A Core Ship From The Start - Chapter 1309 - Chapter 1309 Chapter 884 Overthinking is a Disease

Chapter 1309: Chapter 884: Overthinking is a Disease Chapter 1309: Chapter 884: Overthinking is a Disease “What happened? What just happened??”

Enisphia opened her eyes, surprised, and looked around, only to see that the Demon Beasts that had been flying chaotically had disappeared without a trace, and Duanmu Huai was now cursing and putting away his War Hammer.

“Damn it, do they really think I’m that easy to bully? A bunch of worthless birds, pretending to be something they’re not…”

“Did you do that, Great Judge? What did you do?”

Yuriya also widened her eyes in amazement and stared at Duanmu Huai as she asked.

“Oh? Nothing much, I just used a little trick; these sons of b*tches really thought I couldn’t do anything since they can fly so fast… Ha, I might not catch up with you, but if I blow up this entire area, let’s see where you can run!”

“Uh…”

It goes without saying, upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s angry complaints, both Enisphia and Yuriya were speechless. They could certainly understand Duanmu Huai’s thinking, it’s just…

“Sir Judge, do you also know Magic?”

“A bit, not as fancy and colorful as yours, just some simple stuff.”

“Know a bit…”

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s offhand reply, Yuriya looked complicated. She still remembered that terrifying sensation as if the entire sky was about to collapse. To be honest, Yuriya asked herself if she could produce a similar effect, even if she exhausted all her Magic Power, it might not be possible.

But to Duanmu Huai, it seemed as carefree as an afternoon walk and tea.

Luckily, this was happening in the sky. If this was on the ground…

Thinking of this, Yuriya looked down at the city with complex emotions.

Truth be told, she wasn’t certain whether this abandoned city would be directly turned to dust and smoke.

After all, Yuriya had never heard of such powerful magic–sure, maybe the Demon Clan had it, but Humans… Wait, he’s not really from the Demon Clan, is he?

But he doesn’t have horns… don’t all from the Demon Clan have horns?

After Duanmu Huai cleared away those flying Demon Beasts in one fell swoop, the remaining issues were no longer a problem. Soon, the United Army below had also cleared out the demon beast forces and started to set up defenses in the city. Duanmu Huai and General Gaius had a chat, during which General Gaius mentioned this city was strategically located with an intact urban structure, so Prince Algard planned to use it as a base.

“Using this as a base? Has he gone braindead?”

That was Duanmu Huai’s first reaction to General Gaius’s words.

“…”

General Gaius had to admit, it’s good that he was the one dealing with him. If it were those young ones, just this one sentence might have angered them to death.

“Using it as a base means high maintenance and subsequent investments, our carried supplies are limited, and the city doesn’t have enough supplies. Staying for two or three days for rest makes sense, but using this as a base, what the heck?”

“Prince Algard has thought about this too. The Paretia Kingdom will deploy another force to transport supplies here and then take over the stationing. After resupplying, we can continue our journey.”

“That’s right, wait until the supply troops at the back get ambushed by the Demon Clan, and then we’ll be in the dark, wasting time and supplies for nothing. And when we realize that the supply troops have been annihilated, we’ll already be in too deep to escape, right?”

“…”

General Gaius fell silent. That was his concern as well. As it is well-known, the army can’t march without supplies, and Paretia Kingdom’s reserves are limited. Sustaining an army of tens of thousands was already pushing it; another wave of supplies might bankrupt the treasury.

So when Prince Algard first proposed this plan, General Gaius was very much against it. But the other advisors around believed the Demon Clan had probably retreated to the Northern Land and wouldn’t attack the supply units–they can fly, okay? Just flying a bit would get them there.

In the end, General Gaius compromised, agreeing to dispatch a supply unit but not too many… Even so, he still had concerns. As Duanmu Huai said, feeding and watering tens of thousands isn’t a small number. Each additional day they stayed here was essentially an extra day’s worth of supplies wasted.

If the supply unit really got attacked and supplies became insufficient… then the United Army would be in real danger.

“This is Prince Algard’s order.”

“I really wonder if he’s a mole from the other side, trying to play us to death.”

“…”

Gaius thought it best to stop talking, it was too dangerous to go on.

Although he had a bit of the same thought deep down…

While Duanmu Huai and General Gaius were making their complaints, Enisphia and Yuriya had also returned to their own quarters, but seeing Yuriya deep in thought, Enisphia got curious and started inquiring.

“What’s the matter? Miss Yuriya? What are you thinking about?”

“Ah, Your Highness Anisphere, I was just thinking… sorry, it’s just a personal thought…”

“Come on, just tell me.”

Hearing Yuriya’s words, Enisphia’s curiosity was piqued, and she immediately grabbed Yuriya’s arm. Although they weren’t very familiar with each other before, the two had been flying together daily, which had formed a rapport. Upon hearing Enisphia’s question, Yuriya paused for a moment and finally mustered the courage to speak up.

“I, I suspect… Sir Judge might possibly be from the Demon Clan…”

“Eh? Why would you think that?”

