Watching the Strategy Module prompt appear and then rapidly vanish, Zong Shen felt that this wave of prompts from the Strategy Module had seemed both rushed and guilty.
From the prompt, he had gleaned a new piece of information: the Lord System could select enemies for MOD loading just like deploying units in a strategy game.
This so-called Defense Challenge-exclusive domain was now an independent "small map."
The previous comprehensive territory ratings, rankings, and opponent selection had all been meant to choose a suitable opponent.
Once all the conditions and elements had been gathered, the Lord System began loading the MOD for Zong Shen.
Only after the MOD had finished loading and additional information appeared could the Strategy Module obtain that information.
This once again showed that while the Strategy Module was powerful, it was not absolutely omnipotent.
Its authority did not exceed that of the Lord System itself. It was like a personal search backdoor opened within a vast database, granting equivalent data-access permissions.
At that moment, Zong Shen suddenly recalled the prompt he had received when he first arrived and awakened the Strategy Module.
[Detected Gaia's Will blessing upon you. You have obtained the Strategy Module. Talent module is being loaded for you.]
[Strategy Module loading complete.]
That backdoor known as the Strategy Module had been granted by the mysterious Gaia's Will.
Gaia existed in Western mythology on Earth.
In ancient Greek legends, Gaia was the goddess of the earth and mother of the gods, one of the primordial deities.
In Western mythology, the name also referred to Earth itself, so Gaia's Will could be interpreted as the world's will of Earth.
Of course, Zong Shen had no definite answer as to why it was Gaia from the West rather than Pangu or Nüwa from the East.