Please be my partner.

A wolf howl was heard. In the distance, a group of prairie wolves were conducting a collective hunt. This was nothing special, but the leader of the prairie wolves was a little different from the other prairie wolves.

The hair of ordinary prairie wolves is gray overall, with only the abdomen slightly highlighted with white, and the overall hair color is a gradient.

The prairie wolf leader's hair is a dark gray with a bluish tint, with two distinct strands of white hair on his head. This abrupt change in hair color is extremely rare in nature, and usually only occurs when intelligent life deliberately renders it.

If people who like to play games see this, they will find that this prairie wolf leader is extremely similar to the war wolf Palu in the game "Holy Spirit".

Melen withdrew his gaze. There were many similar changes in the entire Salon Realm, but they basically occurred in areas where few people went. Moreover, the changes in these creatures were limited to their external forms so far, and they did not have the various magical abilities of the fantasy beasts Palu in the "Holy Spirit" game.

However, Melen believed that with the continuous invasion of the "virtual" rules and as the changes deepened little by little, one day a huge wave would form and completely "submerge" the Salon world.

All this just takes time to settle.

Melen patted Nasus's head and smiled, "Alright, things are getting back on track here. I'll leave Xiaoyin here to help you, and I'll also be leaving you a group of fairy creatures as support. Manage this world well and strive to complete the 'virtual world' project as soon as possible."

Mellen was able to control the Salon Realm in such a short time, thanks to the outstanding talents from all walks of life in the Fairy Tale Kingdom. Otherwise, even if he possessed enough power to destroy the world, it would be impossible for him to sort everything out in such a short time.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. It really requires slow and meticulous work. The ancients were right.

Hearing Mellen's words, Nasus understood that the former was planning to leave. After all, he also knew that Mellen still had a lot of things to do. Although he felt a little reluctant, the Holy Spirit Dog said seriously: "Don't worry, Mellen, I will finish my work here as soon as possible!"

Melen smiled slightly and held Nasus in his arms: "Of course I believe it."

After a moment, Nasus looked at the empty wasteland, taking the warmth of Meren's embrace into his heart. After a moment's thought, he called out to the air, "Little Silver."

Xiaoyin's virtual image was projected near Nasus. The Holy Spirit Dog said, "Xiaoyin, I think we can move even faster. I have some plans. Can you help me organize them and outline the feasibility conditions and implementation steps?"

Xiaoyin's light ball flashed, indicating that it was received.

Nasus paced back and forth for a moment and said, "First, we need to gain greater power. Although we currently control key departments in many countries, there are still some people in those major countries who remain wary and hostile towards us, which poses a huge obstacle to our development. This may be the instinctive influence of the world consciousness of the Salon Realm."

"Secondly, intelligent life is inherently intelligent, but when they gather together, they become foolish! The choices of intelligent life are crucial, and this is what we should strive for. We must control public opinion as much as possible, creating an information cocoon so that everyone can only hear and see what we want them to hear."

"also……"

Nasus spoke out the ideas he had been thinking about during this period one by one. Of course, most of them were not "original" by the Holy Spirit Dog, but evolved from it after it understood the situation in the Salon Realm. Although the process and results were different, to be honest, they were not new in essence.

Xiaoyin broke down every plan Nasus mentioned into dozens or even millions of executable items, and each item was accompanied by hundreds of supplementary plans so that it could be controlled and corrected at any time.

It can be said that as long as you follow Xiaoyin's executable items step by step, you can achieve your ultimate goal smoothly.

Mellen left the Salon Realm without worrying about Holy Spirit Dog and Xiaoyin. The former had ideas and plans, the latter had execution capabilities, and with the addition of a group of elite subordinates, it could be said that there was almost nothing this combination could not accomplish. He only had to look forward to the final results.

There was not much time left in the three-year agreement originally made by the Sas Holy Clan, so Mellen did not plan to do anything else during this time. However, for the sake of the subsequent action plan, some advance preparations should be made in advance.

The Land of Chaos, the tribe of wild giants.

