New concept of the mysterious way to ascend to immortality

Chapter 319 Shadow Legion, Labor Team

As the 'continuous damage' transmitted by the [Law Domain] gradually ceased, under Yuan Zhu's monitoring, the [Law Domain] spontaneously extracted the pollution from the [Misty Mountains] and the [Shadow Dimension] and transformed it into 'Shadow Spiritual Power' for self-repair and healing.

Throughout the entire process, he did not intervene in any way, but simply observed from a third-person perspective. [Law Domain] completed all of this naturally, as if it were breathing.

Snake suddenly analyzed, "Boss, I have some thoughts on our [Law Domain]'s encounter in the alternate dimension (being attacked, continuously losing health)! Normal ability users, after reaching the [Gate] level, only possess a single 'Gate'. And when not in use, it is hidden beside the ability user or within their body. Only when the portal is opened will it manifest in another world. And be observed and touched (attacked) by life in the opposite world."

"But it's different for you! Our family's 'door' is just one door, but it has been split in two by the 'Cave Heaven Space,' becoming a 'front door' and a 'back door.' You can still go directly to the other world through the 'front door' you carry with you, but the 'back door' of the 'Cave Heaven Space' will not disappear. Instead, it will continue to appear in another world for a long time, becoming a constant, accessible target or target."

At this moment, the virtual white-haired loli snake image rested its chin on its hand: "Our [Cave Heaven Space] is under continuous attack from the other side. It's very likely that this 'back door' has attracted the attention of the native life from another world, and they want to pry it open and invade and seize the [Cave Heaven]!"

Snake Tail's analysis was quite insightful, and Yuan Zhu couldn't help but nod in agreement: "That's interesting. But according to my judgment, the [Cave Heaven Space] doesn't entirely exist in the world behind the door, but is stuck in the gap between the present world and the other side. However, the [back door] you mentioned is very likely to continue to manifest on the other side... For details, you can refer to the 'Shadow Dream Hole' in the [Nightmare Layer]!"

His [Mountain Lord's Domain] is heavily inspired by the [Shadow Domain] of the Feathered World. Even the [door] is shaped like the [Dream Hole]. The 'back door' of the [Cave Heaven Space] naturally connects to the false 'Nightmare Layer (Alternate Dimension)'.

However, the genuine [Shadow Dream Hole] continuously receives contamination from the [Nightmare Layer], gaining an inexhaustible supply of [Nightmare Power]; in contrast, his [Backdoor] requires payment to open. Even when closed, it suffers continuous attacks from the other side…

Yuan Zhu pondered, "It seems that training a Shadow Legion is imperative."

The best way to resolve the crisis on the other side of the [Gate] is to cultivate a group of [Chang Gui] to act as 'security + drones', and then send them into the other side of the space-time through the 'back door' of the [Cave Space] to scout ahead and gather intelligence on our behalf.

Then, cultivate another 'Shadow-type' demonized army. Send it over there, let it take root, and transform it into a guard and patrol force. While guarding the [Cave Heaven Space] at another spacetime portal, it will also assist in exploring the other world and collecting cultivation resources.

The advantages of training the [Shadow Legion] are naturally speed, efficiency, absolute loyalty, 100% compatibility with the [Cave Heaven Space], and low toll fees. As long as they are within the range of [Law Domain WiFi], they can wirelessly replenish mana and have unlimited power.

The drawback is that it can only use the "backdoor" as the center and the WiFi coverage signal as the radius, which is biased towards passive defense, making it difficult to explore in depth, and its intelligence is limited.

Creating a [Shadow-type Demonized Legion] has the advantages of higher intelligence, stronger initiative, and the ability to explore deeply. However, it also has many drawbacks: high investment in training, long training period, expensive tolls, and unstable loyalty. Once it ventures into unknown, highly polluted environments, it is easily distorted and corrupted.

