CHAPTER 38: CHAPTER 38: DISTRIBUTING THE STAR FRUIT

The screen on the meeting table showed the current situation in Cloud City as captured by satellite.

Minister of the Satellite Department, Lin Manjiao, stood up and said, "Mr. Gu, after satellite scanning, the current Cloud City has grown a total of 365 small Star Trees; each small Star Tree can grow about a thousand Tier Three and Four Star Monsters, and one Tier Five every hour. As time progresses, their growth speed will slow, but their level will increase."

Not knowing how to address Gu Qijue, she could only call him Mr. Gu.

Minister of Information, Li Yue, said, "These Star Monsters head straight for our refuge as soon as they fall off the tree body, as if something is commanding them, with a very clear target."

Ji Shang said, "When soldiers come, we block them; when water comes, we cover it with earth. How long can our food supply in the refuge last for all the survivors?"

The times have changed; even a high school student can sit here and give orders now.

"Inside the refuge, there is a rice field and a vegetable area, plus our stored food, which can only last about a year at most."

Minister of Collection, Gao Luo, sighed and said, "After a year, we will begin to worry about food. The grain planted in the refuge’s rice field simply cannot support so many survivors."

In this apocalyptic world, food cannot regenerate, and the meat of mutant creatures cannot be eaten — the less we eat, the less we have.

Listening to their reports, Gu Qijue lightly tapped his finger on the table and said indifferently, "Then turn Mu Qingxue’s refuge entirely into a rice field and dispatch a group of Super Martial Artists to guard it."

"This method is feasible!"

Upon hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up, nodding in agreement.

Gu Qijue lit a cigarette for himself and said indifferently:

"Where is Lin Zhengxiao? Bring him in to see me."

"Also, Chu Mengxi, bring her up too."

"Someone, bring Lin Zhengxiao here."

Ye Zhan Country immediately shouted towards the door, then smiled bitterly and said, "Chu Mengxi has committed suicide!!"

"Yes!"

A deputy officer waiting outside responded and left.

Before Gu Qijue spoke, Wu Jiao snorted coldly and said, "She really wasted her chance, choosing to die instead of embracing a bright future!"

"Boss, what about her family... how should we handle them?"

Ji Shang hesitated and said, "Her sister, Chu Yue, is my classmate... could you..."

"Oh, you have a relationship with her sister?" Gu Qijue looked at him with interest.

Ji Shang scratched his head and said, "A bit... I’m an orphan, and many people looked down on me, except for her..."

"Forget it, just take care of Chu Beixuan; as for her sister and mother, it’s up to you how to handle them!"

Gu Qijue initially intended to kill Chu Mengxi’s entire family in front of her, but now that she’s dead, he feels no pleasure in killing her family.

Of course, the biggest reason is because of Ji Shang’s connection.

"Thank you, boss!" Ji Shang said gratefully.

"Gu Qijue, you beast, I’m going to kill you!"

Suddenly, a man wearing red Super Martial Armor barged in, shouting angrily.

"Xiaochen, don’t be rude!" Lin Manjiao was terrified at the sight.

This is her only son!

"Seeking death!"

Gu Qijue raised his eyes, and with a flick of his finger, the cigarette in his hand was wrapped in lightning and shot out.

Bang! Splat——

The cigarette enveloped in lightning shattered the latter’s armor helmet and pierced through his forehead.

In an instant, he died.

"Ah!!!"

Lin Manjiao saw this scene, unable to accept it, screamed, and fainted.

"Who is this person, and why did he want to kill me?" Gu Qijue’s expression was indifferent, as if he had just stomped an ant.

"Ahem! He was Chu Mengxi’s boyfriend and also Minister Lin’s son..." Ye Zhan Country coughed lightly and said.

Gu Qijue said calmly, "What deep passion. Take these bodies away with Minister Lin! If Minister Lin resents me for killing her son, then kill her too."

As several soldiers came in to carry away Lin Manjiao and her son.

Bai Jingyi hurried in from outside, reporting to Gu Qijue, "President Gu, all Super Martial Artists have assembled in the battle hall, just waiting for you."

"In that case, forget about seeing Lin Zhengxiao, just throw him out to feed the monsters!"

Gu Qijue said, rising to leave.

Bai Jingyi, Wu Jiao, Ji Shang, and White Fox saw this and followed closely.

Watching them leave, Ye Zhan Country said, "Although he is violent, he is good to his own. Li Yun, go and console Lin Manjiao! If she dares to resent Mr. Gu, then..."

At the last part, he made a throat-slitting gesture.

"Yes!"

Minister of Collection, Li Yun, nodded and left.

...

In the battle hall, a total of 3,052 Super Martial Artists were seated in an orderly manner.

Additionally, there were over a hundred Deceitful Mutant Creatures, a hundred evil species, and Disaster Level mutated evolvers.

Soon after, Gu Qijue, accompanied by White Fox, walked out from the backstage.

"President Gu!"

