Counterattack System appeared when I'm already At The Mahayana Realm

The lie-detection puppets sparked a major controversy, mainly because the judges were all debating whether this kind of thing counts as a lie-detection puppet or not. A physical clash almost ensued as a result of this disagreement.

After eliminating the highest and lowest scores, Jiang Li’s score stands out from the myriad of exceptional puppets, earning him a place at the top.@@novelbin@@

“Turns out we are not in first place.” The young emperor, who has always been competitive for the first place, is teamed up with Jiang Li. Their score was high, but not being first dissatisfied him.

“For our puppetry to achieve such a high score is already great, we shouldn’t be so obsessed with being first. Besides, aren’t there still two rounds left?”

The young emperor relaxed a little, “I didn’t expect such a method to pass the test.”

The emperor felt that this was something worth learning from. During his battle with Jiang Li, he found that his fighting style was unconventional if his thinking couldn’t keep up, he would never be able to keep up with his attacking strategy.

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Perhaps he could imitate Jiang Li’s thinking in order to intensify his own strength.

“I will participate in the next challenge as well,” said the young emperor in a deep voice.

As the first challenge concluded and the scores were calculated, the Sect Master of the Luban Sect quickly began preparing for the next challenge.

“This is a practical application question.”

“In the worlds we have explored, we have encountered an ancient country named the Chu Kingdom, which has not yet developed technologically. The Chu Kingdom is in decline, suffering from frequent floods and droughts, insufficient food production, and widespread burning, killing, and looting by bandits…”

“After becoming a subsidiary world of Nine Provinces, Chu Kingdom sought our help from the Luban Sect. We have sold puppets to Chu Kingdom and helped them towards prosperity.”

“When we were helping Chu Kingdom, we used our Divine Sense to scan the complete picture of Chu Kingdom. We can simulate the development of Chu Kingdom.”

“The second challenge is for you to use puppetry to strengthen Chu Kingdom.”

“I will later give you a model of the Chu Kingdom. You can then place your puppet data into the model to observe what Chu Kingdom develops into.”

“It’s important to note that Chu Kingdom only possesses a small amount of Spirit Stone mines, which isn’t sufficient to drive a large number of complex puppets.”

“Alright, the competition starts now.”

The Emperor requested the exploration team from Nine Provinces to explore the Ten Thousand Realms. After surrendering, the cultivators were to assist the development of each world. To this end, a reasonable evaluation and reward system had been set up.

Jiang Li had a similar reward and punishment system in place.

After six hours, the competition ended, and each contestant displayed their results.

“This is the water-control puppet I designed. It can be powered by a small amount of spirit stones and can build sturdy dams to control the water volume and prevent droughts and floods. The only problem is that it takes a long time to build a dam, we need to count it in years.”

The water-control puppets in the first contestant’s model of the Chu Kingdom tirelessly perform their duties. Powered by a single low-grade Spirit Stone, they can operate for three months. Arranging the water-control puppets on both sides of the river to clear the silt and build dykes, the water’s storage and discharge can be freely adjusted according to the seasons of rain and drought.

Once freed from threats of drought and flood, the fertile lands on both banks can be put to use, bolstering the strength of Chu Kingdom.

“Not bad. Although it might take several years, Chu Kingdom can wait. Moreover, such puppets are easy to build and consume very little. It’s something Chu Kingdom can sustain.”

The Sect Master of the Luban Sect nodded in approval. His sect had used similar puppets to assist Chu Kingdom, achieving the same results.

“This is the soldier puppet I made. One unit is capable of wiping out an entire bandit’s lair.”

The second contestant focused on military power. In times of calamity, people turned to banditry, pillaging and robbing homes, causing distress among the residents and discouraging businessmen from travelling freely.

In his model of Chu Kingdom, one soldier puppet is capable of fighting off thirty bandits, swiftly cleaning up bandit lairs scattered throughout the land.

At present, Chu Kingdom was in a state of turmoil, with some aiming to rebel and overthrow the weak and incapable Chu King, causing political instability. These soldier puppets hence became the personal guards of Chu King, helping him solidify his rule.

With the elimination of internal strife and banditry, the development of Chu Kingdom also proceeded, although not as fast as the previous contestant’s model.

In the previous model, the people of Chu Kingdom were well-fed, reducing the thoughts of rebellion significantly and greatly mitigating the issues of rebellion and banditry.

However, the second contestant’s model still hadn’t conquered the issue of food shortage, thus limiting its progress.

Moreover, producing soldier puppets proved to be more costly than water-control puppets.

“That’s not bad either. The issue of rebellion and banditry relates to the nation’s stability, dealing with it is the top priority.” The Sect Master of the Luban Sect praised. They had also produced soldier puppets and supplied them to Chu Kingdom.

“This is the Dao Puppet I made, equivalent to a Nascent Soul Stage puppet proficient in all kinds of Dao techniques.”

“The Dao Puppet can cast Spells, solving floods, droughts, banditry, etc. It can also heal people’s illnesses, build roads… With the Dao Puppet presiding over Chu Kingdom, the rule of Chu Kingdom would be unshakeable and could flourish in peace.”

“However, given the amount of Spirit Stones Chu Kingdom has in reserve, they can’t fully drive the Dao Puppet, and the driving times are limited. It can only intervene at critical times.” The contestant openly admitted to the limitations of his puppet.

The third contestant’s model of Chu Kingdom developed fairly well, but after the Chu King obtained the Dao Puppet, he became rather conceited . Sometimes he was a wise ruler, other times a foolish one. Chu Kingdom developed under such conditions, albeit with many twists and turns.

The next dozen or so contestants all depicted a steadily developing Chu Kingdom in their models. However, none of these models were as robust as the real Chu Kingdom that has had the assistance of the Luban Sect.

Among them, the ninth contestant was the most distinctive. He designed several puppets, helping Chu Kingdom in multiple ways. His approach was the closest to the real situation where the Luban Sect helped. The only gap was that this person did not find the optimal cost-effective approach.

However, expecting to find the optimal solution in such a short time would be asking for the moon.

The Sect Master of the Luban Sect believed the ninth contestant would be the final victor.

Next up were Jiang Li and the young emperor.

“What a prosperous Chu Kingdom!” The model of Chu Kingdom by Jiang Li and the young emperor was unusually powerful, with its national strength surpassing that of the real Chu Kingdom.

The Luban Sect could not even match this.

“What did you do? what kind of puppet did you use?”

Jiang Li pointed to the young emperor and said, “Ask him, he came up with the solutions.”

The young emperor explained lightly, “What is so difficult about it?”

“As a monarch, the King of Chu is incompetent. I initially wanted to abolish him, but in Chu Kingdom, the king is a symbol of faith and cannot be abolished.”

“So I selected a visionary and strategic person to control the King of Chu. Whatever that person orders, the King of Chu must do.”

“Under the governance of this person, who is more capable than the King of Chu, he used the power of Chu Kingdom to build dams, lead troops into battle, suppress rebellions, implement county governance, incentivise farming and hard work, abolish old regulations, etc.”

“As all the hidden issues in Chu kingdom disappeared, its national power soared.”

“I see.” The Luban Sect suddenly became enlightened. They had never considered the issue of changing the ruler.

“Wait, this is a puppet contest. Where are your puppets?”

The young emperor arrogantly pointed to the King of Chu and said, “Puppet regime, this is a puppet.”

Sect Master of the Luban Sect: “…”

He had lived such a long life but this was the first time he felt that he did not understand puppetry.