No strange things are allowed to evolve!

This was all because Jiang Shu was too slow. If she had been more rational, she should have stood by and watched. No matter how severely Jiang Shu was punished, she should have prioritized her own safety, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to conquer this hatchery.

But...

She simply couldn't bear to watch her companion suffer, or even die, in front of her.

Although this companion is not very likable.

But she did say that she would protect them, including this hothead of level one.

With that in mind, she decided to follow her heart.

Well, I was the one who brought it out, so I'll just have to take care of it...

Just before she opened her mouth, intending to take all the blame upon herself.

“This isn’t mine,” Jiang Shu replied.

What is this guy up to?!

The three who drank the potion were stunned for a moment, then glared at Jiang Shu with contempt.

He wants to betray the Snow King!

Although the evolved beings are divided into circles and factions, no matter how much they fight in the real world, everyone in the hatchery must work together to conquer the hatchery first.

This is a consensus within the evolutionary community.

Even if there are no explicit rules about what will happen if you don't do it, if you openly break this unspoken rule and it gets out, your reputation will be ruined for life.

If the behavior is particularly egregious, a kill order may be issued against the individual.

Could it be that after hearing the discussion just now, they felt that this incubator was too difficult to conquer and had no idea that they could get out, so they thought they should live for as long as possible?

Damn it!

Ba Wang was an upright man who couldn't stand scoundrels. Thinking of this, he couldn't contain himself and immediately turned hostile: "I'm warning you, if you dare betray..."

But at the same time.

“Isn’t this your stuff?” Jiang Shu said to the big-headed doll.

"Huh?"

The Overlord blinked blankly.

Jiang Shu turned her head and glanced at him in confusion.

The others were completely baffled, having no idea what Jiang Shu was up to.

However, the most baffling one is still the big-headed doll.

He ignored Ba Wang's inexplicable remarks and asked Jiang Shu, "What do you mean by that?"

"Didn't you say that the technology wasn't mature enough, so my perception would be a little weaker after you modified it?" Jiang Shu weighed the potion in her hand: "I just happened to find a magic potion that can enhance perception in my personal belongings, so I brought it here as a reward for you."

"Hmm? Enhancing perception..." The big-headed doll's breathing became rapid.

To be honest, he always considered himself a superior being with an infinite lifespan, so he looked down on the so-called explorers and what they carried. They were just a backward civilization, utterly trash, and as a superior being, he had no reason to covet them.

That's why he didn't touch anything of theirs, he just asked them not to take it out.

But now, the inferior beings he looks down upon have actually produced something that they claim can improve their technology.

Although it may not sound very nice, it is truly for myself.

However, Big Head Baby isn't an idiot and won't easily believe Jiang Shu's one-sided story.

Whether the medicine is effective or not is another matter.

He had modified him and intended to use him as a servant, but the latter intended to help him improve his technology.

This aroused extreme suspicion regarding the "big-headed dolls".

There must be some kind of conspiracy!

"Give it to me, let me experiment with it!" Big-headed Doll snatched the potion from Jiang Shu's hand, then held it like a precious treasure, and hurriedly left the hall without even arranging the announcement he was supposed to make.

After he left, Ba Wang immediately closed the main hall door.

"What are you doing?"

Jiang Shuxiaoxiong shrugged: "There's nothing I can do about it. Didn't they say that if I'm found out, there will be big trouble? I can't possibly sell out the Snow King, can I?"

Then I remembered he said the technology wasn't mature enough, and I thought he might be interested, so I gave it to him. Maybe he'll try it and think it's good, and then he'll think I'm a good person, and it'll be a blessing in disguise.”

"It's no use trying to please him."

Snow King sighed, stopping Jiang Shu's daydream:

"According to intelligence, this manager has a very eccentric and unpredictable personality. Even a safe incubator cannot be guaranteed peace of mind by simply trying to please him."

On the contrary, trying to please him is likely to be seen as breaking the rules, and you'll likely be treated even worse.

"I see." Jiang Shu nodded, not surprised.

If you could easily pass the level by pleasing the NPCs in the hatchery, then the evolvers in Lu City would be invincible long ago. Who could outmaneuver them when it comes to interpersonal relationships?

But then again...

Do they have any "dedication"?

At this moment, Ba Wang suddenly placed his hand on Jiang Shu's shoulder: "No matter what, you didn't betray your comrades at the crucial moment, which makes me look at you in a new light. If we can get out of here alive in the end, I'd like to be your friend."

Little Bear Hard Candy and Wang Tiezhu looked at Jiang Shu with different expressions, clearly indicating that Jiang Shu's behavior had made them accept him for the first time.

Although he's a burden, at least he has backbone and takes responsibility when things go wrong.

Jiang Shu looked up at the face of the overlord lying on the ground behind her and began to try to win his favor: "Maybe it's because I had a good upbringing that I wasn't allowed to do this. Besides, you should ask others if they want to be your friends before you make friends with them."

"..." The overlord rolled his eyes, feeling rebuffed: "Fine, I'm just offering my warm face to a cold backside."

Snow King said worriedly, "That's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that I don't have any more potions. This means that no matter what challenges we encounter next, you will have a hard time."

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. We'll just have to take it one step at a time," Jiang Shu said, seemingly unconcerned.

