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Chapter 366: The Chaos in the Great Yoyo Dynasty
Chapter 366: The Chaos in the Great Yoyo Dynasty
"Seems like you already knew we were coming?" The brain worm naturally overheard Qin Muye's communication with the Black Hand, so it couldn't help but ask.
"Yeah, that's right," Qin Muye replied casually, but he had no intention of telling the other party the reason.
"Can you tell me why? I can trade you intelligence from the Spirit Realm." The brain worm was very curious. It didn't believe there was a leak on its side, and it assumed the other party might have some special means, especially given Qin Muye's mention of a high-dimensional demon crisis.
"No, your intelligence is my intelligence. Once my experiment is complete, someone will help me get the information out of you." Qin Muye had no interest in conversing with the brain worm.
Mainly, he was too focused on his research and hated being disturbed, even by a worm.
Unfortunately, the brain worm communicated through the conversion of Yoyo energy into mental frequencies, so covering his mouth was useless. Additionally, since the research he needed to conduct involved the brain worm's Yoyo energy, blocking the mental frequency was not an option.
"I don't think the beasts under your command can make me talk," the brain worm countered.
"Ah, right, right, right," Qin Muye replied dismissively, half-heartedly agreeing.
If it were in the past, when he was still at the rare level, perhaps interrogation-type spirit heroes might not have been able to break the brain worm. But now, at the epic level, Qin Muye didn't believe the brain worm could hold out.
If it could withstand the interrogation, he would just kill it and exchange it for a gold treasure chest. What else could he do? He certainly wasn't going to keep it. Qin Muye had standards for his collection, and the first rule was no conflict of interest.
These 8th-rank insectoids would definitely drop treasure chests when killed, and since they were overkill kills, they would definitely be gold-level with a hero suffix.
If he waited until after the event to kill them, he wouldn't get any points or treasure chests.
However, it seemed that if he didn't kill them, the event wouldn't end, as these four 8th-rank insectoids were the true core.
Soon, the brain worm's data was collected, and Qin Muye verified it multiple times to ensure it was correct. Only then did he stitch the brain worm's brain back together and heal it before ignoring it.
Before leaving, he instructed the guards to extract all the information from the brain worm's mind.
Don't be fooled by the respectful demeanor of these guards and executioners towards Qin Muye; they were extremely cruel when dealing with prisoners. To get what they wanted, they wouldn't hesitate to use physical and mental torture, as long as they got the correct information.
Most insectoid intelligence was obtained this way.
Before, they knew the brain worm was Qin Muye's experimental subject and hadn't been studied yet, so they couldn't touch it. They had to treat it well to avoid malnutrition affecting the experiment. But now that Qin Muye had given the go-ahead, they could proceed.
"The Queen's matter can wait. I need to convert the brain worm's Yoyo energy and the hive mind network into something useful first," Qin Muye thought. He was also very interested in the Queen, as she was essentially a walking insectoid gene bank, capable of producing 6th-rank insectoids, which was quite remarkable.
He had already conducted a preliminary examination and found her to be very intact, though still locked by a genetic lock, making it impossible to analyze, and even more secure than the brain worm.
It made sense, as the Queen was the foundation. Most larvae were produced by the Queen, and larvae could evolve into various insectoids.
Qin Muye was also curious. Logically, the Queen should be the most important, so why was she subordinate to the brain worm?
However, Qin Muye didn't delve too deep into this. After all, it was the insectoids' own history of development, likely involving some power shifts. Even if he knew, his reaction would be, "Oh, I see," and he wouldn't gain anything from it, as he wasn't in the insectoid world.
After returning, Qin Muye naturally began to improve the magic network, taking the best from each and making up for the shortcomings.
As for things like divine artifacts and the Sky Net reconstruction project, they could wait. There was no rush, as most of the divine artifacts were already complete, with only a few unique ones left to improve.
For now, he would focus on the event. Once he completed his research on the brain worm and the Queen and eliminated them for rewards, he could proceed with his other investigations in the copy world.
After all, it wasn't a big deal.
