"Who are these people? They don't look like Shaman Tribe Remnants at all. They look more like cultivators the Heavenly Dragon Gate brought in from outside."
In Broad Cloud Ward, inside the building that had been converted into the city center, Li Chen sat in a spacious room on the top floor, watching the distant scene projected by the Mystic Light Illusory Image Array with a trace of surprise.
Qi Maigu and Wushi Yan were both beside him.
Li Chen had specifically summoned the latter to experience the advanced technology of a civilization from another world. Since his capture, Wushi Yan had nothing to do and did not resist such things.
He did not know that Li Chen was drawing on Luo Changshan's research to subtly reshape his thinking.
Even if he had known, however, he probably could have done nothing about it. The impact of an advanced civilization was real and unavoidable.
Having already suffered the impact of the Heavenly Dragon Gate, they inevitably felt a little more fortunate when dealing with Li Chen's comparatively gentle group.
"They are indeed from the Heavenly Dragon Gate," Wushi Yan confirmed Li Chen's guess. But as he studied their appearance, disgust crept into his expression. "They seem to be conducting a sweep, and they've already succeeded."
Li Chen asked, "A sweep?"
"That's right," Wushi Yan said. "These beasts regularly invade the surrounding tribes, forcing them to move far away or submit. Hiding in the mountains, we simply can't feed that many people."
This world had limited spiritual essence, and far fewer demons and nature spirits than Eastern Victory Province. Instead, it possessed the potential to develop agriculture and grow grain.
But in mountainous terrain, fishing and hunting alone truly could not support a large population.
Even as the leader of his people,