Monsters and Saints

With a blank expression, Lantian Zhu switched between several TV channels.

I noticed that everyone is reporting on this.

Cong Yu strongly supported Lantian Zhu's idea, and he couldn't help but complain, "You think weirdos are wild monsters? You can just lure them in whenever you want?"

That makes sense.

Suddenly, Yaochuan Guang felt no longer guilty.

"..." Cong Yu rested his chin on his hand, feeling a little worried that some expert might suddenly appear and criticize Yaochuan Guang for not doing a good job.

But thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem that bad.

Magical girls are magical girls after all... not superheroes.

Even in United States, where magical girls are most like superheroes, there is a huge difference... namely, magical girls are beautiful.

Ahem, don't think this is a joke.

Beautiful magical girls have an incredibly large number of fans... Take Yaochuan Guang, who has over a million Twitter followers, as an example.

Even if one day Yaochuan Guang does make a wrong decision and causes losses.

No expert dares to criticize... unless it's for the sake of generating buzz.

Otherwise, he would definitely be attacked by Yaochuan Guang's fans... and they might even dox him or open his box.

Many magical girls gradually realize how reckless they can be during this process, thus falling into the abyss.

However, the adorable Yaochuan Guang probably doesn't...

It will go bad.

At least it won't get worse so quickly, right?

Thinking this, Cong Yu glanced at Lantian Zhu, who was changing channels, and reminded her, " In Wind City, the impact of a weirdo of this magnitude is quite serious... so right now, all the channels under Wind City TV should be broadcasting this news."

Central City Television is different...

No matter what major event happens in Central City, even if some district of Central City explodes, it feels like they'll still keep broadcasting their anime on the Central City channel.

When Central City Television stops broadcasting cartoons altogether, it's likely that something truly terrible has happened.

"Okay, fine..."

Lantian Zhu eventually gave up on finding a program he liked and instead obediently kept the television screen focused on the exchange between the two experts.

It wasn't a channel from Wind City, but some unknown health expert.

Yaochuan Guang nestled beside Cong Yu, watching the two health experts talk animatedly.

[Let me tell you, I actually don't understand many of the terms used today.]

[Tell me about it.]

[For example, things like unhealthy heterosexual relationships and cohabitation... I just don't understand, what's considered unhealthy, and what's considered healthy?]

[Sigh, if a boy and a girl live together, isn't that considered bad behavior?]

[I disagree with that. In our academic circles, research shows that... it's good for health for opposite sexes to snuggle together.]

[That's not bad... it should at least be rated "excellent".]

[Hehehe...]

[Hey-hey--]

Where did this crosstalk expert come from?

Cong Yu pondered, glancing at Yaochuan Guang nestled against her, while Yaochuan Guang snuggled even closer...

She looked around and realized that Xiao Cui wasn't there...

That's great, thankfully the children didn't see this weird program.

Thinking this, Yaochuan Guang rubbed his eyes, breathing evenly as if he were about to fall asleep. "Cong Yu- chan, Little Lan... where did Xiao Cui go?"

Before Cong Yu could answer, Lantian Zhu spoke first, explaining, "She went out to play. She said she met friends her age online."

Meeting someone you met online...

Yaochuan Guang nodded to indicate that he understood... but he was still a little worried, not about Xiao Cui's safety.

Instead, they were worried about the safety of the "netizens".

Because Xiao Cui had a strong murderous intent.

If the netizens were bad guys... they might get killed by the Little Sprite summoned by Xiao Cui.

Those innocent yet bloodthirsty and cruel little demons are really quite frightening.

Lantian Zhu, sensing that Yaochuan Guang worried about Xiao Cui, comforted her, "Don't worry, Xiao Cui said she'll post on Twitter when she arrives."

As he said this, Lantian Zhu took out his phone.

Cong Yu also took out her phone...

"..." On Xiao Cui's Twitter, there was a photo of two little girls together, and the mother of the other little girl was also showing her face.

The accompanying text is...

[I went out to hang out with a friend whose family owns a coffee shop!]

"..." The Wind City really weak.

Chapter 236 Monster and Saints

The term "Spirit Vein" is quite interesting... because long ago, these things were called by many different names.

For example, "earth veins" or "magic springs," but later a unified name was adopted—energy Spirit Vein.

You can call it "Source Vein" or "Demon Vein".

All I can say is that everyone can understand it.

These Spirit Vein, buried underground yet independent of the earth, are generally considered very important and precious resources.

These Spirit Vein, originating from the world itself and flowing with magical power from their source, are products of nature, a gift from heaven and earth.

For humans, the nodes of Spirit Vein can serve as strongholds, forming Great Barrier to safeguard cities.

