Chapter 89: Your players are simply geniuses!

If those big-nosed moles were left to their own devices, the load-bearing walls on the third floor of the labyrinth would be gnawed away and dismantled sooner or later.

Although the labyrinth beneath Lei Ming City is vast, it cannot withstand such reckless destruction, so it must be managed.

Following Luo Yan's order, Zhuangzhuang was swiftly promoted to chieftain, and the original Iron Tooth tribe was upgraded from a garbage dump to "Iron Yacheng."

Since it is now a city, it must look like one.

Luo Yan first established three rules for the moles here.

First, he would let slide the parts they had already dismantled from the labyrinth—he didn't expect these fellows to put them back—but they were forbidden from digging randomly in his labyrinth from now on.

Otherwise, he wouldn't mind bringing a wave of "de-urbanization" to Iron Yacheng.

Although Zhuangzhuang and the other little guys didn't understand what de-urbanization was, they saw the Demon King's fierce expression and didn't dare to refuse; they all nodded and swore a vicious oath to comply.

Second, defecating anywhere in his Iron Yacheng was prohibited.

Those shanties and the feces piling up in them had to be cleaned up, and the areas for raising mushrooms and aphids had to be separated from the living areas.

Although this group didn't seem to fear the plague, there were things in this world more terrifying than the plague.

Certain special behaviors... especially collective ones, had a probability of unconsciously triggering rituals, such as pleasing the God of Plague, thereby attracting even more terrifying things.

Luo Yan did not want to see something like "Jiaqi" suddenly popping up in his territory again.

However, contrary to Luo Yan's expectations, this group of moles showed no resistance to his first requirement, but they all revealed expressions of difficulty upon hearing the second.

Unable to withstand the pressure from behind, Zhuangzhuang trembled as he spoke on behalf of his tribe.

"B-but, my lord... separating the farming area from the living area is fine, but those feces... where should we dump them after cleaning them out?"

They had no ability to transport them out of the labyrinth.

Luo Yan looked at him with disdain and said.

"That's simple, just find a place to centralize them. And the graveyard too; aren't you afraid your dead kin will stand up again?"

It isn't just humans who can become undead; almost all creatures with complete consciousness have a probability of standing up again after decaying.

Several mole-men looked at each other, their faces clearly showing expressions of difficulty, as if they had some unspeakable secret.

Looking at these fellows who couldn't even manage their own lives, Luo Yan finally gave up on making things difficult for them and sighed.

"I will have an expert from the Palace Guard clan come over to help you all."

Although they didn't know what the Gecko clan was, hearing that someone was coming to help them, the faces of the mole-men all revealed expressions of joy.

"Thank you, Demon King!"

Luo Yan ignored their flattery and continued with a straight face.

"The third requirement: from now on, you are forbidden from producing that kind of trash—like the one at the entrance... and those things that do nothing but explode."

Hearing the Demon King's third requirement, the faces of the mole-men all revealed expressions of despair, and they looked at each other in panic.

This time, without anyone prompting him, Zhuangzhuang couldn't sit still and said tremblingly.

"But, m-my lord... we don't know how to fight; we can only protect ourselves with those little gadgets."

Just as Zhuangzhuang's voice fell, Gabeng and Guangguang, who had been glaring at him from behind, chimed in this time.

"The monsters in the labyrinth are too terrifying!"

"My lord! We must use the big guys to protect our home!"

Although their claws were thick and dexterous, they weren't sharp enough, and on the battlefield, they couldn't even beat rat-men of the same weight class.

In fact, there was no need to fight at all.

Once they left their mechanisms and robots, they had no choice but to surrender.

Furthermore, manufacturing massive machines was the lifelong pursuit of these creatures who were born small.

They didn't worship the God of Machines, and they didn't even know much about that deity, but they couldn't stop themselves from using those inscriptions stolen from the dwarves.

"So, did those things protect you?" Luo Yan chuckled, looking at the few moles who were talking back to him.

Hearing this, those few moles instantly flushed red and lowered their heads in humiliation.

Luo Yan lifted his chin slightly and continued.

"I mean you are forbidden from producing that industrial trash, not that you are forbidden from producing things that are actually useful! I will send my experts to show you what a real robot is."

After hearing the Demon King's words, the mole-men present all stared with their mouths wide open, revealing their wrench-like front teeth.

Teach them? Real robots?

A Necromancer???

"I couldn't have heard that wrong... the Demon King wants to teach us what a robot is," Guangguang looked at Gabeng tremblingly, his face wearing an expression as if he had seen an undead.

