“It’s nothing major, everyone can rest assured.” Zhang Bo looked at them and calmly waved his hand, not saying much, only telling them: “You just need to follow me to perform the Spiritual Realm Commander inheritance ceremony. Nothing else concerns you. Just honestly accept the inheritance and the gift from Respected Lord Shen Mu. And I also need to remind you, once you enter the Noble Residence, don’t look around or speak carelessly. If anything happens, just tell me, do you understand?”
“Understood!” These Blue Star Humans finally suppressed the fear in their hearts and all nodded to Zhang Bo, forming two lines. Then, led by Zhang Bo, they walked towards the Noble Residence.
At the Noble Residence, the same process unfolded. The Holy Tree Knight at the entrance stopped them, asking about the purpose of their visit. Zhang Bo explained, and then the Holy Tree Knight went to report the matter. After receiving Shen Mu’s permission, he returned and led them into the Noble Residence.
“Don’t speak carelessly, and don’t look around. Lower your heads and respectfully bow to Respected Lord Shen Mu. That’s enough.” Zhang Bo looked at these Blue Star Humans and reminded them again, not saying much. Instead, he looked at their respectful demeanor, nodded with satisfaction, and finally instructed: “Also, once you’re there, don’t say anything that Respected Lord Shen Mu would hate. Just complete the Spiritual Realm Commander inheritance, then take your Spiritual Realm Follower and leave the Noble Residence. I will report the rest to Respected Lord Shen Mu alone.”
“Understood, Mr. Zhang Bo.” These Blue Star Humans all nodded, as quiet as quails. After all, they were just ordinary Blue Star Humans and shouldn’t talk nonsense at critical moments.
After all, they didn’t understand the details of the conflict between the senior managers and middle-level managers outside. They only knew that the Spiritual Realm Commander in the current Town Area were divided into two factions, opposing each other.
The faction they followed, the senior managers, had a major conflict with the middle-level managers who had betrayed these senior managers. Although they followed the senior managers, they did not dare to speak carelessly at such a time. After all, when they came, the senior managers had reminded them to just follow Mr. Zhang Bo to complete the Spiritual Realm Commander enfeoffment.
No matter what, after they returned, they would become new assistance for those senior managers.
After all, they had also completed the Spiritual Realm Commander inheritance. Although Zhang Bo was relatively close to those middle-level managers who called themselves the loyal faction, the subordinates of these senior managers could also get opportunities for promotion.
So, they would turn a blind eye.
This was also why they didn't fall out with Zhang Bo and remained extremely respectful to him.
If they truly offended Zhang Bo, and Zhang Bo directly chose other male humans to become Spiritual Realm Commander, it would be a huge threat to these senior managers.
They all understood politics, which was essentially personnel and finance.
Financial matters were basically controlled by Zhang Caidong and also related to Shen Mu’s approval. Personnel matters had now been handed over to Zhang Bo by Zhang Caidong. On the surface, Zhang Caidong was not responsible for personnel issues, but who didn’t know the relationship between Zhang Bo and Zhang Caidong? That meant Zhang Caidong firmly held the power of personnel appointment and removal in his hands.
If anyone could become a Spiritual Realm Commander as long as they didn’t work under these senior managers, then a large number of Blue Star Humans in Deherim would directly betray these senior managers and instead defect to Zhang Bo and Zhang Caidong.
No one could guarantee that these Blue Star Humans would definitely refuse the temptation of becoming a Spiritual Realm Commander.
Or rather, they could not guarantee that they could make these Blue Star Humans refuse to become Spiritual Realm Commander, making them content with their current frequent low-level status.
It was impossible.
One must know that in this terrifying apocalyptic world where Undead Monster run rampant and death spirit rules descend, as long as one becomes a Spiritual Realm Commander, they gain the ability to protect themselves. Otherwise, they are like lambs to the slaughter, capable of dying at any moment.
