My brother is so cunning

Chapter 969 Restoring the Mortal Realm's Ecosystem

In the mortal realm, in the eastern basin, Wen Rui's true form stood in the void, above the enormous basin.

As the saying goes, the world changes, and less than a hundred years ago, this place was a vast ocean, the original location of the East China Sea.

Today, it is a desolate basin that resembles a scar on the earth. Most marine life has become extinct, leaving only large areas of dried-up seabed and the remains of corals and shells.

Wen Rui took out the Jade Purification Bottle, held it in his palm, and poured his supreme divine power and immortal power into it.

Suddenly, the jade bottle emitted a clear, melodious hum, and the moon-like luster flowing over its body suddenly intensified, as if countless stars were awakening within the glass cup.

"rise."

Wen Rui parted his lips slightly, and before he finished speaking, ripples of indigo blue spread across the mouth of the jade bottle.

At first, it was just a wisp of water vapor that emerged, which in an instant transformed into a silvery stream. But the moment it touched the clouds, the stream suddenly surged like a dragon exploring the sea.

First came a sharp, tearing sound, as countless water jets shot out from the bottle's mouth, weaving a white curtain of water in mid-air. Then came a deafening roar, as if the five lakes and four seas hidden within the bottle had simultaneously burst their banks: the raging waves of the Bohai Sea, the misty waves of Dongting Lake, the rushing waves of the Yangtze River, the emerald waves of the Xiang River… Hundreds of millions of water veins broke free from their restraints, transforming into a surging, roaring dragon, its head and tail stretching across the sky.

The mortal realm had suffered a drought for nearly a century, and today, the long-awaited rain finally arrived. At first, the water surged like ten thousand galloping horses, shattering the clouds and mist, and the splashing water droplets condensed into a rainbow of light in the strong wind. In an instant, it transformed into a massive, overwhelming torrent, with dark blue waves towering over a thousand feet high, roaring like thunder as it pressed down on the earth.

The four seas are connected, and even if there are land barriers between them, the sea eyes can connect them. Wenrui only needs to open the sluice gate in the East China Sea to fill the four seas at the same time.

At the court assembly that just ended, after discussion among the gods, they unanimously submitted a memorial to the Jade Emperor, who then issued an edict ordering the Creator Heavenly Venerable to release the waters of the five lakes and four seas to restore life to the mortal realm.

This motion by the imperial court was not initiated by Wen Rui, but it coincided with his own ideas, so he accepted the imperial decree and was ordered to descend to the mortal world to release water.

The Jade Emperor and the gods, of course, did not know that the Mosquito Taoist had long been subdued by Wen Rui, and that the demonic calamity had actually been quelled. However, as long as the mortal realm did not regain its former vitality, the gods would not receive incense offerings, and they were even more anxious than Wen Rui.

In the imperial court, many celestial officials were worried that Wen Rui would object on the grounds that the demonic calamity had not yet been quelled. After all, the gods had misjudged the strength of the Blood Sea Demon Clan, but only Wen Rui treated it as a major threat and insisted on implementing a scorched-earth policy.

Therefore, everyone rushed to submit petitions, proposing many reasons to urge the release of funds as soon as possible.

For example, the three major heavenly defense projects—the Heavenly Protection Array, the Sun-Shielding Canopy, and the Anti-Demon Insect Puppet—are now taking shape, greatly strengthening the Heavenly Court's defensive capabilities.

In particular, the anti-demon insect puppets can be deployed directly from the Heavenly Court to the ground at any time to defend against attacks from elite demon insects from underground, thus protecting mortals from being preyed upon by demon insects.

Their arguments were reasonable and well-founded, leaving Wen Rui speechless. He had no choice but to heed the gods' advice, obediently accept the Jade Emperor's decree, and descend to the mortal realm to complete the task.

Little did Wen Rui know that he was just looking for a good reason to restore the vitality of the mortal world, and this was exactly what he wanted.

The gods had a good plan: they thought Wen Rui would do the hard work, and once the mortal realm returned to its state decades ago, and mortals could reproduce and thrive again, they would receive offerings and prayers as before. However, things were different now. The Great Zhou Dynasty had fallen, the old order of the mortal realm had been completely broken, and the human lineage in the Southern Continent was in a state of leaderlessness.

Unlike the fall of the Shang Dynasty, when Mount Tai collapsed, not only the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty perished, but also the nobles of hundreds of vassal states of the Zhou Dynasty were wiped out. There were no longer any people of noble blood in the world.

If Wen Rui were to release the dehydrated and imprisoned subjects of the Great Zhou, they would not know who their ruler was for a considerable period of time, and they would no longer be able to find any noble lords worthy of their kneeling.

At this point, it became quite easy for the Demon Alliance to fill the power vacuum in the human race's lineage in the mortal realm. They didn't even need to do anything proactively; they could attract countless people from the old Zhou dynasty to join them simply by leveraging the influence of their advanced civilization.

Before the demonic calamity descended, many people from the Western Zhou Dynasty had already attempted to smuggle themselves into cities under the control of the Demon Alliance.

However, at that time, the Demon Alliance adopted a very strict immigration law against human stowaways for two important reasons. If a human stowaway was caught, he would be deported unless he had a university admission notice and went through the talent introduction channel.

First, to ensure that the dominant ethnic group, the demon race, would not be diluted by a large influx of human immigrants; second, to avoid premature conflict with the ruling class of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The Zhou royal family and the feudal lords are nothing to fear. If the demon alliance sends troops, it will take less than three days to conquer the entire territory of the Great Zhou.

However, the Zhou royal family was a legitimate human dynasty recognized by the Heavenly Court. If the Demon Alliance rashly destroyed Zhou, it would surely provoke the intervention of the Heavenly Court.

Now that the Zhou royal family and feudal lords are gone, the people of Western Zhou, dehydrated and with their homes reduced to ruins, are no different from refugees. The Demon Alliance can easily provide them with resources, support a puppet regime, bring them all under the control of the Demon Alliance's peripheral forces, and then vigorously promote new-style education within it, cultivating believers of the Jie Sect among the younger generation.

In other words, after the revival of the human race in the mortal realm, the gods in the Heavenly Court will not be able to obtain the incense offerings and prayers that they could easily obtain by slacking off in the past. As the level of education of the people under the Jie Sect gradually increases, the era in which gods could deceive countless ignorant people by performing miracles and sending rain is gone forever.

Conversely, the incense offerings and vows of the Creator God will ebb and flow. When a new generation of humans who have received systematic education grows up, even if the human world is full of prosperity, the gods in the Heavenly Court will not receive much incense offering.

unless……

From this day forward, the gods will roll up their sleeves and do something practical for the human race, starting a frenzied competition to become gods who are useful to the masses.

However, even if they become public servants, Wen Rui is not optimistic about whether they can keep up with the ever-changing technological progress.

As the dried-up seabed was gradually filled with a massive amount of seawater, the sea level began to rise slowly and steadily. Large amounts of water vapor evaporated and rose into the air, and natural clouds, which had not appeared for many years, gradually gathered at sea.

As the clouds drift inland with the trade winds, they may bring rain somewhere inland. Then, Wen Rui will no longer need to go inland to release water and fill the rivers and lakes, and the world's water cycle will gradually return to normal.

The sea level had risen to a certain height, and the portal on Wen Rui's chest opened, from which countless engineering Ultron robots swarmed out and flew in all directions.

(End of this chapter)