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Chapter 161 Explosive Increase (Part 1) [Requesting Monthly Tickets]

According to the plan, everyone needs to leave around 16,000 points. Of these, 15,000 points will be used to cultivate in the world of Gods and Demons.

Zhang Jie, the reincarnator, had no points at all, so his entry time was paid by Chu Xuan, who had plenty of points.

The remaining points were all exchanged for various technical data, materials, biological corpses, and medicinal herb seeds, etc., as Chu Xuan requested.

The fourteen people together spent a total of about 80,000 reward points! They even bought quite a few high-value items such as Nine Nether Spring Water and Phoenix Gallbladder.

Sigh... Cultivation!
Chu Xuan proposed a research project and wrote down the expected results. After unanimous approval from everyone... this expenditure of reward points was truly worthwhile.

We still don't know whether Chu Xuan embezzled any funds. Nor do we know whether these items were actually used in these research projects.

Chu Xuan's research... was like an information black box; the Central Continent team only knew that inputting reward points would yield results.

There was no one who could supervise him.

In short, for these 1,500 days, everyone will be living together in Fang Ge's inner world.

Fang Ge gathered everyone into his inner world, then chose a star in the Andromeda constellation that was in its prime, and set up camp at the maximum distance suggested by Chu Xuan.

Thanks to Fang Ge's deliberate isolation, everyone only felt a bit hot, but not to an unbearable degree.

But once they step out of the inner world... apart from the few people with the highest fire resistance, everyone else is doomed!
Immediately, Chu Xuan used alchemy to construct the most important stellar energy power generation equipment.

Fang Ge and the others then began the process of "sowing".

The most important thing is not the peaches and plums, but the bodhi seeds.

With several fourth-order gene lock unlockers in the team who are constantly affected by inner demons, Fang Ge cannot afford to be careless.

These kinds of items, used to calm the mind, are the most important!
It took about seven days to exhaust most of the spiritual energy in the inner world, and the Bodhi tree was forced to grow. Under the Bodhi tree, everyone was able to study in peace and focus on what they needed to learn.

Zhao Yingkong felt this deeply. In the past, only her main body could enjoy this blessing, but now, all her shadow clones can enjoy this effect.

On the eighth day, Chu Xuan announced that the stellar energy power generation project had been put into operation.

It was a massive stellar energy collection station, extending out from the inner world, continuously generating electricity.

Li Shuaixi and Orochi were therefore reassigned to endless "work".

Since stellar energy is virtually inexhaustible, energy consumption becomes a trivial matter.

The Yamata no Orochi's lightning-attribute snake head was already inlaid with [Sai-Ten Power]. And the generator's end was connected to its body, frantically electrocuting it.

Saitama's energy load capacity is very strong, even stronger than Orochi's energy conversion capacity!
Therefore, approximately every ten minutes, Orochi can produce one A-grade fire-attribute energy crystal.

That's six per hour, and 144 per day!
The fire-attribute energy crystal will be directly placed into Li Shuaixi's Life Flame.

The Flame of Life is now enshrined at the very center of Fang Ge's inner world. It can absorb fire-attribute energy and transform it into life energy to produce medicine.

However, any transformation will involve a loss.

Of the 144 Grade A energy crystals produced each day, only about 100 Grade A energy crystals' worth can ultimately be used to accelerate crop growth.

The remaining energy, after being processed by Li Shuaixi, would leave a very small amount of oil behind.

The vast majority will leak into the inner world...

Fang Ge will then use this energy to expand his inner world!
On the thirtieth day, the peaches, plums, and world trees sprouted and grew vigorously in the inner world.

Zheng Zha used the method of fusing weapons to refine his body, absorbing the head of Thor's hammer into his own. With the help of the [Thor's power] contained within, he began to continuously temper Qiang Liangxiang.

As for Zhurong...

Fang Ge gathered all the fourth-tier members of the team together.

"You should still remember the flame that you awakened before, right?" Fang Ge asked.

“…I remember.” Zheng Zha’s eyes were solemn. He raised his hand, and a ball of pure black flame gathered in his palm.

Unlike ordinary black, it was like an abyss, and just looking at it made people feel physically uncomfortable. Fang Ge frowned subconsciously, and Zhao Yingkong covered her mouth as if she was about to gag, but she was forced to hold it in.

If the two of them are like this, then we can only imagine how others are.

"This fire..."

Zhan Lan gently touched her forehead and extended a wisp of spiritual energy.

But the moment she touched the surface of the flames, a sense of weariness rising from the bottom of her heart prevented her from taking the next step.

"Hmm... does it damage mental strength? It seems to trigger negative emotions in people's hearts..."

"I call it the Wrathful Flame. As for the specifics, I'm not entirely sure..."

Zheng Zha gently shook his head, then put away the flame.

After only a short while, he experienced a lot of negative emotions, with signs of inner demons stirring within him.

If someone goes mad in Fang Ge's inner world... they'll inevitably get a beating.

The Wrathful Flame manifests as a black flame, possessing immense power capable of burning everything, including matter, energy, spirit, and even space itself; it belongs to the highest level of spiritual light.

Li Yan can also transform into different forms at will, such as knives, swords, spears, bows, hammers, axes, whips, and swords. It can also automatically sense killing intent and attack or defend itself.

And because it originates from the light of the soul... it can be said to have unlimited energy, never running dry.

This is the spiritual light of Zheng Zha, the clone from the original work. Therefore... Fang Ge has a series of development methods here.

He pointed out, "Currently, it's just the prototype of your Inner Light. Prototype means it's customizable... whatever your needs, Inner Light will adapt accordingly."

“In extreme cases, it can even replace the prototype of the Light of the Mind.”

"Customizable?"

Zheng Zha nodded, seemingly understanding, "What if I use it to burn away my inner demons?"

—A brilliant idea, and even somewhat feasible.

The light of the soul is the power of my contemplation, the power at the level of rules, using personal will to rewrite reality.

Just like the prototype of Fang Ge's [Amplification]. It can also be used to amplify [Willpower], thereby preventing inner demons from swaying Fang Ge's actions.

However, this is contingent on Zheng Zha's demands being firm enough and his control being skillful enough.

"To achieve something, you can proceed step by step, thus reassuring yourself that you can reach the destination."

Fang Ge's language descriptions began to become abstract:
"If you feel that directly using the Wrathful Flame will lead to a loss of mental control, you can try some indirect methods of using the Wrathful Flame. For example, you can combine the Wrathful Flame with the Red Flame to unleash a Black Flame that has some of the functions of the Wrathful Flame."

In this way, the black flame, which was inherently endowed with the concept of "easy to manipulate" by Zheng Zha, will achieve a clever balance between inducing inner demons and amplifying the red flame, and can be used at any time.

"If you want to use the flames of malevolence to burn away your inner demons, you can shape the flames into the abstract concept of flames that can burn anything. Or you can think of the flames of malevolence as burning and stirring up negative emotions, thereby gradually igniting and burning away your inner demons."

"This is the light of the soul... The essence of the light of the soul is [the appeal]. The more steadfast the appeal, the clearer the light of the soul. The stronger the appeal, the stronger the light of the soul."

"If you're strong enough, you can change even reality, the future... and even the past."

Fang Ge concluded the discussion on Zheng Zha's spiritual light with this argument.

Zheng Zha didn't think he understood, but that didn't stop him from continuing to practice.

Lori is even strong enough to comfort herself... Zheng Zha wants to shed his past weakness and escapism and use his strength to create a happy future.

That inexplicable inner demon... is nothing more than a monkey about to be roasted!
(End of this chapter)