Oh, Divine One...

Of course, there's also the option of Reanna, but Reanna is actually quite busy, and although she's capable, she's not all-rounder. She's good at military affairs, but Reanna's somewhat clueless in other areas.

Mei herself is relatively free. Although she has some issues with her abilities, she has no problem with her talent. She is the kind of person who can definitely learn as long as she is willing to learn.

Even though Mei is past her prime learning period, even if her learning ability is only one-tenth of its peak, it's still enough for her to become an excellent secretary.

This guy's talent is basically on par with Mei's!

Therefore, after considering all the above, Liu Bai agreed to Mei.

(Success!)

Mei's face lit up with surprise upon receiving a positive reply.

Being in a good position gives you an advantage; your chance has come.

Mei reviewed the reasons for Rita's success. Excluding things that she couldn't make up for, such as being a host, the biggest problem was that Rita had a reason to constantly try to gain favor with Liu Bai!

If I had that opportunity, I could succeed too!

Speaking of this, Mei is very envious of Bronya, they've been together since they were little! Bronya, on the other hand, is still a noob and can't seize any opportunities.

If I had been with Liu Bai since childhood, we should be trying to conceive by now.

Snap!

Achoo—!

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Mobius glanced at Mei, whose hand had trembled and dropped the test tube. "Shall I prescribe you some medicine?"

"No, no need. I just feel like someone is talking about me. Maybe it's my teacher." Mei rubbed her nose.

Have some shame.

"Oh..."

Although I don't have Bronya's luck, I have the strength.

I originally thought that I would be able to spend time alone with Brother Liu Bai when I grew up, but then Rita appeared next to Brother Liu Bai.

Needless to say, that fox maid only knows how to seduce her own brother Liu Bai, and what's most infuriating is that she actually succeeded.

But now, none of that matters anymore.

Mei's eyes gleamed with ambition. From now on, the position of secretary to Liu Bai would be hers. With this advantage and her own fighting ability, Mei was fully confident that she could firmly establish herself in this position.

Even if Rita returns, she'll have no choice but to grovel before Liu Bai, who has completely captured her heart!

"Mei, your smile looks a bit like a villain's."

"Cough, is it? It's just an illusion, all an illusion. Let's go check on the Herrscher of a Thousand first."

Liu Bai's words brought Mei back to reality, causing Mei to pat her face in alarm.

I can't let Brother Liu Bai realize that I'm a scheming woman...

No, no! I'm not a scheming woman at all!

This is just a necessary tactic during the dating phase!

"It's good that you're alright."

Liu Bai nodded. He roughly understood that Mei was lusting after his body, but he never expected her thinking to be so peculiar...

Mei tried to calm herself down and followed closely behind Liu Bai, taking the elevator all the way to the deepest level of the Schicksal Prison.

Although it was the deepest level of the prison, it was brightly lit, perhaps because people knew Liu Bai was coming. It didn't have any of the eerie feeling that befits the "deepest level" or "prison".

On the way, Mei also asked her own question.

"By the way, Brother Liu Bai, what do you need Herrscher of a Thousand for?"

The best Herrscher is the Herrscher is dead—even though the current civilization has a very high acceptance of Herrscher, this statement is still a profound truth.

"Try to win them over—after all, they are a thousand capable people."

There's no need to hide such things in modern civilization, so Liu Bai just spoke frankly.

The Gestalt thinking of the Herrscher of a Thousand means that this guy is a very useful tool.

This is similar to using shadow clones for cultivation. However, due to the different personalities and temperaments of the Herrscher of a Thousand, their learning efficiency varies. But in any case, these are still a thousand people, each specializing in one subject. After two days, they will become excellent tools.

In addition, this thing shares memories, so it can be said to be a physical intelligence relay station, which is comparable to Liu Bai, a ghost intelligence relay station, in terms of their respective advantages and disadvantages.

Moreover, although this person's combat strength is weak among the Herrscher, she actually has at least a B-rank combat strength. Only a fool would treat her as an ordinary person. Is being weak at the Herrscher level the same as being weak at the ordinary person level?

B-rank combat power is nothing but grass in the eyes of Herrscher, but ordinary humans are also nothing but grass in the eyes of B-rank Valkyrie.

Moreover, the Herrscher of a Thousand is from the Honkai faction, which means that if the Herrscher of a Thousand doesn't attack anyone, the Honkai Beast won't attack her either, so she can protect herself without any problem. She's also quite intelligent and can act as a strategist in critical moments... Although Liu Bai doesn't recommend anyone use the Herrscher of a Thousand as a strategist unless absolutely necessary.

Such versatile tools were impossible to subdue in Previous Era, but in the current civilization, as long as the Herrscher are rational and full of humanity, recruitment is not impossible.

Moreover, Liu Bai had no intention of conducting a regular recruitment.

Even though a forced melon may not be sweet, it's still a melon at least, isn't it?

Moreover, how could one's so-called conversion to the karmic fire simply be considered as belonging to the host?

Just kidding, the skill's original description is. "There is a chance to 'convert' (the conversion target is automatically included in the host's contract)."

It's included in the contract as a bonus! As for the conversion itself...

That's where things get interesting.

Chapter 496 My Lord God...

"Who?"

Liu Bai and Mei's open and aboveboard footsteps attracted the attention of the Herrscher of a Thousand in the prison.

"The Herrscher of Thunder?"

The Herrscher of a Thousand was the first to notice Mei.

"No, people?"

