CSMCDB - Chapter 196
Chapter 196
The Huanling demonic beasts in the Demonic Beast Great Forest were growing restless. That devil, Wen Yuncheng, hadn't appeared in four days. She must have left.
Unfortunately, they could no longer contact the Fu organization. The Phantom Saint had clearly said that Fu would act as their guide on the Starry Sky Continent, but what a joke. Four Star Emperors had come as reinforcements, yet three were dead and one had fled. They had no idea what had become of the one who escaped. Fu had completely cut off communication with them. They were in the dark about the situation outside, the progress of the Huanling forces, and whether their demonic beast warriors had conquered the other towns.
Just as the sole remaining Emperor-rank demonic beast was about to venture out and assess the situation, his sharp eyes spotted Wen Yuncheng's Mechanical Throne-
That devil was back!
The Star Emperor from the bear tribe immediately shrank back into the Demonic Beast Great Forest.
There was no news from Fu, and they couldn't contact Huanling… What were they supposed to do now? Winter was approaching. Perhaps they should just hibernate first.
Come to think of it, he had never actually killed anyone from the Starry Sky Continent. If he surrendered now… was it still too late?
Wen Yuncheng leisurely strolled toward the edge of the city and found that the demonic beasts were behaving themselves and hadn't caused any trouble. She asked the new city guards and confirmed that the beasts hadn't attacked again, which put her mind at ease.
"Huanling demonic beasts, there's an Emperor-rank among you, right? In a few days, the Empire's Celestial Fox King will come to settle you in. If he can't manage it, then I'll come and send you to the afterlife. As long as you're on the Starry Sky Continent, you'd better behave, you hear?" Wen Yuncheng flew above the forest, tapped on her Profound-rank drum, cleared her throat, and shouted.
"…Un-understood," the bear tribe warrior replied, his face a mask of frustration. He was filled with unwillingness, yet he lowered his noble, Emperor-rank head. Back on the Huanling Continent, his strength was among the best, and he held the rank of an elder in his tribe. But here…
"Did no one hear me?"
"Understood!!!" the bear beastman roared, responding with vigor.
Beastmen will never be slaves… unless room and board are included.
Having temporarily dealt with this batch of demonic beasts, Wen Yuncheng, though covetous of the remaining experience points, knew that many of the beasts mixed in were native to the Starry Sky Continent. She couldn't just wipe out the continent's native demonic beasts. Where would the younger generation go for training then? She couldn't afford to be so shortsighted.
Just as the Dragon Race was detestable, she couldn't slaughter every last one of them. She had to at least leave a couple of live dragons for future generations to see for themselves. Lin Jinyu was going to be the Child of the Plane, after all; the biodiversity of the Starry Sky Continent had to be maintained.
So, what now? Weren't those Huanling generals and the Emperor-rank dragons always roaring, "Wen Yuncheng, I will kill you!" whenever they saw her? Well, bring it on. It was time to show them what she was really made of!
Wen Yuncheng collected herself and contacted the First Princess, briefly explaining the situation in the Demonic Beast Great Forest. She requested that the Empire dispatch the Celestial Fox King to take over the management of both the Huanling and native demonic beasts there. Although they were from different planes, they were all demonic beasts—one big family. The Celestial Fox King was the perfect candidate for the job. And what if he failed? There was only one Emperor-rank beast. Even if he failed, the Celestial Fox King's life wouldn't be in danger. At worst, she would just have to give him a bottle of Grandmaster-level HP potion and be "forced" to make another trip to the Demonic Beast Great Forest to harvest some experience.
[All that experience from the demonic beasts, are you really letting it go?] 1947 was a little incredulous.
"A Huanling beast is worth 100, while a native one is only 50. I'd have to chug MP potions until I puke. It's too inefficient," Wen Yuncheng grumbled. "Besides, these Huanling demonic beasts are like cannon fodder, and their intelligence is low. There's no rush to kill them. If they can be tamed, then let's tame them. Once this group in the Demonic Beast Great Forest surrenders, those still putting up a futile resistance in other towns will see it and have a new way out, won't they?"
"First, we stabilize the Empire and reduce casualties among ordinary cultivators and residents. When the Huanling forces retreat, they definitely won't take these demonic beasts with them. After we kill the Huanling generals and their army, settle the score with the Dragon Race, and eliminate the troublemaking Fu organization—dealing with the Huanling demonic beasts left on the Starry Sky Continent will be easy anytime we want."
[…Offering amnesty first and then settling the score later isn't a very nice tactic.]
"Hey, what are you talking about? I'm the one offering amnesty, that's right, but I don't have to be the one to settle the score!" The Empire had so many Star Emperors. What was wrong with one of them taking the blame and drawing the demonic beasts' hatred? Ideally, someone else would wield the stick while she offered the carrot, allowing her to smoothly recruit a wave of demonic beast underlings. Ugh, on second thought, forget the underlings. They wouldn't be very impressive.
[That's a pretty nice dream you're having.] 1947 was speechless, though it had to admit that as it listened to Wen Yuncheng, it was being swayed and found her logic sound.
The plan was a good one. Its only flaw was its complete lack of humanity.
"The most urgent task right now is to kill dragons. Didn't you see how cowardly those demonic beasts have become? I suspect the Fu organization is about to chicken out too. I need to hurry up and kill dragons to earn experience points. No more talking, I'm heading to the border first. Then I'll ask about the situation and see if I can get to Dragon Island—oh, right, the Huanling forces are still blocking the way. I'll blow up their base first." Wen Yuncheng chattered on as she traveled, her words flowing smoothly. Her dad persona would have been proud.
