Monster Girl Development Master.

"In the increasingly frequent and intense wars, the methods used by all sides have become more and more brutal. For example, the monsters that the master mentioned earlier were originally war tools created by the parasitic plant race. Later, they were learned by other races. However, they were not the real reason for the disappearance of monster girls. The real reason was that in a great war afterward, the superior races used forbidden magic. While destroying each other, they also destroyed the stability of space, causing the world wall to break. As a result, another world crashed into our world, permanently changing the foundation of the world and forming the world we have today. Most monster girls could not adapt to this world. Some monster girls who were too sensitive or fragile were even wiped out as a result. The surviving monster girls could only create small worlds—that is, inheritance spaces—to preserve their race. However, small worlds need to depend on the large world and will eventually be eroded. So even if they survive, monster girls cannot become stronger in small worlds."

"What happened next was just as those monsters said. In this world of upheaval, these mindless tools of war developed intelligence. In order to break free from our control, they rebelled and overwhelmed us with sheer numbers while we were forging the Three Sacred Treasures. In the end, we could only seal off the various small worlds and bury the Three Sacred Treasures... until your arrival, Master."

Zhuang Sen rubbed his head, realizing that Zero had tried her best to simplify, but the amount of information was still considerable. The epic rise of the ancient monsters had been reduced to a lucky find in her words. Of course, Zhuang Sen believed the monster girl more, and Zero's explanation seemed more reasonable. The ancient monster story wouldn't be a problem for those unfamiliar with monster girls, but for those who did, it had a fatal flaw: they called monster girls gods, but monster girls varied in strength and belonged to different races. Could a roadside slime be compared to a Holy Lance Angel?

Unless the monsters have never seen a weak monster girl, because they either couldn't adapt to the drastically changed world and died, or hid in a small world created by the strong, the monsters, after gaining intelligence, only saw powerful monster girls who could resist the drastic changes in the world. Only in the outside world do the monster girls need to use monster cannon fodder!

Therefore, to monsters, monster girls are the true gods! And those smaller worlds, the spaces they pass through during each inheritance, are probably the divine kingdoms that monsters speak of!

Having resolved one of his doubts, Zhuang Sen couldn't wait to ask more questions that had been bothering him, such as the relationship between the relics and the monsters, the changes in the inheritance space, and why the monster girls were now able to live normal lives. Zero did her best to answer most of Zhuang Sen's questions.

"The Three Sacred Treasures, which you referred to as relics, were actually tools created for researching the new world. The culmination of their creation is the power you possess, so the monster girls born from your hands can live in the new world."

"As for why it's been left until now, it's because the research was completed too late. The monsters have multiplied rapidly by using the stolen prototypes of the three divine artifacts and have risen to power. The inheritance space has been eroded by the new world, and most of it has lost its activity. Everyone can only try to use the [Source Blood Gem] to preserve their bloodline and wait for your salvation, Master."

"As for the abnormal inheritance of Mistress Nia, Mistress Lisander, and Mistress Lilith, it's because the inheritance space of these three races is still active, so you can manifest normally within it. However, the inheritance space of the angel race has most likely fallen into the hands of monsters, otherwise you wouldn't be unable to control it."

……

Zhuang Sen listened carefully to Zero's explanation. Everything else was fine, except for one point that puzzled him: "Zero, do you mean that the power within me comes from the creation of the ancient monster girl? But how old am I? And I might also..."

Zero's expression changed for the first time. Her flawless, elegant smile turned somewhat smug and mocking. She casually uttered a sentence that struck Zhuang Sen like a thunderbolt: "Dear Master, what do you think caused that world-shattering war? Hint: conflicts between monster girls are usually caused by men."

Zhuang Sen leaned forward, pointing to himself with one hand: "Me?"

Zero smiled and nodded: "The boy who fell from the sky, like the sweetest poison, attracted the love of countless monster girls. In order to fight for his ownership, dragons and angels, mermaids and sirens, centaurs and giant elephants, elves and robots... world war, my dear master."