Moreover, if one possesses the Spiritual Realm Commander inheritance, they possess the potential to continue becoming stronger. Who could resist such a temptation and still willingly remain a low-level lamb to the slaughter, a fish on the chopping block?
No one could resist this temptation at all.
In fact, this was equivalent to a power of personnel appointment and removal bestowed by Shen Mu upon Zhang Caidong. As long as Zhang Caidong reported the names of the low-level Blue Star Humans, Shen Mu would convert them into Spiritual Realm Commander, which were Ten-Man Commander under Mount & Blade Rules.
Just like this.
“Hmm, very good, Zhang Bo. It seems these are the 20 Blue Star Humans to be enfeoffed today, right?” Shen Mu was still in the conference room with Manid, discussing the construction of the two new eastern and western Town Area.
They had already discussed to the very end, about to conclude, but some details regarding the urban spatial layout still needed thorough discussion. After all, he couldn't currently expand the magic sphere space or directly transform the Earth. Therefore, at the beginning of construction, they had to carefully determine how many buildings and how much population the two new eastern and western Town Area, which were about to be built, could accommodate, as well as the layout of the city walls and houses.
All needed to be thoroughly discussed and considered.
“Yes, Respected Lord Shen Mu, these are the 20 Blue Star Humans to be enfeoffed today.” Zhang Bo took a step forward, bowed respectfully to Shen Mu with his hand on his chest, and then continued: “They are all quite qualified. Those humans are all good people who are loyal to you and loyal to Deherim. Therefore, they are eligible to become Spiritual Realm Commander, accept your gift, gain the allegiance of the Lingjie Human Race, and become loyal followers.”
These were just polite words. Zhang Bo didn't care whether these Blue Star Humans were loyal to Shen Mu or not; he just picked them randomly. It was also after these Blue Star Humans affirmed him that he finalized the list formed by the names sent by the senior managers.
That is, these 20 people.
If possible, he would even wish that these Blue Star Humans were not loyal to Shen Mu at all.
However, if he truly chose some Blue Star Humans who were disloyal to Shen Mu, they would surely be exposed. After all, if hatred appeared in their eyes, it would quickly be discovered, and if his identity as a spy was revealed, it would not be worth the loss. Therefore, Zhang Bo was not that foolish to expose himself.
Although the big plan would be implemented tonight, the big plan was the big plan, and it was absolutely not something that should be exposed now.
After all, even if the big plan was launched, he would still be in considerable danger and could not expose himself, unless it reached a critical moment when he would choose to shed his current disguise and re-assume the identity of being extremely loyal to the Green Leaf Group.
For now, he was still the Mage Zhang Bo, who was quite respectful to Shen Mu and quite loyal to Deherim.
“Hmm, alright, then let’s begin the enfeoffment.” For Shen Mu, he actually didn’t care whether these people were loyal to him or not.
What he needed was the loyalty of the mount & blade creatures from the Mount & Blade World.
Then, through evaluation with these Blue Star Humans, they would become Ten-Man Commander and then soldiers under their command. Through the combination of the special Blue Star World rules, Spiritual Realm rules, and Mount & Blade Rules, a final effect would be produced that could provide him with additional Faith Power.
To be precise, what he needed was Faith Power, not the so-called allegiance of these male humans or their loyalty to him. He didn't need to rely on these Blue Star Humans at all; he just treated them as tools, like a filter on the rule level.
As long as they could provide him with Faith Power, that was enough. He didn't need anything else, nor did he care about these Blue Star Humans leading Mount & Blade Soldiers to level up and become stronger. After all, he relied on the Mount & Blade Soldiers who were completely and clearly from the Mount & Blade World.
As for the Mount & Blade Soldiers transformed from these Blue Star Humans, he didn't care at all. It was like casting a wide net; if he caught something, great, if not, no big deal.
Since he had this idea, it didn't matter to Shen Mu at all. Just like now, he casually expended some Faith Power to complete their transformation, turning them into Ten-Man Commander under Mount & Blade Rules, just like Spiritual Realm Commander.
