Finding Hui Teng in the Gnome Shop, Zhou Zhou watched as he discussed with Ashburn about the number of mechanostriders that left the city.
He intended to wait for them to finish their discussion, but one of Ashburn's apprentices informed them of his presence.
"My lord."
They all bowed before Ashburn and Hui Teng arrived in front of him.
"What brings you here, my lord?"
Ashburn asked.
"I came for him."
Zhou Zhou said before placing his spatial ring on Hui Teng's sand emperor spatial ring, transferring the light drawing crystals.
"After the chief architect finishes with the race building, hand the crystals over to him."
"He would know what to do with them."
He said to his vice while Ashburn listened at the side.
"Alright."
Hui Teng accepted.
"How's the progress for the new style mechanostrider?"
Zhou Zhou asked the alchemy technologist.
"4 of them are already in service, my lord."
"2 more would be available by today's ending."
Ashburn responded.
"That's good. If there's anything you need, you can tell him."
Zhou Zhou said while pointing at Hui Teng.
"Thank you, my lord."
Ashburn bowed gratefully while Zhou Zhou left the Gnome Shop.
The next task on his table was trading with Ling'er.
'If only Oman had her lord talent, he would be able to make better use of it.'
Spending a bit of time on his thought, he saw light at the end of the tunnel.
"This shouldn't be so difficult. Damn!"
Experiencing internal struggle towards his solution, he regretted a bit about having a connection with her.
"Is there a way to take a lord talent sphere from a lord without killing and looting them?"
Aware of the interest of the Supreme Will on him, he asked.
[Supreme Will Notification: You don't have a lord talent or unique equipment that can do that, so you will have to kill them.]
"That's fuck up."
"Will they be summoned by the lords of their race?"
Zhou Zhou inquired,
[Supreme Will Notification: Yes]
"That does it, then."
"As long as her talent sphere is among her loots, I can help her to forget the pain of getting separated from her mom at such a young age."
Zhou Zhou made up his mind before completing the trade of the day with Ling'er using 500 basic change class certificates and 150 beginner change class certificates.
In response, she sent him a thousand sets of life potion herbs, a thousand sets of energy potion herbs, a thousand sets of golden corpse water herbs, and a thousand sets of blood eye herbs!
Done with that, Zhou Zhou led his soldiers to the Dreamland Tower.
"Hui Teng must have updated you all on the Dreamland Tower, let's head in."
Not wasting much time explaining, he immediately led them into the first floor.
Being just 23 in numbers, the 80 beds in the floor could freely contain them.
Walking to one of the bed in front of him, Zhou Zhou laid on it.
Conditioning his mind as he became drowsy within seconds, he kept his previous experience at close range.
Finding himself in the Hall of Truth after becoming sober, he nodded in confirmation of his success.
'Now, I just have to see if the hall would have the effect it has in reality.'
He mused before beginning his teleportation training.
After an entire day practicing in the Hall of Truth, he woke up on the cozy bed he fell asleep on.
Vanishing from the bed, he reappeared 27 meters away.
"It worked. It freaking worked!!"
Zhou Zhou was overwhelmed with excitement at the success of his trial.
"Although, it can't compare with the progressive speed of the real Hall of Truth, it's definitely at least 6% of it."
He mumbled as he compared the progress he made in an hour in the Hall of Truth to that he made in 24 hours in his dream.
"Also, I wonder why I could only spend a day in the dream before waking up."
"The previous time I didn't even spend up to 2 hours before I woke up."
Why Zhou Zhou was enjoying his success, the same couldn't be said for the others.
Most were scared at their true desires, others disappointed, and others pleased.
The last group didn't exceed two soldiers.
"How many of you were successful in becoming self-aware in your dreams?"
Bringing his attention on his soldiers, Zhou Zhou asked them.
Avoiding the gaze of their lord, the soldiers who were scared and disappointed felt dispirited.
As for the two successful soldiers, they both stepped forward.
"How was your progress compared to practicing in the Hall of Truth?"
Zhou Zhou asked Sun Can and Monica.
"About 3% of the progress I make in the Hall of Truth."
Sun Can went first.
"How long did you practice?"
Zhou Zhou asked.
"One hour."
Sun Can responded.
Seeing the lord looking at her, Monica gave her answer.
"My progress in the dream is about 6% compared to my progress in the Hall of Truth."
"I also spent an hour before waking up."
She said.
'She's really good.'
Zhou Zhou thought before complimenting the both of them.
"You both did very good."
"Every progress made is an investment to be claimed."
He said before looking at the others.
"You all have experienced how the dream works, so make preparations before returning."
"You have a week before you get mentally manipulated to succeed."
"Yes, my lord."
The soldiers responded.
...
Stepping out of the tower, Zhou Zhou retained Bai Yung, Qin We, Huang Sai and Sun Can.
Pulling out the map of Fish Spring Town from his spatial ring, he indicated at the territories of the Vampire race and the Baphomet race sitting at the coast of the town.
"Your task today is to destroy these territories and bring me their territory tokens."
"Bai Yung, your job is to supervise the operation. Got it?"
He asked his soldiers.
"Yes, my lord!"
The soldiers answered aloud.
They were excited at the chance to up their contributions to the city.
"That's good. Have Aegon and Nezario give you a ride there."
Zhou Zhou said.
"I will, my lord."
Bai Yung said before leading his subordinates away.
Teleporting to the 30th floor of the dreamland tower, Zhou Zhou stared at his city for over a minute before gazing outside of it.
"I shouldn't let the restriction of my territory size limit my building plan."
"To better create the city of my choice, the entirety of my region should be regarded as a single city."
"In a world where I can do almost all I desire, I can't limit my mind."
...
16 minutes later
"We are here."
Aegon said as he controlled Nezario to hover 130 meters above the ground.
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