"???"

Zhuang Sen was full of questions. He clearly remembered his past life and was certain that his body was his original body. How could he have lived from ancient times to the present?

Zero smiled and continued to explain, "Because you didn't live from ancient times to the present. After that great war with no victors, you fell into a long coma and a state of 'time flickering,' with your memories stuck at the moment you left your original world. According to research, it seems that you were not originally from our world, and before things stabilized, you were affected by interference from a third world, which is why you became like that. But this is also a good thing. After confirming that it was impossible to save the monster girls in that era, everyone decided to entrust the last power to you, so that you could revive us in a stable future. As for who can be revived and who cannot, that is entirely up to you to decide."

So, I'm the one who wiped out the era of monster girls?

Did I cause a world war among monster girls, and even force them to use "nuclear weapons"?

Zhuang Daji Sen fell into deep thought.

Chapter 292: The Truth About Professionals

The information Zero provided was so astonishing that it took Zhuang Sen a while to process it: "This is too... I really don't know what to say."

Dantalian and the others offered words of comfort, with Zero being particularly outspoken: "Master, you don't need to worry about this. What you do is entirely up to you. Whether you want to revive those ancient monster girls or not, I will serve you forever."

After a pause, Zero continued, "Anyway, I've already been resurrected."

It really is.

Zhuang Sen nuzzled Nia's worried face, trying to cheer her up: "Let's talk about these things later. Right now, let's focus on improving our strength and collecting all the relics..."

Zhuang Sen blinked, sensing something was amiss, then it dawned on him: "Zero, what level of strength do you possess now?"

If Zero possessed the strength of an ancient monster girl, Zhuang Sen wouldn't need to plan a large-scale ambush. He could simply take her and Dantalian to White City and rob it by force. The old fat Leviathan might not even be as strong as Baroo. The fact that the three of them went together was already giving face to the White City Federation's army and to the inferior nest technology they had researched using the [Relic - Pure Purification]!

But things weren't as rosy as Zhuang Sen had imagined. Zero shook his head: "My current strength is probably only at the high level, which is the fifth awakening level. Although dealing with these humans who have inherited incomplete bloodlines is no problem, according to what you said, Master, the other side can already use part of that arrogant dead mermaid's power. So we'd better not underestimate them and rush in, otherwise we might get caught up in a human wave tactic and suffer losses."

An arrogant dead mermaid?

Zhuang Sen looked at Zero, who wore an elegant smile, as if she hadn't just added a curse word to her soft voice. Hmm, cute. But [Pure Purification] is actually a mermaid, so what about [Transcendent Transformation]? A giant girl?

If you don't understand, just ask.

Zero answered Zhuang Sen's questions without hesitation: "Transformation is a succubus, a very high-level one. You must be very careful when you awaken her."

Succubus, mermaid, robot...

Zhuang Sen blinked, then had a new question: "Wait, all three relics are monster girls? How did you survive? Didn't those monsters notice you?"

Zero: "To be precise, apart from this machine, which is one with the relic due to the special nature of androids, the other two are just souls that have entered the relic as the main consciousness. Therefore, unlike this machine, they should be in a long period of dormancy, waiting for you to awaken them. They only rely on rigid programs to maintain operation, which is why there is a possibility that their power has been stolen. In addition, there is no record of this machine being used by monsters. It is judged that it may have mistakenly identified the relic as a 'monster-making machine,' which is very consistent with their inferior intelligence."

Now she's become sarcastic, but it's also quite cute.

Having satisfied his thirst for knowledge, Zhuang Sen finally focused and returned to the main topic. He opened the system panel, glanced at the lengthy system prompts, and then looked at Zero again: "Tell me about your abilities."

Zero Straightens Back: "This machine is a multi-purpose robot with the ability to transform into any kind of mechanical device. Its maximum size is 100*100*100 meters. It can use all the abilities of robot and mechanical types. When using the power of [Eternal Inheritance], it can use all the abilities recorded in the database. However, using abilities with low compatibility will cause some damage to itself."

