"I think we can split our forces and claim all the major resource sites on Blue Star. We can deal with the small and medium-sized ones later."
Yi Tian offered a suggestion that happened to align with Wei Yuan's thoughts.
"Good! I'll propose it to Headquarters right away!"
Wei Yuan hurried toward Central China Headquarters, seemingly ablaze with boundless fighting spirit.
Great Xia's territorial expansion began here.
A day passed.
Yi Tian opened his eyes in his bed at Green Mountain Apartments and stretched.
A bright ray of sunlight slipped through a gap in the curtains, filling the room with warmth.
The room's surround-sound speakers pulsed with soft, gradually shifting ripples of color as a mechanical voice spoke at a leisurely pace:
"Good morning, Boss. Congratulations on completing 8.5 hours of deep sleep. Your sleep quality has been rated excellent. Welcome to a new day."
"Today in Qingcheng, East China, the weather will turn from cloudy to sunny, with temperatures ranging from 11°C to 23°C. Westerly winds at force 1, light breezes, air quality index 46..."
Still lying in bed with his eyelids half closed, Yi Tian slowly said, "007."
"At your service!"
"Don't announce all that when I've just woken up anymore."
"Then what would you like me to announce? I can also report on Great Xia's major military developments, its progress, and so on."
"No... actually, you can tell me about those."
Yi Tian hadn't wanted any morning announcements, but Great Xia's military developments and progress interested him. He also wanted to hear what had happened while he was asleep.
007 said, "Yesterday evening, Headquarters dispatched elite troops from the West China and South China War Zones to expand our territory. Within seven hours, three Large Secret Realms were incorporated into Great Xia's territory."
"Our territory expanded