The events occurring within the Cave have shaken the powerful figures of the Mid-to-Upper City District.
Previously, the Cave had also witnessed multiple rebellions by certain gang forces, but the powerful figures knew that the gang members were naturally unruly, so some resistance was considered normal.
However, what they never expected was that this time, the resistance included not only gang Spiritual Ability Users but also those destitute and struggling peasants.
These people, who couldn’t even defeat children from the Central City District, managed to kill hundreds of enforcement team members and City Tax Bureau employees using stones, campfires, and sticks.
This outcome left the powerful figures utterly amazed.
In their eyes, these Cave People were no different from garbage, and even if Spiritual Energy tax were collected for the next three hundred years, they wouldn’t dare to resist.
But with the outbreak of this event, a large number of ordinary Cave People joined the Cave Rebellion Army.
After a meeting and discussion, the powerful figures quickly reached a consensus.
"These are no ordinary peasants anymore, heavy strikes are necessary!"
Subsequently, a combined force of over 30,000 patrol teams, enforcement teams, and police were dispatched into the Cave.
Although restricted by the Cave’s environment, many of the mid-to-high-end weapons couldn’t be used underground, but single-soldier equipment like exoskeleton armor, mechanical hunting dogs, and small Spiritual Energy Cannons were sufficient to crush those peasants.
Due to the narrow Cave entrances that couldn’t allow large-scale passage, these large-scale clearing teams dispersed into multiple Cave entrances to facilitate subsequent clearing operations in other caves.
Then, these large-scale clearing teams that ventured underground were ambushed by a large number of Spiritual Ability Users.
At almost every entrance, thousands of Spiritual Ability Users were ambushing. The narrow terrain prevented the clearing teams from even deploying their formations, getting overwhelmed by many Spiritual Ability Users.
If encountering smaller teams, they crushed them with numerical superiority of Spiritual Ability Users and exterminated them.
In case of heavily armed large clearing teams, the Spiritual Ability Users used their understanding of the terrain to directly collapse the Cave entrance, burying the strong foes hundreds of meters underground.
At once, the clearing teams suffered heavy losses, with less than 20% reaching their designated locations.
The powerful figures, besides being furious, began to feel a bit of fear rising in their hearts.
They couldn’t understand how the resource-scarce Lower City District, devoid even of standard-level Spiritual Energy, had produced tens of thousands of Spiritual Ability Users.
Even in the Central City District, Spiritual Ability Users are considered notable figures, but the number of Spiritual Ability Users in the Lower City District defies logic.
In the Cave’s environment, the advantage of weapons was completely nullified, and single-combat abilities couldn’t counter so many Spiritual Ability Users, making the powerful figures feel troubled.
Someone proposed deploying strategic deterrence weapons underground, but it was unanimously vetoed.
Because they knew the true purpose of Universal Giant Corporation this time was to supply Soul Computation Power to the Heaven Computation Center.
Using large-scale weapons would undoubtedly result in massive casualties, which would be a waste of precious Soul Computation Power for the Heaven Computation Center.
If Universal Giant Corporation investigated, none of those who agreed to use weapons would escape responsibility.
Unable to deploy large-scale weapons, it seemed that using stronger single-soldier forces to push through was the only option, and the Upper City District was the only area in City No.14 capable of deploying tens of thousands of Spiritual Ability Users.
But to have the Upper City District send tens of thousands of Spiritual Ability Users to battle the peasants of the Lower City District in the cave?
This was nothing short of insulting the status of the elites in the Upper City District!
For a while, none of the forces in the Central or Upper City Districts could persuade each other, and the enforcement of policies and the large-scale cleanup of the Lower City District reached an embarrassing stalemate.
Even the heavily damaged clearing teams dared not act rashly, only garrisoning in the bridgehead to prevent attacks by Lower City District Spiritual Ability Users.
This situation continued for a week, and there was still no progress in advancing City No.14’s policies, finally attracting accountability from Universal Giant Corporation.
Facing pressure from above and resistance from the peasants below, after much contemplation, the powerful figures finally made a decision.
First, deal with the Central City District!
The advance collection of the thirty-year Spiritual Energy tax wasn’t limited to the Lower City District; everyone was within the scope.
The wealthy Upper City District feared nothing, while the barefoot Lower City District fiercely resisted.
Only the Central City District’s people had some property but not enough to cover a thirty-year Spiritual Energy tax. They wanted to resist but had too many concerns, lacking the courage and strength of the Lower City District.
A large number of ordinary people from the Central City District were sent to the Heaven Computation Center, including many small business owners.
Even if occasionally wealthy big business owners barely paid the thirty-year Spiritual Energy tax by selling off real estate, they were then faced with bank debts, funding shortages, and acquisitions by large companies.
Many big business owners were directly forced into bankruptcy. On the contrary, those at the top of the food chain used this opportunity to acquire large amounts of high-quality assets, feasting with satisfaction.
The No.71 Cave, inside the underground pharmaceutical factory.
Lu Yan’s gaze passed over the message from Shaq, noting that the powerful figures of the Mid-to-Upper City District were still indulging in the feast of dividing the Central City District, and the Lower City District caves were temporarily maintaining peace.
This meant that his accelerated production of the Nine Dragon Power Potion to increase Spiritual Ability Users in the Lower City District had effectively countered the large-scale cleanup plan.
It had been four months since Lu Yan had come to the cyber version. Just two more months, and he could leave this place of chaos.
But... Lu Yan knew full well that this situation was far from simple.
The powerful figures were only temporarily focused on the ordinary folks and small business owners of the Central City District, who were merely appetizers in this policy feast.
With time, the pressure from Universal Giant Corporation would inevitably increase, and the Upper City District would act eventually.
When the time came, the Cave people would not be facing mere skirmishes between Spiritual Ability Users and enforcement teams but rather the perfectly modified Spiritual Ability Users from the Upper City District against the naturally evolved Spiritual Ability Users produced by the Nine Dragon Power.
In terms of both the Spiritual Ability System and the technology mastered by the Upper City District, the Lower City District lagged far behind.
The only advantage Lower City District had was the number of Spiritual Ability Users.
Lu Yan had already upgraded the production line again, boosting the output of the Nine Dragon Power Potion to an astonishing 130,000 and even started distributing some potions for free to quickly foster more Spiritual Ability Users.
Yet, Lu Yan still had little confidence in the subsequent battles.
Because Lu Yan knew that once the Upper City District acted, even though the Cave might achieve temporary victories on the Spiritual Ability User level, the Upper City District still possessed Upper-Rank Spiritual Ability Users.
Higher-tier powerhouses were completely beyond the Cave’s current resistance, and even if Lu Yan succeeded in killing the Upper-Rank Spiritual Ability Users, the Upper City District possibly had Extraordinary Psychics comparable to Golden Core.
Pure strength simply couldn’t support a frontal confrontation. To survive this disaster, an alternative approach was necessary.
And Lu Yan already had a target for that, the Heaven Computation Center!