Chapter 1076: Awakening
After making the rounds of the four Faction Territories over several days and returning to his office, Xiao Ran's brows remained tightly furrowed. This tour had suddenly made him realize something he seemed to have overlooked all along: time.
Xiao Ran had never been stingy with Merit Points, whether toward his own team members or the entire legion. Since the commercial district outside the Fleet Territory had opened, he had continuously purchased and distributed special medicines from Prometheus—medicines that could extend lifespans and cure all kinds of illnesses. Char, Cardias, Revil, Catherine, who served as the vice president beside him, and others had all been taking them regularly.
Xiao Ran had always placed great importance on people like Char. He knew that, sooner or later, he might need to draw upon their strength. At the same time, people like Char were among the most vital foundations of the various territories. Maintaining their lives was equivalent to maintaining the territories' stability.
The medicines for so many people were no small expense each time, but fortunately, the tiered sales from the commercial district's external shops were enough to cover the cost. Xiao Ran had never needed to worry about it. He had left everything to the Prometheus Native inhabitant running the shop in Prometheus, and after giving the order, he had never asked about it again.
Then there was the Revolutionary Machine World, where he had interacted more with Third Generation Demon Envoys such as Tokishima Haruto and Shoko Minamikaze. In other words, the Native inhabitants of the territories who followed Xiao Ran were either sustained by medicine and thus showed little change in appearance, or they were simply immortal, ageless beings. Coupled with the fact that the passage of time itself had lost its effect on Xiao Ran,