[You've really gotten cocky since becoming a Star Emperor,] 1947 sighed. As a Star Venerate, Wen Yuncheng already looked down on Star Emperors. She would only spare a second glance for a Half-Saint. Now, she probably wouldn't even flinch at seeing a Half-Saint. But that was normal. After all… the current level cap on the Starry Sky Continent was stuck at 90. The Star Saint had been taken away by the Baby Voice, and the Dragon King didn't dare leave Dragon Island. The outside world—it was completely Wen Yuncheng's domain now.
"Not really. I'll leave some generals for Lin Jinyu to practice on. By the way, is Little Ice Mountain a third-layer Star Venerate yet?"
[Almost, almost. The Heart of the Plane contains a massive amount of energy.] According to the novel's logic, Lin Jinyu had all sorts of buffs maxed out, not to mention the protagonist halo of being the Chosen One. There was no way her leveling speed could be slow.
"Sigh, back then I was thinking about a vicious female tyrant and her pampered pretty-boy husband. Now that I think about it, that's so lame!" Wen Yuncheng recalled the past, sighing with emotion. "Look at us now: the Mechanical Overlord and her little ice mountain of a pampered wife!"
[?] 1947 slowly typed out a question mark. In this situation, it didn't mean it had a question; it meant it thought she had a problem.
"Well then, the Long Aotian Mechanical Overlord and her Child of the Plane, little ice mountain of a pampered wife?" Wen Yuncheng thought 1947 was unhappy that she had dropped the "Long Aotian" brand.
[Why is Lin Jinyu the pampered wife?]
"Because Lin Jinyu is so soft," Wen Yuncheng said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
[And you're hard?] The dad persona was secretly pleased as it watched the recording's duration tick past two minutes.
"I wouldn't put it that way. Don't you think Lin Jinyu is adorably soft? It just makes you want to bully her." Completely unaware of what its dad persona was up to, Wen Yuncheng seriously discussed the topic. "…Sigh, but I haven't seen Lin Jinyu in so long. The last time we spoke, she was still busy fighting monsters. My Little Ice Mountain must have gotten thinner from exhaustion." Wen Yuncheng's thoughts jumped from one thing to another. She leaned back on her throne and opened the shop to search for delicious food to help Lin Jinyu recuperate.
The dad persona was a little worried seeing its cub getting so full of herself she was practically floating, but then it thought: It's rare for Wen Yuncheng to be like this, so let her fly free and be happy for a while. When it's time to fight, the little cub is still very reliable. This was evident from how she had used every single one of her skills just to kill the Dragon Ape King.
Of course, 1947 wasn't worried even if its cub stayed this cocky. It leisurely saved the audio file it had just recorded, planning to send it to Lin Jinyu the next time they met. It figured that Lin Jinyu, as the Child of the Plane, would definitely give Wen Yuncheng a renewed sense of what it felt like to have her "feet firmly on the ground."
"Senior Chu, it's been a while~" Wen Yuncheng arrived at Zihua Town and released Number One.
Chu Han, who already knew that Wen Yuncheng had reached the Star Emperor rank and had slain three other Star Emperors, was long past the point of shock. Thus, he was able to smile and nod at her. "It has been a while. Now that you are an Emperor, you don't need to call me senior anymore."
"Rank is rank, but Senior Chu has always supported and helped me. Even if I'm an Emperor, you are still my senior," Wen Yuncheng said sincerely. It was just like with Yan Ling. Yan Ling was still a Star Venerate, but Wen Yuncheng still had to call her Teacher Yan, didn't she? Teasing Yan Ling for fun was one thing, but Wen Yuncheng would never lack the respect she was due.
Chu Han waved his hand, looking quite gratified. "Can you deal with the generals now?"
"I can. Aren't they always screaming that they'll kill me? Whether it's the Half-Saints or the Dragon Race, any I can kill, you can leave to me! I'll beat them back to Dragon Island, and then I'll use my mechanical army to press the attack on Dragon Island!" Wen Yuncheng's vision was grand, especially the part about attacking Dragon Island.
After recalling Number One, Wen Yuncheng restocked his supply of C-04 Self-Destruct Dogs. She installed the energy units one by one, giving her another twenty of them. Once those were used up, she would summon Number Two and Number Three to collect the used parts and distribute new ones.
Hmm, should she send out a few more sets of C-03 Air Wings? Cobbling together about three hundred of them should be enough.
Speaking of which, Wen Yuncheng didn't know about the other effects of the second apostle evolution, but the three apostles were definitely getting faster and more skilled at assembling machinery.
"Haha, it's good that you have this confidence. Don't worry, we will support you." Wen Yuncheng spoke with heroic confidence, and Chu Han laughed in agreement. However, when the real fight began, the other Star Emperors wouldn't actually let Wen Yuncheng fight them all alone… "If possible, you should still use sneak attacks like before. We will set things up in advance, and once you're exposed, we'll lay down a trapping formation to hold them off for a moment."
"That would be perfect!" Wen Yuncheng was very satisfied. "If the Dragon Race is there, I'll kill them first. Seniors, you just need to hold back the Huanling generals. As for the dragons, you can leave up to five of them to me!" Number One was right here in Zihua Town. She could throw the C-04 Self-Destruct Dogs, detonate them, and then swap places to return. The assassin could take one out, the lightning walker could take one out, and the plasma generator could take one out too. As long as they weren't Half-Saint level dragons, they absolutely wouldn't survive a single round against her.
Ah, dragons. First-layer Star Emperors were the best—thin-skinned, easy to kill, and they gave lots of experience. They were truly the top choice for leveling up.
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