My wife is an immortal black snake.

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After resolving their doubts, they returned to their new home—the captured Columbia landship. The two women felt tired and planned to rest in their room, but just then, Ms. Northumen announced that she had to go out.

"Huh? Then I—"

"Margarita, you should get some rest. I'll be back soon if nothing unexpected happens."

"Huh? Really...? Well, then I'll stay here?"

"So be it."

Ms. Norsen left her room. Did she have any urgent business requiring her to leave recently? Of course... she wanted to find Mr. Yang Hao and see if she could find a way to borrow some blood from him to fill her stomach.

However, every gain must come with a loss... Hmm, what can I give in return?

Ms. Norsen didn't want Margarita to suffer scorn because of her greed. So, all the way there, Ms. Norsen kept thinking about what she could offer... but when she arrived at Yang Hao's room, knocked on the door, and found it empty, presumably out on business, she still couldn't come up with a good answer.

"Sigh! Am I, a Blood Demon who has lived for so long, really nothing worth mentioning besides history lessons?!" Ms. Norsen sighed inwardly. She believed that a Blood Demon who had lived for over 600 years should have considerable value, right? But when she truly considered Yang Hao's worldview, values, and philosophy of life... she found the situation extremely perplexing.

Why do you say that?

On one hand, Yang Hao's values ​​are different from everyone else on this land. He has values ​​that are too advanced for his time, even his wife can't fully understand them... Under these circumstances, what kind of reference or benefit can one expect from a Blood Demon's values? It's more practical to hope that Ms. Norsen will help him beat someone up sometime.

Secondly, there's his worldview—he's a short-lived being gradually becoming an immortal, unlike Blood Demons like Lady Norsen who are immortal from birth. A Blood Demon's worldview can't be imposed on him, and frankly, it doesn't offer much reference value. The hardships experienced by immortals can't be understood simply by talking about them. So, in other words, Lady Norsen's own 600+ years of life experience has little value to Yang Hao...

As for the worldview, that's even more true—she now feels that the Duchy of Koschche sounds like another world, not to mention how Mr. Yang Hao views this land.

(Perhaps in his eyes, our "normal" world is the most bizarre...sigh.)

Ms. Northumber sighed inwardly. After idly surveying the room for a while and confirming with her Blood Demon senses that they hadn't been gone long, she decided to leave it at that for today.

Hmm... So, how am I supposed to get some blood from him? I feel like I've wasted 600 years of my life! Sigh!

Ms. Northum left dejectedly. Then soon—

It was exactly 6 p.m.

When Ms. Norson came again, she found only Miss Karina, who was busy working.

“Good afternoon, Ms. Northumber.” Miss Karina greeted her warmly, then smiled at Ms. Northumber, who seemed hesitant to speak, and said, “If you’re looking for Mr. Yang Hao, he’s already at Miss Theresa’s place resting. Hmm, I guess he’ll be staying there overnight until we leave Kazimierz.”

"...Fine. Sigh."

"Whom are you looking for?"

"It's for some private transactions—but it'll be fine if the other person isn't around."

“I see…” Miss Karina blinked, then nodded thoughtfully. “But Ms. Norsen, if you’re worried about how to bring up the deal with Mr. Yang Hao… I can actually help you.”

"Eh?"

Ms. Norsen, who had been feeling down, paused for a moment, then perked up immediately: "Is there really such a good thing? I have to seize this opportunity and bring back a whole bucket of blood in one go!"

Ah, a bucket of blood might be a bit much, but a bottle of cola's worth of blood should be fine, right? Sigh, Mr. Yang Hao, you're still young and healthy, giving me more blood wouldn't be a problem, would it? — No, this isn't the time to talk about that.

"can you help me?"

The question now is—Miss Karina, can you really help me out?

Ms. Norsen looked at Karina with suspicion. Karina, in response to Ms. Norsen's skepticism, merely twitched her lips, thinking to herself, "If Mr. Yang Hao didn't also struggle with how to approach you about human anatomy, I wouldn't be willing to help you..."

However, she managed to steady her expression and, after taking a few deep breaths, explained:

"To put it simply, Mr. Yang Hao wants to learn about human anatomy because he wants to [make dolls]. He's quite troubled by this. I think you, as the Blood Demon, should know a lot about this, right?"

"Let's put aside for now why he needs to learn about human anatomy to make dolls—as far as I know, if he's making ordinary ball-jointed dolls, he shouldn't need to learn too much, right?" Ms. Norsen looked at Miss Karina suspiciously, realizing something was amiss.

"Yes, it is."