Upon seeing Gu Qijue arrive, the more than three thousand Super Martial Artists stood up, respectfully shouting.

Gu Qijue had become a god-like figure in their eyes.

In the main seat of the hall, Gu Qijue sat down.

Raising his hand to motion everyone to sit down, he began to speak: "You are all the pillars of humanity’s future. I am very gratified that you do not look at me, a strange being neither human nor monster, with strange eyes."

"In our eyes, President Gu has never been an outlier!"

Everyone, upon hearing this, responded earnestly and loudly.

Listening to the voices around him, Gu Qijue nodded slightly and said, "But some so-called high-ups in Upper Capital do not think so. If you continue to follow me, one day you might end up against the whole of humanity. I wonder... are you all prepared for that?"

"We will not actively oppose humanity, but if they come after President Gu, that is opposing us." Over three thousand Super Martial Artists shouted with a murderous aura.

Gu Qijue smiled slightly: "Very good, excellent. This time, we’ve acquired quite a lot of Star Fruit, 110 pieces per person. Line up and come to collect them!"

Hearing this, everyone quickly lined up, taking out sacks to store the fruits.

Altogether 580,000 pieces,

Each person gets 120 pieces.

Adding 121 Deceitful Mutant Creatures and 153 Mutated Evolvers.

In total, there are 3,326 individuals,

Distributing 367,860 pieces, leaving over 220,000 pieces.

These can be distributed to high-level combat forces later.

Getting more than a hundred pieces, everyone was content.

It took over two hours to finish distributing completely.

Then, Gu Qijue took out another 40,000 pieces and distributed them to the Emperor Tier Super Martial Artists present.

There were a total of 210 Emperor Tier Super Martial Artists.

Saint Tier Super Martial Artists included — Ji Shang, Zhu Hongyu, Xu Qing, Zhang Rui, Situ Leopard.

Disaster Level individuals included: Cute Treasure, Xing Emperor, Tiger Emperor, Insect Emperor, Eagle Emperor, Ant Emperor, all top Disaster Level.

"Are you willing to follow me?" Gu Qijue looked at the Tiger Emperor, Insect Emperor, Eagle Emperor, and Ant Emperor and spoke softly.

"Willing! The outside world is very dangerous now."

The Four Emperors stepped forward in unison, speaking with one voice.

"Very well, an extra thousand pieces for you!"

Gu Qijue waved his hand, and a large pile of fruits appeared before them.

"Thank you, President Gu!" The Four Emperors were overjoyed and expressed their gratitude.

"Hehehe! President Gu, we’ll just take these hundred-plus pieces because we can devour the Star Monsters outside."

When Gu Qijue’s gaze fell on the hundred or so Deceitful Mutant Creatures, they all expressed that they did not need more distribution.

On the way back, they had tried devouring Star Creatures and were surprised to find that it tasted even better than humans.

"Is that so? I haven’t tried it yet..."

Gu Qijue, hearing them, was also eager to try devouring Star Monsters to see if he could also evolve.

"Yes! President Gu, we’re leaving now, and from now on, we won’t devour humans anymore, so please don’t hunt us."

"Go ahead!"

Gu Qijue did not forcefully keep them.

"Farewell!"

The group of over a hundred Deceitful Mutant Creatures left grandly.

After that, Gu Qijue also gave Zhu Hongyu, Xu Qing, Zhang Rui, and Situ Leopard an additional thousand pieces.

Only Gu Qijue’s trusted allies remained here.

Zhao Hu, White Fox, Bai Jingyi, Su Qian, Ji Shang, Tang Huang, Wu Jiao, Cute Treasure, Lu Hao, Wu Hai. Unfortunately, Zhang Feng and Li Si, along with some other student Super Martial Artists, had perished.

They had all been tested by death.

Now, only Zhao Hu, White Fox, Bai Jingyi, Su Qian, Ji Shang, Tang Huang, Wu Jiao, Cute Treasure, Lu Hao, Wu Hai were alive; Gu Qijue would not be stingy towards them.

Each was given an additional 5,000 pieces.

Gu Qijue now had only over 107,000 Star Fruits left on him.

After distributing the fruit, everyone excitedly went back to consume and cultivate.

After this day, the collective strength of the Super Martial Artists in this shelter will rise by several ranks.

In the future, Gu Qijue might face the joint pursuit of humanity’s Super Martial Artists, Ancient Martial Artists, Vampires, Werewolves, Ninja, Superhumans, as well as Deceitful Mutant Creatures and Mutated Creatures.

The result, divined by that old turtle at the cost of thousands of years of longevity, was undoubtedly accurate.

Gu Qijue returned to his residence, a three-story villa.

In his heart, he called, "Xiaoyao, are you there? Answer me."

Since the second day of the apocalypse when he picked some Mutated Fruit, Xiaoyao seemed to have disappeared.

Almost two days now, without any response from it.

Still receiving no response, Gu Qijue shook his head, spread his wings, and began consuming Star Fruit to evolve...

Assuming it was just sleeping.

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