Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Even after ending his communication with Count Nicholas, Duke Wang En remained very uneasy.

He went to his desk, spread out a sheet of paper, picked up a pen, and wrote down a series of plans and arrangements on it.

No, there simply isn't enough time!

Mobilizing troops, threatening other nobles in the South, persuading them to rebel, getting them to also mobilize their forces, and controlling all the major hubs in the South... all of these things take time!

Duke Wang En's eyes turned cold.

This matter is too serious; the Empire will surely take action soon.

We must find a way to attract the Empire's attention and buy time!

"Xiao Li, go tell that person who's still in Dark City."

Duke Wang En put down his pen and said in a deep voice, "It's time to awaken the demon inside that little girl who was used as an experimental subject!"

Upon hearing this, the black-clad subordinate was immediately startled: "This... but Your Excellency the Duke! The dark parasite within that little girl has, after so many years of cultivation and evolution, likely reached a terrifying, fully evolved form. Once the demon within that little girl is awakened, it could potentially affect the entire human realm, even the inland areas..."

Duke Wang En's eyes were icy: "Even if hundreds of millions die in the mainland, what does it have to do with me?"

Subordinate: "...Yes, I understand."

......

Ye Ge, Gao Shenxue, Xia Xiyao, Yu Li, and Nangong Qiuyue returned to Dark City together.

"So, how exactly did you guys come to this agreement?"

Ye Ge asked, "Why did Long Ying say that Bao Bingqing is already dead?"

Nangong Qiuyue shrugged: "It was Princess Longying who brought it up herself. She said that Bao Bingqing's actions were only to save her daughter, and that the danger of the Dark Blood was indeed not as great as rumored. She understood that it was a necessary means for the survival of the wilderness people."

"However, she said that if this matter were reported to the royal family, the royal family would definitely continue to try to send the Night Watch to hunt down Bao Bingqing and his group and wipe out their force."

"So Long Ying reached an agreement with Bao Bingqing to tell the royal family that he was dead."

Ye Ge raised an eyebrow: "Could this little girl really be so kind and understanding?"

“However, Long Ying also put forward conditions.” Gao Shenxue added at this time: “After Ququ recovers from her illness, Bao Bingqing’s forces must absolutely not sell Dark Blood to the mainland in any form. Also, if she needs anything in the wilderness in the future, she may need Bao Bingqing’s help.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Ge slightly parted the corners of her mouth and smiled.

This Long Ying is quite the schemer.

As the leader of all bandits, scavengers, hunters, and gangs in the wilderness outside the Great Wall, Bao Bingqing's presence ensured that these wilderness thugs had an organization and a certain degree of order outside the Great Wall.

If Bao Bingqing dies, the thugs in the wilderness will be leaderless and will become even more unscrupulous. Rape, debauchery, kidnapping, plundering, theft, robbery, and murder will become more frequent, and the wilderness will definitely become more chaotic in a short period of time.

Moreover, given the harsh environment outside the Great Wall, other underground forces and wilderness gangs would certainly emerge in the various remote villages and towns.

Rather than destroying Bao Bingqing only to have a new, completely unknown force emerge, it's better to do Bao Bingqing a favor; we might need it in the future.

If she can control the wilderness, it will certainly be of great advantage to her in the future struggle for the throne.

'As expected of the Ninth Princess, born into royalty and raised playing the game of power since childhood...'

Ye Ge smiled faintly.

.......

At this moment, in a room with a pure white color scheme.

Bao Bingqing sat beside the hospital bed and gently covered the sleeping Ququ with a blanket.

"Well......"

At this moment, Ququ frowned slightly, her body twisting irregularly under the covers, as if she was enduring some kind of unbearable pain.

"It's starting again...?"

Bao Bingqing frowned.

Now, the intervals between each attack are gradually getting shorter and shorter.

If this continues...

'Sigh... I can only hope that the inhibitor that Night Song's friend brought is really effective.'

“Mr. Bao.” An elderly man wearing a white coat and a mask, revealing his pale hair, walked in from outside.

"Oh, Professor, you've arrived." Bao Bingqing glanced at the old man and nodded slightly.

This old man was someone he had invited from the mainland; he was a top-level alchemist and an important researcher who helped him study the Dark Blood.

Bao Bingqing is an ordinary person. Although he is a very talented genetic scientist, there are some extraordinary potions that he, as an ordinary person, cannot refine. Therefore, he invited this old man from the mainland to help him.

The old man looked at Ququ on the bed: "Is Miss Ququ having another attack?"

Bao Bingqing: "Hmm, the intervals are getting shorter and shorter, I'm afraid..."

"Hehe, if that young master of the Ye family can really bring a potion to stop Miss Ququ's continued demonic transformation, then everything will be fine." The old man smiled and comforted her, "At least there's still hope, right?"

Bao Bingqing: "Yes, you're right."

The old man handed over a vial of Dark Blood: "This should help Miss Ququ suppress it one last time. Hopefully, the young master of the Ye family will arrive in time after that."

"Thank you." Bao Bingqing accepted the Dark Blood, paused, and said, "Professor Li, you've worked hard all these years."

The old man's gray eyes, visible through his mask, flickered slightly, and he forced a smile: "Mr. Bao, there's no need for such polite words. We are both scientists, and creating miracles that shock the world is my ideal. It has been my honor to do research with you all these years. Although you are an ordinary person, you are more talented than any of the extraordinary individuals I have ever met in fields such as genetics and pharmacology."

Bao Bingqing nodded slightly and said nothing more.

He held the bottle of Dark Blood, silently attached the injection needle, and then picked up Ququ's slender, fair arm, preparing to inject.

The old man watched Bao Bingqing's actions, his expression growing increasingly tense beneath his mask.

His forehead was covered in a fine sheen of sweat, his breathing became rapid, and his hands beneath the long sleeves of his white coat were trembling slightly. His ears seemed to be ringing with countless deafening sounds.

Countless voices flashed through his mind...

"It's time to awaken the monster inside that little girl who was used as an experimental subject!"

"We're all scientists, and creating miracles that astound the world is my ideal..."

Snapped!

Suddenly, the old man's wrinkled, trembling hand grabbed Bao Bingqing's arm.

stopped his movement.