Then, he would arrange some Swadia Farmers to become their followers, and that would be enough.
Although it cost nearly ten thousand Faith Power.
But for Shen Mu, these were all bearable. After all, the Ten-Man Commander who had already been enfeoffed before were continuously providing him with Faith Power through the Mount & Blade Soldiers. And now, the Blue Star Humans in the entire Deherim could stably provide him with 40,000 Faith Power every day.
It was a stable 40,000 Faith Power provided daily, not intermittent or fluctuating Faith Power.
It could be said that Shen Mu had now achieved absolute control over Deherim, which meant absolute control over the Blue Star Humans residing in the Deherim Town Area.
These Blue Star Humans residing in the Deherim Town Area would respectfully pray every day and continuously bring 40,000 Faith Power to Shen Mu. This also meant that many of the more than 30,000 Blue Star Humans currently residing in the Deherim Town Area had already moved beyond the level of pseudo-believers and were advancing towards the level of shallow believers.
Otherwise, how could one explain the minimum daily income of 40,000 Faith Power?
With no more Blue Star Humans joining Deherim, Faith Power was increasing every day. This indicated that these Blue Star Humans had slowly begun to accept Shen Mu's rule, and through stable, peaceful lives and daily guaranteed food and safety, they were beginning to trust Deherim and Shen Mu's rule. Therefore, their spiritual power could transform into Faith Power, continuously absorbed by Shen Mu.
Of course, it was a good thing. This indicated that the Blue Star Humans originally attracted and enveloped by Shen Mu had finally moved beyond the stage of pseudo-believers and were making a large-scale push towards the stage of true, shallow believers.
Once all these Blue Star Humans become shallow believers, the Faith Power obtained daily will be 2 points, which is much stronger than the previous foolish 1 point.
If all of the approximately 35,000 humans become shallow believers, the daily Faith Power obtained will become 70,000 points.
Therefore, Shen Mu was not much moved by the current mere 40,000 Faith Power, because he knew that there was still better and more appreciation space waiting for him.
As long as time slowly passed, the scales of victory would gradually tilt towards Shen Mu. Time was on his side, especially after he controlled these 35,000 Blue Star Humans; victory tilted towards him more and more.
This was also why Shen Mu didn’t have to consider what these male humans thought. As long as Zhang Bo brought these 20 Blue Star Humans, he would directly wave his hand and enfeoff them as Spiritual Realm Commander.
Of course, they weren't exactly Spiritual Realm Commander; they were Ten-Man Commander. They seemed similar to Spiritual Realm Commander, but if Shen Mu gave an order and stripped them of their Ten-Man Commander status, or even if he didn't strip their Ten-Man Commander status but directly ordered the Mount & Blade Soldiers they controlled and led to come to him, they would become mere figureheads.
Shen Mu possessed the highest authority.
He was the supreme commander, the supreme marshal, the supreme head of state, the supreme general, even comparable to a king.
How could a mere low-level Ten-Man Commander possibly contend with him?
It was simply impossible.
Therefore, Shen Mu was not at all afraid of these Blue Star Humans rebelling against him, nor was it even possible for them to rebel. Moreover, this was one of his perverse pleasures: if these Blue Star Humans truly rebelled against him like they rebelled against the Diesel Company, then that would be truly interesting.
Shen Mu also wanted to know how ridiculous it would be when they saw the Mount & Blade Soldiers who were originally smiling at them suddenly start attacking them at his command.
The Spiritual Realm Follower possessed by a Spiritual Realm Commander are absolutely loyal to them. As long as they can gain the allegiance of these Spiritual Realm Follower, then these Spiritual Realm creatures will be quite loyal to them.
Unless these Spiritual Realm creatures receive an absolute promise that they can disregard returning to the Astral Realm and being subjected to a time-frozen seal, as if in a coffin. (End of Chapter)
