Chapter 893
Chapter 893 - 879 Shipment
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In the life series, Gardener and Tamer’s Path incompatible?
In low-end environments, it’s an acknowledged truth, a common sense, and an absolute dead end; but the question is, Big Cat... Is Disaster Beast Keldares of Balance low-end?
𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
She can be called "It," a supreme being just a step away from True Gods, a Quasi-God—and if it hadn’t been for her excessive stubbornness and extremism, she could have reached the top through other more moderate paths much earlier as a super Big Boss.
"...Your craftsmanship is too crude, do as I tell you..."
This time, Chris didn’t brush it off; she took the initiative to teach Lu Ping’an some "techniques for handling materials."
On one hand, it’s indeed her area of expertise, which she’s busy with right now; but more importantly...
"Uh, why didn’t you teach me this before?"
"Shut up, if you don’t want to learn, then forget it."
This time, she didn’t resort to the "conflict theory" to fob Lu Ping’an off.
While Gardeners and Beast Tamers truly conflict, did she really have nothing to teach Lu Ping’an? She had seen so many Gardeners, and those high-level life series knowledges that are universal would be helpful to Lu Ping’an.
It’s true that Gardener suits Lu Ping’an better, but the fact that she didn’t persuade Lu Ping’an to follow the Beast Tamer’s Path might also be influenced by her using the "conflict theory" to lessen her own troubles.
If Lu Ping’an truly followed the Beast Tamer’s Path, inheriting her legacy and continuously drawing on knowledge and materials from her, his personal old master, and retracing Big Cat’s early steps, his growth would encounter no difficulties.
From the results, is this trading the upper limit for a smoother growth? It’s hard to say, but if Lu Ping’an were to really follow the Beast Tamer’s Path, his achievements wouldn’t be low either.
Let’s not dwell on the past. For Lu Ping’an now, it suffices that she is willing to teach.
Especially at the current "Creation" stage, which is indeed the domain she excels in.
Even if she can’t operate, her horizons, thought processes, and technologies are all there; she is much more useful than any text.
After readjusting his thought process, Lu Ping’an began to understand the true value behind the "Rule-level" of the Life Encyclopedia... Initially, upgrading the Life Encyclopedia to the Life Illustration seemed to only change a name and add a rather superfluous "materialization" feature for "Existence (Taboo items)," but it turned out his thinking was too narrow.
Ability Contract Scrolls, even if not Taboo items, are still supernatural, almost contaminate items, allowing the user to utilize borrowed abilities, each containing the "provider’s" ability properties and modules.
Including them as part of the "materials," naturally allow their rules to be integrated into the Newborn; the only issue is...
"So expensive..."
Multiples scrolls were thrown in, and to worry about insufficient quality, quantity had to be made up.
Lu Ping’an’s abilities were as effective as ever, but at the same time, his consumption of points could be bottomless.
However, you get what you pay for; the feature "Keratin Cell Metallization," if actually transferable to Tree-man, could greatly increase their melee strength.
"Uh, do plants even have keratin cells?"
"You are using the Tree-man template, do you really have to stick to Tree-man? Normal half Tree-man can’t survive independently in nature. Your creation, from the very beginning, must merge with animal modules. Be more flexible in your thinking, once at a certain level, you shouldn’t get too caught up on whether it’s animal or plant. What should concern you is the proportion and degree of integration between spirit and material..."
If Big Cat is willing to teach, she has much to offer Lu Ping’an to learn from.
But this significantly slows down the progress of the project, making the employers rather anxious... After all, clients who suddenly increase demands are probably the nightmare of project timelines.
"There’s no use being anxious; do you have another solution?"
Lu Ping’an was quite at peace with the situation, as it’s currently a seller’s market. If it can be done, good; if not, I will just leave.
Not to mention that after deciding to add "Hua Xueyi’s" abnormal ability, it also meant adding a large amount of metal materials, causing the Hammer-men to dismantle many components and shells from the ship.
It seems, they are really in a rush...
"Alright, then."
Finally, when Lu Ping’an... or rather, the Big Cat behind him finally nodded, this round of materials had already piled into a small mountain.
