Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 92 The size of a psionic aircraft carrier is as big as one's heart.
"It's a panda!"

"Wow! A panda! It's a panda!"

"Oh my god, can I touch it?!"

"Aaaaaaah, there are pandas here!"

The players made strange noises all at once, which startled the panda demon, causing it to shrink back behind the bamboo pole. Unfortunately, the slender bamboo pole couldn't hide its plump body at all.

Seeing this scene, which was even more exaggerated but somewhat familiar, Jin Li asked knowingly, "Is the appearance of Fellow Daoist Bamboo Shoot also something that is pleasing to the eye of 'another world'?"

Zhao Qing explained, "That's right, the prototype of Fellow Daoist Bamboo Shoot is called the giant panda in our area. It's a national treasure and a rare animal! It's extremely precious!"

Jin Li thought that everyone was just unaware of his existence, so he nodded in agreement: "Fellow Daoist Bamboo Shoot's clan is indeed rare. He is the only one in the entire Xizhu Hill."

Wang Ergou also said, "No, no, no, Senior Jinli, it's not just rare, but giant pandas are unique to our country and no other country has them. They are also very cute, so they are extremely precious! Other countries are trying every means to beg us to lend them one to raise!"

"nation?"

"It's a bit like a sect, more like a government agency on a much larger scale... uh, like a government agency that manages a lot of towns!"

"So, in your world, there are no sects?"

"No, there are no sects or factions, and no gods, demons, or monsters."

"Such a strange place exists!"

"It's not that strange. To us, the Void Realm is actually quite strange..."

Wang Ergou and Jin Li chatted casually for a few minutes, but the bright eyes and strange, clip-like sounds from the group of players over there were almost scaring the panda demon into a state of withdrawal.

Zhao Qing quickly stopped the crowd who were eager to rush over, saying, "Don't be so excited, you'll scare them and you might never see them again!"

“This… Fellow Daoist Bamboo Shoot, no, no, no need to transform! I think you’re perfect just the way you are, haha, absolutely perfect!”

Zhen Junzi's mouth was practically splitting open to his ears. Bian Yuanzhi, standing to the side, looked at everyone with a puzzled expression, then at his master, who now only had eyes for that demon cultivator, with a bewildered feeling that he was about to fall out of favor.

"No need to transform?"

The bamboo shoot mustered its courage, poked its head out from between the bamboo stalks, and asked.

Zhen Junzi quickly replied, "No need, no need! Your physical attributes are absolutely perfect! We love the original version of you!"

Bamboo Shoot sensed that these human cultivators were acting strangely, but this opportunity was truly rare—he would never again encounter a place where demon cultivators could freely browse through cultivation manuals and insights. He was willing to go even without spirit stones, so despite being somewhat afraid, Bamboo Shoot stepped out from the bamboo thicket and asked, "May I go?"

"I can do it too!"

Before Zhen Junzi could answer, another voice came from above.

"I can transform!"

When everyone looked up, they saw a small golden bird perched on a bamboo stalk overhead, fluffy like a little ball of fluff.

"Oh my god! It's a chick! Such an adorable chubby chick!"

With Bai Chenxue's scream, the little golden fluffball fluttered its wings and flew down from the bamboo tip. A wisp of smoke swept it up, and in the blink of an eye, the fluffball transformed into a chubby-cheeked girl.

"Damn it! This is such a difficult choice!" Zhen Junzi had just muttered when another rabbit head popped out of the grass. The brownish-gray rabbit twitched its nose and said, "Although I can't transform into human form yet, I can do without spirit stones!"

When the bamboo shoot saw two more competitors suddenly appear, it panicked. It ran to the sugarcane on all fours in a few steps and said, "I don't need spirit stones either!"

In an instant, Zhen Junzi felt like he was floating on air—this damn happy trouble!

Zhao Qing suggested, "Why don't you bring Fellow Daoist Bamboo Shoot and this rabbit..."

Seeing Zhao Qing looking at her, the rabbit demon very readily introduced herself: "Grey Twenty-Seven! My name is Grey Twenty-Seven!"

"We can hire this fellow Daoist Gray Twenty-Seven together, and split the spirit stones equally. If they make any research results in the future, we can then calculate their share of the profits proportionally?"

"Wait a minute, I originally just wanted to find someone to cultivate with my disciple, how did it turn into a research institute!?"

Zhen Junzi was stunned by Zhao Qing's suggestion: "What can you possibly research in this game?!"

Wang Ergou was also intrigued and said, "Why can't we figure it out? Several of the high-temperature furnaces with psionic arrays over there were developed by a science and engineering genius! By the way, a player who chose weapon crafting has been researching some kind of automatic psionic weapon, saying he'll sell it to the next batch of newbies to chop down trees... So, this is a great opportunity! What if you guys suddenly rise to prominence and develop some kind of psionic mortar, psionic firecracker, or psionic long-range intercontinental ballistic missile?"

"You really dare to dream!"

Wang Ergou, feigning an air of maturity, said, "Young man! Be bold! Be quick! Only then can you take off while the wind is blowing! Don't waste your lucky beta test qualification! If some real research giants come in in the future, you won't even get a share!"

"Are you kidding me! A top researcher playing video games?"

Wang Ergou scoffed and said, "Why not? He's not a god, he can't live on air and dew, can he? Even Little Dragon Girl poops, so why can't a research genius play games!"

Jia Xiaoren couldn't help but interject, "You're talking nonsense! Even Little Dragon Girl's poop smells good!"

“I always had a feeling you weren’t up to any good,” Zhen Junzi looked Wang Ergou up and down and asked, “Why didn’t you set up a research institute for some kind of spiritual energy or cultivation?”

Wang Ergou chuckled and asked smugly, "Then guess where the high-temperature furnace of the psionic array used in the community came from?"

"Fuck!"

Before everyone could even gasp in shock, they remembered they needed to maintain their image, and the team chat exploded with chatter from Bai Chenxue and Jia Xiaoren:

"Brother Gou is a real hidden talent!"

"Brother Dog, tell the truth, have you been recruited?"

"Dog, may you be rich and powerful, but don't bark like me, brother dog!"

"As expected of Dog Bro!"

Only Zhao Qing, who knew the inside story, rolled her eyes dismissively, and was kind enough not to expose them.

Han Yi, who also knew the truth, casually remarked, "What a braggart!"

Wang Ergou coughed loudly to cover up his unease at speaking off the cuff, then urged Zhen Junzi, "Alright! What are you dawdling for, you grown man! Just tell me if you want to take this gamble or not!"

Zhen Junzi first glanced at the bamboo shoots that seemed to be eagerly waiting, then at Gray Twenty-Seven whose ears were taut, then hissed and finally made up his mind, slamming his hand on the stone table: "Let's do it! At worst, we can stay up all night to run dungeons and sell materials! I think a psionic carrier isn't out of the question!"

"Hey! You're the one who really dares to dream!"

I didn't miss the mark today!! I'm awesome!!!
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(End of this chapter)