Chapter 205: 204 Dragon Lotus!!!

These two monsters from the Jie Nation share the surname Moon, but despite having the same surname they have no blood relation, nor are they from the same sect; they are merely colleagues carrying out a mission together.

They belong to the Jie Nation's border patrol; the destroyed spacecraft was their border patrol ship, which originally carried three male and three female monsters—six in total—but now only the two of them have survived.

That cultivator squad has always consisted of three members; after Wang Wu killed one, only two remain. They were taken out for training by senior cultivators of their sect, merely passing through here.

Then they happened to clash with the Jie Nation patrol; although it initially seemed grim, in fact the patrol containing the two monsters actively launched an attack on Hu Yuan.

As for Hu Yuan, although he does indeed hate monsters, he knows exactly when to act and does not act impulsively in such a situation.

But since he is being attacked, Hu Yuan naturally must fight back to protect his own team.

Although at a slight disadvantage in strength, humans have the advantage of being cunning and adept at scheming compared to monsters. Even though the monster civilization of this star system is highly advanced, its internal culture still leans toward straightforwardness.

Of course, they certainly employ strategies as well, and they do so skillfully. Yet because of their nature, most monsters remain more "straightforward" and "simple".

To enable his team to win despite the disadvantage, Hu Yuan naturally chooses to use certain tactics, such as feigned surrender.

Of course, these monsters aren't fools; they aren't so easily duped.

Hu Yuan's success in scheming is mainly due to a special cultivation technique he practices, which can forcibly break a restriction even when his strength is limited, catching the opponent off guard.

And the patrol of the two Moon‑surname monsters failed precisely because of this.

Originally they had indeed won, even placing a seal on themselves, and were thinking of returning to profit from these human cultivators.

But unexpectedly, the human cultivator who had been sealed suddenly erupted, instantly slaying the strongest captain in the team and grievously wounding three others.

That's the cunning of humans; they always have all sorts of underhanded tactics. Yet there's little to criticize, as both sides are already hostile, and the battlefield values life and death, not etiquette.

The monster race also uses such scheming, so there's not much to say.

The monsters of the Jie Nation are of a relatively ferocious and cruel type; when faced with human surrender they don't necessarily think of holding them for ransom. However, Hu Yuan isn't gambling—he has a second plan.

Of course, since the first plan succeeded, there's no need to consider the second.

In the end, the patrol was left only with these two weakest monsters, and what followed was Hu Yuan's personal revenge phase, or rather his entertainment segment.

Torturing monsters became Hu Yuan's greatest hobby after his junior sister's death, or perhaps his solace.

He believes this comforts his sister's spirit in the heavens; in the two hundred years since her death, the number of monsters he has tortured to death exceeds several thousand.

If not for sect restrictions, this number would have risen even further.

After all, monsters make excellent slave resources; letting people slaughter them at will would be too wasteful.

"You two really aren't sisters?"

That night, in the Jade Plate restaurant, Wang Wu looked at the Jie Nation female monster under the table and asked curiously.

The female monster named Yue Xu holds a relatively low status in the Jie Nation, so she cannot sit at the table to eat and must eat beneath it.

"Of course not, junior Wang Wu..." the other female monster Yue Yong, seated to Wang Wu's right, tucked a dish into his mouth and said with a smile.

Wang Wu had previously thought the two were dead, but unexpectedly their vitality proved quite resilient.

Wang Wu has always been a benevolent monster‑human; since Heaven gave them a chance at life, he naturally would not be stingy.

From the moment the two female monsters awoke until now, more than six hours have passed. Wang Wu is a very diligent person; in those six hours he barely rested, constantly occupied with tasks.

Even during dinner time, he still did not stop.

The two female monsters don't intend to eat dinner; although the one beside them could sit at the table, she is only fit to serve Wang Wu. Of course, they aren't hungry either.

The two female monsters come from the same hometown, so their relationship within the patrol can be described as decent but not close.

However, through their shared experiences, their bond has become considerably closer now.

But monsters are inherently greedy, so this afternoon the two monsters fought and bit each other over a scramble for food, trying to snatch food from each other's mouths.

Opposite the dining table were three female monsters with slightly bluish faces; not only their faces, but their eyes were also glowing green.

Staring intently at the two female monsters, the combined aura emitted by the three monsters warped the surrounding air.

Yet these two Jie Nation female monsters were unfazed by the three's hostility, even flashing a provocative glance in return.

"Ha ha, this is entertaining, ha ha."

As for Yin Shenli, she merely feels thoroughly entertained, having enjoyed this carnage scene as much as the super drama of the afternoon.

"That kid, could it be that he kept digging just for this? Ha ha, he's got quite the spirit..."

"But why do I feel the two of you look a bit alike?" Yue Yong's remark didn't clear Wang Wu's doubt, because in his view the two female monsters indeed resembled each other somewhat.

Moreover, it's not just the faces; even certain bodily details are strikingly similar.

Of course, Wang Wu actually knows that the two female monsters have no blood relation, as they aren't even the same species.

Although cross‑species siblings do exist among monsters, it is perhaps the norm.

Because, despite low fertility, once a monster shapeshifts, it no longer faces reproductive isolation with monsters of another race.

Although unions between different monster races further lower fertility, they can still produce offspring.

As for whether the remaining monster's lineage follows the father or mother, it's truly random.

A child born of a spider monster and a yellow weasel monster could be a weasel, a spider, or even neither.

Indeed, it's neither. What it is depends on which species lie higher up in that monster bloodline—meaning atavism can appear.

Nevertheless, there is no doubt that Yue Yong and Yue Xu share no blood relation.

