Luo Cheng became lively as people discovered that the guards who used to stand guard over the city lord's mansion and even the city walls were now participating in the city's defenses.
Media reporters, caught wind of the news, flocked to various parts of the city gates, vying to conduct interviews.
However, these guards didn't know the details; they only knew the orders from above and their own tasks.
The bolder media reporters crouched down at the city lord's mansion, and when the official car came out, they pounced like tigers seeing their prey, fearlessly blocking the car.
"It's the City Lord!"
"Lord City Lord, could you please tell us why the city's defenses were suddenly rushed into construction? Did you obtain some secret information?"
"Could something be about to happen in Luo Cheng soon?"
With the car window rolled down halfway, Xiao Tian Xiao, "Well, those who know, know. I won't go into details here."
"Drive."
The media immediately made way, all excited.
Xiao Tian's words do not mean that there will be any major changes in Luo Cheng recently, or that a powerful force from the outside world will attack Luo Cheng.
For a time, the military merchants, medicine merchants, grocers and food merchants, and henchmen of various forces in the city were all terrified.
The prices of daily necessities in the city have started to rise! In less than a day, the number of pedestrians in the bustling areas of Luo Cheng has decreased, and the entire city, every street, seems to be filled with an oppressive atmosphere and a sense of unease, as if a storm is brewing.
The residents of Luo Cheng had long known that the Luo Cheng wouldn't remain peaceful forever. After all, the world was undergoing too many changes, and who knew when a mythical monster might appear and collapse the city walls.
"Kid, hurry up! Get into a horse stance! Start training hard now! If you don't work hard now, you'll be in more danger when we start fighting those alien monsters! Do you expect our Kamui city lord to protect your worthless life in every way? Don't die before you even land a punch, disgracing the Ma family!"
" Erhei! And you! Make your leg techniques more powerful! If you don't work hard now, do you still expect to become the Wind God Leg Master?"
This scene was playing out everywhere. Many people, even those who weren't Evolver, had physical abilities comparable to heavyweight boxing champions and wanted to shine in the battle to protect the city.
The loudspeakers on the streetlights occasionally broadcast the serious voice of the official Luo Cheng radio host. "Attention everyone! The city's defenses are currently under severe strain. Please refrain from causing trouble. Even staying home and counting sheep out of boredom is a contribution to Luo Cheng! Crisis may be imminent, but we must believe that City Lord Xiao Tian will lead us through it!"
On local Luo Cheng websites and forums, many netizens were encouraging each other, while the Evolver were sharing their cultivation experiences.
Luo Cheng seemed to be developing in a positive direction, but every good thing has its bad side. Xiao Tian's casual remark, embellished by some trashy media outlets and promoted through a secretive and high-traffic app, resulted in various versions of the information reaching people in Luo Cheng and even the surrounding cities.
" Luo Cheng Lord Xiao Tian has provoked an ancient creature that emerged from a secret realm on his way back to the city! He's going to use the entire city's resources to protect himself! This Xiao Tian is too selfish!"
"Have you heard? Something terrible has happened in Luo Cheng! On his way back to the city, City Lord Xiao Tian, who defeated the Golden-Winged Great Peng King, killed a mythical Kirin Son. The Kirin is about to massacre Luo Cheng!"
"Breaking news! Unforgivable! On his way back to the city Luo Cheng Lord Xiao Tian dangerously injured and insulted a goddess who had just emerged from an ancient secret realm. Before escaping, the goddess vowed to kill this lecherous scoundrel with her life!"
"Shocking! Luo Cheng Lord Xiao Tian actually brought about the destruction of Luo Cheng with just these three words! Click for details..."
" Luo Cheng is about to be attacked by mythical creatures! Those still in Luo Cheng, run!"
Various versions of this news about human cities within Country H spread rapidly across the internet.
These days, most people who constantly follow online trends are ordinary people who will never become Evolver. The moment the gossip from Luo Cheng comes out, it ignites their gossip-loving spirit.
Jiang Zhexian had recently been collecting information about the compensation list online in search of clues, so she paid close attention to what was happening online. When gossip news from Luo Cheng came out, her face turned green.
" Xiao Tian insulted the goddess of the secret realm? Ah, this..."
What happened?
"Phew! That's not the situation on the official website of Luo Cheng. Why is Luo Cheng suddenly making such a big fuss about building city defenses? Isn't it temporarily peaceful now? After all, the Beast King signed a contract with us humans, and Xiao Tian defeated the Golden-Winged Great Peng King. Could it be that Xiao Tian is afraid that the Golden-Winged Great Peng King will be enraged and destroy Luo Cheng?"
Jiang Zhexian felt that her conjecture was very likely, so she quickly passed it on to her family.
Inside a designer clothing store in Dragon City, Duanmu Yunyan's brows were furrowed.
" Luo Cheng, has City Lord Xiao Tian sensed something?"
Country H's largest forum, the Evolver World, is getting even more lively. Posts about Luo Cheng and Xiao Tian are flooding the site, leaving the administrators scrambling to delete them.
" Xiao Tian from Luo Cheng is definitely up to something! The post was deleted so quickly! There's something fishy going on here! Brothers! Keep going!"
The Golden Palace.