When the 'contamination and erosion' in the otherworldly environment overwhelms the 'data source shadow contamination', the cannon fodder exploration legion will quickly become distorted and out of control, and may even rebel.

The best material for creating the [Shadow Legion] is the Demonized Giant Insect.

While in the [Feathered World], he quickly cultivated a high-performance 'Shadow Demon Insect Legion'. If combined with the [Brain Eggplant CPU] which is now in mass production, it can quickly form a combat force and possess a certain degree of intelligence.

Unfortunately, the real world lacks top-tier magical insects as raw materials. Importing them from the Feathered World through the Happy Home is prohibitively expensive. He can't even afford to move the Insect Pillars, let alone waste them on 'Changgui' (a type of demonic insect).

Therefore, unfortunately, this is a pass!

So, as a second choice, the most suitable 'cannon fodder ghosts and monster legions' right now is the goblin race!
Furthermore, they cannot be old, weak, sick, or disabled goblins; they must be young, healthy, and strong 'high-quality goblins,' and then rapidly mature and strengthen them into 'goblin warriors' through the most efficient 'frog-type modification' currently available.

...

Thinking of this, Yuan Zhu decisively took out the communication mouse from the [Soul Space] and dialed Lü Rang's number.

A short while later, the cyborg mouse spoke: "Hey? Brother Yuan, what are your orders? I'll take care of it!"

Instead of getting straight to the point, Zhu Zi became polite, first hinting at the small favors his elder brother had done for him in the past: "How's your study of the sword manual I gave you?"

Upon hearing this, Lü Rang became excited and eagerly shared, "This [Deer Head Sword] belongs to the 'Living Sword School'. Its content is very interesting and has greatly inspired me. Unfortunately, the [Deer Head Sword] is not suitable for me. Cultivating it from a 'deer fetus' takes too long, at least a year. I'm currently saving money, hoping to use the power of the [Space of Gods] to fuse the various sword techniques I've collected into a [Personalized Technique] tailor-made for me."

Yuan Zhu was somewhat surprised after hearing this. The [Space of Gods] had this function?

So I couldn't help but ask, "Does the [Space] offer this service?"

Lu Rang shook his head: "The [Gods' Space] doesn't have it, but the 'Sword Immortal experts' in other teams in the [Exchange Area] provide private customization in this regard. The price is expensive, but the reputation is guaranteed."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhu couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed: "Is that so... Very good, very energetic! Keep up the good work. I've encountered a problem here and urgently need a batch of young and healthy goblins. Take as many as you can. Also, don't waste the crippled or dying trash; I'll accept all comers and pay with [Insect Pills]."

Lu Rang, who was originally engrossed in his [natal cultivation technique], frowned slightly after hearing Yuan Zhu's latest 'goblin demand', and a faint sense of unease rose in his heart.

He couldn't help but press, "Brother Candle, what are you doing with so many goblins? Can you really eat that much? Aren't there any hidden dangers? I'm a little worried about your speed at which you're consuming them! What if you mess things up one day? How am I supposed to explain this to the seniors at the Security Bureau?"

As Yuan Zhu continued to devour 'all kinds of goblins' like a bottomless pit, he produced nothing and was unable to achieve a balance between income and expenditure.

This, on the contrary, made Lü Rang, who had always been close to the Security Bureau, was often influenced by Zhou Chu, and continuously provided 'goblins' for Brother Zhuzi, gradually become alert and couldn't help but think of it as—evil god worship!

If Brother Candle was simply running some kind of goblin sweatshop, secretly exploiting, whipping, oppressing, and enslaving goblin 007s to work themselves to the bone, then he would actually feel relieved. Goblins aren't protected animals, nor are they intelligent beings; they're pests! They deserve to be tortured severely.

Unfortunately, Brother Candle remained silent, solely focused on acquiring goblins, without purchasing even a single piece of livestock feed, which was strange. He had no intention of feeding them long-term! He didn't even care about their health, not even bothering with dying, worthless goblins. Therefore, the fate of these crippled, dying goblins was self-evident. They would either be sacrificed immediately or participate in some evil 'contamination ritual,' being used as materials.

