Forced to become a top influencer, I rely on my tu cao to ruin the cultivation world.

Sunset Peak, early morning.

The once misty, serene cultivation ground, where cranes once circled overhead, now looked as if it had been ravaged by a prehistoric beast, exuding a strange "cyberpunk" vibe.

Jia Zhuang stood on the makeshift scaffolding, holding a crookedly drawn blueprint in his hand, his expression as serious as if he were commanding an interstellar war. At his feet, Elder Wang Teng was leading dozens of outer disciples, covered in dust and dirt, carrying all sorts of strangely shaped metal components.

"Chairman Jia, isn't this blueprint upside down?"

Wang Teng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked cautiously. He held a jade slip covered in runes in his hand, and the images projected on it made even this Golden Core cultivator feel dizzy.

"Upside down? No, this is called 'industrial aesthetics'."

Pointing to the dense red lines on the blueprint, Jia Zhuang explained animatedly, "Elder Wang, you need to broaden your thinking. In the past, when you cultivated immortality, you emphasized 'living near mountains and rivers, following the way of heaven.' That's the way of an agrarian civilization—too slow! What we need is 'industrial civilization'! It's about 'efficiency above all else'!"

[Livestream chat]

[Here it comes! The infrastructure-building maniac is online!]

[The above is called "Industrial Cultivation," don't talk nonsense if you don't understand.]

Mr. Jia's drawings are...more abstract than my college CAD final project.

[Hilarious! Elder Wang's expression is exactly like mine when my boss makes empty promises.]

[Following the will of Heaven? No, we must transform the will of Heaven! Mr. Jia is awesome!]

Wang Teng was stunned. Although he didn't understand what "fluid mechanics" meant, he understood the phrase "efficiency first".

He still vividly remembered the power of that "spiritual energy brick" from yesterday. That one brick was equivalent to ten years of his arduous cultivation! If the entire Qingyun Sect could use such bricks, wouldn't the Qingyun Sect be on the verge of ascension?

"Chairman Jia, you say what to do, and we'll do it!" Wang Teng put away the jade slip, his face resolute. "Even if you want to turn Luoxia Peak upside down, we'll do it for you!"

"Great! That's the spirit I've been looking for!"

Jia Zhuang nodded in satisfaction, jumped off the scaffolding, and patted Wang Teng on the shoulder.

"System, issue the task: [Establish the first development zone in the cultivation world]!"

[Ding! Task has been issued.]

[Mission Objective: Transform Luoxia Peak into "Qingyun Heavy Industry's First Production Base".]

[Mission Requirements: Level the hilltop, construct standardized factory buildings, and lay an underground psionic pipeline network.]

[Mission Rewards: Unlock the [Automated Mining Blueprint], 20000 Honkai Points.]

"Elder Wang, listen carefully. The first step is to push the mountain."

Jia Zhuang walked to the Xuan Tie tractor and skillfully opened the driver's cab door.

"Push...push down a mountain?" Wang Teng's eyes widened. "This is Luoxia Peak, one of the ancestral mountains of the Qingyun Sect! If we flatten it, the founder will be furious..."

"Blame us? If our patriarch were alive, he'd be overjoyed to see us doing this!"

Jia Zang curled his lip in disdain and started the engine.

"Rat-a-tat ...

The familiar hoarse voice rang out again, but this time, what was mounted on the back of the tractor was not a trailer, but a huge, gleaming hydraulic bucket.

This is what Jia Zang modified overnight using the "engineering blueprints" he received as a system reward.

"Look closely, this is the real 'moving mountains and filling seas'!"

Jia Zhuang suddenly pulled the control lever.

"boom!"

The massive hydraulic bucket rose high, carrying immense force, and slammed violently into one side of the cliff face of Luoxia Peak.

"Crack—Boom!"

The sickening sound of rocks shattering echoed through the sky.

Before Wang Teng and his disciples' horrified eyes, a large chunk of the mountain wall that had stood for a thousand years was shoveled away as if it were tofu. Rocks tumbled down, and dust billowed everywhere.

"Holy crap..."

Wang Teng's jaw almost dropped to the ground.

These cultivators usually expend a great deal of spiritual energy and chant incantations to move mountains and fill seas. But Jia Zhuang, this lump of iron, just shoveled it down so simply and brutally?

"What are you standing there for? Get to work!"

Jia Zang leaned out of the car window and roared at the stunned crowd, "Elder Wang, take some men and clear away those rubble stones! We're going to build 'Factory Building Number One' here! The rest of you, go and cut down that forest over there; we're going to pave a road!"

"Yes! Yes!"

Wang Teng suddenly realized what was happening and quickly called on his disciples to get to work.

For a time, Luoxia Peak was bustling with activity.

