Chapter 347 Cat People
Intelligence reports from the Empire's vanguard fleets, which were expanding outwards, described many intelligent humanoid races that had never appeared in the records of human civilization.
Among them, the two races were the most interesting to Lin Feng.
First, there is the cat-people.
They live in an area covered by primeval jungle, where their society is still in the stage of tribal alliance.
The female cat-people are exceptionally beautiful. They possess feline ears and tails, with voluptuous figures and a wild, powerful presence. They are natural hunters, swift as the wind and with claws as sharp as knives.
An imperial exploration fleet, after discovering them, attempted to conduct peaceful negotiations but encountered fierce resistance.
This was exactly what those generals, eager for glory, wanted.
A predictable, one-sided attack has begun.
Faced with the Empire's mech legions and orbital attacks, the cat-people's proud claws and bows and arrows seemed utterly ridiculous.
The war lasted less than a month before all the cat-people tribes were destroyed.
All adult male cat-people were executed on the spot. All the females were collared and made into spoils of war.
Among them, Kira, the daughter of the chieftain of the most powerful "Black Claw Tribe" of the cat people, was specially selected as a "top-grade" offering to the emperor because of her bravery in battle and her fierce personality.
When Kira was sent to the Palace of Ten Thousand Beauties, the flames of revenge still burned in her eyes. She was like a caged leopard, howling threateningly at everyone who approached her.
Lin Feng admired her "vitality." Instead of rushing to "tame" her, he created a huge "hunting garden" for her in the back mountain of the palace, where various ferocious beasts captured from space were kept.
Lin Feng's order to Qira was: every day, she must hunt down a ferocious beast for him and present its heart. If she failed to do so, the hundred catwomen of her kind would starve to death.
From then on, this royal garden, filled with exotic flowers and rare herbs, became Kira's arena where she shed blood and tears. She transformed from a warrior fighting for freedom into a royal hound who slaughtered her fellow citizens to survive.
The second is the snake people.
They dwell in a swamp that is shrouded in thick, humid fog all year round.
Unlike the wildness of the cat-people, the snake-people possess an ancient and eerie civilization. Their upper bodies are those of stunningly beautiful women, while their lower bodies are snake tails covered in magnificent scales.
The females of the Serpent People are born with powerful spiritual strength. Their eyes can easily hypnotize creatures with weak wills.
Their singing voices possess a captivating, bewitching power. Their bodies are incredibly flexible, capable of performing any unbelievable feat.
The imperial army suffered a minor setback in conquering them. Many weak-willed soldiers were turned into mindless zombies by the snake people's mental attacks.
But this is only a small loss.
After the Imperial military deployed special forces equipped with "mental protective fields," the snake people's resistance crumbled.
Nagasha, the queen of the Serpent People, a powerful being with golden serpent eyes who has lived for nearly a thousand years, attempted to hypnotize the imperial general who came to inspect the area after being captured.
As a result, her prized spiritual power backfired instantly when it collided with the "Dragon's Might Amulet" worn by the general, a gift personally bestowed by Emperor Lin Feng. Nagasha bled from all seven orifices on the spot, and her spiritual sea suffered permanent damage.
This former queen of the snake people was presented to Lin Feng as a "strategic artifact".
Lin Feng was very interested in her ability to manipulate people's hearts.
He stripped Nagasha of most of her mental power, retaining only her most basic hypnotic abilities. Then, he placed her and her most elite royal priestesses in the "Hall of Ten Thousand Serpents," a temple modeled after the temple of the serpent people.
His orders to them were simple: study and improve your "Enchantment Dance".
What he wanted was no longer the kind of deadly sorcery that could kill without leaving a trace.
Rather, it is music that can please him to the greatest extent possible, making him feel relaxed and happy.
An ancient queen who once held the power of life and death over millions of snake people was reduced to a dancer who performed exclusively for the emperor.
Besides the cat-people and snake-people, many other rare races were continuously sent to the Palace of Ten Thousand Beauties.
Wanyan Shengong has become a veritable museum of beautiful women.
Behind every woman sent here lies the blood, tears, and lamentations of a civilization.
All their pride, dignity, wisdom, and power will be completely stripped away and distorted, ultimately becoming a tool, a skill, a... pleasure to please the high and mighty emperor.
