Beastmaster: I don’t want to be a breeder!

But giving up was something Li Cunxu was unwilling to do.

After all, merit points were hard-earned.

Don't let the ease of acquiring one hundred merit points fool you; that was due to the Newcomer Leaderboard reward. Without it, Li Cunxu would have to do tasks for at least half a year to accumulate that many.

"Xiao Yi, if the strategy seems hopeless, do you think I should give up on the conquest?"

Li Cunxu asked the most intelligent among them.

The little white spider pondered for a moment, "It's not necessarily hopeless. I think we should observe for a while longer; things might take a turn for the better."

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Meanwhile, on the surface, a vast number of demolition robots were searching for Li Cunxu. Among every hundred demolition robots, one bronze-level robot with a radar scanner was mixed in.

Li Cunxu wasn't too worried. The tunnel he was hiding in was dug deep, and it was lined with an electronic shielding cloth made of the same material as the electronic shielding suit.

There was no way the demolition robots could find him.

Five days passed, and after searching the entire secret realm without finding Li Cunxu, they retreated and returned to their normal state.

Li Cunxu discovered that there were many iron slimes everywhere.

The reproduction rate of iron slimes seemed slow compared to other slime species, but in reality, it was the fastest.

However, iron slime reproduction required a sufficient amount of iron. Li Cunxu didn't have a mine at home, and the iron ore that the miner slimes dug up was only small, which limited the iron slime's reproduction.

With enough iron, a single iron slime with the Duplicate ability could split into fifty small iron slimes in a day.

The next day, each of those fifty iron slimes could also split into fifty.

Fifty times fifty equals two thousand five hundred.

And that was only after three days.

That was the terrifying reproductive ability of iron slimes.

The scrap yard in the Machine City was also a treasure trove for iron slime reproduction. So why hadn't the iron slimes multiplied?

Most of the scrap yard was controlled by gangs formed by Scrap Brats. Iron slimes ate mechanical scrap, and the Scrap Brats needed mechanical scrap, which led to an irreconcilable conflict between the two.

The Scrap Brats were consciously killing iron slimes.

Iron slimes could only ironize and ram, and their bodies were very clumsy. Darting through the scrap mountains, the Scrap Brats were exceptionally agile. Dealing with iron slimes, which could only retract their heads and ram, was incredibly easy.

A sneak attack from behind, a kick, and the iron slime immediately turned into a soccer ball.

When night fell, the demolition robots didn't attack the iron slimes either. Instead, they would throw the bodies of the demolition robots they had destroyed to the iron slimes to eat.

"I understand why the relatively normal construction robots didn't attack the iron slimes, but why are the violent demolition robots not attacking them either, and even getting along harmoniously?"

The little white spider answered Li Cunxu's confusion.

"I think the demolition robots are doing it for that."

Following the direction the little white spider pointed, Li Cunxu saw a demolition robot bending down to pick up the iron scraps that the iron slimes couldn't absorb and excreted.

"I see, it's for the iron scraps."

Under the deliberate feeding of the demolition robots, the iron slime population expanded at an exaggerated rate.

The little white spider said, "It seems the initial goal of conquering the secret realm has been achieved. Whether or not we conquer the Mechanical Demolition Secret Realm seems unimportant now."

"Eh! That seems to be true," Li Cunxu said in surprise.

The initial purpose of conquering the secret realm was to find a secret realm to breed and expand the number of slimes, so that Xiao Ruan could receive more attribute tax.

Now, even without conquering the secret realm, that goal has been achieved.

"It seems there's no need to conquer it."

"Yes, and even if we wanted to conquer it, I could do it," the little white spider said confidently.

In the sinkhole passage leading to the underground city, the bronze demolition robot guarding the passage, acting as a doorman, allowed one type of creature to pass: the iron slime.

The little white spider's clone could mimic an iron slime and infiltrate the underground city to administer a holy poison to the mechanical mother.

If the mechanical mother died, the demolition robots would become rootless water. As long as Xiao Ruan kept bombarding them, the rootless water would eventually be dried up by the sun.

If the conquest was successful, the family would have a metal mine, which could continuously provide the mech apprentices with weapons and equipment.

Li Cunxu pondered, "There's no need to create unnecessary complications. Let's abandon the secret realm."

The little white spider agreed.

In conquering the Mechanical Demolition Secret Realm, the mechanical mother was key, but not the most crucial link. The most crucial link was the person manipulating the demolition robots behind the scenes.

Li Cunxu and the little white spider had both noticed that someone was manipulating the demolition robots.

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Evidence one: Iron slimes could get along harmoniously with all the berserk and mindless demolition robots at night.

Evidence two: Every day, after demolishing the city's buildings, the demolition robots began to brawl. During this time, any demolition robot that advanced to the bronze level through combat would enter the underground city at dawn. This clearly showed that the person behind the scenes was training soldiers and then collecting the well-trained soldiers.

… … There was much more evidence.

Li Cunxu didn't want to conquer it because he was somewhat wary of the person manipulating the demolition robots behind the scenes.

Back then, it was the Mechanical Cult of the Uncrowned Evil God who seized this secret realm from the hands of God's Capital, causing the construction robots to be infected with a virus and become demolition robots.

The person behind the manipulation of the demolition robots must have a deep connection with the Mechanical Cult.

Furthermore, the initial goal had already been achieved, so there was no need to risk his life to test what trump cards the other party had.

Before leaving the Mechanical Demolition Secret Realm, the little white spider encountered a good thing.

One of the iron slimes that the little white spider injected with a mutation needle mutated into a metal slime.

A metal slime could digest various metals and decompose various metals from an alloy part.

It had two skills.

First, Metal Decomposition, a Gold skill.

It could quickly decompose various metals in an alloy.

Second, Metal Armor.

This skill was quite interesting.

Like Constant Light Armor, it was a growth skill.

It enhanced the defense of the metal armor by absorbing various metals.

The Metal Armor skill required topping up, the more metal absorbed, the more types of metal absorbed, the stronger the defense.

However, a metal armor that you had to top up was still no match for Constant Light Armor.

The speed at which the Metal Armor absorbed metal was like a snail, and the growth cycle was too long. Therefore, Metal Armor was only used in actual combat by older pet beasts.

There was a way to increase the speed at which Metal Armor absorbed metal, and that was skill proficiency. The higher the skill proficiency, the faster the metal absorption.

Xiao Ruan received skill experience tax from the metal slime, so there was no need to worry about the proficiency of Metal Armor. In other words, the problem of the slow growth cycle of Metal Armor would not occur on Xiao Ruan.

"Two defensive skills that can grow, Xiao Ruan, you're getting tankier and tankier. Should you and the mech apprentice switch positions? You become the tank, and it becomes the mage."