Using the Abyss Against the Abyss

Chen Siwei's breakthrough to A-Rank was a major boost to Longwind City's strength.

She was Longwind City's first A-Rank ability user, enough to prove that the current Longwind City was qualified to extend its reach into other provinces.

Resources would not obediently remain where they were and wait for someone to claim them. Sometimes, they had to be taken.

Why had Zhao Xuan of Peerless City gone to Lin Province to seize the core of a B-Rank Abyss Rift? Because he had already obtained every Abyssal Core he could find in Northern Province. If that was not enough, he could only seek more from other regions.

In essence, this was not plunder, but a normal means of acquiring resources.

Longwind City was the same now.

The resources around Longwind City were not inexhaustible. In particular, mutated resources produced in fixed locations still required dedicated personnel to mine them.

Rather than let others opportunistically extract those resources and then demand benefits from Longwind City, it was better to occupy the resource sites in advance and publicly declare ownership over them.

This time, to solve Hive Canyon's blood-food problem, he would have Alashu and the other Abyssal Lords invade other Abyss Rifts, while Longwind City supported them from the side.

Hive Canyon would act as the vanguard, clearing away the Dark Creatures ahead until they reached the B-Rank Abyss Rift in Lin Province. Longwind City would follow behind, occupying and obtaining the resources along the way under legitimate pretexts.

No one knew how much longer the front line could hold. Since both their strength and preparations were sufficient, he needed Longwind City to stockpile as many resources as possible for the crises that could arrive at any time in the future.

Lincon withdrew his thoughts and lightly tapped the tabletop twice. "Siwei,