Rain Butterfly and Consort Xi's Background

Hearing Guan Xiao's words, Qiu Tu nodded slightly, unsurprised.

Of humanity's eight major Shelters, all except the Second Shelter were located along the world's Edge Area.

Generally speaking, the lower the number, the earlier it had been established—and thus, the stronger it was.

Moreover, thanks to the excellent example set by the First Shelter, once a Shelter's development was on track and it possessed sufficient surplus resources, it would support other human regions in establishing new Shelters.

The reason was that ever since the Cataclysm Era, the entire world had resembled a massive double-ring puzzle.

The center of the Real World had fused with the Boundless Mind Sea - Core Area, occupying the center of the world.

Even if the humans barely surviving in the Edge Area established Shelters, no single organization could rule such a long, narrow circular region on its own.

Coupled with the threats of the Core Area and the Cataclysm Zones, expanding inward was far more urgent for every Shelter than expanding toward the edges.

Thus, this strange yet reasonable phenomenon of "one supporting one" and "many supporting one" had emerged.

For example, if Qiu Tu truly established the Ninth Shelter as Yan Chen had predicted.

Then he would most likely receive support from the Eighth Shelter and the Sixth Shelter.

He might even receive assistance from the Third Shelter if he could connect with it through Shen Ling Shuang.

It could be said that it was precisely this spirit of mutual aid and passing the flame onward that had allowed the eight major Shelters to be established one after another, preserving humanity's last spark of civilization.

And the Sixth Shelter's momentum had indeed been tremendous back then. It was perfectly reasonable for the Third Shelter to favor it and provide more resources.

After all, one