By IMERPUS RELUR
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The skies above the Lord Plane remained vast and calm, but tension brewed beneath the tranquility. With five days remaining until the First Beast Tide, the air was thick with anticipation and unease.
Lin Shen stood near his Lord's Heart—a glowing crystalline structure embedded in the center of his territory. As the morning mist cleared, a gentle hum from the crystal alerted him. His thoughts synced to the Lord System interface, and in the next moment, glowing panels reappeared before his eyes.
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[Lord Panel – Lin Shen]
• Lord Level: 3
• Lord's Heart: Stable
• Troops:
- Worker Ants (Tier 1): 700
- Forager Ants (Tier 1): 300
- Soldier Ants (Tier 2): 220
- Venom Fang Ants (Tier 3): 50
- Ant General (Tier 5 – Commander Class): 2
• Unique Territory Trait: [Fusion Matrix– Active]
• Lord Trait: [Swarm Instinct – Hive Units Gain +5% Growth Rate]
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He closed the interface with a single thought. The silence around him was natural, yet charged—like the final exhale before a storm. The ground beneath his feet pulsed with subterranean movement as ants burrowed deeper tunnels, created supply chambers, and reinforced the earthworks.
But beyond his quiet territory, the Region 7 Channel burned with messages:
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[Regional Chat – Region 7 – Open Channel]
[Lord ViciousBlade]:
Five days. You feel that? The whole place smells like blood.
[Lord WhisperWind]:
I just evolved a Tier 4 Stormwing Hawk. Anyone else getting lucky?
[Lord FangBreaker]:
Tier 5 Commander Class Blood Wolf. Took a full week to evolve. Worth it.
[Lord AshThorn]:
Anyone else notice some troops gain minor traits after training long enough?
[Lord ShadeFeather]:
That's not natural—it's talent-based. Some of us were lucky during awakening.