New concept of the mysterious way to ascend to immortality

Chapter 263 [Joint Venture Frog Factory]

After hearing Nie Yin's explanation, Yuan Zhu was somewhat surprised: "The 'parasitic roots' inside the [Eggplant Spirit] are conflicting with the [Frog-type Modification]?"

He successfully verified the feasibility of the combination of "Shadow Contamination (Alienated Organization) + Frog-type Contamination" on hybrid orcs. This is a positive example of the mutual enhancement between "Shadow" and "Frog-type".

But in the blink of an eye, the same setup of [Shadow Pollution (Shadow Parasite) + Frog Pollution] failed. According to his understanding, perhaps [Shadow Pollution. Parasite] was a better fit for the [Random Immortal System]?
Yuan Zhu suddenly asked, "What if we forcefully push for the [Frog-type Modification]? The pollution in these [Eggplant Spirits] hasn't yet reached the [Species] standard, so theoretically we can forcibly cover the pollution. We can use [Body Tempering Fluid] to forcibly build their foundations and obtain 'Muscular Goblins'!"

Nie Yin couldn't understand Yuan Zhu's persistence and asked in return, "Then why not just use ordinary goblins for modification?"

This allows you to directly and easily obtain: Ultimate Goblin Warrior

“You don’t understand. I’m not just after 'Ground Spirit Warriors,’ but I need to develop goblin warriors that belong to the [Shadow System]. I want to develop a unique unit that belongs to our [Shadow Group].

Nie Yin now understood. In the past two days, she had become increasingly adept at using [Anti-Law. Shadow] and its matching [Shadow Uniform], and truly felt the convenience and wonder of mastering a [Transcendent System].

She also gained a deeper understanding of the [Root of the Shadow]. She realized that Yuan Zhu was trying to perfect the 'law and rule' of [Anti-Law. Shadow] through himself.

In the past, although I learned and mastered the extraordinary knowledge of the Frog School, I was able to make various 'potions', extract 'body tempering fluid', master many extraordinary rituals, and even get tattoos with extraordinary power, and handcraft 'frog skin wallets'.

However, she herself remains at the level of a mortal and is not bound to a [Transcendent Source]. Although she has stepped into the world of the extraordinary, she is not a true extraordinary being in the real sense.

Even now, after signing the "Anti-Law" agreement, her identity remains ambiguous.

[The Anti-Law Master (Yuan Zhu)] granted her immense freedom, not forcibly binding her to the 'Shadow Root,' but simply employing her. This allowed her to freely utilize the 'Shadow Power' through [Anti-Law], experiencing the feeling of being a 'superhuman' in advance.

At the same time, she can still choose to be promoted through other systems.

Based on his understanding of [Shadow Contamination] over the past few days, Nie Yin countered, "If you want to cultivate a [Shadow-type Earth Spirit], you shouldn't choose [Eggplant Spirit] as your target. Instead, you should transplant and strengthen an ordinary goblin with [Alienated Tissue], complete the Shadow Erosion, and then carry out [Power Modification]. This will result in a higher success rate and a more perfect finished product."

She personally performed five surgeries involving "mutated and aberrant tissue + body-quenching fluid foundation building," making her highly qualified to speak on the subject. Furthermore, she held the "mutated tissue (insect-type)" provided by Yuan Zhu in extremely high regard.

This item is an invaluable treasure for the Frog School. It is a supreme treasure that can artificially enhance one's 'cultivation aptitude'.

Yuan Zhu: "Of course I know about the enhancement of the [Alienated Organization] to the [Power System]. But this thing is not cheap and the quantity is limited, so it cannot be widely used. On the contrary, the [Shadow Eggplant Spirit] is cheap and can be mass-produced. Moreover, the most wonderful thing about the [Eggplant Spirit] is its 'semi-vegetable' attribute, which allows it to take root in the shadows and the earth, absorb nutrients, and maintain its vital signs."

