I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

【What if I'm discovered by the Demon Commander… or the current City Lord…? What should I do…?】

Steel Baby's only fear right now is having his identity exposed.

“Can't say your name?” Li Yue was surprised—Li Yue did have some solutions for Steel Baby's worries, but at this moment, he was more curious about the mystery of Demon Names.

“Of course, I can't even say my own name…” Steel Baby rolled his eyes, his big head tilting back as he did so, “Otherwise, why would they add 'Baby'?”

Li Yue thought to himself, as expected—as expected, the Demon Name “Steel Baby” was too unserious for a Demon King.

“But I think this name is pretty good now, and I will make this name resound throughout the Demon World in the future.” Steel Baby clenched his transparent little fist, his body misty inside.

“Demon World?” Li Yue realized there was a new term again.

“Yeah, Firewind Valley, Great Ice Rift… the entire Demon Council… even the East… will hear this name!” Steel Baby pondered, “Oh right, those in the East… they have a word for it… what was it… deafening? Yes, like lightning striking the ears, shocking.”

Li Yue thought to himself that the word didn't mean that at all, but suddenly realized that the East here might be similar to his previous life, which is why the same word usage had evolved…

Moreover, the former City Lord specifically treated the East differently, obviously knowing the terror of the mysterious Eastern power, right?

“Have you had contact with the East?” Li Yue pressed.

“Not directly, but the previous City Lord… the what-nth one? Died at the hands of Easterners.” Steel Baby pursed his lips, “At that time, Demon King City unified the Demon Council and was very powerful, but still couldn't cross the Eastern Jue Mountain. The aggregate of wronged souls seems to contain souls from that period, I wonder if they've awakened…”

Li Yue thought that this was the value of the former City Lord—although his mind was still very confused, he was no different from a living dictionary about this world, and he was obviously more talkative than the Demon King instructor, Mentor, making it easier to get information.

“As for you… you shouldn't think so far ahead. It's not easy enough to survive this war, let alone think about making the Library become a Great Pillar?” Steel Baby waved his hand again, conjuring the scene of the Bone Room reception room.

Li Yue compared it, and it should be the Bone Room reception room from a few minutes ago.

“You should be experimenting with the power device, right? I'm very knowledgeable about this.” Steel Baby opened his chest cavity, showing Li Yue his gear-like heart, “I like these the most. Demons have been playing the same old tricks for so many years, it's boring…”

Essentially still a Clockwork Demon… is the inside all gears and such? Mechanical power?

“Any suggestions?” Li Yue was worried about the future development of the Library.

“I suggest you use electrical energy, combined with the magic energy of magic crystals, so you can avoid being controlled by the current Demon King, and it will better meet your expectations.” Steel Baby bit a finger, pointing at Li Yue's blueprint with the other.

You know my expectations?

Li Yue also examined the new blueprint of the Library and knew that Steel Baby had at most understood his desire for “independence.” As for the so-called “expectations”… Li Yue himself hadn't fully figured it out yet.

How to be after becoming a Demon King still needs to be considered slowly.

【If magic power is used as the power source… it still won't escape the City Lord's control…】

“Demon King's control?” Li Yue compared it with Steel Baby's inner thoughts and discovered the current problem, “Are you saying that the current City Lord… has jurisdiction over the magic power in Demon King City?”

“Nonsense, he's the City Lord, with the City Lord's authority, of course he can freely allocate the magic power within the city. At most, the Demon Secretary can tamper with the auxiliary allocation, but essentially, the City Lord has the final say.” Steel Baby happily sucked on his finger, “Otherwise, how would they control those Great Pillars and Small Pillars?”

“That makes sense.” Li Yue finally understood the operating logic of Demon King City—the Demon King holds the City Lord's authority, and thus controls the overall magic power allocation of each area.

If demons want to “advance,” they can't do without the nourishment of magic power, so naturally they have to perform well in front of the Demon King, so as not to have their magic power deducted or their roots cut off.

