Douluo: I founded the mecha tribe and I am the king of mecha battles!

Chapter 287 The Submissive Hyena

Everyone in the Spirit Pagoda has their own ambitions; those who are unwilling to submit, please leave.

But the ancient family is different. A force with absolute military power, a force capable of easily destroying obstacles, will not allow these "exceptions" to exist.

The Beast Merchant Guild is not part of the Sun and Moon Federation.
The office echoed with the heavy, labored breathing of a thousand years. Chen Zhou's fingers tapped lightly on the desk, each tap like the sound of a judge's pen falling on the Book of Life and Death. Sunlight streamed in from the window, casting half of his face in shadow, while the other side was bathed in an almost divine, cold light.

"A timeless pause."

Chen Zhou finally spoke, his voice carrying a cold, inorganic quality, "Do you know why I spared your life?"

The old man's hunched back stiffened.

Yun Taixi chuckled, flicking a wisp of lightning from his fingertip, evaporating the bloodstains on the ground into a crimson mist: "Is the master asking you a question? Are you deaf or mute?"

His Adam's apple bobbed as he pressed his forehead firmly against the ground: "This old man...does not know."

Do you believe the world is unique?

Chen Zhou said softly, "The universe is boundless, with countless life-bearing planets and world planes."

"I will not stay in this world; I will go to the stars, to countless places that can offer me the opportunity to pursue the truth."

He leaned forward, his pupils reflecting the phantoms of countless stars. "I need someone to manage this world for me, this planet. In other words, I want a dog. Can you do that?"

Cold sweat beaded on Qian Gu Die Ting's age-spotted neck, and a gurgling sound came from his throat. He saw more clearly in the beads of blood he coughed up—reflected within them were a pair of golden eyes, their pupils burning with a brilliant flame.

That was the look in Huo Wuji's eyes when he looked down at him on the night his arm was severed.

"dog"

The old man's finger bones scratched white marks on the floor. "You have to know how to pick up bones and also how to bite people."

Chen Zhou suddenly laughed. This laugh made Hai Wuliang instinctively take a half-step back—whenever his lord showed such an expression, it meant another civilization was about to fall into the abyss. Yun Taixi, however, excitedly licked his lips; he smelled the scent of blood and fire.

"A very clever answer."

A purple light shone from Chen Zhou's fingertip. "But what I want is not a watchdog, but a hyena that can trample its own kind underfoot."

A purple light fell, exploding into a verdant electric net at the spot where the ancient, broken arm lay. The old man let out a scream that was not human, his hunched body convulsing like a shrimp.

But miraculously, the wound began to grow, first the bone, then the blood vessels and muscle fibers.

The life force that had been weakened by old age, like a flickering candle in the wind, now burned fiercely.

His face, etched with the marks of time, seemed to be a reversal of time, revealing the resolute features of his middle age.

The reborn arm was now wrapped with scales and claws identical to those of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian. With the transmission of consciousness, the scales slowly contracted, revealing an arm as white and tender as a baby's.

Qian Gu Die Ting knelt on the ground, trembling all over. His newly grown left arm was covered with dense black scales, each one shimmering with a cold, metallic light. He could feel an unprecedented power roaring within him, an energy beyond his comprehension. His heart pounded violently, blood surged through his veins, each cycle seemingly reshaping his body.

"This is... the power of the dragons?"

"Qian Gu Die Ting asked hoarsely." Chen Zhou didn't answer, but simply raised his hand, and a semi-transparent light screen appeared in the center of the office. The light screen displayed a vast star map, with countless points of light twinkling in the dark universe, among which a blue planet was highlighted.

"This is merely the seed of power."

Chen Zhou's voice was indifferent and distant: "Gods are unattainable beings to mortals, but to the stars, they are nothing more than a grain of sand."

"Are the gods... really so insignificant?" Qian Gu Die Ting murmured to himself.

Whether you are insignificant or not depends on where you stand.

Chen Zhou withdrew his gaze and refocused on Qian Gu Die Ting. "I need a fierce enough dog to crush any obstacle in my path. Can you do that?"

His heart, which had been pounding for ages, skipped a beat. He then kowtowed and bowed his head, letting out a resolute growl: "This old man is willing to die for you, my lord!"

"No! It's the Qian Gu family! The Qian Gu family is willing to be your most loyal hound!"

"To continue the bloodline until it is extinguished!"

"very good."

Chen Zhou smiled slightly, then with a flick of his sleeve, a pitch-black alchemical matrix suddenly appeared on the floor of the office. Dazzling blood-red runes spread through the void, like burning chains binding Qian Gu Die Ting's body.

"what--"

Qian Gu Die Ting roared in agony, and fine runes appeared on his skin, as if some kind of contract was being branded onto it. Each rune was like a living snake, crawling through his veins and bones.

The agony lasted a full ten minutes. When the light of the alchemical matrix went out, Qian Gu Die Ting collapsed to the ground, his body drenched in cold sweat. A dark golden mark, resembling a coiled black dragon, appeared between his brows.

"Get up."

Chen Zhou sat back in his chair, tapping the table lightly with his fingertips. "From this day forward, your soul and blood are connected to mine. What you see, I know; what you think, I can perceive. The price of betrayal... I think you know it in your heart."

Qian Gu Die Ting trembled as he rose to his feet, yet felt an unprecedented awe within this newfound power. He was no longer merely the controller of the Spirit Pagoda; his life was now bound to a higher-dimensional being—a suppression far surpassing the level of gods.

But in Qian Gu Die Ting's eyes gleamed excitement, exhilaration, and boundless ambition!
A major war between the three kingdoms in the Central Plains is about to break out. The Federal military is preparing for battle, and soul-guided technology is advancing rapidly...

All of this was no longer important to Qian Gu Die Ting. He touched his newly grown arm, feeling the dragon power flowing in his blood. The ferocity of the beast and the ambition of the human were perfectly integrated at this moment.

This is the world he truly wants!
No longer is it an era where the Spirit Pagoda stands high above yet is still hampered by various forces; no longer is it a chaotic situation where humans and soul beasts, the Federation and the Three Kingdoms are locked in a struggle; but rather... true domination!

If he hadn't been caught in the middle of the game and unable to see the whole picture, Qian Gu Die Ting might still have been skeptical of the world Chen Zhou described. But he had experienced the devastating defeat at Shrek City, witnessed the destructive firepower of the mobile armored division, and seen the terrifying scene of god-level power tearing apart the continent.

Therefore, he deeply understood that Chen Zhou was definitely not a person of this world!
The power he brought exceeded the limits of the Soul Master system; the ambition he displayed surpassed the fantasies of rulers throughout history; his very existence was like a god descending to earth... no, even more real than those legendary, ethereal gods!

Having witnessed a more magnificent world and future, who would still want to focus on the mundane things they once longed for but could not obtain?
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