A Maybach on a rainy night? Talk to my Levadin!

It's possible, but the results will be much worse.

All Sarkaz Originium Arts have imitators, but their effects are so clumsy in comparison to the original that it's laughable. The difference is like night and day. Learning other people's Originium Arts is a very time-consuming and laborious thing with very low returns. No matter how you use it, you can't compare to the original. It's better to carefully develop your own Originium Arts.

Just like ma~en↑na↓~

His Originium Arts release effect is like a rain of light falling from the sky, while if you try to learn Manna's Originium Arts, you can only create something like a light shower, or at most an irrigation shower. It may seem impressive to outsiders, but what is it really like?

They are not the same thing at all.

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If you use the same amount of energy to develop yourself, the benefits you can gain will be hundreds of times greater than learning Originium Arts from others. After all, no one understands your own abilities and body better than you do.

However, everyone still welcomes Zhao Zizhan to study their Originium Arts. Consider it taking care of a child. As long as you can complete your daily training tasks, you can study however you want.

Even if Zhao Zizhan didn't say it, everyone would find a way to train him properly. Zhao Zizhan is now the goose that lays golden eggs in the logistics department, and the safer this goose is, the better.

Currently, Rhodes Island's personnel structure has not changed. If necessary in the future, Rhodes Island will definitely send someone to protect Zhao Zizhan.

Zhao Zizhan is quite excited because being able to learn other people's Originium Arts is definitely good news for him. Slow learning progress and poor practical effects are not important. You have to know that this is a superpower. Even a slightly inferior superpower can play an excellent role. Solve the problem of 0 to 1 first before you can consider the problem of 1 to 100.

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It may not be very useful, but we can't live without it.

Thinking about this, Zhao Zizhan couldn't wait to start planning whose wool he would fleece next.

Huang felt good; the Originium Arts for controlling temperature were still very useful. She had just eaten hot pot with her boyfriend, so he shouldn't refuse.

Actually, Xiao Luo's spells are pretty good too, but unfortunately, they can't be learned like Originium Arts, which are bound to one's bloodline.

Zhao Zizhan also coveted Scout's stealth technology.

"Well, I've been working hard on system modifications and optimizations on the bridge, and you all come here to eat delicious food without even calling me!!" Just as Zhao Zizhan started daydreaming again, imagining himself learning the skills of Rhodes Island's elite operators and then walking sideways in the world, a crisp voice rang out behind him.

She was petite, with long, dark blue hair cascading down her shoulders like a waterfall, the ends of which were slightly curled. Her ears peeked out playfully from the ends of her hair. A classic red coat was draped over her shoulders, and as she approached, the smell of engine oil mixed with the scent of machinery filled the air.

Kroos gave everyone a accusing look, then suddenly noticed a pool of bloody liquid on the plate where all the meat had been picked out. She quickly gulped down the liquid, smacked her lips, and said, "Hmm, it tastes like braised pork hock, and it's icy cold. Not bad."

After saying that, Kroos's expression became even more indignant: "Ha, so you were eating good food behind my back! Just you wait, I'm going to raise the prices of the items in the vending machine drastically!"

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Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Road to Becoming Stronger is Difficult

Kroos, the chief engineer of Rhodes Island, a lazy admiral, and a blood demon who usually stays in his room.

Proficient in polishing and waxing atomic bombs, disassembling and cleaning missile engines, cleaning aircraft carrier oil tanks, wiping dust off satellite surfaces at high altitudes, repairing aircraft rearview mirrors, welding pinholes...

Of course, it was a joke, but as a software engineer whose main job is software engineering, she also has a very high level of expertise in heavy machinery on the hardware side. Kroos is undoubtedly a genius.

As for why we say her main job is software engineering, just look at her GitHub T-shirt and you'll know.

Kroos is a Sarkaz, a branch of Blood Demons. In terms of character design, Kroos, like Warfarin, is a traditional Blood Demon, following the path of little devils and bat vampires, unlike a certain cat-shaped character who focuses solely on being a Blood Demon who can suck blood.

