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The live broadcast was confirmed under Chen Qing’s assurance, and the officials announced the registration portal the very next day, setting off a wave of excitement on the internet.

Countless people were eagerly discussing how to register.

Among them, the engineers from Huaxi District were the most conflicted. At this time, most of them were caught in a dilemma, wanting to enter the new world, with the highest chance being to go to the West Sea Island, where many old miners had already signed up.

If they went to compete there, these engineers were very likely to come out on top, but they were not content with just that.

Following that, officials released more information about the many aspects of the new world, and Jiangnan was the core area controlled by Chen Qing, most famously housing Jiangnan Academy, which led the entire Central Plains.

The academy trained Magicians who could cast spells and had an exceedingly high status among the common folk. And coincidentally, the entrance exams of these institutions placed a significant emphasis on fundamental science and engineering education.

This was naturally the perfect track for them!

Who would want to go to a parallel world just to be an ordinary person?

Given the chance, of course one would choose to become a noble. A lord who can cast spells, in those Western worlds, is not that the very mysterious and respected Wizard?

In the heart of Jiangnan, children with good aptitude could access the Academy’s knowledge of techniques from a very young age, whereas going to the West Sea Island, god knows what price one would have to pay to catch up with someone born in Jiangnan.

And with their natural advantages, who would want to go to the West Sea to vie for a position with a bunch of miners and maintenance workers?

But the issue was that the slots in Jiangnan were extremely limited.

There were tens of millions of engineers permanently residing in the Huaxi District alone, not to mention those from other regions and the quota for prestigious families.

A million slots might sound like a lot, but discounting those for family connections and top scientic research experts, there might be less than tens of thousands left for them, making the risk far too great.

On the other hand, if they chose to compete with those miners in the Western Sea District, it was almost guaranteed they would get in.

For a moment, these highly educated engineers were all caught in a quandary...

Of course, those who were even more anxious were the major family clans.

After the news broke, representatives of the major family clans had not returned yet, but discussions had already begun within their families.

Learning from past experiences, none of the prestigious families, no matter how noble, would forsake this opportunity just because they were reluctant to let the younger generation take risks.

It was because of such reluctance in the past that a series of upstarts emerged in the new world, challenging their authority.

They would not let such examples as the uncontrollable old players of the Demonic World or Zhang Zhengyuan of Zhu Xian continue to happen.

No matter the risk, they must take the chance. Competing with memories was in line with the family’s interests, and these million slots were the key to establishing their own power!

"You are all clear on the situation..." Hou Tianhua, upon returning home, not only immediately summoned his relatives but also urgently reached out to the friendly families that had been in alliance with his own for thousands of years.

"A million slots, carrying your own memories, and in a chaotic area—there’s no need for me to elaborate on how great the opportunity is, right?"

"But Elder Hou..." A middle-aged woman from one of the families couldn’t help but speak up: "According to what Chen Qing said, the risk in that northern city is extremely high.

He is not even confident that he can maintain control over that city, and our children will need at least twenty years to grow up.

If Chen Qing is driven out in the meantime. .."

"What’s wrong with that?" Elder Hou retorted: "Since when did you all start depending on Chen Qing for the development of the new world?"

The crowd was taken aback upon hearing this, then started to realize something...

Yes, why did they subconsciously start depending on Chen Qing?

"If Chen Qing manages to hold onto that city, having a million of our descendants there would allow us to form a power that counters him. If Chen Qing fails to keep it, although our million descendants would lose protection, they would also gain a legitimate right to independence, wouldn’t they?

At that time, if our people can take over the land there, it will have nothing to do with Chen Qing, right? "

This is also true...

A group of Family Heads nodded slowly, high risk meant high reward. Without Chen Qing’s protection, they had also lost his restrictions, it wasn’t necessarily a loss...

"As for who to send to take this risk, that’s up to you..." Hou Tianhua stared intently at everyone, "I don’t care if you are willing to risk your core disciples or not, but they must be controllable. The past mistakes must absolutely not be repeated!"

Most of the family elders fell silent upon hearing this; without the protection of reincarnation, their own descendants might even get lost in the vast sea of people, possibly losing memories and never to be found, which was no different from being dead.

The elite descendants nurtured at the core of the families, they truly did not want to take such risks.

But if they sent collateral descendants, should any of them rise to power inside, they could potentially threaten the direct line...

Furthermore, with a million spots available, it wasn’t just family descendants who would be sent; the trusted followers they brought with them would definitely go along. Once they mixed in, it would surely threaten the position of core descendants.

Unless they all uploaded the disassembly program.

However, doing so... could very likely lead to internal conflicts.

With a large number of descendants being so vigilantly watched by the family, and having to install a disassembly program like a time bomb, they would certainly become disillusioned and disloyal.

If they ever got the chance, it could lead to a major disaster.

What to decide, indeed, was a headache...

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"Are you returning today?"

In the central area of Digital City, Chen Qing and Wang Ye were visiting the most prosperous part of Digital City for the last time.

"I must go back..." Chen Qing said with a wry smile, "Zi Yue is more capable than I imagined. After causing such a big stir in Northern Wolf City, I’m afraid I need to go there personally."

"What exactly happened?" Wang Ye was also curious.

He knew that Chen Qing had sent people to fight for support from the Northern Wasteland, but according to his master, with countless ancient powers in the Northern Wasteland, none of which Chen Qing could afford to offend, attempting to compete with those people for the resources of the north was nothing short of a fool’s dream.

His master had a lot of opinions about Chen Qing right now, but his nature was such that he didn’t exaggerate. If he said it was very difficult, then it must be extremely difficult. But how long had Zi Yue and her group been gone? And they had already taken over Northern Wolf City?

In fact, Chen Qing was shocked by this as well.

According to his plan, the chance of Zi Yue successfully securing a foothold was probably less than ten percent, let alone taking over Northern Wolf City.

He hadn’t even considered it. He had been planning to cooperate with the Shenwu Guild to share the resources of a city.

How did Zi Yue manage it? The direct advancement could even aid in the transition of the underworld, which was something he hadn’t expected.

That was why he added an additional condition on the spot during the live stream in Digital City.

In his view, even if they were lucky enough to take over a city in the north, it would certainly be very unstable.

At this time, he needed some sharp wolf pups to fight for resources.

Now, with several forces to defend against, Jiangnan’s forces were already at their limit and couldn’t afford any losses.

It was time to bring in those wolf cubs from the families of the Federation, using new players to combat old players as a long-term strategy.

After all, the difference in talent between ordinary people and gamers was quite large.

"I’ll only know the specific details of what happened when I get back," Chen Qing said, looking at Wang Ye. "Have you really decided to stay here?"

"Didn’t you already negotiate the terms for me?" Wang Ye said with a smile, "Actually, I’m quite surprised that you would be willing to leave me here. Do you trust me that much?"

Chen Qing also looked at Wang Ye, "Back then, in Lyuzhou, we had only met a few times. Why did you decide to place your hopes in me at that moment?"