God of Technology: Creating the Internet in Another World-Chapter 490: Are You Sure You’re Serious?

"What do you mean!?" The Gray Fort Emperor was stunned.

He didn’t expect to hear something like that.

The Church of Technology’s actions were because someone was driving them from behind!?

Who could possibly do that?

The Church of Technology never lacked for soldiers, gold, influence, or firepower. Even he, ruler of the world’s greatest empire, had been forced into a defensive position.

He himself didn’t even know if he could achieve 100% victory facing them.

Who could possibly be driving them!?

Some church?

Some nation?

Some race?

Couldn’t possibly be the dragons, right?

One idea after another flashed through the Gray Fort Emperor’s mind, but as each idea appeared, he just found it absurd.

What kind of nonsense was this?

How was that possible!?

His shadows covered most of the world.

He knew almost everything.

At least he thought he did.

Under these circumstances, how could some faction develop to this extent without him noticing?

Even less possible—make zero noise and already be in conflict with the Church of Technology.

Viscount Roster didn’t waste words, quickly explaining the Tulip Kingdom situation:

"Maybe our world is just their prison. Or maybe they’re just using prisoners to test us."

"But whatever the reason, for us, this is without a doubt a massive crisis."

"Three divine beings have already died, gone missing, or gone insane because of this. Facing this situation, our god—the God of Technology—came up with these two plans."

"One plan is to heavily develop military Magic Conductors, make everyone more powerful, ideally mass-produce tons of combat clerics."

"The other plan is to change the world through civilian Magic Conductors. Make this world more prosperous—like what I’m doing now. Before long, the population will explode, and naturally the gods will become more powerful too."

"Two plans—one to strengthen mortals, one to strengthen the divine..."

Viscount Roster kept talking, while the Gray Fort Emperor was still kind of dazed, like he couldn’t quite process it for a moment.

This thing was way beyond his expectations.

Hell, you could say it was beyond his understanding.

What the hell!?

Another world!?

Tulip Kingdom!?

A cage!?

Three gods died because of this!?

What was all this stuff?

He could understand every single word, but when put together, he honestly couldn’t understand a damn thing.

"Are you sure you’re serious?"

After the Gray Fort Emperor asked this, he kind of regretted it.

How could the other guy not be serious?

Even if the other guy wasn’t serious, he wouldn’t say he wasn’t serious. He’d still stick to this theory.

Absolutely no other possibility!

"Haven’t your shadows told you that most of the tech combat clerics are heading to the Tulip Kingdom? Hell, even our clerics north of the watch wall are being continuously sent to the Tulip Kingdom?"

Viscount Roster seemed kind of surprised. How could the Gray Fort Emperor ask something like that?

But he still organized his thoughts and continued: "North of the watch wall is our training ground."

"As soon as they get past the newbie level, we send them to the Tulip Kingdom."

"There’s only one reason we do this—we think the risk over at the Tulip Kingdom is way too huge."

"A catastrophic disaster could appear at any time."

"So we have to send more people to garrison there. If possible, we’re also preparing to counterattack over there."

"Anyway, you don’t need to worry about whether the Church of Technology’s rise will have any impact on your Gray Fort Empire. I can guarantee that no matter what changes happen, it’ll all be good for you."

"Because we need a stable and powerful, increasingly powerful rear base."

"The Gray Fort Empire, as the largest nation in this world—your stability is the most important thing."

"How can I trust you?" The Gray Fort Emperor was silent for a good while before asking.

"You can send people to the Tulip Kingdom. Stay there for a while and you’ll naturally know what kind of stuff the other world sends to ours."

Viscount Roster thought for a moment, then added a reminder: "But no matter who it is, we won’t allow them to go to the other world."

"You can only confirm what the other world sends over through long-term observation."

"This isn’t to guard against you guys. We’re guarding against the other side."

"We can’t guarantee that when we send people over, they definitely won’t notice 100%. But if they notice we actually have the ability to go to their side, it could cause huge problems."

Viscount Roster’s logic was flawless.

At least the Gray Fort Emperor couldn’t find a single issue.

Just that not being able to go to the other world to verify—that was kind of lacking.

But the Gray Fort Empire didn’t dare gamble either.

If what Viscount Roster said was all true, then that portal was absolutely something that couldn’t be touched.

The Gray Fort Emperor fell into silence. After a good while, he finally spoke: "I want to send my shadow to the Tulip Kingdom to stay for a while."

"Don’t worry, our people definitely won’t go to the other world."

"I just want to verify this."

"If it’s really like you say, then I can guarantee the Gray Fort Empire will cooperate with you to complete industrialization reforms... Of course, in necessary national defense areas, we’ll still guard against the Kingdom of Dawn."

"That’s natural. That’s what we’re hoping for too." Viscount Roster didn’t care: "Technology always rapidly expands during military affairs and war."

"We need the gods to have more followers, so we absolutely can’t break out into large-scale warfare. But if you want to start an arms race to rapidly boost strength, we can accept that."

War consumed population. Unless under very necessary circumstances, the Church of Technology absolutely didn’t advocate for war.

But facing a potentially massive battlefield ahead, they had to improve military strength.

So naturally, the best plan was an arms race.

Today I upgrade, tomorrow you upgrade. Everyone talks shit, everyone’s worried they can’t beat the other guy, then keeps developing stronger weapons and armies.

Sure, this would have a huge impact on the economy. So what?

Wasn’t the old economy dead in the water anyway?

During Magic Conductor industrial development, most people got liberated from the most primitive state.

As long as they controlled the speed of civilian and military development, they didn’t need to worry about serious problems.

The call lasted who knows how long before the Gray Fort Emperor finally hung up the video call.

Sitting there for ages: "Shadow, you heard what just happened, right?"

The moment his words fell, shadows rapidly condensed nearby.