Cosmic Demon

Chapter 265 The Court of Judgment Protects the List of Fire Seeds!
"Hey, how did I turn into a female?!"

While staying in the mother's nest, awaiting the next evolution of the Spider Queen, the human-faced spider suddenly felt something was wrong.

It looked down and its expression changed drastically; its female characteristics were so obvious that they could hardly be ignored.

Immediately afterwards, the Spider Queen, now in the form of a "little girl," had tears welling up in her eyes and was pouting as if she was about to burst into tears.

"The next stage of evolution hasn't even started yet! I haven't even figured it out, how did I become female!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Shi had a sudden flash of inspiration and remembered that the Spider-Man race seemed to be able to choose their own gender.

So, the opponent was passively triggered by being beaten up, thus feminizing?
"If I beat it up again, will it turn back?"

Qin Shi's thoughts wandered, his gaze fixed on the monument's panel.

The intermediate achievement, now upgraded, is prominently displayed!

[Intermediate Achievement - Dragon's Might]

[Description: As the apex predator in the food chain, the Dragonborn's every breath awakens all things, forcing them to submit]

[Characteristic: Depending on your own vitality, you release varying levels of pheromones, forcibly inducing any creature within a ten-meter radius to become frenzied, agitated, and engage in mating.]

[Advanced Path: Maintain efficient evolution and enhance individual strength. This will give you the opportunity to break free from genetic shackles and acquire extraordinary organs belonging to the Dragonborn.]

[Unlocked Abilities]

[Genetic Deterrence]

[You can mark up to five individuals, instilling fear and panic in them! If the target's spirit fails the judgment, there is a chance it will be feminized and completely submit to you!]

"Does feminization really have to happen? He's a pillar-level figure, why is he thinking about this all the time!"

Qin Shi's lips twitched as he thought to himself that he was a supernova in the Tai'an region and a rising star in Hengzhou.

Does this mean that every time we defeat an opponent and force them to their knees, we'll gain a female-female hybrid?

The art style feels a bit unconventional now!

After Qin Shi "devoured" the crystal and completed the fusion and upgrade of the monument panel, he walked up to the human-faced spider queen who had gradually completed her feminization and transformed into a girl.

"Little guy, what's your name?"

he asked.

"My emperor..."

The little girl bared her teeth, trying to look fierce, but because she was so cute, she looked adorable and made people want to pinch her little face.

"You should now call yourself 'Empress'."

Qin Shi reminded him.

"You! You damned human! Aaaaaaah!"

The newly transformed female Spider Queen instinctively learned the "Battle Cry" and charged towards Qin Shi.

The latter reached out and pressed down on the other's head; the short-armed, short-legged Spider King couldn't reach him at all.

"You're being held captive here, aren't you?"

Qin Shi only spoke after the Spider Queen had exhausted herself with her antics.

He gradually realized that this seemingly royal-level spiderling was not the true master of the mother nest.

Otherwise, they shouldn't have acted so weakly.

Even though the existence of the abnormal portal stripped the other party of all its vitality, the hatching of the mother nest prevented the numerical value from being so poor.

"I am the emperor!"

The little girl's face turned bright red, and she looked angry, as if she were puffing up her cheeks.

"Queen."

Qin Shi corrected again.

He then flicked her forehead several times, sending the girl stumbling backward like a bowling ball rolling against the wall.

“My name is 'Jaina'.”

The girl covered her forehead with both hands, and seeing that Qin Shi still didn't want to give up, she quickly introduced herself.

“I am a ‘favored one’ chosen by the Mother Nest, and I was sent here a long time ago.”

Qin Shi stroked his chin, looking at the femaleized Spider Queen, and considered how to deal with her.

[Celestial Being] On the other side of the pillar, knives are being sharpened.

The [True Dragon] pillar aims to be developed and nurtured.

"Ahem, I wonder what kind of reward the two big shots will give."

Qin Shi made a gesture of rubbing his hands together like a fly towards the void.

The girl named "Jaina" inexplicably felt alternating chills and fevers, as if she were repeatedly jumping between "death" and "humiliation".

The spider's innate keen senses allowed it to detect Qin Shi's emotional fluctuations.

"A demon! This human is even more terrifying than a demon!"

Jaina's mind was filled with all sorts of horrible images, and her fear grew stronger and stronger.

[Dragon's Might Activated!]

[Genetic deterrence successful!]

[The target's feminization has increased again!]

As Qin Shi pondered, several lines of information popped up on the monument panel again.

He shifted his gaze slightly to the girl and noticed that she had grown taller out of nowhere, with long hair cascading down past her waist.

The characteristics of female organisms are also more obvious.

"What a devil!"

