowly develop trade and lay a good foundation for the future.
In order to upgrade his Portable Space, Hua Kai had waited for more than a year. China's Fate points had finally recovered to 2.4 billion, and he could finally upgrade his Portable Space again.
"System announcement: Would you like to spend 2 billion Fate points to upgrade your Portable Space by 100 cubic meters to 200 cubic meters?"
Hearing this sound, Hua Kai could not help but feel delighted. Finally, it was not just an increase of one cubic meter, but more than 100 cubic meters. He looked at the Fate points required to upgrade his Portable Space, and it was still 2 billion Fate points.
These two billion points were equivalent to 100 cubic meters of portable space, and it was much more cost-effective than before. Hua Kai decided to continue increasing his portable space. While China's overall strength was still growing, he would first stabilize his domestic development and investigate the world situation. When his portable space was big enough to take away all of the Mountain-carrying Tortoise's corpses, it wouldn't be too late for China to make a move.
Moreover, in order to increase China's Fate recovery speed, Hua Kai had used all sorts of methods, which made him realize that China's overall strength was increasing quite quickly.
In particular, China's Prosperity Points and Culture Points were rapidly increasing, and the entire country was bustling with activity.
As the pace of technological innovation in Huaxia slowed down in recent years, the pace of new industries slowed down, and the number of employment opportunities began to decrease. More and more people in Huaxia began to live on subsistence allowances. The aristocratic families eventually handed over all the money they earned to the Hua Family and Hua Kai. Hua Kai was thinking about how he could bring new industries to Huaxia and improve Huaxia's culture and entertainment.
The first thing that came to his mind was various ball games, as well as various large-scale national sports events.
If he could organize these events, China would have more motivation to develop.
Soccer competitions in this world were different from those on Earth. Here, a Qi Refinement Realm cultivator's kick was at least tens of thousands of kilograms, and normal balls would not be able to withstand it. If one used Qi to change the direction of the ball, the ball would probably not be able to come out.
However, this world could hold a competition for children under 18 years old. Under 18, the highest level was the Qi Refinement Realm, so soccer was most suitable.
Olive trees were suitable for Qi Refinement Realm and Xiantian Realm cultivators.
Volleyball was suitable for children under the Qi Refinement Realm, but basketball was out of the question. Once on the field, it would be a battle of mental strength.
Hua Kai told his idea to Hua Chengmin, and Hua Chengmin discussed it with the Government Affairs Council and the Society of Philosophers. They decided to start with schools, academies, and the military, and let everyone slowly accept it. As for the various balls, it was a small matter to them. They could find all kinds of demon beast hides and make them into any balls that one wanted.
Hua Kai also told Hua Chengmin about the various events in his mind, and Hua Chengmin felt that they could organize them now.
Running, jumping, throwing, weightlifting, swimming, diving, canoeing, and other events were easy to organize. As long as everyone understood the meaning, they could compete according to the rules.
"Then let's do it this way. The three pavilions will rotate to organize China's National Sports Event every four years. Every year, at a fixed time, the royal family will award three purple gold, gold, and silver medals to the top three in each event," Hua Kai said to Hua Chengmin.