The Herrscher of a Thousand are quite perceptive of the Herrscher Core, so they immediately noticed Mei... or rather, they noticed the aura emanating from her belt.

"And there's a... man next to him? Otto?"

The Herrscher of a Thousand' eyes were covered by steel goggles, making it impossible for them to discern the specific situation; they could only guess.

"No, no, this doesn't seem to be an ordinary person, this is..."

The Herrscher of a Thousand scratched her head. She really wasn't sure what the other party was up to. The aura was a bit subtle, but even if she couldn't be sure of the specifics, the Herrscher of a Thousand was certain that the guy whose footsteps sounded like a man was definitely not an ordinary person.

"Joyce didn't gag you." Liu Bai looked at the five Herrscher of Domination in the prison.

This thing should actually be sealed, but Joyce didn't... Well, it's not a big problem, after all, the allure of the Herrscher of Domination isn't something that comes from empty words.

They either analyze the situation and then bewitch the other party, gradually breaking down their psychological defenses, or they use their power to force their way in.

If you blindfold them and rely solely on hearing, unless someone is so bored and careless as to chat idly with Herrscher, they won't fall for their trap at all.

"..."

Liu Bai's words silenced the Herrscher of a Thousand for a moment.

They couldn't respond to that; they were a little afraid it was sarcastic, and if they did, they'd be silenced.

"Alliance Leader, what are your plans for dealing with these Herrscher of Domination?"

Mei consciously corrected her form of address when she asked the question.

Alliance Leader? That title sounds like it belongs to Anti-Entropy? But shouldn't Anti-Entropy be opposed to Schicksal?

The Herrscher of a Thousand didn't know much about Anti-Entropy, since Europe and America were quite far apart, and Anti-Entropy hadn't been making any major moves lately. The Herrscher of a Thousand could only rely on limited information to obtain some basic intelligence.

Incidentally, it was for this reason that the Herrscher of a Thousand did not know that Joyce was a member of Anti-Entropy. Since she had been hunting them down for so long within Schicksal's sphere of influence and then sent them to Schicksal, they assumed that she was a member of Schicksal.

But now that I look at it, it seems that's not the case at all?

Have Schicksal and Anti-Entropy formed an alliance?

[Unexpected information.]

[But even if it's an alliance, shouldn't the Alliance Leader of Anti-Entropy be here?]

[Continue to probe.]

The Herrscher of Domination had plans to expand into the Americas, and now that they had met the leader of that territory, they naturally wouldn't let this opportunity pass.

Despite being called spying, none of the five Herrscher of Domination currently imprisoned have spoken.

Coincidentally, the girl who seemed to Herrscher of Thunder asked how to deal with them, so we should seize the opportunity to back down gracefully.

"Who among you has done fewer bad things?"

Liu Bai asked a question that seemed completely nonsensical to the Herrscher of Domination.

Who has done fewer bad things?

Can we say that we don't feel like we're doing anything wrong at all?

The five Herrscher of Domination, each with a different physique, twitched their lips simultaneously.

But since they've already asked, we, as prisoners, should at least give them some face.

"... If we're talking about, well, universal morality, none of the five of us have ever done anything wrong... probably."

From the time they were converted to the present, the place they've been in most contact with is the sewers. They have absolutely no time to do bad things!

"Alright, let's start with the short guy in front." Liu Bai hesitated for a moment, then didn't care. He was just afraid of burning someone to death with too much firepower at once, so he wanted to proceed gradually.

But it doesn't matter if we don't follow the order.

The Herrscher of Domination were all confused after hearing this.

Start with being short?

"...I?"

The short, Herrscher of Domination pointed to himself and asked.

"Yes."

As soon as Liu Bai finished speaking, the short Herrscher of Domination immediately began to spontaneously combust.

"Aa..."

The interrogation, which had been relatively harmonious, was completely shattered by the sudden scream.

"It's so hot! It's so hot! It's so hot! Help me... help me..."

The Herrscher of Domination, bathed in flames, let out a mournful cry.

However, the others felt no heat from the flames at all—the karmic fire had no environmental destructive power, and they couldn't even feel the heat waves.

The women listened to their companion's piercing screams, completely bewildered by what had happened.

Why did you suddenly start screaming? Are you sure you're not acting?

Several Herrscher of Domination tried to determine the other party's state through the mental network, but found that the other party's mind was not responding at all.

However, within just two or three minutes, whether it was because the Honkai Energy used by the Herrscher of Reason to maintain the restraints was exhausted or something else, the restraints on their heads, hands and feet disappeared at the same time.

Then...

They looked at their companions, their bodies contorted in the flames.

— Distortion is not an adjective.

As Herrscher of Domination who are not known for their combat prowess, their physical flexibility is extraordinary; twisting their necks 180 degrees is no problem for them. However, seeing their companion in front of them, they still felt a chill in their hearts.

The Herrscher of Domination, struggling and twisting in the flames, had limbs contorted to an unbelievable degree.

Hmm... if we were to use the internal adjectives of the Herrscher of Domination, this would be the best description. This person could take center stage in a theater; even a real puppet might not be able to twist to this extent!

However, none of them found the situation funny at all, especially since their companion in the flames was still clean and unharmed, and the black clothes belonging to the Herrscher of Domination were completely undamaged. The flames seemed to be in a state of burning, but not completely burning.

It's bizarre, so very bizarre.

"Help me... help me! It hurts so much! I... I'm going to be burned to death..."