Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 217 Farmer Sharon and the Hidden Dangers in the Sea of ​​Consciousness
Chapter 216

“Sharon Reddy, and she’s a woman…”

Rosen closed the folder in his hand and fell into deep thought.

Sharon is a farmer who has been trained to Sequence 4 by the Glory Foundation, and on the surface, she is highly valued by the directors of the Glory Foundation.

Once the Glory Foundation has enough credit points, it won't be difficult for Sharon to become a new director of the Glory Foundation.

To ensure Sharon's safety, the Glory Foundation had also dispatched Sequence 3 protectors to her side, a fact he already knew through the Hunter's Eye. What he didn't know was that Sharon also possessed two Sequence 3 extraordinary artifacts for protection.

After all, the Hunter's Eye can only see the surface and cannot see the secrets hidden within Sharon.

If he is unaware of these things, his rash attempt to capture Sharon will only result in failure.

How did you obtain such confidential information?

Rosen put his arm around Lucia and asked curiously.

"A director of the Glory Foundation betrayed Sharon's information..."

Lucia explained.

With her explanation, Rosen quickly understood what was going on.

There's a reason why the Glory Foundation of the three major companies is the weakest: the directors of Titan Heavy Industries and Paradise Pharmaceuticals are all capable people who rose to their positions.

However, the vast majority of the directors of the Glory Foundation did not rise to their positions based on ability and contribution, but rather on the succession of bloodlines through generations of families. Sharon is about to become a new director because farmers of Sequence 4 are too rare, and even so, she has been suppressed for decades and has not become a director until now.

Logically speaking, all board members should do everything in their power to win over a rare talent like Sharon.

However, the result was quite the opposite. Sharon was privately groomed by a certain director and was even his public lover. Naturally, the other directors who were hostile to this director would not watch his power grow further and overwhelm them.

In particular, the chairman of the Glory Foundation was appointed only as a farmer of Sequence 3.

Sharon's talent is amazing, and some directors are very worried that she will go further and become a Sequence 3.

Just look at Paradise Pharmaceuticals; now none of the board members dare to question any of Rosen's decisions.

Therefore, once Sharon becomes the new chairman, she will definitely threaten the interests of the other directors.

Lucia saw through the directors' intentions, so she secretly sent someone to contact one of them and obtained the information.

While the possibility that this information is problematic is extremely small, the possibility that someone is trying to set a trap cannot be ruled out.

Therefore, Rosen used his God-Hunter's Eye to monitor the director who provided the information and Sharon, whom he planned to kidnap, for a full half month without finding anything unusual before he began to prepare to arrest Sharon.

The Glory Gene will occupy the largest island in the chaotic sea, and the entire island has been transformed into a super-giant farm.

The foundation spanned ten thousand miles, and the massive farm building, with each floor fifty meters high and a total of one hundred stories, was so enormous that it would have crushed the entire island long ago if it hadn't been enchanted countless times to reduce its weight and increase its strength.

Despite the impressive area of ​​the farm, the actual amount of food produced is barely enough to feed the population of the chaotic seas.

Because the crops planted are all extraordinary grains of the lowest sequence 9, even with the farmer's enhancement effect, the final yield per acre is already quite good, at least one pound of grain.

Because of the high level of spiritual energy in the natural environment, this is the maximum amount of food that can be grown after being gathered by a low-level array.

Using spiritual crystals and high-level formations can significantly increase the spiritual concentration in a small area.

A yield of 10,000 catties per mu would not be a problem, but the resulting grain would be less valuable than the spiritual crystals consumed.

Of course, ordinary people can also eat ordinary grains grown from non-supernatural grains. Even in the Empire, not all ordinary people can eat supernatural grains.

However, the Chaotic Sea is not an option. It requires a large number of people to collect special steam. Ordinary people do not eat supernatural food, and their bodies will quickly collapse due to the corrosive effects of the special steam. If the population cannot grow, the interests of the three major companies will be greatly affected.

In short, nothing in this world is perfect; there are gains and losses.

The headquarters of the Glory Gene Society cultivates extraordinary grains that are not of high value.

As for the high-grade extraordinary grains, they are all planted on different islands. Over the past 20,000 years, relying on the special environment of the chaotic sea, the Glory Foundation has long cultivated a large number of unique extraordinary grains that require special steam to grow and mature.

The highest-ranking Gundam, Sequence 3, requires a Sequence 4 farmer to successfully cultivate in a special environment.

