"You're finally back. Did anything go wrong on the way?" Upon returning to the base camp, Wang Xinghe, who had already returned via spatial teleportation, immediately greeted him.
"If nothing unexpected happens, there shouldn't be any surprises!" Ye Chen said with a smile and a shrug.
"That's good, that's good!" Hearing this, Wang Xinghe seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, fearing that something might have happened to these newcomers.
"How are you? How are the casualties among your clan?" Ye Chen asked, also inquiring about the casualties among his own Fire Crows.
"It's alright. The harpies lost a few hundred thousand, which is still within an acceptable range. Your fire crows didn't lose much, only about tens of thousands. I'll send them back right away!" Wang Xinghe said immediately, and millions of fire crows flew out of his territory and returned to the Primordial Star.
Ye Chen glanced at it and saw that only tens of thousands of fire crows were missing, which was much better than Wang Xinghe's casualty ratio.
Although hundreds of thousands of harpies are not a large number compared to the tens of millions, it is still enough to make Wang Xinghe heartbroken for a long time. So many lives were sacrificed just to train a group of new lords. They should have gone to a more important battlefield.
Fortunately, he will receive sufficient compensation from his superiors for these battle losses, so he is not at a disadvantage compared to others. However, the loss of so many lives is still regrettable.
Ye Chen nodded, saying nothing more, nor did he ask if it was really worth losing so many clans for a group of new lords.
The lord system in the Blue Star plane has always developed in this way. Although there are disputes and selfish motives among the major forces, they spare no effort in cultivating new lords. Without the sacrifices of their predecessors, there would be no growth of the latter.
Perhaps years from now, one of these new lords present will take over Wang Xinghe's position and become a new instructor for the new lords.
"Perhaps this is the meaning of inheritance? And the significance of the official system!" Ye Chen thought to himself as he watched Wang Xinghe turn and leave.
The losses on Honghuang Star in this battle were not significant, consisting only of some citizens and fire crows. However, Ye Chen still felt saddened, as this was the greatest casualty he had suffered since becoming a lord.
"Pass down the word: hold a memorial service to pray for the deceased. All tribes, whether they participated in the war or not, must attend. I will project my image across the entire territory!" Ye Chen said.
He wanted all the people, their families, and even the demons on the primordial planet to understand one thing: fighting against darkness is an honorable thing, no matter who you are, what your origin is, whether you are human, demon, immortal, or monster. As long as you are a warrior fighting against darkness, you are a hero in the hearts of all living beings on the primordial planet, worthy of the respect of all living beings.
The memorial service was arranged quickly and scheduled for the next day. There was no specific location set up; the entire primordial planet served as a place for the memorial service. Everyone had only one thing to do: to be devout.
At the appointed time, Ye Chen's projection appeared precisely in the sky above the territory. All living beings on the entire Primordial Star raised their heads. Many of them were seeing Ye Chen for the first time, and seeing their lord for the first time in a real sense.
"Roar!" Unlike the quiet of the people and their families, all the wild beasts, monsters, demons, and even spirits in the territory roared towards the sky. It was a joyful roar.
Animals are not highly intelligent and do not possess reason like intelligent life, but they are more sensitive to auras. The projection in the sky gave them a familiar and warm feeling. This was the being they trusted and loved the most, so they all cheered and shouted towards Ye Chen's projection in the sky, hoping to get his attention.
However, Ye Chen was clearly not paying attention to them at this moment. He was leading many living beings to mourn the departed souls.
"I am Ye Chen, the lord of the Primordial Star. The purpose of the Primordial Star is to fight against darkness and create a peaceful world for all living beings!"
"However, war is always accompanied by death, and those who lost their lives are heroes to all of us, whether they were human, beast, or spirit... All those who lost their lives in the fight against darkness are heroic spirits worthy of our eternal remembrance."
"Yesterday's war was the most devastating in the history of our entire primordial planet. However, I can tell you very clearly that it was the simplest and most rudimentary war in all the wars against darkness!"
"In the future, we will face more and larger wars, more lives will be lost, and even our entire primordial planet will face a life-or-death crisis!"
"But we have no other choice. This is our responsibility and obligation, and it is also the meaning of our existence!"
"I hope everyone can understand one thing: on the Primordial Star, when you choose to become a cultivator, when you choose to embark on the path of cultivation, you are a warrior fighting against darkness, and your life will be accompanied by darkness and death."
"This is the responsibility and duty of all cultivators in the Primordial World, and it is also an honor. The entire Primordial World will be proud of you."
"A monument will be erected on Tianzhu Mountain to record the great achievements of these heroes, so that they will be remembered by future generations forever!"
"Next, let us all observe a moment of silence for these fallen heroes! Let us bid farewell to our heroes!"
As Ye Chen finished speaking, the entire Primordial Star fell into silence. All living beings lowered their heads in silence, and some wild beasts even let out low growls, a sign of their reluctance to part with the deceased.
It wasn't until three minutes later that Ye Chen's projection gradually dissipated in the sky, and the gloomy weather controlled by the Four Seas Dragon Clan finally began to clear up.
"What's the point of a memorial service like this, with a monument erected?" Standing next to Ye Chen, the fat man couldn't help but ask in confusion.
Ye Chen decided to hold a memorial service, so he came over. To be honest, along the way, his goblins had suffered more casualties. Although he was saddened, he had never held such a grand memorial service before. Such scenes were too common. Just as Ye Chen said, this was just the simplest and most basic war. If every time there was such a ceremony, it would be too exaggerated.
"They need to know what they're fighting for. The clans are one thing, they're born to fight against darkness, but what about the subjects? What about those mindless beasts?"
"Only by giving everyone a common enemy and making everyone have the same goal can we work together towards a common goal."
"As for the monument, there were no gods in the primordial world, but it will be the faith in the hearts of everyone in the future."
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