You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

Chapter 136 Since change is inevitable, bloodshed is unavoidable! (5k)

Your command is just one word.

【kill! 】

[Slaughter all the noble families in the areas where the Red Heart Army and the Guardian Legion are located!]

Not a single one will be left behind!

These federal families, who stand on the shoulders of the lower classes, sucking their blood and plundering their wealth to maintain their own respectable lives, use the law and the financial rules conventionally agreed upon by civil society to restrict the rise of the masses.

They also understand that professionals need to accumulate capital to advance their careers.

Under the plundering power of these policies and the extraordinary financial system, no one except the powerful families will be able to accumulate enough capital.

Even if someone is exceptionally lucky, unless they are from a powerful family, they will be completely devoured by their combined forces.

Thus, the Federation descended into a tragic situation where those at the bottom had no way to advance, were burdened by countless loans, and their bodies and souls became tools for lenders to make money.

[Furthermore, some powerful and influential families have proposed linking the so-called credit system to the dungeon halls of various cities through an AI, forcing all rational low-level professionals to resort to taking out loans to repay existing ones, causing their debts to accumulate ever larger.]

Most importantly, the idea that complete default is the first step to getting out of debt is not true here.

[If you dare to default on your payments, after a certain period, the debt collection team will dare to come to your house, strip you of your internal organs, and then extract your soul to make soul energy crystals for sale.]

During this process, you cannot retaliate or injure the debt collectors.

[After all, from a federal legal perspective, debt collection teams exercise the debt collection powers granted to them by financial laws.]

Injuring or even killing debt collectors constitutes a violation of federal law.

These regulations, which completely disregard the human rights of those at the bottom, once filled you with immense anger.

This world!

【Need to change! 】

Since change is inevitable, bloodshed is unavoidable!

This is an idea you've had for a long time, and now you have more than enough power to make it happen.

Therefore, let the flames of pure hearts burn away this corrupt old world ahead of time.

The dawn of hope will illuminate the new world that is about to be born.

This is the main difference between taking out loans to support the military and taking out loans for personal high-end consumption.

Are loan interest rates high?

【It doesn't matter! 】

[Loan interest compounding?]

[Minor issue!]

[Loan term nearing its end, financial crisis looming?]

None of that matters!

[If these creditors who are causing federal financial exploitation are physically eliminated, even if the loans still objectively exist, who will be the creditors?]

Who will come and collect this loan?

However, the aristocratic families resisted fiercely against the Red Heart Society's brutality.

However, against a purely regular army, especially a battle formation that gathers the full strength of 30,000 men and unleashes the power of the Four Divine Beasts, the resistance of these aristocratic families is ultimately futile and akin to a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Of course, this time the Red Heart Society adopted a blitzkrieg tactic of encircling the center from the provinces.

In every province of the Federation, there are Guardian Corps and Red Heart Army members.

The Red Hearts refrained from attacking only the largest, most economically powerful, best-defended, wealthiest, and most powerful federal central city.

On the one hand, it's not the right time yet.

On the other hand, without the cooperation of the Red Heart Society branches in the central cities of the Federation, and without the response of a large number of local Red Heart Society members, the Red Heart Society was unable to take it down immediately.

Just like that, overnight, the Federation changed hands!

The powerful families of each federal province were subjected to the most severe sanctions by the Red Heart Society.

When the federal border troops assembled to encircle and annihilate the Red Heart Society, the Red Heart Society had already seized control of the border checkpoints in the four provinces of the east, west, south, and north.

In an instant, the barrier rose, effectively isolating the border troops.

Meanwhile, the Federation-designated battle groups on the Abyss Battlefield also received immediate news that the entrance to the Abyss Battlefield had been blocked by the Crimson Heart Battle Group.

The Federation's numbered battle groups were actually somewhat bewildered by the dramatic changes occurring in the outside world.

[Especially the numbered battle groups fighting on the front lines of the Abyss were completely baffled.]

There hasn't been any unrest in the Federation lately!

How did they suddenly manage to take over almost all of their territory?

Have all those high-ranking officials at the Federal Headquarters lost their minds?

[The Red Heart Society is developing right under their noses, and they don't even care, do they?]

As for the Crimson Heart Chapter, which was defending the entrance to the Abyss Battlefield, they were treated as a joke by the numbered chapters of the West, South, and North.

