Two days later,
The matters in the Xinhuo village were concluded, and Fang You established one of the secret realm's entrances there.
There were a total of three secret realm entrances.
One was used for the Number One Training Base, the second for the Xinhuo branch in a small European country, and the third was established here.
The passage from the Baijiang office had to be canceled.
It was no longer important. An Jianyou had already moved into the secret realm. Of course, the Baijiang stronghold remained, managed by peripheral Xinhuo personnel, and Ms. An still had remote meetings from time to time.
"Three entrances are still too few. I wish I could establish secret realm access points in places like the White Bear Nation and the White Eagle Federation. It would make travel so much simpler."
However, it wasn't just the entrances that were lacking, but also manpower.
A branch must have a sufficient number of Awakened individuals stationed there. Three Second Awakened were the minimum, in his opinion, as branches had to deal with foreign powers, not just foreign mysterious departments but also numerous demonic and ghostly entities.
There weren't many non-governmental organizations in Donghuang.
Iluoxi's Sisterhood of Witches and Pei Hongjing's Pei Security were the top civilian forces. Most civilian Awakened were within the Hunter Association. But foreign non-governmental forces were far more numerous. Regardless of the strength of their Awakened, many of these organizations had strong backgrounds, with support from powerful corporations.
Firearms, heavy weaponry, and the like were already quite prevalent in the current situation.
A single well-aimed shot could take down a First Awakened.
Second Awakened were not truly powerful enough; threats from sniper rifles and heavy machine guns remained significant.
Only Third Awakened were somewhat safe.
Of course, it wasn't difficult for Xinhuo to acquire such conventional weapons now. The Investigation Bureau was eager for more transactions. But using conventional weapons would be missing the point for Xinhuo.
The truly formidable enemies were the insidious and the cultists.
They were Xinhuo's true adversaries.
Firearms could be used sparingly, but Awakening was the way to go.
"The number of Lesser Apostles has exceeded one hundred, though this number is still insufficient."
"However, now..."
Xinhuo possessed a legacy ground that had stood the test of time, left by countless predecessors, which greatly benefited Awakening.
Those who were not Lesser Apostles but met the conditions could now also be arranged for Awakening.
"As long as physique, spirit, and will meet the standards, along with the assistance of the legacy ground, Awakening is almost guaranteed."
"However, this is limited to the First Stage of Awakening."
The inheritance for the First Stage of Awakening was the most complete and effective. The Second Stage was lesser, the Third Stage even more so. As for the Fourth Stage, very few people had left behind inheritances, so the effects were naturally weak.
But it didn't matter; it could be perfected further.
"From now on, this will be the place of Awakening. The Apostles' Awakening will also take place here. It will be easier to overcome the tribulation of Awakening and also gradually perfect the inheritance of Awakening."
"And for the Investigation Bureau's trainees, this place can also be opened to them, though an additional fee will be charged."
Xinhuo had earned Guijing.
Investigators could awaken.
The Awakening records in the legacy ground could be continuously improved. This was a win-win-win situation, a world without losers.
However, he was still contemplating what the specific Awakening threshold should be.
"I'll discuss it with Black Blade later. And those three Black Blade Souls, perhaps this time they can..."
Returning to the secret realm from Xinhuo village was just a few steps away.
As Fang You walked and thought, a figure shrouded in a gray robe, whose face was indistinguishable and whose height and gender were hard to ascertain, suddenly appeared.
"Mentor."
"It's Thousand Faces. What is it?"
"This is the list of the first batch of qualified intelligence personnel. Please review it, Mentor."
Oh?
He took it and looked. Luo Rui, Gou Ping'an, and others, whom Thousand Faces had previously chosen, were naturally included. These were elites from the intelligence department.
In addition, there were many trainees from the training base, trainees from various batches, though most were from the earlier batches with a good foundation.
But no matter how good their foundation, these were all ordinary people.
"If they are just ordinary people, will it be enough to maintain the operations of the intelligence department?"
"Not enough."