Although this nonchalance might be seen by others as a forced smile, or as a sign that he has no idea of ​​the dangers of the hatchery.

With a sense of unease, the group waited for nearly half an hour.

Finally, the door was pushed open again, and the big-headed doll reappeared.

Although he hid it well, Jiang Shu, who has a good understanding of behavioral science, could still tell that he was very excited.

"I was going to assign you tasks, but I got distracted and forgot. Now let's begin."

The big-headed doll didn't mention anything about the medicine:

“You trespassed into my territory without permission and deserve punishment. Therefore, I have stripped you of your bodies and made you my slaves, to work in this castle for all eternity!”

Now, I'm going to make arrangements for you.

First, the four of you.

He pointed to the four people besides Jiang Shu:

"From today onwards, you will be responsible for all the menial tasks in the castle. Remember, you are now the lowest-ranking beings, regardless of who you are, even if you are just a dog..."

As they were talking, a toy guard came along, holding a toy dog ​​on a leash, barking incessantly.

"Its status is higher than yours, so even if it shits on your heads, you have to put up with it!"

As for the other people in the castle, you must do whatever you are told without the slightest complaint.

I have a work log here that records your work progress every day. I will give you a score based on your work completion rate.

"The maximum score is 100. When you make a mistake, I will deduct a certain number of points. For every ten points your score drops, you will be punished. When your score reaches zero, you will be completely finished. Do you understand?"

The four nodded and remained silent.

"As for you..." The big-headed doll turned to face Jiang Shu and snapped its fingers.

Then an ugly doll covered in stitches, over two meters tall, carrying a giant handsaw, squeezed through the door that seemed rather small to him.

The four were startled.

Apart from Xue Wang, who looked worried, the other three looked at Jiang Shu with pity.

Is this what they call worse treatment?

That guy doesn't even spit out loose threads when he eats stuffed animals...

But what the big-headed doll said next shocked them.

“You are a promising talent. I have made a special exception to allow you to enter the workshop, starting as an apprentice and enjoying the same treatment as a citizen. This is the master craftsman with over three thousand years of experience whom I have arranged for you. Come, say hello.”

"Hello." Jiang Shu nodded slightly.

"I didn't call you, I said I'd have him say hello to you." The big-headed doll said, jumping up and kicking the handsaw doll's knee.

"Oh, hello, from today onwards I will be your teacher." The handsaw doll bowed blankly.

Jiang Shu remained calm and composed: "You're too kind. Then I'll accept you as my teacher."

If everyone can get their bodies back now, they can see that the pupils of the other four people are shaking.

Something's not right. Something's extremely wrong.

Is this the correct way to use the medicine?!

Chapter Seventeen: Everyone has their own things to do.

"Alright, if there are no other questions, head to the first floor as soon as possible to find the head maid and begin your work."

"Don't waste time, wasting time will also result in points being deducted."

The big-headed doll casually gave instructions to the others, then said to Jiang Shu, "Come with me."

Jiang Shu turned back and nodded to his companions, "Then I'll go see what's going on. Be careful."

"Ah... okay," his companions replied blankly.

After Jiang Shu and the big-headed doll left, the group finally recovered from their shock.

"What do you think?" Wang Tiezhu asked the others for their opinions.

"I was thinking if I spit out the potion and give it to the manager, could I also go to work in the workshop..." Ba Wang said awkwardly.

Snow King shook his head: "Impossible. Even if you happen to gain the favor of the managers and receive preferential treatment, such behavior cannot be replicated. It's always like this; only the first person with a wildly imaginative mind can get the cake."

"What good luck..." Ba Wang muttered.

He was genuinely a little envious of Jiang Shu's good fortune.

Little Bear, as if struck by a thought, asked Snow King curiously, "So the workshop is the second stage of the incubator you were talking about earlier?"

"no."

Snow King explained:

"The second phase refers to the start of the second mission, which will only be triggered after we regain our physical bodies. Of course, this is safe information."

Normally, we would need to work as lowly servants, doing odd jobs in the castle, first obtaining information about the castle's terrain, then finding a secret room where we could reunite the soul within the doll's body with its sleeping form.

However, neither the preferential treatment given to the managers nor the workshops he mentioned are things that have never been mentioned in the information on the safe type. This shows that there is indeed a huge difference between the death type and the safe type, which is full of unpredictability.

This is why I didn't say it outright at the beginning. I was worried that the existing information might mislead everyone. After all, procedures and practices that have been verified in the safe mode might become a trap of empiricism in the death mode. These are all things that are hard to say.

Judging from the current situation..."

Snow King paused:

"It seems that it has already completely deviated from all safe intelligence even at the very beginning."

The second half of the sentence was left unsaid.

If the intelligence at hand is unusable, the initiative cannot be seized, and the contingency plan deviates from its intended course, then the already low success rate of the strategy will be further reduced.

Although she didn't say it explicitly, everyone else present knew perfectly well what it meant.

Each evolved being who can advance to level three has at least ten hatcheries to conquer, and they know all too well the horror of inaccurate information or even the complete loss of information.

Their mood also darkened.

Noticing everyone's frustration, Snow Queen comforted them, "Let's try what I know first."

"That's all we can do."

Just then, Wang Tiezhu discovered another key point.