Chapter 1348
Chapter 1348 - 1334: Accumulation
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"...Please pass these test subjects and progress management details to Dr. Zhang Hui..."
Looking at his senior brothers’ faces full of expectation, Lu Ping’an thoughtfully smiled and nodded, accepting the pile of experimental records he could hardly understand.
He faintly realized that another benefit of inheriting Big Cat’s legacy was probably the ability to fill the gap of advanced researchers, which his team was sorely lacking.
Perhaps, once Big Cat’s...new body was ready, he would easily be able to recruit these excellent researchers, and it probably wouldn’t cost much.
Under normal circumstances, to recruit them through official procedures...even the big powers and the Proper God Church wouldn’t look at them, it would basically be impossible to have a successful recruitment.
"...About twenty days left, right?"
Lu Ping’an’s "Wishing CD" would arrive in about twenty days, and originally he had planned to wish for a pair of Mirror Eyes for himself, but now it seemed wiser to prioritize creating Big Cat’s clone.
He had already felt the increasing malice from the outside, as if someone was waiting for something to happen.
"Uh, had you already thought of your wishes before you came clean with me?"
"...Isn’t that obvious? Could you really expect anything from your half-baked Creation ability?" Big Cat was frank. This was an opportunity that needed to be seized with effort, but still required strength.
"Hey hey hey, be polite, or I might just wish for the eyes first and let you wait for half a year..."
"That’s not a conflict... Why can’t I become your eyes?"
Big Cat seemed to have had a complete plan all along.
With one statement, a suggestion that seemed to slip out unintentionally, she left Lu Ping’an momentarily stunned.
He instinctively wanted to dismiss the idea, but the next moment, he began to seriously consider the possibility.
Well, it seemed to be operationally feasible.
He and Big Cat were one body with twin spirits, but essentially they were "one soul with one individual" linked together, which was even closer than any twins’ connection.
If he mirrored himself and performed "recording lockdown" on himself... perhaps, this could be the strongest set of Twin Knights.
"Can it be done?"
"....Theoretically, it’s possible."
Upon hearing this, Lu Ping’an’s excitement suddenly cooled down.
As a researcher, "theoretically possible" often also meant the harsh reality of "only theoretically achievable, not in practice."
".....But you can make a wish. As long as it’s theoretically feasible, there’s a chance it will come true."
At that moment, Lu Ping’an profoundly understood the outrageousness of his own "ability"... skipping technical details and industrial demands, offering results directly. Aside from consuming more points, it had almost no weaknesses.
"But if you make a wish now, it’s basically likely to fail..."
Big Cat, however, had a different opinion. She looked towards the books in her laboratory and all those countless research notes and records.
"Wishing" seemed omnipotent, but it too had its own limits and operating rules.
Just like the most fulfilled wish, the residents of Mercury 42 yearning "to become Extraordinary/professional," even though it skipped the process, the outcome showed that the professions of those who succeeded in making wishes were basically from Lu Ping’an’s "library" with related "knowledge."
Lu Ping’an had a stockpile of resources and theoretical keystone, only then could "wishes" be actualized... In a certain sense, it resembled a production line where the manufacturing process was skipped.
The God-level system that Lu Ping’an recently acquired, also evolved from his symbiotic Demon Plant as the material basis.
However, to reshape Chris’s body, just the current "stock" might not be sufficient... More importantly, Lu Pingan’s "knowledge" wasn’t enough for him to depict this "castle in the air."
His wish-granting ability was limited by the ceiling of his "Life system ability," as well as by his Scholar Ability and the knowledge he had stored.
Lu Ping’an might not have noticed these things, but Big Cat certainly did... She hadn’t cared too much before since Lu Ping’an’s abilities were overflowing in a low-end environment, but now that they were to be used to reshape her own body, relying on the "Chaos Black Box" to chance it was truly unacceptable.
After all, if a wish were to be cast, it would definitely have to be at the highest tier, and whether successful or not, there would be a long cooldown period... If it really failed, thousands of points would be wasted, and Lu Ping’an might not be willing to risk it a second time.
"These, and those, finish them today," he said.
"You need to read these papers thoroughly, I don’t need you to write a report, but I will spot-check your learning progress," he explained.
"This is my private collection; throwing many of them out could shock the entire academic world... Not interested? Eh, regardless, you have to finish reading them, otherwise, you won’t even have the ability to pretend to be my heir."
This time, Lu Ping’an experienced what it was like to always have a headteacher by his side.
But he also knew his own foundation was far too weak... Even if he cheated with gifts and an all-purpose machine like the courtyard, he needed to know how to "cheat" effectively.
"... The finer details, just picking any Chapter, could keep you learning for years, I’ve given you some theory and general overviews, you need to first understand how it operates and some simple examples, try to be a jack of all trades as much as possible..."
It was a reluctant choice, but one that suited Lu Ping’an’s teachings the best.
He skimmed through the content as if reading a storybook, pondering and reorganizing it with his own understanding, and gradually formed his own opinions on many of the "examples" in the Life system.
He also asked questions incessantly, and Big Cat gave straightforward answers... Their teaching didn’t delve much into the "supernatural," but rather focused on "ordinary knowledge" like the "Biological Department" and "life sciences."
Lu Ping’an needed this kind of accumulation, and thinking about using it to create his own "other half," he dared not slack off in the slightest.
Combining Big Cat’s "inventory," "experimental subjects," and "test data" here, Lu Ping’an’s gains were obvious... His [Knowledge (Life)] level was rising daily, but turning it into supernatural taboo knowledge would still take time.
Teaching always continued, but Lu Ping’an did not neglect his regular work, and he certainly did not expect success overnight.
As his time here was destined to be short, he observed the progress of projects in the laboratory even more, and under Big Cat’s guidance, he either commended or criticized, shutting down several major projects that had hit a dead end.
Many things quietly disappeared from the laboratory, yet the courtyard gained quite a few new additions.
During this process, Lu Ping’an also unexpectedly gained several additional benefits.
He obtained a good number of Demon Plant seeds and seedlings from those "dangerous ecological invaders" confiscated by Customs, and easily enhanced his combat power using these materials.
His "scenery" had grown by two scenes... For the Lu Ping’an of now, he needed more "strategic reserve weapons."
On a few excursions, he felt as if something was watching him... So much malice and murderous intent made Lu Ping’an wonder if half the big shots in Capital City were eager to bury Big Cat.
As time swiftly passed, Lu Ping’an and his companions had met twice but were told it was best to continue waiting.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had begun processing, but it seemed they were at their wits’ end with the "ten year" situation and were re-evaluating the scale of which world was concerned.
All aspects of the work went quite smoothly, until trouble knocked on the door simultaneously.
"Uh, the local Archbishop Linnu is looking for me, wants to see me? And the Sect Leader of the Mother Goddess cult too? Why does this sound so familiar... Ah, Chris, isn’t this your church?"
— End of Chapter 1348 —