After guarding the fortress alone for three years, I became the long night Lord Chapter 499
"Just to inform you, we have a meeting in two hours, so don't be late."
Void-Nesting Bird After he put down his words, the figure faintly disappeared from the place, as if this world did not exist.
Zhang Rui and Han Qu looked at each other, and a smile appeared on their faces.
"Master Lord has not forgotten us after all!"
Han Qu put his hand on the thick application document and patted it, with a loyal look. "Your Excellency must have guessed that Governing Hall is under great pressure, so he took time out of his busy schedule to come here."
Zhang Rui rolled his eyes upward, too lazy to pay attention to Han Qu.
The two have known each other for a long time and have worked together almost since Longwind Fortress. He serves as Governor and Han Qu serves as deputy, assisting in handling large and small government affairs.
It involves the long-term development of Longwind City at the top, and the management of people's livelihood and improvement of water conservancy at the bottom. Governing Hall is the largest department of Longwind City, and it is also the busiest department.
"Please inform them all. Aren't those guys already in a hurry? Just let someone bring you the exact words of Mr. Lord. The meeting will be held in two hours. No one is allowed to be late."
Zhang Rui rubbed his eyes and planned to go home and tidy up first.
He had been so busy these past two days that he didn't even have time to take a shower. Now that he was about to meet Mr. Lord, he naturally had to clean up well to avoid seeing him so sloppy and losing his image.
Han Qu was ordered to leave, and Zhang Rui returned home exhausted after finishing the official duties at hand.
At this time, my wife Xu Wan had just finished cooking. Seeing Zhang Rui opening the door, she was a little surprised and asked, "Why are you back?"
She knew that her husband was always busy with official duties, especially in the past two days, there had been frequent strange phenomena in the city, and many Longwind City subjects were discussing this matter. I am afraid that her husband's work was even more arduous, so she never bothered or urged him, and he did not need to worry about home affairs.
As a result, something strange happened today. This busy man came back at the busiest time.
Zhang Rui first fetched water and washed his face, then sat at the table and looked at the lunch in front of him.
Two Sunlight Jade Tuber, a side dish, and a few slices of dried meat are Xu Wan's meal.
Since Zhang Han started attending school at the Longwind Academy, she is often alone at home.
It's not that Xu Wan doesn't have a job. As one of the first batch of people to become Longwind Subjects, he is now the manager of Longwind City Textile Factory, with a large group of female workers under him.
It's just that compared to Zhang Rui, her job is indeed much easier. Her deputies are very capable and their daily tasks are basically just management and assignment, so she doesn't need to worry too much.
Looking at her husband's graying hair on his temples, Xu Wan felt both distressed and proud.
Because Longwind City's changes are visible to everyone. In addition to Lord's protection, her husband's contribution is also responsible for this.
Xu Wan picked up a Sunlight Jade Tuber and handed it to Zhang Rui.
"Eat first, I'll cook some later."
Zhang Rui raised his hand to take it and took a big bite without any care. The rich fragrance filled his mouth. Then he picked up a small dish with chopsticks. He suddenly felt warm in his stomach and the fatigue in his body was dissipated.
Sunlight Jade Tuber is D-rank Spirit Plant. It is not a mortal thing. It tastes soft after cooking and can provide sufficient satiety and satisfaction. After long-term consumption, it can also enhance physical fitness and resistance.
Even though Zhang Rui is still just an ordinary person and has not even awakened, but if you really compare it with Old Era, his physique is definitely stronger than those athletes, and this is even if he only exercises occasionally.
The same is true for Xu Wan.
They only compare Longwind City's ability users to be ordinary people, but among the group of real ordinary people, they are already super humans.
Seeing Xu Wan getting up and planning to cook more, Zhang Rui quickly pushed his wife down.
"No, I'll just have something to eat and then leave. I have a meeting later."
"Meeting?" Xu Wan was stunned. "Master Lord is out of seclusion?"
"What's going on? That's research!" Zhang Rui pointed out the errors in his wife's words seriously.
Indeed, in the eyes of many people who are not clear about it, the actions Mr. Lord made while staying at Sacred Court were practicing in seclusion.
As a person with abilities, it is normal for cultivation to cause commotion.
