“Good morning, Lord Shen Mu.”
When Zhang Caidong, Sun Zhiru, and the other Blue Star Human Executives entered the Noble Residence, they all stood together and respectfully saluted Shen Mu by placing their hands on their chests.
“Hmm, very good.” Shen Mu nodded, looking at the gathered Blue Star Human Executives, and asked with a faint smile, “How is it? Have you all eaten this morning?”
“Yes, we have all eaten,” these Blue Star Humans truthfully replied. After all, they were eating communal meals and always ate together.
Although they were not yet qualified to have breakfast with Shen Mu in the morning, as senior managers of the Blue Star Humans, their food was quite abundant, and they did not lack meat or necessary vegetables.
Of course, if they could have breakfast with Shen Mu, it would make them feel even happier, and they would feel recognized and honored.
Shen Mu knew this, but now was not a good time to have breakfast with these Blue Star Humans.
After all, these Blue Star Human Executives still needed to demonstrate their value.
If he just kept having breakfast with them, and they had no value or ability to show, then such breakfasts would become a cheap habit, not an honor.
Therefore, Shen Mu's grasp of human nature was quite profound.
“Alright, since everyone has eaten, please sit down. I asked you all to come today to continue our discussion and understand how we should proceed. Moreover, you are more familiar with those Blue Star Humans than I am. How to establish good relationships with them and make them pray devoutly is also a significant issue.”
Shen Mu began to ask, initiating the first key point of this meeting.
It was the same old topic: the Faith Power of the Blue Star Humans. These senior managers of the Blue Star Humans spent the most time with those Blue Star Humans, and in the past few days, they had absorbed several small circles of Blue Star Humans.
They quickly expanded their influence.
The reason Shen Mu asked them to come was to tell them in advance, so they could start worshiping Shen Mu from top to bottom, allowing those Blue Star Humans to offer their spiritual energy, which could then condense into Faith Power.
These executives did not disappoint Shen Mu's expectations. They unhesitatingly displayed the leadership they enjoyed among those Blue Star Humans.
“Lord Shen Mu, if you wish, I can have my Blue Star Humans pray to you every day. And if you can guarantee abundant food, then they will pray devoutly every day, I swear it.”
Several executives even patted their chests, promising Shen Mu that they would urge those Blue Star Humans to pray and generate spiritual energy.
“That’s right, those Blue Star Humans actually enjoy the quiet, peaceful, and safe life here, especially last night when many male humans did not sleep. Even those Blue Star Humans who had set up tents outside the city walls saw the light emitted by the Holy White Council's Holy Light Torch Tower, illuminated by a dazzling white light.”
“Yes, the Torch Tower that appeared last night truly commanded our utmost respect. We could easily perceive that even the terrifying darkness and Undead Monsters could not enter your territory.”
“Lord Shen Mu, you are indeed a savior-like existence, and your final powerful human empire truly shocked us. They have actually researched a powerful force that can restrain Undead Monsters and death spirit rules.”
“In the past, we had some contact with major forces in the Spiritual Realm, but they were all helpless against death spirit rules. For you, Lord Shen Mu, to be able to dispel death spirit rules and Undead Monsters, this is the first time we have encountered such a thing.”
The other Blue Star Human Executives also nodded in agreement, their faces now showing expressions of shock.
After all, when the Holy White Council's Holy Light Torch Tower began to function last night, it was even more shocking than seeing the light of the Torch Tower during the day.
No matter what, during the day, the blue star rules were still present.
Those death spirit rules still could not appear.
So, although they could perceive that a special and wonderful power might appear after the Torch Tower was lit, they did not expect that after nightfall, they, who were accustomed to countless Undead Monsters appearing with ghostly wails every night, would now see none at all.
It was almost a subversion of common sense.
After all, they had become accustomed to death spirit rules appearing at night, accompanied by darkness and the pervasive appearance of gray mist, and terrifying Undead Monsters appearing within the gray mist.
If they didn't deal with them, they would be killed by those Undead Monsters.
It was this kind of precarious, terrifying life.
But now, a Torch Tower, once lit, could dispel death spirit rules. This simply gave them the greatest confidence to resist Undead Monsters, and they also felt that the Blue Star World could return to its former state.
After all, why had the Blue Star World fallen to such a precarious state? It was because the death spirit rules had eroded too severely, making it impossible to arrive. They couldn't use blue star rules or help blue star rules to resist these Undead Monsters.
Now that the Torch Tower had appeared, it meant that they already had the confidence to save the Blue Star World and blue star rules.
“Making those Blue Star Humans pray more devoutly, this matter is entrusted to you. I hope you do not betray my trust.” Shen Mu nodded at this point, looking at these executives, and felt a slight sense of relief.
At the same time, he also brought up the most important topic of why he had called them here today: to once again transform ten Ten-Man Commanders.
“And are these the people you have chosen?” Shen Mu looked at the ten Blue Star Humans who walked over and said thoughtfully, “If you have no objections, then I will bestow grace upon these ten individuals, allowing them to also become Spiritual Realm Commanders and gain the ability to control low-level soldiers.”
“Of course, Lord Shen Mu, we have no objections. These are all our good brothers, and they are also Blue Star Human compatriots who are willing to serve you very devoutly.”
So, these people all nodded, indicating their agreement.
And in the midst of this, Zhang Caidong's expression was somewhat regretful. After all, he had wanted to reserve a spot for Zhang Bo before. He trusted Bo Ge immensely and wanted him to become stronger.
