Chapter 368 - - 366 leaves little time for others_1

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“Interesting little creature, an ant that can’t even ensure its own life and death actually thinks about what we, the audience, want to watch. Good job, worthy of a reward!”

“I strongly suggest that Pan-Universe Entertainment add an alliance mode to the next Alien Battlefield, I want to watch.”

“Duge has brought more and more surprises, by himself he revitalized ‘Resource Game.’ This guy really impressed me, @Pan-Universe Entertainment, if he’s not in the next Alien Battlefield, I won’t watch.”

“Interesting soul, @Pan-Universe Entertainment, if he dies one day, please sell me his soul.”

“Sell it to me, I’ll offer a higher price than the guy above.”

“What’s the use of saying these things on the forum, I suggest we have an auction.”

“Such an interesting soul shouldn’t be privately hoarded. My suggestion is that once he dies, stuff him into the body of a native on some Alien Battlefield, give him a random keyword, and let him reborn with memories. Let’s see how he deals with Alien Warriors, it would be very entertaining.”

“I agree with the proposal above.”

“I suggest the next Alien Battlefield allows for specific keyword nominations. He wants to perform for us, right? Give him a trash keyword and let’s see if he can still make something interesting out of it.”

“Isn’t loyalty a trash keyword? Yet he managed to play to number one. The others in the Alien Battlefield are fools, not one thought to assassinate Luo Shuang.”

“With his operation, even we couldn’t tell his keyword was loyalty. Those ants in the Alien Battlefield are even less likely to figure it out.”

“It’s said that due to this Alien Battlefield, the celestial will intervened. Since Duge sided with the son of fortune, Luo Shuang, he stumbled upon good luck. It might not be the same next time, random keywords are the specialty of Pan-Universe Entertainment, no need to specially arrange a trash keyword for him…”

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On the forum of Pan-Universe Entertainment.

Duge’s words ignited everyone’s enthusiasm, and the audience’s discussion was boiling.

Watching Duge on the monitor, Bai Long rested his chin on his hand and muttered softly, “What exactly has given you such a unique way of thinking?”

During this period, he had reviewed all of Qiyuan Star’s playback records but found no correlation to constellations.

And after watching Duge’s simulation experience, he found even more doubts, yet he kept the investigation results to himself.

After all.

Duge was his achievement.

As it seemed, as long as Duge did not perform too poorly, there was a good chance he could rise further with Duge as his charge. Therefore, exposing Duge’s secrets had no benefit for him.

Of course.

It had no benefit for the company either.

The popularity Duge had stirred up was too high. No matter what happened to him, the company would most likely protect him unless the audience got tired of him.

So, let’s just say that the celestial will was helping Duge!

However, Bai Long still decided that once Duge returned, he would personally examine his soul. He might not reveal Duge’s secrets, but he had to understand what was happening to Duge.

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Putting aside the hot topic that Duge ignited outside the Alien Battlefield.

On the Alien Battlefield.

Following the in-depth coverage of the Battle of Chong Mountain by the Linyang Daily Newspaper.

The names of Luo Shuang and Leng Shi once again echoed throughout the Chongming Country and the surrounding nations. From Lin City northward, the key cities along the way surrendered without any futile resistance.

Not a single city could withstand Luo Shuang’s army of four hundred thousand.

That’s right, after the hundred thousand soldiers marching to conquer Linyang City were summoned back by Lin Qing’s military order, they promptly chose to surrender. Luo Shuang’s forces swelled to four hundred thousand.

Five to six days later, with Foggy River as the boundary, half of Chongming Country’s territory fell into Duge’s hands…

And when the news of Duge thwarting Lin Qing’s encirclement spread.

All the Alien Warriors went crazy.

Duge’s expansion was too fast, already showing signs of the previous Alien Battlefield’s Wang Chong. If they did not contain him now, there really would be no way out.

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In the Capital City of Chongming Country.

Emperor Chongming, Gu Shicun, who had just stabilized the situation in the Capital City, upon hearing the news of Lin Qing’s betrayal, spat blood onto the dragon desk and shook with rage, cursing the traitor several times.

But when he asked the newly appointed Prime Minister, Pei Maer, for strategies to repel the enemy,

“Borrow your head for a moment,” Pei Maer said as he swung his sword and decapitated Emperor Chongming.

Then Pei Maer, having assassinated the emperor, sat upon the dragon throne in the full view of the civil and military officials and declared himself the Heavenly Demon Emperor.

