Here, the Lord said this is a good thing

As if by appointment, shortly after dawn, a train sped towards the ruins.

Of course, the train station in the Holy City of Lieyang was also broken, and the trains could only stop on the last intact section of railway.

After loading the passengers, Ekaterina, who came with the train, turned the entire train upside down so that it could leave safely.

"I'm more curious, did you and your brother receive the news in advance and know exactly what will happen here?"

Ye He sat opposite Ekaterina and casually asked her about her origins.

In Ye He's opinion, this auntie was here to bring her large group of nephews and nieces home and to tie things up at the same time.

Renekton could not be a match for Ekaterina, or in other words, without restrictions such as bloodline, it would be impossible for an ordinary world-destroying being to be an enemy of Ekaterina.

"No, I only know that Barbator will summon a world-destroying being to destroy the Holy City of the Fiery Sun."

Ekaterina replied to Yehe without even raising her head.

She was exceptionally calm towards this devastated former holy city. And rightly so. How could rulers like them have any good feelings towards "disobedient" church believers?

Perhaps in her view, both the believers of the Church of the True God and the cultists of the Evil God are the same kind of hidden dangers.

If the existence of the church is not used to consolidate its rule, it will first create irreconcilable conflicts with the original rulers.

"Compared to this, did you enjoy your trip?"

But after a while, Ekaterina, who had finished the official documents at hand, suddenly looked up and actually showed concern for Yehe.

Ye He immediately raised his eyebrows. He smelled a hint of "new commission" from Ekaterina's care.

"Of course I am happy, but you actually asked me that. Is there something "interesting" you want me to do?"

He tried to get Ekaterina to skip the nonsense, but Ekaterina didn't hesitate and snapped her fingers.

Zheng Yumei, her temporary secretary, immediately stood up and brought over a rectangular object covered with black cloth from the back of the car and placed it on the table between the two of them.

Ekaterina pulled off the black cloth, and what appeared in front of Ye He was a rectangular transparent glass trough.

The key point is what's in this glass tank. In the pale yellow liquid, there is a motionless worm about ten centimeters long.

This insect is snow-white all over and looks fat. Its shape is a bit like a caterpillar, and its body has a ring-shaped structure.

But its tail is covered with fleshy barbs, and its head has a lamprey-like mouthpart growing between its soft tentacles. It looks evil and... stupid?

Ye He looked at the bug and then at Ekaterina.

Without Ekaterina's introduction, he could only reach into the sink and pull out the stupid bug that was dormant.

“Squeak!!! Wuuwuwu…”

As soon as the insect came into contact with the air, it regained its vitality, making a shrill sound like a baby and twisting continuously in Ye He's hand.

As if it felt the warmth of Ye He's flesh, it quickly tried to bite the back of Ye He's hand, as if it wanted to drill into Ye He's flesh and blood.

Unfortunately, its mouthparts had not hardened at all, and Yehelian Camelot did not use them because it could not even bite through normal human skin.

Still itchy.

After observing the habits of this thing, Ye He tried to inject some divine power points into its body to verify whether it had the characteristics of a monster.

But what Ye He didn't expect was that once the divine power points penetrated into its body, it actually quickly became stronger!

This thing actually feeds on divine power? This surprised Ye He.

Just a little bit of divine power made its body suddenly much stronger, and sharp thorns grew on its surface.

Its mouthparts also hardened rapidly, and in the blink of an eye they were able to produce sparks on the back of Ye He's hand that was covered by Camelot.

It can also twist the part of its body that is not caught by Ye He, and swing its tail to shoot out small spikes towards Ye He.

"Quite fierce, you fancy little thing, huh."

Ye He shook its head casually. It seemed to still have its own consciousness and squeaked a few times at Ye He's face with some grief and anger.

But for some reason, after barking a few times, this guy stopped attacking Ye He and instead stayed wrapped around Ye He's arm.

It even retracted the spikes on the part of its body that was in contact with Ye He, and only used its soft body to fit Ye He's skin.

Even if Ye He boldly let go of his hand, it still stayed on Ye He's arm and refused to move.

