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Chapter 261 The Orc Warriors Are Ready to Be Sold!

Yuan Zhu ignored the timid, muscle-bound beastmen who were secretly training in a corner of the warehouse.

He approached the girl who was looking down and avoiding eye contact, wanting to chat with her and ask about her recent situation and whether she was adapting to her current life.

It turned out that they had only been apart for 2.5 days, and the tacit understanding they had reached vanished in an instant. When they met again, they were already strangers. His well-intentioned greeting was met with a hesitant and withdrawn look from the other person.

I sensed the other person's mental changes through the [Reversal Law]. Fortunately, they didn't resist communicating; on the contrary, they seemed somewhat eager to try. However, they didn't dare to take the initiative to speak.

"My god, what kind of split personality is this girl? She's so unpredictable."

Snake quickly spoke up: "This girl is actually quite easy to handle. I've already completed her psychological profile. Just remember, the nicer you are to her, the lower her favorability will drop, and she'll become wary and hostile towards you; if you're not nice to her, she'll hold a grudge and hate you. However, if you promptly follow up your kindness with mild malicious suppression and coercion... her decreased favorability will quickly rise back to normal, and even increase slightly."

"Don't underestimate this tiny bit of 'favorability,' it's a permanent increase! So, you just need to repeatedly 'CPU' her, constantly pulling and suppressing her to raise her favorability. Over time, you can completely 'PUA' her and turn her into your simp! But remember, you can't inflict real malice or harm, otherwise it will permanently lower her favorability and keep her hatred level constant. You'll go directly from a tsundere simp to a vengeful ingrate."

Yuan Zhu is stunned. What kind of mentally ill person did she attract? Senior, give me my money back!
Snake complained, "She's just a lunatic, otherwise how could the Frog School have overlooked this hidden gem? Objectively speaking, her knowledge and practical skills are excellent. She should be sought after by various companies, instead of being stuck in the Frog School as a frog-killing girl. She was eliminated, rejected, and ignored multiple times because of her serious personality flaws."

Yuan Zhu: "So even if I max out her favorability, deeply bind her with the [Anti-Law], make her follow me wholeheartedly, and unleash her full talent, it still won't change the fact that she's an unstable time bomb?"

Snake didn't care: "Perhaps. But how many people on this Spirit Planet are mentally sound? I think you'll eventually have to give her the [Three Phases] Ox and Horse buff to exploit her. Anyone who activates Three Phases is mentally ill, so why make things difficult for each other?"

Yuan Zhu thought about it and felt that it made sense.

Something is very wrong with this world. Even so-called 'normal people' or 'ordinary people' will experience a dramatic change in their personality and an untimely death before they die naturally due to the cumulative increase in their 'deviation'.

So, it seems that Runing's hospital doesn't have a 'psychological counseling department'? Other companies don't hire Nie Yin not entirely because of his 'psychological defects,' but more because training him would be too troublesome and costly, making it uneconomical.

Someone like her, who suffered severe psychological trauma from childhood, possesses an exceptionally firm 'Dao Heart' that is not easily swayed by increases in 'deviation'. Because she is already terminally ill, she is indifferent to minor chronic ailments.

If properly trained, they can be more durable than ordinary cattle and horses.

Having already signed the "anti-law" agreement, there was no time to back out; the only option was to intensify the training and discipline. Faced with Nie Yin, who was not eloquent, Yuan Zhu could only forcefully interrogate him until he became fluent in his answers.

...

He quickly figured out that during the few days he was away, all five hybrid orcs had completed the initial introductory modification of the [Power Path].

Having had a successful experience before, Nie Yin was more at ease with the enhanced surgery this time.

She no longer rushes things, exhausting one patient before tormenting the next. Instead, she chooses to stagger the procedures, breaking down a single surgery into six steps.

After each orc completes one step, it is left aside to recover its health and adapt. Once the remaining three orcs have also completed this step, the second step of modification can be carried out.

Thus, Nie Yin remained in a state of high excitement during the surgery (torture), venting his accumulated negative destructive desires; while the beastmen had three times the time to adjust their state in preparation for even more intense surgical modifications.

In just two days, they successfully completed the enhancement, unlike No. 1 which was so weak that it was on the verge of death multiple times.

Yuan Zhu then checked their condition using the [Anti-Law] and found that although the orcs numbered 2-5 were healthier, the potential unearthed by the [Frog-type Modification] was not as strong as that of the orc numbered 1.

If the four of them are ordinary elite monsters, then number 1 is the elite leader, with even stronger stats.

