The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 137 - 53: Sanctuary Split? (3k)

Chapter 137: Chapter 53: Sanctuary Split? (3k)

"What happened?"

Although she could access Fei Wen’s vision at any time, Bai Yi still asked out of habit.

After all, wasn’t bringing Shang Ji back meant to handle and summarize these messy pieces of information, so as to reduce her workload?

"Currently, the specific situation remains unconfirmed, but based on current observations, the Sanctuary seems to have fallen into internal strife.

The Sanctuary is roughly divided into four parts, but the specific rulers of each part are still under investigation."

Bai Yi nodded in understanding, she didn’t attempt to inquire about more detailed information, waiting for Shang Ji to continue the investigation.

"Gather as much intelligence as possible, your first task is to cooperate with them in handling the matters of the Sanctuary, go for it, I’m counting on you~"

"Please rest assured, Master, I will definitely bring you enough harvest and seize sufficient benefits."

Shang Ji immediately grasped the hint, isn’t it just about getting enough benefits from a power of tens of thousands of people.

If it weren’t for learning from the Swarm Network that this place, barely the size of a city in Crete, actually had so many fifth-tier ranks, he would have been confident that he could completely take over the Sanctuary!

Bai Yi walked out of the tree hollow but then seemed to remember something, turned back, and reminded:

"Remember, those people will be part of my territory promotion mission, don’t kill them all!"

Having said that, Bai Yi tossed over the requirements for the promotion mission.

Although she already had a group of workers and their families, the number was just over two thousand, still far from the ten thousand required by the mission.

Since she didn’t plan to return to the instance for promotion, she could only make do with the people from the Sanctuary~

With the ability of the Swarm, it was merely about bringing them fear, Bai Yi thought there would be no difficulty, wouldn’t completing her mission be a piece of cake?

Seeing the mission requirements sent by Bai Yi, Shang Ji was all too familiar with them, isn’t it just a ritual? Although the requirements of the ritual were a bit strange, it doesn’t prevent him from having a plan of action.

The split within the Sanctuary was clearly orchestrated by some big shots or a few powerful individuals above.

Through the perspective of Fei Wen, those commoners seemed to be living quite miserably.

Already unable to secure food and clothing due to natural disasters, now with the division, they were barely clinging to life.

If the Swarm could bring them hope, not too much, just enough to give them sufficient food and a place to live, he could easily earn their reverence.

He already knew the basic situation of the territory from the Swarm Network, knowing that under Bai Yi’s ability, there was no shortage of food in the territory.

Moreover, with these people, whether their lord plans to develop industry later or has other plans, they could be useful, anyway, keeping them wouldn’t cost much food.

As for management, he was a professional!

Bai Yi was unaware of what schemes Shang Ji was plotting and left the tree hollow.

Bai Sheng and Zhan Yi were chattering about the ownership of supernatural plants when Bai Sheng seemed to receive some news and hurriedly ran back to Bai Yi.

"Master, is there another mission?"

With Bai Sheng taking the lead, the others also put away their playful mindset and gathered at her side awaiting orders.

"Mhm, I need you to start laying out Fungus Blankets in the tunnels around here, quickly disperse the Swarm’s vision, and then search for targets within White Poplar City that meet the Cycle Challenge requirements, but this is not the main mission.

What I want is to spread the Fungus Blankets as soon as possible after the cold disaster ends and the snow melts, to restore the Swarm’s self-sufficiency.

Also, Zhan Yi, you are familiar with this area, find a plot of land and set up a large factory and dormitory, I need to accommodate some industrial machinery and workers.

As for the three of you, remember to come back on time, waiting to be formally integrated into the Swarm Network through the Swarm Fusion Ritual like them, for easier communication."

Bai Yi briefly outlined her plan to Bai Sheng, who, with rich experience, immediately understood Bai Yi’s intentions and left with Bai Fa to prepare after taking several cards from Bai Yi’s hands.

Zhan Yi also had obtained more detailed information from the Swarm Network and led the trio in search of the required area.

With the arrangements in place, Bai Yi also felt much lighter, taking over the work from Zhan Yi and began wrestling with her own Transcendent plants.

They had already released some earlier, but all were low-tier Transcendent plants planted in pots.

Taking advantage of her ability to easily relocate plants, Bai Yi released several of the most powerful plants along with the Tree-man.

The Tree-man, which had already integrated Swarm Consciousness and could move independently, didn’t need a specific location; Bai Yi let them find their favorite rooting spots in the forest themselves.

As for the rest of the Transcendent plants, they were planted in a clearing a certain distance away from You’s roots and wooden vines.

Although technically, the shade from You’s vast canopy meant that the clearing was no longer suitable for planting.

But among these superpowered plants, there is one that is an outlier, capable of emitting light.

It is already a Sunsinger, ready to ascend to the Sacrificial Light Bishop at any moment.

Having grown to this stage, it has even developed its own consciousness, its own likes and dislikes, and can now be referred to as "she."

Moreover, some time has passed since the last Fusion, and she is ready to continue advancing at any moment.