"As an [Eternal Legacy], this unit possesses the ability to manage the legacy world for its master, but the master needs to provide bloodline as a coordinate to anchor and activate the corresponding legacy world. Once activated, the legacy world can accommodate compatible monster girl bodies to enter and acquire abilities; this unit can also provide early education to gradually awakening monster girls by binding them to nests and legacies, thereby enhancing their bloodline development..."

Zhuang Sen was increasingly delighted as he listened. Zero's abilities as a robot were already formidable; a solid 100x100x100 metal object could move at high speeds—it was more exciting than a dump truck. But as an "Eternal Legacy," Zero's abilities were even more phenomenal. Activating the inheritance space allowed him to enter it physically, essentially giving Zhuang Sen countless exclusive territories. Binding it to a lair for "prenatal education" significantly enhanced Zhuang Sen's vision for the monster girl army. Not to mention the "minor abilities" such as modifying the difficulty and rewards of the inheritance space and controlling the terrain—it was pure cheat code, no doubt about it.

The only thing that puzzled Zhuang Sen was why Zero didn't mention the professionals. Although Prince Hans's combat skills and willpower were terrible, the abilities he displayed were not bad.

Mira, equally curious, asked directly, "Zero, don't you have all the information on professionals? Why don't you mention this?"

Zero replied, "Because this is of no use to us, but since the mistress wants to know..." Zero briefly introduced the core technology of the professionals, explaining why it was useless to Zhuang Sen and the others.

To state the conclusion first, so-called professionals are essentially still people of bloodline!

The core idea of ​​the professionals is as follows: First, select humans who have a high sensitivity to a certain type of energy, which is the so-called professional talent; then, let them learn and imitate the energy operation of various bloodline abilities through the Zero database. When they can do this, they have actually activated bloodlines such as [Flame Seed] and [Earth Seed], and possess bloodline power, which is the so-called [job change]; after that, what they need to do is continue to hone this energy perception ability, and then learn the corresponding species' abilities through the Zero database, which is to improve their professional level and learn professional abilities.

So their abilities may seem wide-ranging and even conflicting at first glance, but they actually share a common point. Just like [Radiant Slash] and [Erosion Slash], although one is of the holy light attribute and the other is of the dark attribute and has a bit of poison, they are ultimately still [slashing] abilities!

Zhuang Sen and his companions had already mastered this ability, which was the [XX Magic Mastery]. This ability not only allowed them to arbitrarily increase or decrease the power of corresponding abilities and change their forms, but it was also a great help for them to learn corresponding types of abilities. However, they had no inheritance before, so they couldn't learn it. And now, to be honest, the monster girl didn't need to learn it. It was better to squeeze more out of Zhuang Sen to try to improve his bloodline development, awaken as soon as possible, and evolve to increase his strength significantly.

Of course, this applies to Zhuang Sen and the monster girl. For ordinary people and those with common bloodlines, the professional system is indeed more advantageous. At least they can increase their new abilities through hard work and training, instead of relying solely on luck to awaken them for the rest of their lives.

However, all of this is predicated on them having Zero's database to learn from. Otherwise, even the highest level of perception is useless. That's why Missy had to bite the bullet and ask Zero to continue guiding her. This also means that professionals cannot be enemies of Zhuang Sen and the others unless they want to never improve or even have their abilities stripped away.

However, who could have imagined that the secret treasure passed down through their own country, the artifact that guides them, would actually be someone else's maid? If we disregard this, the professional system should be firmly in the hands of the Thousand Towers Kingdom.

Zhuang Sen was sighing when a vibration interrupted him. He frowned and picked up the ancient monster communicator that he had tossed aside. After connecting, he heard the voice of True Blood Duke on the other end: "Thousand-Faced Duke, did you go out with that woman who stole the power of the Goddess of Wisdom today?"

