The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 3 - : The Unreliable Plan

"There really is one."

Looking at the illusory panel before her, Bai Yi found that she could control it by touching it with her fingers or directly with her mind.

The appearance of the panel provided Bai Yi some comfort in her otherwise fearful heart, feeling like she had found a lifesaver.

"Now I need to find a place to make my own territory."

Calming her complicated thoughts, Bai Yi summarized her current situation:

Because of an entity, unknown whether a God or some extraterrestrial creature or something else—anyway, her original world had been completely destroyed. Among the survivors, the young people were sent here to participate in this so-called game.

The young children and elderly were protected, to be fetched when deemed capable.

But given the age of her own parents, there was a high probability they were players like herself.

According to the announcements, with everyone randomly assigned to a world, each supporting only 100,000 people, the chances of meeting were not great.

Moreover, there were even smaller divisions, although Bai Yi longed to find them, surviving was more realistic than hoping for that.

Her current world was named "Mutated Ruins," which was verified by the two animals she had encountered earlier, fitting her understanding of biological mutations.

She was probably unharmed just before due to the so-called "Newbie Protection" mentioned in the announcements.

Without this protection, facing any of those mutant creatures alone, she might not have survived even a single encounter.

No!

Not might, definitely!

Fortunately, according to the announcement, she still had a chance to bind a territory!

Looking at her personal panel, under territory, it clearly stated "awaiting binding."

If she wasn't mistaken, the next step would be to bind the territory, get the initial soldiers, and then begin harvesting resources to develop the territory—Bai Yi was very familiar with this process.

But in fact, Bai Yi wasn't interested in competing as a Lord; this world was too dangerous!

Her superpower also had no offensive capability.

Better to find a place to lay low, safely develop, and then venture out once she's powerful!

Having decided on her development strategy, Bai Yi immediately took action.

"Alright, the next task is to bind a territory."

Bai Yi muttered to herself, setting a phased goal, suppressing her inner fears, and started observing her surroundings.

This area was by the mountains and near water, seemingly long uninhabited, making it suitable for hiding her territory.

Looking around, Bai Yi chose her target.

—At the foot of the mountain, within a forest, stood a giant tree towering much taller than the others.

Bai Yi guessed it was probably a Mutant Creature, a mutant great tree.

Mutant Plants were undoubtedly a good match for her Talent; as for Mutant Creatures, she disregarded them completely, as intelligent mutant animals were not easy to domesticate.

Without a way to tame them, it was better to choose plants. She had heard of territories coming with plants, but Bai Yi had never heard of one with animals.

She wouldn't gamble on whether the territory creation could forcefully tame animals.

And there weren't any better choices nearby, one side was a plain with weeds even taller than Bai Yi, and the other was a forest composed of trees over ten meters tall, neither places good for establishing a territory.

"Even if the giant tree isn't special, having a large tree next to me can at least serve as a simple shelter from wind and rain."

Fixing on the direction of the giant tree, Bai Yi plunged into the dense forest.

Though it looked close, a distance of just under one kilometer, Bai Yi wasn't athletic, and it took her half an hour of walking and stopping to reach the tree.

Because of the Newbie Protection, Bai Yi encountered many mutant creatures along the way, but she went unnoticed—

But Bai Yi, to avoid any accidents, decided to reach the giant tree first before making any decisions. She quietly noted the approximate locations of the mutant creatures.

After all, these also count as threats and resources she would need to face after establishing her territory.

Arriving at the foot of the giant tree, Bai Yi truly saw its majesty:

Roots, thicker than Bai Yi herself, stretched from the trunk and spread out nearly ten meters.

No other trees grew around the giant tree, creating a rather large clearing with only some low weeds reaching Bai Yi's knees.

Through these weeds, Bai Yi could also see numerous animal carcasses, entangled by either the roots or the vines hanging from above.

Looking up along the vines, under the dense foliage hung fruits, full and emitting an enticing fragrance.

"Ah? There's even a tree hollow! Perfect!"

Circling around the giant tree, Bai Yi spotted a triangular hole about two meters high near the base of the trunk.

The tree hollow was not as damp as Bai Yi imagined, but rather very dry. Aside from the poor lighting, it was simply the perfect dwelling.

"It's even bigger than the dorm room at school~"

Bai Yi had already determined this location as her territory in her heart, but she still had one thought that needed verification.

She placed her hand on the trunk of the giant tree, and her superpower slowly reached out, sensing the presence of the giant banyan.

Although Bai Yi was still undetectable by the giant tree due to the Newbie protection, her superpower induced Plant Affinity still allowed her to communicate with the faint consciousness of the giant tree.

Just with a slight thought, a vine hung down from the hollow's entrance, and a curious little root sprouted from the muddy ground, wondering why it couldn't see the "friendly good person."

Good, it seemed that her superpower could indeed affect plants.

Having confirmed her idea, Bai Yi brought up her panel.

[Note: Once the territory is confirmed, it cannot be changed; the system will semi-digitize the territory range and incorporate the resources within the territory. It is recommended to choose a resource-rich area as your territory.]

[Note: Territory transformation cannot convert intelligent beings.]

[Would you choose this place as your territory?]

"No."

Having obtained all the information she wanted, Bai Yi's lips curled up.

She had noticed earlier, the skeletons under this giant tree undoubtedly were the tree's handiwork.

This giant tree was carnivorous!

As for why she was unharmed, not to mention the ongoing Newbie protection, Bai Yi's superpower induced Plant Affinity was not just for show!

Then she had a chance to exploit a bug:

Using her Newbie protection, she planned to lure some mutant creatures under the giant tree, and rely on it to kill them!

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What Bai Yi needed to do was simply to use her superpower to control the giant tree to eliminate the mutant creature after luring it, then quickly initiate the territory binding to semi-digitize and incorporate everything around into her territory.

And she had already picked her target—it was a giant mutant boar with piglets.

If the plan succeeded, she would likely gain the meat of a boar the moment she established her territory!

Directly putting her ahead of others by a significant margin!

Moreover, she might even find the opportunity, leveraging the invisibility ability from the Newbie protection, to steal some entries of mutant creatures!

No sooner said than done, Bai Yi plunged once more into the bushes in the direction she had come from.

And this time, Bai Yi had transformed into a hunter.

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White Poplar Mountain: A low mountain range located in the suburbs of White Poplar City, with an altitude of about 400 meters but covering an extensive area. It was initially partly developed as a tourist area, but after the Mutation, it became one of the first areas to fall, disappearing from human sight...