Zheng Yumei, who was writing down the experiment records at the side, was stunned by this scene. She only continued working after Ekaterina glanced at her.

"so?"

Yehe lifted the insect on his arm towards Ekaterina and scratched the skin under its mouthparts with his other hand, just like teasing a kitten.

“As expected of you… This thing has caused hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries on the empire’s borders.

It's a man-made bug that lives for killing, but it looks like it would be a good match for you."

Obviously, Ekaterina didn't expect that Ye He could subdue this thing so easily, and she showed a rare expression of surprise.

A bug that lives on killing finds a priest who lives on killing as its master?

What kind of hell joke is this?!

"Thank you."

Ye He graciously accepted the compliment from the princess, and pulled out a sharp thorn from the insect on his arm, and started picking his teeth.

Well, not bad, this thing can be kept and is much more useful than the stupid cat at home.

(Bartlett: I lost to a toothpick jar??)
"You want me to go to the border and eliminate this bug? Sorry, I'm not an exterminator at the Health Department."

Ye He deliberately used an outrageous excuse to evade Ekaterina, wanting her to talk about serious matters.

Judging from the specific performance of these insects, it is not difficult for the empire to wipe them out. They are just a kind of harmful beasts similar to wild boars and tigers.

"This is just its juvenile form. If it can suck enough blood and replenish its nutrition, it will evolve into this."

Ekaterina slid her hand to the side, and her bamboo shoot-like fingers cut through the space, revealing a laboratory of the Imperial Research Institute far away in Sedwell.

Several researchers are conducting experiments on a dead "python" that is suspended in mid-air.

"Python" is the adult of this insect, of course, it looks more like a cylindrical centipede.

The body of this adult is relatively slender, but it can grow sharp thorns that are nearly one meter long. The color of its body also turns brown and yellow with stripes, and it looks quite tough.

"Um……"

Seeing Ye He staring at the adult specimen in deep thought, the ladies tacitly agreed not to disturb him.

"So ugly."

But after a few seconds, Ye He lowered his head and instructed the bug on his wrist:
"Squeak, your adult form is so ugly, you must not grow up to look like that!"

"Zhizhi?" Zhizhi seemed to be able to distinguish Ye He's voice, but obviously could not understand it.

Even a name has been chosen... The corners of Ekaterina's mouth twitched, and she reluctantly introduced Ye He to the main topic.

"I need you to go to the border and find out where this thing's nest is. It would be best if you could exterminate them."

"That's it?"

What puzzled Ye He was not how difficult this commission was, but that it was too simple.

Please, he just killed a world-destroying being, and now he is asked to kill insects?
"..."

Ekaterina glanced at Zheng Yumei, and immediately answered Ye He's question on behalf of her boss:

“According to the news sent back from the border, this kind of bug is likely to come from abroad, and may even be related to the federal border city of Alvink.

Although according to the response from the federal side, they were also attacked by this kind of insects.

But they have never been able to find the insect's nest, and the insects continue to cross the border and hurt people.

Therefore, you who can cross borders at will and have sufficient strength are just the right people to handle this disaster."

"Well said," Ye He nodded to Zheng Yumei, then turned to Ekaterina:

"So, what is it that you really want me to do?"

Although Zheng Yumei gave Ye He a reason, it was not enough. The disaster caused by these insects was not serious enough to require Ye He to be dispatched.

"We have obtained the Federation's latest steam engine, and the Northendon factory has begun manufacturing parts according to your drawings."

Ekaterina also explained the reason to Ye He:

“This matter cannot be concealed from the Federation. This bug is just a warning and a foreshadowing.

The Federation must have secretly supported the breeders of this kind of insects, hoping to take revenge in the name of natural disasters.

So far, the mother of this insect has not appeared, but it will definitely appear!

Rather than sit there and passively endure the attack, I would rather invite you to go to the Federation for a visit, what do you think?"

Ye He understood what she said. The Empire and the Federation that divided the world into two parts looked very "grand", but in fact, this world was just a huge makeshift team.

