Following the usual practice, Li Cunxu let the Little White Spider choose a na, letting it think that by choosing a na, it was intervening in the destiny of the new Sli tribe, thereby earning destiny points.
The Little White Spider pondered, "They all have the ’Big Eater’ talent, should we call them Big Eater Sli?"
The Sli showed strong resistance, shaking its head wildly.
The Little White Spider thought of another na.
"How about Gluttonous Sli?"
"Puchi~ (Not imposing enough.)"
The Sli shook its head again. Having mutated from an Intelligent Sli, its intelligence had risen again after the mutation, and it had so ideas of its own about the future na of its species.
The Little White Spider said, "If you want sothing imposing, how about Devouring Sli?"
The Devouring Sli’s eyes lit up and it nodded repeatedly.
"Puchi~ Puchi~ (This is good, imposing and sounds good, let’s go with this.)"
The na Devouring Sli reminded Li Cunxu of a famous player in a past life ga who created the renowned ’Devouring Sli’ (ntioned in Chapter 7).
In the past life ga, the Devouring Sli also had the Big Eater (Purple) talent.
"A Sli with the Big Eater talent being called ’Devouring Sli’ in both lifetis—is it a coincidence, or is it destined to be called this na?"
Li Cunxu murmured to himself in a voice nobody else could hear.
After observing the Devouring Sli for a while, Li Cunxu found this Devouring Sli was different from the previous life’s ’Devouring Sli’.
The previous life’s ’Devouring Sli’ was just a big eater with strong combat power, not much different from ordinary slis.
And this Devouring Sli, besides being a big eater and having formidable combat power, had an additional weakness and strength.
Weakness: When in a state of hunger, the Devouring Sli’s intelligence will decline, and when it reaches extre hunger, it will go berserk, eating everything it can, including soil, unconsciously.
Strength: If it remains satiated for a long ti, the Devouring Sli’s intelligence will slowly and permanently increase.
Compared to its strength, the weakness can be ignored.
An increase in intelligence can slightly enhance insight, and the higher the insight, the greater the probability of comprehending rules.
This ans that the Devouring Sli has a slight possibility of breaking through to be a King.
Looking at the intelligence test papers, Li Cunxu exclaid happily.
"This Devouring Sli will have a bright future!"
"Master, don’t be too quick to rejoice, we can’t afford to raise Devouring Sli."
The Little White Spider dampened the mood.
"The Devouring Sli has an enormous appetite and is a true ’big eater’. We can afford to raise one or two, but when the number reaches a thousand or ten thousand, even the Land of Fertility, with its endless resources, will fall short in the face of their bottomless appetites.
Especially as the Devouring Sli’s power grows, its appetite will also increase; in the end, it could devour the entire Fertile Island."
Li Cunxu gently ruffled the Little White Spider’s head with his big hand.
"Don’t push yourself too hard; you can slow down on researching chanical weapons and understanding fate skills, occasionally browse the internet, watch short videos, and relax."
The Little White Spider, super smart, imdiately realized Li Cunxu’s hint that there might be a way to solve the Devouring Sli’s excessive eating problem online.
"Master, I’ll find a balance between work and rest; you should just spill it—how do we solve the Devouring Sli issue? Stop beating around the bush."
"We truly can’t afford to raise the Devouring Sli, but we can have others raise it for us and earn money."
The Little White Spider instantly understood Li Cunxu’s aning.
Selling the Devouring Sli to other Beast Masters to contract would not only save expenses but also ensure a bright future for the Devouring Sli, earning so money in the process, achieving multiple goals in one move.
"But how is this related to the internet?"
"Didn’t I win the Overlord competition through Xiaoruan not long ago? This led to many impulsive young people contracting slis."
The Little White Spider questioned, "After the competition, didn’t you imdiately release a video advising people not to contract slis? And didn’t the Alliance also enact laws limiting people from contracting slis? How are there still people contracting them, and so many at that?"
Li Cunxu sighed, "Profit-driven video bloggers, eager for views and money, deliberately contracted Slis, then used acting, video editing, and AI-generated thods to make fake videos, creating an illusion that the Slis they contracted were also very powerful.
They deceive young people by saying they have tutorials on ’making a Sli super powerful’ just like Li Cunxu’s.
For just a small amount of Alliance Coins, they can purchase it from the blogger..."
The Little White Spider said, "Then so people believe it, purchase the so-called tutorials, and contract a Sli."
Li Cunxu lanted, "Yes! Many believe it, a significant number indeed. Before this issue blew up, those bloggers collectively ran off with the money. With no one to bla, the parents of those youths who wasted a contract slot pointed their anger at , claiming I was the instigator."
This matter has stirred quite a storm of public opinion online. If it continues, I suspect the Alliance might remove this year’s Overlord competition videos to mitigate the impact."
The Little White Spider asked, "Those bloggers all escaped? Not one was caught?"
"No."
"Master, this is clearly a conspiracy targeting you, tarnishing your reputation."
"Yes, I’ve seen that too."
Li Cunxu was sowhat helpless; the opponents were very skillful, ruining his reputation without leaving him a way to retaliate.
Fortunately, Li Cunxu wasn’t soone who particularly cared about his reputation.
Who could be the mastermind behind this conspiracy?
It could be the enemies of Li Shiji; it could be the Four Evil Gods Sects... they all have motives and possibilities.
Finding out the mastermind? Li Cunxu didn’t have the heart for it.
The key to uncovering the mastermind lies with those bloggers causing trouble. Investigating where those bloggers escaped to is ti-consuming and labor-intensive; after all the effort, it might turn out that those bloggers have already been silenced by the mastermind.
Li Cunxu’s idea was very simple: since he didn’t know who the mastermind was, he assud it was all of them, and once he grew stronger, he’d take them down one by one; after all, they weren’t good people.
"Devouring Sli and the online outcry against you?" the Little White Spider pondered, "I understand, since the craze for contracting Slis can’t be stopped, proactively guide people to contract Devouring Sli. This way, you not only mitigate the negative impact on your reputation but also promote Devouring Sli’s na."
So, worshipping Xiaoruan’s strength, impulsively and blindly contracted a Sli wanting a pet as powerful as the Sli, but later, when the Sli didn’t et their expectations, they regretted wasting a contract slot and blad Li Cunxu for misleading them.
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