Chapter 144

Chapter 144: I Already Have an Awesome Plan

The white-skinned priest joked with the others for a little before he returned to his tent. He unfolded a map and summoned Sadi the snake charmer.

The priest said, “Sadi, look at these places. These are all good places that the Chinese have discovered. There are places to cultivate as well as bases for their Vitality Crops, and these are great places for both functions. Which one do you think we should request from them?”

Sadi stood on the side as he looked at the map, and started toadying, “Sir, as long as the Chinese couldn’t handle the creatures controlled by Shaz, we can ask for as many places as we want, it would be too little to ask for just one.”

The priest shook his head and smiled, “Sadi, you’re too greedy. Juicy meats such as this have to be bitten off bit by bit. If they could avoid trouble once by paying us, they’ll do it again happily. We have the king cobra Shaz on our side, so we have an advantage here.”

“However, our influence outside of this Instance Dungeon was still not as strong as them, so we have to take into account the possibility of them launching a revenge against us. The Vitality Concentration outside was too low compared to in here, you can’t make Shaz follow us out. As long as we could secure a spot here, we would have made a huge contribution, so let’s not be too greedy.”

Sadi said immediately, “Yes, sir. I shall always listen to you so my short-sightedness will not lead me astray.”

The white-skinned priest was very satisfied, “It’s good that you understand. As long as you appease the future incarnate of the God of Destruction and scored a piece of this Land of Heritage for us Indians, we will see to granting your request to be reincarnated. As soon as we go out, I will ask the three leaders to ask for Mr. Tom of the Power Balance Association by spending a good amount of money and let you reincarnate perfectly into the body of an upper caste man with a noble surname.”

Having heard what was promised for him, Sadi started shaking uncontrollably and immediately bent over, his head almost touching the ground, “Thank you so much, Sir Priest, I will definitely do my best!”

…

As the two were conversing, Vigilante A was hiding in the woods not far from the tent.

As they were meeting unknown enemies, the System did not immediately rush the people in the tent, but chose to eavesdrop instead, hoping to get more information out of them.

Unfortunately, there was not much information about the king cobra aside from those that made Fang Ning’s blood boil.

Up to that point, Fang Ning only found out that it was a king cobra. Wild king cobras produce venom on their own and could grow to a massive size, so they were naturally at the top of the food chain that could not be compared to by some rats or tortoises.

It did not appear on the System Map, and the gamebook did not show its information, but Fang Ning was sure the king cobra had already advanced into a demonic stage. Its power level could be even stronger than normal Pond-level powerhouses.

In comparison, the people in the tent were as weak as a kitten. According to the gamebook, they were either Cutlery-level or Bucket-level. Only the priest was at Basin-level. It was no wonder that they needed to do things in the dark, they were so weak…

After a while, the System said, “What destructive god did they say the king cobra is an incarnate of? Did you understand what they mean?”

Fang Ning said, “It might be one of the gods they worship. I hear the Indians believe in three major gods — Brahma, the God of Creation, Shiva, the God of Destruction, and Vishnu, the God of Preservation. Do you remember something, Anderson said Black Cat Tom called itself the Death Incarnate.”

The System said, “Can you ask Anderson if he knows anything regarding the king cobra?”

Fang Ning went searching for Anderson immediately, but his answer was disappointing.

Anderson claimed he did not have any information about the king cobra, but the Power Balance Association did have a really good relationship with the Indians, and had been integral in helping the Indians develop to keep the Truth Department of China in check.

If they were actually willing to pay, Black Cat Tom should be quite willing to agree to perform the reincarnation ritual once.

Anderson also said that the Indians had a rich reservoir as well as their own unique cultivation system.

They had three powerhouses who were similar to the six in the Truth Department. These weaklings who were in the tent was most likely an advance party who discovered that they have the king cobra they could utilize. The priest was probably trying to earn some merit with the snake before their return.

The System couldn’t find anything it could use, so it said, “Ah well, I’ll eavesdrop a little longer. They will divulge the weak point of the snake eventually.”

Fang Ning shrugged, ‘As I thought, even though Sir System had wisely chosen to retreat for time being, it was reluctant to let go of monsters that it could have defeated…’

After sighing, Fang Ning thought of an idea and immediately wanted to facepalm himself, ‘I’ve always listened to Sir System, but there is a better way to do it…’

He murmured, “Actually, Sir System, you don’t really need to eavesdrop anymore. Now that we have Anderson, we can just throw them all into the System Prison. I don’t believe anyone here to have more defense than N’gun. What information can’t we get?”

The System, “…”

In the next moment, the system notification started spamming Fang Ning’s vision.

[The System captured the Indian snakecharmer Sadi, sent to the System Prison.]

[The System captured the Indian Priest Girilal, sent to the System Prison.]

[The System captured the Indian Patrol Guard Shrivatsa, sent to the System Prison.]

…

…

[The System stopped a fatal threat toward China, the Celestial Dragon awarded the Host 5 Favorability points toward all attributes.]

[The System obtained a massive amount of Heroic Fame.]

[The System obtained an excessive amount of Morality, all 21 Morality Bars full.]

Fang Ning sighed loudly. The notifications did not even include those attacking notifications anymore, the System could just capture the weaklings directly and throw them into the System Prison.

After all, only half a year ago, the System could only tie with his snake demon master, a Sink-level fighter. Now, the Basin-level white Indian Priest did not stand a chance against the System.

A moment passed, Fang Ning was a little perplexed, “These people must be a huge threat to China if the Celestial Dragon would award five points at once. Speak of, how many Favorability points do we actually need to summon the real Dragon God?”

