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Chapter 341 The Giant Who Loved Squid

The Duke's actions had a kind of beauty born of brainstem deficiency. The host, who had just returned victorious, had her entire family forcibly kidnapped and threatened. He forced Lana to marry into the Duke's family to steal the fruits of victory, and he rushed in without even verifying whether she still had any Heroic Spirit Cards.

Or perhaps they saw that the only person accompanying Lana was the Fairy Girl, and that's why they felt they could make a move?

In short, Xue Lude felt that his normal thinking ability was insufficient to comprehend the logic of abstract figures.

With just a glance, Xue Dalu began to read all the information in the entire Duke's mansion, and then Xue Dalu fell silent.

The old butler died. He was just a butler and had no other status, so he died quickly, as if he was disposed of immediately.

Although the butler had killed the little beggar who summoned Xue Lude and was even prepared to give his own life to Xue Lude, Xue Lude didn't think the old butler had done anything wrong. Perhaps his true master was that little beggar whose soul had been twisted by the squid, and he would have to go through the trouble of betraying him.

As for what Lana truly cares about, it's her father and sister...

"The old count is dead," Xue Dinglu said directly.

Lana's expression froze, and for a moment she was completely stunned. She couldn't believe that her father had died so quickly in the short time it had taken her to find Xue Dinglu.

However, she looked at Xue Dinglu with hopeful eyes, her gaze full of pleading.

“I can’t bring someone back to life if they died 15 minutes ago,” Xue Dinglu said.

In that instant, Lana's pupils turned completely gray, and her entire face looked extremely pale.

For Xue's Law, 10 minutes after death is one threshold, and 5 minutes after death is another. If the time of death is within 5 minutes, Xue's Law can easily bring the soul back to life in the underworld without causing any harm to the person.

People who have been dead for 5-10 minutes are very likely to suffer from long-term effects such as memory loss and neurological confusion after being revived. For example, Yun Xing was revived but almost suffered hemiplegia. He was probably dead for about 7 minutes.

If the time since death is more than 10 minutes, it is beyond saving. If it can be saved in this case, it falls into the category of necromancy. Even if it is saved, we should consider whether the person being resurrected is the real person or whether it is a transmigrator who has possessed another body.
As for the old count, whom he had only met a few times, Xue's impression of him was neither good nor bad. At the very least, he could be regarded as a sophisticated egoist, the type who could be used but not necessarily befriended.

For Lana, perhaps her father is her only support.

Then, with a final glimmer of hope in her eyes, she stared at Xue Dinglu and asked, "What about Nina? My sister?"

"Her condition is alright, but she has been implanted with a special contract technique," Xue Dinglu said.

At this moment, Lana's tears welled up, and when she turned to look at the Duke's mansion, she was filled with malice and resentment. This girl, dressed in white gauze and as beautiful as a swan, exuded an unimaginable aura of resentment.

At this moment, the Duke hurriedly came out of the mansion. When he saw Lana and Xue Dinglu at the door, he was stunned for a moment before tentatively saying, "Everyone, I am very sorry, especially my niece Lana. It was just a joke, it was all a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding..."

He seemed to be sweating profusely. If he only saw Lana, or Lana with the royal court mystic, he would only show a "planned" smile, thus completely achieving his goal.

But after seeing Xue's Law, I broke out in a cold sweat instantly.

“Niece, don’t misunderstand. Your father and I are old friends. I just invited them to my house. I’ll call your father out right away. Just a moment… just a moment…” the Duke said immediately, giving instructions to the servants.

Lana was stunned for a moment, then burst into unparalleled rage.

She believed Xue Luding's words more than the duke's. Ever since she was in the palace, when the duke's second son disgusted her, she had had an urge to kill the entire duke's mansion.

After confirming through Xue's Law that her sister was alright, she stared intently at the Duke.

Then, the Duke carried out the old Earl's body, and Xue Dinglu was stunned for a moment.

The old count smiled and said to Lana, "Daughter, don't worry. I'm here discussing business with the Duke. It might be a misunderstanding. I'll take your sister home in a moment."

The old count said to Lana with a smile.

Xue Dinglu fell silent, because he suddenly sensed an indescribable aura of the dead emanating from the old count, a feeling he hadn't experienced when reading the information earlier.

And as time went on, this aura of the dead grew stronger and stronger.

Lana stared blankly at the old count being carried out. In that instant, her expression showed pain, confusion, and struggle. Her mouth was slightly open, as if she were smiling, but her eyes revealed a painful, tearful expression.

“My father never calls me his daughter… he never calls Nina ‘your sister’…” Lana said calmly.

