Chapter 344

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Protagonist:

Lin En

Lena

The earth of Dolido had never stopped trembling.

The Imperial Fleet's bombardment had entered its fourth day; every second shells slammed into the ground, shaking the underground rock layers into a buzzing hum.

In the makeshift dungeon beneath Big Pot City, dust fell like raindrops from overhead, Command with the stench of blood and mold, enough to make one retch.

Yaduoduo was chained to the cold rock wall.

That once neat, cunning-eyed Grot was now completely unrecognizable as a person.

The left half of his face had been flayed alive, exposing the writhing pale-green muscle and white cheekbone beneath.

Every tooth in his mouth had been knocked out, leaving only a mangled gum ridge,

his right eye socket hollow, turbid fluid constantly oozing out.

His limbs were twisted at grotesque angles; bones had long been wrenched apart, only a few tendons and strips of skin still connecting them to his torso.

If not for a Weirdboy coming every hour to stimulate his heart with psychic power and inject a green serum mixed with stimulants and hormones, he would have died long ago.

Lianggenna did not want him to die too easily.

This Green-skinned Warlord had learned more than just the Stew Pot method from humans; he had learned one other thing.

Simple killing is too cheap for erring subordinates.

Punishment must make the victim feel pain from the depths of their soul.

For ordinary Green Skins, the cruelest punishment is not flaying or tendon-pulling, but depriving them of the right to fight.

Lianggenna would tie the offending Green Skins to pillars and hold grand duel tournaments before them.

Let them watch their kin slaughter, bleed, roar — yet forbid them from taking part.

During boarding battles, he would bind them before the Bridge's observation windows, forcing them to watch helplessly as brothers roared and charged onto enemy ships.

Hacking open enemy heads with machetes, while they could only stand by like useless trash.

This "boarding bullying," for Green Skins born for war, is more unbearable than death.

But Yaduoduo was different.

He was a Grot.

Grots are born timid and cowardly, fearing violence in their very bones.

Those punishments that could break the strongest Green Skin warriors meant nothing to him — they did not touch his pain or itch.

So Lianggenna switched methods.

Human torture.

Flaying, tooth-pulling, bone-breaking, branding irons — torments meaningless to Green Skins — precisely tortured Yaduoduo's body and mind.

He could feel the agony of every inch of skin being torn, hear the crisp snap of his own bones breaking, taste the blood permeating his mouth.

Four days and four nights, he had not closed his eyes once.

Agony surged wave after wave like a tide against his nerves; several times he thought he would die, but those damn stimulants always dragged him back from death's edge.

"Clang—"

The dungeon's iron door was pushed open.

Clear footsteps rang out in the empty dungeon, stepping closer one by one.

Yaduoduo strained to lift his only remaining left eye; in his blurred vision, the figure of a strange Green Skin Kid appeared.

This kid looked ordinary, medium build, wearing a suit of tattered Armor, holding no Weapon.

But his eyes were special — deep in his pupils flashed a hard-to-detect Purple Microglow, his expression calm in a way no Green Skin could be.

Not a single Green Skin in all of Dolido knew him.

The strange Green Skin walked up before him and stopped.

He quietly watched Yaduoduo, saying nothing, making no move.

Yaduoduo's heart fiercely contracted.

Those eyes, that temperament, that Purple radiance deep in his pupils......

Even if he turned to Dust, he would recognize him.

It's One-Beats-Seven!

That person on Kal II Space Station who lifted him from a pile of ordinary Grots to become Clan Big Boss!

The one who taught him to read and write, taught him tactics and strategy, told him "Grots can survive by using their brains"!

The one he once swore he would someday reach the same height as through his own strength, to meet at the peak!

Yaduoduo lowered his head.

He dared not look Lin En in the eyes again.

Shame, grievance, reluctance...... all kinds of emotions surged up like a tide.

He who had not shed a single tear through four days and four nights of torture could no longer hold back.

Turbid tears welled from his only remaining right eye, mixing with the blood and filth on his face, converging into dirty streams on his chin.

In his current state, he was like a maggot in rotting mud.

What face did he have to see One-Beats-Seven?

Lin En looked at the unrecognizable Grot before him and let out a light sigh.

He could sense Yaduoduo's emotions in his heart.

His powerful perception allowed him to clearly notice Yaduoduo's shame, dependence, and that trace of worship buried deep in his heart.

"Long time no see, Yaduoduo." Lin En's voice was soft, transmitted into Yaduoduo's ears.

Yaduoduo's body trembled slightly.

He wanted to speak, wanted to ask how Yi Da Qi was here, wanted to explain that he was not a waste.

But his tongue had long been cut off, he could only make a "heh heh" leaking air sound.

He twisted his body anxiously, the iron chains rubbing against the rocks, emitting a piercing sound.

Lin En reached out his hand, lightly pressing it on his shoulder.

A gentle nerve toxin pierced into Yaduoduo's body through a symbiotic poison fang, temporarily suppressing his intense pain.

"I know what you want to say." Lin En said lightly, "It's okay if you failed."

"I'm giving you a chance now."

Lin En's voice became serious, his eyes filled with temptation and ambition.

"A chance to make you the only Green Skin King of the Kalixis Star System."

"You will possess countless Grots, possess the most powerful fleet, possess ownership of all Green Skins in all of Calixis."

"All Green Skins will submit to you, all enemies will fear you."

"But the price is, your tribe will become my vassals."

"And you, Yaduoduo, will forever be loyal to me, becoming a sharp blade in my hand."

"Are you willing?"

Yaduoduo raised his head.

Amazing radiance burst forth in his one eye.

Green Skin King?

He had never thought that a lowly Grot like him actually had a chance to become Green Skin King.

His greatest dream before was nothing more than becoming a small chieftain who could manage dozens of Grots, no longer being bullied by other Green Skins.

And now, Yi Da Qi actually wanted to give him a chance to become Green Skin King.

How could he be unwilling?

He was never a pure Green Skin.

He did not have the belligerence and arrogance engraved in the bones of Green Skins.

He knew that without Yi Da Qi, he would have long since become a stew pot.

Yi Da Qi gave him wisdom, gave him a status that did not belong to him, gave him hope to survive.

Being loyal to Yi Da Qi, what was wrong with that?

It was ten thousand times better than being thrown by Lianggenna into the big pot to be stewed into a stew pot.

Yaduoduo nodded hard.

His movement was light, but incomparably firm.

In his one eye, there was no longer the previous shame and despair, only full enthusiasm and loyalty.

Just at this time, in Lin En's mind, the system's familiar alert sound suddenly rang out.

【Detected target Yaduoduo's strong willingness to be loyal】

【Meets special binding route unlock conditions】

【Unlock "King-Subject" route: The End Road of the King of Dominion and His Fated Subject?】

【Note: This route is permanent binding, cannot be removed.】

【After binding, target Affection Level will be converted into Loyalty, unlock exclusive Cultivation System "Wang Zhi Ci Yi"】

Lin En's mouth corner slightly rose.

It could only be said that he predicted half of it.

He had long guessed that this system definitely was not that simple.

But he did not expect to unlock new functions in this way.

But thinking about it, it was right, dominion and submission were both a kind of profound two-way bond.

"Yes." Lin En silently chanted in his heart.

【King-Subject route unlocked】

【Starting binding target: Yaduoduo】