I Don't Agree to the Terms

Chapter 809 430: Scheming and Infighting Before Anything Else

Of course, this doesn't mean that Gu Shanhai will leave the Ascension Empire at this stage.

Leaving is impossible; as his temporary headquarters, he will definitely not leave.

He has, after all, learned from the failure experience of Emperor Navia.

"Has the Moon Star Girl discovered some clues?" Gu Shanhai looked at the message just sent by the Ascension Empire's intelligent machines.

"It's been almost a year, and you're only now discovering clues!"

Gu Shanhai thought this group of Moon Star Girls was truly useless. Not to mention other things, according to normal Transcendent logic, everything on that planet should be controlled by this group of Moon Star Girls, just like the Navia Empire. Even if they need to ensure the Transcendents remain unknown on the surface, they could still cover it up.

But not only did this group of Moon Star Girls fight individually, they also completely failed to utilize their Transcendent advantages. Instead, they behaved like ordinary people, without even training.

Fortunately, the power of the Moon Star Girl isn't purely lunar energy, but a combination with bloodline, which changes as their beauty increases.

That's right, not because of age, but because of the increase in appearance.

For instance, if you're ugly as a child, you might not show any Transcendent traits, but if you grow up to be a beauty, you'll progress rapidly.

However, if you age and your looks decline, your power will decrease as well.

This left Gu Shanhai stunned. Such a bizarre power system exists in this world. Even magicians who rely on charm attributes aren't this biased. At least they don't lose charm and power as they age.

"Alright, discovering it now is normal; it's normal for scattered guerrillas with no communication channels to have fewer clues."

"However, it might be worth exploiting."

Gu Shanhai suddenly thought of something. This group of Moon Star Girls, although possessing Transcendent abilities, is essentially just girls, ordinary people not known for firm resolve and decisive action.

The intelligent machines have always tried various ways to confine this group of Moon Star Girls regionally, but they haven't experienced it directly. It's an indirect method and not very forceful, primarily serving as surveillance unless interfered with.

"Try to gather all these Moon Star Girls together, and let them plot against each other."

As a group of ordinary people, intrigue is bound to happen, especially with a large number of them. Stirring the pot, and allocating resources unevenly, conflict is inevitable.

Regarding his self-created intelligent machines, he never considered the Moon Star Girls as a combat reliance in his hands. They hold no value for him.

"Speaking of which, if the Moon Star Girls had plastic surgery, could it enhance their power, given that beauty is the standard?"

"If plastic surgery counts, then what determines the standard of appearance? Is it societal trends or genetic influence?"

The perception of appearance isn't fixed; it strengthens with the development of the times and species evolution disparities.

Just like people aren't drawn to monkeys... alright, most aren't, as there are those drawn to lizards, so Gu Shanhai doesn't dare to speak too definitively.

"It's worth a try; why not form a girl group and let these Moon Star Girls debut."

Gu Shanhai made a sarcastic remark; since it's already like this, making it a bit more ridiculous isn't a big issue.

This way, Gu Shanhai can test much more.

There's certainly no shortage of scheming within a girl group. With some malicious guidance, even the kindest white lotus would come out a manipulative green tea.

As for quitting, that's impossible; hefty breach penalties and social gossip and online discussions can shatter their mentality.

"This plan actually has quite a high success rate."

Gu Shanhai quickly assigned this plan to the Four Sacred Beasts System to handle. After some planning and calculations, they found the biggest challenge was how to debut these Moon Star Girls.

After all, most Moon Star Girls have jobs, and not everyone is keen on fame and fortune. Besides being good-looking, they have the awareness of ordinary people.

Another difficulty is how to bring this group together. If a large girl group has one or two Moon Star Girls, it's coincidental, but if the entire group does, even the oblivious can see it's a conspiracy.

So, they must be brought together reasonably.

The Four Sacred Beasts System suggested a solution: initially, don't form one group but thousands. At first, it's one person per group, then big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimp, ultimately merging them through a financial merger.

But this would take a very long time.

Also, there's a hidden danger: gathering too many Moon Star Girls in one area might attract extremely powerful Demon Claws.

Gu Shanhai wasn't worried about this danger. He even wanted to see if he could use this danger to break into the Demon Claw's Yang Energy World.

Otherwise, he feels the absence of a Yang Energy source is imperfect.

In contrast, if he could control the Moon Star Girl Transcendent group, he could potentially further enhance the Ascension Empire.

The Ascension Empire is a great tool, and Gu Shanhai isn't thinking about discarding it.

The main issue he discovered is that compared to conceptually downgraded systems, the Ascension Empire's intelligent machines are too limited.

If the technological environment can't keep up, they need to redevelop. Like now, they need to elevate the entire planet's tech level to a corresponding level for complete form.

If it were a primitive planet, they'd have to start from scratch, even with support, it wouldn't be that easy.

Indeed, Gu Shanhai suspected the Yang Energy universe from which the Demon Claw infiltrated might belong to a primitive, subsistence farming era.

This is data collected by the intelligent machines.

Unfortunately, Demon Claw corpses couldn't be obtained. When Moon Star Girls kill them, they turn into a radiant glow and disappear, leaving no entity, similar to the sun's glow.

"Come to think of it, this should be the second time I've encountered a group-type protagonist."

In this universe, the protagonists are the Moon Star Girls, not a single person. Because they are fragmented, each Moon Star Girl has some destiny but not much. They indeed turn curses into blessings and face adversity with fortune. Every encounter with the Demon Claws inevitably ends in victory.

Sadly, while victory is ensured, they're still subject to beatings along the way, and injuries are unavoidable. Luckily, the Moon Star Girls have decent recovery abilities, healing faster when basking in the moonlight.

"No Moon Star Girl has ever retired due to disability or death."

"However, retirement benefits are quite good; they even get assigned a handsome guy to ensure the next generation's good looks."

According to the data, Moon Star Girls can only retire if they choose to have the next generation, passing the burden to their daughters. Otherwise, they can't escape fate.

This, too, is a kind of tragedy.

As for why this is the case, Gu Shanhai is still researching and needs enough test subjects.

"After some time, when the timing is right, have the intelligent machines bring a few Moon Star Girls each time for in-depth dissection. Maybe then the reason can be found." Gu Shanhai is sure this has nothing to do with the original moon energy; it's related to the bloodline on their bodies since he has the original moon energy and couldn't have made the Multi-Life Flower without deep research.