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Chapter 211 Extreme Pig Farming and Exploitation Methods!
Under the cover of night and fog, a truck sped along a deserted street with dim and sparse streetlights.

From the distant crossroads, the howls of wild beasts and eerie shrieks echoed intermittently, proving that Runing's night was not as desolate as it appeared.

Yuan Zhu sped all the way, finally parking the truck outside the wall closest to his "haunted house." This spot was far from the main and back gates of the villa complex; not only was the wall high, but the location was also relatively secluded.

At this time, unless someone comes to patrol, you won't be discovered whether you climb over the wall or do something else.

Turn off the engine and get out of the car.

Yuan Zhu looked around to make sure no one was passing by on the street. Then he looked at the more than 3-meter-high wall, bent his knees and leaned forward, took a step forward, jumped up quickly, touched the wall with his toes, used the force to push off, and easily flipped over, landing on the grass on the other side.

At this moment, lights shone from the windows of buildings in the distance within the villa area.

The haunted house was not far away, but it stood alone and isolated, pitch black, as if a black hole had drained away all the light, sound, and even life from the surroundings... It was like a gloomy and terrifying haunted house, exuding an aura that made people want to avoid it, and there was not even the sound of insects or frogs.

Not only was it pitch black in the villas themselves, but several neighboring villas were also affected and remain uninhabited, equally shrouded in darkness.

Despite the fact that the infamous "evil house" has already been sold (with the "White Feather Society" secretly taking over), the surrounding neighbors have listed their houses on the second-hand market at reduced prices, but so far no one has shown any interest.

The answer is that someone moved in to try living there, and then suffered from neurasthenia and was so frightened that they crawled around in terror. They went to the hospital for treatment, but even that couldn't cure them.

The house, once considered a haunted house, was believed to be suppressed by evil spirits. In essence, it was a filtering barrier that sealed off the "Garden of Diseases." Even a slight leak of pollution caused the residents to feel uneasy.

The haunted house has now been successfully exorcised by Yuan Zhu, who has transformed it into a "Shadow Pollution Lair." He is now frantically exploiting the "Disease Garden," piling up "Shadow Pollution Products" inside.

Although it does have a 'barrier shielding' effect, the accumulated 'shadow monsters' inside are gradually overflowing, rendering the shielding effect insufficient and severely eroding and affecting the surrounding environment.

The most obvious manifestation is that the 'feng shui' is terrible! It is definitely a place of evil spirits. Every night, residents who pass by can see 'shadows' that seem to come alive and writhe and twist... There have also been bizarre mass deaths of 'rats, frogs, and insects'.

Yuan Zhu was doing a good deed by releasing the "Eggplant Parasite" to catch the rampant rats and frogs, which he then used as batteries. However, the croaking of frogs and the chirping of insects that had killed them all overnight terrified the residents.

It's so damn quiet! I woke up early this morning and didn't see a single insect, a single frog, or hear a single bird chirp. I thought the whole neighborhood had been silenced.

...

At this moment, Yuan Zhu calmly walked towards his own "haunted house," with no one in sight.

The nearest inhabited villa also has its windows facing the "haunted house" covered by curtains, so they dare not include the view in the window frame.

Soon, the shadow worms scaled the wall and followed him. Then, with 'plop, plop...', one by one, the goblins, whose bodies were controlled by the 'shadow tentacles' and whose seven orifices were oozing black liquid, stiffly stacked themselves into a human pyramid, scaled the wall, and crashed to the ground. Then, they shakily stood up and followed.

It evokes the feeling of corpse-driving in western Hunan.

Yuan Zhu, who had originally planned to buy another building to bring his younger brother to live with him, couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at the eerie and haunted house: "The feng shui of this neighborhood is too bad; it's not suitable for living here."

Snake chimed in: "Exactly. If the victims behind the [Disease Garden] come knocking, a major battle might break out. In my opinion, buying a house in a 'residential area' that's the opposite of this place is the best strategy."

Yuan Zhu opened the door, and a familiar, lingering fragrance of shadow wafted out, startling the eggplant-headed ghosts guarding the haunted house. They transformed into writhing shadows, emerging from the ceiling, floor, and walls, their bodies covered in movable arms, and excitedly knelt and shouted, "Buddha! Buddha! Buddha!" ​​and "Eggplant! Eggplant! Eggplant!"

It is obvious that after a period of development, their pollution intensity is higher and stronger.

Snake said regretfully, "It's a pity that his IQ is still so low; he can't even express himself clearly in a complete sentence."

After hundreds of stiff goblins crawled into the haunted house, the door closed automatically, blocking out the sounds inside.

Inside the haunted house, the filthy, smelly goblins had multiplied to the point that Yuan Zhu had nowhere to step. Fortunately, the eggplant-headed ghosts had been managing and feeding a batch of goblins recently, so they were quite experienced.

Countless 'shadow vines' emerged from the ceiling of the haunted house, drilling straight into the skull of the stiff goblin, twisting and burrowing into his scalp, making a 'crunching' sound as they drilled through his bones, eventually breaking through his skull and beginning to invade his brain, parasitize his flesh, and spread throughout his body.