After waiting for half a day, Rooney hurried back and laughed when he saw Mellen: "My friend, how did you find time to come and see me?"

Mellen smiled and joked, "Why, can't I come to see you if I have nothing to do?"

Rooney patted Mellen's shoulder and said with a smile: "Of course not, you are always welcome to come here!"

The two exchanged greetings for a while and talked about their recent situation.

Mellen briefly recounted his journey through the mountain and sea realms, and his fight against the Wiggins family.

Since Rooney became a saint, he also joined the Elder Council of Luanyan Territory. He had more matters to deal with on a daily basis and less time to go out for adventure. He was quite envious of Mellen's "wonderful" life.

Then they talked about the Desert of Death.

Because of the relationship between Mellen and Rooney, when the Savage Giants go to the Death Desert, they often feed Dark Blade deliberately. The latter naturally reciprocates and takes the Savage Giants to dig up a lot of rare resources in the Death Desert. The two sides have put aside their past grudges and started to develop together.

This is actually a good thing for the Savage Giant Tribe. Although there is the Elders' Council standing at the highest point in the Rock Territory, it does not mean that there are no conflicts between the tribes on a daily basis. On the contrary, the conflicts between races are more for survival and are often more intense and cruel.

With Dark Blade as the hidden backup of the friendly side, the Savage Giant Tribe can not only recover part of the forces invested in the Death Desert, but also achieve unexpected results when encountering certain crisis situations.

For Dark Blade, having someone to feed him daily saves him a lot of effort, allowing him to heal his injuries with greater peace of mind.

This is a mutually beneficial deal.

After chatting for a while, Mellen finally got to the point. He came to see Rooney this time not just to reminisce about the past, but also to prepare for something in the future.

Melen's expression turned serious, and he said, "Rooney, I'm planning to conquer the Nether Spider Nest in the Chaos Zone. I hope you can come and help me."

After hearing what Mellen said, Rooney said directly: "Okay! When are you going to take action?!"

Mellen was somewhat touched by Rooney's straightforwardness. He smiled and said, "You agreed so readily? You didn't even ask about my compensation?"

Rooney shook his head and said seriously: "Mellen, you are my friend, I don't need to be paid to help you."

Melen was startled, feeling somewhat touched. While he took note of this gesture of friendship, he certainly couldn't really say nothing. So he said, "Okay, it's not a reward, but I have prepared a gift for the Savage Giant Tribe. Don't refuse it."

If Melen said that the gift was for Rooney personally, Rooney would definitely not accept it, but if he said that the gift was for the Barbarian Giant Tribe, Rooney would hesitate.

This is also the tradition of the giants. The interests and honor of the race are above the individual.

Melen smiled slightly and took out the gift he had prepared in advance.

After Rooney took it and took a quick look, he immediately gasped, because what Mellen gave him was a gift package of [Thunder Essence] and [Thunder Crystal], in addition to some other thunder treasures obtained in the Thunder Temple.

It can be said that with this gift package, it is not impossible for the Savage Giant Tribe to cultivate a new Storm Giant.

This is equivalent to directly adding a saint to the Barbarian Giant Tribe!

Faced with this gift that would be of great benefit to the tribe, Rooney accepted it without any pretense, then solemnly thanked Mellen and secretly remembered this favor in his heart.

A smile appeared on Mellen's face. He admired Rooney, or rather the giant's character, which was sincere and unpretentious.

Mellen smiled and said, "I'm not sure when the operation will begin, but it should be in the next few months. Please prepare anything you need in advance. I'll let you know when the specific time is confirmed."

Rooney nodded seriously and said he would prepare well.

After staying in the Savage Giant Tribe for another half day, Melen said goodbye and left.

Mellen's next destination is the Grey Shadow Territory.

Gray Shadow Territory is the territory occupied by the Gray Shadow Brigade. Melen had dealt with the former when he was in the Abyss World, and later gained the other party's recognition and obtained the specific coordinates of Gray Shadow Territory. Otherwise, Gray Shadow Territory was blocked by the leader of the Gray Shadow Brigade using special means, and it was generally difficult to reach.

