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Chapter 333 Blood Sacrifice and Freezing Magic Process Seafood, A Million Tons Harvest (Please Subscribe)

In the tranquil harbor after the storm, the air was filled with a strong, sweet and salty smell, mixed with the stench of entrails.

Yesterday it was a bloody and brutal battlefield between land and sea creatures; today it has become a bustling open-air seafood processing plant.

The massive carcasses of sea monsters, piled up like mountains, stretched from the beach all the way inland, with some areas even forming small hills tens of meters high.

That's formed by the pile of corpses of a colossal creature after it was attacked!

The dwarves brandished specially made skinning knives and boning axes, uttering vulgarities while their hands moved with lightning speed.

The pioneers also took off their power armor, put on waterproof suits, and joined this unprecedented seafood-cutting extravaganza.

Inside the command center, Dou Jiankang rubbed his throbbing temples, looking at the latest supplies statistics report, feeling utterly overwhelmed.

"Based on the drone scans, the estimate is at least one million tons." Bi Shengli's face was even uglier than the figures in the report. "President Dou, this is no joke. This stuff looks like meat, a treasure, but it'll all rot in less than two days! One million tons! Our small cold storage facilities wouldn't even be enough to fill a tooth gap!"

"I know, deal with the most valuable items first! Bury the rest if necessary!" Dou Jiankang irritably tapped the table. "By the way, what did the dwarves say? Aren't their underground caves natural cold storage?"

"We can store it, but the capacity is limited. And with this awful weather, the daytime temperature is five degrees Celsius, the seafood can't withstand it, and time waits for no one," Bi Shengli sighed.

A million tons of supplies is a lot. There are hundreds of thousands of dwarfs and humans in Hong Kong. If they eat their fill every day without missing a meal, it will take three or four years.

The problem is, who can wait three or four years?

This batch of spoils is not only food, but also valuable biological materials.

Scientists from the pioneering team have analyzed the samples and identified several valuable elements that can be used for gene optimization and industrial production.

Apart from some poisonous creatures, most of these spoils were harmless seafood.

And these things must be made to ensure that the meat quality does not change drastically.

Watching a mountain of gold turn into a pile of rotten flesh is more painful than losing a battle.

These pioneering elites from a nation of food lovers have an instinct ingrained in them that they cannot bear to see food wasted.

Just when everyone was at a loss, a guard strode in.

"Report! Ethan, the elven messenger, requests an audience."

Dou Jiankang and Bi Shengli exchanged a glance, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

What are the elves doing here at this time?

"Please come quickly!"

A moment later, the female elf Ethan walked in with graceful steps.

She wore a clean green robe, paired with green hair, which was completely out of place in the tense, busy, and blood-scented atmosphere of the command center.

"Mr. Dou." Ethan nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the spectacular yet troublesome scene outside the window. "I've heard that my friends are struggling with how to preserve these spoils of war."

"It's more than just troublesome, it's enough to make me want to die," Bi Shengli said with a wry smile, half-jokingly.

He was prepared to report it; if necessary, he would deal with the high-value items, and the low-value items would simply be buried.

Millions of tons of supplies can be processed very quickly.

Ethan smiled faintly: "The wisdom of the forest might be of some help. My people have an ancient magic that can alter the climate of a large area, freezing it completely."

"Frozen?" Dou Jiankang's spirits lifted. "You mean to create a frozen zone similar to the far north?"

"That's one way to understand it," Ethan nodded. "This magic can quickly bring an area within a radius of several kilometers into the depths of winter, slowing down the loss of all life and decay. The only drawback is—"

She paused, her expression turning serious: "It requires sacrifices. A large amount of magic crystals and a small amount of powerful life force as a catalyst to leverage the power of nature. Of course, without that much, according to ancient records, at least the blood of ten thousand large intelligent beings is needed to activate it, but the freezing time will not be long, possibly only lasting half a month."

The air in the command center froze instantly.

Ten thousand? Or intelligent beings? The price is just too much—

Bi Shengli frowned deeply!

Isn't this just evil blood sacrifice magic?

Dou Jiankang, however, remained unusually calm. He stared at Ethan and asked a question that no one had expected.

"Pig, is that okay?"

