The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 197 - 111: Investment Plan (3k)

Chapter 197: Chapter 111: Investment Plan (3k)

[The Cycle Challenge is about to begin, you have been assigned to the instance—All-star War, please confirm entry as soon as possible.]

The next day at noon, the panel notification popped up on time, alerting Bai Yi that the challenge was about to begin.

However, the unit type that would be entered had already been determined the day before, but because Bai Fa and her team were still researching, they had not prepared her and the witches for entry in advance.

After all, they still had research work in their hands, and waiting in there would just be a complete waste of time; naturally, it is better to gather and prepare when the start is imminent.

Notifications had already been sent through the Swarm Network, and soon she and a few Rank 5 witches transformed from Parasitized Superpower Users would be ready to assemble.

Unlike combat units, the supplies that needed to be carried had been prepared well in advance.

In addition to an external seed outfit prepared by Bai Yi, she also prepared a basic set of Mineral Altar construction materials for them.

It’s unclear whether buildings can be constructed inside the instance, but this small amount of materials only took up about a fifth of their carry capacity.

Even if not used in the end, those materials could also serve as starting resources.

The remaining part was even simpler; they filled the remaining carry capacity over eight thousand with the best Magic Power Crystals from the current territory.

For Bai Yi’s swarm, Blood Flesh has become equivalent to Magic Power; although Blood Flesh is more convenient for them, Magic Power Crystals are better in terms of cost efficiency for the same carry capacity.

Only the witches are left, who, under the effect of digesting words, can even gnaw on Blood Flesh trees when necessary, and pure Magic Power alone could sustain their basic needs.

This principle is the same as plants using Magic Power to grow; usually, until Rank 3 or even Rank 4, their own Magic Power recovery cannot offset their consumption.

But this is not an issue for the witches who gained maxed Magic Power recovery from Bai Yi.

Although they can fast in a sense, as long as food can offset this consumption and even provide more Magic Power, Bai Yi and the witches maintain the habit of regular meals.

This is also one way Bai Yi makes herself feel human, if one actually stops partaking in the normal human life and loses the social interactions of old.

Bai Yi is really worried that she will gradually become non-human; necessary ceremonial feelings have to be maintained.

Of course, there’s another important reason: the cafeteria in Eternal Life City is indeed good; as food sacrificed to their own Lord, all are prepared to the highest standards...

But if Bai Yi, for the sake of focusing on cultivating life, occasionally does not eat, it’s not a problem.

As long as they make good use of this batch of Magic Power Crystals, the swarm can spread as quickly as possible, establishing a sufficient Fungus Blanket underground and start building a Blood Flesh Worm Nest.

For this plan, Bai Yi even specially bred several Burrowing Worms to ensure that they can quickly excavate underground spaces large enough to accommodate the swarm upon entry.

After all, this instance’s background is that of the first-choice war scenario, who knows if there will be any high-powered weapons, and being underground is the best way to block these types of weapons.

Once the swarm is the base card, then the witches have their chance to shine.

Relying on underground passages, the witches spreading spores is virtually undetectable.

Even the enemy, if they do not protect themselves well while fighting with the witches, may inadvertently hit their allies.

—Or become one of the opposing side themselves.

Moreover, Bai Yi even put in five Rank 5 units in preparation for a direct fight, including the Grand Judge and the Wind Series and Thunder Series Superpower Users who contributed the most to the eradication of the giant deer.

So Bai Yi is full of confidence for this Cycle Challenge!

And just learned last night, the two Parasitic Lords’ Cycle Challenges under her were also arranged by this morning.

Yes, not only Anonymous, but also Firecracker...

Uh, or say, Big Roulette Lord, also has a spot in the Cycle Challenge.

But if they want to accumulate Combat Power, it’s a bit more troublesome, as two, to some extent, under her banner.

Even if the Lords have "fallen" first, their parasitized unit types could hardly "struggle" within the game’s judgement, and it’s a stretch to count it as their own Combat Power.

Even their whole territory is just one surrender away from being completely integrated into Bai Yi’s swarm.

Not to mention the division of part of the swarm to their subordinates to fill the battle units for participating in Cycle Challenge.

Even Witch transformation could be the final weight on the scale, aside from the Lord himself, all become units of Bai Yi.

Bai Yi, however, does not have any powerful external items, unlike Jun Lin who can bring out a bunch of high-tier weapons, or Landon who can present various Magic Items.

All her workshops are still in the early stages; the only output is just the Magic Power Electric Light Bulb that was recently perfected by Bai Gong.

What she could provide to the two were only the Biological Armor and the matching Bionic Golden Core that allows their unit type to reach directly to Rank 4. That’s it!

Yet, how can this be secure?

Even if because of their own Rank, they could only match up with Rank 3 and Rank 2 opponents respectively, but without a definitive advantage, that’s equivalent to having no advantage!

No advantage means risking failure, which rounds up to a dire situation for me!

This cannot do!

After a morning of arduous meditation, Bai Yi finally tested a method that would let them successfully latch onto her subordinate’s unit type!

