NOVEL NEXT Chapter 126: Three Cobblers are Better than One Zhuge Liang
Sally lay in the bird's nest, looking up at the sky, where the Continental Transmission Light Array left the Lichuan Continent like a shooting star.
Survivors might not be so lucky.
She lay down again, honestly, and spoke to her system, "Xiaomei, what attribute does Lin Xuexue's system have? Can you find out?"
"I cannot."
"She is still whole, while my side has already lost half its fighting strength."
"Host has always been short of full members, you can find two more male warriors. Seducing those from other squads is also an option."
"...Xiaomei, let me tell you something. I don't touch what belongs to others. Zi Qi is already my limit, but he only had a group of concubines, he never married, so he doesn't count as taken. The others, when they were with me, were all clean. That's just how I am, I don't like trouble."
"Yes, Host."
"Let's sleep a bit more, wait for the next phase's notice."
Sally curled up lazily, watching the stars and the bright moon, "I miss home."
...
The next day, the sun began to rise.
Sally transformed into her human form, dressed in a pale blue long dress, and put on a wide-brimmed hat, looking as if she was going on vacation, not like she was about to participate in a Holy War where survival was at stake.
Suddenly, a Continental Transmission Light Array enveloped Sally.
"Are we going to another continent?"
"Yes, Host, please prepare to give your all."
"What about Yu Yan and the others?"
"They will be teleported together."
"Xiaomei, I smell a more cruel and bloody scent!"
"That won't be the case, Host. Female warriors generally have limited talents, and after the first phase, most have already experienced losses, there won't be trials that are too difficult."
"I don't believe it."
The scenery before her eyes started changing rapidly. Sally, feeling dizzy, closed her eyes and waited for the Teleportation Array to reach its destination.
...
"Lady Sally, where did you go?!" Yu Yan shouted, his face smudged with dirt.
Sally could tolerate that title before, but now...
"Just call me Sister Sally. It's not taking advantage, everyone used to call me that, it sounds familial." Sally then turned to Yin Zang, "If the Silver Emperor prefers not, just calling me Sally is fine."
"No need, no need, I'll also call you Sister Sally, it's just a title," Yin Zang said, not putting on any Beast Emperor's airs.
Sally smiled, "All right."
"What about His Majesty?" Yu Yan asked.
They had split up from Zi Qi to search for Sally, slaughtering any squads they encountered and searching for Rat Clan burrows when they didn't. They hadn't run into Zi Qi and naturally didn't know he had encountered trouble.
Sally's previously not-too-bad expression instantly turned ugly.
Yin Zang's reaction was faster at this moment, furrowing his brows, "He left the field first."
Sally pursed her lips, the corners slightly downturned with a cold and decisive resolve, "Yes, I'll bring him back."
Yu Yan came to a realization, sighed, and said no more.
But this squad, without Zi Qi, felt like a person missing a head, without their anchor.
At the moment they stood on a platform, surrounded by cliffs.
"Where is this?" Sally asked Xiaomei, "Are the rules out yet?"
Xiaomei replied, "The rules for the second phase are already in the System Space."
Sally gave out a paper copy of the rules to both Yu Yan and Yin Zang.
Before, with Zi Qi around, she could slack off, clinging to him, and just listen to him explain.
Now she had to read them herself.
As for Yu Yan and Yin Zang, they were the types to move their arms and legs, but never their brains.
"The Northern Domain Continent is a Spirit Beast-grade continent, with vast territories where tens of thousands of Beast Clan survive," Sally said, feeling overwhelmed as she read this.
"Seems like this place is quite formidable," Yu Yan remarked.
Yin Zang nodded vigorously, "Abyssal Beasts, Dark Magic Beasts, Sea Monsters, and all kinds of demons and ghosts." The more he talked, the more excited he became...
Sally glanced at him secretly... a militant through and through.
Yu Yan said, "The rules for the second phase include System restrictions, Holy Mother candidate restrictions, and warrior restrictions. Why are there so many restrictions? The last Holy War didn't have all this mess."
"That means it's gotten stricter," Sally finished reading the rules.
Seeing that Yin Zang and Yu Yan were still reading, she looked around.
The second phase was when they truly needed Zi Qi; it was a pity not to use that good brain of his here. To lose him in the first phase was a huge loss!
Sally took out three chairs from the System Space, "Sit down and take a look, sort it out slowly. Let's establish some strategies."
There's a saying that three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang; if all else fails, listen to advice and find another male candidate here.
"Thanks, Sister Sally," Yu Yan sat down.
Yin Zang asked, "Is there anything to eat? I'm hungry."
"Yes." Sally brought out a table, with roast chicken, roast goose, fried pork chops, braised beef, barbecued meat, buns, steamed buns, bread, all kinds of fruit, as well as milk, beer, and soft drinks, filling up the table.
"Eat, drink, and study well," Sally started by tearing off a chicken leg to gnaw on.
Yu Yan and Yin Zang, both foodies at heart, were dazzled by the sight of a table full of delicious food and drinks, their eyes shining bright. They immediately put the rules out of their minds.
They started to eat...
Sally... seemed to have made an error in judgment!
In general, the System served the same auxiliary function as in the previous stage, unable to directly participate in the Holy War. If discovered, it would be forced into a dormant state.
And the females, they were the main force this phase. The Holy War Points from the first phase had been converted into Fertility Points.
Not only had Sally cleared her own debts, but she also had a balance of 57,952,775 points.
To resurrect on Earth, she was only short by 43,047,225 points.
Suddenly, her mood was much better, and her attitude towards the Holy War became more positive.
Now that the Holy War Points had been reset to zero, each squad had to start earning points from scratch. Moreover, the points rules had changed; killing other squads would not only not increase one's points, but would also result in a red card penalty.
A squad with a red card would have their points stolen if they were killed.
In the second phase, the females were mainly tested on qualities other than childbirth. It seemed simple, but in reality, it was not easy.
The first was survival skills, gathering heavenly and earthly treasures, hunting. There were specific gathering targets, roughly a thousand types.
The second was leadership, commanding males to slay Demon Beasts and exorcise evil spirits. There were also specific targets for this, including almost every kind of demon, with set quotas.
The phase lasted one month, with the top three in Holy War Points advancing to the third phase.
After reading the rules, Sally said, "As for the other detailed rules, you can study them slowly. The main points are just two, collection and combat. Can you do it?"
"I'll take care of the second one," Yin Zang declared while enjoying a marinated pig's trotter.
"I'll take care of the first; I'm Wood-Earth Dual Element," Yu Yan said.
"Alright, I'm not good at either," Sally decided to slack off for a few days first and observe the situation around them.
She picked up a carton of milk and sipped it slowly.
By the time she finished her milk, Yu Yan and Yin Zang had cleaned out all the food on the table.
Sally: "..."
Well, if they could eat, they could work.
Sally opened the mission list, glanced through it, and said, "Let's start with the Abyssal Beasts, as Your Majesty was harmed by these creatures. If we encounter any heavenly and earthly treasures on the way, let's collect them as well."
Upon hearing that Zi Qi had died at the hands of an Abyssal Beast, both Yin Zang and Yu Yan's rage flared up with a desire for revenge fiery in their eyes!
"Annihilate them!"
"Eradicate their clan!"