Is that the case?
Back then, Zuo? He looked like he was about to break through. Yan Dingtian also successfully became a Transcendent not long after he woke up. He thought there were already a lot of Transcendents in the Fourth Era.
Now it seemed that wasn't the case.
Even in the Fourth Era, it was difficult for those who were only a step away from breaking through to the Transcendent realm to succeed in a short time. What's more, the awakened Fourth Era powerhouses weren't only a step away from the Transcendent realm.
Tang Yu suddenly realized he didn't think about it carefully before and ignored the key information.
When the Fourth Era prophecy appeared, Transcendents weren't obvious. The Thirteen Awakening Stage was already the obvious strongest powerhouse. There weren't many of them. Many small countries didn't even have a Great Perfection powerhouse.
There were five Great Mages in the Alliance of Mages Division. Only one of them was at the Thirteen Awakening Stage. After reaching the Thirteen Awakening Stage, they still needed to slowly polish and weaken the bottleneck. Only when the bottleneck was weakened to the extreme could it be considered a step away from the Transcendent realm.
At this time, the breakthrough depended on talent and opportunity.
… So, the Ancientspirit Dynasty didn't have as many Transcendents at this stage as he thought? If he wanted to reach the stage where Transcendents were everywhere and Perfection Stage was as common as a dog, perhaps it would take a few years or even a few decades?
Yan Dingtian belonged to the top group among the Fourth Era's powerhouses?
He was the first to break through and become a Transcendent. If he wasn't captured by Tang Yu, he might have a place like Old Yan in the future.
The corner of Tang Yu's mouth twitched.
Yan Dingtian probably committed a sin in his previous life and suffered misfortune. As soon as the thought came to his mind, he remembered Old Yan had been spending his time in the training camp, loitering between restaurants.
How did he look like a captive?
Not long ago, he was given a 100 spirit stones weekly salary increase. Old Yan was as happy as a 288-year old child.
He wouldn't be happy if he didn't leave.
… …
The thought flashed across his mind.
Lu Jianjun looked at the teacup. His face was a few years younger than before. "It's hard to break through to become a Transcendent, but those people from the Fourth Epoch have basically reached the tenth to thirteenth awakened level. They don't understand technology, but they have mastered a lot of 'secret skills'. I heard that they are much stronger than us at the same level."
"Originally, we are all humans, and it is not that we can't cooperate, but …" He sighed, "The people of the Fourth Era look down on us, the weak humans of the Fifth Era. In some places, if we cooperate with the experts of the Fourth Era, we will actually be enslaved and ordered around. Only when we become stronger can we have the right to negotiate on equal terms."
Lu Jianjun paused and revealed a kind smile.
As if he felt that it was a little too encouraging, he added, "However, our Great Xia Kingdom is now barely qualified to negotiate with the people of the Fourth Era."
"Oh?" Tang Yu was puzzled.
Lu Jianjun smiled. "Just yesterday, a master in Norland has successfully broken through to the Transcendent level. He has announced it to all the large shelters in the Xia Kingdom."
This time, Tang Yu was really surprised. His mouth slightly opened. He quickly drank two cups of calming flower tea to calm himself down.
"It's a martial arts grandmaster before the doomsday." Old General Lu explained, "There was no source power before the doomsday, and there were no hunters. But martial arts did exist. And that grandmaster, in an environment without source power, may not have strong destructive power, but his martial arts cultivation was very high."
"After the doomsday, the source power appeared. The grandmaster was the first batch of people to awaken. With the supply of a large number of resources, the grandmaster's awakening level increased rapidly. The fifth and ninth stage bottlenecks, because the grandmaster's realm was high, he didn't encounter the slightest hindrance."
Tang Yu understood.
To put it bluntly, with enough qualifications and spirit stones, the upgrade speed was naturally fast. Norland's foundation and spirit stone projects may not be less than the territory. The territory two or three months ago was certainly not comparable.
Norland should have high-purity spirit stones and source crops to help the grandmaster quickly pass the polishing stage.
In the turbulent era, there is no doubt that the Great Xia Kingdom needs such a benchmark.
"With that grandmaster, it's enough to make the Fourth Era humans pay attention. It's said that there are already forces from the Fourth Era who took the initiative to cooperate with Norland. It's a real win-win cooperation."
The appearance of the Fourth Era humans and modern humans was not much different. If they didn't take the initiative to show up, it was almost impossible to detect them. Those people were strong, and they came and went without a trace in heavily guarded places.