He had even considered the possibility of using it to cultivate [Holy Light]. However, after learning about the characteristics of [Holy Light], he decisively ruled it out.

Buying goblins and then burning them as 'batteries' to refine and improve the quality of [Holy Light] is simply not feasible! It might even trigger the risk of [Corruption], making the return on investment too low.

In Lü Rang's view, his Candle Brother probably lost his moral compass and started going astray after coming into contact with the [Space of Gods] and the many opportunities that could be exchanged!
He didn't care about eliminating goblins, but the fact that sacrificing large numbers of goblins could rapidly increase his strength through evil means was something he had to take seriously! Otherwise, how could Brother Candle's strength have increased so quickly? He once revealed that he had a 'reliable' demon god (the Lord of Shadows) behind him.

Having figured all this out, Lü Rang felt it necessary to remind his older brother, who had treated him well, not to go down the path of crime!

Upon hearing Lü Rang's series of roundabout hints and admonitions, Yuan Zhu immediately retorted angrily: "What are you implying? Are you telling me what to do?! What are you thinking? What bad things could I, Holy Light Yuan Tianzun, possibly do?! I'm buying up goblins in unlimited quantities because I'm collaborating with [Rain Academy] to conduct some goblin modification experiments in the field of 'potions'! Now that we've achieved some success, the old, weak, sick, and disabled are gradually failing to meet the standards, and I need stronger 'healthy goblins' to test the medicine!"

After being thoroughly scolded, Lü Rang nodded sheepishly, "Oh! So you've gotten involved with [Rain Courtyard], huh? That puts my mind at ease. Brother Candle, wait for my news, I'll give you an answer by tonight at the latest."

...

After ending the call, Yuan Zhu hung up on Shushu while cursing. Then he saw Nie Yin, who had taken off his lab gloves, walking towards him carrying a brown, opaque bottle.

"Are you done with work?"

Nie Yin nodded, then handed him the brown glass bottle in her hand: "Today's work is done. This is the raw material of the [Quenching Fluid] that I extracted."

Yuan Zhu looked at a breeding tank not far away, where the frogs had grown to the size of an adult male's fist. On Earth, this size would be considered adult. But in Running, this size was only equivalent to a middle school student, still in puberty.

The roasted frogs he bought from the roadside stall were 2-3 times larger than these, so he wouldn't feel cheated: "They're not even mature yet, and they're already extracting the [body tempering fluid]?"

Nie Yin explained, "The 'experimental frogs' we raise are far from reaching maturity. With such a large number, some defective or discarded frogs will appear every day. Although they are no longer worth raising, we can still salvage a few to extract raw materials for [body tempering fluid], and incidentally skin them to prepare [blood ink], or use them to make food."

Yuan Zhu suddenly realized: "I understand, you did the right thing! Are you adapting well to your current life? What needs do you have, and what suggestions do you have for improving [Frog Factory]? We're all on the same side, so feel free to point out any problems."

After thinking for a moment, Nie Yin said, "Now that the six breeding farms are being put into use one after another, we don't have enough 'frog seedlings' and we need to buy another batch. Then there's the production of feed and the cleaning of the breeding troughs. It's not too difficult, but it's very tedious. Xiao Tang and I can't handle it, and it's also a waste of time."

Yuan Zhu: "I have made preparations in this regard. We can put [Eggplant Extract] into use. We will seal off the [breeding facility], prohibit outsiders from entering, and fully activate 007 Eggplant Extract."

