Simulates history, but Chongzhen is the Divine Emperor at the beginning

Chapter 157: The speedrunner’s new life!

In the forty-third year of the Chongzhen reign, you, after three reincarnations, were reborn in Mizhi County, northern Shaanxi, with an absolute information advantage. You vowed to beat the Divine Emperor to his knees in this lifetime, forcing him to the most hopeless fate of starvation!

[So, on the day of your birth, you pointed to the sky with one hand and to the earth with the other, declaring, "I alone reign supreme above and below!"] You then plagiarized various myths and legends about gods, both ancient and modern, both Chinese and foreign, to create your current image as a god...]

You are supreme and exist throughout all past and future. All gods of any religion are your past lives... You have come to this world not for wealth or fame, but only to spread the merits and righteous Dharma, and to liberate all suffering beings and enable them to ascend to the "Western Paradise."

Therefore, believers respectfully call you "Great Compassionate and Merciful Heavenly Venerable"!

As you continue to manifest your divine power and preach, the people of Mizhi, rich and poor alike, gradually come to you... They may not believe in an afterlife, but the suffering they face in reality is too despairing, leading the apathetic masses to seek spiritual comfort.

[You just happened to meet their expectations...]

[Among them, the wealthy and powerful yearn for paradise, but they are also attached to the mortal world. Therefore, they only wish to accumulate merit in the mortal world, and ascend to paradise after enjoying all the blessings of this world... However, the poorer people yearn for a sudden ascension to heaven, to have the Divine Emperor send them directly to paradise with a single punch!]

[Thus, driven by this extreme world-weariness and a fervent yearning for a blissful life in the Western Paradise, they gradually gathered together and went to the county government office to petition the county magistrate, asking the Divine Emperor for mercy...]

[In short, Mizhi County is in chaos!]

[At the same time, not only did you not participate in this abstract march and petition, but you deliberately hid it...]

As the saying goes, within every superstitious faction lies a clear-minded, materialistic leader. Unlike the ignorant masses, you are incredibly clear-headed about this theory you've concocted about "accumulating merit to ascend to the Western Paradise"!

Their protests and petitions won't bring them the so-called bliss of the Western Paradise, but will only cause chaos in the government... The imperial court in Beijing probably won't notice this minor incident, but the Shaanxi Provincial Governor, a high-ranking official, will most likely pay attention.

[So in order to cope with the impending government crackdown, you must hide your family in the dark and quickly assemble a combat-ready team!]

How can we gather such a team?

The answer is simple...

【…】

[You first instructed your followers not to reveal your whereabouts and details to the authorities. Then, following the information from your past life, you quickly tracked down the reclusive old thieves, including Li Laiheng, in the countryside somewhere!]

[Information from previous lives proves that these individuals are incredibly useful. With a little training, you can transform them into qualified fighters who firmly believe in "class contradictions"... Now, as you're starting out, you naturally can't miss out on this ready-made foundation.]

Li Laiheng and the others were stunned by your sudden visit: What's going on? Am I exposed?

[Faced with the thieves' surprise, you offered without a word a single word, a Zhou-style feudal superstition with special attack effects against ancient people... You explained that you had just descended from the heavens and were in need of recruits. If they were willing to join, the Western Paradise would open the door to their arrival!]

To increase your credibility, you even used Li Zicheng's name, saying that Li Zicheng, the "lucky man" executed by the Divine Emperor himself, had actually been sent to the Western Paradise a long time ago, and that you came here to visit him because you heard Li Zicheng recommend him to your old subordinates...

[Under this combination of punches, the thieves signed the indentures without a trace, becoming your first batch of foundation...]

[Although committing fraud is not a good idea, I can't worry about it right now. As long as I can achieve the final victory, then these twists and turns are just trivial details that can be ignored!]

[Of course, just being a thief isn't enough. If you want to successfully get them through the early stages of development, you also need to find divine power seeds for them and open up the path to transcendence.] [And this is actually quite easy...]

In your previous life, the reason you sought divine power by purchasing the title of Juren (a juren) wasn't actually solely for divine power, but more for "legality"... Only Juren (a juren) could legally possess divine power, and only Juren (a juren) could have the privilege of organizing a society. That's why you went to such great lengths in your previous life.

[But this life is different. You don't need to be legal, nor do you need to be under official scrutiny. So you don't need to buy any imperial examinations anymore. It's too easy for you to illegally obtain divine power!]

You took Li Laiheng and the others directly to the home of a local old scholar, and then offered a few hundred taels of silver that he had "picked up." The old scholar immediately smiled and gave each of you a divine power seed...

After obtaining the divine power seed, you carefully explained the theory of "class contradictions" to the thieves. Although the thieves were still a little confused by this series of events, they had already had practical experience. Now they were just absorbing the sublimated theory, and they would naturally learn it immediately!

[Everything is ready now, except for the spinning top...]

【…】

[While the government was still busy dealing with the protesting civilians and had no time to pay attention to you, you seized the opportunity to ruthlessly sweep away all the local tyrants, evil gentry, bandits and bandits near Mizhi!]

[Wherever your invisible hand reaches, thieves and bandits run rampant. Wielding copper-headed leather belts, they carry with them the bloody hatred between the classes and ferociously beat the local tyrants and evil gentry into spinning tops!]

[However, due to the current urgency of the situation, you haven't limited yourself to spinning tops. Compared to your steady growth in your previous life, your methods in this life are undoubtedly much more ruthless. After capturing the most heinous class enemies, you immediately kill them!]

[Such a violent method has frightened the owners of various places, who are afraid that you will break into their homes and kill them in the middle of the night...]

[In short, you swept through the surrounding class enemies at an extremely fast speed, and in doing so, gained a large amount of divine power, so much so that Chuang Zei and others soon showed signs of losing control of their divine power... But you remained calm. Once you saw someone losing control, you directly grabbed them with your invisible telekinetic hand and refined them in an instant!]

[So, the intruders entered a brainwashed state of "critical madness" one after another, enthusiastically cheering "The Heavenly Lord's grace is not over yet!", while fiercely attacking the class enemy with heavy punches...]

[In just less than half a month, you've assembled an elite "law enforcement force" comparable to the Imperial Guards, and have initially gained the capital to engage in equal dialogue with the government!]

[Looking at the bandits cheering and spinning tops, you can't help but sigh: Thinking back to the embarrassing start of your previous two lives, you are now like a speedrunner, with an information advantage that can be called a dimensionality reduction attack, you are brutally slaughtering all the evildoers here...]

[It seems that as long as you don't stop, the road will continue to extend... So, don't stop! ]

You are filled with lofty ambitions, as if you have already seen the day when you will exterminate the insects and shoot down the sun...

[At this moment, an unexpected yet reasonable uninvited guest suddenly found you...]

【…】

"Are you the so-called Heavenly Lord who is misleading people with his lies?"

The county magistrate frowned as he looked at you, who was only a baby, as if he was thinking about something.

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(End of this chapter)