It made the people in charge of the shelter, like Lu Jianjun, helpless. They had to prevent them from robbing, killing, and destroying.
Among the "secret techniques" mastered by the Fourth Era people relied on blood sacrifice and other methods. To increase the probability of breaking through the transcendent.
… …
Old General Lu was a person who cared about the Xia Kingdom. He seemed very happy and drank a few more cups of tea.
A transcendent was happy like this.
Tang Yu couldn't resist the blow.
He was just thinking about what would happen if he said there were two transcendent in the Tree Shade, and one was a captive?
He didn't speak. He just filled Old General Lu's cup with tea and lowered his head to sip.
But he was curious about the purpose of Lu Jianjun's visit.
At first, he thought he wanted to exchange information about the 'Ancientspirit's Capital'. But later, it was almost Lu Jianjun talking, and he acted as a listener. Old General Lu couldn't just come to chat. He heard that the old general was too busy to sleep and cultivate.
It made him ashamed.
But he still had to continue being the Lord of the Dead House.
After a long time, Lu Jianjun said, "I wonder how much do you know about the cult, little brother?"
"Cult? I don't know much. I heard that there are cults emerging in many places, but the overall threat is not big. "
"Most of the cults are like that, but-" Lu Jianjun smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Don't tell me there are other cults that caused big trouble?" Tang Yu frowned, "Most of the cults are ordinary people. How could they have the ability to cause big trouble?"
The doomsday environment was like a breeding ground for cults.
For example, large shelters with a large number of survivors could easily breed cults … but only the survivors living at the bottom would be tempted and attracted by cults. The awakened, especially the high-ranking awakened, belonged to the privileged class. Their lives were better than before the doomsday. There was no reason for them to join a shady cult.
Cult rats could at most cause some trouble in the slums. For a large shelter, it could be big or small.
But cults were like rats. They couldn't be killed. They weren't a big threat, but they were disgusting enough.
Did the Lindong Shelter get disgusted by the cults?
With doubt, he looked at Old General Lu.
Lu Jianjun didn't keep him guessing, "Have you heard of the Cult of Doom?"
Tang Yu frowned, thought for a while, and shook his head, "The Doomsday Cult, the Cult of Destruction, the Cult of Termination, and so on. I've heard of them. The names are similar."
"The Cult of Doom's doctrine believes that everything in the world will return to its origin. It's similar to many cult doctrines." Lu Jianjun paused, "But the difference is that the Cult of Doom's organization is meticulous, and they have high-ranking hunters."
"How high?"
"Seventh, Eighth, or even higher … I don't know much about the Cult of Doom. If it weren't for the incident a few days ago, I would've been kept in the dark."
Showing a curious expression, Tang Yu listened carefully.
"A few days ago, Lindong's Academy of Sciences was attacked by terrorists. The casualties were quite high. The attacker was a researcher. He detonated a homemade bomb and died in the explosion. It was a suicide attack."
Lu Jianjun shook his head sadly, "The Academy of Sciences is the most secure place in Lindong. There are many high-ranking hunters guarding it. Outsiders need to go through multiple procedures to enter. But the internal researchers are all clean. They usually live in the Academy of Sciences. This time, the researcher used the materials saved from his daily experiments to make a bomb and launched an attack …"
"Dean Sun, are you okay?"
Lu Jianjun shook his head.
Tang Yu opened his mouth again, but it turned into a sigh.
"In other words, the Cult of Doom has infiltrated the Academy of Sciences?"
"Yes. To be more precise, it's a temptation. I don't know what means they used to make the researcher willingly launch a suicide attack. It's hard to find out if there are similar people in other departments."
His face, which still had some wrinkles, looked much more serious. "It's not just Lindong. Hengcheng, Shuo Lake … many large shelters in Tiannan have seen traces of the Cult of Termination's activities. Several times, they've caused relatively large damage."
"The Cult of Doom's main activity range is in the north-central part of Tiannan Province. This time, several large shelters intend to join forces to destroy the cult. I came here to ask for your help."
Tang Yu didn't immediately agree, "How can I help?"
"After analysis, we agreed that the Cult of Doom has its own stronghold in the wild. We are currently tracking it. There is a high probability that there are many high-ranking hunters in the stronghold. I hope the Tree Shade can send hunters to help when the time comes."
Lu Jianjun made a lot of promises.
Such as loot distribution, science and technology, and so on.
He didn't use righteousness to oppress him. Instead, he spoke in a flat tone, as if he could understand if he didn't agree, which made Tang Yu a little embarrassed.
