Chapter 97: Chapter 91: Strength Through Accumulation

Time slowly passed.

Centurion Glen carefully reported every aspect of the front lines. Moments later, the young man pressed his right fist tightly against his chest and disappeared in front of Lin Lan and Ed’s eyes.

Ed’s tense expression relaxed as he struggled to digest the impact brought by the ’Consciousness Network.’

This technology was indeed too exaggerated. Ed suppressed his excitement, and his mind began to subdivide future military positions within the legion.

"Lord, we can arrange for intelligence agents to stay here long-term by rotating in shifts."

He faced Lin Lan with his question: "To be safe, can we separate the mining personnel from the intelligence personnel?"

"It’s not possible for now."

Lin Lan shook his head: "That’s why I say the Consciousness Network is just a ’prototype.’ We not only need to establish the territory in reality but also find a way to explore this mine."

Nowadays, the way people log into the Divine Kingdom is like taking an elevator up and down, whether children or soldiers, all crowd into the same place.

This method is simple and crude, but in the long run, it is certainly not suitable.

Fortunately, the Divine Kingdom itself represents endless development potential.

It is the land where Divine Spirits are born, the pinnacle of the extraordinary, the holy land that haunts the souls of believers from the Ancient Century, awaiting Lin Lan to excavate its vast array of details and knowledge!

Lin Lan rubbed his brow, knowing that exploring the Divine Kingdom is not as simple as ’digging Ash Soil’ or ’moving forward.’

Besides the ’Mine Manual,’ would reciting other Giant books activate new landing points in the Divine Kingdom?

Could studying the Giant civilization reveal the ancient century history buried deep under the sea?

Could the Ark, relying on the Divine Kingdom, touch on the concept of Sun God’s authority? What impact would the God’s corpse have on civilization development?

These ideas require scholars to spend time exploring bit by bit and then experiment and push forward—they can’t be accomplished overnight.

By the way, the poor student Old Dean recommended should be arriving soon, right?

Lin Lan’s eyes flickered. It’s said that those Fes People are naturally sharp and intricate-minded, just perfect for this kind of work!

Lin Lan was also not worried about ill-intentioned individuals sneaking in among the trainees.

If they dare to come, he dares to use them.

After all, the Sun’s promise is bound to Ark territory, and the Divine Kingdom belongs solely to Lin Lan. This gift would lose its meaning once it left the Ark, completely preventing scholars from absconding with the technology.

He desperately needed these workers...

The gray-haired youth’s thoughts scattered. Meanwhile, Ed felt his consciousness starting to slow down, and he began to fall, the surrounding scene stretching into thin golden lines.

Ed shook and found himself back in the bright meeting room. Out of habit, he turned his head to find the Lord quietly sitting in the chair, seemingly resting with his eyes closed.

The gray-haired youth’s consciousness was clearly still lingering in the mine.

"Roland’s willpower is truly extraordinary..."

Ed muttered softly, as the Sun Mine continuously pulled on a person’s will. As time progressed, the weight became increasingly heavy, only for monsters to endure long inside...

Reflecting on the recent experience, Ed took a deep breath, stood up, and walked to the window of the conference hall, gazing into the distance.

Looking at the scene outside the window, Ed always felt a sense of unreality.

In just twenty days, ’Seagull Town’ had transformed into ’Seagull City.’ The change of this land was too fast, too fast. Even though he witnessed the changes in people’s lives firsthand, the endless new things were still overwhelming.

Because houses would really spring up out of nowhere!

The most striking scene outside the window was the few exquisitely styled square pavilions next to the manor, meticulously carved as if by master craftsmen, their luxurious style distinctly out of place with the entire city-state.

One of the pavilions was set up as an academy by Lord Roland.

Upon closer inspection, one could see some little kids gathered in the courtyard, leader Lisa leading her minions up and down.

Ed’s gaze softened.

He hadn’t felt the pain in his knees for a long time. The Alliance Legion abandoned the crippled and incapable officer, yet he regained new life on the Ark. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Although the scars in the depths of his memory still tortured Ed’s heart in the dead of night, he finally found his own path.

Having gained Roland’s approval, from now on, he will never allow his daughter’s tragedy to happen again on this land! Never!

Even if enemies were to crush his remaining bones, he would use his last strength to rip at their throats!

At some point, the gray-haired youth also stood beside Ed, gazing out the window scene with him.

The two remained in this short-lived silence.

Lin Lan watched the vibrant Seagull City and fell into contemplation.

In fact, the development of the Ark was not as rapid as imagined, because the native swarms were really unfriendly...

The Red Moon no longer favored the Space Ladder’s starting point.

Since last time, skimming a little resource under Martina’s watchful eyes, brilliantly colored Fortress guards surrounded the Giant Wall’s birthplace layer by layer. Only if Lin Lan dared step in, he would face unrelenting bombardment without escape...

Truly and instantly exposed.

Thinking about this, Lin Lan trembled with anger, sweating coldly all over in the big winter, hands and feet ice cold, tears almost rebelliously falling down.