But in the eyes of people who know clearly, they know that their master Lord never cultivates his abilities, but studies and cultivates the Spirit Plant plants under his hands.
Xu Wan shook his head. "I don't understand this, but I know that everything Mr. Lord does is right. Even if he tells me that you cheated, I will believe it."
"???"
"Haha -" Xu Wan glared and snorted coldly, "I heard that you Governing Hall have a new girl who often brings you food. I don't want to say more, but you can decide what's appropriate for you."
"You can't talk nonsense!" Zhang Rui saw his wife's yin and yang look, puffed up her chest, and said with an upright face, "I have nothing to do with her. She doesn't just deliver food to me alone, Han Qu is also eating."
Xu Wan smiled and stopped talking.
Zhang Rui's thick black eyebrows wrinkled. It was clear that he had nothing to do with the other party, but he always felt like there was a needle pricking his back, as if there were a pair of eyes staring at him.
He quickly ate one Sunlight Jade Tuber and half a plate of side dishes. When he was almost half full, he got up and boiled water to take a shower.
After taking a comfortable bath and changing into clean and tidy clothes, Zhang Rui walked out of the house, first went to the Governing Hall to pick up the documents, and then rushed towards Sacred Court.
Along the way, he saw many people from other departments.
People like Shen Congzhi, Gongshu Qi and Zhou Qing, each with their own department people, rushed all the way to Sacred Court.
Seeing Zhang Rui, Gongshu Qi came up quickly.
"Lao Zhang, what is the main topic of this meeting? Do you have any inside information?"
The largest council of Longwind City is the Longwind Council held in Sacred Court, which is personally led by Lincon. It is often when Longwind City faces major developments and decisions that Governing Hall is notified to call everyone, which is rare once a month.
But this time, strange phenomena occurred frequently in the city, and the doubts and curiosity in the hearts of various departments could no longer be restrained.
"Inside information?"
Zhang Rui smiled helplessly when he heard this, "I just knew the meeting time ten minutes before you. Where did I know the inside story? Your lord will convene the meeting later. We just need to listen quietly, and your doubts will naturally be answered."
Gongshu Qi said with an expectant tone, "I feel it will be a complete change Longwind City----no, it is a major event that will change the future of our humanity."
"I hope so."
The two of them walked together, not discussing work matters, but just chatting about daily life.
After walking around a corner, you are greeted by a wide and flat avenue. The front suddenly opens up, and the huge tree trunk of Celestial Pivot Mother Tree appears in front of people.
Garrison Guard's group came to the front from the left, including Guan Teng and Luo Qian, including Fang Qingyang and others.
Compared with the ruling officials like Zhang Rui, they have a bit more courage and murderous spirit.
Groups of people came from all directions and finally gathered at the feet of Celestial Pivot Mother Tree.
Not long after, a long rattan ladder, like an automatic elevator, hung down from the canopy of Celestial Pivot Mother Tree.
Everyone climbed onto the rattan ladder, slowly ascending, and finally came to the platform leading to the Origin Council Hall.
Someone looked up at Celestial Pivot Mother Tree and then asked, "Have you noticed that Crystal Ring Mother Tree seems to be different from before?"
"I discovered a long time ago that although the overall size has not changed, the crown of the tree is denser than before, the leaves are smaller, and there are many small crystal-like light spots in the middle."
"Indeed, the breath is thicker than before, giving people the feeling that it is more than just a tree, as if it has infinite wisdom."
"Uh----you can also see this?"
"Of course, my power is Life Weaver, I can see things that you can't see."
People from various departments talked a lot about the changes in Celestial Pivot Mother Tree, and they stopped talking all the way until they were in front of the door of the Origin Hall.
Before entering the hall, they lowered their heads one by one to straighten their clothes and straightened their backs. After seeing that everything was OK, they lined up to enter the hall.
On the dome of the Origin Hall, the network of crystal neurons hanging down by Celestial Pivot Mother Tree emitted a faint silver light, shrouding the entire hall in a warm light.
On the long table where everyone is having a meeting, there are pieces of Celestial Pivot Crystal Leaves and Crystal Leaves the size of A4 paper standing upright. The surface is flat, the back is slightly raised, and there are several leaf veins that are transmitting energy.
