Reincarnated as a Mosquito, the School Beauty I Sucked to Tears is a Reborn Empress

However, in the face of praise from the two esteemed figures, Gu Yuexi simply replied calmly, ”It was just a transaction.”

The implication was clear: she was paid to do a job, so there was no need for such pleasantries.

Qi Chongshan’s smile stiffened. He hadn’t expected this young woman to be so blunt, showing him no deference at all.

However, he hadn’t come today just to thank her.

He took a deep breath, his expression turning serious as he said in a solemn voice, ”Gu, I know what I’m about to ask might be a bit much.”

”But this matter concerns the livelihoods of tens of millions of people in Du Nan City. I had no choice but to come!”

”I would like... to ask you and your Contracted Beast to act once more and completely eradicate the Spirit-Devouring Insect Calamity in Du Nan City!”

The moment he spoke, the atmosphere froze.

The first thought that popped into Chu Sheng’s mosquito brain was—’Another job?’

’What about the pay?’

”BUZZ BUZZ?” Chu Sheng hurriedly transmitted his thoughts to Gu Yuexi. ’Quick, ask him! Is there any more King-level Essence Blood?!’

Gu Yuexi didn’t hesitate, asking directly, ”What’s the payment? Is there any more King-level Essence Blood?”

’This is actually pretty ridiculous,’ she thought.

’The Spirit Medicine Base at Du Nan First Middle School is tiny. The total Spirit Medicine Production Area in all of Du Nan City is probably hundreds of times larger than the school’s base!’

’How many Spirit-Devouring Worms would that be? Tens of billions? Hundreds of billions?’

’Even if this mosquito’s abilities are insanely powerful, it would probably work itself to death if it had to kill them all one by one, right?’

’Without a tempting enough reward, she absolutely couldn’t accept this job.’

Hearing the words ”King-level Essence Blood,” Qi Chongshan’s expression immediately became troubled. ”Well... to be perfectly honest, our Provincial Government’s strategic reserves are out of King-level Essence Blood...”

”Over the past two years, in order to curb the insect calamity, we’ve tried all sorts of methods. That includes setting up a city-wide Ninth-Grade Peak Array. Just to power those arrays, we exhausted the last three portions of King-level Essence Blood in our inventory.”

”In the end... the results were minimal. Those damned insects can always find weak points in the Array to infiltrate.”

”BUZZ BUZZ! ’What? They’re out of stock?!’”

Chu Sheng was immediately displeased.

’No pay? You expect me to work for free?’

’You wish!’

’Lord Mosquito is a very busy guy, okay?! Busy sucking blood! Busy evolving! Busy with my Cultivation!’

’Where would I find the time to play along with this thankless task?’

”BUZZ BUZZ! ’No way! Tell him it’s no deal! I’m busy!’”

Chu Sheng directly expressed his dissatisfaction, his wings beginning to beat impatiently.

Gu Yuexi also felt there was nothing left to discuss and was about to politely refuse.

But Qi Chongshan, as if seeing through their thoughts, hurriedly said, ”Gu! I know this is an unreasonable request! But we aren’t asking you to kill every single insect in Du Nan City!”

”We just need... you to help us deal with the source of the calamity!”

The source?

Chu Sheng was confused. ’What source?’

But when Gu Yuexi heard those two words, she raised an eyebrow. She knew what he was talking about.

’In her past life, research on Spirit-Devouring Worms was already common knowledge.’

’These creatures weren’t native to this world at all, but a unique product from a certain Low Level Secret Realm!’

’In that kind of Secret Realm, a ”Spirit-Devouring Mother Worm” would be born. Although its realm was only Second-Grade, it would continuously produce an endless supply of Spirit-Devouring Worms.’

’Then, they would infiltrate this world through spatial rifts... that is, the entrance to the Secret Realm.’

’The only way to completely eradicate the insect calamity was to enter the Secret Realm and kill that Mother Worm!’

’From the looks of it, the Provincial Government must have already found the entrance to that Secret Realm. But it was obvious they didn’t have the ability to go in and deal with the Mother Worm.’

’After all, it was a Low Level Secret Realm; beings of Third-Grade and above couldn’t enter.’

’And for Cultivators below Third-Grade... going into the Spirit-Devouring Worms’ lair was no different from suicide, was it?’

’But, with this mosquito’s abilities... going in to kill the Mother Worm shouldn’t be a big problem, right?’

At this thought, Gu Yuexi’s mind instantly started turning.