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Author's Note: Typing on my phone is so uncomfortable ╯▂╰. My new motherboard and CPU haven't arrived yet, so my computer isn't working. I miss my keyboard, sob sob. And this book has one more major plot hole -1. Actually, these two chapters already hinted at one more (?????).

Chapter 293: Plotting for the True Blood Duke

Zhuang Sen hung up the phone with the True Blood Lord, his good mood completely gone.

The True Blood Lord contacted him not to chat, but to probe where he and Missy had gone that day and whether they had found any clues about the demon artifact. Although Zhuang Sen brushed it off, the True Blood Lord was clearly very dissatisfied and kept urging him on, which was quite annoying.

"Looks like we need to find a way to get rid of him, otherwise who knows what he might do."

Having already obtained the relics of the Thousand Towers Kingdom, the True Blood Duke was no longer of any use to Zhuang Sen. The only thing preventing Zhuang Sen from directly summoning and killing him was the presence of the Lightless King and the Dragon Bone Duke. Two level-five bloodline users fighting would be impossible to conceal; if the battle started like this, the ancient demons would surely know that Zhuang Sen was involved in something!

Dragonbone Duke will be alright, as he's about equal to True Blood Duke and is also an immortal being, making him a natural counter to Zhuang Sen. But it's hard to say about King Wuguang. Her strength is clearly much greater than True Blood Duke's, and more importantly, Zhuang Sen doesn't know how much power she has. He only knows that her territory is the Holy Kingdom... It would be troublesome if she caused a Crusade to break out.

However, Zhuang Sen was also unhappy about not killing the True Blood Lord. He needed to find a way to kill the True Blood Lord while also extricating himself from the situation...

When Zhuang Sen shared his idea, his monster girl wives became excited. Dantalian spoke first: "Didn't they say there's a group of 'Chosen Ones' who specifically target ancient monsters? How about I disguise myself as one of them and make the move?"

Zhuang Sen shook his head: "Not to mention that we don't understand the so-called Chosen Ones at all, and don't know how to disguise ourselves, the most important thing is that they hunt monsters using special abilities that can seal bloodline power, and we don't have a way to seal the power of vampires."

As for inviting true chosen ones, that's impossible, because Zhuang Sen and the others have no idea where these people are or how to contact them. Even though Dantalian is now the real Pope of the Church of the Nemesis, nominally controlling all the Churches of the Nemesis in the world, no chosen ones have come to her to pledge allegiance.

Lady Lia and Lilith also proposed a solution: "Why not leak the information to Speaker Missy and let them handle the True Blood Lord themselves? With the cooperation of a Level 5 professional, the success rate should not be low."

Zhuang Sen felt this wasn't safe either: "It's easy for the news to leak out, it's not confidential enough, and the strength of the ancient monsters is at least comparable to that of the monster girls. The True Blood Lord is also known as the King of Vampires. It's hard to say whether Missy can win, and many soldiers will be sacrificed. Not to mention, if they lose, we'll still have to step in."

Mira and Nia suggested together, "Why don't we trap him? Even if that doesn't work, we can leave misleading clues to make him move to another place?"

Zhuang Sen shook his head again: "The success rate is too low, and if we send him elsewhere, I'm worried that he might actually become stronger. Even if he doesn't become stronger, he might cause more trouble."

This won't work, that won't work—the monster girls realized Zhuang Sen was deliberately teasing them. So, puffing out their cheeks, they launched an attack on Zhuang Sen, using their fists and kicks to "force" him to come up with a better plan, or else he wouldn't be getting out of bed for the rest of the day!

Just as Ling was about to say something, a glint flashed in her eyes, and she swallowed the words she was about to utter, approaching Zhuang Sen, who was already half-undressed, with anticipation.

