Doomsday Code

Chapter 951 Entering the Pass

Seeing Ye Rong suddenly fly away, the new Barbarian King wanted to stop him, but Ye Rong was too fast and disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye.

"Your Majesty, what should we do next? Should we attack...?"

However, before the orc king beside him could finish speaking, he had already silenced him with a single glance.

The new barbarian king is not a brainless fool. In fact, many orcs are not brainless fools, otherwise they would have been wiped out after that cataclysmic disaster.

Before launching the cataclysmic attack, the orcs had already made preparations. The orcs who survived are those who were ostracized by the orthodox orcs back then.

Back then, when they launched their world-destroying campaign, they had already made two preparations: either the world would perish along with the orcs' rule, or the world-destroying campaign would fail, and they, the marginal orcs, could continue to survive by serving as dogs for humans.

Although the final outcome was somewhat different—Leica didn't need them as dogs and sent them all to the abyss of the far north—their race ultimately survived.

The current situation is actually a continuation of the events of that year, except that the events of that year were suppressed for a thousand years before they erupted.

Over the course of a thousand years, the orc race had run out of cards to play; their only options were to obediently act as dogs or face annihilation.

That's why he was angry when the orc king suggested attacking the city, because this guy clearly hadn't grasped the current situation.

Just moments after Ye Rong left, Yin Zhi arrived outside the Great Wall via a teleportation array.

“Barbarian King, I am Yin Zhi, the commander of the Northern Camp of the Great Wall Army. Commander Ye Rong has important military information to deal with, so I will handle all matters concerning the Orcs on his behalf.”

The barbarian king didn't put on any airs. He always remembered the great shaman's last prophecy: the continuation of his tribe rested entirely on his shoulders.

The barbarian king believes that what he is doing now is the right thing to do.

"Commander Yinzhi, our clan is willing to submit to your esteemed empire, pay tribute to the empire, and completely accept the empire's management and rule from top to bottom, becoming subjects of the empire for generations."

The barbarian king was showing the utmost humility in his submission to the empire represented by the ruthless.

It can be said that he almost gave up the orcs' autonomy for the sake of the continuation of the race. From now on, the orcs, along with him, the barbarian king, will just be ordinary subjects of the empire.

This can be described as a surrender that is even more thorough than surrendering.

Although the orc royal family chiefs had already reached a consensus, some of the powerful clan chiefs were still somewhat unconvinced when the Barbarian King revealed the matter.

However, Yin Zhi did not agree to the barbarian king's conditions.

Although what he said was very tempting, one thing was very clear: the orcs were not human, and the two races had been enemies for all the years before.

Hatred between ethnic groups, especially among the lower classes, cannot be resolved simply by a surrender from those in power.

If we directly agree to the barbarian king's conditions, it may seem like we've annexed the orcs, but there will definitely be major problems with their management afterwards.

The problem between the orcs and humans is just like the ethnic issues Chen Cheng faced in his previous life.

In his previous life, he had a very good way of handling things.

We should allow ethnic minorities to retain a certain degree of autonomy within their own ethnic groups, while also prioritizing strengthening the central government and supporting the weaker branches. Furthermore, we should implement ethnic unity education at the grassroots level and seek a more inclusive approach to ethnic issues.

Of course, the ethnic minorities in Chen Cheng's previous life were just different ethnic groups, not different ethnic groups, so they cannot be directly applied here.

However, some good measures can still be learned from.

For example, when governing the orcs, there's really no need to actually dismantle them; the existing ruling system could be maintained first.

However, the key is to conduct unity education for the grassroots people of both ethnic groups, and this education must also extend to the upper levels.

After achieving certain successes in education and the economy, the existing ruling structure can be gradually changed. For example, the chieftains of the various orc races will no longer serve for life. After serving for a certain number of years, the chieftain will step down and join the council of elders, and so on.

The selection of a new chieftain is no longer determined by the appointment of the old chieftain, but rather by the direct appointment of an experienced and capable orc by the central government.

Of course, these are all long-term plans.

However, according to this plan, Yin Zhi took back all the conditions that the barbarian king had made, such as completely giving up his rule.

"In fact, the barbarian king need not do this. His Majesty is not a cruel ruler. He understands very well the friendship between our two races."

Furthermore, His Majesty had previously heard of the nobles' thousand-year-long defense of the abyss and had felt deep regret for the nobles' people who had sacrificed themselves over that time.

Now that the nobles are in trouble, our country, as the only empire under heaven, naturally bears a greater responsibility and therefore agrees to the nobles' request to enter the border.

Yin Zhi was truly skilled with words; after he finished speaking, all the orc royal clan chiefs who had been unconvinced showed apologetic expressions.

The new barbarian king, in particular, immediately teared up when he heard that Yin Zhi had agreed to the orcs' entry into the pass without making any demands.

“This, I, the Shadowy Commander, please accept my bow.”

The barbarian king was about to kneel and bow to Yin Zhi.

The sinister figure grabbed the barbarian king and said with a smile:

"Why should the barbarian king act this way? This is the responsibility that our country, as an empire, should bear as a great power."

"However, there are still some things that the Barbarian King and all the tribal chiefs need to know. Our two tribes have very different customs and other aspects, so after entering the pass, please abide by the imperial laws."

"Of course, please rest assured, Barbarian King, our country sincerely welcomes nobles to join us and will not set any rules that violate the dignity of our nobles."

Then Yin Zhi pulled out a booklet that had been prepared beforehand, which contained the requirements for the orcs after they entered the pass.

The content is actually very simple; it's just the most ordinary requirement that one must not commit crimes.

After reading it, the barbarian king sniffled again, looking like he was about to cry. At this moment, the barbarian king really resembled Liu Bei from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, always on the verge of tears.

After the agreement was reached, Yin Zhi issued the order, and immediately, golden teleportation light appeared on tens of thousands of bone mountains outside the Great Wall. Batch after batch of orcs, guided by the Great Wall army, began to orderly board the teleportation arrays and enter the pass.

Fortunately, almost all of the orc warriors have died in battle. Although their numbers are hundreds of times greater than those of the Great Wall Army, the true high-ranking members of the tribe have consciously followed their chieftain and barbarian king to the side of Yin Zhi and Bu Jiu.

Without the leadership of their high-ranking members, and with the Great Wall Army treating them like royalty, most of these lower-ranking orcs settled down.

Even those who didn't want to settle down lost their temper after seeing the elite Great Wall Army troops assigned to their settlements for training.