[PS: Shengxiao is throwing caution to the wind. Every 20,000 reward will be rewarded with one chapter. Sir, aren't you going to do it?]
While Ouyang Shuo was patrolling the Minnan Province, the Blood Shadow Alliance had already begun reorganizing and relocating. It was estimated that everything would be done within half a month.
The first batch of players from the Blood Shadow Alliance had already arrived at the satellite city. They were all elite team members. They would be the vanguard to explore the underground world and map it out.
Ouyang Shuo was also interested in this.
According to Gaia's settings, the Overlord could bring an army to explore the entrance to the underground world within the territory. Ouyang Shuo was also curious as to what kind of surprises the mysterious underground world held.
1st April, Shanhai City.
Ouyang Shuo hurriedly ended his patrol in the Minnan Province and returned to Shanhai City with the Imperial Guards. The Imperial Guards had made a great contribution this time. They had traveled thousands of miles and settled the matter in a single battle. They had completely washed away the humiliation of Eternal Humanity City.
Huo Qubing's long-distance assault tactics would probably give many people a headache.
After being promoted to a capital city, Ouyang Shuo felt that Shanhai City had become even more prosperous. There was an endless stream of merchants and players on the city streets.
It really had the atmosphere of a capital city.
The first thing Ouyang Shuo did after returning to Shanhai City was to apply for the establishment of a nation.
The palace had basically been renovated, and all that was left was to establish the nation. In the main hall, Ouyang Shuo opened the territory's control panel and clicked on the application for the establishment of a nation. A system notification sounded in his ears, beginning the basic conditions.
"System notification: Testing Shanhai City's application for the establishment of a nation …"
"Condition 1: Main city to be promoted to a capital city. Requirements met!"
"Condition 2: Lord's title is at least a Duke. Requirements met!"
When he was promoted to a capital city, Ouyang Shuo had obtained 400,000 merit points in one go. His current total merit points had reached a terrifying 1.46 million. He was only 540,000 merit points away from the next rank of Duke.
"Condition 3: Lord's reputation is at least [Outstanding Reputation]. Requirements met!"
Not to mention [Outstanding Reputation], Ouyang Shuo had already achieved the next rank, [Renowned Across the Seas]. Ouyang Shuo now had 1.48 million reputation points, but it was far beyond that.
He did not know if Gaia would introduce a higher reputation next time.
"Condition 4: Have at least four counties. Requirements met!"
Compared to the capital, the requirement for establishing a country was an additional county. If not for the existence of a royal city in certain provinces, Gaia would probably have set the condition to a single province.
For some small and medium-sized countries, the prerequisite for establishing a country was to complete domestic unification. Otherwise, they would not even be able to meet the [Territory] condition.
"Condition 5: The population of the territory must exceed 10 million and meet the requirements!"
Gaia's considerations were thorough. If a particular territory was militaristic, only thinking about external warfare and plundering tactics, only knowing destruction and not construction, it would cause the newly occupied territory to become a scarlet wall with a withered population.
This kind of territory was not qualified to apply for the establishment of a country.
Capital city, noble title, reputation, territory, and population were the five basic requirements for establishing a country. If they didn't reach this standard, they wouldn't even have the qualifications to apply. It was better to give up on the idea of establishing a country.
"Condition 6: The territory's luck is at least Rank Two [Red Luck]. The requirements are met!"
The Dragon of Providence was already a rank-3 Purple Dragon, and it had even met the requirements to establish a dynasty.
"Condition 7: Territory's [Popular Support] must reach at least 95 points, meet the requirement!"
Establishing a country was an important matter for the people. If the [Popular Support] did not meet the requirements, no matter how strong the territory was, it would be useless.
"Condition 8: Possess a guardian divine beast, meet the requirements!"
Murphy had coincidentally evolved into a divine beast of the kingdom, and it really came at the right time. Otherwise, Ouyang Shuo could only think of a way to let Little Green evolve again and break through the last shackle.
As for the auspicious beast Qiyi, it was a special spiritual beast and could not become a guardian divine beast.
It was funny, Shanhai City had a dragon as its totem. Regardless of whether it was the lord flag or the manifestation of luck, they were all divine dragons. Who would have thought that the first guardian divine beast would actually be a qilin.
However, the whereabouts of the dragon race were elusive, and Ouyang Shuo was not sure if he would have the opportunity to meet a divine dragon in the future. If he could invite a divine dragon to be the guardian divine beast, that would be impressive.
"Condition 9: Possess at least one treasure to establish a country, meet the requirements!"
Back when he was out at sea, the seal that Ouyang Shuo was wearing was completely unsealed on Dragon Island and turned into the Emperor's Seal. The unsealed Emperor's Seal was not only authentic, it was also a top-grade treasure to establish a country.
The nine basic requirements implied that nine out of nine would return to one, and it was the will of the heavens.
It could be seen that each of the nine basic requirements was more difficult than the last. Even if a territory was promoted to a capital city, without Ouyang Shuo's fortuitous encounter and Shanhai City's heritage, it would be impossible to establish a country in a short period of time.
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Who Says That Has No Clothes, all the requirements for establishing a territory have been met. Do you wish to immediately establish a country?"
"Yes!"
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Who Says That Has No Clothes for establishing a country. Beginning automatically matching mission."
