My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit-Chapter 233 - 219: A World Full of High-Appeal Beast-eared Maidens

Actually, this should have been a foreseeable situation, with the sudden appearance of a large number of people in the wilderness, along with the constant nuclear radiation and seemingly permanent permafrost...

All the debuffs seem to have been collected, and it's normal for this world's harsh environment to cause large-scale famine in winter. And judging by their appearance, many people seem to have been hungry for a long time.

Yet, despite this, they don't look ugly like the starving and diseased people on Earth; instead, they all seem to have a "high attractiveness" filter, and the average attractiveness of the refugees in this post-apocalyptic nuclear winter world is surprisingly high.

This actually indicates that their level of evolution is quite advanced, at least in progressing to converge into a likeness of the "Venerable King," unlike in the Old Demon Emperor's world where everyone looks bizarre and grotesque. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Just like the Old Demon Emperor, whose true form is a combination of a humanoid lizard and centipede, exuding an abstract and "ferocious" appearance, making anyone who sees him instantly feel that this creature is no good. That's why when Xue Dili first saw him, he had no doubt about his identity as the "Demon King."

Amidst the commotion among the refugees, as Xue Dili continuously gained their language model through their whispered conversations, a young lady, also wrapped in a coat, stepped out from the crowd. She seemed to be the leader of these refugees and appeared frail and delicate, even coughing as she walked.

"Sir, I am the leader of this polluter team, could you please come in and have a good talk with me?" She stared at Xue Dili, and although she appeared very frail, the threat in her eyes was obvious.

Xue Dili: "..."

...

He brought along the Little Dragon Lady, who was looking around curiously like a child, to an abandoned village.

This seemed to be the base of the group known as the "polluter team," with various bonfires lit throughout the village. Everyone was huddled desperately around the fires, praying the flames would dispel the cold from the outside.

And upon arriving here, he realized that he was actually a hostage.

That frail-looking young lady was definitely not the kind-hearted person she seemed to be, but rather, asked for information from his family like she was checking the household registry, and vaguely hinted that they should quickly get the family of this Noble Young Master to send money and supplies, otherwise, they'd tear up the ransom note.

Xue Dili also realized why he had been brought by these people. It was because both he and the Little Dragon Lady had clothes that were too clean, and their faces and hair were too tidy, making them look like pampered individuals from a noble family in this world.

Thus, this unruly group seemed to think they had captured a lone Noble Young Master and Miss, and although they were slightly polite, their blatant message was: "Young Master, you quickly send a letter to the family and provide enough supplies, show us some kindness by aiding these people who can't survive, and we promise your safety and won't harm you, otherwise don't blame us if things get unfriendly, and everyone will lose face."

However, during Xue Dili's observations, he noticed that everyone in this world, no matter who they were, had traits of a "Beast" in one way or another.

Just like the scales on the Little Dragon Lady's body and the wings on her back, he saw among the refugees that some had horns, some had prominently animal ears, and some directly had scales or fur growing on their bodies...

In short, this place seemed like heaven for beastman enthusiasts, although many of the beast traits he couldn't recognize, probably unique species to this planet, yet everyone's high attractiveness significantly softened the discomfort brought by this inhuman feeling.

Perhaps because they didn't know his background, these people seemed quite polite to this "Noble Young Master," and judging by their appearance, they seemed to expect to smoothly survive this harsh winter after gaining some supplies from him.

The Old Demon Emperor also frowned, as he was trying his best to learn the native language of this world, so he could understand what the natives were really saying.

Otherwise, they would be completely in the dark, only guessing what these people's purposes were by bringing them to this village.

"These people, they don't have Magic Power; unlike the Dragon Maiden who has normal Magic Power, these natives have some strange energy in their bodies, and I don't even know how to rate their power," the Old Demon Emperor said to Xue Dili, conveying his sensed intelligence.

"I've kind of figured it out, but I'm about to decipher their world's language, so just watch me negotiate," Xue Dili said confidently. Although he had previously felt that Aleye's Protection was leading him into trouble, seeing these refugees with eyes shining as they were still friendly towards him, he wondered if the Protection had indeed increased the base favorability effect.

At this moment, the frail young lady who was the leader seemed very confident in her strength, not even bringing any guards with her. She sat by the bonfire, directly asking, "I wonder which noble family you are from, young master. You just need to bring food for a thousand people, and we guarantee not to harm a hair on your head."

