"My father is not interested in the addictive cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs. He is not passionate about women or gambling, either. He is not even crazy about training. He barely has any habits that he never changes. His only hobby is to enjoy 'Star Spot Red Fire Oysters' as supper after work every day."
Li Yao raised his eyebrow. "Star Spot Red Fire Oysters? What are they? Are they precious?"
"Not exactly precious."
"The Star Spot Red Fire Oysters are a kind of shellfish that grows in the 'Red Fire Bay', a bay on the coastline of the Gold Crow Kingdom," Jin Xinyue said. "The meat is tender and juicy. You can simply open it with a 'shell shearing knife' and dip it in the local seawater.
"It is said that a half-dormant volcano is hidden at the bottom of the Red Fire Bay. The special minerals spurted out by the volcano give the seawater a unique taste, which is why such a delicacy is born. However, I don't think I can taste it.
"The Star Spot Red Fire Oysters are a very popular food among the nobles of the Gold Crow Kingdom, not because of their taste but because they are quite interesting.
"First of all, on the shell of the Star Spot Red Fire Oyster, there are patterns that look like flames and shooting stars. Every Star Spot Red Fire Oyster has a different pattern. You can enjoy them before you eat them. You can even use the shells to make bonsai and decorations. It's very elegant.
"Secondly, the shell of the Star Spot Red Fire Oyster is tightly closed. You have to manipulate the shell shearing knife with special techniques and patience to open it bit by bit. If you are adept at it, you will hear a pleasant sound when you open it. It is a form of mental enjoyment. If you open it with brute force, you will not be able to hear such a pleasant sound.
"Most importantly of all, there is a crystal that looks like a pearl inside the meat of the Star Spot Red Fire Oyster. We call it 'Red Pearl'. The Red Pearl is not a treasure, nor is it a rare treasure that contains abundant spiritual energy like the 'demon core', but it is splendid. It is splendid and contains stripes that look like living creatures. When it is illuminated, a different pattern will be triggered from every angle. It can't be more splendid.
"According to the traditional customs of the Gold Crow Kingdom, it is a very auspicious thing to eat a 'Red Pearl' inside the Star Spot Red Fire Oyster. In ancient times, the Red Pearl was even used for divination. It's a record of good or bad luck. "
"Therefore, many experts of the Feather Race have the habit of eating the Star Spot Red Fire Oyster every day. Instead of saying that they crave the delicious taste, it is better to say that they enjoy the tedious eating process and the elegance of playing with the shells and Red Pearls to ease their high-strung nerves!"
"My father is no exception. Although he looks like a machine, he's still a human after all. With so many affairs to attend to every day, it's inevitable that I'll be nervous and exhausted. So, eating a little Star Spot Scarlet Flame Oyster every night might be a special way to relax. "
Li Yao narrowed his eyes, the starlight in his eyes flickering like flames. He pondered and said, "Is there anything special about the Star Spot Red Flame Oyster your father ate? Is it the same as the others? "
Jin Xinyue pondered for a moment. "The Star Spot Red Flame Oyster only grows in the Red Flame Bay. Because it relies on the nourishment of the underwater volcano, it can't be artificially cultivated. The production is extremely low. "
"My father is the leader of the Feather Clan. Of course, the largest, the most glamorous, or the ones that the old fishermen judged to be the most likely to form 'Red Pearls' were reserved for him."
Li Yao asked again, "Then, what do you think? After your father became the commander-in-chief of the Coalition Army of Demons and stayed away from the Gold Crow Kingdom, did he keep the habit? "
Jin Xinyue nodded. "He probably did. Before he became the commander-in-chief of the Coalition Army of Demons, my father often went to Heavenly Path City to deal with official business. He even lived in Heavenly Path City for a long time. At that time, flying demon beasts would transport the Star Spot Red Flame Oysters to him every day. After all, the Gold Crow Kingdom was in charge of the air forces. It was convenient to transport the oysters by air without much cost. As the leader of the Feather Clan, such a hobby was not a luxury at all. "
Li Yao blinked. "You had to transport the oysters by air every day, not every two or three days?"
Jin Xinyue smiled and said, "You may not know this, Master, but the Star Spot Red Flame Oysters are the most delicate food. Once they leave the seawater where they are born, they will go bad in only a few hours. Even if they are soaked in the seawater where they are born, they will not last for more than a day. They cannot be stored in the preservation rune arrays no matter how hard they are stored.
"They can be stored for a longer time with freezing rune arrays, but if they are thawed after being frozen, they will lose their original flavor. With my father's identity and position, how can he possibly eat such food?
"Therefore, when he lived in Heavenly Path City, the flying demon beasts would travel thousands of kilometers every evening and even relay the transportation through teleportation arrays, ensuring that the Star Spot Red Flame Oysters would be delivered to him in two to three hours!"
