Chapter 722

Chapter 722: Inside the Demon Tribe

Fangzhang Continent, a coastal island

A huge seabird stood on the island. Not far away, less than twenty miles, was Fangzhang Continent. It was covered in demon clouds and mist, blocking vision and severely restricting perception.

After observing for a while, the seabird flew to Fangzhang Continent. It shook its feathers, summoning a large number of Demonic Ants. The Ant Queen was by the seabird’s side, leading the Demonic Ants into Fangzhang Continent at a swift pace.

The Ant Queen continued to hatch Demonic Ants, increasing their numbers. However, there were no high-level Demonic Ants among them – they were all low-level ones.

A lot of Demonic Ants kept trying and failing for several months until finally one of them came to Miao Lin. Remembering games he played with his father and a hint his father gave him recently, Miao Lin seemed to understand something.

Miao Lin took a piece of sugar, crushed it, and threw it to the Demonic Ant. Three days later, another Demonic Ant appeared in his house, bringing him a dozen grains of rice.

Looking at the rice, Miao Lin pondered for a while. Half a day later, he had a sudden idea and took the rice grains, then found a magnifying glass.

Sure enough, there were words on the rice grains, carved with a micro-engraving technique on tiny things.

Miao Lin wrote down all the words on the rice grains, noticing some repetitions, maybe as a backup plan in case something went wrong with the Demonic Ants midway.

"I need to learn this micro-engraving technique."

Miao Lin sighed, finally understanding how his father had been contacting him. It was a clever method, hard for the Demons to notice, although it was slower in transmitting information, taking several days for a round trip.

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"Sir, the plan worked, we got news from Fangzhang Continent."

"Oh, what news?"

"Can’t make a complete sentence yet. Missing details, poor carving skills only allow one word on a grain of rice."

"Skills are not great, taking months to carve a single word."

Qiu Weidao said. There are folk craftsmen in Huaxia, ordinary people, the record is carving one hundred and forty-four words on a grain of rice.

Not expecting Miao Lin to be so talented, carving tens of words on a grain of rice, completing a sentence should be possible, but it’s not achieved.

"Sir, micro-carving requires talent, might not have the talent."

"Regardless, have him report the urgent internal situation of the demon clan quickly. Prioritize, describe the demon clan’s ecological issues after, focus on important details. Also, make sure to have multiple copies."

Qiu Weidao said, their communication method is currently the most secure, Muse’s son Miao Lin is not a cultivator, can’t use spells.

Cannot use the internet or radio, as Muse mentioned, many humans on Fangzhang Continent are loyal to the demon clan, easily discovered, their satellites can’t reach there either.

So they used nurtured creatures to make contact. Before Muse, they tried many ways to infiltrate the monster clan, raising many creatures, but each time failed. Because the low-level creatures couldn’t complete their spying missions, and if they were high-level, they would risk being discovered by the monster clan.

Now is the best time. Third-level flying creatures are not very noticeable, and the Demonic Ant is even more ordinary. It has already been phased out on the monster side and is insignificant in the monster ecosystem.

The only downside is that the transmission efficiency is too low. Not only is it slow, but also prone to loss, so each transmission needs multiple backups.

In the following months, Miao Lin carved on grains of rice every day in secret. Finally, there was some progress in technology. As the messages on the grains of rice were constantly integrated, Qiu Weidao finally began to receive internal monster clan information.

Qiu Weidao found Lin Jiang and reported this news to him.

"After more than a year, the message has finally come through?"

"Yes, it was very difficult."

"Tell me, what is the current situation with the monster clan?"

"Muse’s son Miao Lin doesn’t know much. He only tallied up over four levels of the monster clan. There are only around three hundred shape-shifting monsters, which is clearly more than that. However, among these three hundred, many are sea monsters. The Demon Queen has strong control over sea monsters and has pulled out most of the four-level sea monsters."

"As expected, the Tianya Mountain Base also reported that the number of sea demon tribe has increased significantly in recent years."

"In addition, among the human captives from Fangzhang Continent, there is a group of cultivators who are very loyal to the demon tribe. They are now the beneficiaries of the demon tribe within human territory. They have done many things for the demon tribe, such as making Benefit Spirit Pills for them."

"Can Benefit Spirit Pills really be made?"

"Yes, this is something we didn’t expect. This was not mentioned by Miao Lin, but was deduced by our people. The demon tribe has planned many spiritual lands within Fangzhang Continent to grow spiritual herbs. These herbs are not high-grade, they are all low-grade, but the low-grade demon beasts who eat them benefit from it. I speculate that the demon tribe is accelerating the ecological cycle."

