Week 36, day 8, Year 1305 of the New Century, Dimension Training Ground office district.
It was the dead of night in the Boundary region, but for people of the interstellar age, the alternation of day and night could no longer significantly affect their body clocks. Religious rituals and the demands of personal cultivation instead exerted even stronger restraints.
In the Red Silicon Star System, where believers of the Lord of Dawn made up the overwhelming majority, especially in places where Myriad Gods Hall clergy gathered, scenes of prayer and cultivation were correspondingly more common.
Yuan Ju carefully avoided an Acolyte Priest of the Nightfall Crowd practicing breathing exercises in the night, entered an area lit by streetlamps, and soon went into the Office Building.
Just as Officer Tai Yu had emphasized two days ago, today's meeting was extremely important. All the Celestials had to attend. No leave would be permitted.
So was this really a pre-battle mobilization?
Over the past two days, Priest Yan Chen and several other Formal Priests had spent most of their time in this Office Building, analyzing the information Tai Yu had "imprinted." Yuan Ju had no idea how far they had gotten.
Officer Tai Yu, on the other hand, had completely shed his previous air of mystery and wandered around everywhere, seeming remarkably leisurely.
That made it convenient for Yuan Ju to ask him about difficult points in his cultivation—specifically, the techniques for controlling Myriad Transformations Deep Blue.
Priest Yan Chen's assessment of Officer Tai Yu had indeed been reliable. That man seemed rather fond of teaching others. Before Yuan Ju went to consult him, he had hesitated and prepared all sorts of contingencies. Yet the moment he opened his mouth, Tai Yu taught him.
And it was not just Yuan Ju. Other Acolyte