He was also a patriotic, dedicated, friendly, prosperous, and democratic person. Although he couldn't sacrifice himself, it was just a piece of cake for him to deal with the cult. He only gave orders. The ones who actually carried it out were the hunters below him.
What's more,
Tiannan Province had been regarded as his own ranch. Since when was it the cult's turn to destroy it?!
His eyes reflected in the tea flashed a fierce look. Tang Yu suddenly looked up, "Okay, I agree."
… …
Lu Jianjun visited the Tree Shade and soon returned to Lindong on the newly opened source motorcycle, the Green Arrival.
He had to quickly start making arrangements to deal with the Cult of Doom.
Elder Lu only asked for help in the siege of the cult's stronghold. But since he had decided to make a move, he might as well be straightforward.
Back at the castle, Tang Yu thought for a while.
Tang Yu called the head of the intelligence department in Tree Shade.
The valiant Lan Qingya, with her ponytail swaying as she walked, pushed open the door of the study and came to stand in front of him.
Tang Yu went straight to the point, "Do you know anything about a cult called the Cult of Doom?"
Lan Qingya recalled, "There is such a cult, but it seems very mysterious. The intelligence department doesn't know much about it."
"The Cult of Doom is not an ordinary cult. The hunters are not weak. During this time, the staff wants you to find the cult's stronghold, whether it's in the wild or in a large shelter. Well, there's no guarantee that the higher-ups in the large shelter will be corrupted by the cult and act as the cult's umbrella. Pay attention to this aspect."
"Yes, sir!"
Lan Qingya's legs were closed without a gap. She clenched her right fist on her left chest and made a simple knight's salute. The etiquette originated from Roger. It wasn't a requirement, nor was it taught. But many hunters in the Tree Shade began to consciously use this set of movements.
After saying that, her throat squirmed, and she said with a bitter face, "The selection of talents with rune aptitude that you arranged for us before hasn't been completed yet. Now we need a lot of manpower to investigate the cult. We can't spare that many people."
"Is that so?"
Tang Yu thought about it. Although the intelligence department had been secretly expanding its manpower, compared to the area covered by this intelligence network, the growth of manpower was relatively slow.
Other departments were also short of manpower. So much so that the screening of talents had to be led by the intelligence department.
The two major corps were also busy recently. The recruit camp was established, and many corps members had to be transferred to the recruit camp as instructors. The other part was also busy forming the cavalry regiment. They also couldn't spare any manpower.
He racked his brains to think.
He thought that he could give the task to several adventurer groups with high credibility ratings, but he was worried that if the news leaked out, he would become a scapegoat.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
Tang Yu looked at Lan Qingya, "You don't need to spare a lot of manpower. I will let the martial arts school apprentices cooperate with you. The intelligence department will give the direction and let the apprentices carry out the investigation."
… …
Watching Lan Qingya leave.
Tang Yu sat in the study room and took out a book called "Three Years of Rune, Five Years of Simulation". But his eyes didn't fall on the book. Instead, he wandered and fell into thought.
He was very curious as to why the Cult of Finality could attract high-ranking Awakened ones and public officials from large shelters.
Some speculations faintly emerged in his mind, which made him even more vigilant.
Letting the martial arts school apprentices participate in this matter to increase the spiritual experience was just right. It could also make up for the lack of manpower.
After thinking for a few minutes, he confirmed that he didn't miss anything. He closed the book, and the black ballpoint pen landed on the cover of the book. The door of the study room was closed. Tang Yu walked quickly from the castle's fifth floor to the training camp's fifth floor.
"It's useless to think too much. There's a grandmaster in the Norland who has broken through to the Transcendent realm. As the Lord, I can't fall behind."
Tang Yu entered the spiritual space and wandered between "Personal Training", "Endless Mode", "Battle Space", and "Trial Tower". Finally, his eyes fell on the "Lord Exclusive Mode".
He hadn't challenged the "Lord Mode" for a long time. There were many combat skills rewarded in the mode. The development and use of source power was more advanced than the Heavy Blood Slash and the like.
However, Tang Yu hadn't experienced a battle for a long time. Occasionally in personal training, he used the Wacom Mode to PK with Old Yan. The combat skills rewarded, including the Demon Swordsman's inheritance skills, were rarely used.
But it wasn't useless. He had sorted it out and handed it to his followers to learn. It could also fill the skill database in preparation for the development of new skills in the future.
"In short, you have to finish what you started."
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