What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?.

Chapter 495 Plagiarism and Zombies (Thanks to 'Doctor Hammer Who Saves Lives' for the generous donation)
As the airship glided across the sky, it arrived above the Immortal Soldier University.

Zhang Yu looked down at the abyss below, which was thousands of meters in diameter and whose bottom was completely invisible. He could see a large number of light clusters shining at the very bottom, which were said to be factories deep underground at the Immortal Soldier University.

Countless lights and shadows flickered on the rock walls surrounding the abyss, with buildings rising along the rock walls, seemingly reaching into the sky, filling the huge cavern with various structures built from within the rock walls.

Just then, lines of warnings about the pollution of evil energy appeared in Zhang Yu's eyes.

Looking down at the deep abyss below, Zhang Yu thought to himself that the pollution of the evil energy at Immortal Soldier University was truly the worst among all the universities he had ever visited.

Upon disembarking from the flying boat, everyone immediately rented magical artifacts that could protect them from the pollution of evil energy; otherwise, they would only be able to move within a small, fixed area of ​​the Immortal Soldier University.

After leaving the platform where the airship was docked, a huge Tiger advertisement appeared in front of everyone.

Mo Shangjin sighed, "Immortal Soldier University is the birthplace of Extreme Tiger. It is said that it was founded by several disciples of the Nascent Soul stage. In the early days of its business, it only recruited wealthy people and developed rapidly with a corporate culture that valued money above all else, becoming a well-known enterprise of Immortal Soldier University."

As Zhang Yu walked along, he noticed that there were students wearing the Extreme Tiger brand eye sockets everywhere, making their group seem like outcasts.

Zhang Yu exclaimed, "The students at this Immortal Soldier University really all use the Extreme Tiger brand."

Mo Shangjin said, "It is said that out of every 10 people at the Immortal Soldier University, 3 work for Jihu, and the school mainly purchases Jihu brand artifacts."

"Price is also an important factor. You can check out the Fahai platform here; the Jihu brand is sold very cheaply."

Zhang Yu glanced at it casually and found that it was indeed much cheaper than the Jihu brand from Wanfa University, which made him want to buy a batch to take back and resell.

However, after calculating the taxes and fees, Zhang Yu decided to give up.

Then he discovered that there were many high-end models of the Jihu brand here, and the more he looked at them, the more familiar they seemed.

Zhang Yu said, "These high-end models seem to..."

Mo Shangjin said, "They copied it. Jihu is known for its low-end brand because their mid-to-high-end models are all copied from other companies. They have been in lawsuits every year, and the copied models have been banned from sale by various universities. They can only be bought in the territory of Xianbing University."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "This is Immortal Soldier University protecting the Extreme Tiger brand from plagiarism."

Fu Ji said, "How novel! Look at all these companies in Kunxu now, like Vajra Mystic Manufacturing and Myriad Craftsmen Sect...aren't they all just copying from the beginning?"

"The same applies to universities and sects. How can they become stronger without copying? The weak copy in order to catch up with the strong. The strong cannot be perfect in every aspect. In order to maintain their current status, they must absorb resources from all sides, creating original content while copying."

"Copyright can restrict ordinary people, but how can it restrict the truly powerful? Of course, we still have to give face to the Heavenly Court. Usually, we just crack it and reconstruct it, copying it on the edge so that no one can find any fault with it."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "When I have the ability in the future, I will be able to decipher and reconstruct various cultivation techniques... I will copy them to my heart's content."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu sighed again that the power of the Feather Book was still too weak and could not keep up with his wildly imaginative ideas.

As they spoke, the group arrived at the civil engineering competition venue. Zhang Yu looked at the messages sent by Magnetism True Lord and Director Gao, knowing that his two teachers were also watching from the spirit world.

……

Above the stadium, in the stands of the spirit world.

The projections of Magnetism True Lord and Director Gao descended together.

Magnetism True Lord sighed, "Immortal Soldier University... It's been so long since I've been to this lousy place."

Director Gao asked, "How valuable is the design blueprint for the military-grade armor that you mentioned last time was as the champion prize in this year's civil engineering competition?"

He was considering whether to let Mo Shangjin buy back and enter the game if Zhang Yu couldn't defeat the opponent.

Magnetism True Monarch said, "Although the military-grade armor awarded this time is for the Earth and Wood element, it was passed down from above."

"Providing such a design drawing doesn't require any resources from the higher-ups, but it can further intensify the competition."

"But even knowing this, many people will still jump in."

Magnetism True Monarch sighed and then said, "After all, who wouldn't want to see the direction of the sect's technological development?"

"If you can see some of the future technology roadmap from the design drawings, you will benefit immensely."

"But it's also possible that after going through all that trouble to get it... you'll find nothing at all, as there isn't much information about future technological routes on it."

"We'll only know the full story once we get the design drawings, and then we won't be able to estimate their value."

"But at least it can fill the gap in the school's military-grade armor."

Director Gao nodded slightly upon hearing this. He knew that although universities updated various immortal techniques every year, they were only making minor updates and innovations on the existing framework.

Every truly transformative technological revolution often stems from the diffusion of technology from sects, causing a huge stir and even altering the ecology of a certain layer of Kunxu.

If one can foresee some of the future technological development paths and directions, there are obviously various intangible benefits.

Director Gao thought to himself, "The value of this design seems to have exceeded that of the military-grade armor itself. Could the weapon-refining department of the Immortal Weapon University also be interested? Plus, the allure of the Nascent Soul Rebirth experiment..."

Just then, a spirit projection, radiating a metallic sheen and appearing in the form of a puppet, emerged and said, "Magnetic Pole, it's been a long time."

