Ten minutes later.
In the bright and spacious conference room, two figures, a man and a woman, knelt in front of Hu Qi.
These two people are Lu Shan and Lu Hong from Rotten Leaf Settlement.
At this moment, their expressions were filled with awe and a hint of nervousness.
"... We heard that the Lord was here, so we came to look for him."
Lu Shan explained in a low voice, with his head lowered and his expression extremely respectful, but he was secretly looking at Hu Qi from the corner of his eye.
Hu Qi is still the same.
With his current strength in this world, there is no need to use Twisted Light to disguise his body shape and appearance, which is why the two of them were able to find him.
He has white hair and blue eyes, and is tall and tall. He doesn't seem to have changed much from before.
However.
The strong sense of oppression on their bodies still made Lu Shan and Lu Hong's hearts beat faster and their palms became sweaty.
After listening to the two explanations, Hu Qi understood the reason.
After he left.
The three evolvers easily conquered the nearby Black Stone Settlement.
Then he hibernated to increase his strength and gradually annexed several surrounding gathering places.
In just three years, the original Rotten Leaf Settlement has also expanded, from a small gathering place to a medium-sized gathering place with tens of thousands of people.
Not long ago.
After I came to City of Dawn and accidentally saw the photo of Hu Qi.
Only then did they learn that the city lord of City of Dawn was actually Hu Qi, and the two of them rushed over immediately.
As for Tong Chang, according to the two of them, he accidentally died in a wild beast attack.
However, looking at the unnatural look on Lu Shan's face when he said this, there may be some hidden meaning in it.
However, these three people were just random guesses he had made in his mind for the purpose of the experiment.
He didn't care about life or death.
in addition.
After three years, Lu Shan's belief level has been refined, reaching the level of an intermediate believer.
And Lu Hong is still a junior believer.
It seems that the two of them still need to be nurtured in their faith.
However, in comparison.
Hu Qi is more concerned about their strength.
Compared with before, the two of them have changed significantly.
It is not difficult to understand that Lu Hong has reached Third-Order Peak from the first level. Hu Qi inspired the essence in his body, although it cost him thirty years of life.
However, the various physical qualities are far beyond ordinary people, and it is normal to accelerate the transformation of life levels.
But what Hu Qi didn't expect was that Lu Shan's strength actually surpassed Lu Hong and reached the early stage of Fourth Tier.
Although the aura she showed showed that she had just broken through, it was still shocking enough.
According to the normal improvement speed of ordinary evolvers in this world, it usually takes five to ten years to upgrade from the first level to the second level.
Only innately awakened evolvers can advance to the second level within five years. Among them, those with strong qualifications may be able to touch the threshold of the third level, but that's all.
But it is almost impossible to break through Fourth Tier.
And Lu Shan's improvement speed has surpassed those innately awakened evolvers, which is really abnormal.
Think about this.
Hu Qi's figure flashed and he came to Lu Shan in an instant.
His sudden movement startled the two of them.
"Sir, you... you...?"
Hu Qi ignored it and directly touched Lu Shan's head with his palm.
Feeling the warm and wide palm above his head, a hint of unnaturalness flashed across Lu Shan's face.
Now that her strength has improved and reached Fourth Tier, although the red mark on her face is still there, it has faded a lot, leaving only a thin pink mark, which is difficult to detect without looking carefully.
The fading of the red mark made her originally good-looking appearance more prettier and more attractive.
However, Hu Qi naturally has no intention of paying attention to these.
The moment her palm touched Lu Shan's head, a stream of essence Divine Strength followed the palm of her hand and penetrated her body like a silk thread.
In an instant, everything inside Lu Shan's body appeared in Hu Qi's eyes.
"Well, I really didn't expect that there would be such a change?"
Hu Qi's eyes flashed with a strange color.
Then he took back his hand.
Lu Shan noticed the warm palm on top of his head leaving, and felt a touch of reluctance in his heart.
As if aware of this strangeness, she quickly put the feeling behind her.
After Hu Qi took back his hand, he followed the same pattern and touched Lu Hong next to him.
Lu Hong Although he didn't know what Hu Qi meant by this move, he didn't dare to resist.
A few seconds later.
Hu Qi took back his hand and closed his eyes slightly.
