100\% DROP RATE : Why is My Inventory Always so Full? Chapter 638 - World Fortification Plan

Lucien left the shrine and called for an administrative meeting.

He gathered the people who could turn impossible ideas into functioning infrastructure.

Kael arrived with documents already in hand, which meant he had either predicted the meeting or feared Lucien would think of something expensive.

Eirene came quietly.

Vivian entered with a stack of reports from the West.

Clara appeared in person after granting more Grace Systems to faithful people.

The important people of Lootwell came one by one.

Finally, Lucien looked at the assembled group.

No one asked whether the matter was serious.

They knew him too well.

He raised his hand, and the first projection appeared.

Five continents.

Teleportation routes.

Shelter zones.

Then another layer appeared.

Unknown seas.

Small-world route estimates.

Black Mass territory marked as a dark, incomplete region beyond reliable mapping.

The room became quiet.

Lucien spoke.

"The mourning is over. Progress continues."

Kael closed his eyes.

"That sentence always leads to expenses."

"It does."

Lucien smiled and continued.

"We need a world fortification plan."

No one disagreed.

That was the strange part.

Lucien looked from one face to another.

Then he almost laughed.

Because he had not even explained the plan yet, and they had already accepted that it needed to exist.

Trust was useful.

Terrifying, but useful.

"You have not heard the details," he said.

Kael sighed.

"Young Lord, days ago we buried people who died because the world was not prepared enough. If your next sentence is that we must prepare harder, I do not need poetry to agree."

Eirene nodded.

"The question is not whether. It is where the first burden goes."

Vivian looked at Lucien.

"And how much can be done before the seas move again."

Clara added softly, "And how to strengthen faith without creating chains."

Lucien accepted their answers with a smile.

Then he waved his hand.

The projection changed.

The World Fortification Plan unfolded in layers.

First came the coastal lines.

"Tidewatch Network," Lucien said. "Every major coastal region will receive warning towers, pressure markers, anomaly reports, Grace System-linked watch posts, and emergency communication devices. If the sea changes, we know before the first city drowns."

Second came the evacuation routes.

"Lifeline Routes. Every high-risk coastal area must have at least three evacuation paths. Public, hidden, and emergency-only."

Kael’s expression twitched at the scale.

He said nothing.

That was how Lucien knew the cost was truly terrible.

Third came the Grace System overlay.

"Grace System expansion continues."

Clara bowed her head.

"I will enforce it."

Lucien nodded.

He also did not hide the matter of the Reincarnation Disc from them.

He gave them a brief summary.

Everyone fell silent after hearing it, except Eirene, who seemed faintly familiar with the disc.

But Lucien made one thing clear.

He could not simply reincarnate someone at will.

That was not how reincarnation worked.

Only after they understood that did he reveal the fourth plan.

Fourth came the soul protection layer.

"Soul Harbor Lamps," Lucien said. "Battlefields, hospitals, coastal areas, major roads, refugee shelters. With those lamps, if people die, their souls will not be dragged, corrupted, or lost before the Reincarnation Disc can receive them."

Everyone approved the idea.

The matter of the Reincarnation Disc still baffled them, but it also made them treat death with greater weight.

Their expressions eased slightly when they learned that Lucien was holding the souls of the brothers and sisters who had died in battle.

They were not gone beyond reach.

Not yet.

Fifth came the leyline restoration network.

"Of course, this is one of the most important matters right now. Let our Sage of Six Paths lead the slimes."

Sixth came Keeper battery deployment.

"We captured many Keepers," Lucien continued. "They can be used as batteries to improve our facilities."

His gaze moved across the room.

"If any of you have suggestions for improving the Ascension Spire, the Echo Crucible, or any other important structure, bring them to me."

Everyone nodded.

Eirene quietly recorded the minutes of everything Lucien said.

Finally, Lucien revealed the layer he had not announced before.

The small world routes he saw in the Reincarnation Disc.

The room changed.

Lucien projected the routes he had seen inside the Reincarnation Disc.

Everyone felt the weight of the new projection.

Pale lines stretched from the Reincarnation Disc’s symbol into unknown dark points beyond the five continents.

Lucien said. "They are reincarnation roads."

Everyone was speechless.

Lucien continued.

"The remaining Origin Core fragments are likely in two places. Small worlds connected to true Liberators, and the far side where the Black Mass remains. We cannot recover the far side yet. But the small worlds may be reachable through the Reincarnation Disc."

Lucien looked at the projected roads.

"This will take time. I need to understand how it works first. I need to know whether a living soul thread can be guided through a road without killing the main body. I need to know if an incarnation seed can enter a world, grow enough to act, and remain connected to me."

Kael stared at him.

"That sounds like you are trying to make yourself into a diplomatic infection."

Lucien paused.

"That is a terrible description."

"It is also accurate enough to frighten me."

Vivian looked at the roads.

"If it fails?"

Lucien answered honestly.

"I don’t know. It could damage the spirit. Lose the incarnation. Attract troublesome people. Break the road. Or create a version of myself that cannot return properly."

No one liked any of those options.

Eirene asked, "And if it works?"

Lucien looked at the map.

"If it works, we can reach small worlds before the Black Mass finds them. We can recover fragments, rescue Liberators, identify vessels, and close routes the enemy wants to use."

The room remained silent.

Then Kael rubbed his face.

"I hate that the insane idea has strategic value."

Eirene spoke.

"It also has urgency. The longer the small worlds remain isolated, the more likely the enemy reaches them first."

Clara looked at Lucien.

"My Lord, can it be done?"

Lucien was silent at first.

Finally, he said, "It has been done."

Clara smiled faintly.

"I believe you, my Lord."

•••

After that, they began discussing where to place the Intercontinental Teleportation Arrays.

They could not possibly allow the public to use Lootwell’s private instant teleportation network. That system was reserved for citizens.

The public routes had to be different.

They studied the map carefully and chose the most suitable locations, not only to connect the five continents, but also to link the most important regions, trade centers, healer hubs, military routes, and future evacuation points.

The array network would not be built merely for convenience.

It would become one of the world’s lifelines.

•••

After the meeting ended, the next task began.

They had to confirm and survey every layer of the World Fortification Network.

They had to build it properly.

The next disaster would not forgive careless foundations.

...

Everyone moved at once.

Lucien did not need to divide every task by hand.

Each administrator was capable enough to understand what had to be done, who needed to be contacted, and which problems had to be solved first.

They did not need his every order before they acted.

That was why Lootwell could move faster than most powers.

Lucien gave the direction.

The people beneath him turned it into motion.

And just like that, the first stage of the World Fortification Plan began.