The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 246 - 157: The Experimental Prisoner from Zone 29

Chapter 246: Chapter 157: The Experimental Prisoner from Zone 29

Since they all come from different Beastman Races, although there is some overlap among the several Attribute Enhancement gene entries, two of the four attributes’ gene entries are differentiated.

Among them, agility and Constitution are the unlucky ones.

Because it seems that the King of Ten Thousand Beasts does not value these two, the Beastmen that specialize in enhancing these aspects are limited to one kind each.

In other Beastman Races, the corresponding genes also directly took these two as a stopgap measure.

Only Strength and Spirit, the two attributes that directly determine Combat Power, are the most valued among Beastmen.

Of the dozen or so Beastmen races harvested this time, most possess one of these two enhancements.

Among them, the Strength Attribute enhancement entries are the most numerous, with three different types of enhancements corresponding to pure physical strength, explosive power, and the Strength Attribute itself.

There are only two varieties of Spirit Attribute, each coming from four different Spell Races.

This also fits Bai Yi’s stereotype of the Beast King, a pure proponent of brute force, who would absolutely favor superpower over Super Wisdom.

Oh no, maybe the King of Ten Thousand Beasts simply doesn’t entertain the concept of wisdom, otherwise, he would not have adjusted the Beastman race’s stats into this sorry state.

After enhancing each of the gene entries, Bai Yi then fused them all into her own body.

The two attributes with only a single entry each were enhanced by around a hundred points, pushing her stats in these two items to nearly three hundred.

As for the other Spirit and Strength attributes, they have respectively reached four hundred fifty and four hundred.

—Since her attribute panel had long been corrupted, this was just Bai Yi’s own estimate, hence the lack of specific numbers.

The former also granted Bai Yi an additional passive skill, allowing her to reach maximum strength faster when wielding weapons, a power similar to the Inch Force ability.

After extracting the spores with the updated genes, and releasing them as a minor version update for the witch, Bai Yi then left the laboratory to rest for a while, and take a look at the situation of other Lords in the channel today.

One day has passed since the end of the Cycle Challenge, and the Lords in the channel have already started converting their gains into their own strength.

They are even actively improving their territories in preparation for the upcoming Battle Zone challenge.

Even the amount of trading within the channel has seen a significant increase.

The previous Cycle Challenge had already taught them a lesson, knowing that hoarding good items was a waste, and it was better to convert them into strength in advance so as to gain better and more rewards in the coming challenges.

With the urgency of multi-regional melee in the Battle Zone challenge and the confidence that comes from strength, everyone started to sell items that were stashed away but temporarily not in use.

All of this was progressing smoothly under the coordination of Iron Blood.

Earlier today at noon, Iron Blood convened another regional Lords’ meeting, and Bai Yi had Shang Ji attend in her stead to make an appearance.

The main topic was the alliance that he proposed in the channel last time.

With real foreign territory Lords as enemies and the lingering Intimidation from Iron Blood, not a single person in the city opposed the alliance.

Even the warmongering Lords didn’t intentionally disagree this time; in fact, they were among the most vocal proponents for the formation of the alliance.

The other ranking Lords all had their own paths and had no intention of competing with Iron Blood, thus allowing Iron Blood to assume the nominal leadership position of White Poplar City’s Lords.

Of course, this was only in name.

This was just the result of a conference among the minor assembly because the other Lords, including Bai Yi, did not plan to expend effort to govern, as they all had their own schemes to improve their territories.

Only Iron Blood, lacking a decisive trump card, could maintain its position by taking on this role.

The situation was somewhat akin to being elected president or, say, a company’s general manager who is out in the open, while other Lords like Bai Yi are more like shareholders of the company.

What Iron Blood needs is to manage these Lords under him and be accountable to the other Lords in the assembly.

It was also because of Iron Blood’s guarantee, by swallowing up temporarily unneeded materials and then exchanging the materials that the Lords needed to sell, that trade could proceed so smoothly.

The materials that the Lords gained from the last instance were also gradually gathered to Shang Ji’s hands according to their respective agreements.

Most of these were various instance-unique plants that could be carried out and local knowledge.

The former have been gathered together, with types categorized and waiting for Bai Yi to extract genes, while the latter has already been dispersed into the network, becoming the basis of the witches’ research on spells and new machinery.

However, due to ongoing research projects, these plants likely won’t be deployed anytime soon.

The network report from today’s meeting, which Shang Ji attended, indicates that according to the resolution of the meeting, within the next two days, Iron Blood will lead the first group of Lords to the unmanned Battle Zone.

Afterwards, a temporary regional gate will be opened with a voucher contributed by a Lord, allowing early entry into the Battle Zone for preliminary Reconnaissance and forward base construction.

The direction of this Battle Zone was provided by Bai Yi’s coordinates, as the official direction hasn’t been announced yet, and trying to figure out the direction of the battle zone without wasting tens of thousands of points for a voucher is not simple.

As for whether Bai Yi obtained the coordinates in this manner, this was the message released at the minor assembly, and since the other Lords have their own "secrets," no one was tactless enough to inquire.

At the coordinates selected by Shang Ji, the door opened right onto a flat valley, surrounded by smooth mountainsides, while the exterior was extremely steep.