"————What?" For the first time, a crack appeared on Ethan's eternally elegant expression.

"I'm talking about pigs," Dou Jiankang repeated, his tone very serious. "We have tens of thousands of fast-growing pigs for meat on our farm. They're all very large, definitely meeting the standards of large animals. I just don't know—are they intelligent enough?"

Ethan paused for several seconds, then read it again from the translator before finally understanding human language: "————"

"Yes. Magic doesn't care about the level of intelligence of the offerings, only the amount of life energy and blood they contain," she added. "We speculate that due to the celestial convergence phenomenon, the energy elements are now more active, and about eight thousand heads would be enough."

Ten thousand heads is a conservative, safe estimate!

Bi Shengli breathed a long sigh of relief. Thank goodness, it was only a few thousand, at most ten thousand second senior brothers!

Dou Jiankang suddenly asked, "If we use this magic, won't these seafood come back to life? Like, turn into some kind of frost undead or something?"

He was traumatized by the various bizarre magic spells of this world.

Ethan chuckled at his wild imagination: "Don't worry, that falls under the category of necromancy; the ritual is completely different. Ice magic simply borrows energy from the sky to activate the power of cold elements. If you're still concerned, you can have Bellagas and the others supervise the entire ritual."

"Alright!" Dou Jiankang slammed his hand on the table, a huge weight lifted from his shoulders. "So, what do we need to prepare?"

Ethan quickly recounted the details and requirements of the magic, his expression serious.

"Three hours. We'll have everything you need ready within three hours," Dou Jiankang interrupted her decisively. "I hope our elf friends won't let us down!"

Once Ethan's figure disappeared through the doorway, Wang Kaixuan approached, a hint of hesitation on his face: "President Dou, the magic the elves mentioned—do they have some evil purpose? The blood of tens of thousands of living creatures, this—"

Dou Jiankang glanced at him, raising an eyebrow: "Evil intentions? The elves aren't that stupid! We saw the ugly look on their faces when they saw the weapons we released!"

He countered, "And let me ask you, is it more evil to watch a million tons of grain rot and stink, or to exchange some livestock for enough meat for hundreds of thousands of brothers to eat for three years?"

Wang Kaixuan was speechless for a moment, but finally shook his head vigorously: "We can't waste food!"

"That settles it!" Dou Jiankang waved his hand, his tone leaving no room for doubt. "Order the logistics department to immediately implement the fresh meat reserve plan."

"Quickly get the engineering team and armored vehicles to use bulldozers to pile all the seafood carcasses into the designated area. Hurry! Freeze them all first, then immediately cover them with freezer covers. We'll deal with cleaning and other issues later!"

"Yes!" Wang Kaixuan didn't hesitate any longer, turned around and strode away.

"By the way, you should arrange for the troops here to prepare all kinds of equipment to fight the undead, just in case!"

"OK!"

An hour later.

On the temporarily cleared ground of Tranquil Harbor, Ethan and several elven mages stood quietly beside a huge magic circle made of magic crystals containing magical energy and various energy-absorbing materials, waiting.

According to her plan, humans might drive in some captured wild animals, or simply use some prisoners of war and slaves, supplemented with magic crystals to make up the numbers.

This is a common practice of blood sacrifice on the mainland.

However, the roar from the horizon startled her once again!

It was a dull, powerful sound she had heard before.

Immediately afterwards, a dozen enormous machines tore through the clouds, their massive steel wings blocking out the pale winter sun and casting broad shadows on the ground.

Ethan's pupils contracted slightly as he looked up at the orderly descent of the flying creations made by humans.

As the hatch of the first large aircraft opened, the metal ramp slammed heavily onto the ground.

Then, amidst a deafening chorus of pig squeals, one plump pig after another and its white-skinned brethren were driven and rushed down the slope.

For a moment, these pigs seemed to form a white torrent.

A single transport plane can bring in more than 300 pigs at a time.

More than a dozen planes, in just one batch, transported over three thousand head of livestock.

In the distance, more dark dots are approaching.

Various types of helicopters and a large number of general transport aircraft.

In addition to this, there are also some special vehicles for transporting livestock that drive from dozens of kilometers away!

Humanity's transportation capabilities, or rather, their war mobilization capabilities, have exceeded Ethan's comprehension.

