Chapter 651 - 650: A Lucky Hit? Danger Approaches Chu Sheng
Chapter 651: Chapter 650: A Lucky Hit? Danger Approaches Chu Sheng
After receiving his orders from the Demon God Chi You, the Dark Tiger Demon Lord didn’t dare waste a moment. He traveled without rest to the southern Drake City.
He concealed his aura and secretly began to ask around about Chu Sheng’s whereabouts.
’He had assumed that a special mosquito from Blue Star would surely stand out after arriving on Planet Nibergen.’
But he had turned Drake City and the surrounding countryside completely upside down.
He couldn’t find even a trace of Chu Sheng.
Left with no other choice,
he had to find the Municipal Official of Drake City, Slime.
The Dark Tiger Demon Lord looked at Slime coldly.
"The Demon God Chi You has ordered a search for a mosquito from another planet."
"I command you to mobilize all of Drake City’s forces immediately and use every resource to find it."
"If you fail to complete the Demon God Chi You’s mission..."
The Dark Tiger Demon Lord didn’t finish his sentence, letting out a cold snort instead.
But the icy killing intent sent a shiver down Slime’s spine.
"Please rest assured, my lord!"
Slime hurriedly bowed and scraped, patting his chest in assurance.
"I will turn Drake City completely upside down to find that mosquito for you!"
The Dark Tiger Demon Lord nodded, satisfied. "Go. I will await your good news here."
Slime didn’t dare to delay. He immediately mobilized all the forces he could muster in Drake City and began a house-to-house search.
He had thought it would be an easy task.
But after a full week of searching, he had found nothing.
’If I can’t complete this mission, the Dark Tiger Demon Lord will surely not let me off.’
Just as Slime was fretting over the matter,
a country relative of his came from Village Number Eight to Drake City to see him.
"Cousin! Cousin! I’ve got great news for you!" his country relative shouted excitedly the moment he walked in.
Slime said irritably, "What good news could you possibly have? It’d be a blessing if you just stayed out of my hair."
"Don’t be like that, Cousin! This is seriously the best news ever!" the country relative swore.
Then, he leaned in conspiratorially and whispered in Slime’s ear, "Have you ever had Latiao?"
"Latiao?" Slime blinked, his face a mask of confusion.
He’d lived for hundreds of years and had never heard of a food called "Latiao."
The country relative carefully pulled a small, glistening, oily strip of Latiao from a cloth pouch he was carrying and handed it to Slime.
"This is Latiao."
"I couldn’t even bear to eat it myself. I brought it here just for you."
"Give it a try. It’s crazy good!"
Slime took the Latiao strip skeptically.
He first gave it a curious sniff.
A rich, spicy aroma instantly flooded his nostrils.
He couldn’t help but gulp.
Then, he tossed the small strip of Latiao into his mouth.
He gave it a couple of chews. SMACK SMACK.
The next moment,
a numbing, spicy, savory, and fragrant flavor exploded on the tip of his tongue.
It was a flavor unlike anything he had ever tasted in his life!
It was ten thousand times more delicious than any exotic delicacy he had ever eaten!
Slime swallowed the Latiao and licked his fingers, still craving more.
He looked at his country cousin and said urgently, "Cousin! Quick, more!"
His attitude had done a complete one-eighty!
His country cousin shook his head.
"I only managed to get one strip, and I saved the bigger half for you."
"I only had a tiny bite myself."
"Then what the hell are you talking about!"
Slime rolled his eyes.
"You want more?"
"Obviously!"
"Simple."
"Tonight at eight o’clock, bring all the Nibergen from Drake City to our Village Number Eight, and we’ll have all the Latiao we can eat!"
Slime said grumpily, "I may be the Municipal Official, but I can’t just order all the Nibergen to go to your godforsaken village for no reason!"
His country cousin patted his chest confidently.
"Just tell them that any Nibergen who goes to Village Number Eight tonight will get a free strip of Latiao."
Slime’s eyes lit up the moment he heard that.
’A free strip of Latiao this delicious, just for making a trip to Village Number Eight.’
’He was certain all the Nibergen would be scrambling to go once they heard!’