…
"System Notification: Mission matching complete!"
"Mission 1 [Submission of the Four Barbarians]: The territory must have at least four alien tribes recognized by the system."
Gaia really knew how to make things difficult for people.
[Submission of the Four Barbarians] was indeed a sign of establishing a country, but it was easier said than done.
Even in Shanhai City, the only alien tribes recognized by the system were the Mountain Barbarians in the territory, the Li tribe that lived in Jingzhou Island, and the recently subdued Gaoshan tribe of Yizhou Island.
Four missing one, there was still one missing.
The nomadic tribes of Lianzhou Basin were probably too small in scale, and they did not live there for a long time, so they could not be considered as the source of the nomadic tribes. Therefore, they were not recognized by Gaia.
There was no problem of subduing the ethnic minorities of the various provinces, so they were naturally not recognized by Gaia.
This was difficult for Ouyang Shuo.
Where was he to find another alien tribe that was recognized by Gaia in such a short period of time? Furthermore, he had to subdue it! Ouyang Shuo thought of the Qiang tribe in Sichuan, but the mountains were far away, so it was rather difficult to implement.
"I'll see!"
Ouyang Shuo shook his head silently. He knew that the mission of establishing a country would not be easier than the capital city advancement mission.
"Mission 2 [Wanxiang Update]: Recently, the territory will have to achieve an academic breakthrough, develop a new type of weapon and equipment, and obtain a new type of technology to celebrate the birth of a new dynasty."
"…"
Ouyang Shuo's face immediately darkened. What Mission 2? There were clearly three missions, alright? Why did he feel that Gaia was becoming more and more immoral?
What was an academic breakthrough? Ouyang Shuo was temporarily at a loss.
If it was a new type of weapon and equipment, the Industry Department's Shipping Department had been developing the Z1 warship. According to Ouyang Shuo's knowledge, it was about to be completed, so he should be able to make it in time.
From the looks of it, he still had to urge the Shipping Department.
Finally, it was a new type of technology. This was the most difficult. With Gaia's character, the existing technology in the wilderness was definitely insignificant. He had to either develop a new type of technology, or find some other advanced technology.
Ouyang Shuo was really tired. How could there be such a torment?
"Mission 3 [Congratulations from All Corners]: At least fifty Lords will come to congratulate the founding of the country. Friendly Reminder: Lords are not limited to players. They can also be NPC factions, and they are not limited to the country. "
There were less than a hundred Lords in the wilderness in the China region. According to Gaia's requirements, more than half of the Lords in the wilderness would come to congratulate Shanhai City for establishing a country.
If it was before the appearance of [Silver Hand], Ouyang Shuo was confident that he would have the face to do so.
However, with the [Silver Hand] stirring things up, the waters in the wilderness were completely muddled. Ouyang Shuo was really unsure how many Lords would come to Shanhai City to congratulate him.
The [Yanhuang Alliance] camp was definitely unreliable. It would be good enough if they did not send a bomb.
Ouyang Shuo made a rough estimate. Other than his three allies, Feng Qiuhuang, Siege Lion, and Taowu, he could invite at least fifteen out of the twenty Lords in Jiangchuan Province.
Then there were the two major city-states, [Chuanbei City] and [Xiangnan City]. Ouyang Shuo estimated that there would only be eighteen of them. The rest were variables.
Among the NPC factions, West Chu would probably come. Xianyang City and Luoyang City of the Nine Great King Cities would also arrange envoys to congratulate him.
Quanzhou City was already settled, but it was definitely not counted on now.
In the country, there were probably only that many. There were only thirty-nine of them, which was still a distance away from fifty Lords. Ouyang Shuo regretted taking over the Minnan Province. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been difficult for him to gather 50 lords.
However, with Gaia's nature, Ouyang Shuo had reason to suspect that the number of fifty was precisely calculated by Gaia. If Minnan Province was still around, the mission requirement would have been sixty to seventy Lords.
Gaia would not let Ouyang Shuo take advantage of any loopholes.
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo could only count on foreign countries. If not for [Silver Hand], even if it was abroad, Ouyang Shuo was confident that he could gather fifty foreign Lords to congratulate him with the huge influence of the Grand Line.
Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo was full of resentment towards [Silver Hand].
"Just you wait. Sooner or later, I will cut off your hand." Ouyang Shuo thought silently.
William and Henry definitely could not be counted on from abroad. However, Queen Kalia of Atlantis should come to Shanhai City to congratulate him.
As for the other Lords of the Mediterranean Sea, it was hard to say. Ouyang Shuo was not sure how many of them were members of [Silver Hand] or were controlled by [Silver Hand].
He estimated that there were only two or three of them.
Then there were the ASEAN countries, especially the few countries that had trade agreements with Shanhai City. There should be three or four Lords coming to congratulate him.
In this way, there were still four or five Lords missing.
Ouyang Shuo was not too worried. There was a way. There was still time, and the Chamberlain of Dependencies could still work. As long as they were diligent, they could always poach some of the [Silver Hand]'s members.
It was just that it was inevitable to pay a little price.
"System Prompt: The three Founding Missions must be completed in order to successfully establish a dynasty."
Ouyang Shuo was silent. This was really not surprising. Strictly speaking, the three missions designed by Gaia were very profound and were completely worthy of the style of establishing a nation.
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