Gods: Civilization Cultivation, Infinite War

Chapter 138 All parties gather
"The Cradle of Life is still as beautiful as ever."

After receiving the order from the commander-in-chief, Eric and other senior members of the Glory Expeditionary Corps in the Behemoth World returned to the headquarters as quickly as possible.

As an important part of the entire Dawn Kingdom's military system.

The Glorious Expeditionary Corps has branches in every world, and its headquarters is located in the Cradle of Life.

However, given the current situation, this headquarters established in the Cradle of Life only plays a nominal role in the Glory Expeditionary Corps.

After all, the Glory Expeditionary Corps does not recruit soldiers from the Cradle of Life, and its senior leaders are all outstanding individuals who have emerged from various worlds, not from the Cradle of Life.

Although Cradle of Life has the highest level of appointment authority, this power is not often used.

Even some more important position changes are left to the major branches to consider.

After they have discussed it internally, they will submit the relevant application to Cradle of Life, and Cradle of Life’s headquarters will generally approve it directly.

This is the first time in the history of the Glory Expeditionary Corps that a commander-in-chief has been directly parachuted into such an important position from the Cradle of Life.

"If you like, you can come here to visit at any time, or even settle down here."

Seeing his friend say this, Eric also made a joke.

"That's not necessary. Everything about the Cradle of Life is good, but it's a bit too good. Every time I come here, I feel an inexplicable dream.

It's okay to come here occasionally for fun, but I'd rather not settle down here permanently."

Hearing this, Nils quickly shook his head.

Although with their high-level status, they are fully qualified to settle in the Cradle of Life for a long time, and even have no problem arranging for their families to live here together.

But in a sense, the Cradle of Life is not actually a suitable place to live, at least not suitable for ordinary people to live here.

It’s not for any other reason, it’s mainly because this is the home of the holy angels.

Holy angels, which are rarely seen in other worlds, are everywhere in the cradle of life.

From the names given to these winged people in the cradle of life by the residents of various worlds, it can be seen that in their hearts, the winged people in the cradle of life have an extremely special status.

Senior officials like Nils, with their own strong strength and rich knowledge as support, can remain calm when facing the holy angels.

But their families may not necessarily have such psychological qualities.

For ordinary people, living with a group of extraordinary winged people who are almost perfect in every aspect can easily cause them to feel tremendous psychological pressure.

What's more, as family members of the high-ranking members of the Glory Expeditionary Corps, they enjoy extremely high treatment and status in their respective worlds.

If you come to the Cradle of Life, you will immediately lose all special treatment and can only live here as an ordinary resident.

Not everyone can accept this huge gap in status.

Therefore, although the relevant immigration policies have been gradually relaxed in the Cradle of Life, the current situation is still...

The vast majority of residents in the major worlds do not meet the requirements for immigration.

The very few residents who can meet the immigration requirements will give up immigration for various reasons and choose to live in their hometown world.

"We thought we arrived quickly enough, but we didn't expect so many people to arrive at the headquarters earlier than us.

It seems that no one dares to neglect the first order of the new commander-in-chief.

In the past, only during the All Souls Council would the headquarters be this bustling."

Looking at the senior members of the Glory Expeditionary Corps who had arrived at the Cradle of Life earlier than them, Nils said with some emotion.

Aside from the Council of All Souls that meets every ten years, most of the high-ranking members of the Glory Expeditionary Corps rarely come to the Cradle of Life.

After all, in their respective home worlds, their status is the highest.

Many times, even the top leaders of various worlds are polite when communicating with them.

But in the cradle of life, there are too many beings with higher status than them.

Even ordinary winged people are not people they can provoke at will.

Therefore, unless it is necessary, they will not take the initiative to come to the cradle of life.

The huge gap in status is not only difficult for ordinary people to accept, but it is also difficult for them to accept. Otherwise, there would not be so many power struggles within the Glory Expeditionary Corps.

"After all, the Legion hasn't truly fallen to such a hopeless state. This is the Commander-in-Chief's order. Who dares to openly disobey?

Those who arrived earlier than us were all high-ranking members of the legion who were on rest and recuperation. Naturally, they were able to rush to the headquarters as soon as they received the order.

Although we actively responded to the commander-in-chief's order, we still wasted some time arranging some related work.

It is normal to arrive at the headquarters later than these people."

Eric's tone was calm. This group of high-level people in the Behemoth World were not the first to arrive at the headquarters, nor were they the last.

Those senior officials who arrived at the headquarters earlier than them were in the rest period and could be transferred at any time to respond to the commander-in-chief's orders as quickly as possible.

