Seeing Lydia's pained expression, Da Peng felt incredibly helpless. Apart from mathematics, Lydia was excellent in all other aspects, her strength particularly formidable. After only a few months, Da Peng felt he could no longer see through her.
As for academics, in order to complete the task Bai Ye had left, Da Peng had delved into mathematics to a doctoral level, but tutoring Lydia to pass mathematics was still a long and arduous road.
"Sigh…" Da Peng sighed inwardly, then cautioned, "Miss, I will have Xiao Hai return to help you manage the ranch. During my absence, do not leave Modu."
Lydia murmured in response, "That Sea-Swallowing Beast fellow is foolish, why call him here?"
He was, after all, a Catastrophe-level monster! And he had twice snatched food from the master! This was something no ordinary monster could achieve! Da Peng, speaking patiently, reminded her again for a while before leaving.
At the Grand Building's Imperial Capital.
High-ranking officials of the Grand Building secretly convened an emergency meeting, with military bigwigs like Old Song joining via video conference. Old Liu, the helmsman of the Grand Building, personally presided over the meeting.
"Still no news of him?" Old Liu asked, his smile tinged with seriousness. With the formation of the World Alliance, the demons suppressed, and humanity developing at an accelerated pace, everything appeared bright, upward, and full of hope, yet beneath the surface, currents were surging.
"Not yet," the heads of the Information Department and Security Department shook their heads. Consequently, everyone turned their gaze to Old Song's video conference. After all, Old Song was the one who first met and was most familiar with Bai Ye; if there were any clues, he should be the first to know.
Old Song shook his head. Before Bai Ye left Blue Star, he would indeed communicate any information to Old Song first, but now, all information concerning him could only be gleaned from his live broadcast accounts. To facilitate contact with Bai Ye, they had also organized research teams to study how Bai Ye's accounts transmitted data from another realm, but to no avail yet.
"zx, the United Kingdom and the United States, along with several other Western countries, have successively withdrawn a considerable number of top researchers from the Alliance Research Institute," the Director of the Grand Building's National Research Institute reported gravely. "Furthermore, recently researchers from South Asia, South America, and even Africa have also been replaced by new ones. These individuals' standards clearly do not meet requirements, and they have even delayed project progress."
In recent times, the Alliance's demonic artifact research and development projects have been primarily carried by the Grand Building, Country R, and South Korea, the original three-nation alliance, which had been holding the fort.
As he spoke, the old academician became somewhat angry. "As the initiator of the World Alliance, I believe it is necessary for us to condemn their irresponsible actions, which severely impact the development of humankind!"
The military bigwigs showed anger in their eyes, and the hot-tempered Western Commander slammed his fist onto the table, sending a teacup flying. Meanwhile, some of the official high-ranking personnel remained silent, while others placated the old academician with smiles.
"Dean Li, please calm yourself. The current situation of the Alliance is rather complex. Some foolish birds, feeling their wings have grown strong, think they can break away from the flock. Little do they know that once the flock disperses, they await a fate of being picked off one by one."
"It's like raising a bunch of ungrateful wretches, after all the resources the Grand Building freely gave them!"
"The more we give, the greedier they become, and the more they take it for granted! We have six channels within our country, and countless people are envious. While they said nothing openly, there are not a few who secretly sow discord. They talk about us handing over half of the channels to the Alliance forces for defense. Where were they when the channels were in chaos?"
"There is also a very serious issue. More and more people are coveting the Wo Jiao Ranch. Some are blinded by resources and act recklessly, while others have ulterior motives. I suspect they want to probe our weaknesses!"
"And Da Li Country's Magical Forest, which Da Li Country had earlier promised to Bai Ye. Now they surround it with Western armies, under the guise of helping Bai Ye guard it, but who doesn't understand their true intentions?"
Each simple statement from the bigwigs present profoundly reflected how the unprecedentedly powerful Alliance of today had, in just a few months, become fragile and easily shattered!
On one hand, the channels were sealed, and high-level demons were becoming increasingly scarce. Especially after Bai Ye tied down the entire high-level demon race in the channel world, Blue Star had become much more relaxed. On the other hand, with the development of demonic artifacts, countries could now independently deal with domestic demonic disturbances, no longer relying on the World Alliance!
Although the Grand Building Country's strength was now the world's number one, with Country R and South Korea forming a solid alliance, it held a transcendent position on Blue Star.
However, if it were to command the nations of Blue Star to act and follow its lead, it still fell short, especially with the current clear regional alliances!
Everyone present understood what was lacking: one person was missing…
On Blue Star, several more days passed.