Thinking of the abyss world, Melen suddenly remembered that he seemed to have a "big killer" in his hand that he had not been able to use, which was the last countermeasure of the abyss world... the whale Kun monster.

When Melen gained the absolute upper hand, the Abyss World suddenly forcibly took the vitality and souls of all the demons in the world to drive the Whale Kun Monster to launch a final counterattack. In that situation, the power that the Whale Kun Monster could exert was even greater than that of an ordinary saint.

Unfortunately, this huge monster driven by group power was completely restrained by the semi-artifact of the full moon. Melen easily plunged it into eternal silence again, laying the foundation for the final victory.

The whale monster thus became Melen's trophy.

Melen's original idea for the whale monster's corpse was to build it into a powerful biological warship or fortress to prepare for future journeys in the endless void, but because he had no corresponding design drawings, it remained stranded. Later, because he had experienced too many things, he simply put this matter behind him.

Looking back now, I find that there is still no better solution.

However, Mellen currently has a lot of things to do, and the plan to travel through the endless void will probably be postponed for a long time, so he is not in a hurry, but it is necessary to put it on the agenda.

Thinking of this, Melen contacted the collector, explained his needs, and asked the latter to help him keep an eye out for it at the Chamber of Commerce Alliance.

The collector naturally agreed without hesitation.

Apart from the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, the only other tribe Mellen could think of that might possess similar technology was the Sas Saint Clan. However, there was no need to rush the related transaction requests, as they could wait until this cooperation was completed.

After advancing for a while, Melen bypassed a natural space maze and stopped in a void space crack.

Melen sent out an encrypted message according to the method taught to him by the Gray Shadow Troupe, and then waited quietly.

Melen didn't have to wait long. After just a few minutes, a space portal suddenly opened in front of him. After observing for a moment, Melen stepped into it.

Through the portal, Melen directly entered a stable node area in the spiritual world. The stars in the sky were sparse, and the plants on the ground were not tall. They were mostly purple and blue, and most of them emitted a little fluorescence. This might be a unique evolution caused by the lack of sunlight in the Gray Shadow Territory for many years.

A faint gray shadow appeared in front of Mellen. He first observed Mellen, then said in a hoarse voice without any characteristics: "Mr. Mellen, please follow me."

Under the guidance of Gray Shadow, Mellen soon arrived at a building complex that looked like a base. There were quite a few people here, and it was easy to distinguish between outsiders and members of the Gray Shadow Brigade.

Outsiders, like Melen, are dressed in all kinds of casual attire, and the members of the Gray Shadow Troupe are all like Gray Shadow, with a layer of faint gray light covering their bodies, making it difficult to see their specific appearance.

After Mellen expressed his desire to meet the leader of the Gray Shadow Troupe, he was taken to a small room and soon met an 'old acquaintance' he had dealt with before... Number Nine.

After greeting, Number Nine said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mr. Mellen, the captain is not at headquarters right now and won't be back anytime soon. I can only communicate with you via projection."

As he spoke, he unfolded a fist-sized metal instrument, and the projection of the leader of the Gray Shadow Troupe appeared, but it was only him, and the background was blurry.

After a brief greeting, Melen got straight to the point: "Mr. Captain, I hope to hire you."

The team leader asked directly: "What's the purpose?"

Melen smiled slightly and said, "Conquer the Nether Spider Nest!"

The leader's eyes narrowed, and he said lightly: "This is a big job."

Mellen said knowingly, "Price is not a problem!"

The team leader then smiled and said, "Then I wish us a happy cooperation!"

Chapter 407 The upcoming rescue mission

After some bargaining, Melen and the leader of the Gray Shadow Brigade determined the basic intention of cooperation, including the approximate time of the mission and the minimum price.

The former is mainly to free up the position of the leader of the Gray Shadow Brigade and make advance reservations to avoid task conflicts later; the latter requires increasing the task reward based on the output when the task starts.

After confirming the second helper, Melen nodded slightly and left the Gray Shadow Territory with the disposable communication item given by the Gray Shadow Brigade.

