Chapter 1474

But they were all busy now and hadn't had time to try yet.

Only Gu Qing was directing Tang Ruan, guiding her to try it together.

Seeing Zhao Chi, Gu Qing narrowed her eyes at once and smiled gently: "My lord is here. Yi's healing squad is helping Zhuang Ya at Peach Blossom Village. They won't let those werewolves die in agony."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Good."

Gu Qing asked: "You've improved another 3 genes for us? These 3 genes seem a bit difficult; we haven't managed to try them yet and can't use them for now."

Zhao Chi said: "Yes, these 3 new genes all need extra manipulation, similar to yours, Tang Ruan—your Hardened Scale Skin. Tang Ruan, give it a try."

Tang Ruan nodded: "Oh, that kind. I think I have a rough sense of it."

Zhao Chi said: "One of them is 'Swarm Summon'—it requires building a connection between each other. You two try it and see if you can establish one?"

Gu Qing said thoughtfully: "Build a connection between each other? Let me try. Tang Ruan, you try at the same time too. The two of us will attempt it together."

"Okay~" Tang Ruan nodded.

The two women stared at each other.

Suddenly, they both burst out laughing.

Tang Ruan chuckled: "Haha, it doesn't work, Sister Gu. I just think your eyes are pretty, but I don't feel anything else."

Gu Qing also smiled softly: "Right. I think your little braids today are very cute, but I don't feel much either. How about we try closing our eyes?"

"Okay~"

The two of them closed their eyes and tried to sense each other with their hearts.

Suddenly, Tang Ruan said excitedly: "Sister Gu, did you feel it?"

Gu Qing said softly: "I felt it. Let's try winding around each other."

"Understood!"

Zhao Chi stood beside them, completely unaware of what they were feeling.

Just as he was about to slip into Gu Qing's body, Gu Qing opened her eyes. "My lord, we succeeded."

"Yes, we succeeded. Sister Gu and I have connected with each other."

Zhao Chi asked: "That's it, you succeeded? Can you still connect with other people? Can this feeling be reproduced or taught to others?"

"We can." Tang Ruan said it with absolute certainty.

Gu Qing explained: "It's like a spiritual technique—before learning it, it's very hard to imagine. But once you've learned it successfully, you can't forget it. Sister Gu and I can go teach the other sisters in a bit, and the system has already updated the information. I'll send it to you."

Tang Ruan said lightly: "I'll send it to you too."

Soon, Zhao Chi received two messages.

The first was from Gu Qing:

【Peach Blossom Leader】 Gu Qing

【Connected Swarm】 1/1

【Summon Count】 100

Then Tang Ruan's:

【Cloud Dream Leader】 Tang Ruan

【Connected Swarm】 1/1

【Summon Count】 100

The data is the same?

Their Connected Swarm count is both 1/1, meaning they're already fully connected.

Then it must be that they are each other's connection.

And the Summon Count is also 100 people each.

The gene's description says the Summon Count is determined by the swarm's size.

Both of their highest identities are Vice Mayor of Penglai Town.

At the same time, Gu Qing is also the Village Head of Peach Blossom Village, and Tang Ruan is the Village Head of Cloud Dream Village.

But the information displayed above shows 【Peach Blossom Leader】 and 【Cloud Dream Leader】 respectively—those are their positions as Village Heads.

So the Vice Mayor position is useless?

Only the main official of a territory counts?

With a thought, Zhao Chi set Gu Qing as the Mayor of Penglai Town.

Gu Qing said in surprise: "Oh, my lord, why did you promote me? I'm the Mayor, so what position do you hold?"

Zhao Chi smiled: "I'll be your Vice Mayor. Quick, check if your Summon info has changed?"

Gu Qing said: "It really has changed. Take a look."

【Penglai Leader】 Gu Qing

【Connected Swarm】 1/2

【Summon Count】 500

Just as he had speculated.

This skill's position only relates to the highest-in-charge identity of a territory; the deputy position is useless.

And Gu Qing is now both the Mayor of Penglai Town and the Village Head of Peach Blossom Village, but only Penglai is shown above, so only one position takes effect.

He roughly understood.

Then let it be—let Gu Qing serve as the highest official of Penglai Town, and he himself be the Vice Mayor.

The Lord was still himself anyway.

That didn't really matter.

Now there are 4 territories, so it works out perfectly to have the four female heroes each serve as the main official of one territory.

Penglai Town Gu Qing, Taoyuan Village Qi Yue, Chaoge Village Zhuang Ya, Yunmeng Village Tang Ruan.

It seems this so-called racial gene is actually only usable by the highest-ranking person of a territory, so the restriction is still rather large.

But it's definitely much broader in scope than a personal gene.

Now that the connection is successful, we can try summoning right away.

Zhao Chi said: "Tang Ruan, you go to another territory first, let Gu Qing try summoning you."

Gu Qing added: "You're the village chief of Yunmeng Village, but don't go to Yunmeng Village, go to Taoyuan Village, I'll try summoning you over."

Tang Ruan nodded happily: "Okay, Sister Gu, I'm off."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "Alright, I'll summon you in ten seconds."

"Got it~"

The next second, Tang Ruan vanished.

Zhao Chi asked: "How is it? Can you sense anything?"

Gu Qing closed her eyes.

Her beautiful brows lifted slightly, and finally she opened her eyes and shook her head: "I can't sense her, but I should be able to summon her out."

"Alright, begin."

Gu Qing cleared her throat, then suddenly let out a clear, bright cry: "Ah—!"

In an instant, a phantom image of the moon appeared in the sky.

It flashed and vanished.

Soon, three figures appeared before them.

One was a beaming Tang Ruan, one was the battle squad captain Wei Leng who greeted them in surprise, and one was the mage squad captain Xia Yan with a thoroughly bewildered look.

Zhao Chi and Tang Ruan were also a bit dumbfounded at this moment.

"Gu Qing… what's going on?"

Gu Qing crossed her arms and smiled: "After all, I can only summon once per day, so I tried out various possibilities. Just now when I summoned Tang Ruan, I didn't summon just her alone, but simultaneously summoned the people of Penglai Town — I didn't expect it to succeed."

Zhao Chi nodded and said: "So you don't need to connect the people of Penglai Town, you can summon them directly, right?"

Gu Qing said: "Mm, yes. Actually, just now I also tried summoning Zhuang Ya and Qi Yue, but both failed — I couldn't sense them at all."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Zhuang Ya belongs to Chaoge Village, and I just set Qi Yue as the village chief of Taoyuan Village, so they don't belong to Penglai Town and must be connected first, right?"

Gu Qing nodded: "Exactly, based on the current situation, that's how it is."

Zhao Chi turned and asked: "What did you feel?"

Tang Ruan said excitedly: "I just received Sister Gu's summoning request, so I agreed in my heart, and the next instant I was here."

Wei Leng said politely: "Same for me — I suddenly felt Sister Gu Qing's summoning message, so I agreed right away."

Xia Yan nodded: "Me too."