[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence":3,"chapter-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-60":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Warlord: Starting with Daily Intelligence",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2338523,4572,"Chapter 60","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-60",60,"\u003Cp>I don’t know if it was because today was the last day of the mist dispersing, but a thin fog had already settled over the Death Mountains, drastically reducing visibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, two days of continuous flight had made Zhui Yue thoroughly familiar with the route, so this did not affect safety or speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later, the familiar charred earth reappeared, and Gervas immediately ordered Zhui Yue to begin descending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because the battle between the two dragons had been too terrifying, no beasts or monsters had shown signs of activity in this ruin to this day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This spared Gervas many troubles, allowing him to search without worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ruin area spanned hundreds of mu; Gervas did not dare delay a moment and immediately began releasing his perception magic and detecting elemental anomalies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed second by second, but this dragon egg search was far less smooth than finding the dragon’s reverse scale—after over an hour of probing, he found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where the hell is this golden dragon egg? With my current perception, I can only scan twenty square meters at a time—completing a full scan of this charred land won’t be done until tomorrow!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, Gervas felt truly stumped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Gervas suddenly spotted a massive pit dozens of meters away—a crater clearly carved by a dragon being slammed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon’s outline was still faintly visible on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be inside?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas’s thoughts shifted—he reasoned that burying a dragon egg underground would inevitably leave some trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to conceal such traces, one must combine it with other actions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately went to the edge of this more-than-ten-meter-deep pit and carefully sensed the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he did, Gervas shuddered, his eyes suddenly blazing with sharp light—“There’s something here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without surprise, he truly sensed stronger magical and elemental fluctuations along the pit’s edge than in any other area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant the dragon egg was present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas fixed his gaze on the center of the pit and leapt directly inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magical and elemental fluctuations grew even stronger—there, a faint draconic pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pressure was at least dozens of times weaker than the one he’d sensed when picking up the dragon’s reverse scale the day before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a highly powerful transcendent being, even with careful sensing, might miss it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only those with weak power could detect such subtle pressure fluctuations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas immediately began digging; less than ten minutes later, a flash of gold burst forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brushing away the loose soil, a golden egg, the size of a winter melon from his past life, covered in mysterious runes and emitting a faint glow, lay right before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the dragon egg?” Gervas moved his hand closer and immediately felt warmth radiating from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as his palm touched the egg, it suddenly trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has the hatchling already developed consciousness?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas was both startled and delighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was delighted because dragon eggs normally take decades to hatch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this egg had already developed a faint consciousness—meaning it would soon break free from its shell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This saved him decades of waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the shock—having consciousness meant the dragon would likely remember everything Gervas did now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made future dragon taming far more difficult, with far greater uncertainty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, even so, it wouldn’t change Gervas’s plan to take the egg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas pulled out a dagger and cut his finger, then let his blood drip onto the dragon egg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood splashed onto the shell and was instantly absorbed by the golden egg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t trying to form a contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To form a contract with a dragon, one must either be powerful enough to force submission—like the legendary dragon knights—or convince the dragon to willingly agree, like unicorns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Gervas was doing now was merely letting the dragon become familiar with his scent, so it wouldn’t see him as an enemy after hatching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the countless human knight novels featuring nothing but dragon knights and dragon slayers, it was clear dragons were never gentle creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, whether or not he could eventually form a contract, he must at least ensure the dragon wouldn’t turn on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Golden Dragon, your mother was likely slain—killed by an evil black dragon!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I happened upon you and couldn’t bear to let the black dragon find and destroy you, so I’m bringing you to my castle. If you don’t mind, shake three times!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I happened upon you and couldn’t bear to see you destroyed by the Black Dragon, so I brought you to my castle—if you don’t mind, shake it three times!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The egg indeed shook three times!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas was delighted—this meant communication was possible; at least he knew his goodwill was received.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good. Golden Dragon, let’s leave this dangerous place now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He threw a sack over the golden dragon egg and, without further delay, rode Zhui Yue straight out of the Death Mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gervas departed, the mist over the Death Mountains grew denser than when he arrived, and visibility plummeted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wonder when the next mist will clear—this Death Mountain is truly a treasure trove!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the Death Mountains, Gervas turned back to gaze at the mysterious, perilous range, reluctant to depart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the Death Mountains, Gervas turned to look back at the mysterious and dangerous range, reluctant to depart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Golden Dragon, we’ve reached my castle! From now on, rest here and grow in peace—I’ll ensure your safety!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the underground vault of the castle, a chamber known only to Gervas and the old steward, John.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed the egg inside a wooden chest lined with goose down, then communicated with the golden egg once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having placed the dragon egg in a wooden box lined with goose down, Gervas once again communicated with the golden egg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden egg trembled again—clearly an expression of acceptance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas wasted no time, retrieved the glow pearl, and exited the vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the vault was locked, Gervas hurried toward the village—the other treasures mentioned in today’s intelligence had all been secured; now he must prepare seriously for the arrival of the Scorpion Bandits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the chamber locked, Gervas hurried to the village; he had collected all the other treasures mentioned in today’s intelligence, and now it was time to prepare properly for the Scorpion Bandits’ arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, look over there!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the setting sun, the sky turned blood-red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a line of dark shadows appeared on the horizon beyond Wheatfield Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s the bandits—ring the alarm bell!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong! Dong! Dong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old bronze bell atop the watchtower was struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under its sharp, urgent chime, every serf in the village trembled, their breathing quickening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Children who had been playing moments before sensed danger in the frantic bell and ran sobbing into their mothers’ arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be afraid! Don’t be afraid—we have our lord! Our lord will drive the bandits away!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t fear! Don’t fear—we have our Lord! Our Lord will surely drive off the bandits!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, we’re here—ahead is Wheatfield Town!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on? Did these fools get word ahead of time?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Scorpion Boss arrived at the outskirts of Wheatfield Town and saw the tightly shut gates and walls lined with guards, his brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, our target—the dogs—only learned of it after entering Stormlord’s territory; there’s no way it could’ve leaked!” explained the Scorpion Second-in-command, Sek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget it. Even knowing those men were our Scorpion Brotherhood, they still dared send them to Iron Wolf City—that’s an insult to the Scorpion Bandits! Today, we must teach them a lesson!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Order the dogs to prepare—once we breach Wheatfield Town, the women and loot inside will be divided among them at forty percent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Order the curs to get ready; once we storm Wheatfield Town, give them forty percent of the women and supplies inside!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dogs” was the Scorpion Bandits’ term for the fleeing refugees who followed them to scavenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever the Scorpion Bandits planned a major raid, they’d spread word in advance, and some refugees eager to share the spoils would trail behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the raid, the dogs did the hardest, most exhausting, and most dangerous tasks, yet received only thirty to forty percent of the loot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, the refugees flocked to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, without the Scorpion Bandits, how could they ever attack a territory guarded by a lord and knights?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True to form, upon hearing the news, the ragged, beggar-like dogs were already eager to charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, after hearing the news, the filthy, ragged dogs, no different from beggars, were already eager to pounce.\u003C\u002Fp>",1422,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2b605a93f042b68a768355ed4146752610c6d79ab09f6d61ac49844353f0e89e","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-61","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-59",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]