Chapter 54 All People Are Soldiers
With Xi'er unconscious, Xiao Bao didn't care about the remaining dangers. He left precious healing potions for the 63rd Regiment Commander and opened the teleportation channel to return to the Great Abyss Sea the next day.
The group of youths who returned to the Great Abyss Sea yesterday had already reported the general news to the High Priest.
Upon seeing Xi'er unconscious, the High Priest couldn't help but burst into tears: "How could this happen? Why didn't you protect her?"
Both Qilu and Wuyi hung their heads, not daring to utter a single word.
In fact, as servants, they were indeed filled with remorse for failing to protect their master.
But they had no choice. Their master insisted on using the seal to repair the spatial rift despite the lack of spiritual power, which led to this result.
The advantage was that she didn't suffer injuries to her soul or body; otherwise, her two contracted servants would have certainly suffered severe backlash as well.
Upon hearing the news, Yu Shan, Xiao Bai, and Bo Yiyan rushed over. Without hesitation, Bo Yiyan injected his own life force into Xi'er's body.
When it comes to healing techniques, no one can compare to Bo Yiyan. His healing technique involves injecting his own life force into the body of the person being healed, making it far more powerful than the Spirit Lamp's healing technique.
"That little girl is too arrogant. If it weren't for us old guys cleaning up after her, the hidden dangers left by the damage to her meridians might very well have stopped her cultivation in the future," Bo Yiyan said with a frown.
"Isn't she only so audacious because she has you and Aunt Lingdeng around?"
"But this time I have to praise her. If she hadn't acted decisively, the consequences would have been unimaginable," Yu Shan sighed.
She had heard Xiao Bao's entire account of the events, and Yu Shan believed that even if she had been there, she might not have been as decisive as her daughter.
It wasn't that she was afraid of dying, but in that situation, if a few more powerful monsters had crawled out, everyone might have died.
However, if Xi'er had escaped at that time, perhaps everyone would have been killed by the monsters before the teleportation array could be activated the next day.
Since the risk of escaping was also very high, Xi'er's attempt to use the newly comprehended seal for repairing spatial rifts was simply a bit more risky.
As it turned out, she succeeded.
Yu Shan believed that even as a former Holy Maiden of the Holy Witch Clan, she might not be as capable as her daughter in making important decisions.
It's no wonder that the High Priest, a leader of a foreign race who had been in power for thousands of years, was able to recognize talent and choose the six-year-old Xi'er as his successor so early on.
Xiao Bai, however, was so heartbroken that he hid away and cried. His precious daughter had never suffered such an injury since birth.
As a result, he went out for a while and was carried back unconscious. How could he not feel heartbroken?
In fact, what Xiaobai didn't know was that Xi'er had already suffered hardships in her mother's womb and almost died in the womb.
So even though she was pampered and spoiled after birth, she possessed a resilience and courage that pampered girls often lack.
After feeling distressed, Yu Shan made a decisive decision: "The current situation is fraught with danger. Who knows how many more spatial rifts exist!"
The continent could be invaded in large numbers by alien beasts at any time, and we must take proactive measures instead of passively waiting for disaster to strike.
Dr. Bo, please prepare a large quantity of healing potions as soon as possible;
Nameless Master, please forge more weapons suitable for low-level yellow and green demons to control;
Madam Xuan, please expedite the production of as many high-quality defensive inner armor pieces as possible;
Xiao Ran and Aoma, I urge you two to get to the 63rd Regiment's base as soon as possible and expand the search area in the surrounding area to eliminate any remaining alien beasts.
Venerable Hesong, I entrust you and Zi Liu with the management of food production and logistical supplies in the rear.
Feather Fan, Little White, Madam Xuan, and Omar formed a group of five.
Achen, Nie Xiaoxiao, Mina and Matt, you are in charge of fighting the flying beasts among the alien beasts;
Xiao Bai is good at group attacks, and he and I will go to the places where the most land monsters appear to fight.
The personnel allocation will remain as it is for now. Please raise any objections promptly so that we can make necessary changes.
These people had lived with Feather Fan in the Holy Witch Clan's territory for several years and were already used to obeying her commands.
Moreover, she had served as a saintess for many years and was quite adept at personnel management.
Although this crisis is a crisis for the Dust Continent, these outsiders could have stayed out of it and protected themselves.
But having chosen to come here, and after ten years, they have come to regard themselves as part of the local community.
Now that their homeland is being attacked by strange beasts, they naturally want to do their part.
Everyone accepted the order and went about their business.
On the other side, the high priest was also busy allocating manpower.
Over the course of these ten years, the survival rate of the Demon race has greatly increased, but the High Priest listened to the advice of Feather Fan and used the potion developed by Bo Yiyan to suppress population growth.
This would prevent a population surge caused by environmental improvements.
After all, resources are limited, and a rapidly growing population will lead to resource scarcity, making it impossible to truly improve people's quality of life.
The total number of the Fine Demon race on the Dust Continent remains below 5 million.
Apart from the 2 million people who are stationed in the Great Abyss Sea year-round, the remaining 3 million people are scattered across various bodies of water on the continent.
There are currently 480 military reclamation regiments, with members ranging from five thousand to ten thousand, located in different areas of the mainland.
Within the area of the 63rd Regiment, a spatial rift appeared, and it is known that more than 300 strange beasts have crawled out, not counting birds.
Upon receiving the information, the first urgent order issued by the high priest was to have the 480 military reclamation regiment commanders send out scouts to investigate the area around their encampments to see if any strange beasts were present or if any spatial rifts had appeared.
After the High Priest saw that Xi'er was unconscious and severely injured, he issued a second emergency order—
The entire mainland entered a state of wartime emergency. All members of the military reclamation corps suspended the reclamation of wasteland and halved the time for planting crops, using it for military training and duty.
Upon this order, the entire Dust Continent entered a state of heightened tension, with everyone mobilized for war.
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