Chapter 495: New World, Resident Evil World!!

The Grandson's Estate.

In the main hall, a hint of worry was visible on Zhu Ying's face, even though the Ming Empire had entered a stage of high-speed development over the past ten years.

At the same time, looking far and wide, the strength of the various vassal states had also improved; however, due to the prolonged period of peace, the national destiny of the Ming Empire had not seen a significant increase.

At this moment, he paced back and forth within the hall, clutching the [Order of Civilization] in his hand.

The Ming Empire had been resting and recuperating for a full ten years, and now, it was time for Zhu Ying to consider what the empire's next step should be.

The reason he had brought out the [Order of Civilization] this time was to consider whether he should undergo the fusion process immediately.

The reason why Zhu Ying had not yet fused with the [Order of Civilization] was quite simple: he believed that the Ming Empire was not yet developed enough to be truly powerful.

Although the Ming Empire had achieved unification in the current world, and martial arts geniuses had begun their cultivation while the world remained stable... in Zhu Ying's view, compared to other cosmic civilizations, the strength of the Ming Empire was still far from the stage where it could contend with them.

One had to realize that once he fused with the [Order of Civilization], after the protection period expired, the Ming civilization would be directly exposed to powerful interstellar civilizations.

When that time came, the Ming civilization would likely encounter invasions from even more powerful civilizations—and it might not be just one civilization attacking the Ming Empire...

Therefore, for Zhu Ying, and even for the Ming Empire as a whole, the most urgent priority was still to develop national strength!

Only in this way could the Ming Empire become even more powerful!

And only by becoming powerful could it stand invincible among these cosmic star-level civilizations!

After a period of contemplation, Zhu Ying finally withdrew the [Order of Civilization].

"Now is not yet the best time to fuse with the [Order of Civilization]," Zhu Ying muttered to himself.

Then, he took a deep breath.

He knew that now was not the most appropriate time for fusion.

Next, he decided to prioritize increasing the national destiny of the Ming Empire.

After all, as long as the national destiny was prosperous, Zhu Ying could call upon the power of that destiny to continue breaking through his own cultivation realms, while also helping others like Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao to improve.

Although the world had achieved unification, Zhu Ying still held the coordinates to three minor world portals.

In the current main world, the Ming Empire no longer needed to gain national destiny through widespread warfare; instead, Zhu Ying had begun to increase the Ming's national strength by conquering these three minor worlds.

In other words, he was "farming dungeons."

Currently, Zhu Ying's three worlds consisted of two ordinary world portal coordinates and one Tier-1 world coordinate.

Looking at these three coordinates, Zhu Ying's heart was filled with anticipation.

Previously, Zhu Ying had opened the coordinates for three ordinary worlds: the [Prehistoric World], the [Five Barbarians World], and the [Late Ming World].

To be fair, these three worlds had provided immense help to the current Ming Empire.

Especially the first world Zhu Ying had opened, the [Prehistoric World].

Currently, the Ming Empire used the [Spatial Portals] every day to transport a massive number of dinosaurs into this prehistoric world.

In fact, the pterosaurs and triceratops in the [Prehistoric World] had even become pets for the people of the Ming Empire.

At the same time, velociraptors, Tyrannosaurus Rexes, and pterosaurs had been organized into dinosaur legions, directly and significantly boosting the Ming Empire's military strength.

Then, there was the [Five Barbarians World].

Up to this point, most of the Ming Empire's slaves had been captured from the [Five Barbarians World]. These slaves helped the Ming Empire build railways, workshops, and more.

Additionally, in the [Late Ming World], a "new" Ming was also conducting expeditions in various places while simultaneously introducing various policies from the Ming Empire of the main world.

Furthermore, Zhu Ying would dispatch large numbers of Imperial Guards through the spatial portals into the [Late Ming World] to assist the Ming in its conquests.

Over the past few years, this had, to some extent, boosted the Ming's national destiny.

In short, all three worlds had been helpful to the Ming Empire in the main world.

Therefore, Zhu Ying was quite expectant of the two ordinary world coordinates in his hands.