The planting locations are kept extremely secret, and people can only travel between them via teleportation portals.

That's why Rosen had some doubts about whether there was anything wrong with the information Lucia had obtained.

Until this day, Rosen was completely certain that the information was true.

Under the watchful eye of the God Hunter, Sharon left the headquarters of the Glory Foundation alone, without any Sequence 3 bodyguards. She passed through a highly secure portal and arrived at a small island that did not exist on the map of the Chaotic Sea.

This is the best time to make the arrest; Rosen is not confident that he can capture Sharon at the headquarters of the Glory Gene Society.

There is no internet on the island, so data transfer is not possible.

Fortunately, they were prepared in advance; the director had already sold out the location of the island.

Rosen, having used the teleportation point that Lucia had set up in advance, stepped onto the teleportation array and appeared on the empty sea.

The surface of the sea, shrouded in mist, showed no trace of any small islands.

Because the island is not on the surface of the sea, but deep in the ocean.

Rosen instantly transformed into the feathered serpent god, plunging into the sea of ​​mist composed of water vapor and continuing to penetrate thousands of miles underwater before finally spotting a very peculiar dark red cloud of steam. This cloud of steam seemed to be alive, constantly writhing and expanding.

Rosen covered with the power of his Slothful Feet, using the Hunter God's Demon Eye to pinpoint Sharon's location.

After passing through the spatial barrier inside the dark red steam, we arrived at a small island with a diameter of about a hundred meters.

The island's foundation is made of a special type of rock, covered with densely packed spiritual runes forming various ritual formations. These formations absorb special steam of unknown types from the deep sea, which gathers outside and is then purified before being sent back to the island.

This eventually forms a special golden-red vapor, which forms a thin mist that adheres to the island's surface.

Amidst this golden-red mist, a flower resembling a rose burning with raging flames grows.

"Flame Queen Flower, a Sequence 3 steam plant..."

Rosen looked at the flower and felt a little tempted.

Consuming the Flame Queen Flower will first greatly increase fire resistance, secondly greatly increase fire damage, and even have a certain chance to gain fire elemental control. It can also grant a thousand-year lifespan by ignoring resistance, and finally increase the chance of breaking through from Sequence 4 to Sequence 3.

If Sharon were to grow the Flame Queen Flower, she might actually become a Sequence 3 farmer.

The Void Shadow Realm silently enveloped Sharon, with the Nightmare Shackles, fused with the Fairy Dragon Ball, hidden within. The moment it emerged from the shadow beneath Sharon's feet, it began to coil upwards along her ankles. At the same time, the power of the Fairy Dragon Ball's magic-sealing orb imprisoned Sharon's spirit.

However, at the crucial moment, two Sequence 3 extraordinary artifacts on Sharon's body were activated.

The first item is the Void Exile Bracelet, which allows you to instantly transform into a quantum state and be exiled into the void.

The second item is the Glory Badge, which can consume one's own luck to convert it into defense.

With two extraordinary artifacts with ultimate life-saving effects activated simultaneously, it wouldn't have been easy for Lawson to capture Sharon alive if he hadn't known beforehand. However, since he did know in advance, there are naturally ways to counter it.

First came the Void Exile, where Rosen set up dozens of time-reversal traps in the Void Shadow Realm that covered Sharon.

Once you reach Sequence 5, there are many time-related skills at this level.

He collected the Time Reversal skill crystal through the Temple of the Main God, and easily imprinted the skill using the trap runes of the Time Trap Creation Technique. Although a single trap is only Sequence 5, dozens of them stacked together are enough to kill Sharon.

Faced with Sharon's failed escape attempt, Rosen's self-portrait clone fired a shot within the Void Realm.

This shot required a final, powerful strike to break through all the defenses of the Glory Badge in one shot.

The damage is too great; once it penetrates the Glory Badge, it will most likely kill Sharon, who has little combat ability.

The damage wasn't strong enough to penetrate the Glory Badge's defense.

Instead, it will cause the Glory Badge to send a distress signal to the Glory Foundation. At that time, the directors of the Glory Foundation will be able to send someone to rescue them within three seconds, thanks to their ability to locate the Glory Badge.

Therefore, the damage cannot be too high or too low; it must be just enough to break the defensive limit of the Glory Badge.