Jaina was horrified. From her perspective, just one glance from Qin Shi had greatly increased her feminization.

You are being watched by a true dragon.

[Life Force Purity Slightly Increased]

……

You are being watched by celestial beings.

The urge to kill is rising.

……

"Forget it, forget it, I'll just follow the [True Dragon] boss."

Qin Shi glanced sideways at Jaina and asked calmly:

Do you want to leave here?

……

……

Outside the Spider's Nest, the 7th Legion's defensive line

"Old Jiang, isn't that...?"

Having witnessed that tall, imposing figure storming into the administration building, Wu Yong rubbed his eyes.

Confirming that he wasn't seeing things, he turned his gaze to Jiang Shijie, and Qin Shi's name was about to slip out.

"Old Wu, shut up!"

The latter sternly rebuked him.

Wu Yong shuddered, as if he had thought of something, and quickly pursed his lips.

What kind of riddles are you two playing?

Lin Xiong opened his eyes wide, glancing left at Jiang Shijie and right at Wu Yong.

We're in the same team, so why am I an outsider?
They secretly created a private group chat behind my back!

"Knowing too much is not good for you."

Wu Yong replied irritably.

Jiang Shijie nodded in agreement. If Qin Shi, a native of Hengzhou, were to appear on the front lines, the news could leak from the Seventh Battle Group and fall into the hands of those cultists.

The consequences could be disastrous!

Assuming Qin Shi's death, aside from the investigation by the Hengzhou Rising Star Governor's Office, the Court of Justice would also intervene. The Seventh Battle Group would inevitably be unable to extricate itself from the situation, and even if it cleared its name, it would be tantamount to inviting trouble for nothing.

Therefore, Jiang Shijie had to keep the secret and pretend that he had not recognized Qin Shi.

"Unexpectedly, Qin arrived at the front line quietly and even became a new recruit in the training camp."

Jiang Shijie sighed, thinking that a strategic genius of Qin Shi's value should be kept in the rear until the two battlefields in the east and west were about to end before being sent out to train and grow.

"Old Chiang, Old Chiang..."

Wu Yong pushed Lin Xiong, who was eager to gossip, aside and whispered to him:
"During the Qin Dynasty, he inexplicably went to the polluted area, which was also the nest of the human-faced spider clan."

And we received orders from our superiors to drive the Rakshasa ants here... Old Chiang, don't you think it's all a coincidence?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shijie's expression changed slightly. His mind was incredibly sharp, and he instantly understood the deeper meaning behind Wu Yong's words.

"Old Wu, is this something you can just say carelessly?"

His eyes flickered, unwilling to think too much about that direction.

"The division commander's father was the director of education in Hengzhou. If you have read the archives from the Qin Dynasty, you will know how many audacious things he did."

Under the guise of being a successor of the Nanhuang Martial Arts Academy, he killed a direct descendant of the Ying family... Old Chiang, I respect and admire my mentor, and his leadership and command abilities are beyond doubt.

But I also have faith in my analysis and judgment. The Seventh Army shouldn't have intervened, especially before the western front had fully advanced. The sudden order and action spoke volumes.

Wu Yong's gaze was firm; as a reconnaissance soldier, his strength lay in capturing details and summarizing the situation.

"Old Wu, just pretend you don't know anything."

Jiang Shijie sighed:

"Even if your judgment is correct, this matter is beyond our capabilities."

Wu Yong shook his head, disagreeing with Jiang Shijie's statement, even though the other party was the captain with "command authority":

“Turning a blind eye goes against my principles for joining the army. I agree with what Marshal Yang said: the battle group should not be a place where one person has the final say, and the Eastern Xia Army should not be a place where anyone can create their own idols.”

Therefore, I remain skeptical of all the results and maintain objectivity towards Jiu Shuai.

If the division commander truly did issue orders secretly to harm a pillar of Dongxia due to personal grudges, then I have ample reason to anonymously report him to the military headquarters.

Damn rationalists!

Jiang Shijie was helpless; after all, Wu Yong was a typical rationalist.

The New Eastern Xia continued the "Great Expedition" strategy of the imperial era, and the long war that lasted for nine thousand years forged an invincible army.

But as the wars never ceased, as we entered the fifth millennium, a voice began to emerge.

Has the trajectory of the new Dongxia deviated from the original intentions of the Ninth Marshal, and is it showing signs of militarization?

As a result, a group of people emerged who wanted to supervise the military to prevent the unlimited expansion of the warband's power, which could lead to some kind of imbalance within the system.

Clearly, Wu Yong was one of them.

"Old Wu..."

Jiang Shijie hesitated, but there was no doubt that Wu Yong was right. He couldn't stop his friend from doing the right thing.

"Stop whispering, you two! Look, what's that? Why is there a meteorite?"