【funny! 】

[They've read the development history of the Red Heart Battle Group. What kind of combat power could a Class B battle group, which has only been established for less than five years, possibly have?]

Even if this Class B battle group, with the support of the Red Heart Society, possesses the capabilities of a Class A battle group, so what?

Good equipment doesn't guarantee strong combat power!

The only notable achievement is expanding the front line by 200 kilometers. What's so special about that?

[Which of the Federation's numbered battle groups doesn't have some impressive achievements to show for it?]

[Faced with numbered battle groups, especially with a combined attack from dozens of them, even a super-armored battle group is nothing more than an ant.]

Only the higher-ups in the Eastern Defense Zone sensed something unusual about the Red Hearts Battle Group blocking their path.

They did have some understanding of the Red Heart Society.

Under normal circumstances, anything Chixin would do is unlikely to be reckless.

For example, when the Red Heart Society wanted to expand into a 200-kilometer area, he was actually resistant to the idea.

[The Red Hearts Battle Group subsequently used their achievements to thoroughly humiliate the Eastern Defense Zone.]

[And then there's that towering Red Heart Fortress—could a civilian organization have built that?]

【The results of it? 】

Not only did they build it, but the Red Heart Society also maintained an army of several million within the Red Heart Fortress.

Who would have thought of this?

[Normal private lending is used to develop their own business plans, conduct research in technology, or pursue their technological dreams.]

[They're raising an army to rebel right off the bat, are they? They're not even going to put on an act, are they?]

Therefore, in attacking the Red Hearts Warband, the Eastern Defense Zone opted for a flanking strategy.

When the three major defense zones assembled their numbered battle groups to launch an attack on the Red Heart Battle Group, it proved that the Eastern Defense Zone's strategy was correct.

The attack, powerful enough to shatter mountains and destroy cities, barely caused a ripple on the defensive formation of the Red Heart Battle Group.

[Of the four illusory figures created in the Crimson Heart Battle Formation 3.0 version, the Black Tortoise possesses the most astonishing defensive power.]

[Perhaps in the future, when challenging super-powerful Abyss Lords and even stronger Abyss Lords, the Xuanwu phantom of the Crimson Heart Battle Formation will not show much strength, and may even be shaken by a few hammer blows.]

But what they faced was an abyss lord powerful enough to destroy the world!

[The Crimson Hearts Battle Group now standing before them is merely a numbered battle group capable of contending with eighth-tier professionals, but easily wiped out by any ninth-tier professional.]

[With the defensive amplification from the basic battle armor and the protection of the Xuanwu phantom, the fact that these numbered battle groups could still create ripples of trembling in their attacks already demonstrates their formidable offensive power.]

When the numbered battle group ceased its attack, Lin Xue appeared within the Xuanwu phantom and began to persuade them to surrender.

[But how could the high-ranking members of the elite numbered battle groups, born into powerful families, possibly listen to Lin Xue's persuasion to surrender?]

[Especially after hearing about the Red Heart Society's brutal methods against aristocratic families, they were all so enraged they wanted to tear the Red Heart Society to pieces!]

Damn it!

The founder of the Red Heart Society was absolutely insane!

[Why is someone from a top-tier family, with a powerful backer, so kind to those at the bottom?]

Why should we stand up for the underprivileged?

[And those fighting groups and soldiers who responded to the founders of the Red Heart Society—maintaining this system would be the best interest for everyone!]

Why resist?

They don't understand, and they don't want to understand!

Now, all they want is to destroy the Red Heart Society and reclaim all the land the Federation has lost!

Moreover, this war must be ended quickly in a short period of time.

Otherwise, if the situation drags on for too long, other countries will inevitably interfere.

[Furthermore, the Federation's achievements in the Abyss battlefield will inevitably crumble rapidly under the attack of the Abyss demonic tide once its internal defenses are weakened.]

【hateful! 】

The rebellion launched by the Red Heart Society will inevitably shake the foundations of the nation and may even set back the Federation's national strength by ten years.

[Soon, the various numbered battle groups had large-scale military matrixes constructed, combining them with new military equipment and innovative deployment methods recently provided by the Federal Military, in preparation for a devastating attack on the Red Heart Battle Group.]

But just as they completed the setup and were preparing to launch the large military array, an unexpected incident occurred.

[Missile-type military equipment, after identifying the Red Heart Battle Group as its target, turned around mid-air and exploded within its respective numbered battle group.]

