While Magic Martial University closed its campus to focus on improving its strength, Zhang Tao did not waste any time either.
He allocated some of the energy stones to the martial armies of the Three Ministries and Four Prefectures, ensuring that every soldier had an energy stone to use.
Zhang Tao also put the remaining energy stones to use in various ways, drawing as much value from them as possible.
One batch went to the other martial universities so they could step up their efforts to strengthen their students.
Another batch was converted into energy liquid to help soldiers who had reached bottlenecks break through to higher ranks.
Meanwhile, Zhang Tao gathered information from various sources to verify Lu Hao's claim that they had only two years left.
After cross-checking the reports, Zhang Tao's expression darkened. Taken together, the information he had gathered did indeed suggest that all the passages would open within two or three years. A full-scale war was very likely to follow.
Zhang Tao had a terrible headache over it. After all, according to Lu Hao's earlier description of their opponents, even the old fossils from the Sect Era could barely reach Break Six, let alone the stronger ones. Yet Zhang Tao himself could only manage Break Four, and he was still some way from Break Five.
He summoned both Li Zhen and Nan Yun Yue. First, he explained what he had been doing lately, then said he intended to tap into their strategic resource reserves to rapidly strengthen humanity.
"Use the strategic reserves? Zhang Tao, things haven't gotten that bad yet, have they?" Li Zhen was the first to object.
Nan Yun Yue, standing beside him, said nothing. She knew what Zhang Tao was like. Since he had called them over, it meant the matter was