Chapter 293 - 223: A Major Crisis Within the Divine Realm! The Solution?
Chapter 293: Chapter 223: A Major Crisis Within the Divine Realm! The Solution?
Thus, Goblin Hobali’s loyalty was plain for all to see!
If Zhang Yi could have checked Goblin Hobali’s Faith Value,
he would have seen that Hobali’s Faith Value, which had been a barely-passing 60, had suddenly shot up to over 90 and was approaching the 95 mark!
In terms of Believer levels, this meant he had gone from being a mere General Believer, leaping two entire levels to become a Fanatic Believer, and was even nearing the threshold of a Holy Believer!
However, even if Goblin Hobali couldn’t become a Holy Believer just yet,
Zhang Yi was confident that with his guidance, and by witnessing the various clans living peacefully in the Divine Realm,
Hobali and the other goblins would surely forget their past hatreds and integrate into their new lives!
In response to Goblin Hobali’s declaration,
Zhang Yi, as the Divine Illusion in the sky, naturally had to offer a reply,
both to praise Hobali
and to set an example for the others.
"I do not require you to toil until your dying breath!"
"You are my Believers. Now that you have come to my Divine Realm, you must obey my commands!"
"Without my command, you are not even permitted to die!"
If other Divine Beings had heard these words from Zhang Yi, they might have found them a bit cringeworthy.
But for this group of goblins, who had just escaped mortal danger and were in desperate need of faith, the words were perfect.
"You need not worry too much about managing the affairs of the entire Goblin Mage Technology City.
Initially, I will have the Elf Clan dispatch some Governors to assist you with the administration of the entire Goblin Mage Technology City."
"As you are new here and do not yet understand how things work in my Divine Realm,
your only task at first will be to learn."
"Once you have mastered how to handle the city’s affairs within the Divine Realm,
you may then develop a style of governance that is tailored to the unique characteristics of the Goblin Clan!"
Hearing these words from the Divine Being they worshipped,
Goblin Hobali was even more moved!
At the same time, the pressure he felt eased considerably.
His recent vow to the Divine Being might have, in part, been a way to relieve some of that immense pressure.
For a first meeting with the Goblin Clan,
Zhang Yi had said more than enough.
Any more, and he would risk losing his divine majesty.
So, as he spoke his final words, the Divine Illusion in the sky began to gradually fade away.
"Very good. Remember the promises you two have just made!"
"Norton, you are in charge of technological research. Familiarize yourself with the functions of the city’s various buildings as soon as possible."
"Hobali, you are in charge of the city’s daily affairs. Ensure Norton has all the logistical support he needs!"
"If you both perform well, I may entrust you with even greater responsibilities in the future!"
Upon hearing this,
the Oracle from the God of Nature, though it carried no special magical Effect, became like a mental brand, seared deep into their minds.
"As you command!"
Goblin Great Sage Norton and Goblin Mayor Hobali led the large crowd of goblins behind them, kneeling in unison as they watched the Divine Illusion gradually fade.
The fading illusion then transformed into motes of golden light that flowed into their bodies.
They felt a pleasant warmth spread through them, as if all their old injuries had vanished.
When the goblins raised their heads again, their eyes shone with even greater loyalty!
After rising to their feet, Goblin Mayor Hobali walked over to Goblin Great Sage Norton.
"We must work hard from now on to repay My God!"
"Yes!"
Goblin Great Sage Norton nodded vigorously.
Outside the city gates, on the grasslands, Elf Queen An Nobel and the transport corps had arrived, bringing all the food the goblins would need to survive in the Divine Realm.
After the Divine Illusion vanished,
it appeared as though Zhang Yi had left the Divine Realm.
In reality, however, he had merely shifted his consciousness to another location within it.
Since a new Clan had arrived in his Divine Realm, with their numbers exceeding ten thousand,
Zhang Yi decided to open his Believer interface, which he hadn’t checked in a long time.
’Open the Believer interface!’
