Elder Seven stood rooted to the spot, stunned. He had never known who the man before him was. Shao Qiu had told him quite clearly that the force behind him was unwilling to disclose much information about itself.
Before this.
He had never heard the name Jiangbei Mortal Domain.
Before the Guandong Plains fell, they had maintained some contact with the West Pass Plains, but he had still never heard of the Jiangbei Mortal Domain. The Mortal Domain was too far from the Guandong Plains, and it was in a barren region. News simply had a hard time reaching them.
The expression on the man's face told him that he was not lying.
Every word was true.
But... but...
How could one force, a force from Jiangbei at that, produce enough Eerie Stone to build an entire defense line?
Chen Fan offered no further explanation. He simply patted Elder Seven's arm and smiled. "Relax. Things will get better. If there's anything specific you want to know, ask Shao Qiu."
"Our immediate priority is..."
"Getting your people to load those Strange Entity corpses onto the High-Speed Rail."
"We have two years until the Northbank Undersea Strange Tide makes landfall. The better prepared we are, the better our chances of holding out." "Your Defense Line Seven will defend Eastern Pass."
"Our Mortal Domain will defend Jiangbei."
"It shouldn't be a problem."
He said it casually, but only he knew how much effort he had poured into building the Northbank Defense Line. Still, the whole reason he had worked so hard was so that he could now casually say it shouldn't be a problem.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Elder Seven was still frozen in place, nodding blankly before his mind could catch up. Then he suddenly remembered something. He took two Exotic Treasures from