However, before fusing with that relic, Bai Yi decided to be more cautious and planned to first attempt a gigantification Fusion entry for her, to reduce the risks associated with the Fusion process.

From the strength exhibited by the bishops of the Sun Church Court encountered by the Swarm, one could speculate that after ascending, the Sunflower might have the power to envelope the area within the giant banyan’s reach in warmth akin to spring, achieving brightness like that of broad daylight.

The name Bai Yi has thought of for after the ascension is "Sunshine Sunflower."

Yes, that’s the one from Plants vs. Zombies, with the only difference being that Bai Yi’s Sunflower is not just a logistics unit that only produces Sunshine; her combat power is also among the highest ranks.

Thinking of this, Bai Yi was somewhat impatient and decided not to wait for her Magic Power to recover. She took out some Crystal Rice and boosted her Magic Power Value, and started the Fusion process.

The time swiftly moved to evening, and as Bai Sheng and the others returned to their territory, they could see from afar the brightly lit territory, the huge tree canopy radiating light like daylight, displaying its radiance through the leaves of the giant banyan in the dark night.

When they returned to the interior of the territory and truly experienced the light, they felt the warmth and blessings brought by the dazzling golden light, and the source of it all was the one Sunflower that had grown to be five or six meters in height, shining bright golden.

After a brief surprise, everyone gathered around Bai Yi again to report their progress.

The Fungus Blanket tunnels had been planned and excavation had begun; according to the projected speed, they would be completed by noon the next day.

The factory relocation site sought by Zhan Yi and her team was placed across the Red River on the southern side, where there was a larger tidal flat. With the construction of dykes and houses, they could establish a sizeable village.

In fact, Zhan Yi and her team had already found some traces of long-collapsed brick houses overtaken by weeds, which had only been discovered in the snow after a detailed exploration.

These cleanup and construction tasks would likely take some time due to the presence of snow before those workers could see the light of day again.

After these minor matters were reported, it was time for the real issues that required everyone’s joint decision-making.

Bai Yi had already decided to delegate most of the day-to-day affairs to them for discussion. Of course, the final decision-making power was still in Bai Yi’s hands, but the details of the specific work were something she planned to fully let go of.

During her time in the instance, she had seen the capabilities of her "farmwives," and although the process might differ somewhat from her expectations, the results were always right.

Yes, this was the reason she trusted them, and it wasn’t because she wanted to be lazy.

Bai Yi repeated this to herself over and over in her mind, and with the help of the Crystal Rice, she had also fused the Swarm Consciousness into the three of them.

When she returned today, she hadn’t quite gotten used to the existence of such a fine thing as Crystal Rice, but after using it that afternoon, she could only express that it was indeed fantastic!

Once everyone was connected to the Swarm Network, communications within the territory had officially entered the information age — the basis of which was not machinery, but the brains of all the organisms within the territory.

And the first, and the most pressing issue to be resolved that evening, after setting up this network, was that Sanctuary suspected of being split.

"Based on current Reconnaissance, it has been confirmed that White Poplar Sanctuary has indeed fallen into division without a doubt, splitting into four parts.

The former director of the Sanctuary, who is on good terms with us, Commander Hong, is one of them, but he belongs to one of the weaker factions.

The other three each have at least one Broken Army Level, that is, a 5th-tier Superpower User, and numerous other Superpower Users. Commander Hong has only one Broken Army Level Superpower User, and fewer than 20 other Superpower Users.

Moreover, according to fragments of conversations overheard by Fei Wen, they each support a Lord, but who exactly they are still needs further investigation.

And due to this split, the current population of the lower levels has already decreased to about fifteen thousand people, with food and fuel being far from sufficient - it’s very likely that their numbers will continue to decline drastically in the coming days."

Shang Ji uploaded all the information he had gathered to the network, and then added:

"My personal recommendation for a solution is to secretly spread propaganda among the lower-class residents using the power of the Swarm, taking advantage of their desire for food to lead them away under cover of night.

The Swarm has never truly revealed its strength before, so there will be no one on guard against this, and as those few factions are very lax in their management of the civilians, it will be quite easy to evacuate them under the cover of night.

Once we have enough people, we no longer have any reservations, and we can start the war directly!"

At first, Bai Sheng was somewhat impatient with this plan, feeling that Shang Ji was too timid, but when she heard the end, she realized that the other party had the same idea as she did, and his plan was even more meticulous than hers, and she began to agree with Shang Ji.

As for nighttime warfare, Bai Sheng had plenty of experience within the instance.

Even though the enemies were stronger this time, they also had high-level combat power and many Abnormal Objects to aid them; with proper operations, how much could a mere four 5th-tier Superpower Users amount to?

The group quickly began to discuss the details and allocate each person’s tasks.

For instance, how to settle the returned population, the specific distribution of combat, logistics supply...

Shang Ji had an answer for each question, and the plan quickly became clear and was set to be executed the next day.

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Golden Sunflower Seeds (5th-tier/Gold): A nutrient-rich food item, after use, it purifies all negative effects of 6th-tier and below and provides a Life Value recovery of 10 points per second and a Magic Power Value recovery of 10 points, lasting for 1 hour...