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Chapter 1077 - 728: Sleep Talk (Happy Lantern Festival)

Chapter 1077: Chapter 728: Sleep Talk (Happy Lantern Festival)

In the inner city of Xuan City, Li Changhe sat upon the Bronze Throne.

Xiao Nan took a few steps back, knowing that this moment belonged to him.

The Great Tang’s Tian Ce General was about to rally and inspect his mighty army here.

The colossal empress-class armored warriors, like walls of steel, left vast footprints on the ground with every step. They stood behind the Bronze Throne, forming the most terrifying barrier of steel.

Before the throne, on both sides, over a thousand armored warriors knelt on one knee. Holding the battle flags of their respective units with immense pride, they demonstrated their strong military spirit before their general.

The survivors who witnessed this scene felt an almost tangible sense of oppression.

This was undoubtedly the most powerful army in the world, and the youth on the throne was its supreme leader.

The Great Tang’s Jiedu Envoy, the newly-appointed King of Xuan City, General Li Ba.

In such a situation, as the sole high-ranking survivor of Xuan City.

The Spring Sacrifice knelt on both knees beneath the throne with the surviving Royal Guards, making a request to the new king.

Her position was actually quite awkward, for she had opposed Li Changhe and others many times before. If not for her ignorance of the players’ abilities and characteristics, she would have been a very difficult enemy to deal with.

In the outer city, after her attempts to persuade Chen Yu and Qiu Wentian had failed, she surrounded the civilians with her Royal Guards, only to watch her compatriots gradually wither under the aliens’ attack.

At that moment, her mindset began to change.

Especially when she saw the Expeditionary Army, like Heavenly Soldiers descending from the sky, truly coming to save the people, she completely reversed her opinion of Li Changhe and the others.

Thus, she did not flee with the surviving Royal Guards, scheming revenge for the queen.

Instead, she kneeled humbly on the ground, before the Bronze Throne.

Li Changhe, for his part, was not worried she would cause any trouble; after all, as a Believer, the only one who could disrupt his own was the insect god, which had also been seriously injured.

At this moment, he only needed to give an order, and the Spring Sacrifice, as a Believer, would atone with her death.

But the Spring Sacrifice still came, steeling herself.

Now that the Queen of Xuan City was dead, the mess she left behind inevitably fell upon the survivors.

The first issue was the hidden danger within the bodies of the citizens of Xuan City; secondly, there was the hostility towards Xuan City from other nations. After this disaster, the secrets of Xuan City had likely been revealed to them.

Therefore, the Spring Sacrifice pleaded with Li Changhe, hoping he would treat the citizens of Xuan City kindly.

The citizens of Xuan City carried the Insect God’s True Blood in their veins. The offspring born from their union have a certain probability of becoming Mutants, which could lead to new dangers.

As the disaster struck, the citizens had come to understand that the Queen of Xuan City had altered the course of their lives.

Their children had to grow up under strict control.

This was the origin of the Xuan City baptism, during which those children who underwent mutations were to become residents of the Bottom Nest, gradually losing their humanity.

And when the Bottom Nest residents consume each other to advance, they would transform into various alien monsters, threatening the whole world.

This was an insurmountable obstacle; their very existence seemed like original sin.

As long as the citizens of Xuan City were alive, there was the potential for aliens to emerge. Previously, the dominion of the Queen of Xuan City had restrained them. But now...

"This is indeed a difficult problem. Although you have become the King of Xuan City and seized control of the insect swarm consciousness from the insect god, allowing you to issue any command to the aliens, once we complete the Task and leave this world, we cannot guarantee what harm the aliens might cause after your departure," Xiao Nan reminded Li Changhe in [Friends].

"I’m aware... that even if one alien escapes, it would bring unpredictable dangers to the world. Even if we killed the insect god, it wouldn’t change this outcome," Li Changhe responded in [Friends].

Subsequently, Li Changhe looked toward the Spring Sacrifice kneeling below and said, "Xuan City will not perish, Xuan City will still maintain its neutrality, as always. It will continue to protect the weak, women, and children from the ravages of war. Any nation or individual who dares to offend Xuan City will be met with retribution from the Great Tang’s Expeditionary Army. Now, go and tally the population of Xuan City’s citizenry, and report to the Great Tang Protectorate. Someone will come to assist you."

"You’re not going to execute me?" the Spring Sacrifice inquired.

"Do your job well, save more people," Li Changhe responded casually, since she was the only one in Xuan City still of use. Having her save more lives was a better choice.

"I understand, thank you for your mercy. I will carry out your orders immediately. May victory be with us!" The Spring Sacrifice sighed in relief and bowed again.

Clearly, the Spring Sacrifice already considered herself a subject of Li Changhe.

After all, Li Changhe himself was the supreme leader of the Great Tang Protectorate. Now he had also become the King of Xuan City.

Judging from his recent declaration, the Great Tang Protectorate would shelter Xuan City, ensuring that it at least would not suffer from external aggression.

After the recent crisis, Xuan City no longer had the capability to resist external malice.

Moreover, if Li Changhe wished to completely eliminate the hidden dangers posed by the aliens and the Mutants, there was actually a very convenient and effective method available to him.

That was to permanently exterminate all the citizens of Xuan City, completely severing the transmission of Divine Blood.

For the King of Xuan City, this was not a difficult task.

He didn’t even need to mobilize his own Expeditionary Army. He merely had to issue a command to the Royal Guard.

The Royal Guard would carry out everything for him, and in the end, would take their own lives before him, completely exterminating the Insect God’s True Blood.

As a revered being, Li Changhe’s orders were absolute for the Royal Guard of Xuan City.

However, Li Changhe did not choose this method.

This greatly surprised the Spring Sacrifice.

"Indeed, he is the true King of Xuan City, he truly has Xuan City’s best interests at heart. Under his leadership, the citizens of Xuan City can live peaceful lives. No... such a being should not be bound solely to the land of Xuan City, there should be more Believers, more humanity..." the Spring Sacrifice thought to herself.

Perhaps it was a shift in faith or her attachment to Xuan City, that made her wholeheartedly become a loyal Believer of Li Changhe.

And the soldier Li Changhe sent to assist the Spring Sacrifice... was naturally Wu Jie, the sole leader of the Thousand Cattle Guard.

He boasted of being the general’s own army and was one of the few soldiers who had had contact with Li Changhe. He unhesitatingly volunteered for this Task.

He already greatly admired Li Changhe, especially after the battle for Xuan City.

A great many soldiers from the Expeditionary Army had witnessed with their own eyes the green flames tearing through despair! That was the Flame of Hope! It was the Flame of Hope ignited in humanity’s darkest hour!

Under such circumstances, Wu Jie encountered the Spring Sacrifice.

Both individuals, holding different convictions but sharing faith in the same existence, underwent a transformation at that moment.

This transformation affected Xuan City, the Great Tang Protectorate, and even spread to the entire continent.

At a certain moment, it even became a murmuring echoing through the entire void.

(Friends, Happy Lantern Festival)

(It’s not that I don’t update more, it’s just that I’m really being pushed at home)

(Once things settle down, I will definitely write more)

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