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Chapter 410 - 379 Celebration

Chapter 410: Chapter 379 Celebration

"Miss Wang, you?"

Su Konghu’s brain short-circuited; two months ago, while traveling, he accidentally saved Wang Biliu, who claimed she was being forced by her stepmother to marry a widower. Feelings blossomed along the way.

But now, she seemed like a stranger.

Li Cheng watched coldly from the sidelines, not particularly surprised. "Since Emperor Yong’an has already made a deal, he naturally can’t place all his hopes on the Jinyi Guard and the Taoists of Dragon Tiger Mountain.

He must send reliable spies as his last resort.

If necessary, he would kill everyone hindering his plans, including the loyal Jinyi Guard."

Li Cheng pulled Kuyu Monk up from the ground, quite admiring this monk for having moral standards far beyond his contemporary bald counterparts.

He casually grabbed a small engine used for go-karts from the warehouse and directly shoved it into Kuyu’s chest, replacing the damaged heart.

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Kuyu thought he was already dead, but suddenly revived, his square face filled with bewilderment, and he spat out a mouthful of diesel.

Wang Biliu took half a step back, a smile on her face, but her eyes were full of coldness and alertness.

She deliberately ignored Su Konghu’s pained and confused expression, staring directly at Li Cheng who revived Kuyu Monk, "Your methods of reviving the dead and rebuilding bones seem truly divine, surpassing any Alchemist.

Do you have any interest in serving His Majesty?"

"Not likely, last time I worked at a hot pot place, the boss kept saying I lacked service spirit, to treat customers like God. I ended up hanging the customer’s son on a cross and hadn’t nailed the hands before I was fired."

Li Cheng shook his head, interested, "By the way, which department are you from?

The palace? Eastern Factory? Western Factory? Inner Factory?"

Wang Biliu didn’t answer, just flipped her dagger and quietly spun it.

In over two hundred years of the Great Ming Dynasty, there weren’t many Martial Arts Grandmasters, but every one of them, once they donned armor, could wreak havoc in enemy formations.

Even faced with matchlock and flintlock guns, grandmasters could block bullets using Protective True Qi.

However, in front of Li Cheng, Wang Biliu had no confidence in winning.

Especially considering Gray Rain stood beside him; judging by the deep footprints on the ground, he had certainly cultivated top-level techniques like Thousand Jin Fall...

"If you don’t want to answer, that’s fine."

Li Cheng smirked, cheerfully, "Last question, what’s the deal with the white fish meat?

The Tu Family’s five branches each inherited an organ from their ancestors, playing their roles in the plan.

The third branch inherited the seahorse’s belly and reproductive abilities, which, though seemingly not as important as the foresight of the fourth branch or the hallucinatory abilities of the fifth branch,

actually serve a unique purpose, which is [backcrossing]."

The crowd’s expressions changed abruptly; backcrossing is a special hybridization method in genetics, where offspring from a hybridization are crossed again with one of the parent species. It’s commonly used in plant and animal breeding.

As early as the Northern Song period, Wang Yucheng’s "Small Livestock Collection·Record of Horses" documented how Fu Yanqing’s horse breeders under the command of the tianxiong army governor crossbred the colt with its mare mother to cultivate superior warhorses.

(Incidentally, this article mentioned the colt died crashing through a gate after the cross, as a warning against indulgence and inbreeding. It wasn’t widely spread during the Song era but misrepresented in modern times by marketing accounts blaming horse policy derelictions on the Song.)

"The Tu Family members are certain of their eternal life, and Tu Wangjuan has already promised Emperor Yong’an eternal life, so the King of Cangze who made part of the prophecy three thousand years ago should also be able to live forever."

Li Cheng stated coldly, "If I’m not mistaken, the old king has long merged with the giant stone surface.

And later, when the Tu Family wanted to merge into the stone, they’d have to reacquire bloodline inheritance from the old king.

Thus, using the reproductive abilities of the Tu Family’s third branch, breeding as much as possible,

the offspring born would be crossbred with the reincarnated parent, the old king.

By repeating this process, the overall traits of the offspring would increasingly resemble those of the reincarnated parent.

The third branch’s Tu Dongcong would rather die than merge with the stone, likely due to his extreme distaste for the family’s inheritance methods.

As for the white giant salamander, they are the discarded offspring with inferior genes in the genealogical selection."

Zhang Fulu’s face changed greatly, "Wait, are you saying..."

Li Cheng pushed the glasses on his nose, "That’s right; the white giant salamanders are the Tu Family babies who failed to acquire human form.

The large water tanks in the third branch of the Tu Family are ’cribs’."

"Ugh—"

Everyone who had eaten fish sashimi felt their stomachs churn violently,

Gray Rain felt nauseous too, hastily pinching his stomach hard, vomiting all its contents, cursing out loud, "That’s violating food safety; is there no fairness at all?

Next year’s 315, don’t count on the Tu Family showing up."

Uh... considering the current state of the Tu Family, they won’t be able to walk.

"Pifu,"

Wang Biliu spoke slowly, cautiously, "The court’s navy is currently heading towards Red Island, soon to land and take over. The Great Ming does not intend to clash with you, as long as you don’t interfere, everything can be negotiated."

"Interfere? You got it wrong, I’m not interested in the King of Cangze’s calculations, the Tu Family’s schemes, the deals between Tu Wangjuan and the Emperor."

Li Cheng glanced around; Kuyu Monk was indignant, Zhang Fulu’s face was ashen, Su Konghu was pained and struggling, Lu Hu and Sikong Lan were lost and clueless.

Finally, Li Cheng’s gaze came to rest on Tu Wangjuan and Wang Biliu; he sighed, "You two, including Emperor Yong’an, fancy yourselves as players, yet you remain mere pawns."

Wang Biliu’s eyelids twitched violently, tightening her grip on the dagger unconsciously, "What do you mean?"

"Roughly, it’s about time."

As Li Cheng spoke, the ground at the bottom of the sinkhole cracked wide open, and torrential seawater erupted from the fissures, lifting up the Bronze Giant Ship.

The ship’s internal mechanical structures began roaring to life, generating intangible waves of strength that swept across the surroundings, causing chaotic gravity.

"What’s happening?!"

Lu Hu and others found it hard to stay upright as they floated uncontrollably. The surrounding dirt, pebbles, building debris, and plants all rose into the air.

The return journey had already begun; the ship slowly ascended, and Frog God gradually opened its eyes, formed from the melted bodies of the Tu Family people, gazing at the full moon.

[Stage Two Mission Objective: Use the invitation to board the ship to Red Island, survive until the end of the longevity banquet]

[Mission Time Limit: 48 hours]

The banquet for the living was long over, yet the system still hadn’t broadcasted, which means...

Li Cheng floated in mid-air, proclaiming, "The longevity banquet is not celebrating Lady Tu’s birthday, but the Frog God’s three-thousand-year arrival in the mortal world!"