When professionals across all countries and regions were forcibly logged out and could no longer summon the Otherworld portal by double-tapping the back of their hands, the entire world was thrown into turmoil.
Because in the more than a hundred years since the Otherworld descended upon humanity, this had never happened before.
Within Dragon Nation, the public's reaction was relatively calm.
Because they had already learned from the Ice Emperor's previous livestream or through rumors about Zero God's discovery of the secret of the transnational passageway while exploring the World 16 of the Otherworld.
Zhang Yue had just cleared the World 16 when the Otherworld closed.
This clearly meant that Zhang Yue had cracked that secret.
So now, everyone could more or less guess that the closure of the Otherworld was related to the transnational passageway.
Besides that, the ones in the greatest panic were none other than the people of Eastern Nation.
At this very moment, the entire Eastern Nation, 1.2 billion people, were like ants on a hot pan.
Rumors on the internet were growing increasingly absurd.
["The Otherworld passage is closed!"]
["What? Dragon Nation's Zero shut down the Otherworld? Is he planning to unleash the hounds?"]
["Zero is coming to exterminate our Nation?"]
["Nani? Zero is going to relocate the Otherworld to Eastern Nation?"]
Each version was more absurd than the last.
In short, the entire Nation was in chaos.
They had already confirmed that when the Otherworld reopened after this maintenance period, all passageways across the world would be connected.
Simply put, it was equivalent to a server merge in online games.
The scene of Zhang Yue massacring Eastern Nation half a month ago was still vivid in their minds.
He was the nightmare of all professionals below level 100.
Once the servers merged, there would be no place for new professionals from Eastern Nation to survive in the Otherworld.
The same nightmare also descended upon Inoue Amano, Murakami Ichiryu, and their comrades.
Originally, Dragon Nation's three strongest legends, the Legendary Ice Emperor, Bing Di; the Moon Mark, Yue Hen; and the Seraph, Chi Tianshi—were already a major headache for them.
And now, Dragon Nation had suddenly produced a max-level, Tier 9 Heaven and Earth Mage with forbidden spell skills.
Even in the higher realms, their situation was just as dire!
In short, Eastern Nation could only rely on space rifts to launch sneak attacks and assassinations in Dragon Nation.
A direct confrontation? They wouldn't dare. They didn't even have the guts.
So for them, it was as if they were simply waiting for death.
Their only hope was that when the Otherworld reopened, the transnational passage would not be unlocked.
While the Otherworld was temporarily closed, Zhang Yue took the opportunity to manage the guild's affairs.
He had been neglecting Heavens Hall for a long time, to the point where his presence as guild leader barely mattered.
This time, Zhang Yue primarily promoted Luo Chen and Ba Tiandao(Overlord) to vice guild leaders.
Based on strength, the Legendary Sword Emperor and the Epic Martial Saint were second only to Zhang Yue in Heavens Hall.
Moreover, Ba Tiandao had a calm and steady personality, unshaken in any situation. He was a veteran member, and Zhang Yue was completely at ease entrusting him with the role of vice guild leader.
As for Luo Chen, though he was a Legendary professional with top-tier strength, his temperament was unstable.
After all, this brat was always thinking about returning to his master, Wo Long. Zhang Yue could barely leave for the restroom before Luo Chen vanished.
For now, he'd treat it as a special backdoor promotion. After all, Zhang Yue was his grandmaster.
Additionally, he promoted the Rare-tier Thunder Mage Lin Tian, the Rare-tier Flame Knight Wu Haotian, and the Rare-tier Light and Shadow Warrior Glory Firmament as guild elders.
The three of them were originally the guild leaders of Infinite Guild, War God Guild, and the vice guild leader of Glory Guild, respectively. Not only were they powerful, but they also had leadership experience, making them more than qualified for the role.
Elite-tier rogue Ouyang Ling'er was assigned as the guild's financial manager and head of human resources, with Ning Tiantian as her assistant.
Ouyang Ling'er, being an upgraded version of a "Scavenger," could uncover anything with an internet-connected phone.
Give her a computer, and she could practically fly through cyberspace with no limits.
Future guild recruitment would be handled by her.
As for Ning Tiantian, her meticulous nature made her a great help in managing the guild's resources and finances alongside Ouyang Ling'er.
With the division of roles complete, it seemed that Zhang Yue, the guild leader, was even more redundant.
Regarding salaries—
Vice guild leaders: Monthly salary of 500,000+, plus additional bonuses.
Elders: Monthly salary of 300,000+.
Finance, department heads, and assistants: Monthly salary of 200,000+.
Regular guild members: Monthly salary of 100,000+.
In addition, all Heavens Hall members had access to unlimited energy.
Immediately after, Zhang Yue issued a recruitment notice, officially beginning a large-scale recruitment drive for Heavens Hall.
"First month is a probation period, salary of 50,000. Upon confirmation, salary increases to 100,000+ with unlimited energy!"
"Entry requirement: Level 100 or below, at least Elite-tier professionals, or exceptional awareness + control players!"
As soon as Ouyang Ling'er, the head of HR, released the recruitment notice, professionals across the Nation went wild.
["Holy crap! 50k per month during probation, doubling after confirmation, plus unlimited energy?"]
["Is this for real? O_o Can I apply?"]
["They said Elite-tier professionals and above. If you qualify, go ahead!"]
["That's just the base salary for regular members! I heard that Heavens Hall's vice guild leaders earn 500k per month. Even elders get 300k. That's higher than most other guilds' vice leaders and elders."]
["Zero God, the newly crowned strongest player in the national server, is really generous! What a huge move!"]
["Damn, I'm level 101. Do I have to be 100 or below? Should I log in, die once, and drop back to 100? Hell, if it gets me into the guild, I'd even reset to level 0 and start over!"]
["Dude above, are you serious? Reset to level 0 just to be a janitor for 50k a month? Hahaha…"]
Within an hour of the announcement, a flood of applications from professionals all over the Nation flooded Ouyang Ling'er's inbox.
Looking at her overloaded email, Ouyang Ling'er turned to Ning Tiantian, her scalp tingling: "Tiantian, help me!"
Ning Tiantian, sipping bubble tea, blinked at Ouyang Ling'er: "Sister Ling'er, want some milk tea?"
"No… Let's get to work."
From then on, every time Ning Tiantian opened an email, Ouyang Ling'er would extract the applicant's information and conduct a thorough online background check.
With her advanced hacking skills, she could even find out how many relationships they'd had, whether they wiped with their left or right hand. Or if they didn't wipe at all.
Such a strict vetting process was, of course, to prevent enemy spies from infiltrating.
As for Zhang Yue, the reason he started developing the guild now, aside from using the downtime during the Otherworld's closure before he got too busy later, Was also because he realized that when the Otherworld reopened and the worlds merged, the Otherworld would no longer be his battlefield alone.
Just like in his past life, when he, as the Asura, fought alone and ultimately fell before a level-nine beast tide.
If he had a team back then, he wouldn't have perished along with the beast tide.
Moreover, this time, his opponents weren't just Eastern Nation.
There were also several other nations, Lighthouse Nation, Cold Nation, Alpine Nation, and the Sun Nation.
These world superpowers had long been eyeing Dragon Nation covetously, a world war was imminent.
Whoever won this war would become the ruler of this era.
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