"I have already opened the [Prehistoric World], the [Five Barbarians World], and the [Late Ming World]. If nothing goes wrong, these two ordinary world coordinates might also be historical worlds."

"However... given the current national strength of the Ming Empire, if they are historical worlds again, they probably won't offer any challenge."

This was Zhu Ying's honest thought.

In his view, the Ming Empire had already achieved unification in the current world and possessed great strength; even the main forces, such as the Mountain Battalions and Cavalry Battalions, had seen improvements in their capabilities.

If ordinary historical worlds were opened again, the Ming Empire could naturally win easily without any difficulty. This would actually have very little impact on the increase of the Ming Empire's national destiny.

"As for the Tier-1 world coordinate, that is somewhat interesting. Could it be a cultivation world or a world of a higher level?"

Clearly, compared to ordinary worlds, Zhu Ying was actually more expectant of the Tier-1 world coordinate.

After all, this was the first time Zhu Ying had obtained a Tier-1 world. According to the previous patterns of chest grades, he believed this Tier-1 world would definitely be of a higher level than the ordinary worlds.

Thus, Zhu Ying was more inclined to open the Tier-1 world!

Just as Zhu Ying was contemplating which world to prioritize, his system panel suddenly issued a prompt.

【Ding! Detected that the Host has obtained three portal spaces. You may now merge the three portal spaces to obtain a higher-level world.】

This prompt from the panel made Zhu Ying somewhat excited.

"A higher-level world?"

Clearly, Zhu Ying was tempted.

To be honest, at first, Zhu Ying was thinking that if he opened all three spatial portal coordinates, the Ming Empire would naturally have to divide its forces to fight, and his own energy and focus would be unable to concentrate.

But now, Zhu Ying had the opportunity to synthesize the three spatial portals into a single coordinate, and the synthesized portal would be a higher-level world.

This was actually the result Zhu Ying wanted most.

After weighing the pros and cons, Zhu Ying ultimately decided to agree to the synthesis.

In Zhu Ying's view, with the current strength of the Ming Empire, conquering ordinary worlds was no longer an issue, and even if he did, it wouldn't increase the Ming's national destiny by much.

Since that was the case, it would be better to synthesize these three worlds into a higher-level world.

This way, the Ming Empire would encounter even more powerful opponents, which would be perfect for training the strength of the Ming military.

One had to realize that since the Ming Empire completed the unification of the world, it had been ten full years since it had launched any major military campaigns.

This was the perfect chance to temper the Ming Empire's military strength.

Without hesitation, Zhu Ying immediately spoke to the panel: "Synthesize! Synthesize now!"

【Ding! Synthesizing three spatial portal world coordinates!】 【Two ordinary world coordinates, one Tier-1 world coordinate!】 【Synthesizing in progress!】

"Successfully obtained [Tier-1 High-Grade Spatial Portal]!"

As the system panel's notification rang out, Zhu Ying was naturally quite excited.

After all, the grade of the synthesized spatial portal coordinate was Tier-1 High-Grade!

This meant the strength of this spatial portal world would be even more formidable!

It could be said that Zhu Ying's happiness was visible to the naked eye.

"Good, good!"

"A Tier-1 High-Grade world is a grade higher than the previous Tier-1 world coordinates!"

"As expected, the world after synthesis is indeed more powerful."

In Zhu Ying's view, this Tier-1 High-Grade world would surely be the pinnacle of all Tier-1 worlds. Naturally, it would be much more powerful than ordinary worlds.

At the same time, for the Ming Empire, it would naturally be more challenging.

This was exactly what Zhu Ying hoped to see.

After all, only by conquering higher-level worlds would the Ming Empire's national destiny rise even higher!

At this moment, the system popped up another prompt.

"Do you wish to open the [Tier-1 High-Grade World Random Spatial Portal]?"

Zhu Ying did not hesitate. He immediately said, "Open it!"

"Open it now!"

As soon as Zhu Ying's voice fell, the system began to randomly open the [Tier-1 High-Grade World Spatial Portal].

A moment later, the panel's notification rang out again.

