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Just like the previous Blue Star.

The people of Blue Star were adept at judging others based on their education level, but it couldn't be denied that those with higher education indeed tended to have better learning abilities, patience, and willpower.

In the Eternal World, it was much harder for ordinary people to climb up the ladder step by step.

Isloa said, "We have set up, or are planning to set up offices in various cities and places. While we have enough military power for security, we are far short of clerical staff to handle affairs."

"Among these job seekers, quite a few meet our requirements, and can even be considered excellent. Of course, this has a lot to do with the lack of clerical staff in our territory."

It was no small feat for elites to awaken self-awareness, acquire basic life knowledge, and learn rudimentary writing and arithmetic.

You couldn't expect elites, whose self-awareness hadn't even awakened for two years, to learn how to deal with reports, data statistics, and information management.

Most of the Territory Citizens in the Tianyuan Territory couldn't do it either. The Territory Citizens were mostly refugees and destitute individuals, the majority of whom were even illiterate, so one couldn't expect too much from them.

But it was different with the Tai Xuan elite job seekers.

These were high-quality workers!

As the number one worker of Tianyuan, Isloa found this very agreeable.

"Recruiting a batch of high-quality elites to join, our offices in various places will not be short of staff. We can pair some of the more astute elites with these employees, ensuring a basic level of security," she said.

"However, our base outside of the territory is still too small, and we can't take too big steps in a short time. Otherwise, massively recruiting staff from outside may give potential enemies opportunities to exploit."

"After all, Lord, what you want most is stability, isn't it?"

...

"The latest intelligence on the Tianyuan Territory has been compiled."

Inside the Taixuan Realm.

At a secret Eye of Shen Yao base, a high-ranking officer with a golden pupil badge on his uniform was reporting back to headquarters through an encrypted channel.

"We have also dispatched a few A-grade scouts who have been lurking in Xuan Du to submit their resumes to Tianyuan's office in Xuan Du. If we manage to get into their workforce, perhaps we will be able to acquire more information about the Tianyuan Territory."

"However…"

The Eye of Shen Yao officer shook his head slightly, "Even if our scouts manage to get in, it will be difficult to obtain confidential intelligence in the short term. In the offices of Tianyuan in Xuan Du, Pan Shi City, and Tianze City, there are elite direct lineages of Lord Tianyuan stationed."

"Given the performance of the Tianyuan Corps during the military parade, I have to rationally speculate that Lord Tianyuan has many veterans who have awakened their self-awareness under his command."

"If this were not the case, how could Lord Tianyuan, an independent Lord who rose from common folk, have so many loyal hands? His domain would have been infiltrated like a sieve by now."

This speculation was contrary to common sense.

In the Eternal World, there were no shortages of methods to force growth; it was not impossible to train a bunch of Fourth-order Leaders in one or two years.

However, Fourth-order Leaders who were forcibly trained this way would not only struggle to seize even a glimmer of legendary opportunity in the future, it also wouldn't be easy for them to awaken self-awareness.

Awakening self-awareness was related to rank and level.

High-order Troops and Fourth-order Strongmen were bound to awaken self-awareness eventually, but this required a lengthy process which at the very least took several years.

It made sense for a few specially trained generals to awaken their awareness in one or two years.

But the awakening of self-awareness in dozens or hundreds of elites wasn't quite logical.

However, in the Eternal Continent, common sense often came after chance.

"This is just my speculation; the Tianyuan Corps might not be as strong as they appear. We need more realistic and authentic intelligence," the officer continued.

"But I believe that as Lord Tianyuan truly steps onto the world stage, such intelligence will soon be obtained."

"Then we will be able to determine whether this brightest star of the younger generation of Taixuan is a Jiao Dragon, Qiu Dragon, or a True Dragon."

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In a fragmented island domain.

Gigantic stone pillars stood on the land, countless scarlet patterns sprawled from the bottom up to the top.

Red Mist enveloped the area, the Azure Sky no longer showed daylight, and the living earth was being eroded inch by inch.

Below the crystalline pillars, a Vanguard Officer from Dragon Sleep Valley surveyed the restless shadows and said slowly:

"Just wait, restrain your underlings."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"The Great Lord has commanded that we wait for all the forces to arrive before we concentrate our power, inflict heavy damage on Taixuan, and devour the lands of Taixuan, turning this land and its creatures into our blood food."

