Chapter 489: Chapter 358: Heard You Were Looking for Me

“Speaking of those bastards from the Exotic Region, they don’t know the first thing about military strategy. Last time we set up an ambush, those Beast Tamers from Fentian Giant City rushed into it howling.”

“Those bastards from the Exotic Region have brains that don’t quite function.”

“But I have to admit, although a bit rash, those Beast Tamers from Fentian Giant City are genuinely strong. They’re extremely experienced in battle, which is mainly due to widespread training–almost all of their Beast Tamers are above standard. It’s quite astonishing.”

Someone couldn’t help but comment emotionally.

This might just be the biggest difference between Great Xia and Fentian Giant City.

The professional soldiers in the Great Xia army are of very high quality, not the slightest bit inferior to the Giant City Guard Army of Fentian Giant City.

What’s more important is that there are more professional soldiers in Great Xia. Fentian Giant City’s Giant City Guard Army only has a million men.

While Great Xia has three million professional soldiers, easily crushing the opponent with twice the number.

But aside from the Giant City Guard Army, Fentian Giant City also has a larger number of ordinary Beast Tamers, or rather, ordinary people!

However, these ordinary people are anything but ordinary. In the natural environment of the Exotic Region, the residents of Fentian Giant City can be said to be ready fighters, with any one of them able to become a combatant as soon as they step onto the battlefield.

“You could say that they have universal conscription, and their overall combat quality is pretty good, with much more experience than many ordinary nationals inside Blue Star,” said a soldier.

“Isn’t that normal? Many citizens in our country have never been to the Exotic Region in their lifetimes, let alone fought in battles. It’s almost never their turn,” another soldier laughed, “But that’s also a good thing. My parents have farmed a piece of land in the rural hometown and they have a Harvest Chicken. The government gives subsidies, and the eggs produced can be sold for money. Leave the fighting to us, and the elderly and children can live peacefully in the rear.”

“Yeah, I heard that over there in Fentian Giant City, many children have to venture into the wilderness before they’re even of age. Yesterday, on the battlefield, I killed three Beast Tamers, two of whom looked younger than my brother who is still in school.”

“But I think that’s not bad either. They start adventuring from a young age, gaining more battle experience than students in school. Feels pretty free.”

But a soldier voiced a different opinion.

Some people scoffed, “The only free ones are those at the bottom. I heard that the middle and upper classes over there afford their offspring elite education. The intensity of their studies is no less than our education here. Those offspring who receive elite education are basically the middle and upper echelons of the Giant City, generation after generation.”

“Besides, if their system was really effective, wouldn’t they prevent us, who started later, from catching up to them in just a few hundred years?”

Hearing this, many soldiers nodded in agreement.

Many of them were actually not very old.

Almost all of them had benefited from Great Xia’s free education.

Those who had received education were different from those who hadn’t.

They understood dialectical thinking.

“Actually, our former dynasty was like this too. Royal clans and noble families controlled the channels of ascension. You could only become an official by demonstrating filial piety and talent. Without connections or background, you’d be at the bottom all your life.

Though there are still noble families, at least it’s much better than in the previous dynasty’s time.”

“Haha, you know, I think the arrival of the Exotic Region is not necessarily a bad thing. If it weren’t for the Exotic Region invasion, we might still be repeating history. You and I would probably still be peasants, tilling the fields for the landlord.

On a day when the landlord was in a good mood and granted us something extra, we’d be so grateful and eager to work ourselves to the bone for him.

Something that’s been passed down for thousands of years wouldn’t surprise me if it continued for a few more thousand.”

“Hey, let’s not talk about such depressing things. Over the past few days, they’ve launched several assaults on our city walls, sending a bunch of cannon fodder. I’m baffled–don’t these cannon fodder know how to rebel? Coming over means death, not coming over means death too. Why not fight those drafting them.”

“Dying sooner rather than later does make a difference, and besides, no matter how numerous they are, what does it mean in the face of Ascension?” someone shook their head.

They had all seen the videos of the Ascended in battle, like the recent surprise attack in Hongsha City.

The destructive force exhibited by the Ascension Beast Tamer in the video was calamitous.

They didn’t even want to imagine how many lives it would take to kill an Ascension by simply piling up ordinary Beast Tamers.

“What is that above us! Enemy attack! Be on guard!”

The space above them suddenly split open, and everyone looked up, unable to help but exclaim.

Because the sky above had cracked.

Like a shattered eggshell.

A long, narrow black crack appeared in the middle, and from it, a grayish-black butterfly emerged.

This butterfly had distinctive features, especially as it exhibited very obvious Spatial Skills.

The tens of thousands of soldiers below instantly recognized its identity.

It was the Space Ascension that had attacked Hongsha City not so long ago!

With a mere flutter of its wings, a terrifying spatial storm sliced through the void, leaving dense scars throughout the surrounding sky.

The Teleportation Array inside this newly established city was affected; the surrounding spatial energy fluctuated greatly, rendering it unusable for a short time.

“I don’t want to kill people, so can you all be quiet?” the butterfly’s chilling voice spread throughout the city.

The somewhat chaotic army below gradually calmed down.

“Good, it looks like you’re all very sensible.”

“Sensible my ass!”

From below came a roar as a Beast Tamer commanded his beast to shoot a bolt of lightning at it.