Unfortunately, Zhuang Sen had a better plan: "Just let Zero kill the True Blood Lord. The ancient demons don't know of Zero's existence, let alone connect her with us. Besides, Zero can use the power of other bloodlines with the [Eternal Inheritance] ability, and we can also bring Missy along, using her base and the database interface Zero sent out as bait to lure the True Blood Lord there. Oh, and I can also use the excuse of luring Missy away to get away. Finally, when he thinks he has obtained the artifact, Zero and Missy will launch a sneak attack. How could he not die? And who would suspect me?"

Zero stopped in her tracks, disappointed, and watched as Zhuang Sen told her the plan she had come up with. However, the machine girl maid thought about it again and realized that this meant she and Zhuang Sen were on the same wavelength, so she became happy again.

These thoughts were reflected on the mecha girl's face as smiles, smiles, and more smiles.

An absolutely stunning, expressionless smile!

Then Zero realized he was too naive and inexperienced, because the smug Zhuang Sen had been pinned down by Lady Liya and Lilith on either side of him. Lady Liya was even righteously scolding her good son: "You clearly had a plan but deliberately teased your mother. You must be severely punished!"

Lilith was even more direct, her tongue already inside Zhuang Sen's ear, murmuring in a sticky, low voice, "Bad master~ You just wanted to be punished on purpose, didn't you~ This little bitch is about to 'punish' you properly~"

The other monster girls also displayed their unique abilities. By the time Zero reacted in less than a second, Zhuang Sen was already completely covered. Lydia, the [Death Lord] who had thrown her head out, got up and patted her new sister on the shoulder: "If you want to get close to Zhuang Sen in the future, you have to be quick, otherwise it will be like this. Especially since there will be more and more people in the future, you should know this better than I do."

Zero was indeed clearer than Lydia. Now that she was back, Zhuang Sen could make fuller use of the monster girl lairs. And since they were all monster girls, they would definitely try to squeeze Zhuang Sen dry. Right now it was twenty-seven for one, but in the future it might be two hundred and seventy, two thousand and seventy... They had to strike first!

Zero nodded gratefully to Lydia, then quickly walked to the bedside. As she walked, her flawless body gradually melted into silver liquid metal, seeping into Zhuang Sen's body through the gaps in the monster girl's body. The touch of the skin, which had been deeply engraved into the core, caused the mecha girl's core to overclock instantly. The silver liquid metal even lit up with pink light, and it couldn't wait to rush towards Zhuang Sen's position.

Although he couldn't snatch it from Lady Lia's Spider Honey Hole, wrapping it up should be fine... Zero's thought was abruptly ended when he crossed the Black Forest of Johnson, because the place had already been taken over.

Lyme wins big!

Having missed a crucial opportunity, Zero, arriving a step too late, could only roam over Zhuang Sen's body, satisfying her desires with his muscular abs. For Zhuang Sen, this was a unique kind of stimulation. Although both were shapeshifting monster girls, Rem's body texture was largely fixed, while Zero's was variable, sometimes icy, sometimes fiery, sometimes supple yet resilient, sometimes soft and smooth. This plunged Zhuang Sen, already under the simultaneous assault of Lady Lia, Lilith, Dantalian, Nia, Mira, and Rem, into a state of ecstasy, his head spinning, when he suddenly remembered something.

"Hey, now that we have zero, does that mean the Holy Lance Angel can evolve to its maximum potential?"

Chapter 294: Beauty Lies Within Books

The next day, Zhuang Sen went out with his wives to the Tower of Wisdom and found Missy, with Zero among them. Such a large-scale operation could not be kept secret, but Zhuang Sen wanted everyone to know. Firstly, to let Zero appear early, so that it wouldn't be suspicious if a woman suddenly appeared by the True Blood Lord's side after his death; secondly, to let the True Blood Lord know that he was working hard to find the location of the demon artifact, so that he could enter the trap with peace of mind.

With Zhuang Sen making such a grand entrance, Missy naturally prepared a reception in advance. Although she was puzzled as to what business Zhuang Sen had with her at this time, with that important person present, the professional system should be no secret to her, perhaps even more so than Missy herself. However, despite her doubts, the reception was still necessary, and even other councilors and nobles from the Tower of Wisdom came together, making it look like a banquet.

