The recruits lined up in a neat phalanx, waiting to be inspected by those in charge.

High Priest Zhu Ying led a group of her retinue and walked slowly down the steps of the temple. Two slaves sprinkled flower petals as they walked in front of her to ensure that their master's bare feet were scented. Zhu Ying felt that this was simply stupid.

What's even more stupid is that half of the people in the main city know what the so-called miracle is, and I have to pretend to dance and complete the ritual meticulously, just to please the other half who doesn't know what's going on, the high priest thought indignantly. She was sweating profusely, and there was not a single dry place on her body. After absorbing enough energy, the modified skin stopped converting to infrared rays, and the woman who had been exposed to the sun for two hours on the temple platform was hot enough.

The recruits must have felt the scorching sun, too, but they didn't show it. It seems that the goods I bought this time have excellent discipline and are of good quality.

The samurai of the city defense regiment patrolled the edge of the square, maintaining order, watching the bustling crowds on the outside of their route, pointing and judging the phalanx of recruits in the center of the square.

"I think when I first came here, I was like a bird like them, but the sun was much more poisonous that day than it is today. The green bricks on the ground were so hot that they could burn our feet, and my sisters and I stiffened on them all morning without saying a word. ”

"Cut, what are you? When I first came here, it was just in time for a rainy day, and I was drenched in wet and cold. ”

"Come on, I was there the day you came, but it was just a little drizzle. What's there to brag about? ”

"What about me? The day I was teleported to the square, it was pouring rain, and it was difficult to breathe, where did you go when you liked to watch the excitement? ”

"Sick? Why should I be with you? Are you my sister or sister? ”

"Hehe, on weekdays, my nostrils are facing the sky, and I can brag at every turn that I can bear hardships and stand hard work, and show my original form in front of my sister, right?"

"I think you have itchy skin, do you dare to go to the training ground to fight with your sister? Fists, feet, sticks, you can choose. ”

"Afraid of you? Sister has been unhappy with you for a long time, why don't you practice now? ”

"Then you're coming!"

"You're coming!"

"Don't make a fuss! The High Priest is here, do you both want to be whipped? Squat down! ”

Everyone gave way to a passage, opened their arms one after another, and half-squatted in salute. Looking at the pair of living treasures that almost started to fight just now, Zhu Ying couldn't help but wonder.

When I first arrived, what was the weather like?

The High Priest paused for a moment to think about it, and found only bits and pieces of vague fragments. She shook her head, no longer trying to remember her past, and walked briskly into the square.

The recruits, three thousand in number, were formed in thirty columns, one hundred each, motionless as rocks. Her breasts are high and straight, her legs are straight and straight, and fine beads of sweat gather under the lines between the muscles, shining brightly.

Zhu Ying walked up to one of them, "Number? ”

"High Priest, subordinate 1172, waiting to be sent."

In the eyes of the awakened who had just recovered the memories of their past lives, it was undoubtedly a very contradictory and awkward scene for a woman who was armed with a stone spear and was as careless as a primitive person, and a string of extremely modern numbers to another woman who was also naked, and such scenes abound throughout the arena world.

As soon as Zhu Ying waved his hand, a slave immediately approached a few steps closer when he saw this. He held a clay pot full of wooden tablets in his hand, and his expression was humble and deferential.

"Pick one." The High Priest said to Number 1172, her tone undeniable, "Say it out loud again." ”

The recruit carried out her order, "Blue Chrysanthemum! ”

"Very good," Zhu Ying patted the recruit's shoulder, "From now on, your name will be Lan Ju." ”

"Thank you High Priest for the name." Lan Ju bowed.

The rest is much simpler. Thirty slaves, carrying clay pots, walked into the open space between the columns, passing each column of recruits one by one. One by one, hands reached into the jar, pieces of wooden tablets were taken out, and names were shouted loudly.

The heat wave was steaming, distorting the light around the square, making the distant walls and towers look like mirages. Seeing that most of the lively crowd dispersed, they found a shady place to pass the time.

Zhu Ying used the abilities of his followers to give a speech to these recruits who had regained their names. The content is nothing more than to welcome you to join our big family, to fight together for our glorious cause, we will take good care of you like big sisters, as long as we are united in weal and woe, and work together to face the test of the Lord God, we will one day be able to leave the arena, return home or step into the eternal promised land, and so on.

I'm so stupid, Zhu Ying thought again.

After the reception of the recruits was over, the high priest returned to the temple, and her assistants were patiently awaiting her arrival.

"Good afternoon, everyone." Maocai brought a pottery basin for the owner to scrub the sweat stains on his body. "I'm busy today, you guys try to make a long story short. Let's start reporting, Liu Sanniang, you come first. ”

"High Priest, the three thousand captives brought back a few days ago, with the exception of the one you commanded, have all been transformed and will be put into use in the near future."

"Good, next."

The priests lined up and reported to Zhu Ying the information they had that they thought needed to be reported to the high priest. Who should be rewarded, who should be punished, who was promoted, who was leaving, how much resources were consumed, and how much was replenished. The high priest either allowed it, vetoed it, or didn't say it, and when he knew it, he gently lifted it and moved on to the next topic.

