The old man you see with your phone is highly suspicious.

Oh, and there's still a baby left behind...

Xue Luding reached out and stroked the insect-eating tree. Sure enough, he felt that joy and attachment again, and this time, there was even an echo.

"dad……"

This is the message from the Seed of the World on the Insect-Eating Tree.

Xue's Law: "..."

This tiny world seed seems to have been born from the fusion of that world's consciousness and his magic, but why is it so strange?

Xue Dinglu, unmarried and still single, lives on his homestead in Xuejiaqiao Village, Jiangcheng. He doesn't smoke, drinks only in moderation, never engages in promiscuous behavior, and doesn't participate in any unhealthy activities. His mother says he's very healthy, but for some reason, he's now struggling to raise two children...

Including Little Dragon Girl, this Little Tree Girl is the second one.

"Well, that's fine then." Xue Daolu suddenly realized that at this stage of his life as a pure energy being, he was already quite lenient about things like having offspring.

Basically, any unit that incorporates one's own energy can be considered one's offspring...

Although it is very abstract, he has long since become a pure energy life form, and his body seems to be just a shell that carries his soul.

It seems that it started a long time ago. In the world of the old undead, he was completely undead at the time. It was only after the old undead became the guardian of the world that his undead soul and body were reversed. Therefore, at that time he was at the level of a half-energy life form.

Later, in ancient Greece, he almost completely abandoned his physical body, transformed himself into the son of Zeus, completed the rebirth of his soul in the underworld, killed Zeus, and then, together with the hero, destroyed his own body again to severely injure the insects, thus returning as a pure soul.

It seems that since then, he has belonged to the category of pure energy life, like a Shinigami in Soul Society, where his spirit is his true form and his body is just a prosthetic.

I paused for a moment, thinking of Xue's Law from "Bleach".

In some ways, am I not Yhwach of Earth?

……

"Hey, what are you thinking about?" Senior Olivia gave Xue Luding a hard elbow to the chest, making him catch his breath.

"You've been in a daze ever since you woke up. Is there something wrong with your spirit?" the senior asked.

"No, it's nothing, I just had to consider some difficult ethical issues..." Xue Dinglu got up from the hospital bed, rubbing his temples.

He stretched and felt an indescribable joy and excitement throughout his body and soul. In just a few hours, the magic power contained in his soul had increased several times over, and it seemed that there were no other bonuses after he officially stepped into the 4th tier.

After all, magic power is just a blue bar; to convert magic power into strength, further magical training and spell development are needed.

Xue Luding stretched out his hand, and the next moment, a tree branch grew on his hand.

Perhaps in the future, I can also take the path of planting trees, but it seems that I am becoming more and more like a true apostle. After all, for other apostles, incorporating the power of the divine tree into themselves is also an inevitable path.

After that, I can also use the real root entanglement, only this time it's my own daughter's entanglement!

After leaving the Interstellar Squadron's ward, Senior Olivia suddenly remembered something and said, "Law Xue, wait a minute. My superior just said they have a gift for you. Don't refuse. It's an invisible result of your experiments with the Interstellar Squadron on the targeted cultivation of the Divine Tree and the incorporation of the Divine Tree's power into your own experiments. The Interstellar Squadron won't take your achievements for nothing..."

After saying that, the senior disappeared in a flash, and then a portal quickly appeared in front of him. This time, a golden wine glass appeared in the senior's hand.

Seemingly noticing Xue's puzzled expression, Senior Olivia explained, "This is the 'Golden Grail,' which is also related to your teacher, the sage Joshua. It was a world where a mass extinction occurred. Before he left, your teacher, the great sage, filled a cup with cursed blood in that world. Even after he left, the people there were able to survive the disaster by relying on this remaining cursed blood."

Xue listened attentively to the story.

"Then the long catastrophe of mass extinction finally passed after a thousand years. The people of that world made contact with the Starfleet. They wanted to find the person who would guide their civilization and brought with them this golden Holy Grail filled with cursed blood."

"But the sage is long dead, and this Holy Grail containing the blood of the curse has gradually been transformed into a treasure over the millennia and left in the 'Heroic Graveyard' of the Starship Corps. This time, I will entrust this thing to you."

Olivia handed over the golden Holy Grail.

Upon receiving the Holy Grail, Xue Lude saw the information transmitted after scanning the panel left by the Great Sage in the consciousness space.

[The Holy Grail (B+ Rank): A Noble Phantasm forged from cursed blood that has been contained for thousands of years. It can serve as a vessel for the suffering of the cursed blood, without requiring your own body to bear the burden.]

