Zither Emperor Chapter 549 Chapter 172 The War Begins with Food Part 1_1

549: Chapter 172 The War Begins with Food (Part 1)_1 549: Chapter 172 The War Begins with Food (Part 1)_1 The Flore Logistics Support Center sprawled with its undulating encampment; the outermost tents housed fifty thousand regular troops in charge of various defensive constructions.

The central tents served as residences for logistics soldiers, whose job was to unify the allocation of supplies—sorting materials brought from the rear before sending them off in batches to the front lines where they were needed.

The innermost and largest tents, occupying two-thirds of the entire camp, were where all sorts of materials were stored.

To guard against possible fire attacks from the Milan Empire, the people of Flore had even gone to the lengths of digging a five-meter-wide City Moat around the perimeter of the logistics center, channeling running water from the nearby Nile River.

Not only did it provide drinking water for the soldiers, but it also ensured that any fire attacks launched from the surroundings would be rendered ineffectual.

Such a design was undoubtedly very tight; it was a pity, however, that even the most astute mander of Flore couldn’t imagine that the first “guest” to visit this logistics supply center wouldn’t e from above ground, but from below.

The night air was thick, and the warriors of Flore were having their dinner, with smoke curling up from within the logistics supply center.

Of course, the fires were kept outside the encampment’s periphery—no one dared to bring flames into the main camp for fear of losing their heads.

At that moment, inside one of the tents in the core area, a pile of stacked supplies suddenly shifted slightly.

The guards were all outside the tent, and aside from scheduled inspections inside these large storage tents, no one entered at other times.

The pile of supplies moved again, this time the tremor switching to a different spot.

Acpanied by the trembling and sidestepping, the pile quieted down, but a head silently popped up on the ground next to the stack of supplies.

Under the faint golden light, Ye Yinzhu pressed his hands on the ground to either side and quietly rose up from beneath, the golden glow on his arms fading rapidly, restoring calm to the large tent filled with supplies.

Ye Yinzhu acted cautiously, lying prone on the ground and pressing his ear to it to listen carefully.

Once he confirmed there were no guards nearby, he carefully surveyed the tent around him.

Around him were piles of supplies, resembling small mountains, and just as he had hoped, the legion’s provisions consisted of long-preservation foods such as grain and cured meat.

The tent was supported by sturdy logs all around, essentially a simple warehouse.

The rectangular storehouse measured about fifty meters in length and thirty meters in width, with a ceiling soaring over twenty meters high.

Except for a few pathways wide enough for two people to walk side by side, the rest of the space was filled with food.

Ye Yinzhu spread his hands, revealing the pink gemstone within, and under the guidance of his spiritual power, with a flash of light, the three Divine Beasts he had stored inside appeared before him.

“I was squished to death,” Glacis plained indignantly as soon as he appeared.

“Silence,” Ye Yinzhu snapped to stop him from continuing.

Glacis paused briefly, then immediately noticed the food around him, his eyes lighting up with immense excitement as he suppressed his voice, “Your Excellency, the Zither Emperor, is this where you’ve brought me to feast?”

With a slight smile, Ye Yinzhu replied, “Exactly.

Glacis, you may now eat your fill, but try to keep the noise down.

And the more you can eat, the better.

Anything you can’t eat or take with us will be destroyed later.”

“Haha, that’s perfect,” Glacis said proudly, surveying his surroundings, “But it seems this might not be enough for me.”

Ye Yinzhu felt what must have been a large, cold droplet of sweat on his forehead.

How could this vast warehouse not be enough for him?

It would take thousands of people days, if not longer, to clear this place out.

As he spoke, Glacis didn’t hold back, flinging open a sack full of grain.

Before the contents could spill onto the ground, he inhaled sharply and the pristine grains were sucked into his belly like water entering the maw of a whale, leaving the sack abruptly empty.

A mere bag of rice did little more than itch the inside of Glacis’s boots—a paltry appetizer.

He muttered to himself, “At this rate, when will I ever be full?” as his hands got to work.

Faint purple light sprayed from his robust fingers, like ten blade streaks that lightly waved through, instantly ripping the sacks of grain asunder.

Countless grains cascaded down, but Glacis didn’t allow them to pile up.

As his hands moved, he suctioned them up voraciously.

His stomach seemed like a bottomless pit, and the storeroom’s reserves diminished rapidly, visibly shrinking before one’s eyes.