[Livestream chat]

Is this the power of industry? I love it!

[The one in front is called "violent aesthetics."]

[Hilarious! Elder Wang's expression is exactly like the first time I saw an excavator digging up my ancestral grave.]

[Chairman Jia: Grandmaster? Can the Grandmaster help me increase production capacity? If not, then get out of here.]

Is this the true face of capitalists? I love it!

Jia Zang drove his tractor recklessly across Luoxia Peak.

Wherever there are hills, level them! Wherever there are ponds, fill them in! Wherever there are ancient trees, cut them down!

Under his direction, the terrain of Luoxia Peak was completely transformed. The originally winding mountain roads were transformed into straight and wide "industrial avenues"; the originally well-arranged pavilions and towers were transformed into square "standardized factory buildings".

"Elder Wang, come and take a look at this."

Around noon, Jia Zhuang parked the tractor on a flat area and called Wang Teng over.

"Chairman Jia, this is...?"

Wang Teng looked at a huge circular pattern drawn on the ground. In the center of the pattern was a deep pit, and a complex metal structure could be vaguely seen inside the pit.

"This is the entrance to the 'Underground Psionic Pipeline'."

Jia Zhuang pointed to the pit and explained, "The 'spiritual energy bricks' we produce require a large amount of spiritual energy as raw material. The spiritual energy from Sunset Peak alone is simply not enough. Therefore, we need to extract energy directly from the spiritual veins underground!"

"Draw...draw out the spiritual veins?"

Wang Teng gasped.

Spiritual veins are the foundation of the cultivation world. Extracting spiritual veins will damage the earth's energy, causing the spiritual energy within a hundred miles to dry up!

"What are you afraid of? We have the 'Psionic Circulation System'!"

Jia Zang waved his hand dismissively, saying, "The extracted spiritual energy is processed in the factory and turned into 'spiritual energy bricks.' When cultivators use these 'spiritual energy bricks,' the spiritual energy returns to the world. It's a perfect closed loop!"

[System Prompt]

[The system has detected that the host is making grand promises, and has automatically generated a "closed-loop" sales pitch, which has been implanted into Wang Teng's mind.]

[Wang Teng's trust level has increased by 100%; he has been successfully brainwashed.]

"But……"

Wang Teng wanted to say something, but seeing Jia Zhuang's confident look, he swallowed his words.

"No buts, get to work!"

Jia Zhuang jumped onto the tractor and shouted to Wang Teng, "Go and build that 'cooling tower' over there for me! Remember, use black iron, and build it as high as possible!"

"yes!"

Wang Teng dared not delay and immediately led his disciples to build a cooling tower.

[Livestream chat]

[A psionic circulation system? Mr. Jia, are you sure you're not just fooling people?]

[The above is called "concept hype," don't talk nonsense if you don't understand.]

[Hilarious! Elder Wang's expression is exactly like mine when my boss makes empty promises.]

[Chairman Jia: Closed loop? What closed loop? A good loop is one that makes money!]

Is this the true face of capitalists? I love it!

Jia Zhuangcai didn't care about whether it was a closed loop or not.

His mind is completely focused on production capacity, production capacity, and more production capacity!

Once production capacity increases, Honkai Points will accumulate. With Honkai Points, the system can unlock more advanced technologies. Once those technologies are unlocked, he can roam freely in this cultivation world!

"Rat-a-tat ...

The tractor started up again, and Jia Zang drove it, working frantically on Luoxia Peak.

Thanks to his efforts, the appearance of Luoxia Peak is changing day by day.

Factory buildings rose from the ground, pipelines crisscrossed, and cooling towers soared into the clouds.

The once ethereal and otherworldly Luoxia Peak has been completely transformed into a steel forest.

"Cool!"

As evening fell, Jia Zhuang stood atop the tallest cooling tower, looking down at the "Qingyun Heavy Industry's First Production Base," which was beginning to take shape, and felt an indescribable sense of accomplishment.

"This is nothing!"

He looked at the sky gradually darkening in the distance, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Tomorrow, I'm going to make the entire cultivation world hear the roar of our factory!"

[Livestream chat]

Is this the charm of industrial cultivation? I'm in love!

[The above is called "Cyber ​​Cultivation," don't talk nonsense if you don't understand.]

[Hilarious! Mr. Jia's expression is exactly like mine when I get paid.]

[Chairman Jia: The cultivation world? It'll be mine sooner or later!]

Is this the ambition of capitalists? I love it!

Just then, a system notification sounded.

[Ding! Detected that the host has completed the task of "Establishing the first development zone in the cultivation world".]

[Mission Rating: S-rank]

[Rewards: Unlocked [Automated Mining Blueprint], 20000 Honkai Points.]