"So, he wants to make a puppet, and it has to be a puppet based on [human anatomy]... Is he trying to make a bionic puppet?" To be honest, if Yang Hao only wanted to make a regular [ball-jointed puppet], then there would be no need for him to come to me for training, right? There are plenty of those puppets on the market; even if you take them apart yourself, you'd know how to reverse the process, right?

In other words, the doll he wants to create is a more advanced doll... and he also needs to learn [human anatomy], and be [cautious] to a certain extent. Most importantly... Karina suggested that I help him because I am a [Blood Demon]?

The Blood Demon understands the human body structure... Lady Norsen frowned. That's a human body structure full of blood and gore—after all, as a Blood Demon, if you want to ensure that you don't kill anyone while hunting, you have to have a certain understanding of the distribution of blood vessels in the human body.

Once you understand the distribution of blood vessels, you'll naturally understand which internal organs, if they bleed, are basically beyond saving.

Once you understand the internal organs, you'll naturally understand most of the other structures of the human body, including the skeleton...

Considering that the Blood Demon's understanding of the human body is based on such a bloody and gruesome nature—

"...A bionic doll, no, is that guy planning to create humans outright?"

"I'll put your ambiguous words aside for now, but your understanding is indeed quite good. However, next time, could you please use... more polite language?"

"But the problem is that this is the only word I can think of—he's serious."

"Mr. Yang Hao is serious."

"Okay... could you pass on the message for me—never mind, I'll talk to them myself later. Sigh, thanks, I owe you a favor. I'll head back now."

Ms. Northumbers originally intended to say, "Could you please tell him I've taken the job?"

But then she suddenly remembered that she had left her phone somewhere for a long time. Hmm, Margarita happens to have Yang Hao's contact information. She could just take out the phone, copy the contact information, and that would be perfect. There would be no need to bother Karina for another favor!

So, once Ms. Norson realized she wouldn't owe anyone so many favors, she hurriedly left.

After Ms. Northumbers left, Miss Karina, muttering to herself, "I always feel that Miss Margarita's teacher is strange," resumed her work.

......

At 12 o'clock in the evening.

It was another exhilarating night. Considering how hard the little pony had been working and how exhausted she was, Mr. Yang Hao, having regained his masculine pride, generously let go of the girl beneath him who was only focused on panting. He held Teresa in his arms and lay down on the bed, falling peacefully asleep.

After the girl in his arms gradually calmed down and occasionally uttered things like "Boss, don't go, okay...", Yang Hao rubbed the downy hair in Teresa's ears while waiting for the [Puppet Stage] to complete its evolution.

At 12:10 a.m., accompanied by an unexpected notification sound, Mr. Yang Hao noticed that the [Puppet Stage] had indeed completed its evolution.

He eagerly opened the screen that only he could see, and then realized that his ability had indeed gained a lot of useful new functions after evolving to the third level!

One of these features is called the "Federation." This feature allows Yang Hao to form federations with other countries under the name of the "Ursus Empire"—and if nothing unexpected happens, his "vassals" will directly become partner states of the federation. As partner states, they don't affect the federation's rights, but they can still benefit from the federation's profits. It's indeed a good feature, so Yang Hao readily accepted it.

In addition, a feature called "National Ideology" also caught Yang Hao's eye.

'Hmm... Could it provide a certain level of bonus to the countries I control? Let me see...'

Simply put, this is a feature that has **no side effects** and can **bring benefits to an entire country**—although each country can only allocate two points right now, those two points can unlock a lot of things.

The most typical example is a strange concept called "Iron Heart Exterminator" that can only be used on mechanical intelligent species—it can make a mechanical intelligent species hate all civilizations, and then exterminate other countries and populations... But then again, why would such a strange thing exist? And it's grayed out, so I can't even try it out?

Yang Hao blinked, looking at the pile of clickable items in the Ideas section, but in the end he decided not to take the risk—he would discuss it properly with his wife and wife when he got home.

After that, are there any new features?

Yang Hao examined a new section called "Tradition," where he saw many sub-modules. These sub-modules offered different bonuses, but they all shared one thing in common: they required a new resource called "Cohesion"... How did he obtain this?

Sigh! My fifty-year plan for the Ursus Empire has to be revised again... But that's a good thing, a good thing indeed...

"I really need some help... Oh dear, I hope I can raise my children well so that they can be helpful in the future instead of spending all their time thinking about where to flatter someone..."

He muttered to himself that he at least had to raise his children to be good people to be considered a good father, right? But then he thought, what if Koschitch never got pregnant again? That would be rather pitiful...

Sigh! Honey, I'll figure something out! So what if we can't have a biological child? We can always adopt one later!

He muttered something, and after confirming several times that there were no new functions, he closed his eyes and entered the House of Elegy to have a good chat with Miss Elegy about the matter of [Ascension].