The Duke was taken aback, and then tried desperately to explain, but under Xue's complete silence, he could only mumble "Aba aba" in place.

"He is an extremely selfish and despicable scoundrel. He would do anything for the honor and future of his family, whether it is to sell his daughter or himself."

“Therefore, he always calls Nina and me by our first names, and never calls us daughters,” Lana said. At this moment, the silent duke desperately tried to explain, trying to come up with the excuse he had just remembered.

But in the absence of noise, it has no effect whatsoever.

"Lana, what are you talking about?" The "old count" put on an imposing expression, but his forced change of words made everyone realize that he was just an imposter.

Looking across the entire Duke's mansion, Lana's expression showed pain. She stared at Xue Luding, her eyes burning with vengeful rage.

Slowly extending her small hand clad in white silk, and grabbing Xue Dinglu's sleeve with her other hand, the girl uttered the most venomous words of her life.

"Lord Xue, they are squid people!"

In an instant, everyone present fell silent. Even the Duke, who had been silenced, stopped babbling and felt completely bewildered.

Squid Man? What's that? How did we suddenly get onto this topic?
What normal person would call themselves a squid? Isn't that a type of mollusc in the ocean that likes to squirt ink?

But before they could react...

A sharp glint flashed in Xue's pupils as he began to make his judgment.

Lana's words were submitted to the judicial authorities, and the conclusion was...

Lana is absolutely right!
The Squid People were not truly extinct. Although all the orthodox Squid People were instantly refined by their chieftain, they secretly created a religious group through their religious beliefs that covered the vast majority of the nobles in the entire empire.

These religions are all inhabited by noble groups influenced and controlled by the Squid People, who thus essentially control the entire empire's commercial and bureaucratic systems.

However, these squid people died suddenly, before they could even plan their future. They were grabbed by their chieftain and instantly refined, leaving their remaining members completely bewildered.

But soon, the team they left behind took over the original positions and began to expand wildly, learning all of the Squid Man's greed and unscrupulousness.

That's why the Duke possesses the same astounding wisdom as the squid.

Because he is one of the top priests of the Squid Man religion, and even has the title of "Shepherd". Now, he is almost like a pope in the religion created by the Squid Man.

Before the people in the Duke's mansion could react, an overwhelming wave of malice suddenly enveloped them.

"Squid Man...it seems he really does need a lot of love..."

Xue Dinglu's lips curled up as he smiled and said, "Sure enough, only they can possess this kind of amazing wisdom that even I can't see through. You guys always manage to come up with something new."

Xue Dinglu raised his right hand at a 45-degree angle and smiled.

"Hmm?" The Duke, feeling his silence broken, immediately said, "What squid man? Aren't I human? Niece, is there some misunderstanding between us? Your uncle will definitely help you..."

Despite the Duke's obsequious smile, Lana's anger remained unabated. She glared at the Duke and shouted, "My lord, they are the squid men! The fairy maiden investigated and found that a major upheaval occurred in their home while you were fighting that squid man!"

"He is the Squid Man hiding in the Empire!"

Lana's roar seemed to carry throughout the entire area.

“Yes, I understand,” Xue Dinglu said calmly. “It seems the Empire is short of soap factories and oil refineries.”

The Duke suddenly realized something. He thought of the "god" who had been killed by Xue's law in the light screen before, and suddenly understood what the squid man was. Wasn't the "god"'s face covered with tentacles like those of a mollusk?
And what will become of the current new god, who so vehemently hates that "god," after learning that his family truly has an ambiguous relationship with the old god, and now that he has offended this little girl...?

"Oh! Can we reconcile?" the Duke asked Lana in horror.

"You born evil squid man, get ready to become soap!" Lana's venomous words were his response.

The Duke immediately tried to escape, but unfortunately, Xue was in a pseudo-omniscient and omnipotent state at this time. However, the authority of this world was too unfamiliar to him, so he could only use a small part of the power of authority.

But he remains invincible in his time.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment, and Xue Dinglu rescued the little girl named Nina.

She had fainted, her hands were marked with deep welts, and there was even a "never betray" curse mark on her forehead.

This is a very vicious contract technique developed by the Mad Viscount. It is implanted on the forehead and causes the recipient to "fall in love" with the caster forever and be deeply attracted to the caster.

It's like planting an absolute allure.

However, for Xue's Law, it can be easily erased.

As for the entire Duke's mansion... Xue Law flipped through the Innovation Century and conducted a "righteous person test" on it.

Since there was not a single righteous person in the entire Duke's mansion, there was no psychological burden.

What on earth did these guys do to incur such widespread wrath that "Genesis" can't detect a single righteous person? The last time this happened was with the divine nobles of the Angel World. Even among those dog-like divine nobles, you could find a handful of righteous individuals.

