Chapter 726: Chapter 472: Competition Between Lords, Return to the Territory

Later during the regional Boss period, he also led his legion members to Zong Shen’s territory, and the two had a pleasant conversation. He showed sufficient respect towards Zong Shen.

His "Light Chaser" was founded earlier than Zong Shen’s "Guides".

As one of the early legion-creating Lords in the region, an undeniable point is that this Medina is definitely a character, even a standout among ordinary Lords.

The battlefield was extremely chaotic, Zong Shen only observed the situation from a little distance and let Reese Flash away.

The two sides were locked in a difficult struggle, and Zong Shen didn’t want to muddy the waters or interfere with them.

Unbeknownst to him, the competition among the Lords in the region started to intensify.

The struggle for resources in the Frosty Winter Challenge had already led to legion-based violent conflicts.

This violent competition did not affect the "Guides Corps" because his strength and reputation in the region were already the best deterrent.

It’s created a piece of pure land, but this doesn’t prevent blood-red from spreading outside the pure land.

Until regional unification is completed, this chaotic competition will continue.

This is also the consistent behavior of humans.

Everyone knows cooperation might lead to win-win, but alas human hearts are hard to abandon, unless there is a strong strength as the core, otherwise personal desires will destroy the foundation of cooperation.

This is the reason why the Lord System wanted to launch the "Legion" functionality.

There must be such a system-ensured structure between Lords.

It will become the cornerstone and bridge for Lords to unite and cooperate in the future.

Until the time is ripe, he needs to maintain a neutral stance, avoid engaging in overt Lord disputes, quietly amass wealth, and step by step utilize his lead to complete exploration and development plans.

Zong Shen is currently near Dinan Village, but he didn’t choose to enter; he only observed from the outskirts.

Because entering the village is not suitable for movement, the ground is covered with over one meter thick ice for Lords.

This can’t be seen by the indigenous people; if Zong Shen openly walked into the village, it would be like he was floating over a meter high, walking on air in front of those indigenous people.

Having Reese Ulysses Flash directly inside is also unrealistic because Reese doesn’t know the characteristics of the place where Tiezhu is located, nor can she sense his specific position.

The sensing ability of a Space Mage is limited; in sensory mode, everything is constructed from points, lines, and surfaces, requiring knowledge of destination features for precision traversal.

Even Zong Shen is visiting Dinan Village for the first time and hasn’t entered it, let alone Reese.

Dinan Village is considerably larger than Odu Village but smaller than Sitanos Village.

Judging from the number of residences and village scale, the permanent population here is at least more than a thousand.

Outside the village, one can see indigenous people engaging in activities and labor.

Patches of farmland are distributed in a block-like manner outside the village.

Further away, there’s a shepherd with a gray hat using a small wooden stick with red cloth strips to drive sheep toward a pasture outside the village,

Occasionally, ox carts and horse carts move in and out of the village, while villagers with backpacks head towards the south.

If Zong Shen remembers correctly, the south is where the Poisonous Mist Swamp occupied by Black Handsome Guy is.

In his perspective, these villagers are all walking within the ice.

The thick ice layer is nonexistent for these indigenous people.

Overall, Dinan Village is a calm and peaceful small village.

It’s not as lively as Sitanos Village, and it’s not like Odu Village, which has become a ruin on the land.

Short-term wise, Sitanos Village and Dinan Village are both excellent targets for acquiring population within the territory.

Especially the less conspicuous Dinan Village is very suitable for the puppet plan Zong Shen previously envisioned.

After observing for a while, he took Reese into a nearby small forest and let her leave a space mark there.

It’s already after eleven in the morning, and there are thirty to forty minutes left until the Frosty Winter Challenge ends; there are no suitable Frosty Winter Treasure Chests nearby anymore.

During this time, the temperature has reached the limit of the challenge period.

The extreme cold of minus seventy degrees Celsius can freeze all moisture completely, and the air becomes increasingly dry.

When drilling the fourth Small Ice Mountain, the temperature was so cold that the alloy drill bit began to become brittle.

Some cracks appeared on the drill body.

The durability is only one-third of the perfect state.

These two days of drilling the Small Ice Mountain, combined with the influence of the climate, have caused significant durability loss to the drill bit.

The physical hardness of these blue Small Ice Mountains is no less than the hard high-density granite; the loss of the drill bit is inevitable after opening so many Small Ice Mountains consecutively.

Moreover, the severe cold affects people significantly.

In cold conditions, body heat loss is significant, and energy consumption is greater than usual.

Heart rate decreases, blood flow slows, and the human body becomes more easily fatigued.

Zong Shen can still persevere, but Reese Ulysses cannot.

Her frail body had long started sending cold warnings, shaking uncontrollably.

Though she personally doesn’t care about the body’s sensations, her body would wither away if it continued like this.

Her soul also couldn’t survive, after all, she is not a Witch Demon with soul immortality.

Therefore, after performing the space mark, Zong Shen had her open the "Shadow Wormhole," communicating the space mark of the territory, to open the wormhole passage.

Interchanging gray, white, and blue light and shadow appeared, and space seemed to melt away, forming a black oval entrance.

Looking at the entrance, Zong Shen felt his gaze deepening, filled with strange profundity.

"How many people can pass through the wormhole at once the most?"

Zong Shen did not rush to enter but turned his head to ask Reese, who had just put down her long staff.

"Huff... Huff..."

"It can... accommodate twelve people, and more can enter if one isn’t worried about the wormhole collapsing..."

"Under normal circumstances, the Shadow Wormhole can last for a minute..."

"The more people enter, the quicker it will dissipate."

"As space ability improves, the duration can be extended, huff..."

"Of course, I can also manually close the wormhole earlier..."

Reese Ulysses said, somewhat breathlessly, having endured the cold with Zong Shen for two or three hours.

No matter how strong her soul, the physical reaction is unavoidable.

"What happens if the wormhole collapses?"

"Chaotic overlapping space will tear everything apart..."

"Huff... Because the wormhole is akin to taking a shortcut..."

Reese’s breathing became urgent, speaking in such an environment was quite a burden.

Zong Shen nodded, then stepped into the wormhole passage.

This wormhole is directional, he had already confirmed it through the Guide Module,

After he entered, Reese Ulysses used her long staff to prop herself and walked in step by step.

The dark oval entrance rippled like water and disappeared within ten seconds after the two entered.

At the same time, an elliptical wormhole passage exit suddenly appeared at the space mark outside the Lord’s Courtyard.

Zong Shen and Reese Ulysses walked slowly out of it.

The wondrous wormhole travel allowed Zong Shen to experience the magic of space magic,

Walking within the wormhole passage felt like wandering in an endless universe.

The other side of the world hides an infinite world.

No wonder Reese Ulysses is so obsessed with exploring space.

During the time Zong Shen and they were away, Wenresa and Luna somehow managed to break the ice shell outside the Lord’s Small Tower’s gate.

Standing outside the courtyard, Zong Shen could see piles of crushed ice at the doorway.

Seeing this, he did not intend to use the "Basic Flash" to enter.

Even Reese couldn’t ignore fatigue.

He grabbed the back collar of Reese Ulysses with one hand, then quickly walked on the ice towards the Lord’s Small Tower.