Ultragene Warlord

Chapter 386: Hero of Qi

Li Feng asked curiously, “How did you know about this?”

Xia Na retrieved a manual.
“I found it in the palace's library.
It's a manual about preparing the highest-quality human meat, and it starts by describing this sort of rearing process.”

Li Feng's eyes widened.
“You can read sura logograms?”

Xia Na nodded.
“All members of the special forces learn a few unique skills.”

Hong Xi asked, “Xia Na, have you considered re-educating them?”

“Do you think that would be useful? You heard the woman's words, didn't you? She still thinks that she's living in that sham of a dream—she's perfectly happy and willing to live as a pig!”

Zhang Lie then asked, “Do they know how the other human captives are treated?”

“Of course she does.
They've seen quite a few of the other captives, but they feel as though they deserve their special treatment, and that the others had to have done something wrong.
They're just like the nobility of the past—they know about others' suffering, but they don't care enough to do anything about it!”

Zhang Lie sighed.
“You shouldn't have brought them over and polluted our sight.”

“Captain, they're still humans, aren't they? I didn't want to make a move without discussing it with you and everyone first.”

“No, they can hardly be considered human anymore.
Kill them:  if they want to live in a dream, then let them dream forevermore.”

By then, just about everyone in the world federation was paying attention to the news about Qi.

“What's going on with Qi? Is it about to fall?”

“It surely will—there's never been a human city that's been able to defeat sura invaders!”

“Not only that, three other alien races began attacking Qi the moment they noticed the sura invasion.”

“Apparently, a sura king himself appeared on the battlefield.
Qi's going to fall for sure!”

“What?! I have family in Qi!”

Everyone was sighing over mankind's weakness relative to the sura and their imminent reduction in land in the second realm when an urgent announcement was added—[Qi's total victory! Zhang Lie captured the sura king alive!]

“What?! Qi defeated the sura?!”

“Zhang Lie, Zhang Lie managed to capture the sura king alive!”

“This has to be fake! How can it be? No human has ever been able to defeat a sura king.
Even the strongest hunter we know of, the Martial Sage Hong Tianqi, only managed to fend off a sura king in the second realm.
How could Zhang Lie fare better than him? This has to be fake news!”

Someone else replied, “No, it's not fake.
I just came from Qi myself, and we all saw Zhang Lie capture the sura king with our own eyes.
His body's hanging by our sole remaining city wall right now, and everyone can do what they want with it!”

“It's true, it's all true.
Zhang Lie's charting a new course through history for all of mankind!”

“Right, this isn't a rumor—I witnessed it too! I observed this turning point in mankind's history!”

There were quite a number of wounded hunters in Qi who were unable to do anything because of the severity of their injuries, and these hunters had taken it on themselves to share the news of Zhang Lie's astounding victory, leading to the burgeoning number of comments under the article proclaiming Qi's victory.

One hunter asked, “Just how did Zhang Lie manage to save Qi?”

“Oh, it's a long story.
Qi found itself surrounded on all four fronts: the main force was the sura, and three other alien races each separately attacked one front upon learning about the sura invasion.
No hunter in Qi was willing to retreat; we all chose to fight with our lives on the line.

“Unfortunately, there was such a great disparity in our numbers and strength that we were soundly beaten on all four fronts.
Our morale had reached rock bottom when our governor, Xiao Zhengyang, strode forward like a blazing sun, defeating the sura elder in an instant.

“However, the sura king was far too strong on the battlefield.
Governor Xiao lost against the sura king in just one blow, and as we despaired, the hero of Qi, Zhang Lie, arrived on the scene with a horde of over a hundred dragons, instantly sending the alien invaders fleeing for their lives.

“With a wave of his hand, the sura perished in the hundreds and thousands.
The sura king fought him to a standstill.
Then, Zhang Lie gradually took the upper hand, and the sura king was forced to use his ultimate technique.”

“Hold on, hold on! That's ridiculous! You're saying Zhang Lie held back all four fronts alone? That he killed thousands of sura with a casual attack? That's impossible!”

Another person replied, “He did exaggerate a little, but as a hunter defending Qi, I can promise you that his recounting was otherwise accurate.”

“Where's Zhang Lie now, then?”

A sudden article answered this question for everyone.
[Humanity's counter-invasion! Three thousand hunters entering the sura lands!]

“The invasion of Qi was a crime against mankind.
On the command of the hero who saved Qi, three thousand hunters of Qi launched a counteroffensive into the territory of the sura.”

The hunters glancing at the article were even more shocked than before.

“What? Are we so strong that we can strike back at the sura now?”

“Just three thousand troops? Is that enough?”

“This is ridiculous—even a drama wouldn't go to such an extent!”

“It's a true story, I witnessed it myself!

The champion of the Void Cup, Zhang Lie, said those exact words: 'No one shall tread on mankind's dignity.'”

“No one shall tread on mankind's dignity!”

“No one shall tread on mankind's dignity!”

The news of mankind's retaliation drew more and more attention, and some of the readers even began to wish that they too had been in Qi.