Just the act of hunting isolated Energy-devouring Evil Sunflowers yielded three... followed by a considerable expenditure of life points, because one sweep is an entire field, and without the presence of the Reception Room, if you can’t beat it, you run (and run quickly even after winning); otherwise, the risk of hunting would be too high to accept.
The Luka people’s panic is meaningful, as there have already been two Energy-devouring Evil Sunflowers that passed over the well-disguised (underground) campsite. Whether they were deliberately hunting for outsiders or it was just a coincidence is unknown.
And once they find them, regardless of whether we can safely evacuate, the rescue mission is definitely doomed.
Lu Ping’an’s group remained very calm... they have a Courtyard, after all.
If there really were trouble, they just need to duck into the Courtyard and transfer, the Mobile base gave them confidence.
The more Lu Ping’an explored and adventured into the Exotic Realm, the more he realized the preciousness of this "inheritance"; without the storage of the Courtyard by now, he wouldn’t have been able to carry so many materials on his person.
Most importantly, as long as he was there, the team would remain stable, at ease, and always sufficiently unified... The sense of security and stability while in an Exotic Realm was extremely rare.
This time the Hammer-men, too, were considered seasoned merchants and, noticing the mercenaries’ stability, despite grumbling, showed more trust and patience.
"Let’s begin..."
The blueprint for reconstruction was complete, the costly materials had been invested, and there was no turning back once the bow was drawn; Lu Ping’an opened the Life Encyclopedia.
The Core of Wisdom was the first to melt – a Treasure priceless in the market, an artifact card group from the Upper Silver tier, turned into a lump of clay.
Refining, restructuring, Lu Ping’an needed the Tree-man template in it... Those originally ordinary Big Trees, having undergone its adjustments, not only gained the ability to move but also developed instinct, skills, and experience for combat. It possessed the most complete Tree-man template, which could be self-adjusted according to the "transformation subject’s" condition.
This time, the amalgamated mass would become the core blueprint and "little brain" of the Newborn.
"...As the basis of flesh, it is always the Energy-devouring Demon Sunflower..."
This high-threat creature was now fully fed at this moment.
"The Tree-man whose body can grow and evolve infinitely..."
Lu Ping’an gave it his Blessing, born from ’the expectation of parents’.
"...an energy form, a super-female body existing as ’Fruit’ offshoots."
And Big Cat completed the latter half for Lu Ping’an, also clarifying the core logic of the design.
"Pile up the materials."
A great deal of rare metals, expensive scrolls, and body cells (blood) taken from some unfortunate individual and subjected to deferred payment were tossed in; they would become essential auxiliary materials.
But the most valuable ingredient was still a precious part of the Sumeru Fusang Tree.
It was wood, but at the same time, it was the flesh and skin of the Tree-man.
A small mountain of valuable materials, under the power of the Life Encyclopedia, fused into a mass.
Flesh and blood, brain, soul (target), each adjusted one by one, and then, were kneaded together by invisible hands.
The melody of life began to sing, and in that profound moment, it seemed something opened its eyes.
Lu Ping’an could feel the Codex in his hands trembling... thus, he increased the investment, more auxiliary materials were thrown into the mix.
In the end, they wrapped into a mass, transforming into a gigantic flesh and blood magical sphere.
Blood kept dripping, impurities continuously cleared, the blood sphere kept spinning, endlessly discarding materials that were not beneficial or useful... or rather, the remnants of materials from which the essence had been extracted.
Lu Ping’an watched everything before him with calmness, the Codex now at peace, and he was unable to interfere.
At this point, it seemed all he could do was pray for a successful outcome.
But perhaps destiny favored him once again, or maybe Chris’s help truly made a difference, for the result came much sooner than expected.
When that tiny Tree-man, the little fellow who was not even as tall as Lu Ping’an’s knee, tumbled from the blood sphere.
As the little one, confused and dazed, stood up in front of the group, someone exclaimed in surprise.
"...Is this, a failure?"
But Lu Ping’an opened the Codex, and with just one glance, he laughed.
"No, it’s a success."
[Unnamed Tree-man (provisional), Quasi-rule level creature.]
— End of Chapter 893 —