The warship roared forward at incredible speed. Long Chen was positioned in the core area, where the view was the best.
From this spot, you can see endless mountains and vast marshes. Along the way, there are no human buildings or traces at all. Even at the core of the Moluo Star Domain, it's still not very lively.
Most of the world here is a wild land. Even the strong warriors of the Moluo Star Domain, although they have maps of the region, have very limited areas of activity. This world holds endless potential.
However, to unlock this potential, more strongholds and cities must be established, using cities as core points to gradually expand outward and occupy more territory.
The human race once flourished, occupying half of the Moluo Star Domain. Unfortunately, they were defeated by their own greed. The cities and strongholds they once built were now overgrown with weeds, decayed by the corroded trees, and their traces were long gone.
Tu Hu piloted the warship, guiding Long Chen and pointing out some city ruins to tell him about the history of this place.
"Trouble arises from internal strife, and the strength of the human race is undeniable. It's just that their greed and selfishness blind them, preventing them from seeing further." Long Chen sighed. He had seen this situation too many times; regardless of region, this was a common problem for most humans.
"To be honest, right now, we don't feel hope. The higher-ups are just too foolish." A disciple from the Tianlong Divine Armor Academy interjected.
"Nonsense! How can you shake the morale of the troops?" After the disciple finished speaking, Tu Hu shouted angrily.
"Senior Brother Tu Hu, you don't need to deceive yourself. To be honest, we follow you because we value your character. At worst, we can all die together without feeling lonely.
Without you, without Senior Brother Guo Ran, we wouldn't even have the desire to fight. The higher-ups fight every day, factional strife is endless, internal and external threats abound, and no one can turn the tide. What hope do we have? The disciple shook his head and said.
After hearing the disciple's words, Tu Hu wanted to scold him, but after thinking for a long time, he could only grit his teeth and say nothing. Clearly, he was deeply disappointed in the higher-ups.
"Just because you can't see hope doesn't mean there is no hope. Why complain about the higher-ups? If you have the strength to complain, why not improve yourself? Become a senior executive yourself?
You control your own destiny; complaining endlessly is the most meaningless thing, as it makes you habitually shift blame onto others.
If this continues, over time, even if you reach that level of cultivation and hold a high position, your attitude won't change, and in the end, you'll end up living the way you despise. Long Chen shook his head and said.
Long Chen's words left everyone silent.
"You might feel that you were born at the wrong time, that disaster has come before you have even grown up, and that it's very unfair to you.
But looking back at history, those famous figures—which one grew up in a world of peace and happiness? Which one hasn't stepped over enemy corpses all the way to the summit under the pressure of adversity?
You think this is the worst of times, and that's from the perspective of the weak, leading to this conclusion.
For the strong, this is the best of times; whether a knife is sharp often depends on whether its whetstone is powerful enough.
Times create heroes. Every dark era is an era full of heroes. Don't always look at things from the perspective of supporting roles—that's too unpromising and we should be the protagonists of our era. Long Chen said.
"Senior Brother Long Chen, your lesson is right." The disciple who had been scolded by Tu Hu earlier said.
Long Chen smiled slightly, patted the man on the shoulder, and said, "Don't think human nature is so dark. Everything has two sides."
The darker the human nature you see, the brighter it actually is. Do you know that outside, countless young cultivators like you are risking their lives to break through the entrance, desperately trying to understand the situation inside the Moluo Star Domain? Long
Chen shared with everyone what he had seen outside the Moluo Star Domain. Their hearts were shaken and filled with emotion. They had thought the Moluo Star Domain had become a forgotten world, but unexpectedly, so many people outside risked their lives to break through the passage.
"It's really embarrassing. The outside world hasn't given up on us, but we're just talking about ourselves with discouragement." Tu Hu said with shame.
"Senior Brother Tu Hu, I was the one saying those discouraging words." The disciple from the Tianlong Divine Armor Academy said a bit embarrassedly.
"So what do you think? The key is, damn, that's exactly what I was thinking. Tu Hu glared at him.
"Hahaha..."
For a moment, everyone burst out laughing, and the previously tense atmosphere was swept away.
"Senior Brother Long Chen, what's the situation with that passage?" A disciple asked.
They only knew that the outer Moluo Star Domain's space was closed, with only a few passages in and out, guarded by magical beasts, but they didn't know exactly what was happening.
When they learned that only Divine Lords could enter the spatial passage, and the violent spatial blades inside could even kill Divine Venerable experts, yet so many people were still rushing forward one after another.
Although they look foolish on the outside, they are touching. These people hope to find the patterns and nodes of spatial passages, ultimately constructing a stable spatial passage to open up the world and rescue them.
They have not been forgotten, nor are they isolated or helpless; this gives them endless hope.
When they met Long Chen, their negative emotions vanished, filled with hope, and their whole bodies filled with strength. Sometimes, spiritual power is simply indescribable.
After several hours of speeding, Tu Hu and the others disembarked from the flying boat and patrolled the surroundings for a long time before entering a secret teleportation point. They exited through the teleportation array and sped off again.
It turned out that the Moluo Star Domain had many secret teleportation points, which were used to save lives in critical moments and also made their movements more concealed so the Moluo clan wouldn't notice.
However, the betrayal by the Luo family and many other forces led to the exposure of many secret teleportation points, all destroyed, with only a few remaining. Without these secret teleportation points, transporting supplies would be even more dangerous.
A day later, Long Chen finally saw a world shrouded in the Heaven-Shrouding Grand Array. Seeing the formation, Tu Hu smiled and said, "
Senior Brother Long Chen, this is the Tianlong Domain, under the jurisdiction of our Tianlong Divine Armor Academy. Here, it's absolutely safe."
When the warship arrived and approached the formation, different runes appeared on both the warship and the formation.
The flying vessel stopped at the edge of the formation. Everyone disembarked from the warship for inspection, fearing that enemies might sneak in. If Tu Hu and the others behaved abnormally, the formation would wipe them out instantly.
Tu Hu and the others were already used to it, leading Long Chen toward the checkpoint. But when they saw the people at the checkpoint, Tu Hu's expression changed:
"Trouble, it's actually them."
At this moment, the person in charge of inspection also saw Tu Hu and the others. At first, their faces were full of mockery, but when they saw Long Chen, their expressions changed. Everyone instantly summoned their battle armor and surrounded Long Chen and the others.
"How dare you slay a tiger! How dare you bring a spy back? Guards, seize him for me!" The leader shouted loudly.