Having encountered the [Haunted House + Disease Garden], Nie Yin naturally knew the true nature of Yuan Zhu's [Eggplant Spirits]. He frowned, raised his right hand, and held up two fingers: "Two questions. First, are those 'Eggplant Spirits' intelligent enough to handle the heavy responsibility of raising frogs? Although the technology isn't advanced, the process is tedious, and I don't trust their intelligence. Second, are you sure those filthy creatures parasitized by the 'Shadow-Contaminated Plants' won't contaminate the specially arranged breeding environment of the [Frog Farm]?"

More than the Eggplant Spirit's intelligence issues, Nie Yin was worried that the shadow power carried by the Shadow Eggplant Spirit would pollute and damage the sterile environment of the Frog Factory. The biggest selling point of the 'Experimental Frog' was its 'zero pollution' and its 'Pale Species' from the Spirit Star.

If 'sex hormones' are allowed to enter and leave the breeding area, these specially bred, pollution-free frogs could easily become 'shadow frogs,' instantly losing their value.

Yuan Zhu also had a solution: "If they lack intelligence, the [Brain Eggplant] will make up for it! Don't worry about the goblins making mistakes. As long as they are engaged in their work, the [Brain Eggplant] will record their every move and collect work data. Then, through the [Backend (Immortal Scripture)], the data will be summarized, optimized, and optimized, and then loaded into the brains of each goblin. By repeating this process, a set of 'experienced work experience' can be summarized, achieving a collective leap in work efficiency!"

"Regarding the contamination issue, I have a few ideas. First, I'll install a Holy Flask on the [Eggplant Spirit] to counteract its own shadow contamination with holy light and envelop itself with the power of the [Sao Cup] to prevent the contamination from leaking out. Secondly, I plan to use Holy Light to heal and baptize the newly acquired batch of 'old, weak, sick, and disabled spirits,' purifying them so they will no longer parasitize the eggplant. Such 'holy-healed goblins' should be free of 'contamination risk,' right? Finally, I have another idea: to simulate the [Shadow Uniform] and create a batch of isolation suits for the Eggplant Spirits to wear, isolating the 'shadow contamination' inside the suits..."

Yuan Zhu continued, "These three types of goblins can be divided into groups and placed in different [factories] for observation. I will be in charge of the [Sexy Cup Goblins and Holy Healing Goblins]; while the last batch of [Isolation Suit Goblins] will be handled by you."

Nie Yin pointed to himself, puzzled: "Me?!"

How would I know anything about 'isolation suits'?
Yuan Zhu, however, reminded him, "Frog Skin! I am aware of your talent. Besides the scientific research skills of the Frog School, you also have unique expertise in the tanning and sewing of frog skin, the brewing of blood ink, and tattoo engraving. The Frog Skin Wallet is a good example. I think you can refer to and study your own Shadow Uniform. Don't try to replicate it, just try to capture some of its essence. Sew it out using frog skin, and then add 'blood ink engraving' to give it the effect of isolating it from pollution."

Upon hearing this, Nie Yin suddenly realized: "You want me to use [frog skin] to create clothing with isolation effects?"

Yuan Zhu nodded: "Is it possible?"

Nie Yin thought for a moment and replied, "Isolation suits for ability users are difficult. But putting them on 'Eggplant Spirit' isn't that difficult. The main problem lies in the 'runes.' I don't understand the 'runes' and talismans for isolation effects. If you can find me some for reference, I'll be very interested in this mission!"

Whether cultivating 'Earth Spirit Warriors' or 'Shadow Earth Spirit Warriors', it's all about working for Yuan Zhu. Research results will be used to repay the debt of gratitude in the form of [Anti-Law Debt].

However, research in 'runes, engraving, tailoring, and frog skin crafting' is not within the scope of 'favor loans'. This knowledge can also be accumulated as part of her 'personal system'.

Yuan Zhu nodded in satisfaction: "Then it's settled! I'll leave this to you for now, I'll go check on Xiao Tang."

After saying that, Yuan Zhu left [Animal Husbandry Area 1] and headed towards the small greenhouse. Judging from the time, Yuan Tang was currently assisting and learning with his senior.

(End of this chapter)