He planned to deal with the insectoid invasion first before entering the dungeon.
His rank couldn't be delayed any longer, or it would be too late. Although his territory had reached the 6th rank, his own lord rank was still at the 5th rank. He was also eager to see what divine talents were all about.
This seemed to be a qualitative change between the 5th and 6th ranks.
"Huh? They're fighting?" Qin Muye, who was recording data, suddenly received a magical network message from the Black Hand. It was a video showing the rebellion within the Great Yoyo Dynasty in full swing, causing chaos in all directions.
The Divine Yoyo Emperor was facing internal and external threats and seemed unable to cope, only sending troops to suppress the rebels without personally intervening.
If the Divine Yoyo Emperor had acted directly, the matter would have been settled.
"So, what is the Divine Yoyo Emperor thinking?" Qin Muye was not a competent ruler and could not understand the changes in the situation, so he naturally didn't know what the Divine Yoyo Emperor was planning.
"This feels like the Han Ling Emperor and the Yellow Turbans." Qin Muye couldn't help but smile. The difference was that the Yellow Turbans were a peasant uprising, while these people were rebels, which were entirely different in nature.
The Yellow Turbans represented the common people at the bottom, not these high-ranking noble academies.
"It's quite tragic. The very culprits who caused land consolidation, making ordinary people sell their children and starve, are these noble academies. Yet, the common people are still being dragged into being cannon fodder for them, just for a meal that they can't even get full from."
"Is there no fear of problems arising?"
Qin Muye had no good solution to this situation. After all, no system could be perfect; as long as people had ambitions, they would find loopholes in the system.
Unless, like the spirits under Qin Muye's command, where any system could achieve optimal results and even form a utopian world, but the probability of this was extremely low. Without Qin Muye's unique abilities and corresponding opportunities, it was impossible to achieve this.
Moreover, the beginning was very difficult. One misstep could cost lives.
"There's a nagging feeling of unease." Qin Muye knew that it was probably his intuition, brought on by a sudden surge of blood, acting up again.
"There must be a major event about to happen. So, I need to quickly resolve the insectoid invasion crisis to better deal with the remaining two crises."
Currently, the focus of his territory was on clearing the insectoid hive planet. Qin Muye was also considering whether he could incorporate the entire insectoid hive planet, allowing his Endless Abyss to devour it.
But swallowing an elephant wasn't a simple task. Qin Muye was worried he might be overwhelmed, as the insectoid hive planet was not small. He estimated it to be a 7th-rank force.
His territory was only at the 6th rank, and swallowing a 7th-rank force would be quite challenging.
At the very least, he would need to return from the Instance World before he could achieve this; otherwise, it was almost impossible.
He felt that the unease he sensed was related to the rebellion in the Great Yoyo Dynasty.
"It shouldn't be the Final Cycle, so it must be the high-dimensional demon crisis?"
Currently, there were only these two crises left in the world. As for the rebellion in the Great Yoyo Dynasty affecting him, that was even more unlikely.
The Endless Abyss was in the sky, and whether the other side could even reach it was another matter. Even if they resolved the issue, they would return to the Far Eastern Sea. If these rebels really crossed the ocean to attack him, it would be too much, and Qin Muye would simply charge over and plunder resources.
After all, one does not attack unless attacked.
"Is it the agitation of emotions and the surge of desires?" Qin Muye immediately thought of the Spirit Realm, as it was composed of emotions and desires, with the three demons of greed, anger, and delusion being the most prominent.
"However, the three demons of greed, anger, and delusion are not high-dimensional demons. They are not yet qualified for that, and even if they were to ferment, it wouldn't be now. To truly form a crisis, it would take a considerable amount of time."
"Resolving it would be simple—just kill everyone, and there would be no emotions or desires."
"But if killing everyone doesn't solve the high-dimensional demon crisis and instead triggers the Final Cycle, it would be counterproductive."
If there were no potential Final Cycle crisis, Qin Muye would have unleashed a killing spree without hesitation. He was both greedy and cautious, so he could only proceed steadily and methodically.
(End of Chapter)
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