[Military weapons that resemble energy beams will self-destruct once they reach a certain point.]

The resulting power utterly routed the numbered battle group.

At this moment, the high command of the eastern defense zone rushed forward to stop them.

These new military weapons were all traded by the Red Heart Society to the Federal Military!

Therefore, the Red Heart Society must have tampered with these new military weapons!

When the higher-ups of the numbered battle groups learned of this, they were stunned. [Oh my god!]

How can we fight like this?

Without the military matrix, the Red Heart Battle Group's defenses cannot be broken.

Using a military matrix would backfire and harm our own side.

[Therefore, the various numbered battle groups and Class A battle groups stationed outside fell silent.]

[In August of the 128th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Federal Headquarters sincerely invited the White Eagle Empire, the Sunset Empire, the Winter Empire, the United States, and other countries that had provided loans to the Red Heart Society to negotiate in the central city of the Federation.]

The federal government's message is that the Red Heart Society has already embarked on the path of physical debt repayment.

This indicates that the Red Heart Society has serious issues with its credit record!

[The other party never intended to pay it back from the moment they borrowed the money!]

The Red Heart Society has not only harmed the aristocratic families of the Federation, but also various other countries.

The Federal Office repeatedly conveyed only one message: they wanted to mobilize border troops and hoped that, given the potential damage to their shared interests, these countries' border forces would refrain from any action.

The White Eagle Empire envoy grinned and immediately assured him that there was absolutely no problem.

He can personally promise here that the White Eagle Empire's border troops will not cross the border in any way during the Federation's campaign to eradicate the Red Heart Society.

The Winter Empire's envoy's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

He immediately stood up and solemnly swore an oath, declaring that the Winter Empire respected the Federation's internal affairs and sovereignty.

Therefore, the Federation should trust the sincerity of the Winter Empire.

The envoy from the Sunset Empire expressed the same sentiment, even urging the Federation to launch a massive attack to completely annihilate the Red Heart Society, leaving not a single ember!

The United States alone expressed its opposition.

They stated that the Red Heart Society was one of their loan clients, and that the Red Heart Society had recently placed a large order in the United States, revitalizing the sluggish US market.

Therefore, the Red Heart Society is a friend of the United States!

If the Federal Headquarters wants to eradicate the Red Heart Society, they will definitely oppose it!

The United States does not preclude the use of forbidden military force for support when necessary.

As far as the United States is concerned, they don't care whether the Union is in chaos or not.

What they care about is the safety of the Red Heart Society.

The Red Heart Society's decision not to repay loans to the Federation's aristocratic families is an internal matter of the Federation.

The United States, as the world's leading industrial nation, possesses extremely formidable military power, and they are quite proud of it.

They believed that the Red Heart Society would never dare to default on its debts to the United States.

But if the Federation wipes out the Red Heart Society, what happens to the money the Red Heart Society owes the United States?

Is the Federation going to repay the Red Heart Society?

If the federal government doesn't repay, won't these loans become a bad debt?

【no! 】

This is absolutely unacceptable!

The United States does not rule out deploying its military to protect its borrowers if necessary.

Upon hearing this, the expression on the face of the Federal Office Directorate instantly froze.

Is the United States really taking such a tough stance?

The Red Heart Society is already difficult to manage; if the United States army is brought in as well, the Federation will become a complete mess.

Most importantly, the Federal Headquarters cannot trust the three neighboring countries: the White Eagle Empire, the Sunset Empire, and the Winter Empire.

After all, loans are utterly insignificant compared to the value of land.

If they could take advantage of the internal strife within the Federation and seize large swathes of territory, it would be a huge windfall for them!

[That same month, when most of the Federation's northern border troops were redeployed to attack the Red Heart Society, the White Eagle Emperor directly ordered the White Eagle Empire's border troops to advance.]

Seize the opportunity!

[Serve the Empire at crucial moments!]

In this war, the Empire will never let down any soldier who sacrificed their life!

As the White Eagle Empire's border troops moved, the Winter Empire and the Sunset Empire also mobilized their armies.

[Strike while the iron is hot!]

At this point, it all depends on what the Federation chooses.

If the Federation chooses to eradicate the Red Heart Society, then they will take the opportunity to invade.

If the Federation border troops do not move, then the Federation cannot do anything to the Red Heart Society.

In this way, they won't have to worry about the loans they've given to the Red Heart Society.

