I'm on the Ark, and I started as a succubus.

The reason is simple: they are responding to the call of the new emperor to resolve the oppression of infected people in various places. Legally and morally, this is absolutely reasonable, and they have fulfilled their duty as subjects to share the emperor's burdens.

The topic smoothly transitioned to how to further utilize the infected for their own purposes, making them supporters of the Ursus Council and helping them fight against the old Ursus nobles who still firmly hold military power, and how to reclaim power from the Council.

In response to this question, Bai Chen began to ramble on.

First and foremost, we cannot leave infected individuals without support; we must truly understand their situation and start directly with their families.

Parliament passed legislation to strictly prohibit families with infected individuals from abandoning them, and also mandated the imposition of an extra tax on traditional industries previously controlled by the old noble families of Ursus, such as mines, to provide compensation and relief to families of infected individuals.

At the same time, the traditional Ursus military merit system is implemented for the infected, so that if these infected die in battle, their status and property can be inherited by their families, which is basically the same as the old Ursus military merit system.

That's roughly the outline; there are many specific details and clauses that need further refinement.

"Gentlemen, what do you think?"

Bai Chen shrugged. "I'm just a businessman. There are some things that you all need to work on further."

"As for the infected... well, since you've said so, I won't hide my thoughts anymore."

The newly crowned baron swirled the wine in his glass. "I don't really have a problem with the infected. In fact, I think those old fogies are just sending people to die in the tundra..."

The baron shook his head, his tone a mixture of regret and mockery as he said:

"It's a bit inappropriate. With so many people, if we just give them a little food and drink, ensure their basic living needs, or even just a few pieces of black bread, those infected people can work in my factory or your factories and create more value."

But what about those ignorant and foolish fellows? They all dragged people onto the tundra, and even thought that people weren't dying fast enough, so they played that red and black tag killing game.

Hearing this, you could tell that the file bag that was handed out was thick and heavy enough.

The newly appointed baron—to put it nicely, he's a newly appointed nobleman; to put it bluntly, he's just a small merchant who made some money and happened to catch a good opportunity, using his donations to the Ursus Council to obtain the status of a baron.

Overall, he is currently a small business owner who lacks cash flow and urgently needs money.

The pragmatic and honest young baron has little aristocratic backbone. For money, he is willing to kneel on the ground and shout that he is God... no, he is very willing to kneel on the ground and shout that he is the Earl's dog!

“I also support this matter, but... it would be better if a high-ranking nobleman took the lead. Such matters require a respected and influential person to lead them.”

A relatively wealthy newly aristocrat raised a slight objection.

Bai Chen felt he had made a small mistake; he hadn't calculated the thickness of the file folder he gave this guy properly. A small amount of property ownership certificates wasn't enough to make this nouveau riche act like a dog.

He silently wrote down the nobleman's name in his notebook.

Damn it, they dare to argue with Uncle Bai in a meeting!

When we get back, we'll find a pretext to strip you of your status and send you to Longchang to learn the ways of the world and become an outstanding person!

"Your Excellency can rest assured."

Bai Chen still had a smile on his face, a smile that was elegant and charming. "A duke will personally come forward, and he will be a duke of a sufficiently noble status."

Would a Duke of Ursus, and one of such noble lineage, really support them?

Yes, of course we have it.

Isn't their beloved Lady Talulah?

Her biological father, Edward, and her unfortunate adoptive father, Koschei, were both first-rate nobles. Although Talulah wasn't entirely clear about Edward's situation as a descendant of the Victorian royal family, Koschei's status as Grand Duke was sufficient.

Furthermore, after Kosicher's death, the old nobles of Ursus divided up the estate that originally belonged to Grand Duke Kosicher, and, as Kosicher's heir, even made a good statement about the team's stance.

The only problem is whether Talulah, that silly girl, is willing.

He had already worked on Talulah's mindset on the tundra; it was all a ruse, a ruse! Just like the famous generals in the book who feigned surrender and defeat. Did she really submit? Did she really admit defeat? Absolutely not!

It was even for the purpose of launching a fatal blow to the enemy.

Bai Chen even directly told Talulah to voluntarily reveal her noble status to the infected on the tundra. They had come out together to share life and death, relying on each other for survival. He couldn't possibly keep these things hidden, could he? Everyone trusted him so much, how could he have such an important thing to hide?

Do the infected individuals have any objections?

A little, but not much.

So what if they're nobles? The duke's daughter, born into nobility, isn't fighting alongside them right now, living among the infected.

A noble birth does not determine whether someone is capable of doing something.

Bai Chen would even cite a multinational pharmaceutical company that claimed to treat Oripathy as an example for Talulah.

Oh, this idealistic company is Rhode Island.

Princesses, nobles, Kazdel heirs, saintesses, silver-lance knights, female assassins... well, aren't there just a handful of them on Rhodes Island?

Did these factors affect Rhode Island's image as an idealistic pharmaceutical company dedicated to saving and sheltering infected individuals?

No, right?

Therefore, there is no need to worry about whether you are a noble or not. Even if you are born into a noble family, you can still lead the infected to find a way out!

022 Talulah is disobedient, so let the tentacles teach her a lesson.

Bai Chen knew that Talulah was having a hard time getting over Koschei, but the problem was that she had to get over it. It wasn't just her problem, but also the problem of the entire Reunion Movement.

If Talulah can't get past that hurdle, it means that we'll have to lead the infected people from the tundra down with her, recklessly choosing the most dangerous and least rewarding decisions.

He had no choice but to trick Talulah into using her status as Koschei's heir to inherit Koschei's Grand Duke status and do good deeds, which would be the greatest and most successful challenge to Koschei.