To the billions of people of the Holy Star Empire, their emperor, Lin Feng, is a god who reigns high above the heavens.
He was mysterious, dignified, and ruthless; every appearance of his was accompanied by the empire's iron-fisted expansion and glorious victories.
However, they could never imagine how extravagant and decadent the daily life of this god-like emperor was in the Wanyan Divine Palace.
Lin Feng devised a meticulously planned and ritualistic "pleasure process" for himself and for the palace, down to the minute.
Lin Feng's bedroom is called the "Eternal Dream Palace". The palace itself is a huge environment simulator directly controlled by the AI "Pangu".
At the exact moment the hour of Mao (5-7 AM) arrives, the living starry sky above the palace dome, composed of "Star Realm Dream Jellyfish," will simulate the magnificent sunrise over Mount Tai, Lin Feng's hometown—Blue Star China.
The first ray of "sunlight" will shine precisely on Lin Feng's face.
But this sunlight is not the light of a real star, but rather the combined light of the captured "Daughters of Light".
Their energy bodies can perfectly simulate the temperature and brightness of sunlight, and the life force within it that symbolizes "hope." This is softer and more natural than any artificial light source.
At the same time, the walls surrounding the palace will slowly become transparent. Beyond the walls lies a "Morning Dew Garden" that exists specifically for this moment.
The garden is planted with tens of thousands of exotic flowers and plants transplanted from various planets, which bloom only in the early morning.
Dozens of elven maidens, gifted with a affinity for wood, would dance barefoot in the garden, clad only in gossamer-thin veils. Their dance was an ancient, life-giving dance. With each step they took, the budding flowers would bloom one after another within minutes.
The entire palace was instantly enveloped in a rich yet refreshing floral fragrance.
Around Lin Feng's dragon bed—a giant bed made of ten-thousand-year-old warm jade that can automatically massage and regulate body temperature—six girls from different races, each with the sweetest voices, would kneel.
Among them are sirens from the Land of Holy Light and larks from the Star of Hundred Forests, who sing ancient and melodious morning songs in their respective races' native languages. Their voices are ethereal and pure, enough to awaken any sleeping soul.
Lin Feng would slowly open his eyes amidst such an ultimate sensory experience of sight, sound, smell, and touch.
The first thing he did upon waking was not to get dressed, but to enjoy "morning honey".
A carefully selected, purest serpent-woman will crawl to his bedside.
Last night, her body was immersed in a special liquid made from hundreds of rare flower nectars and the fountain of life. After absorbing it overnight, her saliva will become incredibly sweet and contain powerful life energy.
She would use her cherry lips to perform the gentlest "cleaning" for the emperor and offer him "morning honey" from her mouth.
This is how an emperor's day begins.
Lin Feng's bathroom was even larger than that of an ordinary emperor's palace.
In the center is a huge bath carved from a single piece of blue crystal. The water flowing in the bath is not from the Moon Well, but from the much rarer "earth core warm marrow" from the depths of a life-bearing planet.
This liquid is kept at the optimal temperature for human immersion year-round, and its rich energy can seep into the pores to nourish the emperor's body, which has long surpassed the limits of mortals.
Serving the emperor were twenty-four human twin sisters who were identical in stature, appearance, and even hair length.
Twelve of them would use a special silk scarf made from the tentacles of a deep-sea jellyfish to wipe Lin Feng's body. The touch was a hundred times more delicate than the smoothest silk.
The other twelve women will dive into the water and use their supple bodies to give Lin Feng the most meticulous massage.
After bathing, it's time to change clothes.
Lin Feng's wardrobe is comparable to a large museum. It displays tens of thousands of exquisite garments, crafted by the empire's top artisans and slave masters from various races.
The people who chose and dressed him were two "female slaves" with special identities.
They were once the queens and princesses of the Land of Holy Light, a duchy renowned for its textiles and embroidery.
The "Starlight Brocade" produced in this duchy is as thin as morning mist, as tough as diamond, and has its own starlight effect. It is the finest fabric that all the kings and nobles of the Holy Land dream of.
Now, this former queen and princess's only job each day is to choose the most suitable clothes for Lin Feng based on his schedule and mood. Then, like the most humble maid, she kneels on the ground to put on his shoes and socks and straighten every corner of his clothes.
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