161: The first city

Outside the Goblin Secret Realm, at the Wave-Chasing Battle Group's camp.

"The Seventh Legion and the Fifth Legion were both completely wiped out?"

Commander Hong Lie looked at the intelligence in his hand, a look of disbelief on his face.

This was too surreal!

Last time, it took ten battle groups working together, plus civilian forces, to defeat the Seventh Legion.

And even then, they only dealt with most of the enemies; many remnants and stragglers escaped back into the Goblin Secret Realm.

But now, these mysterious people have not only occupied Giant Mine City but also annihilated two main goblin legions in one go??

This was completely beyond his comprehension!

As far as Hong Lie knew, the mysterious people only had a little over a thousand treants in their possession.

Although there might have been an element of luck, luck was also part of strength.

It seemed everyone had underestimated these mysterious people... Meanwhile, at the Wanding Chamber of Commerce camp not far away.

"It seems we've all been waiting in vain."

Branch Manager Qian Ming looked at the intelligence his subordinate handed him, his expression somewhat complex.

Like Hong Lie, he had also received news from the Secret Realm.

They had all been foolishly guarding this place.

Little did they know, the other party had already infiltrated the Secret Realm and caused such a huge stir.

"These people are definitely not ordinary..."

Qian Ming fell into deep thought.

They dared to target Giant Mine City and succeeded.

They even annihilated two main goblin legions.

This kind of ambition was not something ordinary people possessed.

It seemed their acquisition of the secret realm core of the treant Secret Realm was no accident.

With the treant Secret Realm as their base and a large population of goblins under their control, their ambitions were not small.

They were probably planning to establish a brand new force... Trying to acquire the secret realm core from them was likely a pipe dream.

"Manager, should we continue to wait?"

His subordinate looked at Qian Ming, an inquiring expression on his face.

The mysterious people were skilled at disguise; if they could evade them once, they could do so a second time.

It would be difficult to meet them if they deliberately avoided contact.

Continuing to wait here would probably be futile.

"No need to wait, we're going back."

Qian Ming pondered for a moment before making a decision.

"Send people to release a message on the spirit net, saying that our Wanding Chamber of Commerce is seeking cooperation with them. If they are interested, they can contact the Vast Sea City branch."

Since they couldn't obtain the secret realm core, it was better to try to cooperate with the other party and form a deep bond.

The other party controlled a large number of goblins, which meant they controlled goblin technology.

These technological products had huge market potential, and if the Wanding Chamber of Commerce could act as their sales agent, it would be a win-win situation.

Any force that controlled a Secret Realm had the potential to develop into a top-tier power, so making friends with them in advance was definitely the right move.

As the largest chamber of commerce on Blue Star, Qian Ming had absolute confidence in doing business... On the other side.

Other forces waiting at the entrance of the Goblin Secret Realm also received the news.

Some forces, like the Wanding Chamber of Commerce, gave up the idea of acquiring the secret realm core and focused on building good relations instead.

However, many more forces were unwilling to give up.

They began to mobilize more combat power to this area, preparing to seize the secret realm core.

These forces were accustomed to being arrogant and overbearing.

If it weren't for the Federal Army stationed here, they probably would have directly blockaded the Secret Realm entrance long ago... Goblin Secret Realm, Giant Mine City ruins.

This once bustling imperial smelting center was now completely silent.

Huge metal buildings had been uprooted, leaving behind shocking deep pits.

Wang Ledian and the others looked around, confirming that everything had been thoroughly scavenged.

"Hmm, no waste!"

"Alright, we can call it a day!"

...In the Inner World.

The goblin screening work had been completed.

New goblin cities were also being built with great enthusiasm.

Unlike the originally barren Giant Mine City, the new city was planted with a large number of plants.

These were new varieties cultivated by the treants, used to purify the pollution generated by the goblins.

"Wow, these are all our spoils!"

"The first city is born! What should we name it?"

After arriving in the Inner World, Wang Ledian and the others looked at everything before them, and a sense of accomplishment naturally arose.

"Brother Xingyu, can I be the City Lord?"

Wang Chiyao leaned in front of Lin Xingyu, her face full of anticipation.

She wanted to experience what it felt like to be a City Lord.

"Sure, go ahead and direct them to build the city."

Lin Xingyu nodded, a faint smile on his face.

Being a City Lord wasn't that easy; just the complex administrative tasks would be enough to give her a headache.

He planned to have Morin serve as the City Lord, responsible for managing all goblin affairs.

"Yay!"

Wang Chiyao excitedly ran out.

However, not long after.

She ran back dejectedly.

"Brother Xingyu, I'd rather not..."

...Lin Xingyu and the others directed the army to sort the acquired spoils of war.

Smelting equipment and production lines were placed in an area adjacent to the goblin city.

This area would be transformed into an industrial zone, and the construction task had already been assigned.

The goblin bomb production line, being of utmost importance, began operating at full speed as soon as it was installed.

This item was immensely useful and could quickly form combat power.

The mine carts also needed to begin their modification work.

As for the other production lines, there was no rush to activate them yet.

Most of the production lines captured from Giant Mine City this time were related to mining.

However, the Inner World currently had little demand for mining.

The existing machinery was sufficient, and there was no need to expand the scale.

It was a pity there were no fighter mech production lines; it seemed they could only obtain them from Tiangong City.

With the spoils of war sorted, the next step was the long-awaited process of eating evolution fruit and upgrading.

The goblin population in Giant Mine City exceeded a million, with tens of thousands of them in a hostile state.

Coupled with those killed in battle... This time, they obtained more evolution fruit than ever before.

"Haha, we're finally going to eat evolution fruit!"

"Hurry, hurry, I've made room in my stomach!"

"I want to level up quickly, I want to become a Peak expert!"

Everyone dispersed, heading to their respective courtyards.

"These guys..."

Looking at the high-spirited group, Lin Xingyu smiled.

He also came to the World Tree and began to consume evolution fruit, strengthening his genes.

As one evolution fruit after another went down, a large amount of evolution power circulated within his body, and his gene value continuously increased.

When he finished eating all the evolution fruit, his gene value had increased by over a hundred points, reaching 773.

He was one step closer to 1000.

"Awesome!"

Feeling the changes in his body, Lin Xingyu couldn't help but exclaim softly.

He could even feel a new power brewing within him, perhaps this was a Divine Ability... On the other side, Wang Ledian and the others had also completed their upgrades.

"Haha, I'm Rank Four Nine-Star! I'm finally catching up to Brother Yu!"

"Me too, me too!"

After eating the evolution fruit, their Rank reached Rank Four Nine-Star, not far from Nine-Star Peak.

This was the smallest Rank gap they had ever had with Lin Xingyu.

Wang Ledian and the others did not have the ability to devour the secret realm core; they could only absorb spirit seeds when advancing Ranks.

Therefore, their requirements for advancing Ranks were much lower than Lin Xingyu's.

Perhaps there were exotic beasts suitable for their Rank advancement in the Central Mountain Range.

Seeing that the group was about to start boasting to each other again, Lin Xingyu quickly interrupted:

"Let's go, we're going to Tiangong City!"

The matters in Giant Mine City had come to an end; it was time to go to Tiangong City...