Chapter 1651 - 637: Verbal Assault, Combat Status_2

Chapter 1651: Chapter 637: Verbal Assault, Combat Status_2

But at this moment, even though the Hundred Emperors were kidnapped, they were in their prime state, with no enemies around posing a threat to their life, seemingly not reaching the threshold for self-destruction.

The Hundred Emperors decided to struggle a bit more, probing with the language of the Empire’s humans: "Who the hell are you?"

The message it sent out was an unencrypted, indiscriminate stream of information.

Shi Lin came in with a traditional skill of the Red Blade Clan: "I’m your dad."

This traditional skill, of course, came from Ren Zhong. Ren Zhong is a decent person who rarely curses in typical situations but would be a definite weakling if he mistakenly entered a marketplace. He didn’t manage to create a rich cultural heritage for the Red Blade Clan. The civilization history of the Red Blade Clan is too short, and they’ve always been at war, leaving no leisure to enjoy a thriving cultural entertainment life in times of peace, resulting in a real lack of profanity within the Red Blade Clan, which is genuinely sad.

The Hundred Emperors: "..."

After a brief calm, the Hundred Emperors pondered for a moment before realizing that they seemed to have been verbally attacked.

Then it even forgot whether to self-destruct or not, decisively counterattacking, "You vile, lowly pest from the latrine! I demand you change course in three seconds and send me back to the Mercury Star System, or I’ll surely make you feel the cruelest punishment in the universe!"

Shi Lin was also stunned for a moment, quite a sharp counterattack. This top-tier Mother Empress turned out to be nothing like the dignified figure he imagined. The verbal attack was quite masterful, containing both insults and threats, even stating intentions. Clearly, this top-tier Mother Empress was deliberate and prepared.

However, Shi Lin also caught onto the subtle mindset of the Hundred Emperors.

It seemed to be deliberately avoiding the objective fact that it had been kidnapped, intentionally wasting time on actions without practical significance. Its fundamental purpose was to divert its own attention to suppress the self-destruct instincts of the Mother Empress Ship.

The Hundred Emperors want to live! This is my chance.

Before taking action, Shi Lin was worried about a top-tier Mother Empress self-destructing.

The Red Blade Army had already dealt with Mother Empress Ships many times, aware of the might of self-destruction. Shi Lin had no way to single-handedly prevent a Mother Empress Ship self-destructing. And once the Hundred Emperors self-destructed, Shi Lin would obviously die on the spot as well. Shi Lin wasn’t afraid of dying, just that after so much effort, he would only let Ren Zhong receive news of his needless sacrifice, unable to truly capture a Mother Empress alive.

Shi Lin once told Ren Zhong that if he could swap one for one with a top-tier Mother Empress, it wouldn’t actually be a loss. But Ren Zhong firmly denied his claim. Ren Zhong said, "If we wanted, we could kill a top-tier Mother Empress anytime at a very low cost. I let you do this task, not to have you swap one for one, that’s unnecessary. You have to come back alive. The only value of your mission this time lies in the expectation of capturing a top-tier Mother Empress alive, which is why I let you take a gamble. Without this expectation, I’d rather have you leave with us."

Shi Lin ultimately stayed, but he embraced a trial attitude, without absolute confidence.

Now, he found the opportunity, seizing onto the survival instinct of the Hundred Emperors, even understanding what the Hundred Emperors were thinking at the moment.

The current situation was that with the Hundred Emperors’ ability, even a slight outburst could kill Shi Lin and destroy the space membrane.

But next, the Hundred Emperors themselves would also have no way out. That’s why it didn’t dare to act.

The relatively weak Shi Lin and the powerful Hundred Emperors were forming a peculiar state of mutual deterrence in this subspace channel.

So, aside from actively seeking death, the Hundred Emperors had no way to deal with Shi Lin, only to be continuously carried forward by the space membrane, and even with minimal thinking, it’s obvious that there was definitely enough force at the end of this journey to kill it and seize the giant reproductive cells waiting for it. The destructive capability of the Red Blade Army had been proven on Long Guci.

This situation already satisfied the Hundred Emperors’ instinctual self-destruct activation conditions.

But the Hundred Emperors, having risen from insignificance, lived long, experienced a lot, and managed to climb to today’s height wasn’t willing to give up life easily.

So the Hundred Emperors found a way to suppress its self-destruct instinct and let itself continue to linger on.

Its way was to enter a "combat state," just like when playing an online game, a small cut first, then when both parties enter a combat state, as long as there hasn’t been a defeat, there’s no need to rush to activate the self-destruct.

But it wanted to enter a combat state, yet couldn’t really fight because the space membrane layer that Shi Lin barely gathered was really fragile, just like a bubble, smashing at the slightest touch.

That’s why the Hundred Emperors went along with the verbal attack style of "I’m your dad" and retaliated verbally.

The verbal attack is also an attack, capable of mutual provocation, causing emotional fluctuations, if converted into an online game, it’s equivalent to taking psychological damage. Even if the "health" of the Hundred Emperors is in the zillion, each verbal attack only takes off "-1," but that’s still a combat state. This is logically reasonable.

Shi Lin decided to play along, as he just so happened to have this technical backup.

On the level of verbal assaults, the members of the Velvet Whisker 331 Clan were considered consummate masters. Though having made almost no achievements on the productivity level, the short-lived civilization they built on the third planet in the Pegasus Star System focused solely on one tech tree, which was verbal assaults.

In the auxiliary brain left by Sun Ai to Shi Lin, the "technical achievements" of the Velvet Whisker 331 Clan were recorded.

Training soldiers for a thousand days, using them in a moment, now is the time.

Shi Lin: "Demon! You will never receive the favor of evolution, the great Red Blade will eventually rend you into pieces!"

The Hundred Emperors were stunned, and for a moment didn’t immediately react.

This grammar, this tone, this choice of words and construction, why does it suddenly feel somewhat familiar, very much like its style.

Holy crap, how could I not be favored by evolution, do you think I just became a Mother Empress randomly?

I’m infuriated!

-10.

"You pile of sludge, you’re neither an original human nor a great transcendentalist, you’re just a twisted product under the torment of fate! You’re merely a pitiful pest, a specimen, consumable tormented and enslaved by the Empire. The Empire humans twisted your body, performed the most brutal experiments on you, yet you still pledge loyalty to them. Your stupidity will be an epic joke even a billion years from now."

The Hundred Emperors’ comeback was sharp, even vaguely revealing the foundation of why the ancestors of transcendentalists defected from the Empire originally established by native humans.

Shi Lin too was stirred by these words, recalling his own tragic experience in the Mengdu Group laboratory, causing even his mind to tremble.

If it weren’t for Shi Xuan, he would have long been left to rot in the wilderness.

In his life, there indeed was a long period where he hated everyone from the past.

But later, he met Shi Xuan, and then Yujin and Ren Zhong.

He saw people who were different.

Warmth gradually covered the scars of childhood.

Shi Lin: "I volunteered. Do you want to know why your reproductive subunit Velvet Whisker people betrayed you?"