However, compared to the other two, Kroos is an absolute reformer in her behavior, and she created a brand new concept - it is not only physical bloodsucking that is called blood magic, economic bloodsucking is also possible!

Yes, aside from his passion for mechanical and software engineering and his days of wasting time, his greatest hobby is impersonating a capitalist and acting as a profiteer on Rhodes Island, sucking the "blood" out of the operators.

Based on this, it's difficult to judge whether his sudden outburst at the dinner table demanding a price increase for the operators was an impulsive act of temperament or premeditated.

"Hmm? You're the new guy?" Kroos noticed Zhao Zizhan sitting to the side.

"Hello, senior. I'm the newly recruited operator, Zizhan. Please guide me." Zhao Zizhan nodded and bowed. When entering his operator ID, he was asked if he wanted to come up with a codename. Zhao Zizhan thought for a long time but couldn't decide, so he decided to leave it blank for now and come up with one later. (Here's a codename suggestion for the protagonist! Take the one with the most upvotes!)

Kroos moved closer to Zhao Zizhan, and under his somewhat awkward reaction, sniffed him, saying, "You smell so good... um... so much like him."

It is very offensive and rude for a Blood Demon to sniff around someone. Given the Blood Demon's notorious reputation on Terra and its feeding habits, such a gesture often means that the other person sees you as food.

If a normal person wasn't outmatched, they would have already thrown a punch.

However, the people of Rhodes Island were relatively at ease about this. Firstly, Kroos was, to put it kindly, somewhat naive and innocent, and to put it bluntly, incredibly cunning. Of course, most importantly, as a reformist blood demon, her love for engine oil far outweighed her love for blood.

"You have that doctor's scent about you."

No one expected Kroos to suddenly blurt out such a sentence at the dinner table, which completely embarrassed everyone.

Amiya looked dejected, and Raidian comforted her. Scout held his soda cup and kept looking at it as if he could see something amazing in it. Ace remained silent, and even the usually cheerful Blaze's expression became quite stiff.

This title once belonged to only one person, and that person brought too much hope and too much pain.

Theresa's passing is still fresh in our minds; time has not yet allowed everyone to heal the pain. At this moment, this name is something that cannot be mentioned.

"But it seems a little different, hmm... interesting." After scrutinizing Zhao Zizhan, Kroos turned around and looked at everyone who looked dejected: "Hey, why isn't everyone eating?"

"Eat up, eat up! Take all the meat, I want to taste this bloody broth!"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Zhao Zizhan thought he would rarely have any interaction with this disreputable worker on the island, but to his surprise, Kroos approached him the very next day.

Zhao Zizhan, who had just finished training at the training ground, was heading back to his dormitory to go home and get some sleep. The elite monster's advice to go far away was right; learning other people's Originium Arts was indeed a very arduous task with very low returns.

Compared to the vast majority of Originium Arts users, Huang can definitely be considered an academic, as his development of Originium Arts is based more on mathematical model calculations.

This led to Zhao Zizhan, a liberal arts student, having to learn from Huang how to construct temperature data models, as well as calculate the reactive temperature coefficient and the band gap reference temperature coefficient.

Although Zhao Zizhan has a certain level of mathematical ability to support him, this subject is still a bit too much for him, like Vishdale scoring 2-1, which is beyond his capabilities.

Zhao Zizhan originally planned to use the materials in Terra to make a gun or something, as a means of self-defense, but a new problem arose—Nitrocellulose could not be produced in the Terra world.

The elemental content differs between the two worlds. In this world, gold is abundant, but nitric acid is absent, and the materials available are merely approximations, with combustion efficiency and energy output far lower than nitrocellulose.

The weapons tycoon plan has failed, and I can only honestly learn a skill. But, I can do anything else you ask me to do, but math, I really can't do it!

I break out in a cold sweat just calculating a Lagrange multiplier, and you're asking me to do this more than eight years after I graduated?

Just as he was worrying, Zhao Zizhan bumped into Kroos.

"Senior Engineer"

"Hey, Agent Zizhan, hello there! I came here specifically to find you!"

"Find me?"

"That's right! I have a business deal to discuss with you! Come with me!"

