Chapter 60: Chaos Ensues

Mo Yu pressed further: "Why?"

Elise replied: "Because there is infighting among the demon hunters as well. To gain a voice and influence, they need greater strength, which requires a massive amount of resources."

Hearing this, Mo Yu understood. Ever since he began his cultivation, he had realized the importance of resources. Relying solely on absorbing energy from the void made his cultivation progress at a speed so slow it was practically negligible. One of his main objectives for this trip was to acquire some cultivation resources to take back with him and fiercely boost his rank.

Humans are incapable of cultivation on their own.

Resources come from monsters.

Demon hunters need monsters.

What if there are not enough monsters...

Mo Yu let out a long sigh and said:

"Do they farm monsters using ordinary people?"

"Mhm."

Elise nodded and continued:

"Compared to the dynasties ruled by demon hunters, a slave society is paradise. Back then, the demon hunters were not yet strong enough; ordinary people rose up in unison and ultimately overthrew them. A consensus was reached within humanity that transcendent beings must never be allowed to rule human society, and that rule has lasted until today."

Mo Yu stroked his chin and thought, "Your plan to sow discord requires the support of other monsters, right? Otherwise, you are simply giving away your own territory."

Elise nodded and said, "Texas is the experimental field. If things fall into chaos locally, it proves my plan is working. Naturally, I will then negotiate with other monster leaders to form an alliance and stand together through thick and thin."

Mo Yu fell silent.

He looked out the window.

Under the streetlight, vagrants gathered in small groups, addicted to painkillers and resembling walking corpses.

Twenty years ago, there were no such people.

It has fallen into chaos.

It is truly in chaos.

Mo Yu laid Elise flat and struck her bottom hard once again, drawing a miserable shriek from her before pressing her: "What else does your plan entail? Spill it all."

Elise wriggled her body, covering her rear as best as she could, and stammered, "...Ordinary vampires can be mass-produced, so they must be discarded. Internally, we must pursue an elite path, gathering a large group of powerhouses and waiting quietly for the right time... The fact that my thralls are not afraid of sunlight can be put to good use by planting chess pieces deep within human society, waiting for the right moment to sow discord..."

Elise poured everything out like beans spilling from a bamboo tube, saying whatever came to mind.

Hearing this, Mo Yu's eyes lit up.

The elite path?

In other words, on the current timeline, Elise had practically gathered a group of the strongest vampires in the entire world around her.

If he could wipe them all out in one fell swoop...

A perfect ending!

Moreover, given the quirky nature of his stat panel, the more wildly he killed, the more generous the rewards would be.

"Well done!"

Unable to hold back, Mo Yu hugged Elise and planted a kiss on her little cheek.

"Yah! You jerk, what are you doing..."

Elise wiped her cheek, lowered her head with a blushing face, and angrily tapped Mo Yu twice with her small fists.

The girl had actually turned shy.

***

The car suddenly came to a stop.

An officer flagged the car down.

"Hee... lo..."

As the officer approached and prepared to go through the routine procedure, the car window rolled down, revealing a dog's head.

The officer's brain short-circuited.

Husky: "Woof woof? Woof woof woof woof? Woof woof woof?"

It seemed to be asking something.

Its expression was very sincere.

Its gaze carried a mixture of urgency and slight unease.

It even looked somewhat nervous.

It looked just like an ordinary person being pulled over for a check.

It was the first time the officer had ever seen such rich expressions on a dog, resembling those of a human. This jarring scene caused his brain to freeze, and under some inexplicable impulse, he replied, "Woof?"

"Woof woof!"

The Husky nodded in satisfaction and rolled up the car window.

The car drove away.

The officer stood frozen in place. He slapped himself across the face, then flagged down another car. When the window rolled down this time, a human appeared.

"I knew it! How could a dog pos... sibly drive a ca..."

The officer slapped his thigh, shouted in excitement, and then his expression changed drastically as he grabbed his walkie-talkie and roared:

"Captain! A dog was just driving a car!"

"Did you eat poisonous mushrooms?"...

No high-speed chase ensued.

The officer was dragged off for a urine test.

A moment later, the car reached its destination—a mountain road on the edge of the city, from which Elise's estate and a large portion of the villa area could be seen.

Mo Yu and Elise got out of the car.

The two approached the railing and looked down into the distance.

The estate was pitch black.

Mo Yu frowned.

There was no blood-red prompt.

The two exchanged glances.

Clearly, Elise had also noticed the abnormality at the estate.

Mo Yu said, "Let's go. Let's head down and take a look."

Elise nodded. A pair of bat wings unfurled from her back, and she conjured blood thorns in her hand, wrapping them around Mo Yu and Alpha.

The two humans and the dog took flight.

In less than a minute, they arrived above the estate and landed right at the main entrance.

***

The place had already fallen into complete ruin.

The walls were covered in Boston ivy, the fountain was dried up and littered with fallen leaves, the windows were shattered, and parts of the walls had collapsed, bearing clear traces of brute-force destruction.

The interior of the estate was filled with signs of a fierce battle. Various marks scarred the walls—some slashed by sharp weapons, some smashed by blunt instruments, and others from heavy impacts. The floors were also shattered into pieces with numerous holes, and sections of the rooms had collapsed.

They inspected several key locations, including the library, the warehouse, and the council hall.

Only fragments of damaged goods remained inside; everything else had vanished. Clearly, after a battle, an orderly retreat had taken place here.

Most likely, their location had been exposed and a powerful enemy had attacked. After emerging victorious, Elise had prudently abandoned this base and relocated elsewhere.

"Do you have any alternative bases?"

"No."

"Then think about it: under these circumstances, where would you establish your new base?"

Elise lowered her head in thought before offering two words: "The ocean."

"Then you would need an island hidden from maps, or a cruise ship drifting on the high seas."

Following Elise's line of reasoning, given her cautious nature, she would undoubtedly do this.

Elise nodded, agreeing with Mo Yu's deduction.

Trying to find a single ship or a hidden island in the vast, boundless ocean was no different from finding a needle in a haystack.

As for Mo Yu, he could indeed use brute-force exhaustion to search, but that would consume far too much time and energy.

He needed to change his approach.

For instance, capturing a tongue to interrogate.

Mo Yu already had a plan in mind, but before tracking down Elise's hiding place, he decided to visit another location first.

Alice's base.

Since Elise had left this place, Alice most likely wouldn't remain here either. With the big boss away from home, he wouldn't stand on ceremony.

Doing it alone might be difficult for him.

However.

He had Elise.

While Elise was a soft little kitten in his hands who would cry if pinched, once released, she was a genuine Vampire Baron—a powerhouse capable of destroying a good portion of a city at her full might, making her an absolute combat force in this era.

Having made up his decision, Mo Yu cast Rewind.

He reversed time back to the moment the car started.

Mo Yu said, "Stop. Change destination, let's go to Alice's house."

Elise asked in confusion, "Huh? Didn't you say we were going to my place first?"

"Listen to me, you can't go wrong." Mo Yu replied, not immediately sharing the information he had gathered.

Alpha updated the navigation destination, and the car started, plunging back into the night.