CHAPTER 560: CHAPTER 495: PERISH FOREST HUT, DESTROY THE SEED OF THE FOREST

"This..."

Behind Lin Ke, the followers were already stunned.

Honestly speaking, the people hiding underground, in trees, and behind rocks in the Forest Hut were truly numerous.

Densely packed, at a glance, it was estimated that there were tens of thousands, and this was just in the central area of the forest.

If you count the scattered villages and treehouses along the way, perhaps the remaining people of the Forest Hut number more than a hundred thousand.

In other words, if the Forest Hut put forth all its efforts and fought to the point of national annihilation, it would still have the power to battle, and might even cause significant trouble for the Great Wilderness.

By then, behind the bushes, under the holes, in the houses, within the springs... all over the hills would be the people of the Forest Hut, all forming guerrilla forces of the Forest Hut.

Moreover, there are still many enemies in Great Wilderness City, whether they are hidden in the shadows or in plain sight.

If Great Wilderness City’s power is entirely entangled with the Forest Hut, it might drag Great Wilderness City into a quagmire, into hell.

But now, fortunately...

The people standing in the Forest Hut, those who wanted to resist and didn’t mind sacrificing, were all knocked down, and those standing were the highly esteemed, those longing to survive, the rational and reflective ones.

All the followers felt a bit lucky, and they understood the significance of their performance this time.

As Lin Ke said, as long as those rational ones saw hope for survival, that would be enough.

Afterwards, they felt a newfound sense of admiration for Lin Ke.

This grasp on people’s hearts was extraordinary!

If it weren’t for the fact that the followers were primarily those who had risen alongside Lin Ke from obscurity, they might have suspected Lin Ke had experienced something similar before.

However, under Lin Ke’s leadership, Azanen and the Great Wilderness had never been beaten this way.

Moreover, they firmly believed that the people of the Great Wilderness, when oppressed, would not be like these people.

At least most would not.

"Alright, three days, people can leave, but everything must be left behind," Lin Ke took one last look at the chaotic ground, turned around, and returned to the aircraft carrier.

But halfway back, Lin Ke suddenly remembered and called out loudly: "Those who want to join the Great Wildernessists can offer treasures, information, or other valuable things, like the Tree of Nature... Everything will be measured by contribution points, and only those with enough points can become citizens of the Great Wilderness early."

"John, take care of the arrangements."

After saying this, Lin Ke glanced at John, then returned to the aircraft carrier.

And the crowd, originally in chaos, put down those they were beating, looked up at Lin Ke high above, and then glanced at each other before scattering in an instant.

They wanted to join the Great Wilderness as soon as possible to avoid threats to their lives!

After most people left, only a few bodies near death were left on the ground.

These teenagers’ parents were members of the Sathir Legion, either captured or dead, with no one to care for them, including their other relatives.

So, after everyone left, only their hot blood continued to flow, seeping into the ground, turning cold, and plunging into darkness.

Some time later, a few soldiers came down on a sub-ship, followed Lin Ke’s instructions to collect the bodies, bury them here, and erected a tombstone.

The stone was inscribed not with their names and life stories but with some large words:

"Irrational lovers of the Forest Hut," "Those who will not reflect," "People with excessively stiff spines and knees," and so on...

Of course, there was also a small line at the bottom.

"Respected by Lin Ke."

...

Two days later, in the command center.

"Whew... how’s it going?"

Lin Ke lightly exhaled and then asked John about the current situation in the Forest Hut: "Besides those ninety people, have others left?"

A cold light flashed in John’s eyes: "There were sixty-eight more, but they have been dealt with, and the bodies have already been thrown into the furnace."

"Mm, as long as it’s handled properly." Lin Ke nodded slightly, then asked, "What about those who stayed? What have they submitted?"

"A lot. Besides useful items, there are also ancient books of their Forest Hut clan, special clothing, classical artifacts, and so on."

John took out a piece of Azanen Paper, which recorded many things, items without real value but possibly possessing other values he couldn’t ascertain, so he brought them to ask Lin Ke.

Lin Ke took the list, looked through it line by line, then instructed John on how to handle them:

"Burn all these ancient books; let them forget where they came from, and from now on, they will learn the history and culture of the Great Wilderness."

"Change the term intruders; we are the world’s police... we are the overseers of the plane, upholding the justice and freedom of Naseng."

"They can no longer use their script and language in the future; everything must be switched to the Naseng universal language. In the schools established, make Naseng universal language a mandatory course... at this age, why is the Forest Hut still retaining its traditional culture."

"As for their traditional Forest Hut attire worn during ancestor worship and festivals, along with the dances, abolish them all. In the future, they will only celebrate our Great Wilderness festivals...?"

"Hm? Ancestral worship festival? Holidays for remembering and commemorating some ancestors? There are quite a few of these? Change it, add a God’s Birth Day for them, using Marshal Azanen’s birth date, shifting their divine definition from the Forest God to Marshal Azanen, making them feel that Marshal Azanen is more magnificent!"

"Clothes and pants? Mandate that Forest Hut people can only wear the suit uniform of Great Wilderness City during important occasions."

"Furthermore, hand over some of their herbal treatises to Knicks for study, then disseminate among the masses that their medicine is incorrect, useless, crude... yes, let them only see the crude, don’t let them remember there’s an essence."

"Make them proud to integrate into the Great Wilderness and ashamed to preserve their traditions; vigorously promote those who can obtain Great Wilderness City resident status! For instance, tell them Great Wilderness’ toilet water is drinkable, and the blacksmith spirit of the Great Wilderness."

"Also, in terms of education, tell them about happy education; wanting to play whenever you wish is okay. Anyway, Great Wilderness University will ultimately embrace the real talents..."

Lin Ke clicked his tongue, instructing John one item at a time on how to completely erase the traces of the Forest Hut’s existence culturally.

The more John listened, the more he was alarmed.

How should one describe this?

This resolves many issues without deploying a single soldier, without wasting any labor.

You know, in the past, the hardest issues for deities were these matters, but what most churches could do was only violent and bloody suppression, or they used conspiracy, or acted with the gallows.

And Lin Ke?

This is directly "transforming" the Forest Hut from the aspects of thought and cognition!

No, what’s it supposed to be called?

Brainwashing! Yes, it’s brainwashing!

After spending so much time with Lin Ke, even John’s cognitive abilities have improved.

It has to be said, following Lin Ke’s methods, perhaps ten generations... no, within three generations, the people of the Forest Hut would completely abandon the mother forest that bore and nurtured them and embrace the Great Wilderness.

"Young Master, your wisdom is the greatest I’ve ever seen in my life," John sincerely praised.

"I’m merely feeling my way across the river with an eagle sauce..." Lin Ke chuckled, stood up to gaze at the ever-changing clouds outside the window, and said, "Exterminate the Forest Hut, eliminate the forest species... It truly is that simple!"