"Mommy, Mommy."
"What are you doing?"
A young child's voice rang out in a courtyard in Black Tortoise City. A boy in split-crotch pants, holding a pinwheel, tilted his head and looked quizzically at his mother, who knelt with her hands clasped together.
A Gold Grade lightbulb hung beneath the eaves, shining with a more dazzling Gold Grade glow than usual.
Lightbulbs like this one...
Could be found in every household and along every street in the city. And there were hundreds of cities like this across the Eternal Night Continent.
"Mommy is..."
The woman forced a smile and stroked the boy's head. "Mommy is praying that the Mortal Domain makes it through this crisis."
"The Mortal Domain will definitely make it through."
"Why?"
"Because my Mortal Domain is the biggest, biggest of all."
The boy nodded solemnly, then copied his mother and knelt beside her. Setting down his pinwheel, he clasped his little hands together. "I'll pray with Mommy."
Scenes like this...
Were unfolding in every corner of the Eternal Night Continent.
The popular will that the Mortal Domain had stockpiled for an entire year erupted at this moment. Popular will was both a special high-grade currency of fifth-level continents and the energy used to activate the Heart That Embraces the World.
"Lights of Ten Thousand Homes; Where the Lights Grow Dim."
It was one of the Mortal Domain's last-resort plans.
Once activated...
All buildings could be constructed at no cost until the popular will ran out.
Chen Fan had already arrived at the Missile Storage Base. Lin Mancang, the group leader responsible for the facility, did not approach him. He merely watched the Domain Lord's retreating figure with a heavy heart. The Missile Storage Base, once packed in immaculate rows, now looked rather sparse.
He knew the Domain