"Before that happens, we need to wait, be patient! Let all of you remember this!"

Roaring voices echoed throughout the Red Mist Land.

Violence, ominousness, and brutality pervaded every space here.

Outside the Red Mist Land, the strands of red mist between heaven and earth were visibly increasing, wafting through the air.

The Roots of Corruption were suddenly forming, taking root, eroding the earth.

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Monsters were being born from the Red Mist, gathering in larger numbers and surging outward with roars.

...

In a flash, several days passed.

In the Twilight Dominion, outside a small city in the Panstone region.

"Boom, boom, boom——"

The ground trembled slightly, and a black line appeared at the horizon, with small black dots emerging in the sky, threatening to obscure the bright sun.

On the watchtower, troops not yet possessing sprouting intelligence stood guard mechanically, their gaze moving back and forth along a set path, oblivious to the trembling of the earth.

But there were also professionals hired to patrol who, groggy and half-awake in the watch post beds, caught sight of the little black dots in the sky. The person jolted fully awake, and his drowsiness evaporated in an instant.

He scrambled up to a high spot in the watch station, from where he could see the long, rolling black tide coming in the distance.

"It's monsters!"

"It's a monster tide!"

The sentry rang the alarm bell.

The piercing, urgent sound of the alarm quickly echoed above the city.

This city, located in a remote area but not on the very outer edge of the Taixuan domain, sounded the highest level of alarm for the first time in ten years.

After all, even during the most ferocious period of the Red Moon Disaster, they had not faced such a tide.

"Call for help! Quick, call for help!"

The monsters' roars nearly drowned out the sound of the alarm.

...

Mu Yuan had returned to the Twilight Dominion.

The two hundred veteran warriors who had accompanied him were now reduced to a little over one hundred forty.

More than seventy elites remained at the Tianyuan outposts established along the way—before returning from Xuan Du, he had called for a dozen more 'civilian troops' from his territory, such as Starlight Scholars, Night Raven Servants, and others, to be deployed together.

"We have established our own strongholds in six cities."

"Though there are only six, they already cover all the transport hubs. It will make it much easier for our territory, whether it's gathering information, transmitting messages, or transiting goods."

He had personally chosen and established each of these strongholds.

To the commanders and deputy commanders stationed there, he left seeds of spirit to ensure they could communicate across domains at any time—an advantage of Tianyuan.

Just looking at his communication with other lords using communicative tools, which required one-on-one contact and barely worked over long distances, made it clear how significant this advantage was.

If not for the fact that coalescing the seeds of spirit also posed a substantial burden on him, Lord Shepherd, he would have loved to equip every elite with a 'Spirit Seed Walkie-Talkie.'

"The Tai Xuan Alliance's influence in the Twilight Dominion is considerably smaller compared to the Taixuan domain, with only three core cities. We already have strongholds in these cities...It's time to head back home."

He was just thinking this.

When suddenly, he received an emergency message—no, several.

From the Pan Shi City, Shiling City, and Red Maple City strongholds.

"Pan Shi City is calling for urgent help? They say the westernmost Red Mountain City has encountered a monster tide, and there's even been a sighting of a legendary monster?"

"Duo Lai, the map!"

Mu Yuan took out the map of Dusk Domain - Tai Xuan Alliance from the 'everything bag' carried by Duo Lai.

It showed that Red Mountain City was located at the very western end.

This wasn't the outermost boundary of the domain, but it wasn't far from the edge of the Great Domain.

However, the edge of the Great Domain is usually empty and fractured, not a place where monster tides typically originate.

...

The defense of Red Mountain City had been going on for half a day.

Luckily, a powerful lord happened to be in the nearby area, who stemmed the tide and prevented the city from being instantly overwhelmed.

Unfortunately, Red Mountain City was quite distant from the large Pan Shi City, and there were no strong forces stationed nearby.

And facing such a tide, the support of ordinary lords was like a drop in the bucket.

Red Mountain City remained in grave danger.

"Hold on! Reinforcements are on their way and will arrive soon."

"It's the Tianyuan army led by Lord Tianyuan!"

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