Xue's Law: Tactical Lean Back.

This treasure has no effect on others, and may not even have been useful to the great sage of the past, but for Xue Lude, it truly solved a major problem related to the cursed blood.

After all, the transfer of the cursed blood's calamity is a causal-level pain even for Xue's Law.

Just like Yunxing and Ronald, who suffered from muscle dissolution and organ failure due to the Super Beast Serum, Xue Dinglu would have to endure the same pain again after absorbing the Cursed Blood, and his entire body would also have to go through muscle dissolution and organ failure.

If it weren't for the world consciousness of the Beast Star helping him transfer his suffering, Xue Dinglu estimated that he would have been unable to withstand the burden after saving at most a dozen or so people.

However, if we possess the Holy Grail, all these current sufferings can be borne by this Noble Phantasm, which is sublimated from the blood of the curse.

Xue's Law can only be described as a Noble Phantasm that was sublimated by the blood of the curse. It is a perfect match with the blood of the curse, and it completely created a thrilling combo attack with the blood of the curse.

For the Starship Legion, the commemorative significance of this Noble Phantasm far outweighs its practical significance, and now it has simply been handed over to Xue Lude.

"Goodbye. By the way, my boss asked me to ask, are you on good terms with your mecha friend?" Senior Olivia immediately revealed a lewd yet charming smile.

Looking at Olivia's expression, who was slyly rubbing her hands together, Xue Lude felt for the first time that "charming," "sexy," "lewd," and "cute" were combined in one person.

Bewitched by the sun.

"It's alright." Xue Dinglu knew that his senior had looked for 5332.

"Well, the leader said he wants to invite our mech friends to join the interstellar squadron, and promised to provide assistance and communication to the planets and civilizations behind those friends, and also help them handle any issues. You can talk to him about it then..." The senior rubbed his hands awkwardly, his eyebrows twitching as he looked at Xue Luding.

In fact, the leader of the Starfleet's mouth twitched when he saw the billions of Dreadnoughts destroying the insect swarm.

Then he found Xue's Law and prepared to invite his mech friends to join, since the Dreadnoughts would greatly improve the Starfleet if they joined.

Well, it seems the Starfleet also invited people from the Beast Planet, just like they once invited Xue Law to join.

Although Xue Law declined the invitation, he remains a strategic partner of the Starship Corps, which seems to be due to the connections he has inherited from his teacher.

"I'll talk to it about it later." Xue Dinglu accepted the promise. Perhaps joining the Starfleet would be a good thing for the Dreadnoughts, so they wouldn't have to go home to continue the civil war between the Horde pigs and the Alliance dogs, but could instead focus on the stars and exterminating the insect swarms.

And, at the very least, joining an interstellar civilization would be a good thing for either the Empire or the Rebel Alliance of the Dreadnoughts, right?

Xue's Law does not intend to directly allow the Dreadnought Mech to join. He will only talk to 5332 about the benefits and drawbacks of joining, and they will discuss the specifics of whether or not to join internally.

Perhaps for the Imperial faction's machines, they still need to go home and consult His Majesty the Emperor.

Having just received benefits from the interstellar column, Xue Lude didn't mind just mentioning it briefly.

……

After leaving the interstellar squadron's medical ship and landing on the giant planet, Xue Luding once again felt a long-lost sense of joy.

Soon 5332 learned that Xue's Law had recovered, and it hurriedly brought several of its good brothers to Xue's side.

“Brother, you’re finally awake. I want to ask you about that interstellar column…” Sure enough, 5332 and the other group of fearless mechs found Xue Law because of this.

They received an invitation from the Starfleet, but the Dreadnoughts were not familiar with the Starfleet. On the contrary, they were more familiar with Xue's Law and even preferred to listen to what Xue's Law had to say rather than to the Starfleet.

No wonder Olivia's superior gave her a gift and asked her to say a few good words to her mech buddies.

The Starship Corps killed three birds with one stone: by giving gifts, they strengthened their relationship with Xue Lude, repaid the favor for the mutated divine tree data, and even got Xue Lude to say a few good words about the mech brothers.

However, Xue's Law doesn't mind the little tricks that come with doing good deeds.

Even good people should have their own little schemes and ideas, and good people shouldn't be taken advantage of.

Xue Lude saw the group of mech brothers who had gathered. They all seemed to trust Xue Lude a lot. Perhaps in their minds, someone who was willing to pay for the repair of 5332 and send it back to the Empire despite its damage must not be a bad person.

