It took a couple dozen... Ok like fifteen nukes in total. But the Joyous Union Sect was utterly wiped off the face of the world.
And I meant that utterly in the most literal of manners. There was no 'nuclear' shadows of people burnt into walls and such. No. There were no walls to be burnt onto. And these nukes I used? Were of the more quick and dirty variety.
Extremely overactive Gamma radiation leaked from the wastes of the glassed canyon that was the mountain the sect was built upon. And that radiation was thankfully fading quickly.
Like it would be within tolerable levels within the next year for people to visit there and in thirty years people could live there without issue.
But yeah. Fuck that Sect that thought they could attack me. Fuck anyone who thinks they can be the vulture to pick up loot right after I torched that sect. And fuck the subspace realm of the Quantum Sea which was apparently still roiling after I detonated several dimensional spatial nukes within it.
In this world of Genshin Impact that got so twisted by countless gods dying, tearing Celestia and its support systems down. Only to anchor itself to the Imaginary Tree for power and stability. I needed to set harsh examples to keep me and mine safe.
"I wonder when the Liyue Qixing will send someone to check in with us... Hopefully, they are smart enough to follow the signs to not get blown up." I said with a heavy exhale at the knowledge I had killed thousands of people in the last couple of hours.
Keqing gently but firmly took my wrist into her hand before she said quietly. "The sect's and clans won't test you again like this Jake. Even if you yourself are weak. They will now know that your factories are deadly traps even for multiple Nascent Souls."
I nodded silently as I looked out towards the Joyous Union's crater of a sect headquarters that was still letting out heavy smoke. Then with an exhale I looked to Keqing and asked curiously. "Do you have any contacts in Mondstadt Keqing?"
To which she blinked before she asked curiously. "Why do you ask Jake? Are you hoping to open a line of trade to Mondstadt?"
I nodded before I added. "I... I want to expand my operations Keqing. For all the scary traps and weapons I can make. I am only one person. I only have you three to help and trust. I need people who are at least trustworthy in that they aren't corrupted by the Abyss or going to actively sabotage these factories."
I took a deep breath before I continued in a heavy tone. "I can make... So many powerful weapons and facilities. But these things cannot just be manned by the crude artificial intelligence I can make in my computers."
Sure, I COULD make a giant mech using the advanced technology like the dumb Titans I had been producing. But I wanted to go bigger, more powerful, to send a message to this world.
But, there was one major issue. Powerful Ai's didn't 'scale' well even with basically unlimited resources. I didn't 'need' more resources to make my own powerful ai from scratch. I needed a fuck load of TIME to train those Ai to do damn near anything of value.
Hence if some fuck off giant spirit beast/demon rolled up I needed my own trained people who could jump into a Spirit Stone, powered Jeagar who could shoot plasma beams that could cut through a mountain. And having a massive spatial folded blade that could cut through reality.
"I need people Keqing. I can get people from Inazuma easily as there is still alot of people who don't have good lives even with the food shipments I am making. And I can basically hire the people from Mondstadt in return for pills and metal to be sent into Mondstadt itself." I explained.
"But Liyue has too many Sect's and Clans with too much reach. A foreign snake from a whole different nation is far more manageable if I allow them to send back some goodies in comparison to a spy from a local dragon who will want to try to take a bite out of my work."
Keqing was quiet for a long moment before she asked. "I still have my contacts with the Qixing, Jake. I was the Yuheng Star after all. How about I also find some trustworthy locals from the smaller towns and such outside of Liyue Harbor?"
I gave Keqing a look before I realized what she meant. She would source those locals from towns whose families only had Golden Core Elder's and such. Which I could handle easily enough should they get greedy.
So I slowly nodded and looked to Ayaka and Shinobu before I said. "You two, please use the drone I left in Inazuma in Ayato's care to ask him to find people willing to resettle here in Liyue."
I then added. "I will then try to get into contact with the people of Mondstadt as well."
Though, as I said that. I wondered if I was going to go out of my way to get in contact with other nations for trade and to try to hire people. I should try to get in contact with the other lands like Fontainne, Sneznayah, Natlan etc.
Then I mentally shrugged as while I heard 'good' things about the Emperor of the Courts in Fontainne and the gaggle of water Goddesses that also filled the land... I also heard those water goddesses could be flighty and unreliable.
I sadly reincarnated during the desert expansions of Sumeru after all... So I was flying blind when it came to the later expansions and having an idea of what those lands, Archons and gods were like.
Still, I knew Mondstadt fairly well. And even in this cultivation-themed world. Having met Eula, Jean, Barbara, and Kaeya. I knew they were generally still good people.
"I am going to get a drone ready to head towards Mondstadt. You ladies work to contact your own people as well... It's time for me to build my own corporation at this point."
And as for why I was building a corporation and not a sect in this world... This world was being invaded by the Abyss and my goal wasn't to consolidate power. It was to consolidate resources to push my own personal power!
Just because I myself couldn't cultivate worth a shit on my own. That didn't mean I coudn't use billions of spirit stones to push myself up to godhood after all.
And Mondstadt had alot of it's herbs and special minerals that I couldn't get here in Liyue that I was wanting to get ahold of!
So with a pep to my step, I idly wondered if Mondstadt's leadership would 'try' to honeypot me through the camera lenses of a drone like they tried to 'ensnare' me with the adorable Barbara.
"Mondstadt has a strong focus on Martial Artists instead of cultivators. And even their 'cultivators' are closer in line to western mages. So more lower-tier resources, metal alloys, and pills would be the best bet for trading." I mused to myself as I went to my storage lockers.
And just began filling a dozen storage rings that I was going to put into the drone I was going to send to Mondstadt.
After a good moment of thought, I also added a couple dozen simple hardened teflon sealed weapons. As I was curious to see if that acid blood of the monsters would burn through the teflon that was so inert to acids.
And then I settled into my plush loveseat and pulled up the now holographic control scheme for most of the drones controls and put on my headset before with a loud thrum. I could hear the drone take off from it's hidden pod and fly out towards Mondstadt.
"Antigravity emissions are strong. Antimatter Dispersal Reactor is at a good efficiency... I should be at Mondstadt in three hours tops. Whelp, good thing I got snacks." I muttered as I knew that flying past the mountains that separated Mondstadt and Liyue was going to need my direct supervision with how monster-infested it was.