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Chapter 242: The Disaster of Corruption
Dongluoye Province is quite famous in the border areas, because it is the only pioneering territory that has been upgraded to a formal province recently. It has a touching and inspiring story about a fallen family that has been working hard on the border for more than a hundred years and finally returned to the imperial system.

For all pioneering territories, it was an object of great yearning, but such a thriving province of the empire was destroyed in an instant.

"How could such a thing happen? Didn't Dong Luoye just receive the Little Sacred Tree?"

Yurda was confused.

She looked at the groups of refugees who kept fleeing, and there was no sign of the escape stopping for several days.

The white-blonde girl couldn't understand it. The chaos impact that severed the connection between gods and mortals would inevitably bring about a catastrophe, that was certain, but why would something go wrong in the rear first?
Even the frontier territories were quiet, yet the imperial provinces suffered a devastating disaster?

"And he's running towards the border. It seems like he's really panicking. What on earth happened in Dong Luoye?"

When asking the refugees who fled here, most of them had no idea what had happened. They were all residents living on one side of the border and could only describe their limited knowledge.

"Monsters. There are monsters coming from the capital, but they don't look like monsters."

"All the crops withered, the land became barren, and there were miasma and swamps that appeared out of nowhere."

"There is no one alive in the direction of the capital. They are dead. All of them are dead."

"We can't get through at all. We can't escape to the interior of the empire. We can only head towards the Development Territory."

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But among the survivors, there are very few people who know the inside story. However, their mental state is without exception quite worrying.

Some had disheveled hair, some banged their heads on the ground, some collapsed and cried. Those who could rationally describe the situation raised their bloodshot eyes and said in despair:

"It's the tree! The little holy tree! The little holy tree destroyed the capital."

"The forest eats people, the vines kill people, and the flowers kill people."

"Why? Why! God, did you close your eyes?"

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What are they talking about?
Yulda and the others were confused after hearing this, only Westhead nodded in understanding:
"It is indeed the case. It is a disaster of corruption."

In this era, every country has been detonated by the hidden mines buried in the past due to the surge of chaos tides, causing disasters that sweep across the country.

The Dongluoye Province had apparently suffered a disaster that it had to endure during the Age of Strife. In the Holy Tree Empire, this was the [Disaster of Corruption].

When talking about the [Disaster of Corruption], we have to mention the Little Sacred Tree, a specialty of the empire.

It is the concrete embodiment of the [Law of Prosperity], a gift from the God-Ancestor to believers, and a divine structure that descended from the sky.

In every capital of an imperial province, a small holy tree will be planted by the [Supreme Holy Tree]. It is bound to the entire province and they prosper and suffer together.

The little holy tree is not only a symbol of glory and honor, but also represents the [Law of Prosperity], spreading endless blessings to the people.

However, this kind of divine power structure is something that should not exist in the mortal world. It is quite troublesome to maintain and is basically a losing business.

Only a god like the [Supreme Holy Tree] who has a deep obsession with reproduction would spare no effort to plant the little holy tree.

In the past when the Supreme Heaven and the mortal world were connected, the [Supreme Glory Holy Tree] would of course do its best to manage the Holy Tree system, but once there were no gods to maintain these divine structures, these small holy trees would become a hotbed for the growth of chaos. Because the small holy trees were essentially divine structures that were forcibly maintained and had no self-protection capabilities, once the [Supreme Glory Holy Tree] was disconnected, the order that had the essence of the Holy Spirit but did not have the wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit would exist. Needless to say, what this meant to chaos.

The innate star wrath holy body is evaluated as being a hundred times more tempting than the pure holy spirit! The ditch is comparable to the golden wine!
Not to mention that the small sacred tree in Dongluoye Province was planted not long ago, and even its construction has not been completed, so it is common sense that it was severely destroyed by Chaos.

"I was wondering why the Border Lands were so peaceful and not even strong. It turns out Chaos is focusing on corrupting the Little Sacred Tree."

Westhead stroked his chin and nodded continuously.

Yuerda's violet eyes widened. "Is this kind of thing possible? Directly crossing the border and releasing pollution into the imperial province?!"

Westhead glanced at the shocked and stupid sister, and found that she was still thinking in the same way as before, and said:

"Give up your past understanding. The laws of the gods can no longer protect the mortal world, and Chaos no longer needs to invade from the outside."

Chaos's approach is undoubtedly correct. Those bordering the Chaos Realm have long been accustomed to staring into the abyss, and have adopted all kinds of strict defenses, making it difficult to penetrate by any means.

On the contrary, in the hinterland that has enjoyed peace for a long time, the only means of defense is the laws of the gods. Apart from that, the vast majority of people don't even have the concept of chaos.

After the laws of the gods were lifted, although the erosion of chaos did not become stronger, it could already ignore the obstacles of space. Isn't this a fierce sneak attack?

In fact, Chaos really reached its peak when the Age of strife had just begun. By the time the mortal world had recovered from the blow of the gods' departure, Chaos' corruption and rampage had made it difficult to achieve fruitful results.

"Is this why you called back the troops stationed in the Chaos Realm? What we need to guard against is no longer the Chaos Realm, but the disaster that may happen at any time behind it."

After hearing the explanation, Yuerda was thoughtful and then asked Westhead:

"Brother, what should we do? Should we build a defense line in the direction of Dongluoye?"

"Defense line?"

Westhead tilted his head and smiled:
"My dear Yurta, you seem to have made a mistake. When have I ever been cowardly or withdrawn?"

"Since the Empire has entrusted me with the management of the southeastern border, it is my responsibility to solve the corruption problem. Moreover, we have reasons to suppress it."

Yurda: "Because this disaster will affect us sooner or later? To keep the enemy out of our own walls?"

"That's one of the reasons."

Westhead nodded and said as he walked back:
"And we need to establish our authority. The pioneering territories we have annexed have not yet agreed with Qinghui. They are just intimidated by the empire's authority and powerful military and have no choice but to submit. Although we hold the military and political power in our hands, the indigenous people may not necessarily cause chaos, but I prefer to win people over with virtue."

"Let them realize who can protect them in troubled times!"

The key to establishing a [Fanatical Nation] is not to expand territory, but to unite as one.

Simply put, it’s fan circle-like.

".And one last reason."

Westhead stopped and said righteously:

"How could I watch innocent people suffering in front of me and not lend a helping hand?"

(End of this chapter)