Without prior information about the Glory Badge, without being able to discern Sharon's luck strength, and without being able to calculate her final defensive strength, attempting to break through her shield and capture Sharon alive in one strike would be nothing short of wishful thinking.

With both of her trump cards rendered useless, Sharon was desperately bound like a dumpling by the shackles of nightmares and fell into a nightmare slumber.

Rosen retracted the Void Realm, allowing it to follow his self-portrait clone into the mysterious study. Only then did he use a miracle wish to erase his traces, and finally used Void Phase Teleportation to leave.

Within two seconds of leaving, directors of the Glory Foundation began to arrive.

Based on their experience and wisdom, it was not difficult to analyze that there must be a mole inside when Sharon was arrested. However, the disappearance of Sharon was in the interest of most directors. Apart from Sharon's lover who was furious, most of the other directors were perfunctory and unwilling to put in any effort to find Sharon.

……

Beneath the World Tree in the True Realm of the Ancient Gods, Rosen released Sharon from the Void Shadow Realm.

First, the Glory Badge was removed. This thing is no ordinary extraordinary artifact; it can directly transform luck into terrifying defensive power, and it has no negative effects or usage restrictions. No wonder it has become one of the three foundations of the Glory Foundation.

Rosen continued to remove the Void Exile Bracelet; he figured he could give it to Alicia after disposing of it.

Looking down at the ground, the canvas of the mind instantly projects and materializes into a sofa.

Rosen sat down on the sofa, and the shackles of the Void Prison descended from the sky, binding Sharon's hands and feet and suspending her in a spread-eagle position in front of her. Combined with the Nightmare Shackles wrapped around her body, she wouldn't be able to resist even if she had any hidden trump cards.

"Let's talk!"

As Rosen spoke, he released the Nightmare Shackles from around Sharon's head.

Sharon, waking from a nightmare, felt a chill run down her spine when she saw Rosen now disguised.

"Richard Phoenix, what do you want me to do?"

Sharon asked calmly and patiently.

The information about this mysterious chairman of Paradise Pharmaceuticals is no secret within the Glory Foundation. Such a person colluded with an insider to capture her alive, and what they were after was her special identity as a Sequence 4 farmer.

Sharon was a smart woman; she understood that threats were pointless and resistance would only bring her humiliation.

Only by obediently submitting and demonstrating one's value can one find a chance to escape and seek revenge.

"I'll do whatever you want?"

Rosen asked with delight.

"Anything is fine."

Sharon nodded without hesitation.

Rosen instantly released all the restraints from Sharon and pinned her down on the sofa.

A few hours later, Sharon collapsed in Rosen's arms, no longer wanting to escape.

It wasn't that she was seduced, but rather that she already knew Richard was Rosen, knew that she was in the world shrouded by the legendary World Tree, and knew that she couldn't escape under the World Tree's influence no matter what. Since she couldn't resist, she could only enjoy it.

Of course, the key to making her completely compromise was that Rosen agreed to let her take care of the World Tree.

For a farmer, the World Tree is undoubtedly the most valuable mythical and legendary plant.

If one can truly take good care of the World Tree, becoming a Sequence 3 farmer, or even a Sequence 2 farmer, or a Sequence 1 farmer who only exists in legends, or even a Sequence 0 farmer that no one has ever reached, or even a goddess of agriculture, is not impossible.

Now, even if Rosen tries to kick her out, she absolutely will not leave, let alone let Rosen keep her.

"We'll talk about taking care of the World Tree later..."

Rosen pinched Sharon's delicate chin and said seriously, "First, plant the Star Fruit Tree for me. With the five times time acceleration from the Time Tower and the starlight falling from the World Tree, I want you to plant the Star Fruit in the shortest possible time."

"Yes, ma'am. But how will you reward me?"

Sharon looked up at Rosen with drawn-out eyes as she spoke.

"I'll reward you in advance now and feed you, my little devil."

As he spoke, Rosen teleported Sharon to the top of the World Tree, where they continued to work up a sweat at the highest point in the world.

Several more hours later, Rosen finally entered a state of enlightenment.

It's not difficult to force Sharon to obediently farm, but who knows what she might do in a fit of anger one day.

Therefore, it's better to use enticement as a means to an end, and turning her into a lover adds another layer of security.

In the days that followed, Rosen truly witnessed just how formidable the Sequence 4 farmer was.

The Sequence 9 farmer can double the growth rate of Sequence 9 extraordinary plants.