The System replied, “I dunno. That’s the totem of your China-family, don’t ask me. Now go and interrogate these idiots. I need to know the king cobra’s weak spots and see if I could sneak up on it…”

Fang Ning thought, ‘I’m right! Sir System wanted to try and farm the terrifying king cobra.’

He just wanted to go to the System Prison, but he suddenly realized he had proposed a lousy idea, ‘If I had known Sir System would want to hunt that snake again, I should’ve asked Sir System to leave the snakecharmer alive…’

‘He can control the snake, and while it’s impossible to ask the snake to kill itself, he could have made things so much easier though. And him being so loose-lipped, we don’t even need Anderson.’

‘Thank goodness that idiot System didn’t realize, if it did, it would probably cut me off the internet for half a month. It’s the strongest in the System Space, not even my spiritual sense could connect to the game…’

At that thought, Fang Ning shuddered and started working on a backup plan. From the conversation between the snakecharmer and the priest, there might still be a chance to make things right.

Fang Ning entered the Draconic Penitentiary, hoping Sir System did not realize the gravitas of its actions so he could brainstorm something out.

At this point, the priest and the snakecharmer Sadi were separately locked up in two new cells and were screaming out of suffering.

“Sir Anderson, we were allies, please stop this. I was just the team leader of the advance party, I don’t know much.”

Anderson replied, “Sorry, Mr. Girilal, that’s the rules of the Draconic Penitentiary. No matter how much you relayed to us, newbies will be served with all the eighteen spiritual tortures so I can choose the most effective tool for each of you. The chosen torture will be kept for the future tortures-”

Girilal spat, “You evil, bastard, double-crossing lowlife! Sooner or later you’ll be eaten by the future incarnate of the God of Destruction, Shaz!”

Anderson said, “Oh, looks like Mr. Girilal is very resilient. Since we were allies, I did want to only let you try the tortures once each, but now that you said that to me, I think you should be cycled through the tortures at least thrice. Elder Feng, remember to do the whole cycle two more times on Mr. Girilal…”

Elder Feng said, “Yes, sir, Officer Anderson.”

Girilal, “…”

After Fang Ning entered the prison, he located Anderson and asked them for the information on the king cobra.

Anderson said, “Mr. Girilal, we have an opportunity for you to avoid the tortures, let’s see if you can earn it.”

Girilal said, “Just ask whatever you want, make the old man stop…”

Anderson asked Elder Feng to pause the spiritual torture and started asking the information about the king cobra.

Girilal said immediately, “I know, I know. The king cobra is very powerful, it’s the future incarnate of the God of Destruction, its name is Shaz, it’s venomous and can control beasts…”

At this point, the snakecharmer on the cell next to him seemed to have awakened and realized where he was.

He immediately called out, “Sir! Sir! The Priest knew very little, I am the one, I’m the one who negotiated with the king cobra, I’ve fed it since it was young, and it snuck into this Land of Heritage, it still follows my orders now-”

Girilal interrupted, “Shut up, you filthy lowlife! You shall not interrupt when the higher-ups are talking!”

The snakecharmer did so immediately, the fear of upper caste had already been drilled into him since young.

Anderson said, “Alright then, Elder Feng, let’s give the higher-up Mr. Girilal a few more cycles of the torture to punish him for yelling at the warden’s charge as if his own. And stop the torture on the snakecharmer.”

Immediately, Girilal started wailing again. Sadi, who no longer feel any spiritual torture on him, finally understood — the Priest was worth far less than himself to the mysterious person.

Betraying the king cobra was easy for Sadi. Snakes are cold-blooded, after all. Virtue and favor was nothing to it, or else it would not have run away eight years ago.

At this point in time, he and the snake were only in a relationship of interests.

He immediately revealed everything he knew about the king cobra.

Fang Ning, however, was pretty disappointed. Sadi’s revelation only enlightened him a little about the king cobra.

It became a demon at the Land of Heritage. Of all its abilities, Sadi only knew that it can control beasts. He did not know how venomous its venom was, or if it had any other hidden powers. He did not even know as much as the System about how terrifying king cobra was.

Fang Ning asked, “If I let your spirit out, the snake should be able to recognize you, but will you still be able to continue controlling it?”

The System, noticing the little saga, asked, “What? Host, did you forget to remind me to keep him alive?”

Fang Ning had already thought of a backup plan, it definitely could convince the System, so he immediately said, “What nonsense. How would you tiny System know what I think? You’ll know in a while…”

Sadi answered, “Shaz was the future incarnate of the God of Destruction, so it can definitely recognize spirits. Or else, I wouldn’t dare to ask for a reincarnation, and Girilal wouldn’t have agreed to it. Once I get out, I should still be able to communicate with it. But I’m a little concerned that being a spirit, it would see through me and no longer obey my commands. After all, it’s a cunning snake.”

Fang Ning nodded, “No need to worry about that. As long as you did whatever I ask of you, everything will be fine. After all of this, I will guarantee that your life in here will be more comfortable than the one you had outside.”

Sadi immediately prostrated, “Yes, yes sir! I will obey every single order from you.”

Fang Ning exited the Draconic Penitentiary and told the System, “Don’t worry. I deliberately didn’t remind you to keep him alive. I wanted you to keep his spirit in the prison. I already have an awesome plan to ensure you can farm to your heart’s content.”

The System quipped, “Stop bullshitting me, you just forgot to ask me to keep him alive. If your plan fails, I’ll stop you from gaming for half a year…”

Fang Ning said, “Tsk, there you go again not believing me. We’ll see…”