Looking at the pigs, each one bigger than a person, Ethan tried his best to hide the unusual expression on his face, but his heart was already in turmoil.

Being able to mobilize 10,000 pigs from an unknown distance in a few hours means that they can also deploy 10,000 fully armed soldiers to other corners of the world thousands of kilometers away in the same amount of time.

Such terrifying mobility could probably only be achieved by the legendary evil empire that ruled half of the Eastern Continent.

These guys are absolutely outrageous!

What happened next plunged her into a long silence.

Humans did not hesitate or engage in unnecessary rituals.

A professional team in white uniforms quickly took over the pig herd, and standardized assembly line operations were instantly deployed around the magic circle.

Electric shock—humanitarian dizziness!

Then came the bleeding and dismemberment—everything was done with an outrageous efficiency.

Specialized blood-drawing equipment precisely draws warm blood into huge, sealed containers, without wasting a single drop.

The slaughterers' techniques were extremely skillful, as if they had practiced it hundreds of times.

This sacrifice was transformed into an industrialized slaughter operation.

Ethan even had a ridiculous thought: "I should have said I sacrificed the body along with it—"

But the thought only flashed through her mind. As she watched the pork being quickly processed, packed, frozen, loaded onto trucks, and driven away by another group of people, she felt nothing but awe.

"Damn, are these guys still recycling so much pork?"

Soon, buckets of live blood that met the magical requirements were transported to the center of the magic circle.

Ethan took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart, and began to chant the ancient incantation.

As the incantation began, the scarlet blood, guided by the magic array, transformed into streaks of red light that shot into the sky.

The temperature in the air began to drop rapidly at a rate visible to the naked eye.

After the first phase was completed, the other spirits continued to use a special tone of voice to resonate with the energy particles in the air.

Ethan, holding an ancient-looking elven longsword dagger, stepped out from among the elves.

She walked expressionlessly to the fat pig that was being used as bait and was now grunting and snorting. She flashed her silver dagger through the air a few times, creating a series of energy ripples that were barely visible to the naked eye.

[Hmm chirp chirp~~~]

The white pig seems to be begging for mercy!

But Ethan didn't care.

With a swift and decisive motion, she chopped off the pig's head.

Fresh blood gushed out.

The awkward, complicated, and obscure incantations came from her lips, each syllable carrying a peculiar vibrational frequency.

The invisible energy particles in the air, like sharks smelling blood, were instantly activated, creating a violent chain reaction with the splattered pig's blood.

In the distance, at a disguised temporary observation point, Wang Kaixuan was staring intently at a main screen in front of him, which was frantically updating the energy fluctuations of the magic area in front of him in the form of a data stream.

Beside him, several scientists in white coats were even more excited than he was, their fingers clattering on the keyboard.

"It's been recorded! Xiao Wang, look at this waveform! The essence of the elf's magic spell is definitely a kind of directional sound wave resonance—"

Through her brainwaves, unique hair, and voice acting as a guide for energy particles, she establishes connections with energy particles in a specific environment!

"Magic isn't magic at all; we have a very good chance of imitating it!"

A chief scientist with graying hair adjusted his glasses, his eyes gleaming with fervor behind the lenses.

Another person quickly added, "Look at this! When energy particles come into contact with blood, their activity increases exponentially! Some unknown molecular structure in the blood is the most efficient catalyst and amplifier!"

"Can you figure out the specific principles behind it?"

"No, our research on energy particles is progressing too slowly. We're still analyzing the principles, but we've already captured crucial data!"

"If—we could crack and replicate this sound wave frequency, then create elf hair, use specific brainwave frequencies, find a substitute for blood, or directly synthesize blood artificially, then we could easily control tools that can alter celestial phenomena—"

The breathing of everyone present became heavy.

Everyone knows what this means.

This means that the magic of another world, this mysterious and great power, is no longer seen as an unattainable divine gift in their eyes.

This thing will become a new energy application science that can be analyzed, learned, and even industrially mass-produced!

With continued effort, another scientific path relying on energy particles will be successfully established later.

Wang Kaixuan suppressed the turmoil in his heart and asked in a deep voice, "How is the controllability?"