"Don't worry, we have professional couriers. As long as you provide the intelligence and information, we have a way to deliver your situation to your family's city-state. Your Patriarch just needs to pay with the food, and I will immediately release you and this young lady, as promised."

She lifted her hat and coat, and Xue Dili saw that under her hat were droopy ears over thirty centimeters long, and on the back of her head, it seemed there was something externally connected to her spine...

A tumor?

As a half-medical student, Xue Dili could only describe this thing like this. It seemed like an organ protruding out, as if fused with the body, connecting part of her back head to the spine like a parallel circuit board, very horrifying.

Earlier, under the hat and coat, Xue Dili didn't notice, but now seeing this tumor-like condition of hers, Xue Dili only felt very uncomfortable.

This comes from a human instinct, a repulsion and fear of "disease", and seeing something obviously diseased triggers a feeling of nausea and revulsion. It's unrelated to morality or will, it's a loathing of "disease" written in the basic code of any organism.

This is a kind of aversion and fear for such conditions, even to the extent that it stands out as a symptom of psychological disease, as in trypophobia.

This makes the sickly beautiful young lady who originally looks very lovely and weak from the front become terrifying like an evil ghost when seeing her tumor from the side or back.

The Little Dragon Lady hugged her own arm tightly behind, she also seemed startled by the mutated part of this beast-eared maiden, and now crouched slyly behind Xue Dili, even feeling like her hair was standing on end.

"I can provide food and clean water." Xue Dili opened his mouth, causing the face of the mutated young lady opposite to light up with joy.

"However, I need you to provide sufficient information in exchange. I need to know the intelligence outside the city, and the intelligence you know within the city is fine too. What about other cities and areas of this world? Are there any myths or the like from the ancient epochs of the whole world? All information can be exchanged with me for water and food..." At this point, Xue Dili no longer concealed his sharpness and directly stated his requirements.

This mutated young lady was momentarily taken aback, perhaps because of her relation as the leader of these refugees, she immediately suppressed her joy.

Because it seems that this Noble Young Master is not content with merely being extorted, but rather wants to exchange some intelligence to recover the extortion losses, making it likely for them to acquire more materials.

And for these refugees living in the wilderness outside the city, material supply is everything they need to survive.

"Fine, you can give us a list of the intelligence you want, and there are people among us who have gathered from all over, they will always provide you with some unexpected news." She seemed to immediately rip off and aim to leverage some wit to extract enough benefits from Xue Dili.

Xue Dili was speechless, he hated such situations full of scheming and probing. He probably wouldn't have any malice towards this group of refugees struggling to survive, but he also didn't want to go through complicated scenarios.

In short, skip it.

He didn't want to watch the plot, didn't want to go through it slowly, he didn't know where he was, didn't know who he was, didn't know what to do next, he just wanted to get the information and then speed through.

Xue Dili immediately stood up, in the gaze of this mutated young lady, with a snap of his fingers, countless pieces of bread fell from the sky, along with countless bottles of mineral water.

The eyes of the mutated young lady immediately went blank, the pupils filled with cunning and wit a moment ago seemed to be replaced with question marks.

And the Dragon Maiden beside Xue Dili instantly saw the pile of bread and mineral water like a small mountain, immediately throwing aside Xue Dili in excitement, diving into the bread pile like Tom Cat diving into the sea, randomly grabbing a piece of unknown bread and gnawing into it.

"You..." The mutated beast-eared young lady was immediately stunned, looking at Xue Dili, her mouth wide open, unable to speak.

"Not enough?" Xue Dili immediately responded with a glance, the next moment, he crossed his arms, and his aura at this moment was incredibly imposing.

Countless branches grew from his back, which stunned the Little Dragon Lady swimming in the bread pile, yet Xue Dili showed no intention of stopping. Quickly, those branches completely turned into bread, more bread, endlessly sprouting from the branches like an endless stream, as if strengthening the intelligence of the mutated young lady.

It put her brain and consciousness into a complete shutdown.

Then, the tree grew bread as if uprooted. Visibly, it became a bread person over ten meters tall, with cream oozing out, and in its hands appeared a more than ten-meter-long magic stick as a spear and a several-meter-diameter pancake as a shield.

Like the sturdiest of guards, this over ten-meter-tall bread person raised its pancake shield and magic stick spear, standing behind Xue Dili.

This scene was like a miracle descending, causing the minds of the natives present to stop thinking, all questioning if they had eaten too many mushrooms for lunch, causing hallucinations.

How could bread appear out of thin air, and how could a tree suddenly uproot and become a bread person? How could I dream such a dream?