Magnetism True Monarch's eyes flashed, and he said calmly, "Thousand Puppet, you've also come to watch the Civil Engineering competition?"

Director Gao's heart skipped a beat. After a quick search, the other party's information came to mind: "Thousand Puppet True Monarch of the Refining Department of Immortal Soldier University, the director of the Refining Department, has been involved in more than two thousand copyright disputes in the past three years. He is one of the plagiarism kings of Immortal Soldier University."

Qiankui Zhenjun smiled slightly and said, "I heard that your Wanfa University recently copied the Dharma body of Qiongjiang Shenjun again, so I came to see the results of your plagiarism."

Magnetism True Monarch snorted coldly: "All the projects under my command are independently developed. Don't make false accusations."

Thousand Puppet True Monarch shook his head: "Alright, alright, you say you'll do it independently, then let's watch the competition instead." "Let's see how your independent research and development results perform."

……

Meanwhile, the two teams outside the stadium had already entered the field.

Wan Gouxuan smiled at Zhang Yu and said, "Student Zhang Yu, your school's strength is astonishing, and the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power is even more destructive."

"Let's stop here for a while and not cause unnecessary losses for the sake of a competition."

Zhang Yu glanced at the other person in surprise, then casually nodded and said okay.

Wan Gouxuan looked at Zhang Yu in front of him with a calm expression, but his heart was growing more and more excited.

"Patience! Patience! Patience!"

He kept telling himself, "I can't let Zhang Yu notice anything amiss, I can't make him wary."

"We can't let him find out... that he's become our prey."

"You must control your malice, you can't let him find a chance to surrender, you can't let him... escape!"

At this moment, Zhang Yu was like a delicate flower in Wan Gouxuan's eyes. He had to approach him cautiously step by step, and before the other party could react, he would tear him to shreds in one go.

"At worst, we should at least tear his body apart, scattering all the material from his body all over the ground so the school can collect it..."

The more excited he was inside, the calmer Wan Gouxuan appeared from the outside, showing no sign of anything amiss.

As both sides entered the arena, the competition officially began. Wan Gouxuan and his teammates first opened one iron coffin after another.

Amidst roars, twisted human figures were released from the iron coffin.

Those were bodies that had worked in underground factories for many years, but were infected by high concentrations of evil energy, their physical bodies were severely damaged, and they had lost their souls.

Because his body was severely infected by evil energy, the original owner had no choice but to give up his physical body.

The body, lacking maintenance and care, became increasingly infected by the evil energy, leaving only the rudimentary spirit within the body to control it and maintain its most basic functions.

However, the initial spirit was left offline due to the original owner's abandonment of it.

Thus, these disconnected spirits, manipulating their broken bodies, wandered in areas heavily polluted by malevolent energy, becoming zombies that companies and schools were too lazy to deal with.

Only the primordial spirits repeatedly requested a connection to the spirit world; this almost instinctive behavior became their last obsession, transforming into an infinite longing for the spirit world.

At that moment, when Wan Gouxuan pointed out, the spiritual energy supplied to these zombies exploded like a spark in their dark world, guiding them towards the position of Wanfa University.

Amidst the roars, zombies, their bodies radiating a chilling aura, shot out like wild beasts.

Zhang Yu frowned slightly as he watched this scene. He knew that although these zombies were not strong in combat, their malevolent aura was difficult to deal with. Once they came into contact with them, the result would be troublesome consequences such as shortened lifespan, medical expenses, and pollution of the construction site.

Zhang Yu then took to the air and went to meet him.

But in the next moment, beams of divine light descended from the sky, radiating terrifying pressure.

Zhang Yu felt a chill run down his spine, as if the golden light would kill him if it touched him even slightly.

At the same time, the referee's message appeared in everyone's eyes.

Referee: Emergency situation, game suspended, do not move.

Zhang Yu was startled; this was the first time in all the matches he had played that he had ever seen a referee speak up.

"Has something serious happened?"

Just as Zhang Yu was filled with doubt and uncertainty, the golden light receded and dissipated, and all the zombies' remains were covered with a layer of mosaic.

Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback, then realized what was going on: "Damn it... is it because Jihu Company is worried about damaging its brand image, so they want to blur out the Jihu Fahai on the zombie?"

Referee: The game continues.

The next moment, the entire arena came alive again. Zhang Yu struck out with his palm from a distance, and the powerful Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Force became like a city wall, firmly blocking the attacking zombies.

Then Zhang Yu made another grabbing motion from a distance, intending to pick up these zombies on the spot and throw them towards the construction site of the Immortal Soldier University.

But the moment these zombies were imprisoned, their physical forms began to writhe violently, and through the connection of the spirit world network, they were given the command to self-destruct.

The long-held yearning for the spirit world was finally fulfilled, and the violent explosions of the zombies echoed across the arena like cries of peace.

As the zombies scattered en masse, a vast amount of malevolent energy spread across the arena indiscriminately, regardless of friend or foe.

Zhang Yu's gaze sharpened, and he thought to himself, "These guys from Immortal Soldier University are planning to let the evil energy spread throughout the entire arena? It seems they are very confident in their technology for protecting against evil energy."

On the other side, Wan Gouxuan watched this scene and thought to himself, "Wanfa University, your living environment is too good. You can breathe without purifying the air and go to school without protecting yourself from evil energy. How can your accumulation in this aspect compare to ours?"

"The atmosphere of menace throughout the arena is a harsh environment for you."

"For us... it's just everyday life."

While thinking, Wan Gouxuan kept reminding himself: "Be patient, be patient, suppress him little by little, don't give him a chance to escape."

(End of this chapter)