Finally, these 'shadow eggplant vines' exerted their strength, like rows of pork slabs suspended in a slaughterhouse, being hoisted high, allowing them to instinctively struggle and twitch in pain, but in doing so, they cleared the ground.

Watching over a hundred goblins being dragged by countless 'shadow vines,' some hanging up right in front of them, others being dragged to more distant rooms or even the second floor due to lack of space, and then hung up one by one.

Yuan Zhu couldn't help but exclaim, "How magnificent!"

In the dark room, before Yuan Zhu, countless goblin-like undead convulsed, struggled, and trembled violently, a sight that was strangely awe-inspiring.

While the eggplant-headed ghosts worked diligently, he also re-established contact with the [Haunted House]. He then activated the [Boss Template] and used the [Soul Program] to receive the log information from this 'territory' over the past few days.

He then learned that during the days he was away at Taixi, the haunted house remained undisturbed. The eggplant ghosts periodically controlled the shadow worms, which would then enter the disease garden in turn to feed on the 'pollution'.

Feeding time is strictly limited, and the 'disease contamination' consumed by each [Demon Insect] is kept within a safe range and is always suppressed by [Shadow Contamination].

As of today, the first batch of demonic insects to enter the [Garden] has already completed two rounds of feeding. Two-thirds of the shadow demonic insects have only been fed once.

In addition, these magical insects that enter the garden in an orderly manner will automatically harvest and pick 'disease-related plants' and transport them back to the 'haunted house' for the weak 'goblins' to eat.

The goblin in the haunted house was too weak; it wasn't even a "Changgui" (伥鬼), but merely a fleshy flowerpot temporarily parasitized by the "Shadow Eggplant Seedling" (影茄苗).

Without the protection of [Holy Light Yuan Tianzun], one is not even qualified to enter the [Garden of Disease]. Once one accidentally enters, forget about lying on the ground and eating a few bites of 'disease flesh paste' to increase one's strength; instead, breathing in a few breaths of 'disease air' will result in instant death on the spot, being reverse-contaminated and twisted by the [Garden of Disease], turning into a monster that begins to attack and invade the [Haunted House], escaping its prison and spreading 'disease pollution' throughout the neighborhood.

With the [Demon Insects] gathering sustenance, the Eggplant Demons can control the [Shadow Eggplant Array] that [spreads throughout the haunted houses] to decompose and digest the [disease pollution], systematically infusing it into the [goblins'] bodies. This even increases the goblins' pollution levels, marinating their flesh (in shadow) for flavor, while simultaneously prolonging their lives, and even defying fate!

Similarly, doing this also cultivates and enhances the fertility of the 'Succulent Pot (Goblin)', nurturing even better 'Shadow Eggplant' plants, which can be considered a win-win situation.

After reading this information, Yuan Zhu was satisfied and praised Snake, "Your fully automated intelligent pig farming system is pretty good! The Eggplant Demons did a great job."

"That's because the Eggplant Demon did a good job? It's clearly thanks to the [Artificial Intelligence Management Program] I left behind. The Eggplant Demon and the Shadow Demon Worm are both mindless tools. The [Contamination Detection System] inside their bodies was also something I painstakingly developed."

"Snake is the best!"

Yuan Zhu casually offered a compliment, which delighted La Tiaozi.

Make way for the fresh goblin hanging in front of him, which is being gradually eroded, entangled, and wrapped by the 'Shadow Eggplant Vines', and Yuan Zhu, guided by an Eggplant Ghost, arrives at the lounge next to the living room on the first floor.

Before he could get close, the door was opened from the inside by a vine. He stood in the doorway and looked inside, where he saw an indescribable 'underworld beauty'.

After less than a week, these goblins, who were still alive, had already deeply integrated their flesh and blood with the Shadow Eggplant Sprouts. On the head of each goblin, a 'miniature Shadow Eggplant bonsai' was growing, and the excess nutrients had caused each sprout to bear black fruit.

Beneath the goblin's exposed skin, black, blood vessel-like roots of shadow goblin undulate and protrude. The [Shadow Contamination] reaction within its body is intense, but it still maintains the state of a living, fleshy creature. It is not considered a 'Shadow Creature', but rather a 'Contaminated Goblin (Monsterized)' that is gradually being eroded and assimilated by the Shadow Contamination, its physique begins to rise, and its life force is experiencing a final burst of vitality.

On the lower half of each goblin's body, or more precisely, at the 'tailbone' covered by clothing, solid 'Shadow Eggplant Vines' pierce through flesh and skin, like a tail or an oil pipeline, connecting to the 'Eggplant Demon Array (Shadow Eggplant Network)' that covers the entire room.

Snake explained in the way Yuan Zhu understood: "The charging cable of EVA Unit-01. Each goblin is a 'flesh and blood flowerpot,' nurturing the 'Shadow Eggplant' within its body. These [Eggplant Goblins] are also connected to a larger [Shadow Eggplant Plant Network (Magic Array),] uniformly obtaining nutrients from 'disease pollution' from the [Plant Network]."