Just as the Chongming Country seemed to have stabilized, it was plunged once more into chaos…

The very first act of Pei Maer after ascending the throne was to order all frontier troops to retreat to the Capital City and let the Chu Country’s military enter Chongming without resistance.

At the same time, he levied taxes within Chongming on air, urine and feces, and garbage.

For this purpose, Pei Maer created the Tax Army, specifically charged with the duty of tax collection.

He also set up the Supervision Department, banning all discussions about the “Linyang Daily Newspaper” and decreeing death for anyone caught discussing horoscopes…

In a moment’s time,

across the Foggy River, people were struggling to survive amidst widespread misery; everywhere were officials being killed and rebels taking up arms.

The entire Chongming Country was completely engulfed in chaos.

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Meanwhile,

the Empress of the Great Chu, Wu Tong, seduced King Chu into assembling a second expeditionary force to re-enter Chongming Country.

The expeditionary force was given to extreme luxury.

The accompanying singers and musicians alone numbered in the tens of thousands, requiring local officials to cover roads with earth wherever the army passed and to prepare provisions in advance or face execution without mercy.

Signs of unrest were also emerging within the Chu Country, but the Emperor seemed completely blind to this, lost in the pleasure that Wu Tong brought him, unable to extricate himself, to the point of neglecting even the reading of memos.

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The governor of North Sea Country, Ma Shichun, upon seeing the latest issue of the “Linyang Daily Newspaper,” could sit no longer.

That very day, he took up the Umbrella of all people, mounted his horse, and rode straight into the Capital City, offering himself in the royal court as the Prime Minister of North Sea Country to preside over reforms.

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In Qingwu Country, Wei Jiuchu, after ridding the country of the Beggar’s Gang, returned to the capital and immediately submitted a petition demanding an expedition against Chongming Country.

Feeling threatened by Luo Shuang, who had taken half of Emperor Chongming’s domain, Duke Dingguo had no choice but to agree and immediately summoned troops from various regions, amassing an army of four hundred thousand men under Wei Jiuchu’s command, ordering him to campaign against Chongming Country.

Not long after Wei Jiuchu’s departure, Duke Dingguo received news that Pei Maer had personally slain Emperor Chongming and ascended to the throne.

At that moment,

Duke Dingguo, seated on the dragon chair, turned pale and stayed stupefied for a long while before he came back to his senses and ordered those around him to secretly summon all the Grandmasters within Qingwu Country to come to the capital for protection.

He had personally entrusted Wei Jiuchu with the command of four hundred thousand troops; if Wei Jiuchu were to rebel like Pei Maer, the realm he had just seized and not yet solidified would likely change hands once more.

Changing rulers was a minor matter, but losing one’s life was a major one.

Yet Duke Dingguo dared not revoke Wei Jiuchu’s military authority.

At this very moment,

Duke Dingguo suddenly regretted having Wei Jiuchu eliminate Qu Liangdong.

Having another Heavenly Demon within the country as a counterbalance to Wei Jiuchu would have secured his throne; perhaps he could have even used their rivalry to his advantage. Now it was too late for regrets, and he could only hope that Wei Jiuchu, as he had claimed, would leave this world after eliminating the other Heavenly Demons!

These Heavenly Demons were too terrifying!

For a fleeting moment, Duke Dingguo even fantasied that if he hadn’t usurped the throne, then he wouldn’t have to deal with these headaches—it would be Emperor Qingwu’s problem instead.

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As for Hu Luxian, whose rank had fallen from eighth to tenth after seeing the latest “Linyang Daily Newspaper,” he sat quietly in his tent for three hours before suddenly discarding his golden robe and riding his horse into the boundless grasslands, never to look back.

Two days later, the news spread.

Hu Luxian’s name had quietly disappeared from the list of the top ten, and Wu Chang ascended to the tenth place.

From then on, half of the top ten was occupied by Luo Shuang’s Sky Gang Land Killing, echoing her conquest of half of Chongming Country.

Alien Warriors from other stars, save for those from Qiyuan Star, felt an even greater sense of crisis and couldn’t afford to hesitate any longer, one by one they began to rally around the highest-ranking individuals from their respective stars.

All except for those from Ceres Star.

They had finally had someone from their star break into the top ten, but it was under Leng Shi’s command, and not a single Alien Warrior from Ceres Star believed he was one of their own!

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