As for the candidate, Jiang Hao himself is definitely not suitable. If he leaves, Yun Xinghe will not be able to communicate with Jiang Hao's summoned creatures.
Yun Xinghe has now transformed into the commander of the spring, so of course he cannot leave this place.
In the end, Lingfeng, who was busy fighting monsters and leveling up, was entrusted with an important task and returned to the Number Realm aboard the "Little Shit" star-shaped airship.
Ling Feng returned quickly, bringing two boxes containing a total of 2,000 small white dried fish that Jiang Hao had never seen before.
Ling Feng said proudly, "Deep-sea white-scaled fish, a new acquisition by the city lord of Jinling City. One fish can replenish one's stamina for half a month. One fish is equivalent to 120 fish!"
This is great stuff!
Then another 1,000 Chinese soldiers—no, students—jumped out of the little poop's mouth.
These people came from all walks of life: warriors, assassins, archers, mages, summoners, and priests. Their ages ranged from 14 to 40, but the majority were young. They were all around level 10. Each had a red cloth strip tied around their arm, with a black "天" (heaven) character embroidered on it.
Jiang Hao had no idea what this group of people were up to.
Ling Feng continued, "The students of the Dragon Kingdom's Heavenly Academy are all exceptionally talented. They are promising talents who can be nurtured in the future."
Three black lines instantly appeared on Jiang Hao's forehead.
Dragon Kingdom? Heavenly Academy?
I've only been here a few days, and the Rabbit Country has already changed its name?
What is the Heavenly Academy? When I came out, this thing didn't exist, right?
Ling Feng explained, "Actually, the full name is the Dragon Kingdom Talent Discovery and Cultivation Academy. As for its purpose, you can tell from the name."
Sure enough, upon hearing the name, Jiang Hao immediately took these students seriously. Out of 1.4 billion people, they were sent in the first batch, demonstrating the Jinling City Lord's high regard for their talent.
However, Jiang Hao did not see the Great Demon King of Heavenly Punishment, Tian Sheng Wo Cai Bi Yong Yong, the God of Sorrow from the God Destruction Guild, Ling Chen from the Ling Chen Guild, or any other figures who had committed such sins among these people.
Ling Feng said, "The Dragon Kingdom is organizing an expedition against the Deep Sea Clan. Many of those with high attribute values are now leaders of the expeditionary force."
Jiang Hao asked, "How's the expedition going? What are the casualties?"
Ling Feng's expression suddenly changed, and he lowered his head, saying, "The expedition against the orcs went relatively smoothly, but the battle against the Deep Sea Clan was... rather difficult. The Great Demon King of the Heavenly Punishment Guild died, Jun Lin Tian Xia died, the expedition general Tu Hai was seriously injured, and the rest... the rest... 100,000 people died!"
Jiang Hao was somewhat incredulous.
Before he set off, the Great Demon King and the Emperor were still seeing him off on the city wall of Dingbei! And now, just a few days later, they're dead?
For a moment, Jiang Hao felt incredibly frustrated. He even felt a bit of hatred for the city lord of Jinling. Why didn't he wait until he returned before starting this so-called bullshit expedition? Why let 100,000 brave men sacrifice themselves in vain?
Jiang Hao flashed to Yun Xinghe's side and said, "Ten minutes. Could you spare ten minutes to come back with me?"
Seeing that he looked unwell, Yun Xinghe nodded.
Jiang Hao scooped him up in one swift motion, and in a flash, he was already in Xiao Shi's mouth. Then, Xiao Shi flashed again, carrying Jiang Hao back to the top of Dingbei City.
On the city walls, tens of thousands of people moved about in an endless stream. On the south wall, dozens of boxes of dried white-scaled fish were already piled up. One after another, Crimson Flame Icewing Birds descended from the sky to the edge of Dingbei City's walls, while at the same time, Crimson Flame Icewing Birds, carrying people and boxes of supplies, flew from the edge of Dingbei City's walls into the sky.
In the area north of Dingbei City, where there used to be a grassland, countless tombstones have been erected. It would only take a moment to slip past them, but Jiang Hao felt a deep sorrow and dared not go.
"Why are you back so quickly? I haven't even packed my things yet."
The city lord of Jinling rushed to the city wall and saw Jiang Hao staring blankly to the north. His expression instantly turned ugly.
Jiang Hao turned to look at him, and the anger he had been suppressing vanished instantly.
That's not the previous city lord of Jinling City!
He had removed his armor and was wearing the black city lord's robe that Jiang Hao had worn when they first met. He looked like nothing but skin and bones; if it weren't for the layer of dark gray skin on top, Jiang Hao would have thought he resembled his own little skeleton. His hair and eyebrows had grown back, but the inch-long hair was completely white from the roots, making him look as if he had aged 50 years in an instant.
Jiang Hao pointed at him and said, "Holy crap, you...you were sucked by a female ghost?"
The city lord of Jinling waved his hand and said, "Sigh~ Don't make such jokes in front of 100,000 heroic souls!"
Jiang Hao's anger surged instantly, and he said, "Damn it, you dare say that? Why didn't you wait for me to come back first..."
Yun Xinghe tugged at Jiang Hao's arm.
Jiang Hao shook off his hand and said, "Don't fucking pull me. I can wipe out those deep-sea bastards with a flick of my finger right now. Why should we sacrifice 100,000 people for nothing?"
The city lord of Jinling City simply stood there without saying a word.
Yun Xinghe said from the side, "Because there's no food."
Jiang Hao yelled at Yun Xinghe, "Are you blind? There are dozens of boxes and tens of thousands of whitefin tuna piled up over there, and you're saying there's no food?"
Yun Xinghe couldn't hold back any longer and said, "You only saw those dozens of boxes of white-scaled fish? Let me tell you what I saw! The entire Northern Ice Plains, billions of people, are all eating beast meat! Do you know how they eat it?"
Yun Xinghe clenched his right hand and held it out in front of Jiang Hao, saying, "Dozens of people are gathered around, gnawing on such a large piece of beast meat! Each person takes a strip of meat, and they take turns!"
Jiang Hao looked at the grasslands surrounding North City, now completely barren, and felt as if struck by lightning. All his anger turned into heartache. Had this realm become so desolate since he left?
Jiang Hao asked, "What about those merchants? They sell potions, mounts, and equipment, but they don't have any food to sell?"
The city lord of Jinling gave a wry smile and said, "After you left, they did bring in a lot of food. Otherwise, we definitely wouldn't have survived. However, on the third day, the gnolls closed all the teleportation channels to this realm. Since then, no supplies have been able to get in."
Jiang Hao hated the jackals so much he wanted to grind his teeth!
"Fortunately, the expeditionary force had already been assembled by then. We had no choice but to launch the expedition, but this involved billions of people! We would wipe out one orcish force after defeating it, and what if that wasn't enough? We would just fight and eat them all! In just three days, all the orcish forces were wiped out. Then came the deep-sea race, but the Spirit Ruins Sea was simply too vast, and our expeditionary force was unable to effectively annihilate them. And the entire northern ice plains had already run out of food two days ago!"
Jiang Hao was speechless.
He strode over to the boxes of white-scaled fish, yanked open one of them, grabbed a handful of dried white-scaled fish, walked up to the city lord of Jinling, handed it to him, and said, "Here, eat!"
The city lord of Jinling was shocked, anxious, and distressed. He said, "No, no, no, I dare not touch these! These are reserved for the construction of the second base. I dare not touch these! If you are hungry, you can eat them. I'm not hungry, so don't worry about me."
Jiang Hao could no longer hold back his tears.
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