The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 255 - 166 Hypnotizing the Whole World

Battle Zone 5, Area 20 Gate

The captains who had just left their own territories did not feel tense; instead, they meticulously set up their own territorial base on the sea according to a specific will.

The main reason they had such cohesion was due to a Level 5 Lord born in their territory.

Owning a Level 5 Lord, only 31 of which exist across 100 global territories, they already considered their victory secured.

Even if they were so unlucky as to encounter a second Level 5 Lord, with their own boss in front, they could remain undefeated.

What gave them this confidence was not only the strength of their Level 5 Lord but also her reputation.

Their Level 5 Lord was not belligerent; on the contrary, under her leadership, the territory was harmonious with very few Lords engaging in strife.

Instead, they often helped each other and shared what they had.

Even during several Cycle Challenges that clearly instigated battles among Lords, she efficiently suppressed conflicts, devised ways to shift the disputes, and severely punished those Lords who attempted to fight.

Instead of relying on Cycle Challenges, resource acquisition was facilitated through dungeon tickets, earning growth resources within instances or figuring out how to exploit bugs in Cycle Challenges to freebie resources.

If any Lord faced trouble, she would even proactively offer resources to help them tide over the difficulty.

With these actions, this Lord accumulated an immense reputation and network within the territory, almost becoming an anonymous leader.

Even the local natives and the Sea Beast King expressed their subordination to her and were willing to serve her.

Her ascension to Level 5 was even supported by the reverence of other Lords within the territory; rather, what troubled her was the issue of the number of ships.

To have an advantage in Battle Zone challenges, even some low-level captains voluntarily contributed themselves, merging into her fleet, elevating it to Level 5.

Without any rivalries among Lords and a highly reputable leader,

All these factors made the cohesion of Area 20 phenomenally strong!

They could almost be described as a smaller-scale nation.

Long before the opening of the Battle Zone, when that Lord had ascended to Level 5, all the Lords in the area began mobilizing, contributing their resources to prepare for this battle.

After opening the Battle Zone yesterday, the construction of a temporary base was promptly put on the agenda.

Though termed a temporary base, it was actually similar to the native fleets in their territory, made up of many ships assembled into a large floating island.

By working tirelessly overnight, most of the construction had been completed, already capable of handling ship repairs and personnel treatment among other basic functions.

However, for them, they probably wouldn’t need to use it.

Far away on the sea, the Floating Island lowered its altitude, hiding itself near the surface to avoid exposure to the enemy’s sight.

Bai Sheng, feeling intrigued, was absorbing the intelligence data relayed through the network, his face filled with interest.

Suppressing the surge from the witches wanting to slaughter on all sides, not hurrying to crush the opponents.

"Interesting, it’s actually Spiritual Series ability...

Enveloping the entire sea base with spiritual power, is this the ability of some Lord?

It appears not to be a Spiritual Link, each Lord has their own independent will, but they all obey an absolute leader...

It seems more like a broadly influential mental effect...

A special kind of brainwashing ability?

Seemingly a great and benevolent leader, yet clandestinely using mental powers to manipulate or hypnotize everyone..."

After discovering the uniqueness of the opposing Lords, Bai Sheng suddenly became unconcerned, planning to observe carefully.

According to the intelligence returned by Fei Wen, he already knew it came from a Lord in Area 20 and was aware they had a Level 5 leader.

He knew of their "glorious deeds" and the "great image" among the lords in Area 20.

But intriguingly, no matter how Fei Wen probed, they could never learn that Lord’s name from even one unit type’s mouth.

Always only a code name "she," or a peculiar silence would skirt over that name.

But even if a complete sentence abruptly paused, it could perfectly continue the tone, as if some word had been spoken in some place beyond others’ comprehension.

And the person he was talking to did not even realize this pause existed; it seemed in his ears the word had not disappeared, normally continuing the conversation.

Apart from being completely unaware of that Lord’s name, other plans like the battle strategy were completely unhidden.

Fei Wen easily obtained their entire strategic plan:

Planning to use this temporary base as the command center, divided into two teams, one to safeguard the temporary base, to avoid being trapped by a blockage.

This was the larger investment side, even including the three Level 5 Beast Kings from their region, all following "that person’s" command to station there.

The other team, under "that person’s" Hero Unit and part of the fleet leadership, joining forces with some of the strongest fighting Lords in the region, leading a near-Level 6 strongest Beast King to go out and battle.

The communication between the two sides relied on "that person’s" special Secret Technique for remote contact.

Hmm, this was something Bai Sheng just realized after coming to the Battle Zone, that the Lord’s channel was completely disabled, and they had to find their own ways to stay connected.

Even Bai Sheng, who always relied on networks, did not realize this fact sooner.