For Monster, the magic emanating from these Spirit Vein helps them become stronger and evolve... but they also need specific points to connect.

The nodules of Spirit Vein are the key points where Spirit Vein... They hold an important position within the Spirit Vein.

It is key to the formation, stabilization, and flow of magical energy within the Spirit Vein.

It usually flows with a richer and more powerful magical energy, and may also be a confluence point connecting different Spirit Vein.

These nodes enable the exchange and sharing of magical energy between different Spirit Vein, thus making it easier to obtain a larger amount of magical energy.

So here's the question...

What is the significance of Spirit Vein nodes for magical girls and monsters? Or rather, what is the significance of Spirit Vein themselves for magical girls and monsters?

The answer is clearly not meaningless.

However, it's really not very meaningful for ordinary little monsters or ordinary little magical girls... just like the existence of a gold mine isn't very meaningful for ordinary people.

The principle is the same.

Monster are different. Any Monster, whether it's a small Monster, a large Monster, or a super-large Monster, can freely use Spirit Vein.

Monster do not have the concept of a physical body, nor do they have the concept of a "vital point".

Unlike the red of flesh and blood, or the green of plants... Monster is Monster, a unique life form.

It has no brain but can think; it has no mind but can possess wisdom; it has no digestive organs but can chew and devour...

Their entire bodies are filled with magical energy, which forms their physical form. The entire clan can directly utilize Spirit Vein.

In other words...

"Monster are the true beings suited to live in this world... We Monster are the masters of this world."

Speaking with such fervor, a woman's voice emanated from a humanoid shadowy figure whose face was covered by a strange mask...

Visibly, his mask was covered with tiny, glowing characters, making the mask appear as a white light source.

Standing before it was a Monster that was nodding, its mask completely blank, devoid of any expression.

The Monster seemed to agree with the female Monster's words, nodding repeatedly. "That's right, we are the true masters of this world!"

"..." To this, the smiling Monster beside him chuckled, "Dian... you keep spouting Dian every day, it's hilarious, hahaha."

Another female Monster standing nearby had...

(￣^￣)#

The female Monster with the displeased expression sighed even more at the new member's appearance, "Xiao... don't listen to Dian in everything."

After all, everyone knows that "Dian" is a joke.

Sometimes what you say today can completely overturn what you said yesterday... maybe that's what they call a "boomerang" or something.

However, every time she tried to correct it...

"Joy" will only fuel the fire.

"Oh, it's alright, it's alright... Hahaha, isn't this quite good? This is what motherly love and filial piety look like!"

The smiling Monster, while packing its things and pulling up its hood, said, "Well, I'm going out for a bit. Do you want to come along?"

As it spoke, it stretched out its finger and drew a gap in the air, opening a passage to the outside world.

Those present seemed uninterested in the invitation.

Only "Dian" showed some interest; she raised her head and said, "Britain? I want to go too... because the British Isles ultimately belong to us."

It's a huge hit again!

"Don't talk nonsense, haha! We have no intention of confronting the Saint King head-on, let us go..."

With that, the smiling Monster stepped through the newly opened passage, saying, "Investigate the condition of the nodules."

Then, "Xiao" looked around, unsure whether he should go outside with "Dian" and "Le".

Or perhaps I should stay at home with "Bang" and "Ma," who hasn't spoken a word all this time.

"Just keep it..."

The Monster, her face full of displeasure, said this casually, resting her chin on her hand. "No need to worry about 'Le' and the others... they're actually quite reliable when it really matters."

For example, after doing some research on the Monster King's sphere of influence, Le had already made a judgment.

"Le" believes that among the vast majority of royal territories, those with large spheres of influence and high-quality Spirit Vein are unlikely to be personally pursued by the king.

He's basically Saint King who adopts a sufficiently high and mighty posture.

And that was indeed the case; after arriving in Britain, they randomly chose a city near a small Spirit Vein Nodule.

They attacked the city several times and gained a new companion named "Xiao," but still no powerful figure came to stop them.

Or perhaps this is actually the norm...

Japan is a special case; it's a small place, yet it's home to a bunch of really tough guys.

After conducting this experiment, "Le" decided to explore whether the Spirit Vein Nodule could meet their requirements.

If they are qualified and capable of undertaking such a project, then they can build their own "Great Cavity" there, which would mean...

If nothing unexpected happens.

Their era...

It's about to begin!

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"Wang? Is there anything you want to do?"

In the dim light, one figure asked another a question. To the woman asking the question, the other figure slowly shook her head.

A figure draped in a long, pristine white robe, its hem swaying gently, softly removed the hood from their head.

Her golden hair and youthful, delicate face were revealed.

The emerald green eyes conveyed an indescribable feeling... if one had to find a word, it would be sacred.