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Zhao Zizhan was pulled into Kroos's workspace, which was much more cluttered than the elite operator's workspace. Drinks and snacks were scattered on the floor, mixed with various tools and small instruments. Several screens on the table displayed the engineering framework on one side and the game interface on the other.

Seeing Zhao Zizhan's gait as if he were afraid of stepping on something, as if there were firecrackers under his feet, Kroos chuckled awkwardly, "Haha, don't mind it, don't mind it, I'm just more focused when I'm working..." Kroos was probably quite concerned about saving face in front of her juniors.

"Never mind all that, I have a big business deal to discuss with you!"

Kroos stood before Zhao Zizhan with a serious expression.

"Ah, yes, please speak," Zhao Zizhan, a spirited young man, stood at attention.

"Zizhan, how about you join my operator vending machine business? You provide the goods, I provide the distribution channels, we split the profits 30/70..."

"Huh? Seventy percent of them belong to someone else?" Zhao Zizhan looked at Kroos with some surprise.

"You take four, I'll take six! Let's work together to grow bigger and stronger! Let's become the largest snack supplier on Rhodes Island, how about it!"

Zhao Zizhan blinked. "I wondered why you came to see me. So this is what it was about?"

As expected of the Blood Demon, his business acumen is truly remarkable.

"But, I refuse!"

Let me write a separate chapter to let you know.

I took a nap, wrote a chapter, and when I came back, the sky had fallen. My book had inexplicably gained a lot of tags, and there were a bunch of people arguing in the comments section. I was completely dumbfounded.

Since that's the case, let me say this: First of all, please don't add any strange tags to this book. I will delete them later, so it won't do you any good and will only affect everyone's reading experience.

Secondly, regarding the soul-swapping element, as you can probably see, it was designed for the initial crisis and is a necessary part of the plot. Furthermore, it requires a human dragon identity to serve the later plot. Some people may not like this design, and as the author, there's nothing I can do about that; we can only part ways amicably.

I have been working on correcting the typos, but I don't know what's wrong with the Hedgehog Cat review process. After I corrected them, it kept failing the review. The backend shows that the words have been corrected, but they haven't changed in the book. It may take some more time. I'm very sorry.

Castor was just out of his mind when he was writing about Sakota; there was no other meaning behind it.

Finally, everyone discussed how the protagonist will become stronger and whether he should go to that academy. Don't worry, he won't go, but he will find other ways to connect with the protagonist group. I'll leave that as a mystery for now, just wait and see.

Finally, the book's success exceeded my expectations, and I am very grateful for everyone's love. I haven't written many books, and my abilities are average and limited. I can only try my best to write a good story to repay everyone. Currently, I have a completed book of two million words and another book of one million words that is in the final stages of completion as a safety net. I will definitely not abandon it, so please rest assured, dear readers.

I will try not to respond to this kind of thing anymore. Readers come to read the story, and this kind of thing is annoying.

Sincerely,

salute

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Negotiation

"Great! I've already planned everything out. I'm going to set up a department called the Purchasing Department. With your help, we'll be like tigers with wings on the island... Wait, you're refusing?"

Kroos was excitedly talking non-stop when Zhao Zizhan's answer stunned her.

"Oh dear, how could you refuse!" Cleo Hilton panicked. She had thought that fooling this seemingly young and naive child would be a piece of cake, but something was wrong.

Of course not. Zhao Zizhan appears to everyone like a harmless baby, but that's just for the role. He needs to use this persona to build trust with everyone on Rhodes Island. A powerful character who wants to become stronger but is also guileless is the most efficient way to lower people's guard.

Of course, it's also possible that the elite operators saw through Zhao Zizhan's performance but didn't intend to expose him; a gentleman judges by actions, not intentions.

Zhao Zizhan himself has already moved beyond the previous stages of loving his brother the most and finding his brother disgusting, and has reached the next level of the Zhongdeng Gold Coins. How could someone of his age be so easily fooled by just a few words from someone?

"If anyone needs any items, they can just place an order with the logistics department and I will handle the procurement and supply. Why set up a separate procurement department to make money off everyone?"

