Free Web NovelChapter 781: Chapter 216: Origin of the Alien Race (First Update)
By the banks of the Menglan River, the hundred-foot fortress walls stretched out, blocking the invasion of the Alien Race.
In the strategy chamber, Mu Qingge sat upright in the commanding seat, her eyes lowered in contemplation. The strategic map before her had already changed its appearance, revealing the Alien Race’s army after the hurricane passed, necessitating a rearrangement of the map’s deployments.
All around her, the Four Great Vassals remained silent, each watching the map with heavy expressions.
This was the scene Yuan Feng walked into.
He paused, quickly gathering his thoughts.
At present, although the Demon Clan had won one battle, the fight was just beginning. The full-scale attack by the Alien Race could erupt at any time, and they must resist the strongest onslaught.
So, he quietly entered, standing beside Ling Jiu, who turned to look at him. He simply nodded in greeting, not uttering a word to disturb Mu Qingge’s contemplation.
After the battle just now, no one dared to underestimate Mu Qingge, or belittle her as the princess!
Mu Qingge closed her eyes, her elbows resting on the table before her, fingers intertwined level with her chin. It seemed she was pondering, yet it also seemed she was resting.
As time passed, Su Sheng and She Yin exchanged a glance, their eyebrows furrowing.
Ling Jiu also sent continuous doubtful glances at Qing Ze.
Only Gu Ya and Gu Ye remained stern-faced, silently guarding behind Mu Qingge like two guardian spirits.
"Ahem." Qing Ze cleared his throat softly, cautiously asking, "Princess, are you feeling tired? Perhaps you should rest for a while; don’t overexert yourself."
As soon as he finished speaking, She Yin immediately chimed in, "Indeed! The princess carries Your Majesty’s blood, if anything were to happen from exhaustion, we couldn’t bear that responsibility."
He couldn’t forget being deceived by Mu Qingge earlier, worried about any mishap that might make him and Su Sheng take the blame.
After both had finished speaking, Mu Qingge finally opened her eyes slowly.
Yet, in her clear eyes, there was not a trace of fatigue.
Her gaze swept over Qing Ze and She Yin, speaking in a calm tone, "I’m fine."
Having said that, her eyes fell on Yuan Feng.
Caught by her sudden glance, Yuan Feng’s back stiffened, and he immediately stepped forward, clasping his hands in a respectful salute, "What are your orders, Princess?"
"Tell me everything you know about the Alien Race," Mu Qingge looked at him and said.
She was immensely puzzled to find that the Alien Race was similar to the creatures she encountered on the Divine Demon Ancient Battlefield.
The way they entangled with the Divine and Demon Clans made her faintly confused.
That feeling was inexplicable, hard to pinpoint.
Yuan Feng, the Defender General by the Menglan River, was frequently faced with the harassments of the Alien Race and was presumably more knowledgeable about them than others.
"Well..." Yuan Feng frowned, raising a hand to scratch his head, speaking with difficulty, "I don’t know where to begin." He was but a warrior, not adept at speaking, finding this task truly challenging.
At this moment, Qing Ze stepped forward, saying to Mu Qingge, "Allow me to briefly explain the origin of the Alien Race to the Princess, so she has an overview before General Yuan gives a detailed account of their military situation."
That will do!
Mu Qingge’s gaze remained unchanged, nodding almost imperceptibly.
Her steadiness and calmness were truly admirable. Even Su Sheng and She Yin now regarded her with renewed respect!
"As everyone knows, when heaven and earth first opened, clear air floated up, turbid air sank down, forming countless worlds. The world we know is the Three Thousand Worlds and the Billions of Mortal Realms. Yet, all these worlds were derived from one Main World, which reportedly is a floating continent known to the Divine and Demon Clans as the Fleeting Eternity, also known as the Eternal Continent," Qing Ze began to speak slowly.
Mu Qingge’s eyebrows raised slightly, not expecting Qing Ze to begin with this worldview of the Otherworld.
Nevertheless, these were things she hadn’t known before, so listening was no harm.
Qing Ze continued, "It is said that entering the Main World grants true eternity. However, this might be wandering too far. The reason I explain this to the Princess is to let her know that the Three Thousand Worlds and the Billions of Mortal Realms derived from the Main World are all independent systems. It’s like a large tree, with many branches outside the main trunk, and on those branches grow a multitude of leaves."
Qing Ze’s explanation came to life vividly in Mu Qingge’s mind.
His analogy was excellent, making it easy for Mu Qingge to understand the world structure of the Three Thousand Worlds and the Billions of Mortal Realms. The Main World he spoke of was like the main tree trunk, and the Divine Demon Continent, which everyone in the Middle Ancient Realm aspired to, was just one of the many branches derived from this main trunk, with the Billions of Mortal Realms as the leaves.
"Tens of thousands of years ago, the Divine and Demon Clans engaged in an unprecedented battle of the ages. Perhaps, because that battle was fought too fiercely, it caused cracks in these initially isolated worlds, creating spaces with overlapping dimensions in certain special regions," Qing Ze’s voice sounded in the strategy chamber, gentle yet extraordinarily clear.
