Shi Tiexin understood. "So the stall had grown bigger, and you think the cheats you've got running aren't strong enough anymore?"
"You hit the nail on the head—that's exactly it." Black Sovereign smiled. "Physical arts overcome rules; mind arts make use of rules. In international affairs, diplomatic strategy, internal management, and interpersonal relationships, mind arts—especially rhetoric mind arts—are the strongest cheats."
"Our physical arts and body-tempering have both risen to a new level. Our mind arts need to be strengthened accordingly."
Shi Tiexin agreed. "Makes sense."
Black Sovereign briefly outlined his strategy. "I'm going to reopen universities such as Dong University, Waseda, and Imperial Medical College, recruit talent, intensify study, and accumulate knowledge. Mind arts can hit bottlenecks, but knowledge won't. It'll build up in the experience bar like experience points."
"You should focus on finding methods and experience for condensing intent to break through barriers and the Nine Earth Drum Tremors in the Main Worldline. Combined with the strategy book Sister Mengmeng left behind, and using the experience of the Bell of Heaven's Chime as a foundation, we'll definitely have a smoother path through the Earth Drum Tremors, reaching the ninth tremor and even the tenth in one victorious push."
"Alright, leave that to me." Shi Tiexin and Black Sovereign exchanged their views on the next stage of development, then Shi Tiexin sent his consciousness away from this Worldline.
When he looked back, that purple mold stain was still clinging to the outer layer of the Worldline, as irritating as a plaster that would not come off.
Shi Tiexin knew the Void Spirits would not remain idle forever. They would inevitably return in force. Before an invasion on the scale of the Void Spirits, large-scale organizational power had broader usefulness than a small number of superhumans.
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