35: Chapter 35 The Blazing Dragon Nest, A Group of Prodigies

President Gu Yizhou took a deep look at Lin Xiao, shook his head, and said, "It has been many years since I last saw such a bold and arrogant young man."

"If a young person isn't arrogant, can they even be called young?"

Lin Xiao replied.

"Hahaha." President Gu Yizhou suddenly laughed. "Alright, I promise you."

It was just some resources, after all; what did it matter if they went to waste?

He appreciated Lin Xiao's fearless courage even more, which made him feel as if he were looking at his younger self.

Of course, if Lin Xiao weren't seventh on the prodigy ranking, then no matter what he said, President Gu Yizhou would have just laughed it off.

"Young fellow, from our perspective, we definitely hope you become as strong as possible."

"As long as your performance is stunning enough, the Lord Association can afford even the largest investment."

President Gu Yizhou chuckled.

"You said it yourself."

Lin Xiao's eyes lit up, and he immediately seized the opportunity.

Seeing this, President Gu Yizhou couldn't help but be speechless, but he had no intention of denying it, as this was indeed his true thoughts.

After convincing President Gu Yizhou, the subsequent signing of the actual contract did not require troubling the vice president.

Hu Wei, who had brought him here, was assigned to handle his contract signing, subsequent contact, and resource allocation.

The contract was quickly signed.

The resources given at the start definitely wouldn't be much, but Lin Xiao didn't mind; he was more concerned about the two Epic-grade items he could get.

"Lin Xiao, which two Epic-grade items do you plan to choose?" Hu Wei asked.

"Does the Lord Association have Hero Tokens and unit types?"

Lin Xiao asked casually.

The ones with the highest value were naturally heroes and units. As for things like equipment and items, they couldn't unleash power above Rare-grade in the First Source Sea at all, so no one would ever choose them.

"Don't worry, the Lord Association isn't that easily emptied out," Hu Wei smiled.

Even if other Prodigies also chose Hero Tokens and units, wishing to empty out the Lord Association's reserves would still be a pipe dream.

"Are the unit types random, or can they be specified?"

Compared to heroes, units were even more random and relied too much on luck. Rather than relying on luck, Lin Xiao preferred to choose the exact unit type he needed most.

"The Lord Association has ready-made barracks blueprints. Which kind do you want?"

"I want a flying unit."

Lin Xiao said without hesitation.

The four major unit types in his territory were all ground forces, which were absolutely enough for a frontal assault. Therefore, what Lin Xiao needed most was a flying unit, ideally one that could fly directly over the enemy's layers of defense and descend upon their core areas.

"A flying unit."

Hu Wei hesitated slightly.

Flying units were undoubtedly highly special units and were also in high demand.

Their value was undoubtedly somewhat over the limit.

However, recalling that before they came, President Gu Yizhou had instructed that they could give Lin Xiao some preferential treatment, Hu Wei nodded and agreed.

"The Epic-grade flying units currently in the Lord Association's possession are mostly foreign race units."

"No problem."

After loading the World Wonder, the source of ten thousand laws, Lin Xiao no longer had to worry about foreign race units.

Soon, Hu Wei sent over the introductions for several Epic-grade flying units.

Lin Xiao opened his personal terminal and read through them seriously.

Although the issue with foreign race units had been resolved, he still didn't want to recruit units with terrible compatibility with Human Race units.

One unit after another was ruled out.

Suddenly, Lin Xiao's eyes lit up.

[Blazing Dragon Nest]

[Quality: Epic]

[Type: Barracks]

[Requirements: Volcanic Essence Rock, Endless Magic Source, Elemental Soul, etc.]

[Once constructed, one can spend a certain amount of resources to recruit the Epic-grade Dragon Clan unit—Burning Sky Flame Dragon.]

"A Dragon Clan unit."

The Dragon Clan was universally recognized as a top-tier unit.

He already had giants in his territory, so adding a giant dragon wouldn't be much of an issue.

"This is the one."

Lin Xiao said immediately, fearing that this barracks blueprint would be taken by someone else first.

In truth, he was overthinking it.

This barracks blueprint appeared before him because of President Gu Yizhou's care for him; others did not have this option.

"Forget about the other Epic-grade item, exchange it for the equivalent resources instead," Lin Xiao said.

As for the Hero Token, he could obtain it from Jin Ruxuan.

On the contrary, resources were what Lin Xiao desperately lacked.

Especially the Materials needed to construct the Blazing Dragon Nest and recruit the Burning Sky Flame Dragon, which were even more critical.

After leaving the Lord Association headquarters, Lin Xiao sent another message to his parents' friends to ask about the latest situation.

The replies from his parents' friends were all that they couldn't be contacted.

This wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

It indicated that the invaders had failed to quickly deal with Lin Xiao's parents, and once the period of space-time oscillation passed, they would be able to communicate with the outside world.

"I'll head back to my territory first."

Staying in the Main World was useless anyway, and time was extremely important to Lin Xiao, so he immediately chose to return to his territory.

...

Somewhere in the Chaos Source Sea, a place similar to the Human Race's Main World existed.

This was precisely the rear world opened up by the Sin Race.

Within the Heretic Hunting Bureau, the institution responsible for stifling high-potential Human Race lords, a cold voice rang out.

"The Human Race's prodigy ranking has been released."

"Pass down the order to hunt down and kill these one hundred Prodigies with all our might. Just discovering their territory coordinates will yield a heavy reward, and anyone who can slay these Prodigies will receive a tenfold reward."

Under heavy rewards, there will surely be brave souls.

With the order passed down, those Sin Race lords in the First Source Sea who deemed themselves powerful or wanted to take a gamble immediately sharpened their blades and searched with all their might for those one hundred Human Race Prodigies.

The same situation was also occurring within the Purgatory Race and its vassal races.

Human Race Prodigies were also near the top of their hit lists.

...

The territory had not changed much compared to before Lin Xiao left.

Although he had already exited the single-player state, there were countless lords in the First Source Sea, so for the time being, he had not been discovered by other lords.

Lin Xiao opened the regional channel, first contacting Jin Ruxuan to obtain an Epic-grade Hero Token and a large amount of resources from him.

"Hold on, let me invite you to a group."

Just as Jin Ruxuan finished speaking, a System prompt rang out.

[Join the Class of 5084 Prodigy Group?]

"Prodigy Group?"

Lin Xiao raised an eyebrow and did not refuse.

Once he joined and looked, there were currently only dozens of people inside with very familiar names, all of whom were ranked Prodigies of this class.

"Hello everyone," Lin Xiao sent a message in the group.

"Welcome, Lin Xiao."

"We are all on the prodigy ranking. Now that the Human Race is in a difficult situation in the First Source Sea, we must also unite. Whether it is asking for help, sharing news, or trading items, everything can be done within the group."

The speaker was the group leader, Wei Xuanqi, who was also first on this class's prodigy ranking.

"Indeed."

"Those big shots are too busy taking care of themselves and might not be able to look after us, so we must help each other."

A chorus of agreement echoed in the group.

"This group is actually not bad," Lin Xiao nodded slightly.

Every single person in the group was a Prodigy. Whether it was the resources they held or their intelligence and news, it was far beyond what others could compare to; for him, it could still be of some use.

However, Lin Xiao could also see it.

These people were relatively cold towards him, and when Prodigies ranked much lower than him on the prodigy ranking joined the group, the level of welcome they received exceeded his.

This wasn't a treatment unique to Lin Xiao.

The situation was similar for Qin Guanshan and the others.