"Have Lord-level monsters and small waves of monsters already appeared near the city?" Lin Qi couldn't help but furrow his brows upon hearing this.

He personally had little confidence in dealing with Lord-level monsters. At best, he could use Jinghong to escape. As for facing a large number of monsters, his stamina and Qi and blood were limited, so he must rely on a lot of Martial Artists to act together.

And Red Moon Mountain is more than a hundred kilometers away from the city, making it easy to be attacked. Even with the current number of Martial Artist players, and despite having Desert Eagles, it would be difficult to resist. After all, the number of Energy Crystal Stones is limited, which means the number of bullets for the Desert Eagles is limited.

Once the bullets run out, the players at the Initial Stage Martial Artist level would be fortunate to be on par with Middle Tier monsters. Ten players of the Initial Stage Martial Artist level would be nothing more than ants in front of thousands of Middle Tier monsters.

But Red Moon Mountain is currently his main source of Energy Ore and Energy Crystal Stones, and it cannot be lost.

If Red Moon Mountain were to be breached by monsters, upgrading the Martial Arts Hall's buildings and summoning more players would both become big problems.

After Liu Tianzong spent most of the day resolving Lin Qi's appointment as the new city councilor, he was assigned a garrison mission by the association and no longer cared about Lin Qi, speeding off in a flying car, his busyness making Lin Qi click his tongue in amazement.

And after Lin Qi completed all the procedures, he didn't stay to chat with Qin Mu at the Martial Artist Association, but immediately returned to the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.

Even though he already knew the areas around the cities were no longer safe from monster hordes, he hadn't expected it to be this unsafe.

Even Lord-level monsters were active. If this wasn't dealt with quickly, Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would be uprooted.

"Hall Master, was there something else you wanted to instruct me on by calling me here?" Meng Wei asked, puzzled, as Lin Qi had summoned him immediately after his return.

Lin Qi wanted him to recruit as many Martial Arts Academy Disciples as possible. To do so, while receiving territories from the four major forces, he was also preparing recruitment affairs, only to be urgently summoned back by Lin Qi.

"How is the recruitment of Martial Arts Academy Disciples going now?" Lin Qi asked.

"Due to your status as Hall Master, the recruitment of Martial Arts Academy Disciples is going smoothly. Currently, the number of recruits has reached 5,347 people. If we recruit in the territories of the four major powers, the number should exceed ten thousand in less than three days," Meng Wei said excitedly.

"Ten thousand people in three days?" Lin Qi frowned. This rate would indeed be considered fast under normal circumstances, with recruitment typically having standardized assessments. But to quickly develop a small Energy Ore Vein on Red Moon Mountain and generate more Energy Crystal Stones to set up a Defense Corps capable of countering small waves of monsters, this number is simply not enough.

"Hall Master, if you want to quickly recruit more Martial Arts Academy Disciples, there is actually another way. And it could result in a terrifying number of recruits, but…" Meng Wei hesitated as he looked at Lin Qi, who was not quite satisfied.

"Go ahead, what's the method," Lin Qi stated directly. "I just want a large batch of our own people now."

"That's to establish a town!" Meng Wei said, gritting his teeth. "Nowadays, with monsters rampaging in the wild, most vagabonds live outdoors, and city acceptance of vagabonds is limited, especially the further away it is, the more unsafe it becomes. Cities can't manage it, but if there's a relatively safe town in the wild willing to accept these vagabonds, surely a large number of them would come over, even if it requires joining the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. We can totally turn Red Moon Mountain into a town. The only issue is that doing this will definitely arouse dissatisfaction from other cities, as it essentially invades their territories, especially Ten Thousand Stars City."

All major cities heavily value any town because they increase city resources and can bring considerable wealth, expanding the city's sphere of influence. Major cities are always secretly finding ways to compete for control over each town. Now that a town suddenly emerges belonging to another city, it's bound to become a thorn in the side for other cities.

"Let them be dissatisfied; our Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall doesn't need anyone's approval to do things!" Lin Qi declared directly, "You arrange it now, notify the surrounding vagabonds, and tell them that Red Moon Mountain has built a new town, and that any Martial Arts Academy Disciples of Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and their families can live there for free!"

"Yes!" Meng Wei felt a surge of enthusiasm.

Then, before the sun had set, the news that Red Moon Mountain was to establish a town spread throughout the streets and alleys.

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