"Cows eat grass, wolves eat cows?"

Lin Jiang was surprised and then said. Are the demon tribe really that powerful?

"Yes, all of this was deduced based on intelligence. Miao Lin’s mission among the demon tribe is indeed managing many humans. The demon tribe will not easily massacre them, as they have been serving the demon tribe. Many Demon Kings enjoy the luxurious things provided by humans, which are brought by them."

"It seems like the civilization of the demon tribe is continuously integrating with the civilization of humans."

"Demon tribes above the fourth rank, after transformation, are not much different from us humans. It can even be said that demon tribes after transformation have more advantages than humans, except in terms of intelligence."

"What evidence do you have from this information?"

"In this battle for civilization, our human race has not yet gained a decisive advantage. The demon race is also making efforts and progress. Their potential for war is still very strong."

Qiu Weidao said. Just the demons being able to cultivate spiritual land, by utilizing this point, their war potential increases countless times.

The demons in the past never did these things. Their productivity was even lower than primitive humans, living off the land by luck. However, with the use of agriculture, a large number of spiritual herbs were grown. These herbs could feed more herbivorous demons, which were not strong in battle but were also food sources. This enabled the cultivation of a large number of higher-level demons, including the immeasurable Demon Insect.

"Yes, you are right. We currently rely on technology, slightly stronger than demons, but the strength is limited, without absolute advantage."

"So my suggestion is to flatten Fangzhang Continent. I have had someone calculate it. If we carpet bomb Fangzhang Continent with tactical nuclear weapons, ensuring 100% coverage, we would only need 1,500 tactical nuclear warheads with an equivalent of 5 million tons. If it’s an apocalypse-level event, perhaps as few as ten warheads would be sufficient."

"*cough*"

Lin Jiang was almost taken aback by Qiu Weidao’s words. "1,500 tactical nuclear warheads, brother, if we set one off, nuclear winter will come."

"Qiu Weidao, do you know what you’re saying?"

"I know we may not be able to completely defeat the Demon Queen and her forces on Fangzhang Continent, but they are already on their last legs. With our current strength, we can organize our troops to slowly wear them down. Dealing with the harsh winter and dark clouds should not be a problem. We can use some magical treasures to directly absorb their power."

"Did you really think about it like that?"

"I consulted with some experts on this matter."

"Have you considered how many people might have to die to achieve this goal?"

"We may lose around half of our people."

"Are they willing to do that?"

"They aren’t willing, but they have no choice."

"Let’s pretend you never said that, and please don’t bring it up again."

Lin Jiang stated that he would not agree to this plan. Despite his high status and support from awakened cultivators, it was because he could benefit them and bring them profits.

If the monsters attack, they are willing to fight hard, but they definitely don’t want to risk losing half of their people to kill the monsters by force because the risk is too great and the rewards are too small.

They know about the threat from the monsters, but it’s a long-term threat. At the moment, they are not in danger, it’s others who are fighting hard.

"I understand, Ancestor Lin."

"Are there any other situations to report?"

"Not at the moment."

"Then go rest, and when you get information on the monsters, send it to me immediately."

Lin Jiang said that there was no need to report in person in the future, just send the information over and he would arrange for analysis.

"Qiu Weidao is really scary, fifteen hundred tactical nuclear weapons, wow."

After Qiu Weidao left, Cao Ying spoke up, she was also frightened by Qiu Weidao’s audacity.

"Qiu Weidao is not too bad, I think he was deceived by those experts, exaggerating the threat of the demon clan."

"The threat of the demon clan is not small at all. If Lin Wanli breaks through to the Seventh Realm, there will truly be a big battle."

"Don’t worry, we can just set up a few more large formations at that time."

"Your Eight Profound Heavenly Armor formation can’t stop the attacks of the Seventh Realm, especially since Lin Wanli is a Rufu, a powerful divine beast."

Cao Ying said. The Seventh Realm and the Seventh Realm are different. For example, the Shenwu Demon Emperor focuses on defense, while Lin Wanli of the Peng Bird Clan, if he breaks through the Seventh Realm, will definitely have impressive combat power.

Lin Jiang had nothing to say about this. There are currently no peak Void Achieving individuals in the human race. Even if he wanted to work hard, he couldn’t do it, he could only delay and wait for a bunch of mid-level Void Achieving individuals to see who would breakthrough first.