Only one crevice leads the water flow from the mountains into the valley, a position that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Although such natural terrain becomes less effective at Tier 4, it’s still better than nothing.

This time, Bai Yi will also contribute to the combat power in the battle zone, mainly composed of Tree-men and witches.

The former, approximately four thousand in number, are primarily responsible for the construction of defensive lines and will follow the Iron Blood operation, while the follow-up will involve the deployment of a Floating Island and about ten thousand witches as combat power.

This would neither exceed the expectations of other Lords, nor would it be inconsistent with Bai Yi’s reputation as a Tier 5.

At the small meeting, Shang Ji released the information about the initial four thousand Tier 5 Tree-men and indicated that he would continue to provide combat power. This alone garnered serious respect from several Lords in attendance.

The rest of the battle plans are outside of Bai Yi’s concern. With Shang Ji guaranteeing the profits and Bai Yi having faith in her "children’s" strength, she does not believe she will lose.

After all, the Fungus Blanket and Insect Swarm had already begun to spread under the battleground since yesterday.

Now a day has passed, and the area is almost half covered, everything is under control.

Seeing that a few Lords are still chatting about the upgrades and renovations of basic buildings in the channel, Bai Yi looks on for a while before returning to her tree hollow to rest, preparing for tomorrow’s research.

The next morning, Bai Yi welcomed the captives that Bai Sheng had brought back to her on a ship.

Yes, in the literal sense, a "shipful" of captives.

"Capturing is fine, but why did he bring me an entire ship along with its people..."

This does not interfere with the experiment, but the sight of a ship being hung in mid-air by You for fun early in the morning still made Bai Yi curious about what big task Bai Sheng had undertaken for her, and she looked for the corresponding records in the Swarm Network.

After Bai Yi put forward her request yesterday, Bai Sheng and the witches started pondering and began looking for suitable targets.

If considering the types of experimental subjects, the local natives are the best choice.

Not only covering all ages and sexes but also nearly all ranks.

Once the target was decided, Bai Sheng led the witches straight to the local natives’ fleet.

The native fleet in Area 29 was much like that of Area 28; they both had many ships joined together to form large Floating Islands.

This design is better at resisting strong winds and waves and also offers a certain area where land could be somewhat mimicked.

Whether for planting crops or building regular city houses, it is much easier.

However, the fleet in Area 29 is somewhat inferior to that of Area 28, with less individual prowess, the strongest being only one Tier 5, but the amount is commendable, with a full eight Tier 5 individuals.

Without the combat power of a Tier 6 Beast King, the fleet didn’t even stand out to the witches.

That strength is something even a few of the Tier 4 Lords in White Poplar City could handle with a little cost.

But to satisfy Bai Yi’s request and obtain enough experimental subjects, Bai Sheng did not directly assimilate with the witches’ powers, nor did he launch an attack immediately.

He chose the "peaceful" diplomatic route, appointing a witch negotiation group under the remote guidance of Shang Ji from deep within his territory.

Although the suddent influx of work made Shang Ji feel somewhat bald, as it was for Bai Yi’s experimental needs, he had to not only participate in the Iron Blood meeting but also remotely engage in negotiations abroad.

With the intimidation from the witches’ innate combat strength, combined with the pressure from the Floating Island and the giant mechanized Floating Islands constructed by Knight, and with some promises, Bai Sheng smoothly obtained everything he desired.

Yes, not a single Shang Ji was harmed throughout the process.

According to the agreement, the natives on the ship only needed to provide a sufficient number of experimental subjects, while the remaining nearly twenty thousand would be relocated to Sea Suppressing City to become residents of the Lower City District.

What motivated these natives to sign the treaty was a Tier 4 Ocean Lord who happened to be docked next to the native fleet.

This unfortunate one had just advanced to Tier 4 thanks to the reward from the last Cycle Challenge, intending to stop at the natives’ fleet to purchase some supplies.

But Bai Sheng arrived just in time, and before he could respond, the fleet was surrounded without any chance to escape.

The natives were quite willing to sacrifice; all eight Tier 5 Superpower Users worked together to pluck everyone from the ship, including the Lord.

As for the rest, they filled up the ship with prisoners from the jail cells, delivering them straight to Bai Sheng’s hands.

They met Bai Sheng’s requirements and preserved their own people to the greatest extent.

And this is why, in the end, Bai Yi was presented with an entire "ship of people."

"I didn’t expect that, after all that trouble, a Lord would still get caught in the end...

If you survive this time, you’ll be transformed into a witch to compensate that one, what’s his name...

Sss, ah right, to accompany that ’Golden Ship’ Lord~"

Tail swishing, she selected today’s sacrifice breakfast from the storage network, munching away as she headed to the laboratory.

She needs to complete the soul experiment quickly to continue researching the next major update for the witches, time is of the essence.

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Sea Suppressing City·Lower City District: Here, the prosperity above is no longer exclusive to the witches of the Upper City District. The Lower City District of Sea Suppressing City is also an essential part of the city, contributing its own strength to the city’s development. It is one of the few cities with a human Magic Academy, famous even among witches, said to originate from the friendship between the original Lower City District people and the witches...

[Note: Hongchao Magic Academy, oh, that’s "infamous". Most little witches’ childhood traumas, always compared to Hongchao Academy’s humans if they don’t study well, just thinking about it is amusing...]