The Middle-Aged Man sat at his desk, staring at the name "Chen Jiutian" in his hand. His face remained expressionless as he sat in silence for a long time.
Only after a long while did he speak softly.
"Black Knight."
The moment his words fell, a shadow in the corner of the room answered, "I'm here."
"Our continent can't leave the War Mire for now, but we can send some people to the Mortal Domain to make tentative contact with Chen Jiutian and see where he stands. Ideally, we can recruit him."
"If we can't, don't expose our identity."
"The Mortal Domain will enter our War Mire sooner or later. Try not to make an enemy of them."
"Yes!"
The shadow withdrew with his orders.
The Middle-Aged Man remained silent for a long time before he finally let out a deep sigh, leaned back in his chair, and murmured.
"Things have really been getting more and more chaotic lately."
"We'll have to pick up the pace."
Eternal Night Continent, Northbank Defense Line.
Chen Fan stood alone on the city wall, looking at the building that had been unlocked on his panel. It was a development-oriented building he had obtained alongside the Land-Digging Machine, and it was exclusive to third-level continents.
"Building name": Saltworks. "Building grade": Purple Grade. "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.
Previously, salt extraction had relied entirely on manual labor. With this building, things would go a little faster.
Just then—
"Chen Fan."
Mr. Na's voice rang out behind him. He didn't sound the slightest bit tired. On the contrary, he sounded full of energy.
"Had enough rest?"
Chen Fan turned to look