Chapter 134

The House of Elegy has also undergone significant changes after the third evolution of the puppet stage.

The most direct change is that Yang Hao can now see the "red church" that Karina once mentioned in the distance.

"Just as she described, it's crimson red..."

"Exactly. After all, that's where those who have signed the cup gather, you know?"

"Hmm... But Miss Elegy, you've changed a lot too."

"After all, we've been through thick and thin together. If your power changes, mine will change too."

"is it?"

Yang Hao turned around and looked at Miss Wange, who seemed like a completely different person. She was no longer wearing her old clothes; the mist on her face had dissipated, and her bright blue eyes had turned purplish-red.

Her snow-white long hair had also changed, with the ends seemingly tinged with a faint red? Yang Hao wasn't quite sure... because he had finally seen Miss Elegy's true face in a real sense.

"You're so beautiful."

"Thank you."

His unwavering praise ensured the meeting proceeded smoothly. Miss Elegy led him around the new area, occasionally introducing him to new things.

When Yang Hao asked her questions like, "Can the House of Elegy offer anything more now?", she, revealing her true face, simply covered her mouth and laughed:

"Of course. However, the core of the House of Elegy at this stage is not to provide you with [more goods]. Right now, the best thing I can offer you is the materials for [Ascension]."

"Eh?"

"It's not just the ascension materials in Manshu, but also some rituals that can grant immortality. For example, I have some good stuff for the ascension of the pony you've been worried about."

"That..."

"It's thanks to your hard work."

Okay—

Since I've already betrayed him once before, it doesn't seem like it matters if I betray him again in front of Miss Wange, right? After all, my intention is to make our family better and better, so... it's okay, right?

Mr. Yang Hao, looking sorrowful, was led by Miss Elegy to her [bedroom]—a newly added space, where, according to her joke, she could finally rest in bed instead of a recliner.

Moreover, it's more convenient to do these things—after all, Miss Elegy is a woman, and it's not good for her to be out doing those kinds of things all day, especially now that Elegy House has officially merged into Mansu.

"Does that mean the House of Elegy was considered 'independent' before?"

"Yes, that's right. The House of Elegy didn't have much connection with Mansu before—but now, we can travel to other parts of Mansu through the House of Elegy. Perhaps you'll even see Miss Karina dreaming there?"

"Um..."

Rustling.

Xixisuosuo.

...

Yang Hao wasn't sure if it was just his imagination. In any case, since his body had been strengthened, he seemed to be handling the House of Elegy with ease.

He no longer lost his worldly desires as before—therefore, after several passionate and ecstatic moments that brought them both to ecstasy, the refreshed couple lay on the bed and resumed their previous conversation.

"It's about [Ascension]..."

"Yes, I can provide you with all the materials—not just the materials, but also the ascension ritual. However, all I can offer you is the [knowledge], okay? The specifics of how to do it, the specific procedures... that's something you'll have to work on yourself. But since you have Miss Karina by your side, completing the ritual should be relatively simple."

Are there any risks?

"What ritual is without risk? But don't worry, I'll help you. This way, at least you can avoid the worst-case scenario of physical injury or even death."

"...OK."

Although I still feel there are some uncertainties, at least it's acceptable now.

Mr. Yang Hao sighed softly. After watching the mucus on their bodies gradually disappear along with the fluorescent light, the two of them got out of bed.

Miss Elegy led Yang Hao to a new room—filled with ritual items and surrounded by a large number of strange and unusual materials, each with notes written by Miss Elegy herself.

Under her guidance, Yang Hao selected a seemingly normal ascension ceremony for the foal, one that would grant her "more wisdom" and "represent longevity and continuation," along with the corresponding materials. Before leaving, Yang Hao planned to ask Miss Elegy one last question.

"But speaking of which, Miss Elegy—um..."

"Ok?"

"Are you able to go to the real world now?"

...

Faced with Mr. Yang Hao's confusion, Miss Wange remained silent for a moment before smiling and saying:

"Please resolve your messy interpersonal relationships first before considering this matter."

"...That's true."

Yang Hao chuckled dryly a few times, then left the House of Elegy with his belongings in his arms.

After Mr. Yang Hao left, Miss Wange sighed, went back to her room and lay down on the bed. While muttering to herself, "It's too early now," she also observed the real world through her daughter's eyes.

Although Lady Elegy lacks the ability to control her daughter, that doesn't mean she can't "borrow" Hela's eyes—through Hela's eyes, she can see that the air in the real world is filled with psionic matter. Although those things seem sparse, the pact once signed by the Gallic Empire is indeed affecting that world, bringing terrible harm to it.