Chapter 2357

Among the people in the Light-Bathing Missionary Field, only two had the possibility of negotiation for the time being: Dorothea and the decaying man. One was easy to negotiate with, and the other had infiltrated the Xenotype base and understood the situation there better.

The advantage of the Light-Bathing Missionary Field was that it was not far from the Xenotype base and was sufficiently hidden. It was a good choice to hide here to recover from injuries after a battle.

"Sorry for the wait."

Dorothea bowed slightly to Su Xiao to express her apology.

Returning to the missionary field, Dorothea walked into the doorway that belonged to her. Inside, candles were lit. There was no door, it was a dozen square meters in size, with a wooden bed, two wooden stools, and some cooking utensils. This was all of Dorothea's worldly possessions.

Dorothea wasn't too worried that Su Xiao harbored malice toward her because she was very poor and had almost nothing.

"Mr. Bai Ye, you can utilize everyone here except Little Beetle, as long as you can kill the Xenotype King."

Dorothea got straight to the point. She had learned earlier that Su Xiao's goal was the Xenotype King, which made her both disappointed and happy. The disappointment was that Su Xiao didn't intend to gather the surviving humans, and the happiness was that Su Xiao was willing to deal with the Xenotype King.

"Utilize you? How to utilize?"

"This..."

Dorothea was momentarily speechless. To some extent, the Light-Bathing Missionary Field was very "invincible"—it was poor, had several severely injured people, and the strong ones didn't intend to deal with the Xenotypes at all. Compared to the Xenotypes, that person actually hated humans more; it was humans who made her what she was today.

"I will stay here for a while. When the time is right, I will go find the Xenotype King. Answer me two questions."

"Okay."

"What is the 'Heart of the King'?"

"It is a treasure of the Xenotypes. It has existed for a long time. There are four pieces in total. Once the four pieces are gathered..."

Dorothea narrated softly. Through her description, Su Xiao learned the function of the 'Heart of the King'.

The four 'Hearts of the King' were originally a whole, a treasure of the Xenotypes kept by the Xenotype King. This thing originally had no function; even if implanted into a Xenotype, that Xenotype would die in a very short time.

A treasure without value is worthless. A certain generation of Xenotype King split it into four pieces, which was a very wise decision. After a small piece of the 'Heart of the King' is implanted into a Xenotype, it will significantly overdraw the Xenotype's potential and rapidly increase that Xenotype's strength.

A sub-Orc discovered this. He killed a Xenotype commander, seized a 'Heart of the King', and implanted it into his own body. The result was that he did become stronger, but died two years later due to overdrawing his potential.

These two years were the two years when humans and Orcs began to revive. Having tasted the sweetness, the next generation of sub-Orcs began to collect the 'Hearts of the King'.

What no one expected was that the sub-Orc succeeded. After many experiments, four 'Hearts of the King' were implanted into the brother of that sub-Orc. Unfortunately, his brother did not gain powerful strength, but instead turned into a Xenotype like a beast—huge in size, with wings on its back, and three rows of teeth on the top and bottom of its blood-red mouth, resembling the image of an evil dragon in myths and legends.

Even worse, this beast Xenotype was controlled by the Xenotype King. The Xenotype King had deliberately let that sub-Orc obtain the four 'Hearts of the King', gradually inducing him to turn his brother into a monster. That sub-Orc was very decisive, ensuring humans didn't lose the four 'Hearts of the King'.

Through experiments of blood and tears, people finally discovered that at most three 'Hearts of the King' could be implanted into the body, replacing the heart, liver, and lungs respectively, with the last piece implanted on the body surface. In this way, one could exert the power of the 'Heart of the King' without being controlled by the Xenotype King. One would die within 1 day, but could exert extremely powerful strength.

Just as this research result was obtained, six Xenotype commanders killed their way in and seized the four 'Hearts of the King'. On their way back, the sub-Orcs seized one back. Since then, neither side had gathered the four 'Hearts of the King' again.

"So that's it."

Su Xiao learned the function of the black flesh mass, which was the 'Heart of the King'. After implanting this thing into the body, one rapidly gains strength by overdrawing potential, part of the body becomes Xenotype-like, and sanity is affected.

If Su Xiao implanted it himself, he would definitely not become stronger, but weaker. He fights based on technique; after his sanity is affected, his judgment and adaptability would be significantly reduced.

Su Xiao indeed couldn't use it himself, but he could use it for a temporarily manufactured alchemy creature. He had nothing to do right now. He originally wanted to wait for news from Xis Star before acting. Taking this time to manufacture a temporary alchemy creature was not bad.

"Do you have a 'Heart of the King'?"

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Dorothea's eyes dodged.

"I, I have one, but I won't give it to you."

Dorothea said the toughest words in the most cowardly tone.

"Hand the Heart of the King to him."

Beast King Tailde's voice came, which made Dorothea struggle for a moment before finally walking toward the doorway where the triple hybrid was. The 'Heart of the King' didn't actually belong to her, but to Tailde.

Soon, Dorothea came over holding a black flesh ball. This was the second 'Heart of the King'. Gathering the four 'Hearts of the King' was basically impossible; the last piece was sealed by the Xenotype King, and no one knew where it was except him.

Beast King Tailde was willing to take out the 'Heart of the King' for no special reason. Someone was willing to deal with the Xenotype King, so he expressed his support appropriately. Moreover, the 'Heart of the King' he provided was not complete; he kept a very small piece to ensure that the four 'Hearts of the King' would never be gathered.

Looking at the 'Heart of the King' in his hand, Su Xiao pondered for a moment, then walked into an uninhabited doorway and began to conceive what type of alchemy creature to manufacture.

As for intelligence, of course, it wouldn't have the treatment of Amu and Baja; they were alchemy creatures before, but they aren't anymore.

The intelligence doesn't need to be too high, which can avoid the drawback of reduced sanity after implanting the 'Heart of the King'. The size must be large, which is the minimum condition for being cannon fodder. The existence time doesn't need to be too long, compressed within 8-9 days. A short existence time means there is no need to worry about the load on the core array, and the combat power will be stronger.

As for materials, Su Xiao prepared to use T19-Sub-Synthetic Ore as the main material, commonly known as Blue Ore. This is a mineral with biological activity, which is most suitable for acting as the main structure of a giant alchemy creature.

Su Xiao had 878 pieces of Blue Ore, which he obtained from Apocalypse miners in the Abyss World.

As for the core array, since there is no need to consider its durability, Soul Crystal (Complete) can be used after processing and combined with several other materials. This is not an alchemy laboratory, and conditions are limited.

This giant alchemy creature is for saving his life at a critical moment. If everything goes smoothly, Su Xiao needs to reach the Xenotype base to kill the Xenotype King and seize the World Core. If he is besieged during this period, using this giant alchemy creature as a vanguard to break out is most suitable.

"Amu, go guard the entrance."

Su Xiao took out pieces of Blue Ore from his storage space, as well as five Soul Crystals (Complete). Just as he took out the Soul Crystals, a pair of eyes looked over. It was the triple hybrid. There was no greed in those eyes, only confusion.

Su Xiao ignored the other party and began to process several materials. Just at this moment, two announcements appeared.

【Announcement: Successfully seized Creeping Spirit x2.】

【Announcement: If War Mission 2 fails, all contractors on our side will be forcibly executed.】