Snake imported all the data from [Anti-Law. Group A] into the [Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture] for analysis and summarization, and quickly drew a conclusion:

The pace of the transformation on Number 1 was too rushed; the entire transformation was completed in just two hours. The physical strain pushed it to its limits, and it was on the verge of death multiple times, only to be forcibly healed back to life by Yuan Zhu.

This kind of 'rebirth'-style overclocking and pollution enhancement naturally unlocks an additional 'potential' beyond its inherent limits.

For models 2-5, whose transformation pace is safer, there were no unexpected surprises; this is their normal level as expected.

...

Having figured this out, Yuan Zhu pulled Nie Yin in front of him. Under the frog girl's hostile gaze, he directly transmitted the data report into her mind through the [Anti-Law Contract].

This completely new experience instantly overshadowed the panic, anger, and discomfort caused by having her little hand held. She stood there, frozen, forced to read the 'experimental data analysis' that had suddenly flooded her mind.

This experience of being "forced to gain knowledge and develop one's mind" both shocked her and filled her with a sense of passive surprise. At this moment, a large number of experimental details that she had never paid attention to before corroborated each other with her subjective experience accumulated through surgery.

Overlooked details and omissions, as well as much half-understood knowledge, are now being filled in and optimized. This is rapidly improving her experience and understanding, which is more useful than performing several more surgeries.

Yuan Zhu glanced at the four 'anti-law henchmen' whose potential was clearly inferior to No. 1, and asked curiously, "Do you think that in the future [Frog-type Modification], we should restart No. 1's 'Extreme Enhancement Plan' to squeeze out some potential that should not exist out of thin air and push the cost-effectiveness to the limit?"

Nie Yin understood his boss's meaning, then shook his head: "That's not appropriate. The mortality rate is too high, which would be a loss. Safety modification is what they should be doing. The success rate is guaranteed, and the cost-effectiveness is higher. If you want to further enhance an individual's potential, I suggest implanting [alienated tissue] in advance to expand the muscle mass."

Yuan Zhu then asked, "Have you taught them any fighting techniques these past few days? As you know, my plan for them is to fight in underground combat."

He had invested too much in these orcs. From now on, he would have to provide them with food and water for long periods of training and feeding, yet he hadn't seen any return on his investment. This made him dissatisfied. Nie Yin shook his head: "I don't understand these things, but I've already given them the 'Martial Arts Illustrated Book' you provided for them to learn on their own. Also, they just had surgery and have only been resting for less than a day; they haven't recovered to their best condition yet. We can consider incorporating combat training into their future development and training."

Yuan Zhu was annoyed by the other party's low efficiency and couldn't wait to arrange for them to play a few amateur matches.

"Their physical abilities already far surpass those of humans. After undergoing [Power Modification], they have transcended the mortal realm. Even if they haven't recovered to their peak condition, they are still beyond the reach of ordinary people. Now, arranging for them to fight in amateur matches is a complete stomp, a health-preserving arrangement! It will not only make us money, but also allow them to grow rapidly in combat, accumulate experience, and adapt to their new, powerful bodies. Perfect!"

So he left Nie Yin behind and used the [Anti-Law] to command five hybrid orcs to come to him.

The big boss decided to personally teach them a few classic West Coast fighting techniques. The debt of gratitude owed to Boss Yuan for imparting knowledge and resolving their doubts is insurmountable!

Once they've learned the tricks of the trade, we'll immediately send them to amateur competitions, allowing them to maintain their health and make money at the same time.

Nie Yin followed behind Zhu Zi thoughtfully, carefully considering his actions, then nodded almost imperceptibly. She had already approved of his approach, secretly feeling that it made a lot of sense. She realized she was still too kind and too naive.

...

Inside the warehouse, Yuan Zhu ordered five muscular orcs to line up, and he began practicing the [Red Harbor Fist] move by move. He was passing on this classic martial art, which was gradually becoming less useful but was still effective against humanoid creatures.

It is hoped that after learning the basic routines, they will accumulate physical memory through repeated practice on the arena where they once fought. While mastering the fighting techniques, they will also learn advanced 'acting skills' (experience in spotting fights).

Once one or two exceptionally talented fighters (with superb acting skills) are selected, they can be trained as 'fake fight stars' to act in scripts and make big money. As for those without talent, they are sent to the 'dark fighting world' to cultivate their potential as 'ultimate warriors'.

He miscalculated; these orcs were far more stupid than he had expected!

