Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

"Bullshit! If you can be here, why can't I? Just yesterday I was hesitant because you're a family man, whether to tell you about this or not! Today, I'm gonna stick it to eternity's ass!"

"Exactly! It's always these beasts looking for trouble, life's been too damn suffocating! With this chance, I'm going to give them some trouble of my own!"

Everyone's consciousness, using Franca's Spiritual Body as a beacon for a unified channel, echoed in this tiny high-dimensional space like a telepathic "voice", filled with excitement about the covert operation they were about to embark on and they were all eager.

Clearly, the Arbitration Place's executors moved faster than Bai E.

The moment Franca opened the beacon signal of her Spiritual Body, the waiting executors followed right behind her and gathered in this high-dimensional space.

And they obviously weren't the last ones. As the situation evolved, more and more new human Spiritual Bodies, like Zuo Jin, seemed to emerge abruptly from beneath the sea level.

The number kept increasing to the point where at a glance, it was difficult to count how many there were.

"Fuck, I'm not late, am I? I just took care of a little demon and came right over!"

"Why are there so many people? Wasn't I the only one notified?"

"Ah haha? Jefft also told me I was the only one informed."

"What? It wasn't Kami who told you?"

"How come I've never seen so many people... are they from our place?"

"We're all out chasing demons every day, how could there be many we know? But I didn't expect there to be so many from our place, I guess only a minority are here?"

The telepathic exchange grew even livelier. Bai E floated next to Franca and whispered, "How many people did you actually pull in?"

At a casual glance, there must have been hundreds, even without accounting for the refugees led by Kiro Lan. But to pin down an exact number, that was really hard to say.

All one could see in the visible space were Spiritual Bodies emitting faint glows.

This was Bai E's first time seeing what human Spiritual Bodies looked like.

Compared to what he had seen of the Elf Race, like Yue Ying, the difference was significant.

The biggest difference was that the Spiritual Bodies of the Elf Race were brighter, but they would deliberately create a deflection layer on the surface of the Spiritual Body that only targeted demons. If they were with comrades who shared a similar aura, they would see an exceptionally bright individual.

Human Spiritual Bodies, on the other hand, were darker, and that was the case no matter who was looking.

This was based on the differences in the Breathing Skills practiced by humans and elves—

When using Spiritual Energy, both elf and human Spiritual Bodies would "glow" intensely. The more intensely the Spiritual Energy burned, the brighter the glow of the Spiritual Body, making it more conspicuous in the dangerous high-dimensional space and thus easier to attract the attention of those demons.

For the elves, their solution was a "light shield." No matter how bright the glow, it stayed within the shield and didn't leak out; whereas humans tried hard to control the brightness of their Spiritual Body during their daily practice so that even when using Spiritual Energy extensively, the emitted light would not exceed the scope of an ordinary Spiritual Body.

Aside from the Spiritless, every human in the high-dimensional space had their own Spiritual Body projection, and for ordinary humans without Spiritual Energy talent, their Spiritual Bodies were like the background environment of the high-dimensional space to the demons—extremely hard to detect and utilize.

What human Spiritual Power users needed to do was disguise themselves.

So, even though these Spiritual Bodies were right before his eyes, and they could sense each other due to their intersecting auras, Bai E found it difficult to count exactly how many there were.

"Pretty much everyone was notified..." Franca shook her head, "I don't know exactly how many we have in the place, but no worries, the old man will help me control the numbers. Even if our operation here doesn't go as well as hoped, the place won't be left without available personnel."

"Hmm."

Bai E nodded, then turned to see a little farther off, where large groups of Spiritual Bodies were emerging before his eyes, with two slightly brighter ones leading the pack—Kiro Lan and Morphie had arrived with those 405 refugee Spiritual Energy practitioners.

"405 summoned, 405 present, awaiting orders!"

Kiro Lan's telepathic voice echoed through the tiny space, his more professional and solemn tone causing the executors' chatter from the Arbitration Place to fall silent for a moment.

After a brief silence, uncontrollable thoughts began to transmit from a corner, "These people are here too, huh..."

"Everyone is here, looks like that rumor might really be true..."

As it turned out, even these executors who battled demons daily couldn't help having their own share of gossip.

Active thoughts within this high-dimensional space are ever ready to manifest one's innermost ideas, but for the sake of the upcoming actions, Bai E couldn't help but speak out to maintain control.

"Stand by!" Having first responded to Kiro Lan's request, Bai E flew towards a separate facet and, turning his back, looked at the vast array of Spiritual Bodies floating before his eyes.

His frequent experience of mustering troops in the military camp led him to believe that their number was well over a thousand.

And these thousand-plus Spiritual Energy users of at least second order were not only the absolute main force among Blackwater City's practitioners but also the first blade wielded by humanity into high-dimensional space… in the name of revenge!

"I am Bai E, many of you should have heard of my name. It doesn't matter if you haven't; I will command this expedition."

Bai E's gaze calmly and evenly swept across every inch of space before him, not knowing what his own Spiritual Body might look like to others - perhaps dazzling like an Elf, or perhaps as dim as an ordinary human.

"This is the first time our humanity has ventured into high-dimensional space; no one knows what the outcome will be.

Thus far, all of humanity's records of high-dimensional space are derived from the fortunate perceptions of a few individuals, but its truth has never been truly recorded.

We are treading a path no one has walked before…

But I feel that reaping without sowing has never been a right entitled to our generation!

What the predecessors have not done, we will do! Where they have not been, we will pioneer!

We have crossed rivers, shed blood, only so that our descendants can have more capital to survive in this world!

The opportunity for this high-dimensional expedition was sparked by a young girl.

I know she is just one of the countless tormented souls that have passed, but I hope that from this moment on, she can become the last unfortunate one captured by demons!

'Glatis', remember this name!

This shall be the last soul those demons can snatch from our hands!

We are the pioneers who are destined to be inscribed in history, we are the first blade swung by humanity.

We are the expeditionary force seeking revenge against the demons!"

Staring at the bright Spiritual Body floating in front of everyone, an officer carefully controlled his thoughts to ensure only the friend beside him could hear: "Do you see something strange?"

"What strange thing?"

"When I look at General Bai E, I occasionally get the illusion of staring directly at the sun..."

Both are so immense, blinding.

The only difference is, one is somewhat cold.

"Huh? You too?! I thought it was just my imagination."

"Probably an illusion..." The officer who started the conversation smiled wryly, "We who deal with demons all the time are already unclean..."

Seeing some fleeting visions is, in fact, an occasional occurrence.

"You're right… the fact that the two of us share the same illusion could mean that we might share the same misfortune later on! Ha ha!"

...

"It has begun."

Franca, who had been gazing into the distance of high-dimensional space, suddenly used her thoughts to inform the entire expeditionary force within the area.

In the direction of her gaze, a radiant point of light flickered unsteadily like a candle.

With all their might...

"Come on! Come on! Right here!"

The last resounding cry of a soul traversed the strange and blurry space of this eerie boundary.