This is a network equipped with an "intelligent breeding program." The demonic insects are responsible for harvesting "diseaseous plants," while the eggplant ghosts absorb and decompose the pollution, then feed it evenly to each "flesh flowerpot" through the "network."

It ensures that the shadow pollution within the [Eggplant Essence] is constantly suppressed and absorbed, while also accelerating erosion and mutation, and generating a large number of [Shadow Eggplants].

"This is the [Extreme Farming and Pressing Method]!"

Yuan Zhu: "Great! It's practically a gnome version of 'Cordyceps sinensis,' it should be called 'Cordyceps sinensis and Cordyceps militaris'?"

Inside this lounge, Snake's pre-set "Extreme Pig Farming Method," in pursuit of maximizing profits, did not allow "Eggplant Spirit" to be 'awakened,' maintaining a state of rationality and active thinking.

After all, the space in a haunted house is limited, and it also needs to house the Shadow Insects. If the goblins are allowed to awaken and become active, the noise they create will inevitably attract the attention of the property management of the community.

Therefore, nearly a hundred [Eggplant Spirits] were evenly distributed in different rooms, kept at the lowest energy consumption level, and entered hibernation mode.

At this moment, a large number of [Solanum lyratum] are suspended in mid-air in the lounge in the form of [flesh cocoons] covered with plant outer skin, connected to the plant network exposed on the ceiling.

Meanwhile, many 'goblin cocoons' were embedded in the walls, surrounded by shadowy tissues shaped like blood vessels and leaf veins, which transported nutrients, allowing plants laden with 'black cherry tomatoes' to emerge from their cocoons and grow.

Similarly, on the decaying wooden floor, there were also 'curled-up goblins' that looked like 'alien eggs', with a lush 'shadow eggplant seedling' growing on the protruding head.

The entire lounge was both eerily terrifying and strangely vibrant. The shadowy contamination within each of the [Tomato Spirits] was thoroughly marinated, a stark contrast to the struggling 'fresh goblins' at this moment.

Snake proudly declared, "This is just one of our model breeding sites. The bedrooms, storage rooms, toilets, and other areas on other floors are all similarly designed. We prioritize energy efficiency, maximum productivity, and maximizing space utilization through rational breeding management. As long as we don't let them wake up, we can manage to house another hundred or so!"

The haunted house still has many rooms occupied by dormant Shadow Insects. There isn't much space left, but Snake is confident that it can still accommodate the 120 crippled goblins this time.

It truly is a model of 'a gloomy den of demons + thrifty household management'.

Yuan Zhu couldn't help but praise, "Awesome! I give you 92 points for this! The remaining 18 points will be returned in the form of 666."

"It's all thanks to your excellent guidance, boss, that I was given a chance to shine and achieved what I have today. These 92 points are all thanks to you. All I have to do is cheer you on from the sidelines!"

Yuan Zhu couldn't help but shout, "666!"

Then he changed the subject: "However, there's no need for extreme farming. I originally designed the [Eggplant Essence] to cultivate cheap, semi-vegetarian laborers who don't eat or drink and work 24/7. I didn't expect Lü Rang's business to be so good, with continuous warehouse overflows. In that case... why not harvest a batch of [Eggplant Essence]?"

Snake asked curiously, "How do you plan to harvest them? Such good, cheap labor should be squeezed dry of its last bit of vitality before being recycled."

"But the farm hasn't been built yet, when will they be able to take the stage? Besides, the carriers of your [Artificial Intelligence Program] and [Extreme Pig Farming Program] are [Brain Eggplant], right? I've discovered that [Brain Eggplant] is the most valuable thing, capable of carrying 'data-driven programs', and may even be able to link with Mengxi's [Skull Servo]."

Snake: "Are you planning to harvest a batch of [Brain Eggplants]?"

Yuan Zhu nodded: "That's right. While a single [Eggplant Spirit] is perfect for 24-hour cheap labor, it has a fatal flaw: it's brainless! Although goblins are 'half-step intelligent life forms,' the cost of cultivating their work experience is too high. It's better to refine them into [Brain Eggplants], input 'work skills,' and acquire work skills in one step, like an external brain. Moreover, once one is exhausted, a new [Brain Eggplant] is used, continuously optimizing and accumulating experience. Each [Brain Eggplant] becomes a super skilled worker, while the [Eggplant Spirit] is merely a replaceable flesh and blood plug-in!"

Snake: "Genius! You're the best! How many are you planning to harvest?"

Yuan Zhu: "Feed them Shadow Eggplants to mutate their brains, then throw them into the [Inner Universe] to activate the [Chang Gui] refining process. The first batch is 50! Anyway, there's still some time before the factory is built, so let's just refine all the recycled goblins into [Brain Eggplants]. In any case, we'll continue to acquire old, weak, sick, and disabled goblins in the future, so we should harvest the [Disease Garden] to the maximum extent possible! Time waits for no one, and if the victims return, we'll have no choice but to run away. Utilizing all resources to convert them into portable [Brain Eggplants] is the best strategy."

Snake: "We can stock up on another batch of [Shadow Memory Sticks]!"

"Okay, you decide."

(End of this chapter)