The Greedy Demon God doesn’t have the ability of anti-gravity; to engage in void flight, it has to rely on “Spatial Teleportation,” which consumes quite a lot of Spirit Essence.

Fortunately, the Immortal King in the Dwarf Civilization has “Gravity Control.” Lu Yuan plans to persuade the dwarves to investigate… He’s confident about this; if the dwarves are unwilling to do even this, it means their future ends here.

“Hmm, it’s good that you have the ability to investigate,” said the Crystal Man, “Another way to leave the Northern Territory is by using the space jump of the Monster.”

“Currently, the Monster’s emotion is relatively stable; we can’t quite control when it will jump.”

“We’ll notify you once its emotions become unstable.”

“No problem, sorry to trouble all of you seniors.”

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Thus, after everything was prepared, human development officially entered the fast lane!

To expand its influence, the Human Government dispatched a total of 20 diplomatic teams, each consisting of 200 members, to travel around the Northern Territory, sketch maps, and visit various major races.

Whether they were strong or weak races, all were personally visited!

The deployment of regular troops was completely different from Lu Yuan’s leisurely wanderings.

Detailed investigation reports were sent back to the headquarters almost every day, including estimates of the wealth of major civilizations–it was clear that there was a keen interest in others’ purses.

The second initiative was to establish various economic cooperation organizations and lay out the Northern Territory’s industrial chain.

Productions like cement and steel could slowly overflow to human counterparts, with cities like Wulan City and Maige City eagerly waiting.

On the one hand, it aimed to quickly make a few partners affluent and establish a few typical cases of cooperation.

The demand in Green Grass City was indeed too great, with several Sky Cities needing construction and the demand for steel and cement calculated annually in billions of tons; a single city simply couldn’t keep up.

Moreover, it was a chance to promote their industrial standards.

From a screw to the gauge of train tracks, standards existed for everything.

And establishing standards is the very top of the industrial chain.

Once accustomed to the industrial standards set by humans, the sunk cost of switching back would be simply too high. This is not a bad thing for future monopolies.

As for the third initiative…

“The Northern Territory Talent Education Plan will officially launch in June this year!”

“No matter your race, as long as you meet the standard line in the unified entrance examination for ordinary universities in the Northern Territory, you will receive a scholarship and free admission!”

“The first batch includes 16 universities, with a total enrollment of 52,000 people!”

“Most universities are jointly established by human civilization and other powerful civilizations, including the Dwarf Clan, Hongxiang Clan, and Long-haired Clan… They will send some professors to reside in the schools long-term.”

That’s right, humans have implemented the college entrance exam system in the Trading Market, allowing all civilizations to enjoy the benefits of education!

Frankly speaking, Human 18th Civilization never had college entrance exams because the presence of virtual dream technology meant abundant educational resources internally.

However, it’s apparent that dream technology cannot be shared with other civilizations, so entrance exams are indeed necessary.

Not only can it cultivate more high-intelligence talent, but it can also promote human culture–naturally, Chinese is a subject on the exam.

If one doesn’t even know Chinese, does that mean each race’s exam papers have to be specially translated?

This educational measure, although it might result in technical spillover, shows that human ambition is not confined to the Northern Territory alone.

In the end, Green Grass City still has to expand outward, and even if the Northern Territory develops several powerful Third-Level or even Fourth-Level Civilizations, it’s also acceptable.

The stronger the overall strength of the Northern Territory, the stronger the purchasing power might be!

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Even more so, there’s a fourth major initiative–the large-scale population expansion!

A population of two million is clearly not enough to sustain a Fourth-Level Civilization’s industrial chain.

The current artificial intelligence is still weak artificial intelligence and cannot replace humans in research work.

Therefore, having a larger population is an urgent need.

“In the next two hundred years, our population will slowly expand to between five and six million.”

“Over 80% of citizens will be able to reach 12 Divine Attributes. About 20% can reach 14 Divine Attributes. At least 0.5% will reach 16 Divine Attributes, the upper limit for humans.”

“According to the proportion, that’s about 100,000 souls full individuals.”

“This is obviously a huge expenditure. Even if each person requires 0.1 Spirit Essence, it would still be tens of thousands of expenses. Fortunately, with the Trading Market’s income, we can barely sustain it…”

In this internal meeting, each major initiative inspired everyone internally.

All the executives, scholars, engineers, and scientists contributed their ideas and plans, arranging everything meticulously from internal affairs to diplomacy.

This scene made Lu Yuan, the Great Commander, feel a bit sleepy; he had nothing to add, only feeling vaguely that talent cultivation was really expensive!

“Does anyone have anything to add?”

“Our future indeed looks very bright, but I have a small suggestion…” said Professor Lu Tiantian from the Biology Department, “It’s called the Strategy of Concealing One’s Capabilities.”

“Oh? How so?” Lu Yuan perked up.

“Our Human 18th Civilization rose step by step amidst disasters. Today’s glory relies on many opportunities. Theoretically, a Fourth-Level Civilization is already a backbone force of Pangu Continent.”