Forty years later.
Ever since Sandstorm World changed its name to Oasis World, merchants, who used to be as wealthy as royal nobles, had now become a popular profession. Every oasis had a large number of merchants engaged in trading activities, and as the oasis area continued to expand, many oases gradually began to connect into one.
In the decades of good weather, the cultivated area of each oasis increased, food harvests were plentiful, water was plentiful, the population increased greatly, and the amount of rare resource trade increased greatly. Once only royal nobles could enjoy life, now even some wealthy families could try it.
There was no doubt that this was the happiest period for civilians.
It was pitiful and sad. A few decades ago, people were still afraid of the sandworms, who were considered to be at the top of the world's food chain. Now, they had become an endangered animal in this world. There were only occasional rumors in some very remote places in the deepest parts of the desert, and even some exploration teams took the initiative to search for them.
More than ten years ago, Magi gradually left the public's sight. Only a few of them roamed around the various royal families, taking away large amounts of crystal ores and resources. At the same time, they left behind some extremely mystical things, miracles that surpassed what people could imagine!
The Wizards were right. As long as one had enough Wizard Coins, they could fulfill any wish. All the royal families were willing to pay any price for Wizard Coins, and the thing that the Wizards loved the most was energy crystals.
Oasis World, which seemed to be developing beautifully, was surging in the dark.
The oases were connected into one, and the empty space in the middle could not only be used as arable land, but also because it used to be a desert, there were rich sand crystal veins deep underground. This was the wizard coin, the territory that the royal families fought for!
Sandthorn Tree Village.
Grimm and Millie could no longer farm. If it was in the past, these useless people would have to fend for themselves, or become part of the saline desert to nourish the land, or be thrown into the desert to be devoured by sandworms to show their respect to the top of the world's food chain.
Grimm sat on the armchair with a walking stick in his hand, wearing an emerald jade ring. He looked down at the people of the Buckthorn Village from a high vantage point as a warm breeze blew past.
Nowadays, Sandthorn Village was no longer just a village, but the economic center of more than a dozen villages around it. There were more than a thousand permanent residents in the village, and hundreds of foreign workers and traders came and went every day. Now that Grimm was old and weak, and Millie was sick and bedridden, Sandthorn Village needed a new leader to lead the overall situation.
"This Liangjing Road took me seven years and an unknown amount of wealth to build in Sandthorn Tree Village and Miluo Village. In terms of qualifications …"
A wealthy merchant who had settled in Buckthorn Village more than ten years ago shouted. Most of the other competitors did the same.
After a long time, the candidates only stopped their speeches after confirming that their supporters had arrived.
Looking down at the crowd of villagers who were looking up to the stage, as well as several candidates who had made achievements in their respective fields, Grimm coughed twice and said in a low voice, "Then let's follow the previous rules. Anyone who has lived in the Buckthorn Village for more than ten years has the right to vote. The one who gets the most votes will become the next village chief of the village. I have no children in my life, and all my assets will be donated to all the villagers after I die! "
Grimm was a legendary existence in the nearby villages, big and small, and even among the royalty and nobles.
The strange thing was that this old village chief did not leave any children in his life, nor did he adopt any. He seemed to take a laissez-faire attitude in this regard, and it was dispensable.
"However, now that there are conflicts between the royalty of the various countries, it is very likely that it will lead to war and chaos in the foreseeable future. Therefore, I strongly recommend that the people who lead the village must be decisive, young and strong, and have a sense of responsibility. They must seize the fleeting opportunity and lead the villagers into the future."
After saying this, Grimm did not say anything else.
The Magi's conquest of the Sandstorm World did not cause any losses to the indigenous subhumans of this world. Even after the Magi exterminated the sandworms and banished Yu Hanquan, the Sandstorm World changed its name to the Oasis World. The weather was good, the people were prosperous and healthy, and the population increased. The royals saw that the Magi had brought a higher level of civilization, and their ambitions and greed were extremely inflated. War between the various Oasis Kingdoms was brewing, and it could break out at any moment!
Once, the desert sandworms were the natural barrier of the various Oasis Kingdoms. It was almost impossible to cross this barrier to complete a war of aggression.
But now, this barrier had disappeared, and the desert was gradually being connected by oases. These new oases were not only suitable for farming, but more importantly, there were huge amounts of crystals buried under these fertile lands. These were the essence that had been bred in the desert of the Sandstorm World. In the eyes of the current rulers of the royal family, these crystals were Magus coins, the key to realizing their ambitions and greed!
Three years later.
"Cough cough, cough cough cough cough cough …"
Millie's chronic pharyngitis had reached a point where it could not be cured. It seemed that she would leave this world before Grimm again.
Lying on the sickbed, Millie looked at the scales on the bedside table, and Grimm, who was staring at the scales in a daze. Millie's lips curled into a satisfied smile.
"I wanted to realize my childhood dream in this world, to spend the rest of my life as a wandering princess. I didn't expect that apart from a period of novelty at the beginning, it would slowly become boring. Fairy tales are all lies."
As she spoke, Millie coughed a few times. After swallowing a mouthful of sugar cane juice, she continued, "On the other hand, you were able to discover the influence of the balanced laws in this remote and desolate world. You're outstanding no matter where you go."
"Balance lies at the two ends of the fulcrum. The stronger the power, the more it can destroy the complicated laws. Therefore, the more it is bound by the endless laws. Those top creatures are oppressed and frightened by the endless world, so they keep hiding themselves. Those that are too strong are simply expelled from the endless world to prevent the complicated laws from being affected."
As she spoke, Grimm stirred the flames in the stove and said in a tone that could see through the world, "The end of the exploration of the truth is philosophy. The philosophy of the Endless World's dimensional box. We are in the box, and we have a desire for the world outside the box. Some people have guessed that all of us in the endless world are just projections of our consciousness with our bodies outside. Whether we die or become Level Nine, it is the process of consciousness returning to the body. The result is the philosophical understanding of our inner consciousness. "
"Just like us now, we can only leave the game after we die?"
Millie asked in a relaxed tone. Because Grimm and Millie had their own worlds, life and death were just a game, there was no need to be nervous. She continued, "Those who explore the depths of philosophy are a bunch of lunatics. There is only a thin line between a genius and a lunatic. You are in danger now. How do you know that you are not being deceived by the endless world's dimensions and being led to your death?"
Smack!
Grimm slapped his forehead, showing great distress.
"Forget it, don't think about it. Time will give us the answer. Speaking of which, where do you want to go in the fourth life? I want to go somewhere far away from the Wizard Alliance. Anywhere is fine."
Millie diverted Grimm's thoughts. The unknown caused Grimm to sink too deeply into this almost torturous philosophical problem, causing his consciousness to be in disorder.
"The large-scale war between the royal families will come soon. When that time comes, I don't know how many people will die, and how many years will it take to gradually unify the world. Let's go to the wild world. As early as ten years ago, I have secretly discovered a similarly hidden life in the wild world. Now that we are leaving, it is time to meet it … "
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