Waited for a while.
He opened his eyes.
There was a flash of surprise and realization in his eyes.
Sure enough, the two factors confirmed it, just as he expected.
The reason why the two men's strength has improved so amazingly is that the runes he transplanted into their bodies have undergone some unknown changes.
Hu Qi has already completed constructing and absorbing the runes in their bodies.
Moreover, with Hu Qi's memory, he has long been familiar with it, and there is no such thing as forgetting.
But I just checked.
The runes in the two people's bodies now are different from those when they were originally transplanted. They have many more lines and become more complicated.
If you have to describe it.
The transplanted runes are like seeds, and the human body is like the land. After the runes enter the body, they will start to grow over time.
Just the degree of growth progress varies from person to person.
Just like Lu Hong, the runes grow by about one-fifth.
Although the runes in the body have changed, they are incomparable to Lu Shan.
Lu Shan has reached three-fifths.
Perhaps this is the reason why the two people's cultivation progress is different.
The more complex the runes are, the faster the evolver can practice.
but.
What Hu Qi cares about is not this, but that the grown runes are different from the original runes and can increase the completeness of his unknown runes.
perhaps.
He can increase the number of evolvers through manual intervention.
Thereby improving the completeness of Unknown Talisman.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his lips.
He looked at the two of them and said.
"Very good. You two have lived up to my expectations. I have something I need you to do."
A few minutes later, I watched the two people leave.
Hu Qi The smile on his face gradually faded, and his expression returned to calm.
The sky is getting darker and darker, and the fine raindrops are like silver threads, falling continuously.
City of Dawn A corner near the outer city.
There was a damp smell in the air, mixed with traces of rotten odor.
At this time, at an intersection.
A group of ragged and dirty people were holding old bowls and lined up in an irregular queue, waiting quietly to receive porridge.
However, most of the people queuing up are old, weak, women and children.
The rest are people with disabilities in their limbs.
"Hey, I'm talking about you! You're so young, why are you here to join in the fun and receive relief porridge?"
Suddenly, a stern reprimand broke the dullness of the scene.
Immediately afterwards, a young man with disheveled hair was suddenly plucked out of the crowd like a chicken by a tall and muscular guard.
"Sir, please spare my life! I don't dare to do it anymore!"
The man cried and begged for mercy.
It was only then that everyone was able to see his appearance clearly.
Although his messy hair covered most of his face, judging from the voice, he was only in his twenties or thirties.
"Get out! Don't let me see you again!"
The guard looked disgusted and threw the man out.
The man rolled on the ground several times, feeling dizzy from the fall and screaming "ouch, ouch" in pain.
But when he met the guard's eyes that were as cold and biting as a cold pool.
Wake up instantly.
He stood up and ran away in panic.
After dealing with all this, the guard's sharp eyes like an eagle swept over everyone present.
Everyone lowered their heads unconsciously, not daring to look at him.
"I would like to remind you again: Anyone who is over 16 years old and under 60 years old and has sound limbs should not come to receive relief porridge and food in the hope of getting something for nothing.
There are many job opportunities in the city. You can earn points through work and exchange the points for food.
If such people are found to receive emergency food in violation of regulations again, they will be severely punished and their legs will be broken directly! "
Feeling the coldness emanating from the guard.
Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.
soon.
The team dwindled.
Basically everyone gets their own food.
However, these people did not leave in a hurry after receiving the food, but instead found a place to sit nearby.
This place is guarded by guards. Once you leave, you will easily be robbed by people who are unwilling to work and are idle.
Even if City of Dawn has complete laws and patrol guards, it still cannot completely stop this behavior from happening.
"Brother Hao, that city lord is really a good person. There was no such good thing in Maple Leaf Settlement before."
The speaker was a little girl wearing light yellow clothes with disheveled hair.
Her little face was dirty, and she looked vaguely at the thin boy beside her as she gulped down the contents of the bowl.
Meng Hao What did he want to say when he heard this?
However, when he saw the people passing by, he just nodded.
"Yeah."
while speaking.
He looked at the food in the bowl.
It's just a bowl of clear porridge, sprinkled with some vegetable leaves and fine minced meat.
The food in the bowl was honestly not that rich.
But even this ensures that people like them do not starve to death.