The criteria for righteousness in "Innovation" are very lenient. People from both the lawful and neutral sides can basically be considered righteous, meaning that as long as the bad things you do do do not far outweigh the good things you do, it is fine.

Therefore, when "Innovation" determines that no more than 10% of a group are righteous, then they truly belong to the type that deserves to die.

7 seconds have passed!
The time stop was lifted in an instant, and the Duke understood that Nina, as well as the real old count and the old butler's corpses, had appeared in Xue Daolu's hands. He still wanted to struggle and say something, but the next moment Xue Daolu put his hands together and slowly said.

"Expand your domain, and sit back and kill the squid!"

"Buzz!"

The soap factory that had sprung up was shut down in an instant, and a raging fire broke out inside.

The entire factory surrounded the Duke's mansion, and the flames scorched everyone inside, but the outside world could not feel the slightest bit of heat.

"I was wrong! My Lord God, we are willing to submit, we are willing to be your servants for all eternity, we were wrong, we were wrong!" The Duke pounded on the partition of the soap factory, his painful roar echoing out.

"I'm willing to give you the complete list of all members of the Squid Cult, please don't burn it! Don't burn it!"

But Xue showed no mercy. He said, "You inherently evil squid people, even when facing death, you will betray your comrades? I will personally deal with you."

Along with the blinding flames, thick smoke billowed from the refinery's chimneys.

Looking at the flames, Lana, who was carrying her sister on her back, seemed to have only the raging fire and poison gas in her eyes. Especially after seeing the corpses of her father and the butler, she raised her right hand at a 45-degree angle and a twisted and crazy smile appeared on her lips.

……

"Who told you there are no other ways to revive someone who can't be saved?" Xue asked Lana, who was taking care of her sister at the time.

"Huh?" Lana looked at the corpse with a sad expression after discovering that her sister's fever had subsided, but Xue Luding was preparing to save the body.

"Summoning Heroic Spirits! Isn't that a spell from your world? Even if you can't save the living, you can still summon Heroic Spirits, right?" Xue Dinglu said casually.

The summoning of heroic spirits in this world is too bizarre. Even fantasy heroic spirits can be successfully summoned. At the same time, the genes of fantasy heroic spirits can distort and affect the matter in the real world.

It was just two old men. By summoning heroic spirits to possess their corpses, their bodies and souls became their own. Wasn't that practically the same as resurrection?
The only problem is that this method of resurrection does not have the function of reproduction, but the old count and the old butler are over sixty and nearly eighty years old respectively, so they have no use for this thing at all.

Even if Lana wanted to have a younger brother or sister, it would be impossible.

"But isn't the summoning of Heroic Spirits only possible before the Great Crusade? Also, Heroic Spirits can only exist for seven days, after which they must disappear unless they are the victors of the Holy Grail War." Lana had clearly done a lot of research, especially on the Great Crusade; she could practically recite it by heart.

“That’s the rule of the old era, but I am the Kami of the new world,” Xue Dinglu said quietly. “Let me see, the old count originally had 15 years of natural lifespan left, and the old butler had 9 years of natural lifespan left. So the time allowed for the heroic spirit to exist in the world is 15 years and 9 years respectively. Live well.”

Lana froze for a moment, looking at Xue Dinglu. Never before, not even for a moment, had she felt such complex emotions of gratitude and joy for another person. This feeling almost filled her heart, completely filling her originally empty and lonely soul.

She even tried to kneel down again, but a strange force was still acting on her knees, preventing her from doing so.

"Don't kneel! You liked to kneel before I killed all the Squid Men, but if you still like to kneel after I kill them all, then what's the point of me running this oil refinery?" Xue Dinglu said, slowly getting up to prepare to do more things.

Just now, he simultaneously read the information and learned the purge list of all the Squid Believers.

Next, a major purge is needed; the oil refinery needs plenty of private rooms.

……

Then, the souls of the old count and the old butler were forcibly sealed into their original bodies using a heroic spirit summoning spell.

The surviving count and butler were both bewildered, but after learning everything, they prepared to kneel down.

Xue's Law had had enough of this etiquette, so he added a rule to the world's rules that forbids him from kneeling before he leaves the world.

Although the rule is abstract, he's leaving soon anyway, so it will only affect him for a short time.

Lana stayed behind to take care of her younger sister. Perhaps today was a day of great ups and downs for her. From hoping that her family was still alive, to knowing that only her younger sister was left, she was prepared to protect her sister for the rest of her life and depend on her sister for survival. Suddenly, Xue's Law brought the old count and the others to life.

