Alex chuckled.
"The problem in my world was that, in the past, there were no superpowers and no real danger to us as a species.
So, to keep their positions, many people blocked the path to success for others.
Resources were limited.
And like you said, greed had no limits.
But after the awakening of superpowers and the appearance of dungeons, that problem began to fade.
We suddenly had a way to grow without clear limits, not to mention the risk of monsters coming from other worlds."
"Then your world should be in the same situation as mine now, right?
And it is still not working," Mingyue asked.
"It is not working because it was already too late.
People were already split into factions, and each faction had its own goals.
But your commoners are perfect.
They are still at a stage where they fear for their lives every day, so they will trust you, at least in the beginning.
That is the best time to teach them the values we want.
From there, we can keep expanding."
Mingyue went quiet and thought about it.
She still had not seen weapons from Alex's world with her own eyes.
Deep down, she was still biased toward cultivators.
"It's a start, Mingyue.
When I get the method, I will find a way for all of them to cultivate.
Then we will build a social system that is better than the one in my world.
Right now, there are many technologies that could fix my world's problems, but people are stuck in their habits.
It is very hard to teach them to change.
Compared to that, your world is different, where people can easily worship you like a god."
"How far do you want to go with this idea, Alex?" Mingyue asked.
She was truly curious now, since he kept trying to convince her.
"Do not forget, Mingyue, we were chosen as Progenitors.
The last one died at his enemy's hands.
No matter who they were, that means we will have to face them sooner or later.
Based on what Vesa told us, the immortals from your world were nothing in front of them.
If neither of us can rise to become the strongest in our own worlds, how could we face them?
We would only become the next victims."
Mingyue gulped as she accepted the truth in his words.
Could they really fight enemies who had defeated the Vampire Progenitor without building their own power?
"Alright, I will think about it."
"This idea is still rough, to be honest, but you should understand what I want to do.
We need to prepare a foundation, and your commoners are the most suitable for that right now.
Not those arrogant cultivators."
"You keep insulting them.
You know I am also a cultivator, right?"
Mingyue heard Alex chuckle through the connection.
"Okay, I am sorry.
It is just that I have read so many novels about cultivation worlds, and in all of them, I always wondered why people were so dumb and never used the commoners properly.
There were so many ways.
For example, you people already use commoners as maids.
A strong cultivator could control the vow on a maid's soul, give her poison, and order her to put it in her master's drink, and no one would suspect her.
I am sure most cultivators would underestimate them.
Even those weak cultivators, like some 'Side Character One' or 'Extra Two' that so-called geniuses use as underlings, could be organized into a proper workforce for weapon production.
As industries grow, living standards improve, and that means worker quality also improves.
Then we could expand the production rate of resources by using them as workers.
But there are still many problems we have to solve to make this work, like the fact that most commoners cannot read."
Alex already imagined what would happen if commoners mined qi crystal veins with drills and modern tools.
He estimated the output would increase at least tenfold.
"I am really curious about these novels of yours.
How do they show us?
Can you send me some?
I also want to try these video games you mention," Mingyue said.
Alex smirked when he heard her curiosity.
"Sure, I will put them in the phone."
He was also curious about how she would react after reading them.
'I should pick one filled with the usual tropes.
Face-slapping young masters.
A tragic main character with a cheat ability, from the smallest family in the smallest city, country, and realm.
The female lead loses her virginity to the main character because of aphrodisiacs, she has some ice cultivation, then leaves for a higher realm and becomes a disciple there.
One or both of the main character's parents are missing and come from some powerful clan, or he has a powerful expert's soul backing him.'
Alex wondered if things like that really happened in the cultivation world Mingyue came from.
'Good thing Vesa let us understand each other's words and language instantly.
If not, communication would be very hard.'
Alex also thought that he needed to send some physical items so Mingyue could see their real potential.
"I will send some weapons for you to test.
Then you will understand how useful they are.
Also, do not forget to send me some qi stones."
"Alright, I will wait for your items," Mingyue said.
After he ended his conversation with Mingyue, Vesa started to pour information about cultivation into Alex's mind.
This included all the techniques Mingyue had found in the secret realm.
It still took Alex some time to fully absorb everything, even with his abilities.
'This is completely different from the novels I read.
They do use Qi, but you need breathing patterns, precise control, and specific movements just to use it as a technique.
It is like that Avatar cartoon, where you must move a certain way to activate the element.
The training process is long until the movements become second nature, and that is only for one secret art.
That is why they cannot freely learn a lot of them.'