Feeling "ostracized," Lin Xiong nudged his two teammates with his shoulder. The auxiliary soldiers of the Seventh Battle Group raised their heads in unison and looked at the huge fireball slowly falling from the distant sky!
……

……

Inside the magnificent stone and steel building in the heart of the capital, the clear "tap-tap" of military boots on the floor echoed through the somewhat empty corridors.

The middle-aged man wearing red gloves walked with his hands behind his back inside the "Coffin of the Eastern Xia Dynasty," looking relaxed and at ease.

He had just finished a pleasant interrogation, uncovering from a high-ranking officer in a divisional command the secret of colluding with conglomerates to smuggle strategic materials.

"What a wonderful day."

The man's voice was hoarse, and even his laughter had a sinister air about it.

He recalled the high-ranking officer, known as "Iron Will, Iron Man," weeping and reflecting on his own actions.

"What steadfast faith, what superior intellect, it's all bullshit."

The man narrowed his eyes, a cold glint in them:
"How could a true warrior with unwavering faith possibly betray his country for personal gain!"
These parasites hiding within the vast system must all be wiped out, eliminated... Wait, why is my alarm going off?

The man was pondering whether to throw the man into the dark cell of the courthouse and subject him to endless confinement, or to release him as bait and use the clues to find his accomplices.

Suddenly, the walkie-talkie I was carrying started crackling with static, and a muffled voice came through:
"A person on the 'Temporary Succession List' is suspected of going missing. Should we activate protective measures?"

The man picked up the walkie-talkie and put it to his lips, his brow furrowing slightly. He didn't give an immediate answer, but instead asked:

"Who?"

"Hengzhou's rising star, the pride of its homeland, Qin Shi."

The man's brows furrowed even deeper, like a tightly knotted rope.

"How long have you been missing?"

"Less than two hours."

The man was somewhat annoyed:
"The protective measures were triggered in such a short time? According to regulations, it should take at least eight hours before the warning system is activated!"

The muffled voice on the walkie-talkie remained calm, like a cold, active consciousness:
"The ranking of the individuals on this list has been recently improved."

"Reason? I remember it being very difficult for the Fireseed Sequence to be upgraded in priority. What big thing did this kid do?"

The man held a walkie-talkie in one hand and adjusted his peaked cap with the other, his eyes sharp as a hawk's, as if he were interrogating the person on the other end.

"According to the intelligence gathered by the Tribunal, the individuals on this list were not merely selected by the Four Pillars, but were not the most junior 'Word Bearers'."

He answered with a muffled voice.

"Did he receive the blessings of the four pillars?"

"That should be the case, and according to the report submitted by the Netherworld Research Institute, the frequency of the arrival fluctuations of the four pillars in Hengzhou has greatly increased. If the judgment is correct, the list of people may exceed the 'Blessed Ones'."

The man's rough face, which looked as if it had been rubbed by sand for a long time, trembled involuntarily.

Were they chosen by all four pillars and elevated to the level of "surrenderees"?

This sounds very much in line with the "training policy" of some people within the courtroom.

What is the security classification level of this information?

the man asked.

"Because it involves the four pillars, it is the highest level. As you are the 'guardian' of this batch of sparks, you have the right to know."

He spoke in a muffled voice, his tone measured and methodical.

"That's it."

The man nodded, as if he had made a decision.

"Let's not activate the early warning system and wait twelve hours."

He grinned, a cold smile playing on his lips.

As perceived by outsiders as "totalitarians" and "loyalists," the man did not trust the Four Pillars, instead viewing them as entities that "corroded the newly born Eastern Xia and stole the flame of civilization."

A top genius like Qin Shi would undoubtedly attract the attention and favor of another faction within the Inquisition, the self-proclaimed "State Religion Faction".

"Accepting the gifts of the four pillars shows that his faith is not firm enough and he is not loyal enough."

The man shook his head and was about to hang up the walkie-talkie.

But the indistinct voice continued to emerge:
"According to background checks, the individuals on this list not only received He Lan Chan's teachings but also possess the gift of spiritual and physical unity, and have already passed the Star Cup junior group selection, qualifying them to embark on the ancient heavenly path..."

The man relaxed his brows, then furrowed them again. As a senior member of the court, he keenly grasped the key information.

"Skip all that nonsense and just tell me, within your analysis, what are the chances that he obtained the Helan Zen Heavenly Imperial Treasury?"

"Eighty-three percent."

The man's face contorted for a moment, then he suppressed his excitement and growled in a low voice:

"Activate the highest-level rescue plan at your disposal. Ensure his safety at all costs!"

"Okay. Search... in progress... Gravity capture device forming... Meteorite being deployed!"

(End of this chapter)