"Currently, it relies heavily on the caster's innate talent for brainwave and mental resonance. However, once we grasp the essence of runes and spells, we can completely replace the human brain with a computational core for precise guidance!"

Wang Kaixuan nodded slowly, his gaze returning to the slender, yet powerful, elven figure in the distance, his eyes becoming incredibly profound.

Dwarves have many tricks up their sleeves, and so do elves.

Today's actions are solely for the purpose of preserving the seafood.

What about tomorrow?

A more comprehensive defensive early warning system must be established, capable of detecting all elven magic, at least at the human borders.

As Ethan's last syllable faded, the anomalies in the world reached their peak.

The air began to cool in an area of ​​several kilometers.

The once clear sky had become overcast, and the moisture in the air was forcibly condensed and pulled by an invisible force, then plummeted downwards.

At first, it was cold raindrops that pelted the mountain of dead seafood.

Soon, the raindrops condensed into rice-grain-sized ice beads in mid-air, pattering against everything.

The wind picked up and the temperature dropped sharply.

The ice beads turned into hailstones, which then joined together, as if a huge hole had been torn open in the sky. What poured down was no longer rain, but pure frost and cold air!

"Boom—"

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The freezing rain continued to fall, gradually freezing the area in front of us.

Before everyone's astonished eyes, an iceberg covering several kilometers in radius, made of countless seafood and ice blocks, rose from the ground.

The biting cold even spread to distant observation points, which was very distressing.

"Report! No undead energy fluctuations detected in the target area! Safe!"

"Thermal imaging shows that the temperature at the center of the iceberg has dropped to minus ten degrees Celsius and is still falling! It has met the basic freezing requirements."

After waiting for more than an hour, the ice rain and ice blocks came together and piled up several meters high before the magical elements gradually faded.

The elf Ethan looked at the human: "Is this enough?"

"Can!"

Despite saying that, everyone waited until the ice and snow had frozen solid and it seemed there wouldn't be any major problems before Dou Jiankang looked at Bi Shengli.

Bi Shengli nodded: "Attention all units, proceed in an orderly manner according to the previous plan."

Upon hearing the order, the pioneering team members, who had been waiting in advance, immediately sprang into action.

They drove engineering vehicles to cover the surface of the iceberg with huge rolls of specially made thermal insulation cloth to prevent the cold air from escaping too quickly.

More support staff and dwarves recruited at high salaries rushed towards the outer edge of the iceberg with their tools.

That's a place not shrouded in ice and snow magic. Everyone needs to speed up the processing of that seafood so it can become everyone's future food.

"Everyone, hurry up! Prioritize any crabs and shellfish that aren't frozen! Send them to the kitchen immediately! We'll all have a celebratory feast tonight!"

"The fish and squid have all been cut up, packaged in small freezing units, and sent to the warehouse, where they've already started building the ice storage!"

The bustling scene at the scene contrasted sharply with the terrifyingly cold iceberg.

Dou Jiankang stood on high ground, watching everything with satisfaction. He patted Wang Kaixuan on the shoulder beside him and laughed, "So, was it worth it for those ten thousand pigs?"

Wang Kaixuan nodded emphatically, his voice tinged with barely suppressed excitement: "Worth it! Absolutely worth it! President Dou, from now on we can totally cooperate with the elves to get seafood like this! I feel like we can reduce deep-sea fishing altogether!"

Dou Jiankang smiled and said nothing more. His gaze passed over the iceberg in front of him and landed on the distant ocean: "It's a pity that these things are too invasive and have limited lifespans. We can't do them during unconventional times!"

A few hours later, almost everyone who had been busy with the task began to eat in shifts!

Because there was so much seafood, the chefs used a very simple cooking method this time, pairing it with vegetables and various fruits to ensure food supply.

"Slurp~"

"Oh my god, it smells so good!"

Zhao held a piece of steamed giant crab leg by the joint, squinting and smiling as he ate his meal.

This giant crab, which can reach over four meters in length and weighs several tons, is more than ten meters long when it crawls on the ground.

There are just so many similar foods!

"Perhaps this is the taste of happiness?"

After finishing his meal, Zhao was about to continue working when he suddenly received a new phone call.

"A new mission?" Zhao Chong's expression froze for a moment. "Okay, I'll be right there!"