The Nest

The reason Yi Xuan transformed Zhang Yang and the others into digital life forms was that he didn't want to disrupt the True Yang Nirvana Grand Array he spoke of.

He was worried that if the formation malfunctioned, the Demon Race would become aware of it.

In that case, our Mother Planet would be in danger.

Therefore, Yi Xuan thought of restarting the Bullet Plan.

Since we've already encountered the Demon Race in the Ziwei Domain, let's try a different place.

Yi Xuan simply didn't believe that other Lesser Immortal Realm were in the same situation as the Ziwei Domain.

After all, the Immortal Realm is so vast that even the most powerful Demon Race could not possibly conquer it all.

Even if the worst-case scenario does occur, and the Immortal Realm has become a vassal state of the Demon Race.

But the universe is so vast, it's not entirely an Immortal Realm.

Yi Xuan could have easily escaped to an undeveloped star system and lived there until the end of time.

As long as Yi Xuan has enough time.

Whether they are immortals or Demon Race, they will all eventually be trampled under his feet.

With that in mind, Yi Xuan silently rejected Zhang Yang's suggestion.

And as Zhang Yang explained, a hint of impatience appeared on his face.

Who is Zhang Yang? He was once the commander of the Immortal Emperor's personal guards.

How can one gain the favor of the Immortal Emperor if one lacks interpersonal skills and social graces?

Therefore, Zhang Yang noticed the moment Yi Xuan's impatience appeared on his face.

"What? You think my suggestion is too complicated?"

Seeing that Zhang Yang had noticed his unusual behavior, Yi Xuan didn't try to hide it.

"Yes, I think leaving first is the best course of action!"

Zhang Yang did not object after listening, but nodded and said:

"That's right! Logically speaking, leaving is definitely the best course of action! After all, given your current situation, you can't even handle a powerful demon with any strength, so staying here is indeed too dangerous!"

Yi Xuan never expected that Zhang Yang, who had just been advising him to break the True Yang Nirvana Grand Array, would agree to leave so soon.

This left him momentarily stunned.

"No, weren't you trying to persuade me to break the great formation? Why are you agreeing to let us leave now?"

Seeing Yi Xuan's puzzled look, Zhang Yang smiled slightly, "That's right, I do need to advise you to break the great formation! And I just agreed with your idea of escaping first, but I don't know if you noticed, I said that logically speaking..."

What's the difference?

The difference is that the current situation is unreasonable!

"Hmm? Escaping is difficult?"

"It's not difficult at all, it's just suicide, what difficulty could there be?"

Yi Xuan never expected that what he considered the best solution was actually seen as suicide by Zhang Yang.

"Going to your death? Surely not?"

"Heh, it's suicide, and certain death at that!"

Yi Xuan remained silent, simply staring at Zhang Yang. He felt that the other party's words were not unfounded.

"Call!"

Zhang Yang let out a long breath and continued, "Based on your description, and combined with my understanding of the Demon Race, I've concluded that the Ziwei Domain has been completely overrun and turned into a lair!"

"Nest?"

Yi Xuan muttered it to himself, then looked at Zhang Yang with a puzzled expression.

Zhang Yang nodded.

"It means exactly what it says, a nest!"

"The lair of the Demon Race?"

"That's right!"

Zhang Yang looked at Yi Xuan and explained with a serious expression, "Unlike us Human Clan, the Demon Race has never had the concept of defending their territory and settling down. The simplest point is that they will not bring the territories they annex into their rule!"

"Um?"

This was the first time Yi Xuan had heard this claim.

After all, even wild animals have a certain sense of territory.

As for the Demon Race, being a more advanced type of beast, their territorial instincts would certainly be stronger.

However, Zhang Yang's statement completely overturned Yi Xuan's understanding.

"What does this have to do with the nest you mentioned?"

"Of course it's related! The Demon Race will develop the territories they conquer into lairs! And the purpose of these lairs is to breed even more Demon Race!"

Yi Xuan seemed to understand something at this moment, and looked at Zhang Yang with some uncertainty, asking:

"If what you say is true, Ziwei Domain has become a lair for the Demon Race, then it means that the Ziwei Domain should be teeming with Demon Race cubs at this moment?"

"That's right, the Heavenly Dog you mentioned before should be one of them!"

At that moment, Yi Xuan suddenly realized that perhaps their judgment of the Heavenly Dog was wrong from the very beginning!

That underage Heavenly Dog was not one of the invaders of the Ziwei Domain.

Instead, it was a cub left behind by an adult Heavenly Dog after the Demon Race army invaded the Ziwei Domain.

Adult Demon Race reproduce in the territories they conquer, using the resources there to raise their offspring to adulthood.

It's like a snowball rolling downhill.

Every time the Demon Race army conquers a region, it turns that region into a so-called lair.

The Demon Race army will rest briefly in their lair and reproduce.

After reproduction was complete, the army departed, leaving countless Demon Race cubs behind in their nest.

These cubs can devour resources frantically in the nest to accelerate their growth, just like Heavenly Dog.

Once they have consumed enough resources and reached adulthood, they will leave their lair and pursue the Demon Race army.

They eventually joined them, enriching the Demon Race army.

Thinking about it this way, Yi Xuan suddenly felt immense pressure.

Although the Demon Race army had long since left the Ziwei Domain.

But those countless Demon Race cubs were not to be trifled with either.

After all, we can see that from the previous Heavenly Dog.

Even a Heavenly Dog that wasn't yet an adult was already giving Yi Xuan a huge headache.

Now Zhang Yang is actually telling Yi Xuan that the entire Ziwei Domain is like this, and there is even an adult Three-Legged Golden Crow that could awaken at any time.

It's terrifying no matter how you look at it.

Therefore, this solidified Yi Xuan's idea of restarting Bullet Plan.

"In that case, leaving is probably the best option, isn't it?"

"Heh, if you were Demon Race, would you have no defenses at all in your rear? Let me tell you the truth! When the Demon Race army leaves their lair, they thoroughly search the entire lair, eliminating any potential risks and leaving the cubs with a relatively safe environment to grow up in! Furthermore, they will use a large array to isolate the entire lair from the outside world! Unless the Demon Race open it on their own, even if Demon Beast reaches adulthood, it cannot leave the lair on its own!"

What would happen if we forced our way in?

Yi Xuan was still somewhat unwilling. He never expected that after finally escaping the Heavenly Dog's restraints, he would now be trapped in the Demon Race's great formation again.

Zhang Yang shook his head and said, "That's why I said leaving would be suicide! That great formation doesn't distinguish between friend and foe; once activated, it will attack anything that tries to pass through! Unless you have the strength of Immortal Emperor, you're doomed!"

This is yet another unsolvable situation.

At this moment, Yi Xuan really wanted to complain: What about the Immortal Realm? The Lesser Immortal Realm is dead, what about the Middle Immortal Realm? What about the Greater Immortal Realm? Why is no one taking care of it?

Seeing Yi Xuan's resentful expression, Zhang Yang said meaningfully, "It's not impossible to leave! You can take advantage of the formation closing to leave!"