The first Rootline Assembly was held three months after the charter was issued.
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The venue was set in the assembly hall at the center of the Forging District and the open ground around it. Zhou Mingyuan began arranging the site three weeks in advance, reorganizing the seats inside the hall into a circular layout and putting up several temporary sheds outside to hold the display materials and equipment brought by the various formations. He placed signs in every area, dividing the exchange zones according to the agenda's three main sections: combat experience, energy technology, and institutional discussion.
Early on the morning of the assembly, representative formations from every defense line began arriving at the Forging District one after another. About eighty people came from the Northern Sector Defense Line, personally led by Chen Dai; nearly a hundred came from the Central Defense Line, with Zhang Beihai walking at the very front; more than seventy came from the Western Defense Line, with Lin Yue positioned in the middle. Including the representatives selected from the Scout Formation, Engineering Formation, and Training Formation, the total attendance approached four hundred.
When they passed through the Forging District's main street, quite a few local rootlines were already standing along both sides. The logistics and training personnel normally stationed in the Forging District watched the formations from each defense line pass by, their eyes carrying a curiosity unlike usual.
The Northern Sector Defense Line's formation walked near the front. Those who had endured three Star Beast charges bore a distinct steadiness. Their pace was neither hurried nor slow, but every step landed solidly. The warm golden glow of the cores in their chests was slightly brighter than that of the local rootlines in the Forging District, like