The reason both monsters share a surname is that their home planet is called Moon Star, where over ninety percent of species bear the name "Moon".

Naturally, after shapeshifting, these species also adopt "Moon" as their surname.

Such a situation is fairly common in the Jie Nation, where an entire planet's monsters share the same surname.

"Because many monster families on Moon Star truly originated from a single lineage tens of millions of years ago, I wonder if your side, junior Wang Wu, has such a belief," said Yue Xu, who has no right to sit at the table, looking up and smiling at everything.

"All life on a star originates from a minuscule, simple being that reproduced tens of millions of years ago."

"Huh?" Wang Wu lowered his head in surprise, glancing at Yue Xu.

It seems indeed a rather advanced monster race; their civilization level is impressive.

"By the way, junior Wang Wu is half‑demon half‑monster—truly enviable..."

After again explaining to Wang Wu that she and the fox spirit beneath the table share no blood relation, Yue Yong pressed her body tightly against Wang Wu and said coquettishly.

"Hehe, just ordinary." Wang Wu chuckles and reaches down.

Yue Xu, who isn't fit to sit at the table, is a fox spirit, while the monster qualified to sit there is a rabbit spirit.

While clinging to Wang Wu, Yue Yong occasionally shoots angry glances at Yue Xu under the table.

Especially when she sees the other's smug look, she becomes even more angry.

It's not only the three female demons who dislike the two of them; Yue Yong and Yue Xu also look at each other with displeasure.

Because of greed, they always feel the other eats more and they get the short end.

Of course, the displeasure doesn't affect the newly formed friendship; it's just a little squabble between friends and won't have any big impact.

One moon fox and one moon rabbit, both belong to innate demonic beasts and possess high intelligence from birth.

Moon Star is a relatively high‑rank planet within the Jie Nation; most beasts there are innate demonic beasts, and at least half of them have high intelligence.

Some even had civilization before taking shape, such as the Moon Bud Flower.

Yes, plants can become monsters, though not on Heavenly Origin Star; but the universe is vast, and the demon race is actually the most widespread species in it.

Yue Yong and Yue Xu are not noble demons from great families; they are ordinary civilians, so talking with them feels especially friendly to Wang Wu.

"Wang Wu, little brother, have you ever thought about coming to our hometown Moon Star? Then I'll show you around."

"We have many interesting places on Moon Star; every year a lot of demons come here by name," Yue Yong continues, then picks up a pair of chopsticks and feeds Wang Wu.

"If there's a chance, I'll definitely go see it," Wang Wu nods, "Aren't you eating?"

"I don't want to eat these, Brother Wu… and I'm pretty full…"

He glances at the other's belly and says nothing more.

It must be said, good people do get good rewards; after rescuing Yue Yong and Yue Xu, they almost risked their lives to repay Wang Wu.

Of course they fought desperately out of gratitude, not merely to satisfy personal desire—yes, purely out of gratitude.

After Yue Yong and Yue Xu boarded the ship, the pressure on Wang Wu lessened considerably.

The two female demons aren't weak; they rank among the notable ones in Heavenly Python City, though they're still a bit far from Xie Yu.

But one can't expect every demon to be at Xie Yu's level; this is already quite good.

The two demons stayed on Wang Wu's ship for almost a week before leaving; they are a patrol unit of the Jie Nation and only need to contact the Jie military to have them collect the demons.

Wang Wu's party didn't let the two follow them back to Wind Nation, though it was possible and initially planned.

After the two recovered, after some consideration, Long Qing and the others decided to first inform the Jie side and let them collect the demons.

As soldiers, the two demons felt reluctant to part with Wang Wu but said little.

"Thank you, friend, for rescuing my Jie Nation soldier; your assistance today will certainly not be forgotten by our army."

Days later, at the airlock of the Jade Plate, a valiant female demon stood before Wang Wu and bowed solemnly.

"It's only a trivial effort; you are too kind," Wang Wu says with a smile, waving his hand, "We are all of the demon race; helping each other is only natural."

"Then, farewell."

Finally bidding Wang Wu goodbye, the demon leaves the Long sisters' ship and returns with Yue Yong and Yue Xu to their own vessel.

"You all…"

Only on the way back, looking at the two soul‑lost, swollen‑belly demons, she frowned.

"What's going on with you? Is this… a pregnancy…?"

"Just now? …"

"Gurgle…"

The two demons said nothing, but Yue Xu's belch gave the answer.

That smell instantly made the demon realize.

Her face flushed briefly; it was anger—anger at her kind being bullied, nothing else, don't misinterpret.

She then glanced at the two demons and asked softly:

"This, this is…"

"Seven days, seven days, Colonel," Yue Yong said bitterly, looking at the demon.

"Full seven days, like the heavens above… uh, like being in a furnace."

After sending off the two demons, the ship returned to its original tranquility.

No doubt Long Qing and the others felt relieved, but Wang Wu felt a bit uneasy.

There's a saying: it's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but hard to go from luxury back to frugality.

But it didn't last long; on the third day after that, a group of demons arrived at Wind Nation.

Formally entering, this is the border star system of Wind Nation, not far from Chai Zhi's home star system.

"Wang Wu, Wang Wu, we are going to…"

The spacecraft halted at the entry spaceport, and Long Qing walked briskly toward Wang Wu's room.

She wants to be the first to lead Wang Wu to her hometown…

When the door opened and she saw the two demons pressed together in the room, almost fused, Long Qing's smile froze.

As for why she didn't knock, the answer is she hasn't knocked since that day, just… uh, nothing.

It was Long He, and Wang Wu.

Although not the lofty Cloud‑Rain High‑Tang, it was already sufficiently outrageous.

"Long! He!!!"

(End of Chapter)