I Don't Agree to the Terms

"My martial arts seem to be limited to high blood defense and thickness without any real technique," I said.

Of course, Gu Shanhai was not just studying these; he was also researching a brand-new method of resurrection. He felt that relying solely on the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers for resurrection was a bit inadequate.

The resurrection method of the Divine is at the level of rules, which he was very interested in and wanted to use as one of the breakthrough effects for his Divine Skills.

Regarding the Divine's resurrection ability, Gu Shanhai was also delving deeply into it. In terms of resurrection methods, it was definitely superior to his Heart Demon Dao Soldiers.

Gu Shanhai planned to incorporate the Spirit Plant system to achieve more effective means of resurrection. For instance, as long as the causal luck he left in the world did not disappear, he could revive, or even more powerfully, directly extend to historical traces.

As long as he had appeared before, he could be reborn through these traces, even if he had died.

These traces are not limited to the physical pathways or remnants left behind but also include traces in history, people's memories, judgments, and so on.

It's like in this world, even if no one knows about Gu Shanhai's existence and there are no records, but as long as the Spiritual Martial System exists, or even just derived or fragmentary records, Gu Shanhai could use these insignificant traces to revive himself.

Moreover, Gu Shanhai also planned to create features like the Red Earth Continent, the Grand Line, and Demon Fruits to deepen these traces.

And with such traces, Gu Shanhai could achieve cross-realm rebirth. Even if he died in other worlds, he could form a cross-realm passage using the Three-Life Spiritual Plant and Tongtian Jianmu on his person.

So, in theory, Gu Shanhai could not only be reborn in the Azure Sea World but also in other worlds. For example, with the biggest trace being in Huang Yanshan of the Dashu Empire—since the entire magnetic field system originated from what he deduced for Huang Yanshan, the actual source is him.

Next would be the world where Atilis lives, because Atilis became the Druid King and ruled the whole world thanks to him. As long as the Kalome Dynasty or Druid heritage he belongs to does not perish, his traces will not vanish.

Then comes the Xuanzhen Realm and the Lost Empire World where Rein lives. Although his influence is significant, without any substantial changes and fate still existing, the changes in the world are also due to Dashu. Had it not been for the will of the Human Dao and the birth of the Emperor, Gu Shanhai might not have had much impact at all, ranking him third.

And then there is the Daoist Soldier World where Jiang Lu lives.

Traces and influence are somewhat related. The biggest influence in the Daoist Soldier World isn't Gu Shanhai but Zhu Ding, the transmigrator who carries the system, followed by Luo Chuan, who is reborn with military tactics from a hundred thousand years later.

Gu Shanhai can only be considered icing on the cake, not as impactful as adding fuel to the fire.

As for other worlds, they are all more or less the same, basically categorized into these three levels.

"So, there's great potential," he said.

As for this kind of resurrection technique, it naturally relies on the causal luck of the Spirit Plant. He doesn't major in these but rather focuses on revealing through Heavenly Mechanism Flow—that is, Prophetic Divination. The rest is just righteously supporting the protagonist against the main villain, so his weakness is quite obvious and can't compare to those who specialize in playing with fate and causality.

He views the Heavenly Mechanism Flow more as a tool rather than a foundation. As Gu Shanhai, who has experienced a previous grand era, says, whether it's causality or fate, as long as your fist is big enough to shatter the world, your power won't be of any use, no matter how formidable you are.

The difficulty of a skilled cook without rice is this principle: directly seizing the rice you use for cooking means, no matter your culinary skills, you can't make a good meal.

His foundation is the "Green Emperor Longevity Scripture" and the Magic Domain. The Heavenly Mechanism Flow is just a part of it, not everything.

"Just thinking about it, it's going to be a big expense; I wonder if Wang Qi's Island Alliance will be able to withstand it," Gu Shanhai worried as he thought of this.

All the R&D costs definitely weren't borne by Gu Shanhai alone; they were provided to him by resources from Wang Qi and his Island Alliance. With the Island Alliance not yet fully developed and suddenly incurring a substantial expenditure, he worried it might not hold up.

After all, Wang Qi needed resources for everything, whether it was establishing the Navy or developing the Island Alliance, there was no getting around that fact.

"So, it has to be resolved," Gu Shanhai said. Tightening the belt was impossible because every single experiment was tied to his growth in strength, so for him, not only was it impossible to cut the budget, but various expenditures would continually increase.

Therefore, finding new sources of income was the best solution.

"The Gamer Business District... let's forget about that; if we do that, all the profits would end up with gamer powers, and wouldn't that make Wang Qi their employee? So, the only option is to develop his own potential."

Gu Shanhai knew that he wasn't adept at business, and while gamers weren't as strong as him, they were much more specialized in their respective fields.

Luckily, the Azure Sea World itself had immense potential, especially since it was entirely comprised of oceans. As long as development was done right, the returns could be quite high, especially considering sea beasts served as a renewable resource.

Sea beasts were dangerous, indeed, but they also represented great benefits and resources; after all, they were not ordinary life forms but transcendent beings.

"But if it's just about developing the ocean, there isn't much information available to refer to," Gu Shanhai felt somewhat helpless.

Jiang Lu's initial maritime business wasn't actually focused on developing the ocean but on overseas commerce and colonization, so it still revolved around land-based operations.

Here, the focus was purely on developing the ocean, not the islands, because the islands hardly had any potential to speak of.

"The charter can be drafted simply; anyway, Wang Qi is the protagonist, and handing it over to him should enable him to turn decay into magic." Gu Shanhai's idea was to be a hands-off shopkeeper. Initially, he had merely provided Wang Qi with a proposal for the Island Alliance, and through self-study, contemplation, and practice, he had really managed to establish it for Gu Shanhai.

As long as there was logic and feasibility, Wang Qi, being the protagonist coupled with his own abilities, could complete it, and there was a great deal of possibility for success.

"Is it my issue or theirs that all the protagonists I've come across seem to pivot towards dominion?"

Gu Shanhai couldn't help but think about this. Rein, the adventurer, was one thing due to global circumstances, but Wang Qi looked like the typical hot-blooded manga protagonist. Otherwise, how could he possess illogical bursts of power as his golden finger? Yet here they were, so thoroughly skewed.

"It must be my issue," Gu Shanhai concluded. How much could a hot-blooded manga protagonist provide in terms of resources? On the other hand, a world-dominating tyrant could have everything, aligning with Gu Shanhai's interests.

"Forget it, don't dwell on this matter anymore, System, draft a maritime development plan or charter," Gu Shanhai directly assigned the task of ocean development to the Four Saints Beasts System. He couldn't be bothered to rack his brain about these things, indeed, the plan for establishing the Island Alliance had also been produced by the Four Saints Beasts System.

His job was to become stronger; the miscellaneous tasks were certainly the System's responsibility.

As long as you're strong enough, your brain can retire; just like now, when Gu Shanhai used his brain to deal with enemies, his brain told him to just kill them off, with no need for any treacherous schemes or tactics.

Straightforward and brutal, this approach to problem-solving with overwhelming force was exactly how he liked it.

The only issue was encountering an existence in this world that could be considered a match for Gu Shanhai; he hadn't come across any since his arrival.

In no more than three seconds, the Four Saints Beasts System had produced a complete plan for Gu Shanhai; all that remained was to deliver it to Wang Qi.