That is Witch transformation!

Although after a prolonged period of Parasitism, as long as they transform into a Witch, they would break through that layer of judgement and become completely a unit type under her.

But transformation is a process. After the last business opportunity and more tests on humans, it’s been found that the longest conversion time for an average human male, given the greatest genetic gap, is around 14 hours, while for an average human female it would be about half an hour less.

As long as they are pre-registered on the panel according to the corresponding Rank during their infected state, they can successfully enter as regular Combat Units. But ultimately, what emerges inside the instance are witches.

Moreover, the prompt from the panel just now revealed that there are two people’s share, and Bai Yi has learned of their instance allocation through the Swarm Network.

Anonymous’ allocation result is a world with a medieval setting and a low magic environment, while that "Firecracker" is a post-nuclear apocalypse world

— perfect for the "Firecracker" setting, it is.

The former is undoubtedly very suitable for witches to exert their influence. As long as there are enough humans and no targeted Causality weapons, witches are the ultimate "man" treasure!

Bai Yi even saw a description of witches in the background, and there might even be unexpected gains.

Although the latter has a sharp decline in population due to disaster, it also makes every settlement like an isolated island, and often such an island needs only a witch to be sown, and by next year...

Cough cough, just need to invest one witch, and by the next day, the entire settlement could be transformed into witches.

Moreover, a Rank 4 in a Rank 2 instance is all about slaughter, which is the least of Bai Yi’s concerns.

Time passed quickly, and the witches entering the instance assembled smoothly; three groups disappeared within Bai Yi’s territory.

However, the fact that these two’s Combat Units have entered the instance does not mean they can sit back and relax.

Along with Anonymous’ Cycle Challenge information from yesterday came a business plan from Shang Ji tailored for this challenge!

This was an idea she came up with yesterday afternoon after revealing detailed information about the challenge and reviewing the statements made by the other Lords in the channel.

Currently, the Low-level Lords of White Poplar City, due to the last Cycle Challenge, have been fattened up by Bai Yi, gaining in strength and becoming overconfident, all eager to try their hand at this Cycle Challenge.

But their strength is not enough to surpass their peers, and they’re worried about being targeted, not gaining enough, or even being forced out by other regional Lords from the "dining table".

That’s an entire instance’s worth of profit!

If they can completely eliminate those competitors, they would rather receive their corpses to grow their own strength!

This huge profit immediately tempted many Lords.

But they all knew that their own strength could not improve suddenly and even crush other regional peers of the same Rank, so they had to seek external solutions.

And currently in White Poplar City, only Jun Lin and Anonymous, acting as Bai Yi’s agent, could sell high-tier equipment and items.

In order to convert more Combat Power and invest in their own instance units, many Lords even brought out their bottom-drawer rare blueprints or unexpectedly gained auxiliary Abnormal Objects to exchange for higher Combat Power.

They want to go all in on this Cycle Challenge.

After all, if successful, the return could be doubled, or even several times more!

Such a frenzy, akin to investing in the stock market, cannot be suppressed by rationality, which, instead, might fuel this madness.

Even knowing they could end up with nothing if they failed, some still believe in their brilliance and that they will be the last ones laughing.

Even so, Anonymous’ business improved quite a bit because of this.

But these trades were all pressed down by Shang Ji, eventually turning into a plan laid out before Bai Yi.

Her idea was simple: since those Lords lack Combat Power, and what they exchange for is not enough to achieve an overwhelming victory.

Then, why not invest in them directly?

Being an insider, Shang Ji knew those expensive Biological Equipment were actually not rare, and all the scarcity was just her marketing strategy; it’s the kind of thing she could grab by the handful.

With almost zero investment, taking a certain percentage of the Lords’ profits in the end would be much faster than reaping their "crops".

And not only they would earn, the Lords wouldn’t lose out either; they would earn even more than before. It was a win-win!

So, if both parties won, who lost?

Shang Ji said that was not within her concern.

As for ensuring those Lords will honor the deal in the end, Shang Ji, of course, wouldn’t rely on the Lords’ integrity.

Instead, she called upon the scales as a witness to the Contract!

All the Lords who wanted investment had to personally sign the Contract under the scales’ fairness in the Trading Town.

Once they receive the investment, after the final victory, they are required to allocate at least 50% of the reward according to the investment share!

And if they end up with a total loss...

Shang Ji says if you’re that bad, stop playing and obediently become the residues of natural selection, becoming a resident under Eternal Life City...

This plan was reviewed and approved by Bai Yi the night before, and the executor of the final plan is Anonymous.

........

Magic Power Lamp: It only needs to be placed in a sufficient (200%) magic environment to self-absorb magic power during the daytime, store it and provide for nighttime consumption. If the magic environment is even better (300%), it can even achieve all-day brightness. Of course, if necessary, you could also activate and throw it out as a high-lumen flash grenade...

[Note: Why does it even have a flash grenade function, hey!]

[Author’s Note: But don’t you think it’s cool, Master?]

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