"Even allowing the battle plan to circulate freely, yet keeping her own name so confidential...

And can it even influence mutant creatures?

Interesting..."

Bai Sheng immediately felt the urge to study this opponent and promptly reported all findings to Bai Yi.

Such a miraculous ability, how could they not capture it and present it to their master?

However, considering the existence of the Zone Transfer Certificate, they must achieve success in one fell swoop—if their first surprise attack failed to capture the target, their own strength could be revealed.

With the target’s abilities, hiding would likely be effortless.

They must gather more intelligence beforehand!

But after contemplating for a while, Bai Sheng realized it was difficult to acquire more information without alerting the opposition.

Currently, the most powerful intelligence-gathering method within the territory involved using the Swarm Network to forcefully read superficial consciousness.

Yet, it required getting enough individuals close enough to succeed, and since the opposition possessed Spiritual Series abilities, there was a risk of detection.

Using the techniques of transforming witches would also lead to suspicions, as the sudden disappearance of a person would definitely be doubted...

Even with a feint to distract, under the opposition’s spiritual ability coverage, detection and subsequent suspicion were still risks.

Yet, this was already the best method available...

"What’s the situation? Spiritual Series abilities?"

Before Bai Sheng could think of a strategy, they heard their master’s voice from behind.

They initially thought their master would only observe through the Swarm Consciousness, but Bai Sheng realized that this was an actual, real voice.

Turning around, they saw a short Cat Girl with white fur, her cute white cat tail swaying and cat ears visible on her head, even Bai Sheng was momentarily captivated.

But soon, she confirmed through the Swarm Consciousness and innate sensing from the witch that this was indeed her master.

Dispelling the dazed look, she glared sternly at the surrounding witches who hadn’t reacted yet, some even uncontrollably tearing up, and then asked,

"Master, why have you come here personally?"

"Oh, this isn’t my real body, but rather an Avatar containing a soul slice that was recently separated.

The damage from the last Soul Cutting has healed, so I took the opportunity to split another slice before the experiment to facilitate dual-thread thinking.

Since your message arrived, I activated this Cat Witch avatar to come and take a look.

So, what exactly is going on?"

After all, this experiment is pure drudgery, having an additional superpower-wielding soul slice would certainly speed things up.

However, her current soul slice had gone to assist with the experiments with Wade and others, that was equally important and she could not leave, but since the soul damage from the last Soul Cutting had completely healed, she split yet another Avatar.

But before the experiment officially began, she received Bai Sheng’s message and immediately used the Primordial Cat Witch body she cultivated for teleportation.

Bai Sheng then repeated the intelligence they had gathered for Bai Yi, brightening her eyes.

"You did right, if we can capture them and extract the corresponding genes, as another Spiritual Series ability, it, too, can become a cornerstone to strengthen our Spirit Network!

However, how to capture them is indeed a problem.

The opponent doesn’t even wish to reveal their name, such a level of caution likely means they are not unprepared; we might only have one chance to strike.

We must gather more information, otherwise, without even knowing who the opposition is, a rash capture could easily allow them to escape." ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

As for methods, Bai Yi already had an idea.

While they couldn’t capture directly, she had her own unique method of tampering with souls.

Whether separating a soul slice or attempting to use a soul mirror, both methods could circumvent spiritual surveillance.

Both required a feint.

The former might be suspect if used on a single target alone, but if she utilized wide-ranging Soul Cutting, camouflaged as a broad, lethal skill,

This method could also harvest a large number of soul slices at once, obtaining more comprehensive intelligence.

Surely, no one would suspect such an offensive skill of having any special reconnaissance effects.

While the latter involved capturing a unit and copying its thought process to create a soul mirror, integrating it into the Heroic Spirit Hall,

Then killing it to escape spiritual influence through death and bringing it back to the territory for resurrection and interrogation.

This method was safer, but the only issue was that the current speed of thought copying was too slow, unable to complete in a short time and easily raising suspicion.

"It seems we can only use the first method.

So, Bai Sheng, you..."

Bai Yi detailed her plan, and the other party quickly understood and started organizing a reasonably strong fleet to coordinate with Bai Yi’s operation.

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Dead Soul Reading Skill: A special Divine Art technique and one of the most commonly used intelligence-gathering methods by the War Witches when arriving in a new world, it can bypass most secrecy and Contract rules, resurrecting the opponent’s dead soul after killing them, cleansing all Contract influences, and eliciting hidden intelligence...

[Note: This is clearly a Fun Reading Skill! Not much intelligence, but plenty of amusement!]

[Note: Indeed, heaven knows why so many people love to hide their dark history under contracts! The security level is even higher than that of confidential intelligence!]