"Obtained [Resident Evil World Spatial Portal]!"

To be honest, when Zhu Ying saw the name of this world, a look of shock couldn't help but appear on his face.

"Resident Evil World Spatial Portal?"

Zhu Ying muttered to himself in a surprised tone.

Clearly, at this moment, Zhu Ying's expression was somewhat dazed.

While waiting to open the Tier-1 High-Grade world, Zhu Ying had thought of many possible worlds in his mind, but he never expected that he would actually open the [Resident Evil World Spatial Portal]!

It could be said that this completely refreshed Zhu Ying's perception.

"I can actually open a world like this?"

"No way!"

Zhu Ying couldn't help but complain. It was evident that he couldn't accept it immediately.

However, since it was already open, he had to face it.

It was just that... the current Zhu Ying did not yet know what kind of situation he would face in this [Resident Evil World].

Judging by the literal meaning alone, it was already quite terrifying.

Resident Evil... there would likely be encounters with future technology, or even viruses and such.

In fact, this would be a significant test for the current military strength of the Ming Empire.

"Resident Evil..."

"Bio-hazard?"

"This world will surely possess extremely high technology, and perhaps even evolving viruses!"

"I really didn't expect to pull this world."

In a daze, Zhu Ying seemed to recall the Resident Evil movies he had seen in his past life. Judging solely by the name of the spatial portal, he naturally associated it with those films.

If this Resident Evil spatial portal were truly like the movies, it would be no easy task for the Ming Empire's current military strength to completely conquer it.

At this thought, a sense of lingering fear rose in the depths of Zhu Ying's heart.

He knew this was definitely not a normal world; it could even be called a future world.

But... Zhu Ying's negative emotions did not last long.

Soon, his mood gradually shifted from tension to excitement.

Because, in Zhu Ying's view, being able to open this Resident Evil world portal was both a test and an opportunity for the current Ming Empire.

One had to realize that once Zhu Ying completed the fusion of the [Order of Civilization], the future Ming Empire would inevitably be exposed to the sight of cosmic star-level civilizations.

When that time came, the Ming Empire would face opponents several times, or even dozens of times, stronger than itself.

With the Ming Empire's current strength, it would be a massive test.

After all, in a sense, the current Ming Empire was actually only in the Steam Age.

But now, Zhu Ying had obtained this [Resident Evil World Spatial Portal], which also meant that the Ming Empire could defeat that [Resident Evil World] and thereby obtain the resources and technology of that world!

Zhu Ying firmly believed that within this [Resident Evil World Space], there must exist technologies that the current Ming did not possess, as well as evolving viruses!

If the Ming Empire could obtain the technology and resources of that world by conquering the Resident Evil world, it would lead to a leapfrog increase in the Ming Empire's strength!

Therefore!

For the Ming Empire, this was both a test and a rare opportunity!

It all depended on whether the Ming Empire could conquer this [Resident Evil World].

After thinking this through, Zhu Ying's emotions became much more composed.

Once the technology and resources of the [Resident Evil World] were obtained, it would be a qualitative leap for the Ming Empire's technology and military power.

Furthermore, the Ming Empire's national destiny would increase significantly.

In short, this [Resident Evil] world would be a massive opportunity for the Ming Empire at this moment!

Moreover, Zhu Ying was full of confidence in the Ming Empire's strength.

In his view, although the Ming Empire had not experienced large-scale wars or expeditions during these ten years, its military power had actually been developing continuously.

Whether it was the dinosaur legions or the combat effectiveness of ordinary soldiers, both had been enhanced.

Additionally, through various academies and the Ming Imperial Academy, a considerable number of martial arts geniuses had been trained!

Furthermore, weapons such as cannons and flintlock guns had also been improved!

Most importantly, the current Ming Empire was quite stable in the main world. After ten full years of long-term peace and stability, the people of the various vassal states were extremely loyal to the Ming Empire.

Therefore, the Ming Empire could go all out!

As long as it could conquer this [Resident Evil World], the Ming Empire's strength would naturally reach a new level.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ying became excited once again.

... (End of Chapter)