22: A third race besides humans and NPCs

Standing before the woman, Ye Xiao asked with interest, "You're not going to beg for mercy?"

The woman pointed to the corpses of her companions not far away.

"They begged for mercy, but didn't you still kill them?"

"I didn't expect you to have such backbone. Aren't you afraid of death?"

To his surprise, the woman shook her head.

"I'm very scared. I want to live, so I'm using this unconventional method to attract your attention, hoping you'll spare my life."

Ye Xiao smiled.

"You think this little trick will work?"

"At least I'm still alive right now," the woman said.

Ye Xiao became interested.

"What now? How do you plan to make me let you go?"

Hearing this, the woman took a deep breath.

"Keep me. I can help you take control of the remaining forces of the Golden Phoenix Legion in Black Sand City, and all future income from the Legion will be yours."

Seeing no reaction from Ye Xiao, the woman gritted her teeth.

"Also, I can tell you a secret about Snow Phoenix."

This time, Ye Xiao spoke.

"Tell me."

The woman was smart and didn't haggle.

"On the surface, the Golden Phoenix Legion is the number one gold-farming legion in Black Sand City."

"But besides that, Snow Phoenix is also cultivating 'containers' for a hidden power, sending them to the Miasma Hidden Forest."

Hearing this, Ye Xiao's heart stirred.

This woman was very clever; she knew he had become the master of the Miasma Hidden Forest.

So she knew what information would pique his interest.

However, such a matter should, by rights, be highly confidential.

How could this woman in front of him know?

As if guessing Ye Xiao's thoughts.

The woman gave a wry smile and said, "No need to guess, because I am the key tool she uses to cultivate these containers."

Ye Xiao rapidly pondered the credibility of the woman's words.

What exactly did she mean by 'containers'?

The information he had learned from Remi earlier didn't mention any such thing as containers.

Could that old man have lied to him?

But in an instant, he shook his head.

Remi's life and freedom were now in his hands.

That old man had no reason to deceive him.

Thinking this, Ye Xiao finally spoke, "Why are you key to cultivating containers, and what exactly are these containers?"

Hearing this, the woman unconsciously bit her lip, then seemed to make a great decision.

"To become a container, the most crucial point, and the only point, is this."

"That is, the container cannot be human, at least not a pure human."

"What do you mean?" Ye Xiao stared at the woman before him, whose beauty was no less than Snow Phoenix's, and his heart skipped a beat.

The woman knew there was no turning back, so she no longer hesitated.

"To be precise, those who can become containers can only be mixed-blood slaves."

Mixed-blood slaves?

Hybrid descendants of humans and NPCs?

Ye Xiao was greatly astonished.

He had once read historical data about the Eternal World.

He knew that before humans and NPCs had a large-scale war, there were many indescribable stories between humans and NPCs.

Some were initiated by humans, others by NPCs.

Some were related to love, others were instinctive.

In short, this process was very chaotic.

The result was that a few years later, a new race appeared in the Eternal World.

Humans called them mixed-blood slaves, while NPCs called them cursed ones.

According to historical records, mixed-blood slaves were theoretically a branch of NPCs, but they also inherited some panel abilities from humans.

As a result, in the Eternal World, they could hide their information very well.

Unlike NPCs, who could not block human detection.

Just like earlier in the Miasma Hidden Forest, Ye Xiao could recognize Remi's NPC identity at a glance.

This was because of the unique NPC tag on Remi.

Later, with the world-ending war that broke out between humans and NPCs, mixed-blood slaves were captured by both sides and sent to the front lines as cannon fodder.

After the world-ending war ended, traces of mixed-blood slaves in the Eternal World became extremely rare.

Even if there were surviving mixed-blood slaves, they chose to disguise themselves as part of humanity out of fear.

To this day, most people have completely forgotten about this race that emerged from "love."

If it weren't for this woman mentioning it just now, Ye Xiao clearly wouldn't have remembered the existence of such a race.

For a moment, Ye Xiao's mind was a bit chaotic.

Suppressing the shock in his heart, Ye Xiao looked at the woman in front of him and asked curiously.

"Mixed-blood slaves can also be cultivated?"

Hearing this, a hint of sadness flashed in the woman's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by anger.

"My blood contains extremely pure mixed-blood slave blood. As long as my blood is injected into human women, there's a certain chance that the recipient's body will undergo a mutation, thereby acquiring the characteristics of a mixed-blood slave."

Pausing, the woman continued:

"Do you know why those people just now were so willing to die for Snow Phoenix?"

"That's because the physical mutation caused their minds to become confused, and after Snow Phoenix's constant manipulation, these people became her devoted followers."

"At the same time, the outstanding 'seeds' among these women would be sold by her to the hidden power, in exchange for various benefits."

"Compared to you, she is the true devil."

Ye Xiao touched his nose, speechless.

"Well, thank you very much then."

However, maintaining a cautious attitude, Ye Xiao continued to ask:

"Why didn't you escape?"

The woman gritted her teeth and said, word for word:

"Because Snow Phoenix is also a mixed-blood slave. She has a way to track my location in real-time. I can't escape at all."

Ye Xiao was startled and couldn't help but look back at the charred corpse not far away.

The leader of the Golden Phoenix Legion, one of Black Sand City's three major legions, was actually a mixed-blood slave?

This news was truly a bit shocking.

However, Ye Xiao immediately asked, puzzled, "Do mixed-blood slaves have such a magical tracking ability?"

The woman shook her head.

"No, it's that there's a strange connection between us, which makes it impossible for me to escape her clutches."

Ye Xiao: "You and she..."

The woman nodded.

"That's right, my name is Xue Ling, and Snow Phoenix is my biological older sister."

"..."

Well, he just stole a boss, did it have to turn into such a dramatic scene?

For a moment, Ye Xiao didn't know what to say.

However, after Xue Ling's explanation, Ye Xiao had already given up the idea of killing her.

It was clearly impossible to concoct such a brilliant story in such a short time.

So, although Ye Xiao couldn't completely trust this woman yet, he had abandoned the thought of killing her.

Just as Xue Ling had said, keeping her could indeed bring many benefits.

The most direct benefit was the income from the Golden Phoenix Legion.

Just the toll fees alone could bring in a good income every month.

He had experienced this firsthand.

Although he hated being bullied by power, this didn't mean he was against using power to bully others.

If there were benefits to be had and he didn't take them, he would be struck by lightning.

As for the power behind the Golden Phoenix Legion, it should be one of the Zhao Family or the Qin Family, as they were connected to the Miasma Hidden Forest.

Although these two families were giants in the Alliance, Ye Xiao wasn't afraid of them in the Novice Zone.

If the other party truly became enraged and sent experts from the Advanced Zone after him, he could always just leave.

As for Xue Ling and the people of the Golden Phoenix Legion, there was no relationship between them to begin with.

If they died, they died.

This was also the reason why Ye Xiao spared Xue Ling after analyzing the pros and cons.