"Captain Peach wants to know when the second batch of recruits ordered from the Lord God will arrive. The other is the regrouping plan of the field regiment, and she asked if you have any opinions. ”

"The next batch of recruits? Let's go in half a week. Tell her for me, don't rush. As for the reorganization of the field regiment, she just had to make up her own mind, and she didn't have to discuss everything with me. ”

"The council has drawn up a list of some of the captains to be captains, and I hope you will approve it as soon as possible."

During the time when the commander was away, the corresponding duties in the country were to be represented by the high priest, which was a consensus reached by the superiors for a long time.

"Send me the wooden tablets to my bedroom, and I'll give them a satisfactory answer tomorrow morning."

"The Chief Secretary asks when you will be able to return to preside over the day-to-day work of the Council."

"What? It's only been a few days, and she, the acting speaker's agent, wants to pick a child? The acting speaker sneered, "Tell her to hold out for a few more days, and I'll go back after I'm done with the recruits." Nothing else to report to me? ”

That last sentence is for everyone. All but one of the confidants shook their heads at the same time. Zhu Ying named his confidant and asked him to stay and discuss important matters.

"You've done a great job, we'll meet again tomorrow this time. Maocai, send them out. Remember to close the door, I need to be quiet for a while. ”

Her personal slave understood the instructions, and when the slate door was closed, the noise barrier was lowered. Zhu Ying turned to his henchman, and his expression was no longer as relaxed as just now. "News from the north again?"

"Yes, the Northern Fortress's eyeliner is connected with the fine work we have planted in our northern neighbor, and she has sent back more detailed information."

"Oh?" Zhu Ying's spirits perked, "When did this happen?" ”

"In the early hours of yesterday morning, that eyeliner rushed back to the main city overnight to report the incident, and just arrived an hour ago."

"Call her, right away."

Eyeliner is a petite woman who uses her courier status as a messenger in the fortress to monitor the thoughts of the local garrison and report on any disrespect to the main god. Once the High Priest had planted a fine work on the other side of the Northern Wall, liaison and the transmission of information became a top priority for her work.

"My subordinates have seen the High Priest."

Zhu Ying glanced at his henchman, who immediately exited the room in amusement. In a world where people with the ability to read minds are everywhere, there are some things that the fewer people know the better, even the people you trust the most.

"What did she say to you? Be honest. ”

Eyeliner moistened his throat, half-knelt on the ground and sang a ballad. The lyrics and tunes are plain, but Zhu Ying's expression becomes more and more solemn the more he listens to it.

At the end of the song, the High Priest was silent for a moment, then she walked over to the eyeliner and reached out to hold the other's forehead, casting a hypnotic effect.

"You haven't been to the temple today, you haven't seen me."

"I haven't been to the temple today, I haven't seen you."

"You came to the main city today to submit a routine report to the council on behalf of the head of the garrison, you have not been in contact with people from your northern neighbors, and you have not heard the songs she taught you."

The eyeliner was repeated, the eyes were straight, and the whole person seemed to have lost his soul. The High Priest confirmed that his command had been implanted in the subconscious of the eyeliner, snapping his fingers to revive it.

"Thank you for your hard work, when you get out of the temple gate, your memory will change itself. Now go to the council and fulfill your original mission. By the way, when leaving, the two people who were guarding outside were called in. ”

Mao Cai and his henchmen walked in, and Zhu Ying sat down on the ground tiredly, motioning for the slave to come over and hold her. Maocai hurriedly knelt down behind his master, using his broad chest as a backrest.

"The North has won this battle of divine will. Like us, they also sent heavy troops into the territory of their opponents and fought a continuation of the war. "What needs to be kept strictly secret is the way the information is transmitted, and the content of the information can be appropriately revealed to the cronies." They invested a total of 30,000 men on the expedition, aiming to win, and the remnants of the opponent's army were less than 7,000. According to their own estimates, it will not take them a month to get to the next city. ”

"At that time, the female kingdom in the north will annex the last of the four male kingdoms that were originally adjacent to it, and they will have a maximum of 100,000 troops, even if they can only use fifty percent of their troops in each battle, it will be enough to crush us." The henchman finished the rest of the words for the high priest.

"yes, 50,000 against 10,000, they're enough to crush us. However, even if they swallow the four male kingdoms, the battle with our divine will will not start until nine months at the earliest, and if we can use this time to strengthen ourselves, even if they grow to only half of their strength, they may not be able to gnaw at our hard bones. A glint flashed in Zhu Ying's eyes, "Nine months, as long as we swallow our two male countries in the southwest and southeast in nine months, we can get the upper limit of 45,000 people, and we still have hope." ”

"But, honorable high priest." The henchman hesitated and said, "We have fought against the male country in the past, and we have never won a decisive victory. This time we won, but it was too lucky. We may be able to destroy the one in the southwest in nine months, but to destroy the other, with all due respect, I don't think we can do it. ”

"Oh, my dear girl." Zhu Ying laughed, "Do you know how my ex interpreted the impossible? ”