My Mobile City Devours and Evolves / Kal'tsit: Can You Handle Three Hundred Centuries of Thick Skin?

Crimson blood mingled with emerald vines, offering a final requiem to this elite army that had once taken part in countless wars.

"It's a work of art, isn't it?"

Dukare stood on another high slope and watched the entire process unfold. Blood Demon Lord Dukare praised it sincerely from the bottom of his heart.

Dozens of miles in every direction were shrouded in blood-red. The green and red hues resembled the entwined tentacles of some monstrous creature...

Strange and beautiful...

"Your Highness Theresia, we won this battle. May I ask whether you're satisfied?" After the battle ended, Huang Cao sought out Theresia and spoke as if he were asking for praise.

Theresia: Did I have a chance to say I wasn't satisfied?

The Leithanian army was wiped out within a minute, before it could even react.

There were no screams and no desperate attempts to flee. They simply died.

They hadn't even felt pain when their bodies were cut into pieces. Before each person fell, their expression remained exactly as it had been the second before.

Huang Cao spoke as if it were nothing important: "The power our race has developed can still be used for defense. For example, my territory is full of things like this. Aside from Originium, there are only these grass seeds left..."

No matter how innocent Theresia was, she should still have understood the warning hidden in Huang Cao's words.

The meaning was obvious: Don't enter my territory without informing me. Otherwise, you'll end up just like these people.

Of course, this was only Theresia's own conjecture. Huang Cao hadn't said it to her directly, but his meaning had certainly included that layer.

Is this still a Grass-eating Demon? It mutated, didn't it?!

Faced with the young man's request for praise, Theresia could only give a light laugh. After praising him a few times, she pretended to have something to do and walked away.

It wasn't that she, as the Demon King, was afraid. On the contrary, Huang Cao's strength made her feel relieved.

She was relieved that Kazdel had gained another fierce general. It was just that this fierce general seemed to have a slight grudge against her...

Demon King's Palace.

Teresis held a postwar review meeting, where he heavily praised Huang Cao's contributions during the battle.

All the Lords of the Royal Court present also expressed their admiration for Huang Cao, especially Dukare.

After all, now that the battle was over, he wouldn't have to leave his castle to hunt for food for a hundred years.

Talk about having a meal ticket for life.

"Your esteemed Highness, there is one more important matter that requires your attention. Please immediately write a secret letter to the King of Leithanian and tell him that this elite army of his has been completely wiped out."

"It must remain secret. The battle that took place today absolutely cannot be allowed to spread."

Everyone present was confused. After heavily crippling the enemy, shouldn't they have publicized it as widely as possible?

Why suppress news of their victory?

But there were no walls without ears. After this single battle...

Huang Cao's claim to the power of Abundance and the title of Scourge gradually spread with the war's influence, soon to resound throughout all of Terra's land.

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Chapter 56: My Mobile City Devours and Evolves

"You really only know how to revel in battle. Do you understand what maintaining balance in war means?"

"Once news of Leithanian's heavy losses gets out, Gaul will definitely seize the opportunity to launch an attack. When that happens, you're the ones who'll have a headache."

The people of Kaztun were practically beaten stupid!

They were simply terrifyingly naive.

It wasn't that this brother and sister hadn't thought of this. Theresia might have been somewhat idealistic, but her brother certainly wasn't.

Teresis placed more importance on reality, so he was willing to listen to many opinions.

The great lords had also received proper education. It was just that Kazdel's circumstances had never allowed them to use this kind of thinking.

After all, the Sarkaz of old had been the Tikkaz, the highest-order beings among the countless races enslaved across this land.

As Corpse Eaters and Blood Demons who had lived from ancient times until now, Nizere and Dukare always remembered their former glory. Thus, they simply never considered so-called diplomacy.

It had nothing to do with arrogance. It was simply their nature.

Perhaps Huang Cao's previous performance had earned the Corpse Eater's and Blood Demon's admiration, so they would listen, at least somewhat, to what he said now.

"But there's also a covetous Gaul right beside us. If it learns of this news, it will definitely attack Leithanian. Once Leithanian is gone, who do you think that country will deal with next?"

"Powerful Victoria and Ursus, or the much weaker Kazdel?"

"Gaul is an extremely expansionist nation. Its national strength is on par with Victoria, but its desire for land far surpasses Victoria's."

Since Theresia, a Demon King who could barely be considered kind, was present, Huang Cao's words did not lead to any argument.

"After this battle, Leithanian's military strength will be greatly weakened, but it won't be reduced to the point of national destruction."

And Kazdel still wants to be the mastermind behind Terra's land? Go wash up and go to sleep. Laying low and developing slowly is the most important thing.

Besides, once my Abundance Army is assembled, I'll roll over all of you in minutes!

After Huang Cao explained, Theresia suddenly understood. She immediately wrote a secret letter and had her messenger deliver it to the King of Leithanian through a covert channel.

"All right. If there's nothing else, I'll head home. I hope that from now on, we can stay out of each other's way."

Huang Cao looked at the sky and felt that it really was getting late. Besides, he had previously agreed to invite Lamian to visit his territory.

He had originally wanted to squeeze some resources out of this brother and sister pair, but when he saw how utterly destitute they looked, a trace of emotion flickered through Huang Cao's heart.

But it was only a trace. He still had to ask for what he was owed.

Those two pink-haired ones probably had nothing left to squeeze out of them anyway. They were so poor they barely changed their clothes.

Huang Cao had been staying in Demon King's Palace for nearly a month, and Theresia had barely changed her clothes at all.

