Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

Yue Ying returned with me to the Elves' temporary residence in the human city, and Feng Ling took Yue Ying's small hand and sat down together.

A pair of calm and wise eyes quietly stared at her younger sister and asked in an even tone, "What did you encounter in the high-dimension space?"

It was clear from General Bai E's expression that he had indeed engaged in fierce combat.

But throughout the whole process, Yue Ying's aura remained calm, with a touch of expected confusion.

Feng Ling was curious as to whether Yue Ying had withstood the temptation of the demons of desire... or for how long she had resisted.

Even Feng Ling herself didn't dare to face the demons of the desire series in person. Perhaps only from her younger sister could she get a hint of firsthand information on how to resist that could be used for future reference.

Even Prophets are not all-knowing.

Yue Ying bit her lower lip lightly, hesitating for a moment.

The Longsword named the Blade of Ruling Heart was given to her by Bai E, but that didn't mean it belonged to her people.

She could wield it and, in critical moments, use its authority to protect her kin within a certain limit, but she couldn't treat it as her property to dispose of at will... including the right to knowledge.

As for her unseemly behavior in front of the demons of desire, that was rather mundane.

Seeing the hesitation on Yue Ying's face, Feng Ling smiled understandingly, "It's alright, if there is anything inconvenient to say, you don't have to force yourself. Any secrets about General Bai E you can keep to yourself."

"Actually... I didn't really see anything," Yue Ying said softly, "In the process of tracing the Garuda's Spiritual Body to the high-dimension space, I had already lost subjective consciousness. I only vaguely saw General Bai E carrying me and obliterating an entire army of the demons of desire, other than that... I don't know much."

"I see..." Feng Ling's eyes drifted as she pondered briefly and decided not to inquire further.

There were many more details she could have asked about.

But as she had told Yue Ying if it involved secrets about General Bai E, she did not want to delve deeper.

Some things come naturally when left to take their course.

"Get some rest then," Feng Ling said with a smile, patting Yue Ying's hand, "Facing those demons of desire must have greatly drained your willpower."

Willpower is a resource that can be depleted, which is why demonic corruption is fatal to all beings.

...

The Elves who buried their kin were gone for no more than two days, as the burying itself did not take much time.

The trials they had undergone had allowed them to truly recognize the potential of humans.

Whether or not General Bai E's emergence was an exception, as long as he was here, Blackwater City had proven its value as an ally.

The business of cooperation between the two races did not require Bai E to partake in discussions; exchanges of interests among the upper echelons were known only to a few.

What Bai E could see was that messengers sent by the Elder Council to meet with him had visibly become extremely respectful in their demeanor.

And, with great humility, they presented a seal, indicating it to be the credential of an Elder Council member.

From that moment, in the city's highest governing body, the Elder Council, there was now a place for Bai E!

This was far beyond the qualifications an ordinary military general could attain. It was only at this moment that Bai E truly reached the heart of the city's core.

After dismissing the messenger, Bai E carelessly tossed the seal onto the table in his private residence and strode out the door.

Whether it was the contest with the Elf Race or the discussions about the specific details of cooperation between the two races, the production of artificial human soldiers had never ceased.

In the past half-month, the highly efficient production line had already manufactured the first batch of artificial human soldiers with the "Thought Dulling" limitation removed.

And today... was the moment for the inspection of all soldiers "emerging from the pods."

In the place once occupied by Weslin, now stood Bai E.

By the time he arrived, the scene was already full of onlookers.

Military officers, curious delegates from the Elf Race, and even members of various factions from within the city who harbored friendly intentions towards Bai E, all greeted him with earnest smiles.

To this rising figure who had demonstrated endless potential and currently unsurpassed strength, no one was unmindful of making investments to secure a ticket to the future.

Bai E's indifferent gaze swept over those figures, his face not even deigning to show an expression.

The one benefit of being born an artificial human was that he didn't have to pretend to understand worldly affairs, and everyone even believed it to be natural, all convinced that they could teach him the so-called "humanity." They tried their utmost to ingratiate themselves with him.

Standing in Weslin's place, Bai E looked at the silent and waiting phalanx before him.

2,000 new soldiers, this was the number of the first batch of artificial human soldiers.

These two thousand pods that produced artificial humans were constantly in operation.

It was possible to increase production, but tuning those additional machines would take time; the next batch of artificial human soldiers would be more than two thousand.

Bai E's gaze passed over those faces as blank as a clean slate, the feeling of being mixed among them and lost in this new world still vivid in his memory.