By sequence 8, the increase can be quadrupled.

Sheren is a Sequence 4 plant, which can enhance the growth efficiency of Sequence 4 plants by a full 64 times.

Of course, planting Sequence 3 Starfruit Trees wouldn't increase efficiency to 64 times; it would be discounted to a maximum of 32 times. However, with the Time Tower's five-fold time acceleration, the increase would be 160 times, meaning Starfruit Trees that take a thousand years to bear fruit would only need six years.

This doesn't even take into account the growth boost that the Ancient Tree of Life and the World Tree provide to plants.

Therefore, all things considered, the Starry Night Fruit Tree only needs about one year to mature.

This is understandable, as high-sequence farmers are the most precious treasures in all major factions.

If the other directors hadn't wanted to see her become chairman, they would never have harmed such a talented person.

One key reason why the Glory Foundation is the weakest is that its founder is Farmer, a Sequence 1 cultivator.

After this person disappeared, the second chairman of the Glory Foundation was just a farmer of Sequence 3.

And so far, the Glory Foundation has not produced any more Sequence 3 Farmers.

Because all the board seats have been taken by other sequences, no one wants to see a farmer riding on their head. The hierarchy of contempt among extraordinary sequences has existed since ancient times, and extraordinary sequences like farmers and fishermen have always been looked down upon.

More than half a year later, Lawson harvested his first batch of nine Star Fruits.

He swallowed one directly, and the ancient tree sequence formed by his own spiritual essence immediately became active, continuously releasing starlight infused with spirituality to illuminate his entire sea of ​​consciousness, causing it to gradually expand and grow.

In recent years, whether it's painting or hunting, Rosen's spiritual growth has become negligible.

At first, it was thought that his innate luck was not enough. Later, after mastering Paradise Pharmaceuticals, his acquired luck almost reached Sequence 0. Finally, through the Miracle Flame, his innate luck grew to Sequence 1. This does not even include the batch of Miracle Treasure Maps he converted during the process.

However, even with his innate fortune reaching Sequence 1, his spiritual strength growth efficiency still left him unsatisfied.

At the same level, he is already very fast, far faster than other Sequence 5s who grow spiritual strength by only a few decades.

However, compared to the resources he controls and consumes, his growth rate is somewhat abnormal.

Rosen eventually discovered his problem after undergoing various examinations at Paradise Pharmaceuticals.

Once a transcendent reaches Sequence 4, they need to further strengthen their sea of ​​consciousness while increasing their spiritual strength, because upon reaching Sequence 3, the divine realm requires the fusion of rules and authority, and a true transformation into the prototype of a divine kingdom.

If the strength of one's sea of ​​consciousness is insufficient, even if one meets the spiritual strength standard, it is not possible to become a Sequence 3.

Meanwhile, his sea of ​​consciousness had unknowingly accumulated many hidden injuries.

The reason is simple: Rosen is only Sequence 5, but due to the Ancient God Origin Realm skill, the size of his divine domain is almost a hundred times that of other Sequence 5 divine domains. This alone has already overwhelmed his sea of ​​consciousness.

In addition, he often unleashed his full potential, stacking star emblems with ancient god artifacts, and by the time he reached Sequence 6, he had already enhanced his spirituality to Sequence 3 multiple times.

This process also placed a huge burden on his sea of ​​consciousness. Although his sea of ​​consciousness did not show any visible damage, its condition was actually very bad, and it began to suppress the growth of its spiritual strength out of instinct.

That's why Rosen thought of Starfruit Tree and couldn't wait to get Starfruit.

In addition to enhancing the efficiency of spiritual growth, the Star Fruit also has certain benefits for the growth of the sea of ​​consciousness.

Rosen can now consume nine pills a year. In a few years at most, his sea of ​​consciousness will grow strong enough to easily support the divine realm. At that time, given his efficiency in creating spiritual realms and hunting extraordinary life forms, becoming a Sequence 4 will only take a few years at most.

These few years are enough time for him to upgrade all his skills to the limit of his current level.

Rosen doesn't need to improve many skills; almost all of his skills in the Painter and Hunter sequences have already been upgraded to LV6.
The acquired skills are still at LV5, and all that's left is the sixth sense.

Actually, improving this skill isn't difficult; the challenge lies in transforming his sixth sense into his seventh sense at level 6.

To date, he has not found a transformation medium that satisfies him.

(End of this chapter)