"Empire Shadow contains many of the Empire's secrets, and as the first batch of Transcendent reserves to enter it, you are greatly honored."
"Here, you will conceal your names and identities, shining and giving your all for the Empire."
"When the Empire..." A middle-aged man delivered an impassioned speech to the crowd.
Yet most of them remained unmoved. Those selected in advance had mostly once possessed basic Magic Tools, and those who had survived until now were all seasoned hands.
Lu Xingshi was among them as well. The man had spoken for so long without mentioning what they were actually supposed to do.
But one thing was certain: they would either be doing menial work or, more bluntly, being bled dry.
Quite a few people had already noticed that this other space called Empire Shadow was exceptionally strange.
Its dominant tones were terribly dim, and it exuded a chilly aura. From time to time, bizarre, monotonous sounds drifted through it.
A place like this was clearly no land of kindness.
Then people began guiding this batch of Transcendent reserves away in separate streams toward different areas.
Lu Xingshi, meanwhile, looked toward the core of Empire Shadow—the Artificial God.
Under his gaze, the Chaos Executor suddenly turned its bizarre eyeball slightly and directed its gaze at Lu Xingshi as well.
Their gazes collided invisibly. The entire Empire Shadow erupted with violent booming, accompanied by tremors like an earthquake.
It's alive. Lu Xingshi withdrew his gaze, and only then did everything settle down.
Still, turmoil and chaos within Empire Shadow were unavoidable after such an incident.
That was not the key point. The key was that, with the completion of its Divine Portfolio, a certain instinct had already been born within it. It was merely still weak and required enough stimulation before