"If the [Eggplant Essence] can be fused with the [Frog-type Modification], it will be possible to produce 'Earth Spirit Warriors' who do not need to consume large amounts of high-energy food, protein powder, or nutritional supplements to maintain their physical strength; they can synthesize muscles simply by rooting themselves in the earth to absorb nutrients, absorb shadow pollution, and absorb the essence of the sun and moon (photosynthesis), and live on dew and wind!"

"Don't you think this is a groundbreaking feat? A perpetual motion machine for cattle and horses! Just pour the restaurant's swill on the ground, and they'll happily absorb and digest it. With the help of 'shade + photosynthesis,' they'll synthesize glucose from CO2, upgrade their fitness, and gain stronger physiques and power. Meanwhile, they'll work tirelessly, 24 hours a day, on the assembly line for us!"

As Yuan Zhu described it, Nie Yin's breathing became slightly rapid.

She didn't really empathize with Yuan Zhu's 'capitalist vision' and had no interest in the exploitation and oppression of goblins' labor value; she was simply attracted by the dark and cruel scene of the [semi-plant goblin 007 fitness assembly line] he described.

How evil! How hopeless! I love it!
She's only interested in the business of exploiting, oppressing, and torturing goblins; as for the value gained, she'll hand it over to her boss as the price for the "anti-law."

After replaying this beautiful scene in his mind twice, Nie Yin said regretfully, "If we forcibly perform strength surgery on the [Eggplant Essence] and increase the dosage of [Body Tempering Fluid], the final result will only be that the 'contaminated muscles' will squeeze out the 'parasitic roots' that are all over the flesh and blood inch by inch, ensuring the purity of the flesh and forging the [Ultimate Warrior Body]."

"If we abandon the idea of ​​[Half-Vegetative Perpetual Motion Machine] and simply mass-produce 'Shadow Earth Spirits', we can first use ordinary [Shadow Contamination] to erode the goblin's body, and then perform power surgery to modify it."

Yuan Zhu looked at the orc No. 1 who was practicing the [Red Gang Fist] diligently to the side, pointed to the 'brain eggplant plug-in' on its head and asked, "You said that the [Power System] rejects 'foreign objects' in the body, but the [brain eggplant] is perfectly rooted in the head, with its roots parasitizing the brain."

Nie Yin: "The head is not blessed by the Frog God. Moreover, this thing called the Brain Eggplant stops inside the cranial cavity and has not spread outside the brain tissue. The brain is not a muscle group, and those roots that have burrowed into the blood vessels of the brain will be squeezed and crushed and rejected outside the blood vessels as the Power System is upgraded."

In Nie Yin's explanation, the Frog God represents the attainment of sainthood through the physical body, while the Kunlun Immortal Path and the Loose Immortal System represent the attainment of true immortality through spiritual roots. These are two different paths to transcendence, both of which can lead to the same goal. Therefore, they are mutually exclusive and incompatible.

Yuan Zhu was still unwilling to give up: "You said that different [Transcendent Systems] are recruiting and absorbing wild 'Ultimate Warriors,' corrupting and assimilating them, and refining them into their own guardian soldiers. Then the [Kunlun Immortal Sect] must have a unique refining secret method!"

The physical body is incompatible with the spiritual root immortality, but the Kunlun Immortal Sect must have mastered the method of turning cultivators who have achieved physical body into unique puppets.

Similarly, the theory of a perpetual motion machine made of muscle-bound eggplant remains feasible. He doesn't pursue perfect compatibility and infinite upgrades between 'Shadow Eggplant' and 'Frog-type Pollution'. He simply wants to make the weak 'Goblin Laborers' stronger and more durable, squeezing out more surplus value.

Nie Yin shook his head violently: "Then I don't understand. I only attend classes at the Frog School, I don't know the Kunlun Immortal Techniques, nor do I know the knowledge of Loose Immortals. You should consult the senior students of the Dangerous Botany School."