The Overlord, deputy palace masters of the Three Great Sage Lands, and heads of various clans and leaders from all walks of life in Dragon City gathered together.
"What are your thoughts on the official news from Luo Cheng?"
The head of the food industry leader spoke up, "I think City Lord Xiao Tian's foresight is excellent. Although we have signed a contract with the Beast King and achieved temporary peace, there are still many variables. Currently, we cannot grasp the situation caused by the changes in the world in those foreign countries through other channels. Although Dragon City is the capital, in my opinion, we should also properly deploy more city defense forces."
"That's right." Some patriarchs of large families and leaders of various industries nodded in agreement. Some of them were not even Evolver and were very afraid of death.
"What are your thoughts, three palace masters?"
Xue Qian Sha, the deputy palace master of the Biyou Palace, laughed and said, "I really like Xiao Tian's drive and efficiency. Right now, the mysterious vines in outer space are sealing off the atmosphere even more effectively, so it's necessary to strengthen the defenses of Dragon City and other towns."
The Overlord nodded.
Two hours later, the news report on the official website of Dragon City immediately ignited the forum of the Evolver World!
In Dragon City, Evolver and the ordinary were busy gathering supplies, awaiting the impending storm!
Soon, fortifications were started in ancient cities such as Phoenix City and City in the Clouds.
If Xiao Tian knew that his casual remark would spur the entire Country H to curb their reckless behavior and prepare them for a major catastrophe in two or three months, he would probably burst out laughing.
Xiao Tian is very busy right now. Setting up a Yin-Yang Spirit Gathering Formation is easy, but it needs to be matched and resonate with all of them later. Setting up other Spirit Gathering Formation is a bit more difficult!
Of course, in Xiao Tian's view, the difficulty was just that it took a bit of time.
The walls of Luo Cheng are being continuously raised, thickened, and reinforced, with 99% of the materials being transported from the wild. To ensure safe deployment, the elite Evolver Pavilion are being dispatched in large numbers.
However, some unscrupulous things inevitably happen! After all, the profit from transporting materials is huge! Some scoundrels, eager to line their own pockets, swapped inferior materials with city defense materials, and then resold them from the city to the city lord's office staff who collect materials.
Long Zaitian, who had been instructed to do so, had seen all of this. His goal in this plan was to expose the scoundrels who profited from the disaster.
A month has passed in the blink of an eye!
The other cities have basically finished their work, so adding more projects would be pointless and a waste of resources, while the project in Luo Cheng is still ongoing.
Today, the walls of Luo Cheng have been built to a height of 500 meters!
Netizens are all wondering if Luo Cheng is planning to build Tongtian City?
As the city walls grew higher and higher, the oppressive atmosphere was incredibly shocking to those inside the city.
Soon, as the drunken Evolver boasted on the local official website's forum for Evolver World, Xiao Tian's ambition was inadvertently exposed.
The bigwigs of ancient cities like Dragon City, Phoenix City, and City in the Clouds have left netizens trembling with fear!
Xiao Tian actually dared to dream of revitalizing the massive Luo Cheng! He wanted to set up formations throughout the entire city, constructing a protective formation that could only have appeared in ancient times!
Many of the Evolver thought Xiao Tian had gone mad!
Some array masters even burst out laughing!
With the current resources and wealth of rare and precious materials, it would probably take gathering the combined resources of countless forces in all the cities to barely achieve this!
"Where did Xiao Tian get his courage? Could it be that the Perfected Xuantian behind him has a huge treasure trove?" some people wondered.
In Luo Cheng, as a new day began, Xiao Tian rode in his private car out of the city lord's mansion as usual.
The fearless media launched a swarm attack.
"Lord City Lord! Are you planning to build a massive array to protect the entire city? Even if you succeed, how long can it last? Wouldn't that be a huge waste of resources?"
"Lord City Lord! There are rumors that your master, Perfected Xuantian, possesses a mysterious treasure. Is it true or not?"
Xiao Tian had been learning about the situation online these past few days, and he had been secretly pleased for a long time. He was also very gratified that the people in other cities were vigilant.
"A protective formation for the city is inevitable. Once formed, as long as the central hub remains intact and the world endures, it can protect Luo Cheng forever. Of course, entering and leaving Luo Cheng will be somewhat troublesome, requiring more procedures. However, I believe that the people of Luo Cheng will absolutely not find these troubles bothersome."
"The City Lord is mighty!" A reporter exclaimed, his face flushed with excitement.
"I know nothing about the treasure trove of the Perfected Xuantian. That old fellow is extremely stingy; who knows how much wealth he possesses? If you're interested, you can go down into the tomb yourselves and find him."
Upon hearing this, the media reporters burst into laughter.
After that, Xiao Tian answered a few more trivial questions.
Today is crucial; it's the day Xiao Tian sets up the central core array.
The city wall is currently at a decent height. Once the formation is complete and the mysterious fog sweeps across the eastern lands, Luo Cheng will be able to protect itself.
As for the other cities, Xiao Tian didn't bother with them. He was here to complete a mission, not to be the savior of this place.
Let Chu Feng, that corrupted Primordial Hongmeng being, be the savior. After all, Xiao Tian chose a path and didn't completely kill Chu Feng.
The naive Chu Feng was still instructing people on bricklaying on the more than 500-meter-high city wall.