"Alright! It’s a deal!"
After his country cousin left,
Slime first sent people to spread the news through every street and alley of Drake City.
Then, he ran to the backyard to find the Dark Tiger Demon Lord.
The moment the Dark Tiger Demon Lord saw Slime enter, he asked urgently, "Have you found the mosquito?"
Slime shook his head. "Not yet."
"Then hurry up and find it!" the Dark Tiger Demon Lord roared, his Emperor Level aura flaring out.
Slime trembled in fear and hurriedly said, "My Lord, don’t be hasty! I... I have a lead!"
He quickly relayed everything his country cousin had told him to the Dark Tiger Demon Lord in great detail.
"My lord, this Latiao stuff is incredibly delicious!"
"We’re not doing anything right now anyway, so we might as well go to Village Number Eight and check it out."
"That mosquito from another world probably likes novel foods like this, so it’s bound to go to Village Number Eight."
"When it does, it’ll be like catching a turtle in a jar. We can capture it easily!"
Slime’s calculation was devilishly clever.
’Even if I can’t find the mosquito and fail the mission...’
’...at least I’ll have introduced the Dark Tiger Demon Lord to an unprecedented delicacy.’
’My merit will offset my failure.’
The Dark Tiger Demon Lord was an Emperor Level powerhouse and a trusted subordinate of the Demon God Chi You.
He had seen every kind of exotic delicacy imaginable.
But this "Latiao"...
He truly had never heard of it.
A spark of curiosity ignited within him.
Still, he kept a stern face and snorted.
"Hmph! To hell with your ’Latiao’!"
"We’re going to Village Number Eight to capture that alien mosquito!"
"Not to eat some ridiculous ’Latiao’!"
Slime quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, of course! We’re going to catch the mosquito!"
...
「Village Number Eight.」
Chu Sheng was a little stunned as he looked at the sea of people before him.
’It’s only been a week!’
’The scale of his "classroom" had exploded from a few hundred to tens of thousands!’
As far as the eye could see, there was a dense, dark mass of Nibergen.
They stretched from Village Number Eight all the way to the next village over.
’If this keeps up...’
’...it won’t be long before every Nibergen on the entire planet becomes part of my downline!’
’You guys are invading my planet...’
’...and I’m turning you all into my downline?’
’This whole situation had gone beyond absurd!’
Chu Sheng hadn’t expected this either.
’The Nibergen Race was surprisingly gullible.’
And because things had developed so much faster than he’d anticipated,
his supply of plain steamed buns was quickly running out.
So, he tried bringing out Latiao, a snack that didn’t exist on this planet,
handing them out one strip at a time.
To his surprise, the effect was ten times better than the steamed buns!
To get even a single strip of Latiao, the Nibergen were desperately recruiting others.
The more people they brought in, the more Latiao they could earn.
This led to the "classroom" size reaching a staggering tens of thousands in just one short week!
’Great, now the Latiao is almost gone too,’
Chu Sheng thought with a sigh.
’But no matter.’
’He had other snacks.’
’Haw flakes, sunflower seeds, nuts...’
’Worst case, I’ll hand out sunflower seeds one at a time.’
’He could definitely keep this up for another month or so.’
’And after that month...’
’...it’d be time to bolt!’
There were too many Nibergen for Chu Sheng, a single mosquito, to manage alone.
He found Bone Thin and had him help distribute the Latiao.
Holding the Latiao, Chu Sheng walked to the front row.
He noticed two Nibergen sitting right in the middle whom he had never seen before.
Moreover, the auras of these two Nibergen were exceptionally powerful.
’One was Monarch Level!’
’And the other was Emperor Level!’
’Such High-Level Nibergen had never appeared among his students before!’
Although ordinary Nibergen reached the Seventh-Grade Fierce Soldier Level upon adulthood,
it was very difficult for them to ever reach the Ninth Grade War General Level, even by the time they died of old age.
Those who could ascend to the Lord Level were as rare as a phoenix feather!
’But this time, a Monarch Level and an Emperor Level had shown up at the same time.’
It was impossible for Chu Sheng not to be on high alert!