Various new star streamers and 'super' celebrities continued to dominate the news headlines, and the era of Bai Ye's exclusive traffic seemed to be slowly forgotten.
Until one day, Bai Ye's account, this super account with over 2 billion followers, quietly updated a post, instantly topping the entire Blue Star internet once again.
"Holy crap! Brother Ye is back! What's this update... so many books? Study materials?"
"Indeed, they are study materials, but serious ones. What the hell, is this... D-class demonic artifact manufacturing data?"
"Hiss~ Demonic artifact materials, forging processes, rune carving, magic crystal inlay, all complete! This, this... it's all public?"
"There's also a forging video! Huh, this blacksmith looks so strange, why does he resemble a little dwarf from an animation?"
"He does look like one, but his forging skills seem very formidable!"
"God of Light? They call Brother Ye the God of Light! This, has Brother Ye conquered that world?"
"As expected of Brother Ye! Even if he hasn't conquered it all, he's at least become a regional overlord!"
"Those so-called peerless prodigies, mysterious powerhouses, invincible under the same realm, they're all weak compared to Brother Ye!"
"Brother Ye yyds!!!"
"This data is likely more complete than what our World Alliance possesses! Now that it's public, the world is going to change. Companies, various consortia, and even individuals might be able to manufacture demonic artifacts themselves... one wonders if this is for better or for worse!"
…
High-level officials of Blue Star countries also downloaded the data transmitted by Bai Ye at the first opportunity and convened their most elite research teams for study.
The Grand Building Country was no exception, and their research speed was even a step ahead of other countries.
"According to the data transmitted by General Bai, the quality will be one tier higher than what we have researched so far, and the manufacturing process will be 1/3 faster. Most importantly, the demonic artifacts made from this data have a reduced requirement for the user. Simply put, ordinary people with a strength of 500kg, who haven't reached the D-class super-soldier level, can also use demonic artifacts..."
Upon seeing the research team's report, the high-ranking officials of the Grand Building were collectively shocked. This meant that it was truly possible to arm the entire populace!
He probably doesn't know the current situation of the World Alliance, Old Liu sighed. With the public release of this data, various regions will become more determined in their secret development, and the World Alliance will likely become even more of a mere formality!
Indeed, countries around the world were secretly rejoicing, especially backward regions like Africa and South Asia. This was a great opportunity for a leapfrog development.
The only ones unhappy, even somewhat uneasy, were the Half-Demon race dwelling in Africa.
"This data... has he infiltrated our Half-Demon ranks? Or... found the Dwarves?" Duke Theofile was full of worry. Whichever the case, it indicated that Bai Ye was still alive. He had killed two Demon Kings in that realm and remained at large without facing any repercussions. What did this imply?
In any case, this was not something they wished to see.
As expected, upon the public release of the data, governments and enterprises worldwide, as well as financial groups, invested massive resources into research. Bloody incidents had already occurred between some organizations fighting over materials for manufacturing demonic artifacts.
What everyone didn't expect was that after two more days, Bai Ye's account updated again.
This time, it was complete C-class demonic artifact manufacturing data. The world was once again in an uproar! At this point, not only financial conglomerates and large enterprises, but even small workshops were stirring.
Another two days passed, and Bai Ye updated again. This time, it was complete B-class demonic artifact manufacturing data!
By then, countries could no longer sit still. The level of advancement in this data surpassed that of the entire World Alliance. If this data were to fall into private hands freely, it would likely lead to global chaos.
Therefore, the World Alliance, which had been quiet for a long time, finally convened an emergency meeting, and the countries decided to temporarily block Bai Ye's account to prevent this data from flowing into private hands.
This time, the Grand Building Country also agreed to this resolution.
Some large financial conglomerates and major corporations vehemently opposed it, even orchestrating some coups or terrorist incidents. However, they underestimated the World Alliance's determination to uphold this resolution. The World Alliance immediately dispatched elite special forces to raid these major financial conglomerates and corporations, the scale even larger than when combating demons, and the methods more ruthless and precise.
The remaining large financial conglomerates and corporations then ceased their actions.
Another two days passed, and Bai Ye's account showed activity again. This time, even the Grand Building Country couldn't remain calm. Complete A-class demonic artifact manufacturing data!!!
Another two days passed, and the relatively complete S-class demonic artifact manufacturing data appeared on schedule. High-ranking officials and scientists worldwide were ecstatic!
Bai Ye's contribution to Blue Star this time was even greater than his previous feats of suppressing the channels! However, in the face of power and interests, everyone was busy…
Is there SS-class demonic artifact data as well? The whole world was anticipating it.