Either you compete with each other to see who is worse, or you make things difficult for each other, or you can do both at the same time!

Sometimes, competition between countries can be very petty.

Ye He understood this better than anyone else, so he nodded to Ekaterina without hesitation.

"Okay, I'm free anyway, and I'm interested in the customs and practices of the Federation."

After saying that, Ye He stood up and prepared to leave. Before walking out of the car, he raised the Zhizhi on his arm to Ekaterina.

“But I want to keep this one.”

"up to you."

After receiving the reply, Ye He left with satisfaction. As soon as he left, Zheng Yumei couldn't wait to ask Ekaterina:

"Sir, is it really appropriate for him to handle this matter?"

The one who is asking whether Ye He is suitable now is Zheng Yumei, and it was she who said Ye He is suitable just now. In fact, everyone knows that Ye He's movements have far-reaching implications.

His strength has reached an incredible level, and it is completely uncontrollable.

Zheng Yumei couldn't help but wonder whether Catherine wanted to use this incident to keep Ye He away from the empire.

If you can't tie them down, can't beat them to death, and can't afford to offend them, then you can only stay away from them.

"You can ask him yourself when you go to bed with him. It's not like you don't know that he's too lazy to lie."

Ekaterina did not answer Zheng Yumei's question explicitly because she knew that Ye He, like her, had the ability to remotely monitor everything around him.

Although if he said this, Ye He would realize that he wanted him to leave Saidawell temporarily, but at least there was room for easing the situation. Ye He had just agreed to go to the border, and there was no way he would go back on his word now.

Ye He, who had not yet returned to his own carriage, also had a playful expression on his face.

So... the question is, what exactly happened in Sedaver that was so serious that Ekaterina felt she shouldn't go back?

"Sir, you are back."

As soon as he returned to his carriage, Ye He attracted the attention of many ladies.

He smiled at the girls who had taken off their armor. Since he had not yet found a way to restore their bodies, they could only continue to use the bodies of these five saints.

The female companions and subordinates who came with them were also in this carriage, including Hera, the Sisters of Withering and Decaying, and Jenada. These were all strong people that Ye He could trust and had sufficient strength.

Therefore, even if Ye He himself did not go back to Sedawil, with so many people going back to watch over it for him, he was not afraid that Sedawil would turn against him.

Let’s make some noise, when I return from the border, there should be another surprise waiting for me in Sedaville.

"what is this?"

The Light Knight noticed the plump white Zhizhi wrapped around Ye He's arm. She poked it with her finger out of curiosity and found it was soft.

But with a "squeak", rows of sharp spikes immediately popped out from the body surface, which scared the Light Knight and almost got him stabbed.

"I picked up this little pet. I will separate from you later. You go back to Sedawell. I need to go to the border of the empire to deal with this guy's ethnic group problem."

Ye He scratched Zhizhi's skin, and it retracted all its thorns. Ye He also found a pillow for it and cut a hole in it for it to crawl into.

From now on, I will use this pillow as a nest for it to keep it.

"You won't be coming back to Cedarville with us?"

Hera didn't pay much attention to Zhizhi's existence. Instead, she looked at the girls who were reluctant to part with Ye He and asked Ye He on their behalf.

"Well, there are things to do. Don't forget, I'm here for vacation, and going to the border is for serious business."

Ye He could only use this "legitimate reason" to fool the ladies. Of course, he still had to appease them one by one later.

Fortunately, this train needs to pass through the western region, and Ye He will part ways with them only after returning to the empire.

He still had enough time to appease the ladies and to complete the explanation to Hera and others.

But before that...I seem to have an unfinished account to settle.

Before the train went too far, Ye He returned to the Holy City of Lieyang that night.

In the garrison of the Knights of the Fiery Sun, Ye He found Beatrice, who was temporarily taking over the position of Pope and was in charge of the situation.

No one knew how Beatrice "convinced" Ye He in the tent covered by a special soundproofing array, but a few hours later, Ye He left without asking for the money he had transferred back.

(End of this chapter)