After Mellen left, Number Nine put away his communication equipment, made three turns and two detours, and arrived at a non-existent room.

In the empty room, the leader of the Gray Shadow Brigade was sitting on the only chair in the center of the room, thinking quietly.

Number Nine couldn't help but ask, "Captain, since you didn't refuse Mellen's mission, why don't you go meet him in person?"

The leader of the Gray Shadow Brigade said: "You don't understand, I just feel a little..."

At this point, he shook his head and stopped talking, saying, "Raise Mellen's priority level to 'Gray Shadow'. Also, inform everyone that I will not accept any other missions in the next six months."

"Yes, Captain!"

After being teleported away from the Gray Shadow Territory, Mellen returned to the empty space crack again. He scanned the space carefully but did not notice any clues, as if the Gray Shadow Territory did not exist at all.

After sighing in admiration at the covert methods of the Gray Shadow Brigade leader, Melen left the area without giving it much thought.

A few days later, in a fairy tale cottage in a chaotic area of the spirit world.

As the Ten Thousand Beasts Council was about to end, Melen suddenly spoke up, "I'm planning to attack a spirit world tribe's lair. If I could ask for your help, what would it cost?"

The others were silent for a moment, and their eyes looking at Mellen were filled with a hint of wonder.

Mellen blinked and asked in confusion, "Is there any problem?"

The cat suddenly smiled and said, "No problem, no problem. I'm just a little surprised that you, Wolf, are finally ready to actively integrate into our group."

Xiong also laughed and nodded, "That's right. Although you were in the parliament before, you always gave us the feeling that you were on the outside."

Niu said gently, "There's nothing we can do about it. Any creature that comes to a completely new and unfamiliar environment always needs some time to observe and adapt."

Listening to their well-intentioned speeches, Mellen felt a little ashamed, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with his approach.

According to Melen's guess, the members of the Council of Beasts in front of him were all of his father's generation. They had joined the Council of Beasts more than ten years ago. The circle had been established long ago and was extremely stable. Latecomers like Melen had a natural disadvantage.

Fortunately, because of their respective identities, they are natural close allies and are actively maintaining their relationship with each other.

Long asked softly, "Are there any demigods among the spiritual tribes you are going to attack?"

Mellen shook his head affirmatively: "No."

Given the arrogance and domineering nature of the Underworld Spider, if there were a real demigod, he would have launched an attack on those stable nodes long ago.

Long nodded slightly and said no more. Without the demigod, there was naturally no need for him to take action personally.

Mellen added, "I've made a lot of preparations to defeat this spirit world's lair. I'm inviting you just for insurance, so we don't need too many people. Just one person will be enough."

As soon as Mellen finished speaking, the cat immediately lay on the table, raised his little hands high, and shouted: "Me, me, me, me... choose me, choose me!"

The others smiled, but did not compete with the cat.

Rather than making a decision, Mellen asked, “What kind of compensation should I pay?”

The cat shook his finger and said, "Although the Council of Beasts pursues equal exchange, we also have an agreement to support each other and develop together. If I help you, you will owe me a favor. I will repay you when I have the chance."

After a brief thought, Melen nodded in agreement with the cat.

Although the debt of favor is the hardest to repay in this world, it is precisely the existence of the debt of favor that can bring people closer together.

After Melen's affairs were confirmed, Long coughed lightly and said, "Wolf, based on the information you brought me last time about the Dark Lord, I have also made some inquiries during this period."

"The reason the Dark Witch Lisya asked you to hold back the Black Dragon King Rolonia of the Soaring Cloud Realm was probably to secretly seize the Dark Source he possessed. This is the crystallization of the power that the Dark Lord once disintegrated. Generally speaking, it requires a powerful being at least a demigod to detect and utilize it."

"Based on this and some clues, we can roughly infer that the Dark Lord's current situation is not very good."

Long looked around at everyone and said, "I'm going to set a trap and start hunting the Dark Lord. Please consider whether you are interested in joining us."

Ying immediately expressed his opinion: "Lord Long, please let me help you!"