Liu Zhipeng gave a satisfied "nod" (even though his ball of flesh had no neck).
Three million two hundred and seventy thousand Gretchin stood in neat ranks across the ruins.
The sight was breathtaking in its grandeur.
The densely packed little green figures resembled a surging ocean.
"Very good." Liu Zhipeng's voice rang out in every Gretchin's mind. "Now, I'll assign your tasks."
"Ghazghk!"
"Here!"
"Your task is to work out how to reverse blackstone's polarity within three days, and design a simplified set of blueprints suitable for mass construction."
"Got it!" Ghazghk rubbed his hands excitedly. "Don't you worry, Big Boss. Three days? I'll get it done in one!"
"Sharpfang!"
"Here!"
"You're in charge of organizing the construction crews. From now on, all combat engineers will form construction squads of ten. Every hundred squads will have one technical advisory team."
"Understood!" Sharpfang immediately began taking notes on the map board.
"Logistics troops will handle material transport and supplies."
"Technical troops will handle precision assembly of the core components."
"Everyone will follow Sharpfang's overall command."
"Yes, sir!!!" Three million Gretchin answered in unison, their voices shaking the heavens.
"As for me..."
Liu Zhipeng paused, and his spherical body began to tremble violently.
"I'm going to do something more important."
"And that is-"
"Clear enough construction space for you!"
Before he had even finished speaking, the ball of flesh began expanding wildly!
Three meters.
Ten meters.
Thirty meters.
Fifty meters.
One hundred meters!
At last, Liu Zhipeng's fleshy form swelled into a colossal sphere more than a hundred and fifty meters in diameter!
But he wasn't finished yet.
The sphere's surface began writhing and deforming violently.
One Abyssal Maw after another split open across its surface.
Each mouth was more than five meters across, filled with endless darkness and spiraling rows