“Because…”

Yuriya also explained to Enisphia, after all, the magic Duanmu Huai displayed was too shocking to the world. Not to mention that Yuriya couldn’t possibly do that, there are probably few human magicians in this world capable of achieving such a feat. Enisphia, after all, is not a magician, so she might not feel it, but any normal magician who saw Duanmu Huai’s performance just now would have the same thought.

Is this even humanly possible?!

“Hmmmmmm…”

After listening to Yuriya’s explanation, Enisphia also fell into contemplation, then her eyes lit up.

“Right, I understand now!”

“Eh? Your Highness Anisphere, you understand?”

“That’s right! I think it should be like this… You see, the Demon Clan all have horns, but Sir Judge doesn’t have them, which proves that he must be from the Demon Clan! After all, look at him being so much taller than ordinary people, and he looks so fierce, it’s obvious he’s not human!”

“Eh? But he doesn’t have horns!”

“You see, I think it’s like this, perhaps it’s precisely because he was born without horns that the Demon Clan abandoned him, and then Sir Judge was left to live alone, harboring anger and resentment towards the Demon Clan who abandoned him. That’s why he joined the great army to exterminate the Demon Clan, to take revenge on those who abandoned him… Ouch ouch ouch ouch!!”

However, before Enisphia could finish speaking, an iron hand reached out from behind, grabbed Enisphia’s head, and lifted her into the air.

“Daydreaming is an illness, it looks like you need treatment!”

Duanmu Huai watched Enisphia struggle desperately in his grip, and he applied a bit more strength.

“Ah ah ah ah! Help me, I’m going to explode, my head is going to explode!!”

Seeing Enisphia’s pitiful screams, Duanmu Huai then threw her to the ground.

“Are you stupid or something? The Demon Clan is inherently devoid of human emotions and doesn’t have the concept of family. All Demon Clan members grow up alone, this is common knowledge. Don’t you ever go to school?”

Since Duanmu Huai had to deal with Demon Clan, he naturally investigated knowledge about them. These are experiences that have been passed down for hundreds and thousands of years. Are you not using your brain or what?

He basically thought she was utterly brainless.

Looking at Enisphia shivering on the ground, Duanmu Huai let out a cold snort.

“Your script of ‘The Prince’s Revenge’ might work on humans, but it’s completely useless against the Demon Clan.”

“Eh? But the Demon Clan can also speak our language, right? I think we should be able to communicate…”

“You really haven’t realized the threat posed by the Demon Clan at all, have you?”

Watching Enisphia holding her head, Duanmu Huai sighed inwardly.

“Let me ask you a question, do you know the origin of the Demon Clan?”

“Ah, this I know…”

Yuriya raised her hand.

“I heard that at first, the Demon Clan was a kind of demon beast that imitated human voices to lure and then prey on humans…”

“That’s right, do you understand now?”

“………….???”

“Ahh……”

Looking at the two naive and simple-minded girls staring blankly at him, Duanmu Huai sighed.

“Let’s put it this way, if one day you’re walking down the street, and then you hear a little girl’s voice crying ‘it hurts, it hurts, help me’… Would you go and check it out? If you did and found it was a Demon Clan member–well, you’d definitely finish it off, but what would you think of that Demon Clan? That it’s cunning and taking advantage of human compassion?”

“Isn’t that the case?”

“Of course not.”

Faced with Enisphia’s naive counter-question, Duanmu Huai scoffed.

“The moment you attribute human emotions to the Demon Clan, you’ve already lost. To the Demon Clan, they don’t understand what human emotions are at all. The reason it does that is simple–because it knows crying out for help with that voice will attract prey, that’s all.”

Duanmu Huai had read quite a few books describing the Demon Clan, and he had also killed a few of them. Then he noticed something.

The thinking patterns of these Demon Clan, in a strict sense, are more similar to AI. They have their unique logic and ways of thinking. It’s like asking an AI how to improve productivity. AI naturally suggests that the best way is to dispose of the surplus population, and it will also remind you that it’s best to deal with the elderly.

Because from an AI’s perspective, children can grow up, the young labor force is responsible for output, the older ones bear the duty of reproduction, while the elderly, in the AI’s standards, are seen as having no output but rather consuming a lot of social resources. Therefore, from the standpoint of improving productivity, the elderly naturally need to be eliminated.

An AI might even directly suggest enacting laws that state people over the age of 60, with “no use value,” should be executed.

This is unacceptable from a human perspective, but for AI, there’s no problem at all.

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The thought processes of the Demon Clan are pretty much in line with AI, to the point that Duanmu Huai suspected these beings could be humanoid robots.

So after figuring it out, Duanmu Huai lost interest–why waste words with AI, smashing solves everything, huh.

“So don’t overthink it. No matter what the Demon Clan says, it has nothing to do with humans, just beat them and that’s it.”

Looking at the two dazed and confused figures, Duanmu Huai let out a cold snort.

“Remember this, otherwise you’re doomed sooner or later.”