Her current almost obsessive approach is not something she should confront, much less try to overcome; it's simply an attempt to escape.

Unwilling to acknowledge the past or the objective facts, they simply indulge in their own beautiful illusions about the world.

If she were an individual, only responsible for herself, then she could do whatever she wanted. If she wanted to escape, she could escape; if she wanted to stubbornly believe that the world was 100% beautiful, that was her own business.

But as the leader of all the infected on the tundra, she has to be responsible for all of them. If that's not possible, she might as well find a secluded spot in the mountains, build a thatched hut, and stay there by herself.

Bai Chen could only say that to Talulah, and then he tried to persuade her to be more optimistic, saying that using her status as the successor of Koschei to save the infected might be the only way to make that guy furious.

That's all he could say.

As for whether Talulah could anger Black Serpent... Bai Chen knew very well that she couldn't. Black Serpent had lived in Ursus for so long and had seen too many things. She wouldn't feel upset about such a small matter.

The Black Serpent doesn't even really care whether the rulers of Ursus are from the Ursus royal family, nor does it care much about the infected. If the infected in Ursus really have such incredible abilities that they can take over Ursus, rule this land, and make Ursus great again, then it can truly stand on the side of the infected.

Bai Chen was well aware of this.

Because he didn't actually get rid of the black snake on Talulah; he only persuaded the black snake to stand on their side.

Ursus's immortal black snake deliberately abandoned Talulah, the simpleton, choosing to trust her and opting for a different approach.

Compared to Lungmen, Ursus has a better objective: to reintegrate the new and old nobles of Ursus, and a war that is more capable of achieving its strategic goals.

Bai Chen thought Talulah had better behave and not joke around with the lives of people on the frozen plains.

He was a man who came from a construction site, and he was both loyal and roguish. The infected people on the tundra were willing to entrust their lives to him, to risk their lives to trust him, and to obey his orders. He would take responsibility for these infected people.

If Talulah insists on making jokes about the infected in the tundra because of her stubbornness, he will really attack her.

Although his lousy system would definitely cause trouble if he tried to harm the beautiful girl, well… his lousy system actually supports throwing the beautiful girl into the ultimate, cruel tentacle hell until she turns into a gullible beast that only knows pleasure~

The thing the system loves most is being completely broken in some way~

With that initial step, Bai Chen naturally had to discuss the specific details with the new nobles of Ursus.

These complicated and tedious matters also wasted a great deal of his time, causing him to miss the nights when he was with the gentle and kind White Rabbit and the beautiful young Sarkaz girl.

This situation continued for several days, until finally his system, which had been silent for a long time and seemed to never speak, popped out again.

My dearest succubus queen, let me see what you've been up to lately?

A slightly disgruntled electronic female voice popped out.

[Oh~ My god of desire, my god of love, my god of fertility, my dear succubus queen is actually working overtime at her desk writing something? And not even some wicked plan to seduce beautiful girls, but some shabby stuff about how to scheme and plot against others?]

Bai Chen looked at the virtual succubus girl image that popped up, put down his pen, and sighed softly, "Tong-chan, I'm just trying to build a bigger harem~ I've already said that a few dozen harem members are too few, I want a huge harem with several thousand members."

【Oh~ then you should definitely hurry up and seduce those pretty girls! You seem to love working overtime so much. The temperature in Ursus is nice, the bricks aren't too hot to handle, why not go back to the construction site and keep carrying bricks?】

"Then you might as well just kill me."

[Annihilation? My goodness, my succubus queen, the current system doesn't even have that function. Systems with that function were eliminated at the factory, let alone a useless system like Shuke's.]

"I never would have guessed. I always thought you were incredibly capable and quite arrogant."

Perhaps, after pursuing further studies elsewhere, I've entered a rebellious phase?

Bai Chen used his tail to curl up a teacup beside him, pulled it closer, and held it in his hand. "Tong-chan, just say what you want to say, okay? After you're done, go back to being silent, alright?"

【Alright. I'm just saying this to my succubus queen: this land full of beautiful girls might not need someone arrogant and domineering, but rather someone gentle and good at romance. Shall we go and woo these beautiful girls? And then calmly and sweetly have a romantic relationship with them, okay?】

Na na na—na!

Bai Chen felt like a sonar had appeared in his head.

"That's not right!"

He paused for a moment, then suddenly retorted, "Tong-chan, haven't we always been fighting against corruption?"

The system fell silent.

【Hey~ whatever you want. I just popped in to let you know that my system points for leveling up have reached the required level, so I can unlock a brand new ability, a really interesting one~】

Bai Chen raised an eyebrow and opened the system panel to check his new abilities.

An incredibly awesome ability—

——Time stops.

ecstasy!

Now his succubus is awesome!

Then, when he clicked on the ability details, his face immediately fell.

In summary:

Those who dream of conquering the world can control time for a few seconds; those who only think of beautiful girls deserve to stop time at will.

The broken system added a negative buff to his abilities. When used on beautiful girls and when doing serious things, the negative buff is very small, just giving him a little desire. But if he wants to move the press, those desires for scrap materials will explode exponentially.

Bai Chen estimated that this side effect would turn him into a beast driven by desire in less than a second, leaving him with nothing but a bitter feeling in his head.

023 W has been delivered to your door!

"Commander, are you alright?!"

Bai Chen stared in astonishment at the ethereal image of the little succubus girl conjured up by the system.

[It's good enough that it can be discontinued at some point, but why does Warudo only pass on its abilities to daughters? Sakuya is Dio's biological daughter who inherited his powers!]