"What is this? It looks like a tablet from Old Era."
Cultural Affairs Bureau Li Yunfan was sitting relatively far back. He was the first to sit on the chair and look at the strange thing in front of him.
When his face came closer, the Celestial Pivot Crystal Leaves in front of him suddenly lit up, and the light swept across his face, followed by a slight unlocking sound.
Before Li Yunfan had time to react, a line of small words appeared on Crystal Leaves's smooth screen.
Cultural Affairs Bureau-Li Yunfan, followed by the time and some deeds when he joined Longwind City to become Formal Subject.
"This thing--it's kind of interesting."
Li Yunfan stared at his name and records on the screen, lightly touched his finger on the Crystal Leaves screen, and then turned to the next page.
All recent work items of the Cultural Affairs Bureau are neatly arranged on the page. The progress and person in charge are marked behind each item, and there is an eye-catching data summary at the top.
[A total of twelve issues of Longwind Times were published this month, covering 97% of the people, 372 copies of administrative letters were sent, and the number of viewers of the novel Thunder Lord was 99,643----
Li Yunfan's eyes widened and he was stunned for a few seconds. Then he looked up and around and found that his colleagues around him were doing the same thing as him.
Celestial Pivot Crystal Leaves is lit in front of everyone's seat, but the content on the screen is different. Basically, it is the work content and task progress of each department.
For example, Zhang Rui has seen the most content. It contains not only the task settlement of each department but also the number of personnel, material scheduling, etc. Things that were originally complicated are now in front of them, and they are clear at a glance.
"This thing is a bit like Old Era's private work program, except that the data is clearer and there are basically no errors or omissions. Moreover, it seems to be automatically updated as the task progresses, without the need for human beings to write records."
Someone quickly discovered the magic of Celestial Pivot Crystal Leaves and began to speculate on its purpose.
At this moment, all the lights on the Celestial Pivot Crystal Leaves screens dimmed. Just when everyone was wondering what was going on, Lincon just walked out of the side door.
His footsteps are not heavy, but when they fall on the stone floor of the hall, they will cause a slight echo, creating a special resonance with the entire Origin Hall.
"Shashasha----"
Celestial Pivot Crystal Leaves on the dome swayed, as if to celebrate his arrival.
Since Crystal Ring Mother Tree advanced to become Celestial Pivot Mother Tree, its power has penetrated into every corner of Longwind City, and Sacred Court was the first place to be transformed.
Except for a few places prohibited by Lincon, Celestial Pivot Mother Tree's crystal consciousness exists almost everywhere.
Lincon walked to the main seat of the long table and sat down, looking at everyone present.
He spoke calmly, his voice was not loud, but it carried a power that convinced everyone.
No one was wandering around at this time, everyone was listening carefully.
From the last guardian of Longwind Fortress to Longwind Lord who now controls the entire Jiang Province area, meetings after meetings and decisions that determine the future survival and development direction of Longwind Subjects have transformed Lincon into a qualified leader.
"I called everyone here today because of the recent changes in Longwind City. I know you are all confused. I happened to take advantage of the break to hold a meeting to inform you."
"The first thing is, regarding the dispersal of Dark Veil, I believe this is what you are most concerned about."
Lincon turned his head and glanced out the window, looking through the clouds, and seemed to see Hanyu Zhouyan and Golden Crow flying and flying.
He revealed to everyone that he had recently become Epic Domain. After being successfully promoted to S-Rank, his abilities had been greatly improved, so the Spirit Plant he cultivated had also grown.
Lincon has slightly shortened and adapted some information about Fire God Tree's awakening of the ancient Fusang Divine Tree bloodline. It only said that Fire God Tree has a new ability and can drive the divine bird, and use the power of the divine bird to drive away the Dark Veil that is pressing on Longwind City's head.
"However, the current range of dispersing Dark Veil can only be maintained in the Jiangzhou area. Dark Veil may be re-closed at any time, and the divine bird needs to take flight to tear it apart again."
"From now on, the daytime of Longwind City will return to more than eight hours, and as the power of the divine bird recovers, this time will slowly return to the normal day and night time of Old Era."