When the senior was mentioned, Yuan Zhu immediately thought of the piece of land he owned in the eastern suburbs.

Originally, he planned to use [Anti-Law] to sign Nie Yin, gaining one of his own. Then, he would have the more professional [Frog School. Top Student] replace him to oversee the construction of [Frog Factory], creating a top-tier laboratory for himself.

To his utter surprise, Nie Yin turned out to be a socially awkward and withdrawn person who resisted social interaction. If it weren't for the [Anti-Law] breaking down her mental defenses and creating a channel for spiritual communication, he wouldn't have been able to communicate with her normally, let alone have her coordinate the construction team and guide the construction of the 'special laboratory'.

Fortunately, Senior Chen helped him at a crucial moment.

After confirming that Nie Yin was a good-for-nothing who only knew how to bully frogs, Yuan Zhu made a special trip to [Rain Academy] to complain to her senior. She angrily denounced the senior for introducing her to an autistic person who was of no help whatsoever in the construction, management, or future sales of [Frog Factory].

At most, they can only play a limited role in the 'laboratory', serving as a scientific research technician.

In addition, while frog farms are relatively easy to build, the pharmaceutical laboratory that Yuan Zhu wants to create is quite difficult and expensive.

Although he can earn a lot of extra money and extraordinary materials through the [Space of Gods], and occupy the [Garden of Disease], he does not lack cultivation (Holy Light Burning) resources.

However, these are assets, and the available cash is not much, which is not enough to pay the wages of a professional construction team.

So he and his senior classmate drew up a contract whereby she would invest money to jointly oversee the construction of a "high-level laboratory" and have the right to use it. Furthermore, the "frog farm" site was quite large, a full 50 acres. If only frog farming was involved, only a portion of the land would be needed. Therefore, Yuan Zhu would have to allocate some land to build a professional "greenhouse" for cultivating dangerous plants.

The future "Frog Farm" will ostensibly be a breeding and raising facility for experimental frogs. Secretly, however, it will be a small, private laboratory conducting numerous prohibited projects.

The senior student wants to use a shell company to run some 'private projects' that are prohibited by the college. She provides the money and effort, and uses family connections to build structures such as [advanced laboratories, dungeons, and greenhouses], but Yuan Zhu will take the blame. If things go wrong, she will be held responsible.

Yuan Zhu promised to contribute his time and effort, using his unique channels to search for more special plant seeds for his senior, and to arrange for a dedicated person (Solanum lyratum) to cultivate and care for them.

At the same time, he promised to provide a large number of imprisoned laborers (eggplant spirits) to protect the 'dangerous plant' without being exposed or discovered. He also promised to provide the senior student with experimental subjects for her [Immortal Research] (who would also be goblins).

In short, all the senior student needs to do is invest a sum of money, contact a construction team, provide the blueprints for a top-tier laboratory, and supervise the construction of the "Frog Factory." She will then be able to share Yuan Zhu's resources and receive attentive aftercare services.

They colluded with each other, each getting what they needed, while not interfering with each other's privacy.

Strictly speaking, Nie Yin also had a part in this "advanced experiment." She also had her own 'personal experimental space' to conduct some private research.

...

When Yuan Zhu inquired about the progress of the Frog Factory project, Nie Yin shook his head innocently, explaining that he had been hiding in the warehouse these past few days modifying orcs, torturing eggplant spirits, and slaughtering frogs...

I also used my remaining break time to sew a new frog-skin wallet, which I plan to give to my senior as a gift.

"you……"

Looking at Nie Yin, who turned his head away from him and showed no remorse whatsoever, Yuan Zhu felt a sense of powerlessness.

Fortunately, he realized early on that the other party was unreliable, so he specially brought back Xiao Tang and A Tiao from the [Feathered World]. From then on, Xiao Tang was put in charge of managing the [Frog Factory]; A Tiao served as the head of security at the [Frog Factory], and also trained the five hybrid beastmen and taught them martial arts.

