"I’ve made up my mind, I’ll depart in half a month," Liu Hongzhao said very seriously. In her native world, too many people had died, and monsters filled every region. The disparity between humans and monsters was so stark that the pace of life had slowed down considerably.
Places where people gathered didn’t have much interaction; on the contrary, they had to be on guard against invasions by aberrant creatures. As for visiting others or trading, one could forget about it without sufficient martial prowess. Otherwise, they’d be devoured by aberrant creatures halfway there.
So within the Dusk Territory were unwilling to leave, hoping to wait until the monsters starved to death or turned on each other due to extre hunger, thereby reducing their numbers.
It wasn’t an idea that those people ca up with themselves, but rather one that was proposed by soone older than them, a competitor whom Qi Xiangyun had encountered here.
That person was also ambitious, seeking to establish his own power amidst the chaos and using the Dusk Territory as his base.
After all, as long as one followed the rules in the Dusk Territory, the Dusk nuns generally didn’t interfere with other affairs. They were even open to being invited for a ga of mahjong as long as they agreed. Evangelizing? That mattered even less to them.
At first, that person had approached them, and the situation was such that the person offered many attractive conditions and delivered quite the motivational speech, only to receive Liu Hongzhao’s cold indifference and a resounding ’scram’.
The person attempting to gather the survivors of the Dusk Territory indeed had personal charisma, good eloquence, and excellent abilities. However, Qi Xiangyun and her companions simply weren’t interested, no matter how beautifully he presented his case.
Being young indeed made it easy to be swayed or even left speechless. Within their trio, Lin Yaoyao was the most susceptible to such influence.
However, Lin Yaoyao cared more about Zheng Yichen, and as the daughter of the clan leader of Qi Family Town, Qi Xiangyun wasn’t so easily swayed despite her young age. Of course, Liu Hongzhao was the most decisive of all, rejecting anything said to her outright.
Rather than believing the words of strangers, she was more interested in verifying things for herself. Endless prattle about a haven in this chaotic world? Why not just openly say one wants to be the emperor?
"Then I’ll stay in Qi Family Town during this ti."
Zheng Yichen had left behind quite a few parts for her, which she could use in her chanical Techniques. While creating a modern vehicle was out of the question, building a cart combining chanical Techniques and technology was feasible.
In terms of speed, it was no match for Zheng Yichen’s motorcycle, but in this era, it was much more useful than horses. Nowadays, finding a healthy horse was problematic, to say nothing of those deford by mutation, which were downright disgusting—a polite way to describe them was simply as different.
That was to say, the thing with four legs and abnormal chunks of flesh hanging all over its body.
As for Lin Yaoyao, besides books, she also had a few small-scale pharmaceutical devices. The items Zheng Yichen had brought were all tailored to their needs.
"Leader, those three girls have left," soone reported at a camp not far from the Dusk Territory. A man in his thirties nodded as he listened to his subordinate’s report.
He had tried to recruit Qi Xiangyun and her companions, not just for their strength. Many survivors in the Dusk Territory had seen them in action, as they had practically cleansed the nearby area of aberrant creatures. With such martial arts skills at a young age, who wouldn’t want to enlist them?
Besides their abilities, their identities were of interest too. Among the three won, Lin Yaoyao was the most ordinary, Liu Hongzhao with her blood-red hair, possessed a singular nature. He had Diviners adept at prognostication by his side, and after the Demon Flower phenonon, it was one such Diviner’s information that led him to the Dusk Territory.
Originally, he wanted to take over the place, but sobody else acted faster than him. Then he realized how perilous this location was, and that those ’outsiders’ each had extraordinary abilities. Unfortunately, they all disappeared after the Demon Flower incident ended.
The Diviner also told him that this place was a transcendental land and best left without any unnecessary aspirations.
Due to his trust in the Diviner, he temporarily abandoned any designs on the Dusk Territory. While the Demon Flower remained unsolved, he maintained a low profile, even actively preserving so semblance of order and even trying to communicate with the Dusk nuns, but to no avail.
After the disappearance of the Demon Flower phenonon and the return to normalcy, the world was still overrun with mutated monsters. But these creatures had lost their ability to infect and cause anomalies following the eradication of the Demon Flower.
The Diviner, at great personal cost, discovered further information: the existence of the Supre Demon beca obscure with the disappearance of the Demon Flower.
As for humans, Liu Hongzhao with her unique traits was not a Supre Demon, but she was far from ordinary. Her peculiarity could be described as ’Banished Immortal.’ It was only after a significant sacrifice that the Diviner learned this, which he regretted.
He lanted his rashness, not expecting Liu Hongzhao to be akin to a Banished Immortal, a ’Daughter of Heaven’s Mandate’ almost akin to a Supre Demon rather than a common person.
It’s just that the Daughter of Heaven’s Mandate, as deciphered by the Diviner... How do I put it? It differs sowhat from the records. Other Sons and Daughters of Heaven’s Mandate appeared exceptional because of Heaven’s Mandate, not the other way around. It was the Mandate that made them stand out.