But he doesn't want to live like this, he wants more.
Think of this.
His eyes were directed towards the tall evolver guards and the prosperity inside City of Dawn in the distance.
"If you can become an evolver, maybe your parents and eldest brother will not die!"
Meng Hao eyes are numb.
There was a gloomy look on his face that was completely different from his age.
"It's a pity that I can't even raise all the basic Awakening Ritual materials..."
He sighed inwardly.
Most of the fifth-level Desolate God in the world have been eliminated by the city lord.
But when it comes to Fourth Tier, the wild beast still exists.
For ordinary evolvers and survivors.
City of Dawn The world outside is still dangerous.
If it were said that first-order wild beasts, ordinary people could barely deal with them.
Then after the second level, the only way is to use heavy weapons.
However, this kind of heavy weapon is usually only installed on the internal and external walls of the gathering place, and ordinary people cannot carry it at all.
If you want to deal with wild beasts, you still need to rely on evolvers.
But it's not that easy for ordinary people to awaken.
Awakening Ritual's method has already been made public after City of Dawn was established.
Anyone who has the ability can try it.
pity.
For an orphan like him, if there is no subsidy from City of Dawn.
Just trying to survive is a problem.
How is it possible to have the ability to capture wild beasts for Awakening Ritual?
Perhaps the One and Only's hope is to wait until he grows up a little and go out to look for wild beasts.
suddenly.
While he was deep in thought.
The girl on one side tugged on his clothes.
"Xiao Mo What happened?"
He just asked.
I saw the girl pointing forward with her hand.
"Brother Hao, there are many people over there..."
Look along the other person's fingers.
Sure enough, there was now a large circle of people surrounding the corner of the street in front.
He is no stranger to that position.
It seems to be a place where notices are usually posted.
Thinking of this, he drank the porridge in the bowl in several mouthfuls, then stood up and walked over with the girl.
At this moment, a guard wearing iron armor stood in the center of the crowd.
A notice was posted on the bulletin board nearby.
However, most people are illiterate and do not understand its meaning.
All we could do was beg the guards for an explanation.
To this.
The guard on the side did not refuse.
He glanced at everyone.
He spoke.
"You are really lucky to follow the instructions of the great city lord.
Now we need to recruit 10,000 people to carry out the new Awakening Ritual.
Once you succeed, you can become an evolver! Moreover, all the wild beasts needed for awakening are provided by City of Dawn! "
The guard's words were like a bombshell, instantly causing waves in the crowd.
"Sir, I am willing to participate!"
"Count me in, and me!"
Everyone shouted impatiently, their voices rising and falling one after another.
Becoming an evolver means that you will have no worries about food and clothing, and a respected status. Who can not be tempted by such a good thing?
"Quiet!"
The guard suddenly snorted coldly, and the sound was like a thunderbolt, exploding in everyone's ears.
Many people were shaken so hard that they almost collapsed to the ground, and the scene fell silent for an instant.
"This is not something you can just participate in if you want to.
Listen up, this recruitment is only for able-bodied people aged 12 to 25, with younger people being given priority. "
Speaking of which.
He paused.
After taking a look at the crowd, he saw that it was not as noisy as before, so he couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
Then, he pointed to one side and said:
"If you meet the conditions, go and sign up over there."
I saw an awning propped up over there at some point, with a table placed under the awning, and a man wearing glasses sitting behind the table.
It looks like it is specially registered for people.
Everyone listened.
Suddenly, the enthusiasm on most people's faces faded, replaced by disappointment and loneliness.
Obviously, their age does not meet the requirements.
However, a small number of people still ran over to sign up.
Meng Hao is one of them.
He knew this was his best chance.
Once you miss it, there is no place to cry.
As someone who had migrated from a medium-sized settlement, he knew the horrors of the wilderness outside.
His family died in the wilderness.
This is still the case when there are dedicated evolvers leading the way.
Therefore, he actually had no hope that he could hunt down a wild beast and collect the materials for Awakening Ritual with his own abilities.
And now that City of Dawn is offering the wild beast to help him awaken, it is naturally impossible for him to refuse.
Although this so-called New Awakening Ritual has never been heard of, there are dangers in the awakening process.
But this is nothing in the face of the huge temptation of becoming an evolver.