Jiang Hao didn't care if anyone saw him, and jumped several times in a row until he landed back on the ground for the last time, at which point the excitement on his face subsided slightly. Only then did he open the city-building order with satisfaction.

But he still felt uneasy, so he ran back to the northern city.

After the player recruitment quest was posted, there was no response. Standing atop the central fortress, Jiang Hao was filled with unease. Just when he thought he had made a mistake, a large burst of intense white light erupted over Dingbei City. Jiang Hao couldn't help but turn his head and shield his eyes with his hand.

Upon noticing the dimming light, a cacophony of whispers, shouts, and screams erupted from afar, surging towards Jiang Hao like a tidal wave.

Jiang Hao opened his eyes and saw the city lord of Jinling City, the chief, and a large group of the chief's entourage standing opposite him, smiling at him.

Behind them, on half of the central castle, on every building in the eastern part of Dingbei City where people could stand, in the streets, and on the plains outside Dingbei City, people were already densely packed together.

Suddenly, another intense white light erupted behind them, and everyone facing Jiang Hao involuntarily spread their hands to cover their eyes.

Jiang Hao dared not look back, but quietly watched his own shadow strike the city lord of Dingbei City, strike the buildings in the eastern part of Dingbei City, and strike the endless plain to the east of Dingbei City.

A moment later, the light dimmed, and the buzzing voices came again like waves. Jiang Hao then turned his head.

A haggard face, around 50 years old, with graying eyebrows, was the first thing Jiang Hao saw. He was wearing a full set of epic armor, but without a helmet, which allowed Jiang Hao to see his face clearly.

A thin, yet still somewhat noticeable scar ran from the center of his forehead, across his right eyebrow, across his right eye, and across his right cheek, adding a touch of ruthlessness to his otherwise refined appearance.

Fortunately, his right eye was normal and did not suffer any damage.

Through his face and armor, Jiang Hao could see that the buildings behind him, as well as the distant northern ice plains, were also filled with people.

Jiang Hao instantly guessed the identities of these people: they were from the Western Kingdom!

The man in armor smiled slightly, and Jiang Hao instantly felt the friendliness he showed, so he automatically ignored the scar on his face.

The man said, "Lord of Dingbei City? Hello, I am the former Lord of Chang'an City, named Shi Ruiming. You can call me Xiao Chang or Xiao An, but please don't call me Xiao Shi."

Shi Ruiming?

Jiang Hao's eye twitched. Could this be the brother of Shi Ruien, the city lord of Jinling City? But the two don't look alike.

Furthermore, he must already know that I call the city lord of Jinling City "Little Jin." It seems that the two of them have a very good relationship.

As Jiang Hao was about to respond, the city lord of Jinling City behind him shouted, "Bullshit! Tu Hai, you bastard! I'm your savior, and this is how you betray me? Believe me or not, I'll pull down your pants, pin you to a chair, and beat you senseless for three days straight..."

Jiang Hao finally understood. He thought to himself that although the city lord of Chang'an in front of him seemed to be a rather refined person, he was full of cunning schemes.

In that previous world, there was a word specifically used to describe this kind of person: a repressed pervert!

As expected, Tu Hai was not angry despite being insulted by the city lord of Jinling. He just smiled and looked at the city lord of Jinling who was still babbling on, but a hint of ruthlessness appeared in his eyes.

Jiang Hao turned around to advise the city lord of Jinling City not to go too far in his words, only to see that the city lord of Jinling City had already hidden behind the leader, with only a helmet with a metal mask showing on the leader's shoulder.

It turns out this guy wasn't as tough as his insults suggested.

Tu Hai said nonchalantly, "I'm really curious, why are you wrapped up so tightly? Do you have some ulterior motive? If you say another word, believe me, I'll strip you naked and let everyone see what you look like now?"

Jiang Hao was also very curious. When Dingbei City was defending itself, the city lord of Jinling City came from the Eastern Kingdom, and his entire head was bald. He wondered if, more than a day later, his eyebrows and hair had grown back even a little bit.

The city lord of Jinling immediately fell silent, and Jiang Hao then asked another question that he was more curious about: "I said, why did you two come along when I recruited players? Is there some danger involved? Weren't you both teleported here?"

The city lord of Jinling City, still hiding behind the leader, said, "Kid, of course we were recruited! Besides, do you think there's any difference between us and you now?"

Jiang Hao suddenly realized. Yes, the two worlds had merged. What difference was there between them, people from other realms, and the players of this world that had been incorporated into Lingxu?

From a real-world perspective, this world belongs to Jiang Hao and his people; those who were originally in the Spirit Ruins are outsiders.

But what about from the perspective of Lingxu?

They'd been here since early morning, even before the game launched. Now that Jiang Hao and the others from their world had entered, it meant...

Where are the outsiders now? Or rather, are we all outsiders?

There really is no difference anymore!

"Boy, if I hadn't brought the entire Eastern Kingdom here, would you have so many people here?"

"Oh, you brought the person, so you think I'm superfluous? You believe I can kill myself in a heartbeat?"

Jiang Hao ignored the city lord of Jinling's subsequent affectation, but was instead stunned by his previous sentence.

With everyone from the Eastern Kingdom?

The two worlds were merged geographically, with the former Rabbit Kingdom's territory corresponding to the three major kingdoms in the Spirit Ruins. In other words…

Jiang Hao turned to look at the city lord of Chang'an City. Tu Hai nodded and said, "That's right, I also brought people from the entire Western Kingdom. The territory of the Western Kingdom is too small to accommodate hundreds of millions of people."

"So after discussing it with Shreen, we decided to move everyone here to your place."

Everyone!

In other words, the entire population of the Rabbit Kingdom is currently in the northern ice plains?

Tu Hai grinned and said, "The territory of a level six kingdom is indeed large enough. Even if hundreds of billions more people come in, it will be more than enough!"

As soon as Tu Hai finished speaking, Jiang Hao saw streaks of white light flashing on the distant northern ice plains.

Jiang Hao felt a chill run down his spine.

His player recruitment notice was issued across the entire realm, or even globally!

Could those lights in the distance be...?

Jiang Hao's lips curled upwards.

Could those bright lights be players from other countries?