Among these mobile suits, besides 5332, there were also Imperial mobile suits standing on one side and Rebel mobile suits standing on the other side.

After the great enemy was defeated, they seemed to have split into Horde pigs and Alliance dogs and started fighting amongst themselves again.

"I won't tell you directly whether to join or not. I'll just explain the pros and cons. Whether you join or not is up to you to decide," Xue Dinglu said.

"I'm all ears." 5332 sat down on the ground, as did all the other mechs.

A large group of mechs, each dozens of meters tall, sat on the ground, propping their heads up, watching Xue Ludao eloquently analyze the pros and cons for them.

"The Starfleet is an organization that spans multiple star systems. It originated as a group of united civilizations and idealists, but later it broke away and became an organization connecting various inhabited planets and interstellar civilizations."

"By joining the Star Squadron, you can join an interstellar civilization, engage in trade and exchanges with other civilizations, or exchange technologies. Furthermore, if a major disaster occurs, the Star Squadron will not stand idly by once it learns of it."

"But it's not all good. The downside is that it's like a gust of wind that blows a windmill. While it can make the windmill go up, it can also blow the windows down. After joining the Starfleet's trade network, you may encounter all sorts of other civilizations. Some of them have the purpose of cooperation, while others may try to cheat you, exchanging your resources and core technologies for worthless technology. Even all sorts of good or bad things will flow into your world."

"It's like what would happen if capital knew about a feudal country. The advantage would be the emergence of a large number of new technologies and things, which would enable you to make progress in some areas that was unimaginable in the past thousands of years. The disadvantage would be that it would inevitably cause your civilization to be in turmoil."

"You need to consider whether to choose innovation or stability."

Xue's Law merely analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of adding them; the rest they can figure out on their own.

He believed that 5332 and its brothers, whether imperialists or rebels, all essentially wanted the empire to improve, just in different directions, much like those in his country who had chosen various methods to save it.

The rebel units may have vaguely realized the flaws and improprieties of the imperial system, but they had nowhere to voice their opinions and could only rebel.

The Imperial Army's machines were only meant to maintain order and stability; even the worst order was better than chaos.

Xue's Law will not be involved in this matter; let them choose for themselves. As for their final choice, Xue's Law will bless them.

"Now that we've covered the benefits of joining, what about the downsides?" 9119 suddenly asked Xue Law.

Xue's Law: "?"

Isn't the downside social unrest?

Oh, this is a good thing for the resistance fighters too...

The Imperial side simply said, "We will go back and submit all the information to the Empire and the ministers, and then give a reply."

Chapter 321 Epilogue: The Wedding of the Two Little Ones

Xue's Law originally thought they might discuss it for a long time before deciding whether to join or not.

However, not long after Xue Luding landed in the capital city on his way to the Beast Star, news came from 5332.

"Brother, after an emergency discussion, His Majesty the Emperor and the cabinet ministers have decided to join the Starfleet," the mecha brother told Xue Lude directly.

Xue's Law: "?"

Is your empire's administrative efficiency really that high?

In Xue Dinglu's impression, it was normal for the high-ranking officials to discuss such matters concerning the essence of the feudal empire for ten days or half a month. Perhaps if the emperor was weak, the matter might escalate directly into a war between multiple factions in the court. They would only remember this matter after the war was over. Isn't that the normal process?

Seemingly aware of Xue's thoughts, 5332 said apologetically, "9119 and the others joined the interstellar brigade representing the independent regime of Colony Star 2. The Emperor and the cabinet ministers were furious when they heard this, so it was approved instantly."

After saying that, it continued to scratch its head sheepishly, as if it felt like its boss had embarrassed itself in public.

Xue Dinglu remained silent, simply looking at 5332. He suddenly realized that they actually had a whole host of messy issues to deal with, including conflicts between the Empire and the Rebels, between the Empire and the people, and between the Rebels and the Imperial Army, among many other troublesome matters.

Forget it, it's so annoying. Let 5332 do whatever they want. As for whether the Rebels or the Empire wins in the end, the other side will probably get political protection from the Starfleet, so let them mess things up and see what they do to the original Empire.

At this moment, 5332 was no longer the heavy machine of the Scorched Earth Machine Soldier, but a lightweight humanoid machine only 3 meters tall, walking together with Xue's Law.

Now, the Iron Curtain of Liberty has returned to its homeland, and they have re-established a nation, named: Iron Curtain of Liberty!