As for those senior executives who have not yet arrived at the headquarters, he is not sure why they were delayed.

The commander-in-chief ordered them to arrive at the headquarters within three days. There are still more than two days left before the three-day deadline, so there is no need to rush to make a conclusion.

"Also, I think after this inauguration ceremony, the headquarters will only become more and more lively. This will also be a brand new beginning for us."

"Oh? What does this mean?"

Hearing Eric say this, Nils asked curiously.

"Why do you think the Commander-in-Chief, having just taken office, is having such a grand inauguration ceremony? It's just to prepare for the subsequent recovery of power.

And we can also see it from this order.

This airborne commander-in-chief is definitely one of those who acts in a swift and decisive manner.

She never thought about slowly taking back the power from us, but wanted to forcefully transform the entire Glory Expeditionary Corps.

We seldom came to the headquarters before because each branch had a high degree of autonomy, and the so-called headquarters only played a nominal role.

But as the power on our side is gradually taken back, the power held by the headquarters will naturally become higher and higher, and its importance will be correspondingly improved.

By that time, the status of us senior executives might no longer be measured by our corresponding branches, but by our positions within the headquarters."

Eric's expression remained calm at this moment, and his political sense was very sharp.

Otherwise, it would not be possible to gain the support of more than ten worlds by never taking sides when his home world is only a half-plane.

You should know that among those more than ten worlds, there are also complete planes.

It is simply a pipe dream to want to gain the support of so many worlds by relying solely on one's own strength which is not even that of a legendary transcendent.

His keen political sense enables him to lead his faction to better development, which is the main reason why he has gained support from all major worlds.

If it weren't for the fact that he had no interest in fighting for power and just wanted to maintain the balance within the Glory Expeditionary Corps.

The overall strength of his faction can be raised to at least one level, becoming the strongest faction in the entire Glory Expeditionary Corps.

However, this would inevitably cause other factions to unite and fight against it, causing the entire Glory Expeditionary Corps to fall into greater chaos.

Eric didn't want to see this happen, so he consciously maintained a situation where the strongest factions within the Glory Expeditionary Corps kept checks and balances on each other.

"But if this happens, will it cause resistance from the entire Glory Expeditionary Corps, or even from the major worlds?"

Nils said with some concern that he was not interested in power either, otherwise he would not have maintained a friendly relationship with Eric.

Even though the two parties have been good friends since their youth, they have supported each other all the way to reach their current heights.

But if there were differences in ideas, they would have drifted apart, or even parted ways.

He was not worried that his power would be taken back, but was worried about the reactions of other high-ranking officials of the Glory Expeditionary Corps and the major worlds.

After all, the Glory Expeditionary Corps was originally composed of warriors selected from various worlds, and has nothing much to do with the Cradle of Life.

In the beginning, the Cradle of Life was responsible for training. The first ten expedition academies were built with resources directly provided by the Cradle of Life.

Many of the teachers are holy angels from the cradle of life.

It was not until later that the Glory Expeditionary Corps was officially established and began to set up branches in major worlds.

This task is basically undertaken by the major worlds themselves.

Although the Cradle of Life will still provide various resource support to the Expedition Academy and the Glory Expedition Corps, it will rarely directly interfere in their internal affairs.

According to Eric, the Airborne Commander-in-Chief is only the first step, and the next step is to transform the entire Glory Expeditionary Corps.

In Niels's opinion, this would easily cause some corresponding dissatisfaction.

Hearing Nils's concerns, Eric looked at him and shook his head.

"You still don't fully understand the importance of self-knowledge.

Although the major worlds nominally belong to different civilizations from the Kingdom of Dawn and are independent entities, the status of both sides is theoretically at the same level.

But if any world really wants to climb up the pole, it will definitely fall badly.

You can't get too carried away just because others give you a little face.

In the entire territory ruled by the Kingdom of Dawn, there has always been only one independent civilization, the Kingdom of Dawn.

The civilizations in other worlds can only be regarded as the unique cultures of each major world, and they need to rely on the Kingdom of Dawn to exist.

As the divine realm of the gods, the Cradle of Life occupies an absolute leading position both in terms of strength and righteousness.

Facing a commander-in-chief whose strength is comparable to that of a legendary extraordinary person and who has the endorsement of the kingdom's top leaders.

If certain high-ranking officials within the Legion or within the major worlds are unwilling to cooperate, they will surely suffer."

"So that's the case, then I'm relieved."

