167: Received

Tiangong City, Mecha Manufacturing Center.

The Eighth Legion had already heavily surrounded this place.

A large number of goblins, watching the excitement, were observing from the periphery.

Many human squads were also mixed among them.

"It's all hazy inside, I can't see anything!"

"What exactly happened inside? There's no movement at all!"

"Could it be the Abyssal Maw? Swallowing all the mechas inside..."

The Manufacturing Center was enveloped by "Area Isolation," preventing any external detection.

At this moment, Lin Xingyu had already led his army in a quiet retreat.

As the "Area Isolation" was lifted, the Manufacturing Center reappeared before everyone.

"Holy crap, what did I just see?"

"Is this still the Manufacturing Center? What did this place go through?"

"Impossible, this must be an illusion!"

Looking at the pitted ground and the factory buildings reduced to ruins, everyone couldn't believe their eyes for a moment.

The Eighth Legion drove into the Manufacturing Center and began a carpet search.

Seeing this, the humans who had been hiding among the goblins left the area one after another.

They needed to relay the information and simultaneously evacuate Tiangong City.

The target had disappeared, so there was little point in staying in Tiangong City.

There were still a few days until the Federation's next checkpoint assault, and they planned to try their luck in other cities.

There were too many troops in Tiangong City, and the risk was too great; other cities might be a better choice... Inside the Inner World.

The goblin captives, after initial screening, had been assigned to participate in infrastructure activities.

The production lines seized from the Manufacturing Center were also set up near the goblin city.

Lin Xingyu planned to use this as a foundation to build the Inner World's industrial manufacturing center.

"My Lord."

Morin walked over and bowed respectfully.

Since being appointed as the Lord of the goblin city, his loyalty had rapidly increased, now reaching 70.

With the guarantee of loyalty, Lin Xingyu could confidently entrust him with handling affairs.

"Go and select the technical backbone from the R&D Center and have them consume spirit shaping fruit."

Lin Xingyu issued the order.

Due to the Secret Realm's limitations, the spirit seed Rank of these goblins was generally not high.

Now that resources were abundant, he planned to elevate the spirit seeds of these technical core members to SSS-Rank.

With the assistance of SSS-Rank Spirit Seeds, the goblins' R&D capabilities would undoubtedly achieve a qualitative leap.

"Yes, My Lord!"

Morin accepted the order and departed... On the other side, the Shadow Skimming Squad looked at the world before them with shock.

"Captain, is this the Treant Secret Realm? It's completely different from other Secret Realms!"

"Look at the sky, it's not the same starry sky as outside!"

"Wow! What's that giant tree in the distance? It feels like it's holding up the entire world."

Seeing Lin Xingyu free, they immediately surrounded him.

"Boss, what do we do next?"

"Yeah, Boss, quickly give us some tasks!"

Everyone spoke one after another, full of enthusiasm.

Seeing their proactive attitude, Lin Xingyu's lips curved upward.

Is this the difference between voluntarily joining and being forced to surrender?

Those who surrendered had never shown such enthusiasm.

Not only that, their loyalty was also higher, reaching over 50 as soon as they entered.

After a slight ponder, Lin Xingyu called Chen Jiu and had him take a few people to familiarize themselves with the environment.

As for their specific work arrangements, he would decide after he finished his current tasks.

There were still many things to deal with in the Goblin Secret Realm.

Now that the blueprint matter was settled, the next step was to head to the Central Mountain Range to seize the "heart of the earth"... Goblin Secret Realm, a wilderness area.

After arranging the affairs of the Inner World, Lin Xingyu directly teleported to Wang Ledian's side.

At this moment, Tiangong City was undergoing a city-wide manhunt, unaware that the person they were looking for had long since fled.

"Brother Xingyu, I just had a fight with that big bad guy Xia Fei! You don't know..."

As soon as Wang Chiyao saw Lin Xingyu, she immediately ran over to complain.

Her failure to defeat Xia Fei bothered her greatly.

In the end, it was only with the help of Wang Ledian and the other person that they managed to repel the opponent.

This made her feel that she had lost Face.

"It's alright, there's still plenty of time, you'll run into him again."

Lin Xingyu smiled slightly.

Xia Fei was no simple character; the reputation of the "ten thousand souls banner" was like thunder in his previous life.

That guy was his top candidate for an Apostle.

After comforting Wang Chiyao for a few moments, Lin Xingyu turned to Jin Yaotian.

"Old Jin, you guys are impressive, you managed to get the blueprints without a sound!"

This guy really had a knack for it.

If not for Luo Chengan, he wouldn't have thought it was Jin Yaotian who did it.

"Don't even mention it, I was just doing someone else's dirty work. Even if you guys hadn't shown up, the blueprints wouldn't have ended up in my hands."

Jin Yaotian looked dejected.

He had meticulously calculated for a long time, but in the end, he still lost to strength.

Even if Wang Ledian and the others hadn't appeared, the blueprints would have been snatched by Xia Fei.

In the Face of absolute strength, everything was futile.

This time, he was convinced of his defeat.

Xia Fei alone could suppress their entire squad.

And the opponent only sent out a little girl, who could fight Xia Fei to a draw.

The gap between them was not insignificant.

"I admit defeat, from now on, I am your subordinate!"

Jin Yaotian said, handing Lin Xingyu a space ring.

Inside were the materials and blueprints he had obtained in Tiangong City.

Losing was losing; admitting defeat was not shameful.

"Me too!"

Lin Hanshuang said in a muffled voice, also disdaining to go back on his word.

The other team members also expressed their surrender.

Seeing everyone submit, Lin Xingyu nodded in satisfaction and took the space ring.

"You all go busy yourselves for now; I'll come find you later."

He waved his hand at them.

He didn't have any apostle fruits on him right now, so he couldn't convert them into Apostles.

Everything would wait until he had apostle fruits; for now, he would head to the Central Mountain Range.

"Aren't you going to have us do something?"

Jin Yaotian was stunned.

According to custom, after taking on subordinates, shouldn't one assign tasks for them to complete?

This was completely different from what he had imagined.

"Haha, you're too weak right now, you should go back and rest up!"

Wang Ledian leaned over and slapped Jin Yaotian's shoulder hard.

Jin Yaotian immediately felt his legs go weak and almost fell.

Their battle with Xia Fei had consumed a great deal of energy, and they were currently in a weakened state.

Seeing this, Lin Xingyu threw them a few bottles of spirit brew.

"Drink a couple sips to replenish yourselves."

These spirit brews were specially formulated to restore physical exhaustion.

Bidding farewell to the others, Lin Xingyu and his group headed in the direction of the Central Mountain Range...