The City Lord's authority must also have additional content, but broadly speaking, it's basically like this—just like the Brain Spirit must obey Li Yue, otherwise it will have no magic power, or it will die.

“Then do you know where to get electrical energy?” Steel Baby winked, suddenly being very cooperative with Li Yue, not knowing if it was under Yingying's influence.

“Coincidentally, we've seen it before.” Li Yue turned the Aberrant Eye and looked at Dandan and Yingying.

“Huh? Where?” Dandan didn't remember at all.

“Forbidden Forest, Thunder Pool.” Yingying could always read Li Yue's mind.

“Right, the habitat of the Evil Horned Beasts.” Li Yue wasn't sure if the binding thread was conductive and could be used to steal electricity from Thunder Pool, but at least there was a direction.

Later, as long as he understood the principle of Thunder Pool, he could even directly move the Evil Horned Beasts over… that might also be a way.

In other words, obtaining electrical energy was also a part of the Library's transformation, which would advance in parallel with Li Yue's goals of strengthening himself and obtaining “Hellfire” to counterattack the Arena.

“Haha… the habitat of the Evil Horned Beasts… using human civilization to support the development of Demon King City… it sounds very interesting.” Steel Baby giggled.

“Okay, you've understood everything? In the future… the Library will be handed over to you?” Steel Baby winked at Li Yue, as if he were the master of the Library.

Li Yue didn't care about his attitude, anyway, with Yingying in control, he could only talk a big game.

“Well… you guys can confidently fight and kill in the Demon Expeditionary Army, don't tarnish the reputation of our Library.” Li Yue in turn instructed Steel Baby, Yingying, and Dandan.

“Library?” Steel Baby was stunned, understanding Li Yue's meaning.

【I'm going to pretend to be a monster from the Library? How do I pretend to be that?】

“I will bestow upon you a new body, you must endure…” Li Yue said, telepathically communicating with Yingying, and immediately peeled off Steel Baby's skin, spreading his entire body out in front of him.

This was the first time Li Yue had done something like dissecting the body of a baby—mist and blood burst out, accompanied by the beating of the heart, and the sound of gears came from Steel Baby's body.

Li Yue first stuffed a piece of high-density Self-Healing Bone into Steel Baby's skin, with the spine reaching the back of the head; then he dismantled a section of the “Brain Spirit Pituitary Gland” and connected it to his brain with binding thread.

With Yingying's control, the Self-Healing Bone and binding thread could barely move; and although the Brain Spirit Pituitary Gland was just for show, it was enough to barely prove Steel Baby's relationship with the Library.

“From now on, you are the Library's number one experimental subject, Steel Baby, understand?” Li Yue said with a smile, wondering if this counted as bestowing a Demon Name upon a Demon King?

“Um… okay…” Steel Baby's body and brain were wide open, seeming a little uncomfortable, but in order to hide his identity, he could only reluctantly accept it.

After busying himself for a long time, Li Yue re-stitched Steel Baby's thin, cicada-wing-like skin with binding thread, repairing the damage—after this trip, the strength of the three-person team sent by the Library to the Demon Expeditionary Army had exploded, and it would be difficult not to achieve something.

This time in the Demon Expeditionary Army… Yingying and Dandan could take the body of the newborn Demon King, together with Steel Baby, to reap military exploits.

And Li Yue actually had a big harvest—at least he had solved one of the two major mysteries of the Library, and the kind that was a ticking time bomb, finding the “most favorable” situation for himself.

“See you at the Abyssal Maw.” Yingying wrote on the ground—today, Yingying and Dandan were going to report to the Abyssal Maw, and even if they refused, they would be forcibly conscripted.

“Um… dominoes…” Li Yue knew that it was almost time to say goodbye, and this easy-going journey was about to write a comma.

But just as Li Yue was about to hand the dominoes to Yingying and Dandan, he suddenly felt a vibration within the Library, as if some hard object had pierced the air and shot through the bone room, walls, and bloody corridor.

Almost forgot… there was still a Brain Spirit Lord outside, constantly being chased and killed by the mark.