[Saints]: 2,385
[Fanatic Believers]: 19,234
[Devout Believers]: 53,978
[True Believers]: 23,287
[General Believers]: 17,358
[Pseudo-Believers]: 4,638
[Non-Believers]: 0
Gazing at the Believer interface he hadn’t opened in so long,
he saw at a glance that the distribution of faith among the Clans in his Divine Realm formed a diamond-like shape.
"◇"
It was wide in the middle and narrow at the top and bottom.
The wide middle indicated that the foundation of faith among the Clans in his Divine Realm was solid.
Their level of faith was, on the whole, quite good.
The narrow top was because achieving the level of faith required to become a Holy Believer was incredibly difficult.
The narrow bottom, meanwhile, was due to the presence of newborns in the Divine Realm.
After all, newborns who were only one or two years old,
unless they had been reincarnated through the effect of the Natural Divine Kingdom, which washed away the memories of their past lives,
newborn Clan members who lacked any real cognition could hardly provide any Faith Value.
Looking at the data on the Believer interface, Zhang Yi felt quite satisfied with the results of his efforts over the past many years.
But then, a problem that he had to solve surfaced in his mind.
In fact, the memories his Golden Finger had arranged for the Goblin Clan also served as a wake-up call for him.
As the Clans of different races within his Divine Realm became more numerous,
the problem of inter-racial conflict began to surface.
In the Divine Realm’s early days, when the Dwarf and Elf Clans were small, Zhang Yi could suppress these conflicts with his personal prestige.
But as time passed and the Clans grew in number,
Zhang Yi couldn’t just keep issuing Oracles to mediate.
Otherwise, a Divine Being’s majesty would only diminish with each successive Oracle.
Even members of the same race could fall into disputes over different customs or regional origins,
sometimes even escalating to physical violence.
So let alone conflicts between different races!
And with the arrival of this Goblin Clan,
the population of his Divine Realm had surpassed 120,000.
Zhang Yi had to find a way to strengthen the relationships between the different races and foster mutual understanding.
In truth, Zhang Yi was not the first to encounter this problem.
Countless Divine Beings before him had faced it while nurturing their Clans.
And in fact, the solution was provided in a university textbook he was studying ahead of time at the University Alliance Training Camp, titled *Cultivating Clan Faith and Integrating Inter-racial Relations*.
Broadly speaking, there were two solutions.
The first was an external solution.
The second was an internal solution.
The external solution was easy to understand: simply create a common enemy for all the Clans in the Divine Realm.
When faced with immense external pressure, the internal Clans would naturally band together to face the common threat.
This was precisely why the relationship between the Dwarf Clan and the Elf Clan had been fairly good during the Middle Stage of Zhang Yi’s Divine Realm.
However, this solution only treated the symptoms, not the root cause.
Once the external pressure was reduced or removed, the underlying conflicts could erupt once more.
The resulting explosion could even be more severe due to the previous suppression.
The other solution was the internal one.
It aimed to fundamentally strengthen the bonds between Clans through various activities, thereby fostering mutual understanding.
The university textbook Zhang Yi was studying listed several concrete measures for this second approach:
The first was intermarriage.
This was the simplest and most direct way to improve relations between different races.
However, Zhang Yi simply couldn’t imagine what the offspring of an elf and a goblin, or an elf and a dwarf, would look like.
So, he immediately discarded that option.
The second method was cultural integration.
After all, allowing the cultures of different races to blend together would create an imperceptible, gradual influence.
Over time, the races would naturally develop an appreciation for one another’s cultures.
But this method would take too long and carried a risk of failure.
Zhang Yi set this one aside for the time being as well.
As for methods like creating economic or industrial interdependence,
his Divine Realm was not yet developed enough to achieve this.
That left only the final two options.
One was to establish a common goal for all the Clans.
The other was to cultivate camaraderie between the different Clans through a mix of competition and cooperation.
To cooperate through competition, and to integrate through cooperation!
And as he thought about this, an excellent idea suddenly came to him.