"Is this kid even a man?"

While the two of them were stunned, the maids noticed Buka's arrival, quickly wiped the slightly swollen and bleeding fingertips, and knelt to greet him.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, Princess..."

Sika snapped back to her senses, discreetly wiped away the tears at the corner of her eyes, and returned to her calm and composed demeanor. Her gaze turned toward Buka.

"Father, what do we do? This is so awkward!"

Buka looked up at the gilded ceiling, too embarrassed to respond.

"Don't ask me. I've never encountered such a weird situation in my life."

Qin Shou gave the two of them a strange look and said, "You two... Your Majesty, Your Highness, Princess, why did you barge in? Are you regretting your decision?"

"Let me be clear—gold coins that come to me are mine. If you regret it, don't blame me for flipping the table."

Qin Shou's expression was serious.

Buka's face twitched. He waved his hand and said, "Haha, brave warrior, what are you saying? We're only here because we drank too much and went to the wrong room. Don't overthink it."

Sika nodded rapidly like a pecking chick. "Right, right, we went to the wrong room! Qin Shou, I'll head back now to work on the statue designs for you. You carry on."

Watching Sika dash out, Buka also hastily found an excuse to leave.

Seeing this, Qin Shou couldn't help but curl his lips.

A king and a princess, a father and daughter who do nothing serious all day long—it's no wonder they can't beat the Land of Light.

Looking at the pitiful maids left in the room, Qin Shou waved his hand grandiosely, allowing each of them to grab a handful of gold coins as a reward and leave the room.

"Thank you, my lord..."

The maids exited excitedly, clutching pouches overflowing with gold coins.

Qin Shou inwardly cursed these maids for being unfaithful, then waved his hand to open the system interface.

[Muto] + [Fierce Hell Dragon Beast (Nightmare Five Stars)]

Costing 550,000 synthesis points to synthesize a Nightmare Five-Star Monster.

Name it... Whatever. Similarity doesn't matter.

Using Muto as synthesis material, the resulting monster's life tier is no different from that of a Titan Giant Beast and can be used to produce Level 5 Breakthrough Potion.

Clicking on the interface, the system space projected an image: a greedy snake beating the newly synthesized Muto monster half to death before throwing it into a giant electric rice cooker made by Big Big Wolf.

An electric rice cooker... This was the device Big Big Wolf used to extract breakthrough potions.

What kind of bizarre, twisted taste is this...

"Magic Sealing Wave!"

Big Big Wolf shouted theatrically, tossing in dozens of Constant Star Energy Crystals that made Qin Shou wince in pain, along with several other precious materials required for the breakthrough potion. The rice cooker closed and began to shake violently, emitting wisps of white mist.

Qin Shou could almost imagine the aroma wafting from the mist.

Closing the system screen, Qin Shou knew it would take several days to produce the breakthrough potion, so he couldn't simply stare at the screen the whole time.

Next, Qin Shou opened the Space Gate and took out a fist-sized Dark Origin.

These Dark Origins were extracted from the corpses of Dark Spine Eaters. Qin Shou retrieved the golden Divine Light Stick, which turned into the Dark Divine Light Stick when covered with dark energy.

"Buzz..."

A flash of black light, and the Dark Origin surged into the Divine Light Stick, enhancing the dark energy converter slightly.

Qin Shou stroked his chin, put away the Dark Divine Light Stick, and took out another Dark Origin, absorbing it directly in the palm of his hand.

These Dark Origins could also enhance the talent energy within his body!

After some thought, a Dark Origin the size of a fingernail floated in Qin Shou's palm.

This was the energy origin he casually drew out of a dark human while on the road.

Without the energy origin, the dark human reverted to a normal human state, though the dark genetic imprints in their DNA couldn't be erased this way.

The Dark Spine Eaters parasitized humans here, which was how they gained Dark Origins.

The Dark Origin within their bodies wasn't vastly different from the others.

Qin Shou speculated that the citizens of the Land of Light were likely in a similar situation. Their light energy could definitely be extracted and used to enhance himself.

However, extracting energy was too time-consuming, so Qin Shou didn't plan on doing it this way.

Based on past experience... well, based on experience reading novels.

If this planet could create light and dark humans, there must be some kind of secret to it.

Finding this secret would allow him to skip steps and quickly enhance both the light-and-dark converter and his own strength.

With that in mind, Qin Shou released dozens of Monkey Avatars and a swarm of Gold-eating Insects, which quickly vanished from the gold-laden room.

...

A few days later, under a bright sunny sky.

In a garden, Qin Shou sat idly watching the virtual feed displayed on his communicator, learning about everything on this planet.

"Qin Shou, let's go swimming today?"

Sika approached, followed by a group of maids, jogging up to Qin Shou with a cheerful squinting smile.

"Swimming? It's that open here?"

Qin Shou raised an eyebrow, instinctively glancing at her... Hmm, nothing to look at.

"Go play by yourself, Your Highness. I've got things to do," he said, refusing her.

Sika leaned in close to Qin Shou's ear and whispered with a mysterious grin, "It's not just any place. You'll definitely like it once you see it. The underground river there is my..."

Before she could finish, a deafening horn blast erupted across the entire Dark Country.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

"Your Highness, quickly return to His Majesty's side! The Land of Light is attacking..."

A group of guards rushed over, their expressions carrying a hint of panic.

Sika instinctively glanced at Qin Shou, her smile fading as a trace of fierceness surfaced between her brows.

"They dare to march straight to my Dark King City, mocking my Dark Country?!"

She gritted her teeth and shouted angrily. Then, softening her expression, she gave Qin Shou a gentle smile.

"Qin Shou, I'll go check on the situation first. I'll come find you later."

Qin Shou: "..."

Her ability to change expressions is way too fast. I can't keep up.

"Buzz..."

The next moment, an intense radiance flashed in the sky, carrying an all-too-familiar aura that swept toward Qin Shou.

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