"Then I'll also bring two hundred Gulu Beast," Yaoyao, mustering her courage and extending her two claws.
"Not enough. Take two thousand, and one thousand of them will be at your command."
Leo snorted coldly, "Such a pathetic, petty thing."
"You're so kind! I promise I'll raise those little guys to be plump and healthy."
Yaoyao was so overwhelmed by this unexpected wealth that she excitedly clung to Leo's earlobe and wouldn't let go.
Raising a wizard you've trained yourself is way more fun than raising those Gulu Beast cubs!!!
New Earth, Bauhinia Garden Conference Hall
Only ten people were sitting around a small table having a meeting. If an outsider were present, they would be shocked by the identities of these ten people, who were the first to the tenth leaders of the planet.
Because of the unity of the entire planet, there are not many unreasonable political systems, and the simplest arrangement method is adopted.
These ten people are the ten highest-ranking individuals on the entire planet. Their decisions determine the future development of the New Earth, and no one can sway them.
The simplest words they utter, when spoken, are like thunderbolts, causing a storm to rise in the outside world.
Yet, these ten people, who wielded such immense power, all wore solemn expressions and looked unable to make a decision.
"Should we increase funding for space projects in the future? With the resources of our current planet, we cannot conduct interstellar travel, and the only places we can explore are a few surrounding planets. Our space exploration has reached its limit. I think there is no need to continue investing, and we should even reduce it, using the reduced resources for social welfare expenditures and the construction of a more advanced civilization," said the Tenth Leader.
"How will we explain this to the people? How will we explain the break in civilization a thousand years ago? Are we just going to let it go like this?" the Ninth Leader retorted.
"Or we could simply reject the civilizational break from back then. A thousand years have passed, and by focusing on education, we could completely erase its existence in just two or three generations. This would allow us to better develop the civilization of the New Earth," said the Eighth Leader.
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent, exchanging glances and probing glances. They all knew of the existence of wizards and that searching for the truth through space travel was a joke.
Faced with the overwhelming public opinion, they had to take a stand and set an example.
The proposal for an eighth leader is not new; it has been put forward for over 700 years.
However, no leader has had the courage to conceal the truth of what happened back then, because any misstep would inevitably bring unimaginable disaster to the planet.
All eyes eventually turned to the top leader, who, as the person with the most power and veto authority, could decide how the matter should be handled.
The top leader, seeing the gazes of the other nine leaders focused on him, smiled wryly. If this decision were so easy to make, this matter wouldn't have dragged on for so long.
On the surface, their political system wants to find the truth about the civilizational break in the past, and to give all of humanity an explanation for the collective time travel and collective amnesia of that time.
But in reality, it was this event that led to the development of the aerospace industry, affecting 60% of the planet's resource allocation.
Once the truth of what happened back then is erased, it's equivalent to redistributing 60% of the resources. Not to mention the upheaval it would cause across the entire planet, even this ten-person summit could break out into a fight over these resources.
I was originally planning to just brush it off as usual and pass the problem on to the next generation of leaders, when suddenly a red light in the center of the conference room flashed.
As the red light flashed by, everyone who had been arguing just moments before froze in shock, then quickly got up and ran underground.
Underground, there is a high-speed, driverless maglev train that can travel up to ten kilometers away.
It was a military restricted area that wasn't shown on any map. Very few people knew about the mountain, and no one was allowed to approach it. Apart from the ten of them, no one in the entire world knew exactly what was inside.
This is a secret passed down through generations of leaders; it is the location of the portal connecting the Wizard World to the New Earth, and every wizard's descent begins here.
At the same time, it also holds the power to reboot the entire planet!
The flashing red light in the conference room signifies that, after decades, wizards have once again descended upon the New Earth!
When the ten leaders stepped off the high-speed train with trepidation, they found themselves in the basement of a palace.
Taking the elevator directly to the upper level of the palace, one sees Lady Charlotte, who hasn't changed in fifty years.
Although they had only met Charlotte twice, she had existed as she did before the planet was unified, and her appearance had never changed.
In other words, this person's lifespan exceeded eight hundred years!
The wizard who came into contact with every generation of leaders was this Lady Charlotte!
Their gaze lingered for only a moment on Lady Charlotte, who hadn't changed in fifty years, before immediately shifting to the side.