Gabeng also opened his mouth wide, and it took him a long time to squeeze out a sentence.

"This is... what kind of blasphemy."

Mechanical magic is a taboo everywhere.

Could it be different in Hell?

Luo Yan didn't waste time explaining the difference between Hell and the Great Graveyard, because that wasn't important to them at all.

He had already conquered their bodies.

Once they witnessed the Great Graveyard's advanced "Nether-script" technology, their souls would surely fall as well.

That was almost certain.

Although the order was a bit different from what he imagined, there was no difference in the result.

After explaining everything, Luo Yan temporarily left Bond beside Zhuangzhuang as a physical deterrent for the newly conquered forces, and also as the latter's bodyguard.

This fellow, who wasn't strong enough anywhere except for his name, had such pathetic martial virtue that Luo Yan could see the other mole-men looking at him with eyes that wished they could kill him and take his place.

However, this was exactly the reason Luo Yan chose this little guy.

For a newly conquered territory, there are only two ways to consolidate rule: either find the local "nucleation point" and win them over, or create one for them yourself.

For these mole-men who couldn't even choose a chieftain, the concept of a nucleation point didn't exist; if left alone, they would beat each other's brains out.

So, there is no choice but to use the second method.

The more these mole-men envied and were jealous of this little guy's status, the more this little guy would have to cling to his thigh.

With Bond's current combat power, although it might not be enough for other things, it was more than enough to suppress a few little moles.

After receiving Luo Yan's permission, Zhuangzhuang immediately climbed onto Bond's shoulder.

That spirited and domineering appearance made it seem as if he had moved back into the body of a big guy, and the aura of the entire mole changed.

After saying goodbye to Bond, Luo Yan took Okto and Sarah and left "Iron Yacheng," returning along the path they came to the first floor of the labyrinth.

Standing at the fork in the first floor of the labyrinth, Luo Yan stopped and looked at Okto to give instructions.

"... You go to the Gecko clan, have Zelik send a few slime-farming experts, and then take them to Iron Yacheng to see if you can design a sewer or something for the moles there. If construction is needed, contact Arakto to handle it; they are good at digging."

"As you command."

Okto nodded steadily, carrying two curved blades, and headed alone toward the sewer corridor.

With the lizardman ghoul gone, only one person and one cat remained at the fork.

Perhaps because two front-line fighters were suddenly missing, the two cat ears standing on top of Sarah's head flickered nervously.

Being alert is a good thing.

Even on the first floor of the labyrinth, there is a possibility of overturning if one isn't careful.

Luo Yan tapped the ground with the magic wand in his hand, casually summoning two skeleton warriors and two zombie dogs to guard the front and back respectively.

After smelling the scent of the undead, ordinary monsters generally wouldn't approach voluntarily.

"Let's go too." "Mm..."

The upright ears folded down, and Sarah, who had been very spirited a second ago, became listless again for some reason.

She was probably tired.

Luo Yan is a Demon King who cares for his subordinates.

Looking at that listless back, he said in a voice only Hearing You You could hear.

"Hearing You You, I want to eat grilled fish tonight."

Hearing You You: "No problem, Demon King! Hearing You You will have the players go catch it for you right away!"

It's good to have a sensible secretary.

Luo Yan laughed and said as usual.

"Mm, I'll leave it to you."

More than half a day had passed since the A06 version went online.

Luo Yan estimated that with the level of chaos his players caused, ten hours would be enough for them to toss about, but he didn't expect that when he stepped into the Demon King's territory, he would still be shocked by the ideas of these little players.

In the corner of the Quality Plaza, two square curtains stood, about one meter wide, just enough for a lizardman to stand inside.

A little devil floated nearby, holding a wooden sign in his hand, collecting money while shouting at the players returning from the labyrinth.

"Paid toilet! Little devil 50 Nether coins once! Lizardman 200 Nether coins! Over five minutes, 20 Nether coins per minute!"

Wanbuqi: "Holy crap! Are you robbing people!"

Pig-headed Knight: "I'm shaking with anger! Why is a lizardman 200 Nether coins! This is racial discrimination!!"

Lingbo Little Devil rolled his eyes.

"Then go back to the labyrinth to use the toilet!"

The Pig-headed Knight didn't indulge this guy and turned to walk toward the labyrinth... although he had absolutely no urge to squat right now.

That little devil with the ID 【Wanbuqi】 didn't want to go either, but he couldn't hold it back when he smelled the scent, and finally bit the bullet, took out money, and drilled into the cloth curtain.

In less than half a minute, that little head poked out from the cloth curtain again.