Lincon paused for a moment, giving everyone a brief moment to digest.
No one spoke in the hall, but every face had an expression of being struck head-on by a surprise and a bit dazed.
Eight hours!
If it were the world before Dark Descent, and there were usually more than ten hours during the day, no one would realize how precious Sunlight was.
But in the past few years of Dark Age, there are only five hours of daylight every day, and people are almost getting used to living in long nights.
But now, someone tells them that daylight for mankind is coming back!
Except for a few animals and plants, the importance of daylight to all living creatures has long been engraved in the genetic code.
Especially for humans, once Dark Descent, without lighting, they are basically no different from blind people, and it is difficult to detect even danger approaching.
In the entire Dark Age, 30% of human deaths have been caused by this.
If it were not for the protection of Longwind City, once Dark Descent, ordinary people could only lock the door in a panic at the moment when darkness is about to fall, light candles and try to keep themselves in a safe lighting environment, and be alert to the threats posed by dark creatures.
"The second thing."
Lincon continued, "Crystal Ring Mother Tree has now evolved into Celestial Pivot Mother Tree, and the Celestial Pivot Crystal Leaves in front of you is its derivative terminal."
"Starting from today, the work records, task scheduling, material inventory and personnel files of all departments of Longwind City, including Governing Hall, Garrison Guard, Rune Workshop, Blue Soil Garden, Energy Research Base, etc., will all be connected to Celestial Pivot Crystal Network."
"Each department's data will be synchronized in real time by Celestial Pivot Mainframe. Cross-department collaboration does not require manual transfer of files. The handover can be completed by direct operation on Celestial Pivot Crystal Leaves."
"At the same time, Celestial Pivot Crystal Network can retrieve the historical memory of any stage within the scope to perform traceability. The function is almost similar to the monitoring of Old Era. In this regard, managers of all departments have the authority to communicate with Celestial Pivot Crystal Network to view."
"In fact, Celestial Pivot Crystal Network still has many functions that can be realized. You can boldly try its uses on your own."
Lincon looked calm and crossed his hands in front of him.
"The third thing."
"In the future, the resource output in Longwind Territory should be doubled, and the impact on us in the Harsh Winter stage will be minimized, so there is no need to restrict people's travel unless necessary, and everyone can do whatever they need to do."
"Trial Temple, Glory Tower, Adventurers' Guild, etc. can all be reassigned tasks."
"In view of the recent increase in the number of ability users who have awakened in Longwind City, it is necessary to strengthen the control. Although there is no saying in this era that with greater power comes greater responsibility, I do not want these people to be arrogant and act recklessly by relying on their awakened abilities."
"For minor offenses, they will be given a warning and a second detention. The third time, they will be sent directly to Garrison Guard for rigorous training and let them expand their territory. If they are still stubborn and refuse to listen to the instructions internally, they will be directly expelled from Longwind City and will never be able to come back."
"As for the more serious plot----"
As he said that, Lincon turned his head and looked at Xue Ningning and Chen Qi: "I will leave these people to you two."
Xue Ningning had big eyes, pursed his small mouth, and nodded cautiously.
Since Golden Dragon joined Divine Tree Grotto-Heaven, she is currently the actual manager of Sacred Court Left Guard.
Chen Qi is Sacred Court Right Guard, who specializes in interrogation. Hearing the words, he echoed, "Sir, please feel free to leave it to me. I have many means to deal with these people."
Lincon nodded. "The next thing is the last thing."
"Originally, I was planning to wait until after Harsh Winter to talk about it, but looking at the current situation, I think we can move forward a little bit."
"I believe you all know that Great Wall Defense Line was captured by the Abyss Sea. Taiyi and Old Guo fought hard to get us back alive."
Lincon's voice was light and his words were straightforward, bringing those people who had evacuated from Great Wall Defense Line back to their cruel memories.
"Although I don't know how much damage Taiyi's death blow caused to those five Epic Lord, but counting the time, the danger should be coming soon."
"So the fourth thing I want to say today is also the most important thing."
"Starting today, Longwind City has entered a state of combat readiness." Lincon glanced at everyone present and said in a sonorous tone, "We don't know when Abyss Sea will come, but we can be sure when we will send them away."