Pretending To Be A Boss

Bai Mansheng nodded slightly. He did not pursue the matter further. When no new stories were forthcoming, Bai Mansheng figured it out on his own.

After all, those stories were still quite interesting, or at least some parts were interesting, though the endings were not always satisfactory.

But often times, that's just the way stories are, having presented their most interesting parts, perhaps at that point they were already complete.

Just like some women in novels, who forever live in the readers' memories as young women.

The stories do not record their aging, but to age is to die.

When Tang Xian saw Bai Mansheng's expression had eased a lot, he said,

"I should be going. After I tidy up a bit on the Human World side, I will invite you to visit."

"Good, I'll be waiting for you."

Then Bai Mansheng added another line,

"Actually, without Xu Xian or without Tang Xian, it's not a problem, being deceived by you once or twice is quite interesting, but don't keep deceiving me."

Tang Xian was stunned.

He turned around and looked seriously at Bai Mansheng.

"Those humans have many entanglements with you, and perhaps your identity is more complicated than I thought. But you are not my enemy. I am not that narrow-minded, I hate Qing JiuYu, not you."

So, this woman had seen through it.

Tang Xian did not say much, only nodded earnestly.

Bai Mansheng was also very calm; she did not take the previous deceits too seriously.

After all, she was not foolish.

The game Tang Xian played as Xu Xian was quickly figured out by the literary young woman.

It only took thinking it over once or twice to understand.

"You should come to see me more often. Go ahead," Bai Mansheng said.

Tang Xian, feeling somewhat apologetic, said,

"I will bring you some more interesting stories if I get the chance."

"Good."

Bai Mansheng was still cool and detached.

Tang Xian and Tang Feiji then left.

In Tang Xian's eyes, Bai Mansheng, Qing JiuYu, were ultimately guests.

No matter how familiar they were, they could not compare to his own teammates.

He was never truly open with the beast races.

Tang Feiji, Bai Mansheng, Qing JiuYu, Jin Lu—he might meet many other beast races in the future.

Perhaps he would keep many secrets from them.

The only exception was Tang Xiaojiu.

Yet after today's conversation, Tang Xian realized that he could, in fact, be nicer to the creatures of the beast races.

After leaving the Tianque Plains, Tang Xian did not go to the Blood Wasteland.

He knew that Qing JiuYu's fox tribe had not participated in the war, as he had realized during his last visit.

Without any delay, he flew straight to the Saint Dene Highlands.

That was the stronghold where humans had retreated after their defeat at the Yuepela Plains.

If the Saint Dene Highlands were to fall, humans would be forced to withdraw, bringing the war to an end.

Because the environment outside the Saint Dene Highlands was extremely harsh and no camps could be established there.

This battle could be fought because humans could leave the mining area at any time.

Many battles with harsh conditions were avoided.

But now that some transfer stations had been destroyed and portable rifts were banned,

everyone anticipated that a more prolonged battle with the beast horde was imminent.

It would surely be a very fierce battle.

While thinking about this, Tang Xian took out a kitchen knife and a mask from his bag of props.

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Saint Dene Highlands.

The federation's higher-ups had realized early on what to do if the Yuepela Plains were not taken.

So, even before the war officially broke out, defensive structures were already being built on the highest point of the Saint Dene Highlands.

Walls, fortresses, arrow towers.

In the mining world, even though many elite Hunter's Groups had powerful equipment, the defensive structures they could build resembled those of the sixteenth century.

More than thirty thousand temporary workers and over nine hundred talented individuals built them over six months.

The construction materials were made of the harder minerals from the mining area.

It can be said that this was not only a defensive fortress but also the most sophisticated civil construction in the Human World in the mining world.

While repeatedly attacked by the beast tide, the fortress and the terrain of the highlands allowed humans to hold their line despite a huge disparity in combat strength.

But they were increasingly tired.

Song Que and Li Zheng were in the front-line camp, surrounded by officers from various units.

"This time, there are about sixty different species in the beast horde, with a number of around six thousand. Most are elite-level, with a few perfect-level. There are roughly four hundred air-assault units."

The one reporting this was the eyes of the Gu Luo team, Ye Feng.

In this war, Ye Feng's extreme vision occasionally proved even more effective than Song Que's precognition.

It was thanks to Ye Feng and Song Que that humans could repeatedly avoid battles that they could not win.

"We can fight, and we can win," said Li Zheng.
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"In previous battles, the number of beasts hadn't changed, but perhaps because we have been retreating, they have reassessed our combat strength?" said Yu Shengzhi.

He was the commander-in-chief of the regular army at Sky Guardian Fortress and was no less a powerful human master than Li Zheng.

"I think we can strike. This horde is indeed not easy to handle, but it's our best chance to win," said another governor of the fortress.

Although there were many feuds among the leaders of the fortresses on regular days, when facing the beast hordes, all factions were very united.

Song Que did not speak, silently looking at the chart that Ye Feng had written.

It detailed the distribution of the various beast races.