[New Mission Released: [Spiritual Energy Purification Project]]

[Task Description: The spiritual energy in the cultivation world is impure and has low utilization. Please develop a "spiritual energy purification" service to convert impure spiritual energy into high-purity "spiritual energy liquid."]

[Mission Rewards: Unlock [Psionic Fluid Recipe], 30000 Honkai Points.]

"Spiritual energy purification?"

Jia Zhuang's eyes lit up.

This is like a pillow delivered just when you're about to fall asleep!

He discovered a problem when he was building the factory. Although the spiritual energy of Luoxia Peak was rich, it had too many impurities, making it too inefficient to use directly to produce "spiritual energy bricks".

If we could purify the spiritual energy first, wouldn't the production efficiency double?

"Elder Wang!"

Jia Zang jumped down from the cooling tower and shouted at Wang Teng, who was directing his disciples to move the black iron.

"Chairman Jia, what is it?"

Wang Teng rushed over.

"Don't move anymore, I have a new task for you."

Jia Zang patted Wang Teng on the shoulder and said mysteriously, "Go and collect all the 'waste pills' that have been ruined in cultivation and all the 'low-grade spirit stones' that are of poor quality in the sect."

"Wasted pills? Low-grade spirit stones?"

Wang Teng looked completely bewildered. "Chairman Jia, what do you need that garbage for?"

"Rubbish?"

Jia Zang chuckled, "That's not trash, that's treasure!"

"Spiritual energy purification, do you understand?"

Jia Zhuang pointed to the newly built "Factory Building No. 1" in the distance and said, "I want to build a 'spiritual energy purification production line' there. Those discarded pills and low-grade spirit stones will be the best 'catalyst'!"

"catalyst?"

Wang Teng still didn't understand, but he knew that Jia Zhuang was definitely right.

"Yes! I'll take care of it right away!"

Wang Teng turned to leave, but Jia Zhuang stopped him.

"Wait, there's one more thing."

Jia Zhuang pointed to a small river behind the factory and said, "I want that river. You take some men and dig a 'sewage ditch' that leads directly to that river."

"Sewage drain?"

Wang Teng was taken aback for a moment. "Chairman Jia, that river is the sect's source of drinking water..."

"What are you afraid of? Our 'spiritual energy liquid' is made of highly pure spiritual energy, and the water that comes out is definitely 'spiritual water'!"

Jia Zang waved his hand dismissively, saying, "Go ahead, dig deeper and wider!"

[System Prompt]

[The system has detected that the host is discharging industrial wastewater. The system has automatically generated the "spiritual water" message for you and implanted it into Wang Teng's mind.]

[Wang Teng's trust level has increased by 100%; he has been successfully brainwashed.]

"yes!"

Although Wang Teng had some reservations, he still accepted the order and left.

[Livestream chat]

Holy crap! Is Chairman Jia planning to dump sewage?!

[The above is called "industrial wastewater." Don't speak nonsense if you don't know.]

[Hilarious! Elder Wang's expression is exactly like mine when my boss talks about "good fortune."]

[Chairman Jia: Spiritual Water? I think it's 'Poisonous Water'!]

Is this the true face of capitalists? I love it!

Jia Zang didn't care about any kind of spiritual or poisonous water.

His mind is now completely occupied with "spiritual energy purification".

By purifying the spiritual energy, production efficiency can be doubled. Doubled production efficiency leads to doubled Honkai points. Doubled Honkai points unlock more advanced technology.

"Rat-a-tat ...

The tractor started again, and Jia Zhuang drove it into "Factory No. 1".

He needs to modify the equipment overnight so that he can start "spiritual energy purification" first thing tomorrow morning!

As night deepened, the lights on Luoxia Peak grew brighter and brighter.

The newly built "Qingyun Heavy Industry First Production Base" is like a tireless steel behemoth, emitting a deep roar in the night.

Behind the factory, the dug-out "sewage ditch" lay quietly in the darkness, like a venomous snake waiting to devour everything.

[Livestream chat]

Is this the price of industrial cultivation?

[The above is called "development." Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand.]

[Hilarious! Mr. Jia's expression is exactly like mine when I'm working overtime.]

[Chairman Jia: Price? As long as we can make money, no price matters!]

Is this the true face of capitalists? I love it!

Jia Zang had no idea that the "sewage ditch" he had casually dug today would bring such a great disaster to the earth in the future.

All he knew was that he would be able to produce the first batch of "psychic fluid" first thing tomorrow morning.

"Cool!"

Jia Zhuang stood on the control panel in the factory, looking at the machines that were being installed and debugged, his heart filled with anticipation.

"Is the cultivation world ready to welcome the 'Psionic Era'?"

He shouted loudly at the night sky.

The only response he received was the incessant chugging of the tractor.

"Rat-a-tat ...