Only a few hours had passed since Zong Shen finished testing the [Eye of the End] and conducting his tactical simulations.
The noon sunlight shone down as usual.
At this moment, the territories of all first-batch lords across the Endless Continent were shrouded in the white radiance of Time Stop.
When Time Stop arrived, Zong Shen was standing outside the necromantic Workshop near the [Land of Buried Bones].
He was overseeing the sealing of the core energy unit for the [Eye of the End].
With the excavation of the Bone-Burial Dark Fortress, this place had become an auxiliary workshop district, also serving as a site for assembling constructs.
Iron Hand Barenk led a group of dwarves and Goblin Engineers as they nervously reinforced the charging pipeline apparatus.
Within the territory, all Warriors who had received the notice were already fully equipped and ready to depart.
If the rules clearly allowed him to bring his soldiers in batches, Zong Shen could pack them all up and take them away immediately.
Just then, at exactly twelve noon, not a second early or late.
Pure white light flooded Zong Shen's entire field of vision without warning!
Time Stop had arrived!
Zong Shen's thoughts instantly became clear.
Having experienced numerous global Time Stops during Challenge Announcements and rule updates, he was all too familiar with this hollow sensation of stagnation, where his body slipped beyond his will's control.
This signified that the Lord System was about to release important global information.
And at this moment, the only possible announcement was the official rules for the Northern Frontier Eternal Night Calamity trial.
His body was frozen in the posture of lowering his head to inspect the energy core, his fingers less than an inch from the Rune seal radiating scorching fluctuations.
Although his body could