Chapter 3396: Demon Record (19)

Ning Shu felt more wary than happy regarding the sudden appearance of a task-taker.

Even though her current target was also the snake king, and they appeared to be on the same side, this woman didn’t give Ning Shu a good vibe.

Her attitude was haughty, like she was looking down on her.

Ning Shu thought to herself that she must be a relatively powerful task-taker.

Under the combined attacks of several demons and the old Daoist, the snake king seemed somewhat fatigued. This, coupled with three dead weights dragging him down, meant the snake king’s situation wasn’t looking too good.

But if the snake king were that easy to deal with, he wouldn’t be the protagonist of this world.

Any human or demon injured by his venom would be corroded.

The snake king had no choice but to borrown the power of the demon king core. A powerful hurricane of demonic energy rose from his body, preventing anyone from approaching.

However, the snake king himself was struggling to withstand the power of the demon king core.

“Do you know what the snake king stole from the Special Investigation Bureau?” the bureau chief asked Ning Shu.

Ning Shu shook her head. “I’m not all-knowing. How would I know?”

The original host died early. He’d been insta-killed by the snake king upon their first meeting. Heaven only knew how the snake king and An Yujun went on to flaunt their love and torment single people later.

“It’s the demon king core.” The bureau chief glanced at Ning Shu, seemingly surprised that Ning Shu could be so stupid.

“The demon king core is the symbol of the demon king’s status. The demon king commands all demons in the realm. The reason demons are currently so chaotic—to the point they’re even integrating into the human world and appearing to coexist peacefully—is because there is no demon king. They are fragmented, fighting each other, with no one submitting to anyone else. If a demon king ascends, this situation will change.

“If the snake king gains control of the demon king core and makes it his own, he will be the new demon king. With the power and authority to command all demons, he will massacre humans on a large scale. This current peace will be shattered.

“Humans will learn of the existence of demons. Hearts will be filled with panic, and the whole world will descend into chaos.

“To kill the previous demon king, humans had gathered a massive amount of power and made many sacrifices. They seized the demon king core, but then it was stolen by the snake king.”

“Oh…” Ning Shu acted as if she had a sudden realization. “So, no matter what, we must snatch back the demon king core from him today.”

“Correct.” The bureau chief nodded.

Ning Shu coughed and pointed at An Yujun, who was fainting in the snake king’s arms. “Isn’t there still one person on the human front? An Yujun is a kind person. She will surely persuade the snake king not to massacre humans.”

The bureau chief froze for a moment. She was unable to stop herself from rolling her eyes. “Her? Once she gets to the demon realm, the snake king will give her a palace to live in, where she’ll enjoy supreme doting. She’ll fight for attention with a bunch of female demons and enjoy the demon’s affection. She won’t know a thing about what the human world has become. A dog is more reliable than her.”

Ning Shu: …

Thinking about it, that was true. An Yujun was a person without much of a mind of her own.

As long as she had her little happiness, she could completely ignore the storms outside.

And her man could shield her from any storm.

“Contentment brings happiness. Her happiness is just that—a little, simple happiness,” Ning Shu said casually.

The bureau chief said coldly, “Therefore, placing humanity’s hope on this woman is simply courting death.”

The bureau chief looked at Ning Shu. “You don’t happen to be ignorant of the demon realm, do you? If the snake king really takes this woman there, she will truly break away from humanity and can no longer be counted as human.”

Ning Shu remained indifferent. She knew a little about the demon realm. It was actually an alternate dimension carved out within this plane.

This space seemed to have been created by some powerful demons gathering together.

Since the demons’ living space had been compressed, the demon realm could be called the last refuge for demons.

Some powerful demons lived inside.

Ning Shu stared at the snake king, whose face was covered in scales. It seemed the snake king was an ambitious demon. He wasn’t content with just being the king of the snakes. He wanted to command all demons.

Perhaps the snake king in the original storyline actually succeeded.

After all, the original host hadn’t lasted a single round against him, and the snake king had taken his wife and children…

“The snake King is a lawless, untameable demon. If he becomes the demon king, the world will plunge into great turmoil,” the bureau chief said.

Ning Shu thought for a moment and asked, “Do you think the snake king will massacre humans on a large scale?”

“That is a certainty.”

Ning Shu said indifferently, “Actually, killing a few isn’t a big deal. After all, humans reproduce too quickly and are too numerous, and they strip away countless resources. The plane can barely withstand it. There’s a reason someone like the Snake King can become this world’s protagonist.”

After a massacre, the human population would surely plummet.

This was from the perspective of the plane’s self-healing. Why were demons forced to live with humans, forced to survive like humans?

Because they had no living space left. Humans hogged too many resources and too much land.

But Ning Shu didn’t wish to kill these people herself.

The plane had its own laws for its development.

The bureau chief glanced at Ning Shu and said, “That might be true, but innocent humans shouldn’t be dragged into such a battle.”

Ning Shu said plainly, “Then let the beneficiaries fight—like the military, those who enjoy supreme power.”

“Once war begins, it will be uncontrollable chaos,” the bureau chief said.

Ning Shu just chuckled and didn’t speak.

Every plane has its own laws of development. The rise and fall of dynasties was also a process of the plane healing itself.

The dynasty would walk from its golden age to its era of incompetence. The realm would descend into chaos. Injustice would happen, and the realm would fall into disarray. Starvation would stretch for a thousand li and generate resentment…

At this point, a new dynasty would be born in blood, to dispel the resentment of the past. Then, the cycle would start again, then again, and again…

Ning Shu felt that such wars were the process of the plane healing itself.

‘Sacrifice a part to save a part’—as for who survived, that depended on fate.

The bureau chief narrowed her eyes slightly and scanned Ning Shu up and down. “Just because you’re doing a task for a demon entrustor, you think of yourself as a demon?”

Ning Shu spread her hands and said, “Look at you talking. I’ve done all sorts of things. I’m just discussing the matter as it stands.”

Setting aside the romance aspect of this storyline, it piled halos onto the snake king and raised him from the snake king to the king of all demons…

Wasn’t this just giving the snake king power and invisibly guiding him toward his destiny?

For An Yujun, conquering a man who conquered the world, and having this man love only her and give her supreme pampering—that was a woman’s achievement.

Clever women smiled beautifully and let men conquer the world for them. They drove and controlled those men.

If there were no snake King, someone else would undertake this task.

Ning Shu rolled her eyes in thought. It seemed that many human beings and demons would be sacrificed in this world, in the future.

But her entrustor’s wish was simply to survive and to teach the snake king a lesson.

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