This rollercoaster of emotions left her feeling extremely exhausted, and with her younger sister still unconscious, she ultimately decided to stay home and take care of her.

……

Soon, Xue Luding arrived directly at the palace. The prince, who had a good relationship with Xue Luding, was holding a maid. When he saw Xue Luding, his body trembled, and he immediately showed a constipated expression.

Is it really that difficult for the royal family to have more grandsons?
He immediately dismissed the maid and, coughing, said, "My Lord, please speak freely..."

"This is the Squid People's purge list, you understand?" Xue Dinglu said, handing a list to the prince.

"Uh..." The moment the prince saw the list, he was immediately shocked.

The list is full of powerful nobles in the empire, covering the empire's politics, commerce, military, and almost all nobles who own vast amounts of land. If the entire list is known, all institutions in the empire will come to a complete standstill tomorrow, and it may take a long time to recover.

But the prince gritted his teeth and immediately said, "I understand, Your Excellency. Tomorrow I will capture them all and throw them into the incinerator you have built."

“It’s an oil refinery,” Xue Dinglu said.

"Hi! Oil Refinery!" The prince immediately bowed slightly, raising his right hand at a 45-degree angle. Although he was second only to the emperor in the entire empire, he showed no airs when facing Xue Luding, acting completely like a subordinate.

Xue was very satisfied with this. Although he was a staunch feudalist, at least he was capable, knew his limits, and was very obedient to his superiors.

Xue Dinglu decided to give him a small blessing, such as wishing him that he would never contract a serious disease in his life.

"By the way, my lord, I will do my best to create a world where you can have eight consecutive Sundays if you work six days a week. But the current empire is not productive enough to support a family with just six days of work. However, I will definitely work towards that goal. This is a promise the royal family has made to you..." the prince continued to express his loyalty.

"Then, the contract is established." Xue Luding taught him about the Dragon Blood Potato, and he didn't need to worry about the rest.

Under the contract, at least in the hands of this prince's generation, the whole world will enter into that ideal state where one only needs to work six days to support the whole family and then receive an eight-day holiday called "Sunday".

This was also a promise Xue made during his election campaign, and it ultimately came down to this contract.

At the same time, 5332 also said: "The fairy's DNA has been analyzed and can now be modified for genetic diversity."

"Ok."

Back in the world of consciousness, Schrödinger sent the fairies trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi back to the Judgment Authority.

The matter was brought to a close. He had almost never imagined that those fish-people would actually try to develop a religion among humans and survive successfully in the shadows of the lights, almost letting this terrifying threat slip by.

But it's all over now.

Just as Xue Lude was pondering, Miss Fairy returned to the Earl's mansion, bringing back a severed head.

“I’m sorry, I’ve been held up by the enemy. This is his head,” she said.

"It's alright, I don't expect you to be that strong anyway." Xue Dinglu shrugged, and then asked one last time, "Do you still want to become the new Fairy Queen? There are only a little over 100,000 people on the other continent, the Demon Realm. You can rebuild the Fairy Forest there and still be the new queen."

"From this point on, fairies will no longer be products of fantasy, but real beings living in the world, blessed by the gods." Xue Law always felt that using the fairy's DNA to solve the world's genetic disease problem was a bit unethical, so he prepared to give this fairy lady some compensation.

The other fairies are at least illusory heroic spirits, so giving them a wonderful life of several hundred years in the Infinite Tsukuyomi is already compensation. Only this fairy lady, Schrödinger, doesn't know what to do.

She is a true heroic spirit blessed by the victory of the Great Expedition, which is why she can exist for a very long time. Therefore, she does not need the Infinite Tsukuyomi to live in a false world.

This world is completely new to her; she has no ties or friends here.

Perhaps Lana counts as half, and Xue's Law counts as half too.

That's why Xue's Law suggested building a brand new Fairy Forest so that she could continue to be the Fairy Queen, just like in the story.

But to Xue's surprise, the fairy lady refused, and the reason for her refusal shocked him: "I hate those idiots who have nothing but love brains. I want to die when I see their stupidity."

Xue Law: "..."

No wonder you were the only fairy to die in that novel; your thought process is completely out of step with everyone else in that romance novel.

"What kind of compensation do you want?" Xue asked, deciding it would be better to ask her herself.

"Any compensation is acceptable?" the fairy suddenly asked, her eyes revealing a cunning and triumphant smile.

"At the very least, it's the compensation I can provide."

“Then, Your Majesty, you seem to have always been very lonely…” she said, looking at Xue Dinglu with a choked expression, “Have you not noticed that with the use of divine power, your humanity is being lost little by little?”

"So what I want is to help you rediscover your humanity and love."

(End of this chapter)