Mu Qingge listened quietly, gaining a brand-new understanding of this world.
"The Alien Race began to appear around that time. They are extremely enigmatic; even after tens of thousands of years of contact, we still dare not claim to understand them thoroughly. Because each time, they only enter through these space-time rifts to battle, and afterward, they leave again."
Mu Qingge narrowed her eyes slightly. She said, "You mean to say that these alien races are actually products of other worlds. It was because of that great war that spatial rifts appeared, and two unrelated world systems overlapped, allowing them to appear here."
"Precisely!" Qing Ze nodded. "When the battle initially started, we didn’t know why these alien races were waging war. Later, we noticed that every time they won a battle, they would drag away the bodies of the Divine and Demon Clans or take away a large number of captives. We then inferred that perhaps the bodies of our Divine and Demon Clans served a special purpose for them."
"So, one of their basic purposes for going to war is to obtain the bodies or captives of the Divine and Demon Clans." Mu Qingge caught Qing Ze’s words.
Her gaze swept lightly over everyone in the strategy room, and under her gaze, everyone nodded almost imperceptibly.
Simultaneously, everyone’s expressions appeared cold and violent.
Because the behavior of these alien races was intolerable to them.
"Later, we learned that these aliens were dragging away the bodies of the Divine and Demon Clans and capturing all the captives because they use our flesh and blood as food!" Qing Ze spoke with clenched teeth and hate.
As soon as he spoke, the temperature in the strategy room dropped a few degrees.
Mu Qingge remained silent.
This point had already been quietly told to her by Gu Ya. Perhaps the bodies of the Divine and Demon Clans were seen by these alien races as a kind of ’Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures’, which is why they were attracted to initiate attack after attack, seeking to capture more bodies.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up. She said, "If the bodies of the Divine and Demon Clans have different functions for the alien races, similar to the existence of elixirs, could it be that something happened in their world, urgently requiring the flesh and blood of the Divine and Demon Clans?"
Her speculation made everyone in the strategy room shiver.
Although there’s no evidence yet, her guess is very likely!
Su Sheng couldn’t help but nod and say, "This guess is very possible. After all, after so many years of fighting, they are only interested in our bodies, and nothing else seems to interest them."
Ling Jiu frowned, "It’s true, the word is right. But it is difficult to prove."
"It’s not necessarily difficult to prove." Mu Qingge raised an eyebrow, looked at everyone, and suddenly smiled: "Sometimes, to find out the opponent’s secrets, you don’t necessarily have to send spies to investigate secretly; you can also let the opponent voluntarily tell us their intentions."
Hmm?
What do you mean?
"How would the alien race tell us their purpose?" She Yin sneered.
Yet, Mu Qingge remained calm, with a faint smile at the corner of her mouth, making one feel there’s much thought behind it.
Qing Ze frowned, pondering deeply, then suddenly his eyes burst with insight, and he exclaimed loudly, "I understand what the Princess means!"
As soon as he spoke, he immediately drew everyone to look at him.
Even Mu Qingge was no exception; she looked at Qing Ze with interest, a gentle smile in her clear eyes, seemingly encouraging Qing Ze to continue speaking.
This natural demeanor of a superior unknowingly revealed itself in front of Qing Ze, surprising him, but he didn’t feel repulsed. On the contrary, he felt this was the stance Mu Qingge should have.
He steadied his mind and said, "Does the Princess mean we can use peace talks as a pretense, and then see what conditions they propose, so we can analyze their purpose from there!"
Mu Qingge showed an ’educable child’ expression and smiled approvingly.
With Qing Ze’s explanation, the others also came to realize.
The enlightened crowd, after showing expressions of sudden understanding, looked at Mu Qingge with shock.
God knows how she came up with such an open strategy? Why didn’t they think of it?
However—
Su Sheng frowned and said, "Although this is a good approach, our Demon Clan has never had a precedent for peace talks with alien races for tens of thousands of years. Even if it’s just acting, once spread, especially known by those guys from the Divine Clan, it might provoke mockery!"
Mu Qingge smiled and said, "I’m merely providing a way to inquire about their purpose. Now, by the Menglan River, regarding the alien invasion’s purpose, we can choose to know or temporarily unknow. Anyhow, our sole goal is to drive them all away."
This makes a lot of sense.
Su Sheng and She Yin exchanged glances, nodding secretly.
Mu Qingge sighed inwardly. Actually, pretending peace talks to discern the alien race’s purpose, and then countering it, could be considered a long-term solution.
Yet, this approach consumes too much time, which is difficult for the current Demon Clan to accept.
She currently only desires to quickly resolve the battle by the Menglan River and then set out for the Ancient Insect Abyss, so she is unwilling to expend her energy here.
Gathering her thoughts, Mu Qingge looked at Yuan Feng and said, "I’ve roughly understood the origin of the alien race. Now, what needs to be known is the classification within the alien army, their hierarchical relationships." Those tall aliens stemming into smaller ones convinced Mu Qingge that the racial hierarchy is quite clear.