Even Lamian, who had been living in a beast-drawn vehicle, had changed clothes two or three times during that period.

Theresia had worn the same outfit from the original plot from beginning to end.

Does she have many copies of this white dress?

Huang Cao took a look when he had nothing better to do.

He discovered that the skirt Theresia was wearing hadn't been washed in a long time. Its pure-white hem had already begun to yellow.

Moreover, Huang Cao had never seen a servant responsible for attending to anyone inside the castle.

She really is making me cry.

"If you want to thank me, just give me a little more land." Huang Cao's voice held not the slightest trace of mercy.

Being moved was one thing, but he still had to ask for what he deserved.

Huang Cao cast a glance at the brother and sister pair. Unwilling to let the matter go, he decided to try asking for something material.

Perhaps his future methods of obtaining territory might be somewhat violent, but at least he was still being peaceful for now.

Besides, he was the greatest contributor to this victory, wasn't he? In Victoria, such a contribution would at least earn him a sizable fief.

Yet when the two pink-haired ones heard this, they both turned their heads away in unison and pretended awkwardly to stare at the ground.

Even the other Lords of the Royal Court felt somewhat embarrassed at the sight.

In reality, after the war ended and the Six Heroes were confirmed, none of the Lords of the Royal Court present had received any substantial reward.

The Lords of the Royal Court already had their own lands, and none of them cared about money or other worldly possessions. To these ancient Immortals, glory was the best reward.

Thus, after the Four-Nation War ended, aside from Lamian's people, who needed time to recover after suffering heavy losses in the war, almost no one had received land, gold, silver, or other such rewards.

When Huang Cao heard of their miserable circumstances, several crocodile tears were squeezed from his eyes.

As expected, Kazdel is blessed to have such loyal subjects.

These aren't ordinary loyal ministers anymore!

The young man sighed, waved his hand, and walked alone out of the enormous Demon King's Palace.

Kazdel truly was a fertile land where calamities arose one after another. Even its Demon King was so different from the rest.

Lamian also gave Theresia a slight nod. "Your Highness, now that the Royal Court meeting and the war are over, I imagine there's nothing left for me to do here. I'll take my leave as well."

With that, the Banshee followed behind Huang Cao and hurried out.

By the time Lamian exited the gates, she discovered that the young man was already waiting beside the vehicle.

"Come on. I'll show you around Eden next. Don't blink once we reach my territory~"

Since they were returning in Lamian's vehicle, the journey would take at least two days.

During those two days, Huang Cao came up with a new way to use his abilities.

This new method was to develop I-guess-this-works technology!

He would definitely try to build a Mobile City in the future, but a Mobile City didn't necessarily have to use steel and an Originium engine.

What would happen if the Mobile City were a moving Great Beast?

Mobile Cities had many disadvantages. For example, they couldn't be repaired promptly after being damaged, and once they were knocked down, their engines became sitting ducks, among other things.

But what if my Mobile City could repair itself? How would you deal with that?

Especially if it repaired itself at a speed beyond your imagination!

Use steel as the skeleton and flesh as the skin, then add a little embellishment with the divine power of Abundance...4

Based on this, Huang Cao also thought of a new battle tactic: using a Mobile City modified by Abundance to assimilate other Mobile Cities.

Completing this tactic would be very simple. His own Mobile City only needed to move fast enough, then crash into any other city it encountered.

If, over time, he devoured enough Mobile Cities, wouldn't his own city's combat power grow stronger and stronger?

Besides, High-speed Battleships seemed capable of being modified this way too. They only needed a little blessing before charging into the enemy.

As long as it crashed into them, it could immediately generate a patch of eczema on the other side. If it moved fast enough, it could even paralyze the enemy's command system within the same day.

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Chapter 57: Kal'tsit: Can You Handle Three Hundred Centuries of Thick Skin?

"Welcome to Eden! Here, you can experience what happiness means."

Huang Cao dispelled the maze formation in front of his territory. What entered their view was a world completely different from the outside, as though a man from Wuling had entered the Peach Blossom Spring.

Lamian was even more shocked than the man from Wuling. After all, the cities outside were ruins, and even Banshee River Valley, where she had recuperated for many years, had never possessed such prosperity.

Every building was at least three stories tall. A moist breeze carrying a hint of sweetness brushed gently across the woman's face.

This could no longer be considered a small town. It was practically a miniature city.

Moreover, every area had been rationally divided, with procedures responsible for every stage of production. From producing the raw materials to processing them, everything was handled in one integrated chain.

Kal'tsit's contributions were indispensable here. Although that cat couldn't manage the finances, the knowledge in her head was still quite useful.

All these things would be turned into goods and placed on shelves.

That's right. After years of development, Huang Cao's territory had finally achieved the beginnings of industrial and commercial growth.

At last, he could collect taxes!

During the tour, Lamian also saw many machines she had never encountered before.

Every worker could skillfully operate these complicated-looking mechanical monsters. This place and the outside world were completely different.

There were also laughing, playing children everywhere. On this land, disease and hunger seemed entirely nonexistent.

The Golden Giant Tree standing at the very center of the city was especially striking, constantly radiating warmth like the sun.

On clear days, however, the giant tree's light blended perfectly into the sunlight, never making anyone feel overheated.

"The Originium concentration... It's frighteningly low."

Lamian sensed the surge of Arts within her body and tried to produce a few sounds different from ordinary speech.

Yet she discovered that her Originium Arts were being suppressed to an extraordinary degree here.

She could now use at most one-tenth of her original strength. In other words, this place was a natural barrier, and everything related to Originium would be severely weakened here.