After Dark Tokyo Was Scrapped, the Eastern Country Fell Into a Brief State of Anarchy

After Tokyo was completely destroyed, the entire Eastern Kingdom fell into a brief state of non-conquest.

Although the Tengu Council, which nominally controls the entire political world of the Eastern Kingdom, did not participate in last night's Midsummer Night Festival, with Aoyagi Lantern absconding with the funds and Tamamo-no-Mae and Hundred-Eyed Demon disappearing without a trace, the Tengu Council no longer dares to step forward at this moment.

Currently, the Eastern Country Resistance Front, the New Eastern Country Movement, the Shogunate Knights, and the Sixth Heaven Demon King Army, are rapidly taking over the security and defense work of major cities. Some small items that Yan Kingdom has been eyeing for a long time are also under negotiation and are quietly leaving the Eastern Kingdom's main island, being transported all the way to the Demon Capital.

Meanwhile, the Weird Tale experiment units planted in the Eastern Kingdom by countries such as Colombia and Victoria also quickly mobilized, attempting to secure a satisfactory share in the upcoming division of the spoils.

Of course, these competitions had nothing to do with Feng Xue. He had just knocked Chen Xiyao down and was checking his own Supernatural Tale Fire.

Yesterday's [Kamen Rider Gen-kun] didn't create any new Supernatural Tale Entry, but after that grand performance, he could clearly feel that the Supernatural Tale Fire within him had undergone a qualitative change.

If his previous "Supernatural Tale Fire" was more like twisting the flames of individual Supernatural Tale Entry into thin ropes, then weaving them together to slowly merge, then now it's as if it has undergone heat treatment. All the joints show signs of melting, and then after Cooldown, they stick together. Although they haven't truly become one, at least they are indistinguishable.

"Is it because [Kamen Rider Gen-kun] used almost all of my abilities, causing all my abilities to be considered [as one]?"

Feng Xue had some guesses in her mind, but she wasn't sure. Overall, though, it was definitely a good thing.

If he were reckless enough, he could easily stab himself now, and once he revives, the tangled Supernatural Tale Fire of legend could truly merge into one.

Of course, Feng Xue wasn't that kind of reckless person. He cared quite a bit about his life. After adjusting himself a bit, he decided to go see Old Li.

"Leaving?" Chen Xiyao's weak voice came from behind. Feng Xue turned her head and nodded gently.

"Well, I still have some things to do. You asked me so many questions, and I can only answer less than 30% of them. That's a bit embarrassing, so I need to find someone to ask for clarification."

"Oh," Chen Xiyao responded, not asking if she could come along as Feng Xue had expected. However, just as Feng Xue was about to leave, Chen Xiyao suddenly blurted out—

Can humans and Weird Tale have children?

"Uh..." Feng Xue's lips twitched, she paused for a moment, and then said in as academic a tone as possible:

"If we go to the Infinite City, humans will be transformed into information states, and reproduction won't be difficult. However, the children born from that would be nothingness. In reality, I was transformed into some kind of protein-like substance, not a real protein, so I'm not entirely sure how genetic information is expressed. If you want to know, you can have the Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics research it!"

"Oh, I'll ask. I believe the higher-ups will be happy to conduct this research." Chen Xiyao nodded thoughtfully. Feng Xue, unable to contain herself any longer, immediately waved her hand and said:

"That's settled then, I'll be going now..."

At this point, Feng Xue seemed to remember something, took out a contract and placed it on the bedside table, saying:

"If you need to contact me urgently, just sign this, and I'll come back as soon as I sense it."

After speaking, Feng Xue disappeared from the spot, while Chen Xiyao reached out from under the covers, picked up the contract, and raised an eyebrow slightly—

"Ghost Hunting Commission Contract? Did that guy take the wrong one?"

Feng Xue rode her motorcycle from the hot spring hotel to Chiba. Despite the big incident that happened last night, schools and companies in Chiba still showed no signs of closing today.

Looking at the empty Lily's house, Feng Xue, though already aware of this through her Gu Poison Body, still couldn't hide the twitching at the corner of her mouth.