"Come on, put down your work and come with me to the suburbs to check on the project's progress."

Upon hearing this, Nie Yin was filled with reluctance. He was depressed and extremely resistant.

She really enjoys her current secluded life. The warehouse is huge, stocked with plenty of food, and has also received hundreds of kilograms of frogs, as well as the 'polluted resources' left behind by Yuan Zhu. She has everything she could want, no annoying classmates, and no nosy tutor.

Here, she can conduct experiments however she pleases, without worrying about waste, breaking the rules, or going out of control. Once she has an inspiration, she can do whatever she wants with the orcs and the [Eggplant Spirit].

Now, she doesn't want to go out at all; she just wants to skin another batch of frogs, collect enough frog skins, and test some new ideas.

“I don’t want to leave. I can make a greater contribution by staying here.”

Yuan Zhu shook his head: "Don't you want to see the progress of [Frog Factory.Lab] for yourself? This shabby warehouse is just a temporary stop. Frog Factory's [Lab] is your home. Don't you miss the experimental building at [Rain Academy]?"

Nie Yin: "The academy's laboratories are only open to formal students who are wealthy and talented. I only have the opportunity to observe and clean them."

The thought of having a private laboratory similar to the one in the academy, even if it was of lower quality and several levels of lower security, still filled her with excitement and anticipation. She was also less resistant to going out.

After persuading Frog Girl, Yuan Zhu gave instructions to No. 1's [External Brain]:
He was ordered to practice the 'basic martial arts techniques' again and again without getting tired, ensuring a balance between work and rest, scientific training, and avoiding overexertion or damage to his body, before his physical strength was exhausted.

Once it can perfectly replicate the entire design, it will inform the remaining orc brothers to also activate the [Artificial Intelligence Learning Program], record visually, and then practice repeatedly with their bodies until they are exhausted. Then they will eat, rest, recover their strength, and continue repeating the process.

If they have rested and regained their strength, but I have not yet returned.

The orc groups then formed random teams, engaging in one-on-one combat, stopping short of a decisive blow. Through hand-to-hand combat, they familiarized themselves with their enhanced bodies and mastered the martial arts techniques they had acquired.

Through practical combat, accumulate sufficient 'combat experience and data', and through optimization and iteration of the [artificial intelligence combat program], develop your own 'martial arts skills'.

After receiving the order, the five orcs quickly returned to their assigned corner.

Four of them started exercising and eating a proper diet, focusing on scientific fitness. The leader, on the other hand, practiced martial arts meticulously, striving to make his movements fluid and continuous, minimizing mistakes.

...

Meanwhile, Yuan Zhu led Nie Yin away from the warehouse. After walking for a while, they arrived at a busy roadside. After waiting for some time, they finally hailed a taxi.

After some haggling with the driver, a deal was struck: he would hire a car to take him to his land at the frog farm in the eastern suburbs, and the driver would be responsible for taking him back.

After getting in the car, Yuan Zhu was dissatisfied with this time-consuming and expensive mode of transportation and complained to She She, "Do you think I should buy a car too?"

In the original owner's understanding, cars powered by alchemical elements were considered 'luxury goods + extraordinary vehicles'. Ordinary people simply couldn't even entertain the 'delusion' of buying one. This wasn't just a matter of transportation; it was a symbol of status.

Influenced by the original owner of this body, he had been ignoring this problem.

Now, after feeling frustrated and irritable due to the inconvenience of travel, I've broken free from this mental constraint and realized that I am fully capable, financially independent, and entitled to own a car. Why then does a feeling of unworthiness still linger in my heart?

Snake: "It's probably due to the severe stratification of local classes, plus the success of brainwashing education, right?"

Yuan Zhu: "Make a note of this. Remind me to buy a car after I finish inspecting the construction progress and return to Running. Oh, and a house too, I want to live in a big house!"

(End of this chapter)