No matter what, they won't compensate us.

However, they still hoped the Federation could mobilize border troops to eliminate the Red Heart Society.

Ultimately, the strategic depth of a nation's territory is the true measure of its strength.

In September of the 128th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, seeing the situation reach a stalemate, the Federal Headquarters and the Military dispatched a team of eighth-tier professionals to assassinate high-ranking members of the Red Heart Society.

[They hadn't been there long when they spotted the vast domain stretching across the sky above the Red Heart Society headquarters.]

[The Domain Has Appeared!]

That's definitely a ninth-grade weapon!

In the face of a ninth-tier professional, there's not much difference between an eighth-tier and a seventh-tier professional.

[Once the domain is unleashed, and there is complete suppression, it becomes a top-down massacre.]

So, they returned the same way they came.

With the Nine Turns Sect involved, this war is no longer something they can resolve.

In October of the 128th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, an old soldier exploring the Abyss Battlefield of the Peacock Empire received a distress call from the Federal Military.

The message from the military revealed that a heinous organization was destroying the Federation's economic achievements built up over many years.

[It can be used as a ninth-grade weapon; the old soldier isn't stupid.]

After leaving the Abyss Battlefield, he learned a little about the Peacock Empire and quickly understood what kind of organization the Crimson Heart Society was.

[Upon learning that there was a ninth-level cultivator in the Red Heart Society, he tore through space and appeared in your office without alerting anyone.]

You had anticipated the arrival of the old soldier.

So you made him a cup of hot tea.

No one knows what you discussed, but when the old man emerged from the Red Heart Society headquarters again, his professional level had reached 94.

In the same month, Elder Jun and Elder Jian arrived at the Red Heart Society.

[In November of the 128th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, Elder Jun and Elder Jian watched as you took out two copies of "The True Explanation of the Soul," each corresponding to a different book, a hint of confusion flashing in their eyes.]

When they finished reading their respective interpretations of the true meaning of the soul and discovered that all the soul problems they faced had been resolved, and that their soul realm was once again undergoing a transformative state, their eyes were filled with astonishment.

This is the first time their soul domain has leveled up since they became ninth-tier professionals; their experience points haven't yet met the advancement requirements.

[But in this state of spiritual enlightenment, every line of the profound insights you provide perfectly aligns with their emotional triggers, allowing them to freely roam the ocean of their souls.]

Every second you watch is a learning experience.

Every minute of immersive reading offers a tremendous new experience for the soul.

In their eyes, you are their future!

At the level of a ninth-tier professional, only the path of enlightenment—comprehending the soul and raising one's professional level—remains.

Therefore, Elder Jun and Elder Jian traveled all over the world, even venturing into the dangerous abyss multiple times, in search of secret treasures related to the soul, or to seek their own opportunities within the abyss.

But now, there's no need to look anymore!

The opportunity is right in front of you!

[A promotion of two ranks within a year—who wouldn't be loyal to such a position?]

Of course, the Red Heart Society's ideals also align quite well with their own thoughts.

On this land, they also want to see their compatriots all rise to prominence!

[That same month, the veteran appeared at the military headquarters.]

[Military Minister Liu Wentao hesitated somewhat under orders from a senior military officer.]

[Ordering frontline troops and soldiers to surrender to the Red Heart Society?]

Isn't this inappropriate?

[This military headquarters belongs to the Federation, not the Red Heart Society!]

How could such an order be issued at such a critical moment in the war?

[But when the veteran general unleashed his professional level, tearing through space, and personally led Liu Wentao to experience firsthand the current state of the Red Heart Society's territory, witnessing firsthand the radiant smiles and happy lives of the Red Heart Society members, the military minister fell silent.]

The next moment, he immediately drafted a document, issuing orders from his position as Minister of the Army to the various battle groups in the border region and the Abyss battlefield.

The Federation has been weak for a long time!

He was powerless to change it, but the Red Heart Society had the power to change it all!

The Red Heart Society's current power sends shivers down the spines of the Federation's top brass.

In just a few years, the Red Heart Society has grown to this extent. If given more time to develop, it will surely lead everyone to the top of the world.

At that time, no country will dare to look down on the people of this land!

Then, a thought suddenly occurred to him.

The military headquarters belongs to the Federation!

[This is definitely not the military headquarters of certain high-ranking officials in the Federation!]

(End of this chapter)