After listening to Eric's explanation, Nils finally figured out the relationship behind it and nodded in sudden enlightenment.

Time quickly came to the next day, and there was only one day left before the commander-in-chief's inauguration ceremony officially began.

At this moment, most of the senior leaders of the entire Glory Expeditionary Corps have arrived at the headquarters.

Only a small number of senior executives have been delayed due to various matters and have not yet arrived at the headquarters.

"Hey, Eric, long time no see."

A handsome man with a frivolous look greeted Eric.

"Long time no see, Fred."

Eric also nodded at the other party: "What do you want to talk to me about?"

"What are you talking about? I can't come to you if there's nothing wrong? After all, we are close comrades who have fought side by side."

Faced with Eric's cold attitude, the handsome man Fred shook his head sadly.

"Our ideologies are not in sync, and we are destined not to walk on the same path."

Eric didn't take Fred's exaggerated performance seriously.

Just as the other party said, they were indeed close comrades-in-arms during the period before the Glory Expeditionary Corps was officially established.

Until the Glory Expeditionary Corps was officially established, its internal situation quickly became chaotic, and the two sides' ideologies also showed obvious differences at that time.

As a Templar, Eric has no interest in power.

When this chaos began to appear, he wanted to nip it in the bud and maintain a healthy atmosphere within the legion.

But Fred is different, he is a profit-oriented person.

He didn't care whether the situation within the Glory Expeditionary Corps was healthy or whether it would endanger the development of the entire corps.

As long as he can benefit from it, he will not care about anything else and may even take the initiative to guide the development of such chaos.

Today, Eric is the leader of one of the strongest factions within the Glory Expeditionary Legion.

Fred is also the leader of another powerful faction, and his status is no less than Eric's.

His strength is equally formidable, and he is one of the few within the Glory Expeditionary Corps who have embarked on the road to legend.

For a long time before, Eric had never been a match for Fred.

Until his power reached the third level, he was able to gain strength from his future.

His strength officially surpassed that of the opponent, and he even became the number one in the Glory Expeditionary Corps.

"I know our philosophies are different, but the situation has changed.

When the legion was first established, you were keenly aware of the emergence of various chaos and even wanted to put them out.

But that was the general trend at the time. How could you and I influence the will of so many worlds with our own strength?

Some of my actions may seem unreasonable to you, but that is just what happens."

Fred still had a smiling face and did not show any other emotions because of Eric's coldness.

"Go with the flow? If so, then I'll tell you about the appointment of the Commander-in-Chief this time, and the changes that will definitely take place within the Legion.

This is also the general trend, and even the will of many worlds cannot change it."

"Is that so? Eric, don't worry. I like to go with the flow and never go against others.

There are other guys you have to worry about more.”

After saying this, Fred left immediately without any intention of talking about anything else with Eric.

The close comrades who once could talk about everything and even trust each other for life and death are now strangers.

Soon, it was the third day, and there was less than an hour left before the commander-in-chief's inauguration ceremony officially began.

It was not until this time that the last group of senior members of the Glory Expeditionary Corps finally arrived at the headquarters.

Everyone's attention shifted to the female leader.

"Anna is here too. I thought she was just planning on not coming."

Looking at Anna and her group who arrived at the headquarters almost on the deadline, Nils whispered to Eric beside him.

"Anna is not that kind of person. The plane she is responsible for conquering has reached its most critical period.

With legendary-level fighters unable to freely deploy, she's the most important source of combat power there, and it's certainly not easy for her to find the time to come here."

Eric shook his head and offered an explanation for Anna.

As the first person in the Glory Expeditionary Legion to embark on the road to legend, Anna was undoubtedly the number one person in the legion for a long time.

Despite having such a status, she did not take advantage of the chaos within the legion to gain more benefits for herself like Fred did.

Instead, like Eric, she was trying her best to maintain the balance within the legion, which was enough to make Eric respect her.

After the last batch of senior leaders arrived, all the senior leaders of the entire Glory Expeditionary Corps arrived within the specified time.

The corresponding inauguration ceremony of the commander-in-chief is also about to begin.

At the same time, on another airship, the newly appointed commander-in-chief Chi Yan was rushing towards the headquarters of the Glory Expeditionary Corps.

Even with the support of the kingdom's top leaders, Chi Yan must have enough skills on his own if he wants to fully control the entire Glory Expeditionary Corps.

Those extraordinary people who have embarked on the road to legend are truly chosen by heaven, but they will not easily obey an unqualified commander-in-chief.

(End of this chapter)