Chapter 3044: Civilization Crossroads
The leaders of human civilization grew stunned at the commitment of the Emperor of Harmony to getting people to voluntarily sign up for his collectivist reforms. Based on the choice of words that he had used for his proposition, it became clear to all of them that he was proposing something more intense than the protection that the Kandrian Empire had promised to all of human civilization at the moment.
"I am promising absolute protection," the Emperor of Harmony continued with a powerful tone. "All fifty-one of our Martial Sages are all yours."
In the past eleven years, the Kandrian Empire had gained a new Martial Sage almost every six months, with the late honored Gatekeeper being the latest in the line. By all means and purposes, the Kandrian Empire had managed to break past the Great Limit, becoming at least a quasi-Transcendent grade nation.
"Since we have already determined that the imperialistic and colonial powers of the true world that may be will likely concentrate their efforts on half a dozen targets, the Kandrian Empire guarantees absolute protection towards each of those targets," the Emperor of Harmony continued. "We have gained immensely powerful Martial and technological capital, allowing us to offer great protection to the world with our World Bridge technology. And so once I againβ¦"
His powerful golden eyes sharpened with intensity.
"The Kandrian Empire offers absolute protection to all nations that not only agree to the collectivist reforms that I have promised but also those that dedicate as much of their resources and capital towards the collectivist intelligence, transport, and Martial initiatives."
It was a powerful offer that could not be denied.
The benefits of the reforms themselves had become painfully clear to all of them. With the increased fore-detection of impending attacks, the increase in time due to a reduction in the enemy's speed, and the fact that the High-Speed Martial Transportation System could further reduce travel distance by transporting Martial Artists from within a ten thousand kilometer radius, to further minimize time taken.
What was once an unthinkable idea of collectivizing Martial Art across the continent was now more feasible.
"That's not all," the Emperor of Harmony continued. "For the most important class of Martial Artists, such as the Martial Masters and Martial Sages, we can go with more extraordinary means, such as a World Bridge transportation System with terminals across all Sage-level and Master-level nations. World Bridge technology is extremely expensive, consumes great energy, but it should be possible, if costly, to have a World Bridge System for the instantaneous transportation of Martial Masters and Sages across human civilization."
It wasn't possible for each nation to host a world bridge, but it was possible to limit to the most technologically developed nations, which tended to be exclusively comprised of Sage-level and Master-level nations.
With a high-speed transportation system for Martial Artists of the Lower Realms and an instantaneous transportation system for Martial Artists of the Upper Realms, it was now possible to truly collectivize Martial power of the entire civilization.
Then, and only then, could they have the power to fight back against the imperialistic conquistadors of the true world.