There sat an elderly man, whom even Lord Charlotte had to stand respectfully behind.
The ten people leaned forward, exchanged a glance, and immediately looked away. They all saw shock in each other's eyes; this was only the second wizard to appear on record.
Looking at the aged wizard, leaning on a staff, his long wizard's robes barely concealing his hunched figure, he resembled an old man nearing the end of his life.
But those cold, merciless eyes made the ten generations of leaders who controlled the entire planet feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave, unable to take a single step forward.
Shivering, his whole body was covered in cold sweat, and his well-fitting suit was completely soaked through.
In those eyes they saw an endless battlefield, and countless bizarre monsters that had previously only existed in the imaginations of humans on Earth.
The overwhelming killing intent and the stench of blood assaulted the ten leaders, their faces deathly pale, their hearts barely beating.
"Lord Leo, they are just ordinary people; they cannot withstand the pressure of your gaze."
Charlotte could tell from their expressions that they had inadvertently exchanged glances with Lord Leo and felt the pressure of a higher life form.
They weren't dead; it was because Lord Leo was concealing his aura. But even so, they still couldn't withstand Leo's gaze.
If Lord Leo hadn't restrained himself, they would have died before even stepping into the room.
Leo got up and walked to the windowsill. Through the thick glass, he could see Yao Yao Yaoyao wildly with the Gulu Beast outside.
Charlotte watched as Leo turned away, then immediately cast Tranquility Witchcraft on the ten leaders, pulling them out of their fear.
"Lady Charlotte, who is this...?" The First Leader looked at Leo with trepidation, his eyes barely touching Leo's body before he immediately looked away. The fear he had just experienced made him afraid to take a single step closer to Leo, not even daring to look him in the eye.
"This is Lord Leo. Earth will belong to Lord Leo from now on. I've come here with Lord Leo to introduce you to him," Charlotte said.
The ten leaders exchanged glances, a hint of pain flashing in their eyes. Their entire planet had changed hands without their knowledge; they had only been given a notification. How tragic!
They still immediately bowed in Leo's direction, because they knew no one would consider their feelings.
"If they dare to disobey the wizard's will, they can be replaced at any time; such things have happened before." "Greetings, Lord Leo."
"How widespread is the college entrance examination now?" Leo asked suddenly in a hoarse voice.
Leo's question surprised the ten leaders, who couldn't understand why this "Lord Leo" would ask such a question.
"Cough cough"
Seeing the ten people's expressions, Charlotte immediately coughed to draw their questioning gazes to herself before speaking, "There's something you don't know yet: our Lord Leo was once a human from Earth, your ancestor."
The ten leaders' eyes widened instantly, and several others gaped open. This news was like a bomb exploding in their hearts.
So it turns out that some people on my planet can become wizards!
They're family!
Seeing the ten people staring in disbelief, Charlotte smiled knowingly, as if determined to deliver a shocking statement, and continued, "I'm talking about the original Earth, not your New Earth."
With a loud thud, one of the leaders sat down on the ground.
The other nine weren't much better off. Watching Leo's retreating figure, their lips trembled, their eyes welled with tears. Gone was the displeasure they felt earlier about the planet changing hands; it was as if their ancestor from a thousand years ago had returned—a true return of the planet to its rightful owner!
Initially, they achieved unification with the help of wizards, but later developments clearly showed that these wizards did not treat them equally. After eight hundred years of interaction, it felt like they were being used as Xiao Bai.
No one is a fool, especially humans, who have developed a certain level of intelligence; they can discern the attitudes of these wizards.
It feels bad to be controlled by others; everyone will rebel, and no one wants to have a boss who tells them what to do.
There was once a brilliant leader who rebelled.
result...
The reason they knew that this valley harbored a power capable of destroying the entire planet was because that rebellion revealed it to everyone.
The record and lessons of that incident were written with the blood of countless people as ink and the bones of corpses as paper!
That time they witnessed the wizard's power, or rather, only a small portion of the wizard's power that he casually displayed; they did not see the wizard actually use it.
That power, so insignificant to wizards, was enough to wipe out their meticulously trained special forces with zero casualties.
Their prized weapons were utterly ineffective against the wizard.