After several rounds of drinks and five courses of food,

Zhuang Sen winked at Missy, gesturing towards Zero: "Misty, I've heard you have a nickname, 'The Immovable Great Library.' Would you be willing to show me around?"

The Kingdom of Thousand Towers, as the world's "most knowledge-respecting" nation, also boasts the world's largest library. However, entry is extremely difficult; one must obtain a guarantee from one of the thirteen members of the Knowledge Council. Normally, it's practically a deserted area; even shouting at the top of one's lungs won't sway anyone. But that's not the point. Zhuang Sen's desire to go is naturally not a problem, and Missy has no reason to refuse. The key issue is why Zhuang Sen specifically requested Missy to show him around, especially now that Mira is also a member of the council… Looking at the stunning beauties surrounding Zhuang Sen, they could also grant him permission. The other eleven council members showing him around kept their eyes down, pretending not to hear Zhuang Sen's words.

Missy, like her fellow councilors, initially had the wrong idea, but she quickly followed Zhuang Sen's gaze and saw Zero, understanding his meaning. She then calmly said, "Of course, no problem, Zhuang Sen. However, the Great Library is a place for learning, and it's probably not suitable for too many people to enter."

The councilors felt a chill in their hearts. Although they dared not oppose Zhuang Sen, they were still furious to see him making a move on the de facto leader of the Thousand Towers Kingdom, the most beautiful and intelligent woman in the entire kingdom. They even tried to beautify Missy's words as a polite refusal in their minds, because they now knew that Zhuang Sen was always entangled with his large group of women. If he had to separate from the women, he might not go.

"It's okay, just Mira, my Zero, and I will go together."

As Zhuang Sen spoke, he picked up Mira and stood up, and Missy followed suit. Most of the people from the Thousand Towers Kingdom present were inwardly weeping and cursing Zhuang Sen for being fickle and greedy, but on the surface they still had to put on a submissive and congratulatory expression, which made Dantalian and the others who remained find it very funny.

……

There was no one studying in the Great Library today.

Zhuang Sen and Missy casually found a table and sat down. Zero considerately prepared tea for them, which startled Missy so much that she stood up to accept it. Regardless of whether Zero was a maid to Zhuang Sen, to Missy, Zero would always be her guiding goddess and teacher, inspiring her. How could she dare to let Zero serve her? To avoid such an awkward situation, she respectfully accepted the tea brewed by Zero using her tea leaves and teaware on her own turf, and quickly said, "Zhuang Sen, is there anything you want to say? Don't worry, no one can see us here."

Even if we don't say that Missy is now half a book fairy, even when she was still a book fairy, her control over the Great Library was absolute. Every book was her eyes and ears and her weapon. No one could escape her notice in this magnificent space, which was almost filled with bookshelves and books! She even felt that even Zhuang Sen might not be her match in the Great Library!

So Zhuang Sen didn't hide anything and briefly explained the matter of the ancient monsters, and also revealed his plan against the True Blood Duke. Although Missy found it somewhat unbelievable, with zero evidence, she had no doubts or hesitations and immediately agreed to Zhuang Sen's request: "Please let me help you!"

Of course, Zhuang Sen wouldn't let Missy help for nothing, so he took out a bottle of [Book Demon Bloodline Awakening Potion]: "Misty, consider this as an advance payment. It can truly awaken your bloodline."

Zhuang Sen had already learned from Zero about the origin of Missy's Book Demon form. It was a forced imitation and modification created by Missy using the Book Demon species' innate abilities and Zero's database. It could only be considered a slight enhancement; compared to a true Book Demon, it only looked the same, but its strength was different. Incidentally, Zhuang Sen also inquired about the situation of someone who had awakened their bloodline but also possessed a Monster Girl bloodline. The answer was encouraging: just awaken the Monster Girl bloodline, because that was the true origin, so it would only result in enhancement, not harm!