"Do you refund if it's not a minute?"

Lingbo Little Devil chuckled.

"Refund if you put it back!"

Wanbuqi: "%￥#@!"

A foul odor permeated the entire Quality Plaza; although most players couldn't smell it, it stank out the Demon King who had just returned from the labyrinth.

The same went for Sarah, who was sensitive to smells; her wide eyes were filled with shock, and she even began to wonder if she had returned to the wrong home.

Looking at the bustling pay-to-use toilet in the cave not far away, Sha Diao Dongxi, who had just returned from outside, said with a dumbfounded expression.

"Damn... Brother Whale! That guy... bought our fitting room to use as a toilet!?"

Not long ago, they had finished their last sale and were preparing to pack up when a player suddenly approached them, offering to buy their mobile fitting room.

The three of them calculated that, anyway, this thing wasn't hard to make, it took up space in the warehouse, and the market had been saturated for the past two days, so setting up a stall was less profitable than going into the labyrinth to do quests and level up, so they sold it to that strange player at double the price.

However, they never expected that the guy wasn't a fellow merchant selling clothes at all, but had installed a bucket inside their fitting room and started a pay-to-use toilet?! Lizardmen have fast bowels, and Little Devils have high frequency; although they didn't earn much at a time, it added up to a quite considerable figure.

Whale Falling North and South frowned, did a quick mental calculation, and suddenly realized that the profit from this was actually even more considerable than she had imagined!

"I was careless... I didn't expect there to be such a way to make money!"

Little Late Can't Get Enough and Sha Diao Dongxi both looked at her in surprise.

"???"

"Are you serious?!"

Whale Falling North and South's cheeks flushed slightly, and she gave a light cough before saying.

"This is still more reliable than crosstalk..."

Just as the three of them finished speaking, a line of dark green pop-up text suddenly appeared before their eyes.

【Server-wide Announcement: New server rules added. Defecating in "non-legal areas" of the Demon King's territory is prohibited, and operating a toilet without authorization is prohibited...】

The moment they saw the server-wide announcement, the Little Devil Ayami, who was counting money until her mouth couldn't close, was instantly shocked and couldn't help but blurt out a curse.

"Damn it! The Demon King even manages this?!"

At least let him earn back his capital!!! The player "Can't Afford to Play," who was lingering in the toilet and refusing to come out, was also shocked, only wishing that this server-wide announcement hadn't come two minutes earlier.

"MMP! Refund!"

The Little Devil Ayami cursed and swore.

"Refund my ass! No refund! Don't even think about it!"

Just as the two were arguing, a scream like a slaughtered pig suddenly came from the toilet next to them.

A lizardman was seen clutching his buttocks as he leaped out from behind the cloth curtain, running toward the labyrinth without even wearing his pants.

"Help! A Shi Laimu!! It damn well crawled inside!!"

Can't Afford to Play: "???"

The Little Devil Ayami was horrified.

"Holy crap! What did you do to my employee?!"

There was another commotion in the Quality Plaza.

Some were just watching the fun and didn't think it was a big deal, while others were ostensibly helping but actually causing more trouble; only the Demon King covered his forehead, unable to bear watching the scene.

"Hahahaha! How embarrassing!"

Alakdu let out a hearty laugh, but suddenly noticed the Demon King standing at the entrance of the labyrinth. His eyes lit up, and he wiggled his large buttocks over, smiling ingratiatingly as he said.

"Lord Demon King, you've returned!"

Luo Yan covered his forehead and said.

"Alakdu, have your engineering team come over immediately to build a public toilet near the labyrinth entrance... follow the plan I discussed with you earlier."

This matter cannot be delayed any longer.

Alakdu immediately raised his forelimbs in a salute.

"As you command!!"

After giving these instructions, Luo Yan immediately walked toward the other end of the cave; he really didn't want to stay here for another second.

However, just as he passed by Ouke's magic workshop, he heard a hurried voice accompanied by rapid footsteps rushing toward him.

"De, Demon King Lo—huh?! You're here!"

Seeing Ouke's anxious face, Luo Yan's heart skipped a beat, but he still stopped and chose to face it bravely.

"Speak, what trouble have my players caused this time?"

"Trouble? Your players?"

Ouke was stunned upon hearing this, not understanding why the Demon King would say that, but soon his wrinkled face returned to an excited expression.

He was so excited that he gestured wildly, jumping up and down as he spoke.

"How could that be! Lord Demon King, Ouke must offer a compliment! Your minions, your players—"

"They are simply geniuses!!!"

(End of chapter)