"Good grief, I thought the idea of having to go to school after saving the world in anime was an exaggeration, but reality is even more outrageous than fiction! You guys almost got wiped out! And now the great powers are still carving up your country! And you still have to go to work or school at a time like this?"

Feng Xue casually tossed the salt onto the ground in front of Lily's house, then plucked a blade of grass from the roadside and easily unlocked the villa Door Lock. He arrived at the bathroom, and with his hand touching the door, he was back inside the villa located in the Tower of Babylon.

"Phew, this has been a long time coming."

Feng Xue stretched and pulled out her employee ID to dial a number. Seeing the message "[The user you dialed is not in service area]", Feng Xue knew that Old Li definitely hadn't returned yet.

Feng Xue pondered for a moment, but had no intention of going out to take a look. He knew perfectly well how chaotic Infinite City was right now. After replenishing his supplies at the supermarket, he immediately triggered Xuanjun's Real World Rules—

[Preaching and Resolving Doubts]

After a period of delay, Feng Xue once again set foot on this land that had once been occupied by monsters. Looking at the boy practicing in front of the wooden stakes in the distance, Feng Xue had no intention of going over.

The door to this world has closed. Having Descent Rule, he will be immediately teleported back once he completes the process. Therefore, he can only finish his business first before explaining things to this little guy.

He activated his Hermit Authority, leaving himself only with the Tag of "[Righteous Sect]", then donned his yellow cloak and walked out of the area that looked like a martial arts arena, onto the main street.

He glanced back at the sign and was quite surprised to see that it read "Xuanjun Pavilion Martial Arts Arena" hanging high above the door.

"Judging from this location, it doesn't look like Yanzhou. Xuanjun Pavilion's influence is expanding quite rapidly!"

Glancing at the buildings on both sides of the street, Feng Xue could tell from those buildings that looked very old that this area was probably not one that had just been taken back from the Demonic Cult Demonic Person.

However, not knowing the way wasn't a problem. Feng Xue walked over to a breakfast stall selling steamed buns on the street and asked:

"Shopkeeper, do you know how to get to Yuelai Inn?"

"You..." Upon hearing that she wasn't there to buy steamed buns, the shopkeeper was initially reluctant to speak to her. However, upon looking up and seeing Feng Xue dressed in yellow, his expression immediately softened, and he pointed in a direction, saying:

"My lord, just follow this road forward, and you'll see it after two intersections."

"Thank you." Feng Xue activated the Money Printer Authority, casually rubbed out a few Big Coin, tossed them to the shopkeeper, and then walked towards the Yuelai Inn...

Now that I've finished writing about Aoyagi Lantern, there are some unresolved issues I can address.

I didn't arbitrarily change the outline as some people have said. The Hundred Tales organization was defined this way from the beginning. Now that it's finished, I can tell you a little secret; just apply it and you'll understand—

Colombia.

Yes, that's right. In a sense, Hundred Tales was actually written based on Colombia.

First of all, like Hundred Tales, Colombia's growth model had many problems, but because it rode the wave of the times, it became the strongest in Infinite City.

However, everyone knows that this model is unhealthy, but with vested interests in hand, no one is willing to risk losing their own flesh. I have written a lot about this in my book. Even the most tragic Weird Tale is safer than nothing. If you can be Weird Tale, no one wants to be nothing.

So, how can Hundred Tales avoid collapsing?

Monopoly.

Just like Colombia's oil-based economy and technological monopoly, Hundred Tales monopolizes the Garbage Dump (resources) and Residential Area (technology), resulting in the inhabitants only being able to eat the bran they provide, and only earning one-tenth of the profits from scavenging. It relies on exploiting the entire Infinite City to avoid collapse. But the more it does this, the bigger its snowball gets, and the more difficult it becomes to reverse its situation.

On the other hand, this can also be seen as a Ponzi scheme or [contagion and dumping]. Aoyagi Lantern told a "Hundred Tales" scam, a group of nobodies got on board, and then attracted more nobodies. Now the car has exploded, Aoyagi Lantern has absconded with the money, and only a few with solid foundations survived, such as the Great Tengu who relies on bloodline theory, and Tamamo-no-Mae who can easily get new Weird Tale.

Does that make the situation clearer?