166: Lu Li, No. 1

Regarding this, Fang Xun simply decided to act as if he had never asked.

Whether it was good or bad, considering his relationship with Lian Lian, it was difficult for him to offer an objective evaluation from any perspective.

As for how things would develop later, let it be.

Next was the continuation of the tour.

As Fang Xun looked further, he realized that everything before had just been appetizers.

The further they went, the more heavyweight it became.

Fang Xun even saw a Remnant Beasts accidentally fall into a sulfuric acid pool.

Then, it actually climbed back out, covered in burns.

A human would have been gone instantly if they fell in, yet this thing could take a stroll inside.

Fang Xun was greatly shocked by this.

Moreover, most of these things were salvaged directly from other places by the Disaster Beast.

Therefore, these things were basically in a state of disrepair, barely functional, with occasional leakage accidents occurring.

Watching high-temperature steam spray onto a Remnant Beasts's head, Fang Xun felt like the beast's head was about to be cooked through.

"Oh, it really did get cooked?"

The Remnant Beasts didn't seem to notice its brain was being steamed; it didn't leave its post until it collapsed.

Looking at this Remnant Beasts's professional dedication, Fang Xun felt like awarding it a title as one of the "Top Ten Remnant Beastss of the Moving Factory" in his heart.

But in the next second, a tentacle suddenly stretched out from a distance, its end opening into a giant mouth that swallowed the Remnant Beasts whole.

Immediately, another Remnant Beasts ran over very consciously to take over its job.

As for the opening spraying steam, a small spider-like Remnant Beasts ran over and clung to the opening, using its body to block the leak.

It secreted a special colloid from its body, sticking itself firmly to the iron pipe, and finally solidified onto the pipeline.

Seeing this scene, Fang Xun could only say one thing.

"Incredible."

"I was just as shocked the first time I saw it," Lu Li remarked beside Fang Xun.

If it were a human, it would be impossible to work in this environment.

But the Remnant Beastss could, and their efficiency was incredibly high.

After noticing these small details, Fang Xun found that there were quite a lot of patched-up places here.

Almost every trace of patching meant the passing of a Remnant Beasts's life.

With just a casual glance, Fang Xun saw over a hundred patched-up spots.

"By the way, will the Remnant Beastss really not rebel?" Fang Xun looked at how the Remnant Beastss were being used and truly worried they might stage an uprising.

"Ah?" Jiuying really hadn't considered these issues.

"If Brother is talking about the kind of things that often happen in human history, no, they won't.

Actually, the relationship between Remnant Beastss and us is like Brother and his own limbs...

Well, more like the relationship with fingernails.

They were originally weapons created to die; dying on the battlefield or dying in a factory makes no fundamental difference to them."

"Uh..."

Fang Xun actually wanted to say that there was still a bit of a difference between a battlefield and a factory.

A soldier might be willing to die on the battlefield, but they might not necessarily be willing to work to death in a factory.

But since Jiuying had put it that way, Fang Xun didn't voice his opinion.

The species were different; he really couldn't casually speculate on the thoughts of Disaster Beast and Remnant Beastss.

Oh, almost forgot, Remnant Beastss have no brains and no thoughts.

"By the way, Brother."

After the tour was mostly finished, Jiuying spoke again:

"Actually, there's one more thing."

"What else?" Fang Xun asked curiously.

"Recently, we want to attack Shannan City.

That place is occupied by another group of Disaster Beast, not part of our group.

Besides, there are many machining factories in Shannan City, which must have many sets of complete machining equipment. We really need them.

Brother, can you help us out?"

"Sure. This is a good thing, go ahead and fight." Fang Xun agreed readily.

Reclaiming lost territory was something Fang Xun hadn't thought of doing proactively, but since someone invited him, he was willing to lend a hand.

"Yay!" Jiuying said happily:

"That Director Wei-something said it needed more discussion, but since Brother agreed, we'll just ignore him."

"Ah?" Fang Xun didn't expect Director Wei to be involved in this.

Moreover, why didn't Director Wei agree?

"What's the situation?" Fang Xun looked directly at Lu Li.

"Cough..." Seeing this, Lu Li had no choice but to give a dry cough and say:

"We don't have enough manpower to take over a new city right now. So Wei Heng suppressed these matters for the time being."

"Just take it first. The Disaster Beast are quite proactive anyway." Fang Xun hadn't figured out the intricacies yet.

"If the city is taken, who will live there?" Lu Li hinted tactfully.

Hearing this, even if Fang Xun hadn't reacted just now, he understood now.

The Disaster Beast wanted a city of their own.

Of course, they had already occupied many cities, but that wasn't important.

What they wanted was a city that could integrate with humans and be recognized by the Great Senior, namely Fang Xun.

This way, they wouldn't have to worry that one day Fang Xun would suddenly descend from the sky and slap them all to death.

Fang Xun immediately looked at Jiuying.

Then he saw Jiuying looking at him with a very innocent gaze, like a pure little white flower.

Disaster Beast have really learned some bad tricks.

This could even be considered a sneak attack!

"Does Qi Lian know?" Fang Xun had to ask.

If Lian Lian wanted it...

Just as Fang Xun was halfway through his thought, he heard Jiuying say, "Young Miss said she'll listen to Brother."

"Uh."

Fang Xun pondered for a moment, and before he could speak, Jiuying continued:

"Actually, Young Miss wants to create a back garden for Brother."

"Hmm?"

"Brother can do whatever he wants inside.

"Oh?"

"All the girls around Brother can live together in the future and be happy every day."

"Eh?"

"Anyway, whatever Brother wants, the garden will have!"

*Hiss—*

"The garden will be full of girls! Just like in a gala game."

"!? !? !? !? !? !?"

Listening to Jiuying painting this pie-in-the-sky picture, Lu Li finally couldn't listen anymore.

"Fang Xun, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Don't just listen to her."

Looking at Fang Xun's expression, Lu Li could see that he wasn't just tempted; his desire was practically written on his face!

Hearing Lu Li's words, Fang Xun took a deep breath.

Yes, how could he be won over by just a few pieces of candy?

But then Jiuying said:

"All these things, and the girls Brother is close to, will all be there.

We will take good care of it every day; they are all shapeshifted maids. We've all learned how to take care of people.

There's a share for Captain Lu too. What style of garden does Captain Lu want?"

Lu Li didn't hesitate for a second:

"I want a Chinese-style one."