Into the War Mire, You Die

The middle-aged man sat at his desk, staring at the three characters "Chen Jiutian" in his hand. His face was expressionless, and he remained silent for a long time.

At last, he spoke softly.

"Black Knight."

The moment he spoke, a voice answered from the shadows in a corner of the room. "I'm here."

"Our continent can't leave the War Mire for now, but we can send a few people to the Mortal Domain. Make tentative contact with Chen Jiutian and see where he stands. If you can recruit him, so much the better."

"If you can't, don't expose who we are."

"The Mortal Domain will enter the War Mire sooner or later. Avoid making an enemy of it if possible."

"Yes!"

The shadow withdrew to carry out his orders.

The middle-aged man sat in silence for a long while before sighing deeply. Leaning back in his chair, he murmured,

"Things have been getting more and more chaotic lately."

"We need to move faster."

Eternal Night Continent, Northbank Defense Line.

Chen Fan stood alone atop the City Wall, looking at the newly lit-up building on his panel. It was a development building he had obtained alongside the Land-Digging Machine, and it was also exclusive to Third-Level Continents.

Building Name: Saltworks.

Building Grade: Purple.

Building Level: Level 28.

Building Effect: Rapidly extracts sea salt...

Level 10 Max-Level Effect (Salt Extraction): Increases extraction speed.

Level 20 Max-Level Effect (Salt Extraction 2): Increases extraction speed.

Until now, salt extraction had relied entirely on manual labor. With this building, it would go a little faster.

Just then—

"Chen Fan."

Mr. Na's voice sounded behind him. There was not a trace of fatigue in it; if anything, he sounded full of energy.

"Rested enough?"

Chen Fan turned toward Mr. Na, who had appeared