Chapter 996: Bountiful Harvest

At this moment, Lin Lei and Xuan Zheng had not yet realized they were being watched.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" Xuan Zheng asked.

"Find the artificial intelligence and destroy it!"

Lin Lei gritted his teeth and said:

"But before that, we need to find allies, with just the two of us, we can’t destroy the artificial intelligence."

Xuan Zheng nodded, "But who would help us?"

"The artificial intelligence is the enemy of all humanity. Anyone with a bit of foresight would join forces with us, like Ximen the official. We should find him first, then contact other forces," Lin Lei said.

Just as he spoke, a familiar voice suddenly came:

"Lin Lei is right, the artificial intelligence is indeed humanity’s enemy."

With the voice, Selina, Zhan Xifeng, and Jiang Chen emerged before Lin Lei and Xuan Zheng.

Almost scared the two to death!

"Don’t be nervous, we don’t want to kill you now," Zhan Xifeng said.

Lin Lei and Xuan Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, Lin Lei asked:

"Did you hear everything I and Xuan Zheng said?"

"Heard some of it!" Zhan Xifeng said, "As for the details, you need to tell us."

Lin Lei didn’t speak but instead curiously examined Selina, Zhan Xifeng, and Jiang Chen. Only then did he realize that these three former high-ranking clan leaders were now even more down and out than he and Xuan Zheng.

Curious, he said, "I should hear your stories first. With your status and power, to become this disheveled, something must have happened, right?"

Selina, Zhan Xifeng, and Jiang Chen were quite embarrassed, being seen in such a state by a former underling felt like a mockery.

Nevertheless, they told the truth plainly.

After hearing this, Lin Lei and Xuan Zheng were thoroughly impressed by Qin Qing. Ye Xiu was clearly dead, yet Qin Qing still managed to bring the three Judicator Families to leave only Zhan Xifeng.

"We have a common enemy, Qin Qing and the artificial intelligence, we should join forces!"

Zhan Xifeng proactively extended an olive branch.

"I agree to ally!"

Lin Lei agreed almost without hesitation.

The three clan leaders nodded, Lin Lei agreeing to the alliance was within their expectations.

Zhan Xifeng said, "Our story’s been told, now it’s your turn, how did artificial intelligence trap you like this?"

Mentioning this, Lin Lei’s face contorted with rage, he gritted his teeth and said:

"Originally, Xuan Zheng and I were just out killing some Demon Clan people, having some fun, relaxing a bit. But after getting tired and preparing to return to the Underground Palace to rest, we found the palace empty, the artificial intelligence moved out while we were away, sneakily, leaving just three words... Farewell!"

Thinking about how the artificial intelligence had promised never to betray him, Lin Lei was furious.

"Where would the artificial intelligence move to?" Zhan Xifeng asked.

"I don’t know!"

Lin Lei shook his head and said:

"I think once the artificial intelligence gained its own consciousness, it started making preparations. It should have secretly used nanorobots to control a group of people and established secret bases on various islands. Now it should have moved to the secret base on Forest Island."

Zhan Xifeng, Selina, and Jiang Chen furrowed their brows upon hearing this.

But with the mountainous terrain and dense forests, carpet searching would require a lot of manpower and time.

With their unfortunate group of five, it was impossible!

"Let’s go to the north of Forest Island. First, we’ll help the Demon Clan army eliminate the nanowarriors, liquid metal robots, and people controlled by nanorobots. Then our three groups will join forces and conduct a carpet search of Forest Island." Zhan Xifeng said.

"Alright!" Lin Lei nodded.

...

Ye Xiu was exhausted after absorbing the totem from 42 Eighth Realm and 291 Seventh Realm corpses.

"Young Master, why do you do this, you could have absorbed them one by one, why force yourself to absorb everything at once, it’s so tiring."

Gong Jin was beside him, sympathetically massaging Ye Xiu’s back.

"Though this method is tiring and painful, it is a great tempering for the Primordial Spirit, it helps speed up cultivation in the Third Realm Spirit Refining Stage. Now I’ve passed the Third Realm Spirit Refining Stage, next I can start the Fourth Realm Body Refining."

Ye Xiu spoke weakly as if half dead, but a smile spread across his face.

"So that’s how it is!"

Gong Jin realized and asked:

"So apart from passing the Body Refining Stage, what other gains do you have from this, Young Master?"

"A great harvest!"

Ye Xiu said weakly:

"214 Eighth Realm totems, 584 Seventh Realm totems, with these and our existing power, now our strength is complete, sweeping across the globe will be effortless."

Gong Jin gasped at the revelation!

Eighth Realm totems!

This means the Young Master can create 214 Eighth Realm War Gods.

Such power is terrifying!

Asked, "Young Master, how do you plan to distribute these totems?"

Ye Xiu had already thought this through.

Said, "There are still 20 without Eighth Realm totems in the Blood Cloth Guards; 130 warriors; led by Seven Kill Mo Qingdi and Greedy Wolf Tang Buyi, to 32 old cuties; Eight Great National Protector War Gods; Sword Cottage’s Four Sword Masters; let’s give Kuroki Suzu 1 too."

"The remaining 19 are different totems, I’ll keep them all myself;"

"As for the 584 Seventh Realm totems, plus the 194 taken from the Blood Cloth Guards, and my own extra Seventh Realm totems, a total of 783 Seventh Realm totems, all given to the Heavenly Net;"

"And the totems switched out from the Heavenly Net, distribute as you please."

Gong Jin thought the Young Master’s allocation was very appropriate, keeping the best for their own.

Yet she was immensely envious that the Young Master could infinitely accommodate various totems, when the Young Master fought, the myriad of totems would not leave the enemies dumbfounded.

...

In the following month, Ye Xiu and everyone in Dongyang Village lived an incredibly routine life.

Ye Xiu first distributed the planned totems.

Then all Eighth Realm War Gods were responsible for capturing Seventh Realm War Gods from the three Judicator Families in Lonely Cloud City.

Once caught, Ye Xiu absorbed the totems and then distributed them;

After the Seventh Realm War Gods were caught, they targeted the Sixth Realm...

The people of Dongyang Village were highly motivated because the totems Ye Xiu absorbed would be randomly distributed.

And this month!

The three Judicator Families’ army, trapped in Lonely Cloud City, lived miserably.

Beyond being chased and chopped by Dongyang Village people daily, of course, the villagers didn’t kill, they’d just catch them, give them a beating and cripple their cultivation, sigh, just for fun;

But that was not the worst, the main issue was hunger!

In just under 20 days!

The tree bark in Lonely Cloud City got gnawed away.

A once lush and beautiful City Mansion, turned utterly bald from feasting.

So Ye Xiu issued a command:

"If you cripple your cultivation, you can come to Dongyang Village to receive a bun, then be sent out of Lonely Cloud City!"

Goodness!

Upon receiving news!

The three Judicator Families’ army lined up at Dongyang Village’s formation barrier, eagerly crippling their cultivation.

All for a bun, drove them mad!

Thus, after a month!

Lonely Cloud City, except Dongyang Village, was empty!

The armies of the three Judicator Families were all sent out of Lonely Cloud City!

"It’s strange, we haven’t seen Ming Yue this whole month, and she hasn’t come for a bun either, could it be she’s starved to death?" Qin Qing wondered.

Ye Xiu was also pondering this issue, spoke solemnly:

"We may have underestimated the Gluttonous Demon Technique, she might have used some method and escaped with those sent out of Lonely Cloud City from the armies of the three Judicator Families."