My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit

It felt as if they had met their nemesis. In the next moment, this massive horde of undead commandeered by the Bone Dragon turned into a continuously burning ghostly flame. They couldn’t even muster any resistance before turning into ashes.

Everyone stared blankly at the sky, but the light was so dazzling that they couldn’t even see the figure within it. They could only see a sub-human resembling a fusion of a centipede and a lizard, a characteristic once unique to the Demon Race.

Back when various races flourished, the Demon Race was like this—ugly and powerful, like demons from Hell. That’s why they were known as the Demon Race.

But now, there were barely any Demons left in the entire world, possibly only a single digit remaining.

In the crowd, only the oldest chaser saw the Old Demon Emperor within the light. He recognized this form, as it had appeared countless times in his dreams, and back when he was in school, it was the portrait imprinted on many books.

The first Demon King to unify the entire world!

Almost every time he dreamed, he would return to the classroom and see the portrait of the Emperor. And now, this Emperor had actually appeared before him, like a dream, like a fantasy...

At this moment, the old man was in tears, kneeling on the ground, deeply bowing his aged head, with tears and snot mixing, crying out, "Lord Demon King, D...the first graduate of Imperial Capital No. 4 School, Vani, welcomes the arrival of the Demon King!"

At this time, in the center of the settlement rose a towering defense tower formed by light, almost like the sun. Witnessing such a miracle, everyone cried out, covering their heads, with many even thinking they had already died, and were only dreaming now.

And in the mouth of this Demon King, they heard words that would excite anyone.

"Empire, your Emperor has returned!" said the Old Demon Emperor, looking at the old man.

...

All of this was actually Xue Dili’s elaborate trick.

Whether it was precisely timing the rescue or the Old Demon Emperor’s appearance to win people’s hearts, it was all part of the plan the two had discussed.

The two originally came over after seeing the Bone Dragon here. They landed directly in the forest occupied by the undead. Not seeing any landmarks along the way, Xue Dili simply showcased his diligent spirit.

I don’t know who I am, nor where I am, but I’ll start slaughtering anyway!

So, he killed all the way, with the undead in his hands cut down as easily as tofu.

Though strange, even in this world, the undead were still severely restrained by the Holy Light, coupled with Xue Dili’s heavy investment in purchasing a huge amount of Holy Mountain magma, so now his Holy Light quality even surpassed that of Pope Alola.

Therefore, Xue Dili can now be said to be a walking embodiment of the Holy Light.

It is very likely that this group of Bone Dragons didn’t migrate by itself, but were inadvertently driven here by him and the Old Demon Emperor, causing this inadvertent disaster for the settlement.

The Bone Dragon paid no mind to the living within the settlement, probably because it already had intelligence and understood the luminous noble creature behind it was of far greater importance than anything like killing the living, so hesitating meant death!

Thus, it fled at top speed, but was still caught by Xue Dili and the Old Demon Emperor.

However, seeing how familiar the military formation of this settlement was, the Old Demon Emperor stopped Xue Dili. He wanted to observe what was going on.

And upon discovering that these people were still using the Empire’s military formation and magic refining technique, the Old Demon Emperor had a third reminiscent expression, a third of discontent, and a third of amazement. At the last moment, they coordinated to rescue the people with Xue Dili.

Perhaps, upon seeing that even under such circumstances, the schools he once built using the Empire’s resources could still play a role, the Old Demon Emperor was probably filled with emotions, appreciating that his Empire wasn’t completely destroyed, but had left behind traces in this world.

It was all part of the plan discussed by the two before they came.

This time, the Old Demon Emperor took the lead, as this was, after all, his own world, his home. Xue Dili was merely the enforcer, so he didn’t prevent this old man from winning over people’s hearts like this.

The old thing only needed to put on a show and then say "Your Emperor has returned", while Xue Dili, behind the scenes, had to consider a lot more, radiating, instantaneously eradicating undead, and quickly constructing the Tower of Light.

The whole setup made the Old Demon Emperor seem like he came from Dandong, clad in pure white.

And as the Old Demon Emperor began to inquire about how long it had been since the Empire’s demise, what had happened afterward, and what the current situation roughly was, Xue Dili was earnestly setting up the Holy Light defense tower.

The technology originated from the Interstellar Corps, an automatic alert tower that could be quickly built. It cost Xue Dili 998 credit points, but to Xue Dili right now, it was a tiny sum! Buy it!

At the same time, Xue Dili added a bit of Holy Mountain magma to the energy system, giving the tower’s attacks a Holy Light enchantment.

Thus, a majestic Holy Light watchtower over thirty meters high was constructed.

Not to mention, just that mythic level Bone Dragon just now, this thing could automatically attack it once identified and shoot it down.

Quickly enough, as soon as Xue Dili set up the watchtower’s automatic attack mode, the Old Demon Emperor returned to his side. His emotions seemed extremely complicated, filled with anger as well as a kind of indescribable relief.

"What’s wrong? Why the complex expression?" Xue Dili asked upon seeing the Old Demon Emperor.

The Old Demon Emperor didn’t reply directly but asked, "Do you have a smoke?"

"In just a few days on Earth, you’ve picked up this bad habit?" Xue Dili rummaged through the consciousness space, indeed finding a pack of Huangshan, and handed the cigarette to the Old Demon Emperor.

He lit the cigarette, took a deep drag, and then cursed aloud, "These damned bugs! Damn you all!"

Listening to the pure curse coming from the mouth of someone from the Otherworld, Xue Dili struggled to keep himself composed.

"What’s wrong?" he asked further.

The Old Demon Emperor took another deep drag and said, "I originally thought that even if the Empire fell, the concept of grand unification would have sunk deep into people’s hearts, and surely someone would come after to inherit my ideas and continue the grand unification..."

"But now I realize that after unification, what awaited wasn’t the next unification, but perhaps the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms..." The Old Demon Emperor quietly shared with Xue Dili what he had come to find out.

Xue Dili was stunned. This Old Deng had experienced enlightenment at the farm on Earth and probably understood Earth’s history even better than Xue Dili who learned history through literary works and videos after middle school.

But when he mentioned the "Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms", Xue Dili instantly approximately understood what this world was like.

"Compared to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, how much stronger is it?" Xue Dili tentatively asked.

Though lacking a systematic understanding of the era, he knew it was a time where people were not as valuable as pigs and dogs, and human flesh was the most popular food of the era. A claypot rice dish might really have a child cooked in it.

In this era, even exchanging children to eat was regarded as refined; it was practically cannibals among cannibals, competing over who was worse, witnessing the splendid moment of humanoid simian degeneration.

Xue Dili thought, it couldn’t possibly be worse than the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, right?

The Old Demon Emperor cast a deathly stare at Xue Dili, making him embarrassed enough to offer another cigarette.

"Worse!"

Xue Dili: "..."

Could it really be worse than that group of humanoid simians from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms? You must be kidding me?

Unexpectedly, the Old Demon Emperor said, "Do you know how people in this world now avoid becoming undead after death?"

"After death, everyone’s corpse must be eaten, shared among everyone..."

Xue Dili: "..."

"Why not just burn them?" Xue Dili started to contort his face, expressing his confusion. Burning can equally prevent the birth of undead.

"That question of yours is akin to the Emperor asking why not eat minced meat."