Hearing that, Li Yao finally took a long breath in relief. With a mysterious smile, he said, "Therefore, the Star Spot Red Flame Oysters would be delivered to your father in a hurry after they were fished out of the seawater. Since every second counts, it is impossible for them to pass too many tests, right?"
Jin Xinyue was dazed for a moment. She bulged her eyes and exclaimed, "Master, are you thinking of …"
Li Yao thought for a moment and confirmed it again. "Is it possible that somebody pried open all the Star Spot Red Flame Oysters and presented the meat to your father directly?"
Jin Xinyue shook her head hard. "That's absolutely impossible. The nobles of the Gold Crow Kingdom enjoy the Star Spot Red Flame Oysters because of their appearance and the fun of prying open the shell unhurriedly to look for the 'Red Ball'. It's not like they are really greedy for the tender meat. If the oysters are pried open in advance, not only will the taste of the meat change when it is exposed to the air for too long, all the fun will be deprived. Wouldn't it be a bummer?"
"Everybody eats such things with their own hands. It has been a tradition for thousands of years."
"Then, there's a solution!"
Li Yao slapped his thigh softly and took a deep breath before he said calmly, "Listen up. Here's what we are going to do next.
"First of all, I'm going to draw a tube of blood and a tube of bone marrow from you. Rest assured. You are a Core Formation Stage Cultivator right now after all. The bone marrow will be replenished after a short rest!
"I was planning to bring you back to the last base of the Blade of Chaos, but things have changed. We can't stay around for too long, and there is no time for us to travel back and forth.
"We can only store your blood and bone marrow in special biochemical storage tanks and send them to the third rendezvous point so that Yuchi Ba can bring them back to the base.
"The Fire Ant has grasped tremendous experiment data and files of the Demon God Virus, including most of the gene maps. Together with your blood and bone marrow cells that contain the Divine Blood of Chaos, I hope that they can produce a vaccine and an antidote in the shortest amount of time possible!
"I will inform them of the latest situation, including our next move. I believe that Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong, the two specialists in tactics, will know what to do!
"After we drop the biochemical storage tanks, we will go to Heavenly Path City and sneak into the chaotic lower district to make the most thorough preparations for our meeting with your father!
"After everything is ready, we will go to the Red Fire Bay!
"But first of all, do you know any place in the Blood Demon Sector that has abundant crystals and magical equipment? Even the debris of the magical equipment from the Tian Yuan Realm will do. I need a lot of materials!"
Jin Xinyue was dazed for a moment. "More than 1,400 kilometers to the southeast of us is a city called 'Ultimate Martial City'. A lot of sabers, swords, guns, crystal tanks, and even Crystal Suit that were captured from the Tian Yuan Realm are piled up there!
"All the magical equipment that was captured will be appraised and tested in the 'Ultimate Martial City'. Those that can be repaired will be selected for the Coalition Army of Demons. Those that cannot be repaired will be used as' targets' or dismantled into raw materials and remelted or even duplicated.
"Over the past few hundred years, the Blood Demon Sector has been gradually surpassed by the Tian Yuan Realm in the technology of magical equipment production. In such a way, the equipment system of the Coalition Army of Demons will be more or less supplemented.
"But I wonder, what do you need the debris of the magical equipment for, Master?"
"I'm going to refine bombs."
Li Yao licked his lips and said casually, "More crystal bombs."
…
Ten days later, in the commander-in-chief's office of the Coalition Army of Demons in the upper district of Heavenly Path City …
After the intensive planning of the Red Tide Plan, a new 'No. 2 Command Center' was established in the commander-in-chief's office. The spacious command center was packed with the biochemical brains of the highest performance. Countless biochemical nerves were entangled on the walls like crimson vines, mixed with the mainframe crystal processors that were smuggled or captured from the Tian Yuan Realm. Light beams were blossoming above the heads of the thousands of advisors and generals like snowflakes. The bouncing numbers and the changing shadows interweaved into unpredictable expressions on their faces.
Jin Tuyi, the commander-in-chief of the Coalition Army of Demons, was surrounded by an enormous, circular light beam. More than ten biochemical nerves pierced into his brain and spine from all directions like vipers, sending the information analyzed by the main biochemical brains into his brain incessantly. Billions of data, pictures, and videos were flowing blatantly inside his brain like a flood. Despite the tough body of the high-level demon emperor, he was still in pain now and then.
It was through such a torturous way of information transmission that he was able to grasp the most critical intelligence of the Tian Yuan Realm and the Blood Demon Sector within a breath, including the latest updates of all the main forces of the Blood Demon Sector, the deployment of troops in the defense lines of the Tian Yuan Realm, the traces of the sixteen Crystal Suit legions of the Federation, and so on.
However, as to how much of the information was real and how much of it was fake, how much of it was real but was intentionally given to him by the enemy, and how much of it was fake but could be seen through by the enemy … Everything had to be judged by his own brain.
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