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"Why did the Buddha Lord decide to visit me?"

After the main force of the Demon Realm was annihilated, both families quickly started to consume the resources of the Northern Demon Domain. Old Liu showed great sincerity; knowing his intelligence was inadequate, he shared with me possible areas where the Demon Realm’s resources might appear.

Then, based on each of our needs, we split the forces to divide the resources.

I have to say, the other side was more straightforward than expected.

Although we had an agreement, having been allies against a common enemy, the division of resources of the Demon Realm was only verbally agreed upon.

Even if they didn’t openly renege, they could quietly refuse based on intelligence, and I couldn’t do anything about it, unable to sever ties in the short term.

But they didn’t do that. Such sincerity, in my view, is quite rare. For these outsiders from the so-called Digital City, I had my first hint of respect, wondering whether there could be cooperation and mutual benefit in the future.

After all, Heavenly Dao... is also hinting for me to do so.

"Your Majesty." Old Liu performed a Buddhist salute, then got straight to the point: "Have many Ghost Kings from Path of Yin Yang joined forces with you here?"

"Is Buddha Lord here because of this matter?" The Emperor was startled, a slight suspicion flickering in his mind. Could it be that the other party feared he absorbed so many Ghost Kings?

With this thought, the goodwill that had just risen in his heart instantly vanished completely.

These people indeed don’t want to see me grow stronger. They divided resources to engage me in resisting foreign enemies, but if my power trends toward surpassing them, they will become anxious.

Indeed... we are ultimately not of the same path.

Old Liu saw the cold glint in his counterpart’s eyes, and his heart skipped a beat.

Terrible!!

Already infected...

He now understood the frightening nature of this thing. The Emperor, whom he had observed for a long time, was a person with steadfast will, practically on par with Chen Qing in his view. Yet, someone like him was so effortlessly influenced!

No wonder Elder Long fell to this thing’s grip...

"Your Majesty..." Old Liu said solemnly: "It’s like this..."

He roughly explained the situation; whether the other party believes it or not is another matter, certain things must be said!

"There’s such a thing?" The Emperor was stunned, the coldness in his heart slightly alleviated, yet still filled with doubt.

"This thing is formless and shapeless, extremely terrifying. Your Majesty, think carefully, the Heaven’s Court collapsed, Chen Qing has favorable conditions, why is no one willing to join him? Those rumors about Chen Qing, do you believe them?"

The Emperor was silent. He had met Chen Qing several times, could perceive his demeanor, and didn’t believe that this man was a puppet or a disguiser.

He had seen many people, like the deeply scheming King of Qin, but only Chen Qing, even if enigmatic as a fox, possessed an aura of sincerity.

The King of Qin is a hypocritical idealist; Chen Qing is different; he is genuinely like that, and even those deeply scheming like the King of Qin who aren’t willing to be subordinate have joined Chen Qing, showing his charisma.

Chen Qing has never been the King type; he is an idealist, and precisely in this dark world, such a powerful idealist represents a beacon of hope for many.

"Buddha Lord means these Ghost Kings joined me because they were infected?"

"At least most of them...," Old Liu was straightforward: "Your Majesty is fully aware of the conditions here. Even if you provide them ample resources, your prospects are the least favored among all factions; does everyone have a heart for enduring hardship?"

"I’m not discouraging Your Majesty, though your strength, even with resource enhancement, resembles the ancient, matching them in a short time is impossible."

The Emperor contemplated in silence for half a moment. He understood and doubted, but speaking it out was still hard to accept.

"How should we handle it now?"

"Temporarily isolate them, prevent prolonged contact with your Ghost King army, and you, Your Majesty, also avoid extensive contact with your soldiers for now. I suspect you’ve already been infected; otherwise, you wouldn’t have revealed hostility to me so easily, given your cunning, even with hostility, you shouldn’t show it easily. "

The Emperor was taken aback, fear arising in his heart. Damn, have I really been caught?

Yes, my past self wouldn’t reveal thoughts so easily.

I’m known for being the most able to endure. Back when I plotted against King of Qin, wasn’t it with my endurance?

"This infection... has no signs?" The Emperor frowned. This was too exaggerated; simply interacting with those Ghost Kings could lead to infection?

This is more exaggerated than the Plague Army, right?

"Your Majesty finds it unbelievable, right?

" The Buddha Lord immediately smiled bitterly: "You must understand; the designers created these to challenge players, naturally prioritizing difficulty and gameplay over logic. This thing sounds nonsensical, but it’s true; you should be grateful that Pu YunChuan was ill when designing these things; otherwise, there would be a lot more terrifying stuff later on. "

The Emperor: "....."

"Even if it’s as you say, I isolate those Ghost Kings, then avoid contact with those around me, what next? Let the thing continue to roam freely? Surely there’s some way to deal with it!"

"For now, data on it is the least available.

Actually, several factions have never dared to face the fourth version, it occupies a substantial part.

Such formless, shapeless things are entirely a curse, the key being there was no known strategy to defeat it back then, belonging to a completely unknown monster, with no means to capture it presently. "

"Do you mean we have no solutions?"

"We’ve spent billions of years, during these times I haven’t been idle," Liu old sighed: "I collected past data, assembled analytic teams, continuously analyzing evolution, even simulating such abilities in this world to see how it can be cracked, but none succeeded."

The Buddha Lord wouldn’t simply admit defeat, right? Tell me, what are your plans?"

"First, try to cut off infection; I’ve always believed the influence scope of such a thing is limited and can’t possibly spread infinitely, otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense; monsters are designed to be conquered, if completely unrestricted, it violates basic principles of monster design."

"Really?" The Emperor said slyly: "Then when designing us back then, what strategy was there?"

The Buddha Lord looked at the Emperor, who was stunned, suddenly realizing his emotions seemed out of control again. Slightly embarrassed, he turned away saying: "But endlessly avoiding isn’t the solution, we must find it ultimately."

"As for finding it, we still need to rely on Chen Qing."

"Chen Qing?"

"He and King of Qin inherited most of Pu YunChuan’s memory, when knowing monster weaknesses, no one understands better than the designer."