Published: March 2, 2025
Hearing Zero's proposal, Wen Yu slowly narrowed his eyes.
Zero's idea, in a way, coincided with some of Wen Yu's own thoughts—Little White, being Wen Yu's first perfect creation, had immense potential. Once the war in the African War Zone was over, Little White would have no place to be utilized.
This not only wasted a significant amount of Wen Yu's Creation Energy but also squandered the series of efforts Wen Yu had put in for Little White's arduous ascent!
It wasn't exactly a loss, but Wen Yu always felt it was somewhat unwise...
Initially, Wen Yu intended to find an opportunity to send Little White to the Demon Realm, embedding this nail deep within the realm. However, Zero's proposal presented an alternative choice.
It wasn't about having Little White follow Zero; instead, it was to create one or several more perfect soul creations, using multiple hidden agents to infiltrate the demonic clan!
With several hidden agents, they could either corroborate information with each other, put on acts to support one another, or in some special circumstances, Wen Yu could sacrifice one to protect the main force. This way, the strategic depth would increase significantly.
Thus, in Wen Yu's eyes, Zero's proposal was indeed tempting.
There was just one last point: "Loyalty... how can you guarantee that you won't go back on your word?"
From Zero's words and actions, Wen Yu could tell that the first proposal was truly Zero's real intention and purpose. As for the second—what touched Wen Yu—was merely Zero's instinctive "nonsense" for self-preservation.
His original intention was simply to cooperate with Wen Yu to elevate himself; he might not necessarily want to become Wen Yu's undercover agent, nor did he want to act as a traitor before an eleventh level strongman. But facing dire circumstances, since he initially intended to collaborate with Wen Yu, once that mental guard was lowered, cooperating at a deeper level would pose no issue.
This was probably the complete train of thought that Zero went through.
With a bitter smile, Zero said, "I can accept any means and methods of control, as long as you don't obliterate my soul and personality."
Zero was straightforward; he was well aware of his current situation—if he didn't show some sincerity, Wen Yu would not let him escape with his life.
And Wen Yu preferred dealing with straightforward people!
Thus, Wen Yu stood up and gently patted Zero's shoulder: "Then, the deal is struck. From now on, you are my person."
...
When Wen Yu walked out of the dark barrier, Zero did not accompany him.
As expected, just as Zero imagined, Wen Yu would not allow him to roam freely until he had placed a restriction on him—staying within the barrier was already the best treatment Zero could receive at the moment.
As for setting a restriction on Zero, Wen Yu had a rough plan in mind; however, the timing was not right—the battle was far from over. Not only was this battlefield still active, but there were other locations and many more issues unrelated to combat that awaited Wen Yu to oversee.
For example, this time, participating in the siege against Arcade's skeleton legion.
...
In the span of two months and ten days, the new soul creations Wen Yu cultivated were vast in number. Most of these were integrated into the various legions, especially into the originally largest mountain puppet legion.
However, the mountain puppet legion had not been established for long; at most it had been three months, and its scale naturally hadn't grown significantly—at least, the number of mountain leaders appearing on the battlefield wouldn't necessarily exceed that of the demonic creatures.
However, with the mountain puppet legion surrounding from the outside and Arcade’s blood slaves blossoming from the inside, it resembled a dumpling skin—though only a thin layer, it looked quite formidable!
Especially with the mountain puppet legion launching a stealth attack from underground, it indeed caught the demonic clan off guard. Added to that was Lord Sig's demise and Wen Yu's appearance...