["Residents from Region Three? If you don't want them, you can give them to me,"] The lord of Region Nine, Duma, tagged the lord of Region Three, Blake, and said, ["Why are you so angry? Sure, the residents can be a little disobedient sometimes, but giving them a lesson once in a while isn't a big deal. Especially the female residents, Tsk! Tsk! That's the good stuff!"]
["So what if you have a memory-wiping skill?"], Blake, the lord of Region Three, clearly looked down on Duma as he said, ["Let me ask you this, do any of your residents have loyalty over 90? If not, then shut up already. Always relying on dirty tricks."]
["That's enough! If you want to argue, do it in private. Stop embarrassing the alliance here!"]
Orin from Region Four finally couldn't take it anymore and stepped in once again to stop the two of them.
Meanwhile, Ethan spent the entire time silently harvesting loyalty points. He couldn't even be bothered to join the conversation. Someone else was already showing off for him, so why would he personally step in?
["Boss Ethan! You finally showed up! I've got something urgent to talk to you about!"]
Jeffery: [@Ethan!]
Jeffery: [@Ethan!!]
Jeffery: [@Ethan!]
It was like Jeffery was afraid Ethan wouldn't see it, so he deliberately tagged him three times in a row.
Only then did Ethan send him a private message, ["What is it? How many Sun Worms have been sold so far?"]
["More than four hundred,"] Jeffery said excitedly, ["Boss Ethan, you have no idea, our Sun Worms are selling like crazy. A bunch of people are pretending to act proper on the surface, but secretly they've been sneaking over to buy Sun Worms from me, and they even specifically told me not to let you know."]
["Let me guess who,"] Ethan said with a grin, ["Wouldn't happen to be the lord of Region One, Shakun, would it?"]
["Holy crap! Boss Ethan, do you have clairvoyance or something?"], Jeffery said seriously, ["You even guessed that right!"]
["Sell to him, but only the 24-hour version of the Sun Worm. Cash payment only, no contracts with him. As for the long-term-use Sun Worms, don't sell him a single one. Doesn't matter how high the price is. Got it?"]
["Got it, got it. Don't worry, boss!"], Jeffery hurriedly agreed, then added, ["But Boss Ethan, when are you shipping the Sun Worms? A lot of customers on my side keep urging me. If we don't deliver soon, I'm worried they'll start trashing us in world chat."]
["I'll send them soon. Wait a bit."]
The reason Ethan was willing to sell Sun Worms to Shakun wasn't because he genuinely wanted to help him.
He was deliberately lowering Shakun's guard, making him think Sun Worms were easy to obtain.
That way, when Ethan sent Honest Man back to plant the Seeds of the Flower of Misfortune, along with Omen Petal to curse Shakun, Shakun wouldn't suspect where Honest Man got the Sun Worm from.
After all, it was still polar night outside. If Honest Man wanted to return to Region One, he had to bring a Sun Worm with him.
Everything Ethan was doing right now wasn't just about harvesting a wave of materials from Shakun.
More importantly, he wanted to use Honest Man's hand to get rid of that brainless warlord once and for all.
"Insect Queen."
Ethan called out mentally to the Sun Worm Queen.
The queen quickly replied, ["Master, I'm here!"]
"Mm," As Ethan walked toward the Pet Paradise, he asked the queen, "Have all your Sun Worm offspring hatched yet? How many are there in total?"
["Reporting to Master,"] the Sun Worm Queen replied, ["A total of 108 qualified offspring successfully hatched within the required time and possess breeding rights. There are also 390 weaker offspring that lost their breeding rights. Two died during the hatching process."]
"Not bad at all," Ethan nodded, "I've got an Insect Clone Scroll here. Let all your offspring learn it. Uh… they should be able to learn it, right?"
["Master, there's no need for them to learn it individually. As long as I learn it, that's enough,"] the Sun Worm Queen replied, ["Any skill I master can be used by all of them." ]
"That's even better. Wait for me, I'll bring it over right now."
Ethan quickly pushed open the door to the Pet Paradise and walked inside.
At that moment, the Insect Queen was standing gracefully by the door, waiting for his arrival. She wore a soft white qipao woven entirely from insect silk.
The instant Ethan walked through the door, he was completely stunned by the Sun Worm Queen's transformation. Who could've imagined that the poker-faced burly man from before would turn into a breathtakingly beautiful mature woman in just a single day?
She looked a bit like Maggie Cheung in In the Mood for Love.
"Damn! How the hell did you do this?"
Ethan was shocked. She'd skipped the whole sex-change surgery process and transformed directly?
The Insect Queen covered her mouth and smiled softly, "Is Master asking about my body? I merely altered some neurotransmitter releases within this body and made slight adjustments to certain areas. That's why he became different."
"Then… what about down there?"
Ethan suddenly got curious. Could even that kind of body part change too?
"Hehe!", The Sun Worm Queen smiled, her voice carrying a gentle elegance, "That can be changed as well. If I wanted to, I could even grow many of them. Of course, I can also make it longer or shorter. Would Master like to see?"
"No! No!"
Ethan waved his hands repeatedly, then hurriedly handed the skill scroll in his hand to the queen.
The Sun Worm Queen accepted the Insect Clone Scroll with her slender fingers, then slowly unfurled the scroll. The way she moved genuinely resembled a refined young lady from a scholarly family. It was oddly mesmerizing to watch.
'Damn it! This is toxic.'
The moment Ethan realized he actually thought a giant female bug looked attractive, he quickly shook his head and forced all those messy thoughts out of his mind.
'Right now, what I need to focus on is Development! Development! Development!'
'Once I build my empire, why would I have to worry about lacking a harem? When the time comes, even a harem of three thousand won't be impossible.'
"Master, I've already learned it."
The queen rolled the scroll back up and handed it to Ethan.
Ethan was immediately stunned, "You didn't even need time to study it? You mastered it just like that?"
"Yes. This skill is very simple. It's essentially a form of splitting, except this split is more like an energy division rather than a true physical division. Very simple."
As the queen spoke, she actually split apart and produced another Insect Queen.
But because the new queen had no clothes on, she ended up standing stark naked right in front of Ethan.
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