The Cleanup Begins

Longwind Academy covered a vast area, even larger than the Combat Arena.

The academy gates themselves were a living giant tree, its roots buried deep underground while its branches wound around steel rebar from the Old Era as a framework, spreading upward into a canopy that blotted out the sky.

Lincon walked at the very front of the group, followed by several hundred teachers and students.

The teaching buildings, dormitories, laboratories, training grounds... every structure perfectly reflected the characteristics of Longwind City.

The Combat Arena did not require much technical sophistication, so the Urban Planning Bureau had devoted most of its efforts to the academy.

After all, it was meant to cultivate talent for Longwind City. Not a single detail could afford to be neglected.

Every leaf breathed slowly, exhaling oxygen with a faint golden glow that made the entire academy resemble a building immersed in a dreamlike sphere of light.

Teachers introduced the surrounding facilities to the students. This first academy built in the Dark Age would accompany them for years to come.

Zhang Rui stayed beside Lincon as the two discussed Longwind City's future development.

Under the teachers' guidance, the students familiarized themselves with their classrooms, lessons, and instructors for each subject.

There was no tedious opening ceremony. Lincon disliked such things. The teachers would spend plenty of time in the days ahead telling the children what needed to be said, while the things that could not be explained would be experienced firsthand in the future.

Meanwhile, amid the harmony and peace of Longwind City's new student enrollment, the Crystal Ring Mother Tree's offspring tendrils gently curled around every child's ankles, recording their information.

At that very moment, however, a place in Jiangzhou was playing out a scene of bloodshed and chaos that was entirely different.

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