He only taught for half an hour before completely losing patience. Yuan Zhu noticed that although these orcs were physically stronger, their 'intelligence' seemed to have declined significantly?
They only know how to throw punches, relying on savage instincts to fight each other. The fighting is intense, with every punch landing hard and no regard for force, making it quite entertaining. But they have too many weaknesses! Against agile and nimble ordinary people, they don't have an advantage; instead, they expose their vital points and are easily knocked out by a critical hit.

They must master some fighting techniques!
When he began teaching some basic martial arts techniques, the orcs became uncoordinated. After finally managing to perform a complete routine with some semblance of skill, they immediately forgot the moves they had learned before.

Yuan Zhu was puzzled, so he called Nie Yin over and asked her, "Why do their brains seem to have shrunk?"

Nie Yin nodded: "There is a little, but this is a normal phenomenon. It is a side effect of residual pollution after the power modification. After you adapt, it will slightly decrease."

Every system has its inherent flaws. Cultivators can only try to compensate and repair them from other angles. For example, their specialty, [Holy Light], inevitably consumes their own life, spirit, soul, and lifespan... As their level increases, the fuel needed to ignite the Holy Light becomes increasingly precious and irreversible.

The way to avoid this is to use other 'life forms' as fuel instead of oneself. Even so, complete replacement is not possible, and one still needs to contribute a portion. At the same time, it also carries the severe risk of 'falling into the seal'.

The power pathways that extend from the Frog God come at the cost of a 'brain'!
Nie Yin pointed to the headless, skinned, and cursed Frog God statue on the experimental table: "Do you see its head?"

"It doesn't even have a head!"

When the topic turned to their field of expertise, Nie Yin nodded calmly: "That's right. The Frog God has no head or skin, so when undergoing the Power Transformation, even though all the muscles in the body are eroded and strengthened by the Tempering Fluid, including the muscles in the head, the head of the Extreme Warrior is not blessed by the Frog God. Only the 'muscles' attached to the cultivator's head are blessed."

Yuan Zhu: "So, the Ultra Warriors' brains can't keep up with the pace of evolution?"

Nie Yin: "You can understand it this way. The [Power Blessing (Frog-type Contamination)] won't actively lower your intelligence or make you stupid. Theoretically, the modified user always maintains the appropriate level of intelligence. But as the [Ultimate Warrior] begins to strengthen their body through training, their voluntary muscles actively secrete 'body tempering fluid' to stimulate muscle fiber strengthening and unlock their physical potential. But this [Frog-type Contamination] will also simultaneously erode the brain..."

"So that's how you started to become stupid?"

Nie Yin shook his head: "The brains of the Ultimate Warriors haven't become stupid. It's just that their bodies no longer use their 'brains'. All their organs, muscles, bones, and nervous systems have accepted, adapted to, and become compatible with the 'frog-type pollution.' Even if they can't be enhanced, they are not affected by its erosion or damage. Only their brains have been abandoned by their bodies."

Yuan Zhu gradually understood why the [Beast Warrior] became stupid. His entire body was being carried away by the 'frog-type pollution', but his brain remained unaffected. Wasn't this equivalent to becoming dumber in disguise? In fact, his brain couldn't withstand the 'frog-type pollution' and would even suffer damage.

"Why is that? Why have we all evolved, but not our brains?"

Nie Yin coldly replied: "Because the Frog God has no head! The strengthening of the head muscles of the Extreme Warrior is also an aftereffect of the physical body strengthening. It spread to the head, was injected into the head muscles, and then stopped completely. It didn't have time to penetrate the skull and enter the brain."

Yuan Zhu retorted, "But the Frog God doesn't have any skins either!"

How do you know if a high-level ultimate warrior still cares about the existence of skins?

Yuan Zhu's arrogance weakened: "So, high-level ultimate warriors are headless and skinless?"

Nie Yin: "Not necessarily, but the head and skin are no longer vital; their presence or absence is unimportant. Some Ultra Warriors prioritize skin care for aesthetic reasons. As for the head and intelligence, they can be retained. The power pathways have also branched into several schools, some of which emphasize the unity of head and body. But the basic classic version never cares about the presence or absence of the head and skin. Have you heard of Xing Tian? That's a kind of 'mythical form' of the Ultra Warrior!"

Yuan Zhu's mind was in turmoil; Du Ling's version of 'Earth's Magical Mythology' was simply unbearable to read.

The Frog School doesn't care about brains, only muscles; the Knowledge School next door, on the other hand, plays with 'heads'.

He had even heard from Zhou Chu that within the school of knowledge, there was a heretical sect called the "Headless School," which consisted of bodies but no heads. He had even worried that Meng Xiyue might go astray and lose her head.

However, the Headless School and the Frog-type Headless Warrior are completely different things; they just look alike.

(End of this chapter)