But as Bo Ge said, he had already become a Divination Mage, and his subordinates were little monsters, the best assistants for a mage.
Rashly changing Spiritual Realm Followers might cause some problems, so he had no choice but to cede this spot to Sun Zhiru, the senior manager personally appointed by Lord Shen Mu.
At this time, Sun Zhiru also bowed gratefully to Shen Mu, because three of the ten people this time were his good brothers, whom he had known before. Therefore, Sun Zhiru was very grateful to everyone for giving him this opportunity and acknowledged the help and affirmation he received from Zhang Caidong and the others.
After all, if the others didn't agree, even if Sun Zhiru was a person similar to a vice-minister level personally appointed by Shen Mu, they wouldn't listen if they didn't want to.
As people who had gone from Swadia captives to Diesel Company informants, they had risked their lives to reach where they were today.
A mere newcomer who just arrived and wanted to be on equal footing with them, if they didn't agree, it would certainly be impossible for Sun Zhiru to be included. And now, the reason they were willing to include Sun Zhiru was because of their trust in Shen Mu and Zhang Caidong.
Because Zhang Caidong had already approved that these people could become Spiritual Realm Commanders, the others could only accept their fate.
No matter what, Cai Dong was still the undisputed leader of these Blue Star Humans. What he said and did was essentially endorsed by Shen Mu.
After all, he was also the number one person among the Blue Star Humans.
He had a lot of power.
“Alright, then I’ll begin.” Shen Mu gently closed his eyes at this moment, then his thoughts communicated with the system. A stream of white data began to surge from his glabella. Of course, these Blue Star Humans could not see this white data stream.
They only saw Shen Mu closing his eyes, and then a white light appeared out of thin air and enveloped them, performing a special transformation on them.
Then the white light transformed into an eggshell, completely enclosing them.
After more than ten seconds, it slowly dissipated.
“It seems they’ve begun. It really makes me feel emotional. Although we all completed the transformation into Spiritual Realm Commanders yesterday, seeing them transform now feels as if a long time has passed in between.”
“No choice, we transformed ourselves at that time and couldn't distinguish time at all. Moreover, virtual memories appeared in our minds, letting us know how to use weapons more skillfully. From the outside, it might have been a dozen seconds, but in our own minds, it felt like five or six years had passed, and we had passed the assessment to become Spiritual Realm Commanders.”
The other Blue Star Human Executives also had smiles on their faces, watching their companions who had completed the transformation, one by one, looking at themselves in a daze after the eggshell-like light faded.
It was as if they remembered how shocked they were at the time, and smiles appeared on their faces.
But for those shocked Blue Star Humans, this truly made them extremely excited. One by one, they looked up, exchanged glances, and saw in each other's eyes mutual bewilderment, absolute ecstasy, and surprise.
Without the slightest hesitation, they all respectfully knelt before Shen Mu, then placed their hands on their chests, bowed, and said:
“Thank you for your benevolence, Lord Shen Mu!”
They were shouting.
Others might not know, but they understood very well, especially looking at the linen robes with the power of rules they were now wearing, and the armed equipment with the power of rules they held in their hands.
At the same time, in their minds, they knew how to use these long-handled scythes, how to swing them to inflict greater damage, and how to thrust them to make enemies dodge or be helplessly severely wounded.
They knew everything clearly.
And now they realized that this was the mystery of becoming a Spiritual Realm Commander.
Because their bodies were now filled with the power of rules, they could feel that their strength was greater, their speed was more agile, and their physical quality was several times stronger than that of ordinary Blue Star Humans.
After all, among them, there were indeed ordinary Blue Star Humans who had never become Spiritual Realm Commanders.
This was referring to Sun Zhiru and his three brothers.
As for the other seven, they had actually already become Spiritual Realm Commanders. This time, they were just pleasantly surprised and eager to lead Human Race Commanders into battle.
“Alright, for each of you, I will once again assign ten Swadian Commoners to each of you.” Shen Mu spoke again at this point, comforting these newly promoted Ten-Man Commanders, saying, “As long as you take these commoner units outside to engage in battle with those Undead Monsters, these commoner units will also grow into useful soldiers. Then you can lead elite soldiers just like my elite soldiers into battle.”
This was not empty talk, because as long as these Blue Star Humans killed those Undead Monsters through battle in the death spirit rules, they could gain experience points for these Mount & Blade Soldiers.
And when they accumulated enough experience points, returned to their Deherim, and collected an additional fee related to Faith Power, they could promote these soldiers.
This way, not only would the soldiers be promoted, but he would also gain more Faith Power. Moreover, during normal times, these Blue Star Humans could also generate the same Faith Power through soul-level binding when these Mount & Blade Soldiers prayed with them.
In this way, Shen Mu's Faith Power would also increase more and more.
“Alright, if there’s nothing else, you may withdraw. Don’t forget to go to safer places and upgrade these commoner units.”
Shen Mu also instructed them before they left, “Be careful not to lose too many of these soldiers. If too many are lost, it will affect the possibility of them becoming stronger soldiers later.”
“Understood, thank you for the reminder, Lord Shen Mu.” These Blue Star Humans also nodded, their faces growing more excited.
However, they did not continue to disturb Shen Mu and quickly left the Noble Residence.
But after they left the Noble Residence, they did not return to their respective bases. Instead, they stood together to discuss.
The content of their discussion was how to upgrade these soldiers.