Zhao Qingcang could see the unusual expression on Gandalf's face.
He asked calmly,
“Why are you suddenly asking about this?”
“Did you also encounter such an underage person who awakened early in Sakura Country?”
Zhou Huai did not hide anything.
He now needed Zhao Qingcang's help, and appropriate intelligence exchange was the basis for building trust.
Gandalf nodded slightly.
“It's Natsu Masahiro's younger sister.”
Zhao Qingcang leaned forward slightly, clearly very interested in this topic.
“The data ntioned she was suffering from a serious illness.”
“In reality, that's not the case.”
“Instead, a certain power within her is Awakening.”
“I can feel that there is another personality within her, trying to replace the personality that originally belonged to Natsu Rinku.”
Zhao Qingcang nodded.
“You think Natsu Rinku's other personality is likely... an Ancient Remnant?”
Zhou Huai was equivocal.
“Currently, I have this speculation. The only thing I'm certain of is that the revival of the Ancient Remnants is definitely not groundless.”
If the entity within Natsu Rinku, the mysterious boy discovered by the military, and his own mother whom he had never t, all belonged to the sa group,
Then this so-called “Ancient Remnant” might truly be starting to awaken.
This was definitely not a small matter.
An ancient civilization completely buried by the long river of history is now reappearing in the world in such a bizarre way.
What is their purpose?
Are they friend or foe?
All of this is full of unknowns.
What concerned Zhou Huai even more was the man from the Dawn Guild known as “Mr. Duan.”
He seed to have known all of this long ago, and was even silently pushing sothing from behind.
Zhou Huai composed himself, temporarily suppressing these chaotic thoughts.
He controlled Gandalf, eting Zhao Qingcang's gaze.
“Marshal, you must be clearer about the current situation than I am.”
“Kujō Kōji's ambition is already obvious, and the resurrection of Qinzeguo Ichiro is just the beginning.”
“Next, I also need to prepare for battle with all my strength.”
Zhao Qingcang heard this, his expression solemn, and he nodded heavily.
“What do you need to do?”
Zhou Huai's voice was calm and powerful.
“I need a place to improve Gandalf's combat Rank.”
“I hope the military can provide corresponding Instance support.”
Zhao Qingcang heard this request and did not hesitate in the slightest.
He was waiting for these words.
The stronger Gandalf was, the stronger the entity behind him would be.
This was a great thing for the entire Great Xia Country.
“Of course!”
Zhao Qingcang's answer was decisive.
He turned and walked behind his desk, made of century-old mahogany, and took out a palm-sized black tal token from a locked drawer.
The token was entirely black, forged from an unknown tal, cold and heavy to the touch.
On the front, an ancient seal script carved a majestic character for “Military” (military).
On the back was a ferocious Dragon totem roaring towards the sky.
“This is my order.”
Zhao Qingcang handed the token to Gandalf.
“With this token, you can use all Instances within the military without restriction.”
“Including those highest-Rank Instances not open to the public.”
“You can also take all the resources inside without reporting.”
Zhou Huai unceremoniously took the token.
It was cold and heavy in his hand.
The Dragon totem carved on it seed to contain so power; a faint energy flow could be felt upon touching it.
“Thank you, Marshal.”
Gandalf's voice was calm, and he nodded slightly to Zhao Qingcang.
Zhao Qingcang waved his hand, his expression serious.
“The future of Great Xia may rest on the shoulders of you young people.”
“Go, and make good use of these resources.”
Zhou Huai said no more, turned, and followed a young Second Lieutenant who had been waiting at the door, leaving the villa.
The Second Lieutenant led Zhou Huai to a dedicated elevator.
“Mr. Gandalf, the Instance training area is on the third basent level.”
The elevator descended silently and very quickly.
When the elevator doors opened again, a more intense, bustling heatwave, mixed with the sll of blood and herbs, rushed out.
The sight before him stirred Zhou Huai's heart slightly.
This was an incredibly vast underground space, its scale comparable to a small city.
The do was extrely high, embedded with a lighting matrix that simulated natural light, illuminating the entire space as bright as day.
Unlike the orderly Instance Tower of the Imperial Capital Academy, this place was more like a huge, never-ending war factory.
Busy figures were everywhere.
A soldier missing his left arm sat on a tal bed, while a Light-elent healer hovered her palm, and gentle Holy Light continuously flowed into his severed arm.
The soldier gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, and large beads of sweat constantly rolled down.
Not far away, a fifty-person squad that had just withdrawn from an Instance was gathered around a huge holographic tactical board.
Their captain, a burly man with a ferocious knife scar on his face, was pointing at the combat replay on the screen, roaring in a harsh voice.
“Number three! How many tis have I emphasized this! Your positioning was too far forward!”
“It was because you were focused down and instantly killed that our flank defense collapsed instantly!”
“You are a whole! Any one person's mistake can lead to the annihilation of the entire team!”
The team mbers were all injured, so with fresh blood still on their armor, but they all stood straight, their faces filled with guilt and unwillingness.
Further away, dics pushed stretcher carts back and forth, sending severely wounded and unconscious soldiers into individual treatnt pods.
The entire space was filled with a tense, efficient, and brutal atmosphere of iron and blood.
Zhou Huai did not pay much attention to these.
His gaze was drawn to the huge “gateways” standing in the center of the space.
These were not the standardized spatial gates found in the Academy's Instance Tower.
Each “gate” here was a massive circular tal construct, over twenty ters high and fifty ters wide.
At the center of the gateway was an energy vortex, slowly rotating like a nebula, emitting spatial fluctuations that made one's heart palpitate.
Above each giant gate, a large electronic screen was suspended, clearly marking the Instance's na, Rank, and recomnded number of participants.
【Instance: Flesh Grinder (LV60), Recomnded Participants: 100】
【Instance: Steel Torrent (LV70), Recomnded Participants: 500】
【Instance: Giant Beast Mountain Range (LV80), Recomnded Participants: 1000】
Zhou Huai even saw an adversarial Instance marked as a “ten thousand-person” level.
【Adversarial Instance: Battle of Red and Blue (LV90), Recomnded Participants: 10000 VS 10000】
Compared to the Instances within the Academy, the Instances here were more formal, richer, and also more brutal.
Their sole purpose was for war.
To train soldiers in group combat capabilities on a real battlefield.
Looking at these massive Instance gateways reminded Zhou Huai of sothing.
Once the Eternal Night Guild's numbers grew, could he also try to design a Ten Thousand-Person Instance?
With Zhuge Kongming's abilities, this would not be difficult.
There would be no harm in properly training the Guild mbers' group combat capabilities.
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