"You don't understand, you don't understand!" Kroos wagged her tail, her little brain working quickly: "This...you know economics, right? Economics!"

"Our Rhodes Island is like a huge country. The economy of a country needs to flow. Currently, the island pays its operators a monthly salary, but there are no places to spend money on Rhodes Island right now, so the operators can only save their salaries. This is definitely bad news for Rhodes Island."

"With the economy stagnating, all the wealth is tied up in the employees' hands. Rhodes Island's wealth reserves will only go out and not in. If this continues, Rhodes Island will soon face a situation where it has no wages to pay. This is an absolute disaster. Although everyone is fighting for the infected, they can't keep up with their ideals for long without receiving compensation. This is an absolute disaster for Rhodes Island!"

"That's why I came up with the idea of ​​a purchasing department, allowing operators to use their salaries to buy these extra supplies in addition to their daily supplies, thus maintaining Rhodes Island's economic cycle. But I alone can't handle it all. However! Let's join forces! With your abilities and my economic talents, we can create a sandwich! This would be a great thing for Rhodes Island!"

Kroos was quite confident in her Rhodes Island economic theory; in fact, she almost believed it herself by the end.

To be honest, Zhao Zizhan really admired Clovis. As a senior software engineer, he was able to come up with such an economic cycle theory when he was under pressure. This guy can indeed solve math problems when he's pushed to the limit.

However, admiration does not equate to agreement.

“Ms. Engineer, first of all, Rhodes Island’s financial situation is a matter of corporate management, not an economic issue. As long as Rhodes Island can ensure that it can earn enough funds through medical research, Rhodes Island’s internal accounts as a pharmaceutical company will always be healthy. The situation you mentioned regarding the purchasing department and employee salary expenses does not fall under the category of an economic crisis. We are now a company, not a country. Do you understand this?”

"Secondly, regarding the operators' salary spending, it depends on the operators' personal preferences and needs. We cannot use Rhodes Island's macro-level narrative to hold the operators' personal labor results hostage. Even if we could, I would not agree. Do you understand?"

Zhao Zizhan's series of moves completely stunned Kroos. No, kid, you really know a thing or two?

I don't understand this at all!

He was even preparing to use a completely new theory to help them get on board, but unexpectedly he stumbled into someone else's professional field?

No wonder Raidian treats you like a treasure; you really are a high-level talent!

I thought this child was only good at Originium Arts, but I didn't expect him to be so intelligent as well, which is very rare.

At this age, with such insight... Kroos looked Zhao Zizhan up and down in shock.

While in Kazdel, she didn't feel it, but since leaving Kazdel, Kal'tsit has brought in talents from all over the world, and after seeing the performance of the fifteen-year-old Zhao Zizhan, Kroos now truly feels that heroes are as numerous as fish crossing a river.

As mentioned before, there are quite a few illiterate people on Rhodes Island. Of course, there are also many highly skilled people on Rhodes Island. These people are building a comprehensive education system on Rhodes Island, teaching these children knowledge, and gradually making achievements in various tasks on Rhodes Island.

But what we lack most is immediate combat capability; we need people who can come and start working immediately, who can be competent and quickly master the job.

Even years later, Rhode Island still desperately needs people with college degrees—a fact documented in the Huaihu document.

However, he was not pleased at all that Rhodes Island had welcomed young, highly skilled talent. What followed him onto the battlefield was his own unique business that was about to fail!

In her desperation, Kroos didn't even care about social niceties: "Then what do you want in return for cooperating with me?"

Finally, she spoke...

Zhao Zizhan was secretly excited: "I want to ask, is there any way to make me stronger? It may sound strange, but I've always felt that there might be something hidden in my bloodline, but I've never been able to find the key. If you are the Blood Demon, you can definitely help me!"

Zhao Zizhan revealed his true intentions at the end of the mission.

Bloodline awakening, the path to hybridization—regardless of your bloodline level, as long as you can awaken and ignite your golden eyes, you have already taken the first step towards the extraordinary.

Even though the hybrid is one of the Nine Gates of Prison, and this enhancement is somewhat limited, it's still stronger than that of an ordinary person!