Liu Hongzhao was one where Heaven’s Mandate followed later, as she was extraordinary first before she obtained the fate of the Daughter of Heaven’s Mandate. It’s... quite bizarre, cough cough. The Diviner did not dare to criticize Heaven’s Mandate in his heart; he just carefully recorded this situation, so that he would beco greatly renowned among his lineage of Diviners in the future.
After all, wasn’t he the first person to discover this? If it cost him his life, so be it, for it was already too late to realize sothing was wrong.
The Daughter of Heaven’s Mandate, one who possesses her can command the world and withstand the Supre Demon.
That was what the Diviner had foreseen. However, such a Heaven’s Mandate seed incomplete, for which he even flipped through so ancient texts he brought during his escape. In the records left by Diviners who had encountered the Son of Heaven’s Mandate, many were related to Humanity’s Path.
For example, emperors who founded prosperous dynasties in the past. However, Liu Hongzhao’s Heaven’s Mandate barely touched on that part, focusing mostly on withstanding Supre Demons. There was a sliver related to humanity, but only a tiny bit.
Interpreting this ant that she could withstand Supre Demons, but such resistance was not for the sake of Humanity’s Path, which was irrational. Disasters just ended, monsters road the earth, Humanity’s Path was weak, and anyone bearing Heaven’s Mandate should therefore be mainly supporting Humanity’s Path.
Even if not the main part, this aspect, nonetheless, should not have been so scarce.
Liu Hongzhao was an anomaly, and what’s more, since Supre Demons were hidden, it was highly likely that they, too, had encountered so problems. When divining, the Diviner was prepared to pay so price, but divining the Supre Demons was strangely successful, which inflated his ego as it was usually too risky.
But he encountered no backlash at all, which could only an that those Supre Demons were facing even greater problems and were likely struggling to survive themselves. His ego brought about a major loss with Liu Hongzhao.
In all probability, with Supre Demons struggling to preserve themselves, Liu Hongzhao’s Heaven’s Mandate beca even more incongruous with the tis.
Yet regardless, the Daughter of Heaven’s Mandate remains so. The Daughter of Heaven’s Mandate, with the power to withstand Supre Demons, even if her fate is not much related to the path of the human race, her ability alone to withstand Supre Demons speaks volus about her future achievents.
Heaven’s Mandate is not absolute, but if she has such a fate, it indicates she has that potential!
Lin Yaoyao may be the most ordinary among the three won, yet her fate surpassed that of ordinary people; Qi Xiangyun belonged to the Qi family, and their chanical Techniques were famous in this world.
Liu Hongzhao needed ti to reach the pinnacle of her Heaven’s Mandate, while Qi Family’s chanical Techniques could instantly serve as an aid. The Diviner was so dedicated, and the young man certainly knew why—that was the Diviner’s investnt. The bigger the price paid during the divining, the closer his relationship would be tied to them.
The young man wanted to persuade and subdue them, but faced trendous obstacles, particularly with Liu Hongzhao, who exhibited extre coldness and rejection towards others, even showing intent to kill if she spoke too much.
Concerning Liu Hongzhao and the others, the young man currently had no intention of employing so unconventional thods against them. The Diviner had expressly warned him that proceeding in such a manner would be utterly foolish.
Liu Hongzhao and her companions could obtain certain items from the Dusk Territory. Although those Dusk hunters had disappeared, they still seed able to maintain a connection, conveying things. He was aware of the long-haired youth who had brought back Liu Hongzhao and the others.
From that motorcycle, he could confirm that he was the sa ’Proxy Agent’ who had left before. The difference between Proxy Agents and Dusk hunters, he had learned about from so Dusk hunters.
In an almost unbelievable turn of events, the disappearance of the Demon Flower was likely linked to that agent who left as a young adult and, after paying so price, returned appearing younger. The Diviner did not dare to divine Zheng Yichen... Divining for Liu Hongzhao almost cost him his life.
If he tried it on Zheng Yichen, the Diviner feared he might drop dead on the spot.
Now that Liu Hongzhao could still contact that Proxy Agent, it made it all the more difficult to act stealthily. He was apprehensive, not fearing that the Proxy Agent receiving the news would turn back. The likelihood might not be that high, but who could guarantee it was impossible?
Heaven’s Mandate is not absolute; needless to say about other matters.
If he couldn’t persuade and subdue them, and current conditions prevented any direct confrontation, then for the future... he would see how things would unfold. Dusk rcenaries held Proxy Agents in high regard, but at the sa ti hinted that Proxy Agents were more prone to accidents. The agent who dealt with the Demon Flower might die at any mont, severing all ties with the three won completely.
As for the Proxy Agent saving the world at a ti when even the Diviner was in despair over foreseeing the future—who besides a few knew about it?
The people who survived because of the Demon Flower’s extermination had no idea about the existence of a Proxy Agent, let alone what he had done.
He was desperate to subjugate the three won because if he succeeded, his operational leeway would significantly increase for so matters.
For instance... history is written by people.
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