Chapter 59: Bankrupting the Thousand-Armed God with Food

The video featuring Violet Fennel did not end there. The viewers watched as Violet effortlessly hunted and killed a Serpent Demon, then consumed its flesh.
“One pound per day. In ten days, you’ll become an Evolver. The energy in Serpent Demon meat is immense; if you eat more, you’ll need to train.”
Next, Violet hunted another creature.
That creature was the Poison Demon Spider, which now struck fear into both humanity and heroes alike.
Violet showed everyone which parts of the Poison Demon Spider were edible—only the flesh beneath the chest armor—and warned to clean it carefully, or risk poisoning.
“Three pounds of meat. Once you finish eating, you’ll become an Evolver.”
After this, Violet disappeared from the screen, replaced by enormous text.
“Evolvers possess unique talents, akin to instinct. Upon awakening, they can sense them. Once talents are awakened, the power of thought and the power of life can both absorb Star Energy Crystals.”
The message lingered for ten seconds before the visuals faded, and the Eye of Ten Thousand Sects continued flying forward. After traveling ten thousand meters, it seemed to find another target and began broadcasting again.
The Eye of Ten Thousand Sects broadcast twice in Yangchuan City, then departed.
Qin Hao saw that, at this moment, countless humans released their power of thought, all expressing gratitude and reverence for Violet.
Though Violet could not receive the power of thought from such distances, the flood from countless Hero Points would still overwhelm her.
“She truly is an extraordinary woman,” Qin Hao thought.
If she were ordinary, she would not be Violet.
However, Violet’s public revelation had clearly affected Qin Hao’s previous plans. But he was not afraid; perhaps this would even let him earn a tidy sum.
Once again, Qin Hao released his power of thought.
“Five Star Crystals for one pound of Serpent Demon meat.”
It was difficult for people to part with a hundred Star Energy Crystals at once, but five was much easier.
Ten days, ten pounds of Serpent Demon meat, only fifty Star Energy Crystals—half the price, a bargain everyone could see.
Some might consider awakening their talent with the meat of the Fang Demon, becoming an Evolver, but everyone knew that in this apocalypse, falling behind even once meant falling behind forever.
Weakness meant a high risk of death.
Qin Hao took out a Serpent Demon corpse from his spatial ring. It weighed a thousand pounds, meaning this one Serpent Demon could bring Qin Hao five thousand Star Energy Crystals.
This business was never a loss.
Many were hiding Star Energy Crystals; Qin Hao quickly sold off most of the Serpent Demon corpse, and more people began venturing out to hunt Fang Demons.
Violet’s Eye of Ten Thousand Sects left Yangchuan City, spreading outward.
Across the more than three hundred cities of Hua Nation, with a population of 1.2 billion, the disaster had taken 150 million lives.

Now, with one billion fifty million people remaining, each person needed to eat ten Fang Demons—especially in Yangchuan City, where those wishing to buy Serpent Demon flesh from Qin Hao had to hunt Fang Demons daily.
For survival, for strength.
The people of Hua Nation embarked on a mad path of “eating.”
Violet, using the Eye of Ten Thousand Sects, gathered countless Hero Points, stirring an even greater butterfly effect.
Within just three days, the number of Fang Demons dropped by ten million.
...
In a distant extragalactic system, on the Insect Star, the Thousand-Arm Deity noticed that one-tenth of the lowest-level Fang Demons in its breeding tank had been lost.
The Thousand-Arm Deity was so furious it wanted to destroy several asteroids.
Actually, it had foreseen this before reversing time.
Gods vary in strength; deities like it, when invading other planets to strip Star Energy, often send creatures as cannon fodder.
Cannon fodder would eventually be wiped out, but the contribution they made determined how much Star Energy would be allocated.
This time, the Thousand-Arm Deity’s invasion might only earn it a sip of soup in the end.
“Damn Silver Light, damn humans,” the Thousand-Arm Deity roared.
Looking at the countless creatures in its breeding tanks, it realized that at this rate, after thirty more spatial black hole openings, even the Fang Demons would go extinct.
“Hmph, don’t think this will make things better, or rewrite fate. A species that has never comprehended Star Energy, whose time is so short, how could they possibly become gods?”
“They haven’t been destroyed merely because they haven’t encountered powerful enemies yet.”
With these thoughts, the deity’s divine consciousness connected to the far side of the universe.
“Flame Demon God, do you want to act now? Send a little toy?” The Thousand-Arm Deity’s malicious power of thought transmitted outward.
...
“Mission Predictor activated.”
After several quiet days, the system’s voice returned.
This was a main quest, not a random one.
Qin Hao looked at the message in the Mission Predictor.
[Ancient Demon Invasion]
The Claw Civilization’s invasion has lasted half a month. Many human survivors remain, but a new invading civilization will soon enter the fray.
The Ancient Demon Civilization will send hunting creatures to Blue Star. Hero, please protect humanity and survive this crisis.

Mission rewards:
Slay a Flame Hound to earn 1,000 Hero Points.
Slay a Flame Lion for 5,000 Hero Points.
Slay a Level One Evolved Flame Demon for 10,000 Hero Points.
Rewards for other creatures will be updated as needed...
Seeing this message, Qin Hao took a deep breath.
The Level One Evolved Flame Demon, originally set to invade three months later, was arriving early.
And this time, Qin Hao could not alter the main quest with his own strength.
The Claw Civilization’s sentient Claw Insect Tribe had descended all at once on Yangchuan City, with no second wave following.
But the Ancient Demon was not sending a sentient species, rather creatures bred by deities for hunting, able to enter Blue Star continuously.
Now, humanity on Blue Star could not even achieve universal awakening. How many level one Evolvers could there be?
“Perhaps I should be grateful it’s not the Vodoo Demon this time.”
The appearance of the Vodoo Demon would be even more terrifying.
No matter how Qin Hao thought, the catastrophe would still occur.
And only ten minutes remained until its arrival.
The first invasion of any civilization never occurs at a fixed time.
At present, Qin Hao was still outside the gate of Yangchuan Base, selling Serpent Demon meat.
In just three days, Qin Hao had earned seventy thousand Star Energy Crystals.
That meant seventy thousand Fang Demons had died in Yangchuan City alone in three days—imagine how many died across Hua Nation.
No wonder the Ancient Demon Civilization was invading early. After the Poison Demon Spider was slain, the Fang Civilization could no longer restrain humanity, let alone reduce the population. If things continued, the Fang Demons might be wiped out, humanity would all awaken talents and become Evolvers, and with the increase in their numbers, who knew what variables might arise—what if a deity truly emerged?
Then all the Claw Civilization’s early investments would be wasted.
“I won’t sell today. Go home, everyone. Don’t go outside. A new disaster is coming.”
Qin Hao packed away the Serpent Demon meat.
Those gathered around him were stunned at his words.