In these ever-changing scenes, several phantom images of Wang Dingshan quickly appeared.
The real Wang Dingshan took a step forward; the figure at his original spot became illusory, while a virtual figure in one of the scenes grew solid.
–What should I do?-
Boboli glanced at these new scenes selected today by Jiaoma.
–Do as I say. For now, don’t link them. Just make all the scenes into horizontal trapezoids of the same size.-
–No need to link? You’re not building a main framework?-
–Because there’s no time for detailed design. I’ll make them all exactly the same shape.-
–Can this pass the review?-
Wang Dingshan’s face twitched as he looked at the unfamiliar young man:
–Fine, anyway I was dragged here as a hired hand. Do what you say, I’ll follow. At least it’s easier for me. Come on, give me a standard.-
Jiaoma raised her hand, and rows of scenes appeared side by side in the space ahead, all identical in appearance, as if emerging from a factory.
–This has been our work for the past seven days. Besides working at Croft’s during the day, Yang Zicang has to do these things at night.-
–Good heavens, how many is this? Can he handle it?-
–Over three hundred.- Jiaoma looked at him. –Zicang’s spiritual power has reached the Third Ring. That’s how he’s been able to persevere. Dingshan, I think if you put in this kind of effort, you should also be able to increase your spiritual power intensity quickly.-
–My god, that guy always looks just like Lele, and he’s already at the Third Ring spiritual intensity.-
Wang Dingshan was at a loss for words.
–Mr. Dingshan, tonight you need to stabilize and modify the terrain of at least thirty scenes. It might be slow at first, but once you get the hang of it, you’ll pick up speed quickly. I’ll help stabilize the shapes too—you just need to pour in energy and extend them.-
Do these three do this every night?
Wang Dingshan shuddered. These people were utterly insane.
……
Morri felt Boboli had been acting mysteriously lately, sleeping more and more.
With even fewer people reaching out to him, Morri felt as if the whole world had abandoned him.
–I heard criminals are sent to labor reform.-
He murmured to himself, gazing out the window.
A silver-white streak shot toward him.
[Hall wants to run a Pro-Invest on me.]
Morri sensed it—another stranger. Ever since he became famous, these connection requests had flooded in.
He ignored it outright.
[Hall wants to conduct a 1N full-authority Chronos investment for me, with a 15-day limit.]
[Hello, who is this?]
After accepting, Morri looked at the blue-eyed figure in his sensory vision and said.
{Hello, Mr. Alexander Morri. I’m Hall from City 27. May I ask, are you also from City 27?}
Morri frowned.
Then it occurred to him that they might have gotten his information through Xiao Yushan and the others.
[What do you want?]
{Well, I only recently learned of your existence, Mr. Morri. I once met a lady who was searching for a gentleman named Alexander Morri.}
[What!]
Morri’s eyes flickered.
[What is the name of the lady you mentioned?]
Hall laughed on the other end:
{She said her name is Julia, that’s what it sounded like. That name is so famous, I thought you should be called Romeo.}
A trace of wariness flashed in Morri’s eyes.
He was wondering how to answer Hall when the man himself spoke:
{Mr. Morri, that lady is a red Moxel. That’s why I’ve searched for nearly a month without finding where that lady I met only once is. This time I happened to be able to enter Hub Town, so I came straight to you. If I later find this lady, I’d like to ask you to grant me a Void Zero Chronos war device. That should be very simple for you.}
It was not simple. But compared to Julia, Morri felt a Void Zero Chronos meant nothing at all.
{Hope I haven’t disturbed your rest. I’ll take my leave now, respected Mr. Morri.}
That person ended the connection of his own accord, without asking for any advance payment.
Though Morri’s vigilance remained, the fear of loss within his heart rose even more swiftly.
Along with the longing he had cherished day and night.
Even though his future self had said she wasn’t with him,
even if she ultimately chose to leave, Morri wanted to at least confirm her safety, to make sure she wouldn’t be harmed in the future.
But was this real? At this very moment, she appeared?
The man paced restlessly around the room. After a few steps, he rushed to the table cabinet against the wall, poured out water, and gulped it down to soothe his parched mouth and tongue.