Ye Yinzhu, smiling wryly, turned to Zi Weiwei beside him, “No wonder you said you couldn’t afford to feed this guy back then—he’s really insatiable.”

Zi Weiwei smiled and said, “Don’t worry, this is just the beginning.

It makes sense that the gluttony of War Behemoths can bee a flaw restraining their reproduction.

In this aspect, Glacis has definitely fully inherited his ancestors’ excellent tradition.

Our power in the Amethyst Clan es from our bloodline and various energy molecules in the air, while Ming’s power is drawn from all rocks and the earth.

However, the energy of War Behemoths es entirely from food.

That is to say, the more Glacis eats, the stronger he bees.

There’s an old saying from ancient times, ‘Never fight with a War Behemoth that has had its fill.’ This applies to us Amethyst Behemoths as well.”

How much food is needed to support the energy of a rank Ten Divine Beast that relies solely on food?

In the short time Ye Yinzhu and Zi were talking, this sizable warehouse had already been emptied by half.

Standing next to Zi, Ming swallowed hard, “Glacis, save some for me.” As he spoke, he also ran out and opened his mouth wide, mimicking Glacis.

His speed of devouring food was in no way less than that of Glacis.

Ye Yinzhu watched in amazement as the scene unfolded, only to hear Zi say beside him, “Most food es from the nutrients of the earth.

Mountain giants can also replenish themselves by absorbing the energy in food.

After all, who would choose to eat rocks when there’s food available?”

To Ye Yinzhu’s delight, Ming’s appetite was definitely a pleasant surprise.

Better eaten than wasted.

With Ming joining in, the warehouse, which seemed large in Ye Yinzhu’s eyes, was emptied in the blink of an eye.

The two Divine Beasts looked at each other with dissatisfaction after sucking up the last of the food, clearly not satisfied.

“Glacis, why are you peting with me?

Didn’t you hear His Excellency, the Zither Emperor say that this place was for me to eat?” Glacis glared at Ming with bloodshot eyes.

For a War Behemoth, nothing was more important than eating.

To describe Glacis in one simple word at this moment would be ‘protective.’

Ming retorted displeased, “Yinzhu didn’t say that only you can eat.

What if I eat as well?

You were the first to act, and you’ve eaten way more than me.”

Before Glacis could speak again, Ye Yinzhu quickly stepped forward, “Alright, stop arguing, there’s still plenty of food for you.

Let’s go to the next warehouse.”

Hearing that there was more to eat, the two Divine Beasts immediately calmed down, their hopeful gazes converging on Ye Yinzhu.

Before entering the Flore Logistics Support Center, Ye Yinzhu had carefully observed the layout of these warehouses.

Although he wasn’t very precise, the huge size of the warehouses made them easy to enter.

Using the same method, he led the three Divine Beasts to a second warehouse without alarming any guards.

They were indeed lucky.

The second warehouse was also filled with food and was almost identical to the first, clearly a standardized storage facility of the Flore Kingdom.

A ical scene unfolded.

As soon as they were released from the Life Storage Gem by Ye Yinzhu, the two Divine Beasts said nothing and immediately began their “great sweep”.

If the warehouse wasn’t too small, they would have transformed into their true forms already.

Like two petitive children, the Divine Beasts vied to see who could eat faster.

The warehouse soon became chaotic, with broken sacks scattered everywhere on the ground, but there was not a trace of food left.

The strong suction was like two black holes had appeared inside, and in less than ten minutes, everything was gone.

Looking at the two Divine Beasts whose bellies hadn’t bulged despite their feast, Ye Yinzhu was pletely speechless.

Truly Divine Beasts, even their eating was at a godly level.

He had seen gluttons, but never on this scale.

Who could afford to feed them like this?

It turned out that although the War Behemoth might not be the strongest in terms of power, when it came to eating, nobody could pete with it.

By the time they entered the eighth food storage warehouse, Ming could no longer eat, but Glacis kept eating until the thirteenth warehouse, where he patted his swollen belly and told Ye Yinzhu he was full.

Don’t forget, the last five warehouses were consumed by him alone!

What kind of “stomach capacity” was that?

Ye Yinzhu swallowed hard, trying to calm himself, “Glacis, do you always eat this much?” (To be continued… For more, please visit .

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