……
–How have you been feeling these past couple of days?-
–It does mess with my sleep.- Wang Dingshan yawned wearily.
A team of nearly three hundred people was already bustling in the illusion field, running smoothly like a well‑oiled machine.
It could have been finished long ago, but Croft kept tweaking everything inside—dismantling old structures, swapping in new scene designs.
That was the very reason Yang Zicang was still hanging around.
Without these changes, the parliamentary review panel would sink into endless debates, even heated arguments.
He followed the officer’s orders to the letter, hoping to extract from the additions to this third Demon Hero Hall the elements that must exist in the first and second halls.
–As of tomorrow, you don’t need to come anymore.-
With only the last twenty‑eight days left, Croft suddenly announced to everyone.
–What? Sir, haven’t we only been at it for two months?-
–It’s already perfect now.-
Croft gave a cold snort and said,
–Your officer still needs your help, I assume. So I’ll personally handle the remaining content before I submit it to the parliament.-
This was nothing less than hiding the crucial part!
He didn’t want to reveal the most important details to anyone.
Once the Demon Hero Hall was actually built, the designed spiritual illusion would differ from the real palace. And by the time people studied it after passing the trials, those special scenes might already be destroyed during the assessment.
Just then, the door was suddenly pushed open.
–No!-
A woman in a tight white dress stood in the doorway.
–We will submit this Demon Hero Hall directly to the Council. Once it leaves this room, no one else will be allowed to add any content to it privately.-
–You are the Silver Director General, Ms. Yaoshu Ling, right?-
–Yes, Director Croft. I hope you don’t make us lose the last of our patience. If that happens, I will send this matter in its entirety to the submission box of the New World Weekly.-
–You…- The strange man suddenly smiled. –Very well. Vacation canceled. You will continue working from now on. Hmph.-
The content that Croft cherished like treasure gradually began to unfold before everyone’s eyes.
But it was so ordinary.
Because the work of the last few days had merely added a few different elemental scenes.
Yang Zicang silently memorized these additions.
That night, when Yang Zicang met with Boboli and Jiaoma, he described the content of the past few days.
He had initially wanted to imagine this Demon Hero Hall himself and let Boboli make modifications.
But when it came down to it, he didn’t dare, because Zorro’s experience had been a wake-up call.
Sometimes one’s good intentions can violate the rules. And sometimes, one’s seemingly rule-breaking actions fall within the permitted scope.
If he were judged to have leaked the content of the Demon Hero Hall, he would face severe punishment.
Therefore, at that time, he only roughly described what aspects of content he had recently added.
Even if he wanted to demonstrate, he would present them in a different form, or directly extract relevant scenes from the previous two Demon Hero Halls.
–Is that all?-
After hearing that, Boboli’s eyes gradually lit up as he looked at the contents of the first two Demon Hero Halls.
–From what we’ve gathered so far, if there’s anything common among the three Demon Hero Halls in the new additions over the past few days…-
He quickly twisted a few different scenes into existence with his imagination.
–Flame, wind.- He called up more lost-thought band scenes again. –Even the Ten Thousand Paths Fortress has content that requires crossing water.-
Yang Zicang and Jiaoma watched the boy’s fingers slide across the display.
–I get it!- Jiaoma exclaimed excitedly. –Putting aside the earth—those metal puppet monsters appear in both scenes.-
–And the forest. That means…- Yang Zicang turned to the boy.
Boboli nodded. –Gold, wood, water, fire, earth!-
……
–The five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, earth—five scenes!-
Huan Bao’er slammed her pen onto the table, stood up in delight, and slapped the document with a resounding smack.
–That’s it! I should have realized it sooner. These are clearly the five essential elements we must have.-
She thought of the modification of the Green Lotus Crown.
Since it’s a Demon Hero Hall on water, it naturally centers on water. Others haven’t added many other scenes.
–I knew that old geezer would be hiding things. Hmph!-
Huan Bao’er smiled, looking up at the clock on the wall.
–There’s still nearly a month left—even if we leave a few days for review, it should be enough!-
She called over Gong Huanwu and said, –What’s missing should be the five-element scenes. Quickly find Yuwen Haowen to add them.-
Gong Huanwu nodded excitedly and dashed toward Yuwen Haowen’s private room.
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