Chapter 924
Chapter 924 - 910: Take Away Packaged
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Can it be taken away? Lu Ping’an was first stunned, then delighted, but then somewhat incredulous.
"Take everything away? What’s being taken isn’t just a standalone client; it’s the server."
"Your courtyard is an independent Divine Kingdom, an independent server, what you need are just software and designated hardware parts..."
The adjectives of the New Era that Lu Ping’an casually threw out, Big Cat could catch them quite well, indicating that she actually was not as "rigid" as she had deliberately shown before.
Every world has its own core rules and the World’s Reason, the so-called supernatural cultivators and Demons, are actually derivatives of them. Taking only the "standalone version" away is easy, but taking away the entire system with growth and evolution is much more difficult.
The difficulty of acquiring Sealing Skill in the Silent Mountain Range World is not high, and those who went there have more or less secured some, but the requirement for the "server" is extremely high. Many who brought it back can’t even use it normally let alone further cultivate.
And the original "server," the Seal Master... Although Earth offered a high and sincere price, clearly other worlds came up with even more irresistible chips.
Consequently, the strength of the Seal Knights that Lu Ping’an "hired" decreased significantly. At the same time, the outsiders centered around "Sealing Skill" also faced many difficulties.
However, these matters have recently undergone some changes; the new Seal Master has already formed—still one big and two small.... The construction of three Seal Gods simultaneously, in a sense, shows Earth’s civilization’s valuing of this technology, but from another angle, it is also a warning to the Seal Master itself.
The existence of alternatives always hangs like a blade above the head of the chosen one.
One of those chosen is an old acquaintance of Lu Ping’an, the Moon God who cast her lot with the Red Star Republic, one of the Main Gods of the Silent Mountain Range. She has surely privately stockpiled a large amount of Sealing Skill techniques and features; now, she is only perfecting and sublimating it into a Divine Position.
Her success also amounts to the rebuilding of the Sealing mechanism on Earth.
This indeed has facilitated the progress of the Seal Knights of the ancient city and the special Development Zone by a lot; reconnected to the "server," their actual combat power and the development of new technologies tailored to local conditions (like Flying Boats) are much smoother.
Only then did they realize that many seemingly impassable obstacles were not the fault of the user, but rather the lack of upper-level technical support!
"How can it be packaged and taken away; what needs to be paid?"
Since Big Cat mentioned it, Lu Ping’an would naturally not hesitate.
Just providing a stable path for the advancement of "Basic Attributes" was reason enough for Lu Ping’an not to refuse.
"Find it, take it away, that’s the first step."
What Big Cat pointed to was that "Raging Ape Fist Skill"..... and the entity it implied behind it.
"...Hunting Rule-level or higher Demons? And capturing them alive?" It sounded like courting death.
"It’s not that strong, maybe just a bit stronger Decree-level."
These cultivation methods all point to a certain Demon, or to be precise, to an individual Demon entity.
Originally, Lu Ping’an estimated its tier to be quite high, playing the part of a "Module" within this "system."
But after Big Cat’s analysis, it turned out that it might not necessarily be so; within this system, or the fact that it is just a bit stronger Decree-level, is already sufficient to provide a Lower-level template.
And on Earth, those capable of doing such a thing (providing an incomplete Profession), the lowest would also be a formidable eighth-tier and above; even a ninth-order Quasi-Divine could only provide an incomplete path.
"This, on the contrary, is even more terrifying..."
"Yes, but the growth potential is much higher; the requirements are much lowered."
Existences above the Rule-level, no matter which world, are extremely difficult to achieve, but if it’s lowered a big notch, just to Decree-level, the possibility isn’t just a hundredfold, but a thousandfold, even a ten-thousandfold.
But for the current Lu Ping’an and company, the Rule-level is something they don’t even want to touch, yet the Decree-level is indeed something they could hunt.
"Okay, we can give it a try, what’s the second step..."
Lu Ping’an thought for a moment; indeed, if they really could capture one... several specified Demons, and kept it within the Decree-level, they could indeed breed them within the courtyard and mass-produce offspring.
Then, it would be the familiar "one monkey, three uses."
But if it’s just that, Lu Ping’an still felt it wasn’t enough. Theoretically, even if the source and this set of techniques were obtained, without the hardware to run this mechanism... they would still lack a server.
"Holy Fire Church...."
"You mean...oh, I understand now."
As expected, things were never that simple.
Lu Ping’an was able to take away the Holy Fire system, and even continuously mass-produce "Holy Fire Magic Plants" and "Holy Fire Demons," all thanks to the Holy Fire Church he took with him, the "source of fire" above the Rule level.
But the source was, after all, the original "Descendant of the Sun God."
Big Cat’s meaning was clear, to really take away the "server," it probably wouldn’t be enough to just have a normal Rule level, he would need something like a divine, a divine, a Divine Artifact.
"Can the courtyard be digested? Transformed into a rule building?"
"Yes, it can, even if it’s at the level of True Gods, it can be digested, it just depends on whether you can get your hands on one."
Big Cat stopped speaking in riddles and directly gave out two requirements.
"So the ’hardware’ for the second step is the prerequisite..."
"Indeed, but the ’modules and materials’ you collected, even if you can’t gather the hardware, can also serve as the genetic source for mass-producing Magic Pets, the material for Magic Potions, the fertilizers for Magic Plants, not bad at all."
The research team from the Biological Department is just like that, either they do nothing, or they go big.
Morals and bottom lines? Lu Ping’an just pretended they existed, as long as they didn’t turn on their own kind, Lu Ping’an had no intention of interfering.
"Let’s first gather some information...uh, those female Knights probably can’t be counted on anymore."
Although the two conditions proposed were somewhat exaggerated, Lu Ping’an saw that they were not hopeless.
Especially since his group was to carry out a "task," it would inevitably involve a lot of chaos. By then, it would just mean adding a few specified targets to the already necessary "casually collected" list.
This was actually a customary practice for Explorers, to scavenge wherever they went....it’s just that other professionals probably just scavenge the assets in a house clean, whereas Lu Ping’an was planning to take away the whole house and land, and he truly could do so.
"Continue then, first use it to improve myself...."
Lu Ping’an’s "Reflex" had shown significant improvement lately, and he could feel he was just one step away from a qualitative change.
This sensation of having no bottlenecks as long as he ate and practiced was intoxicating.....it’s just that Lu Ping’an had to hold back the progress of his Physique and Spiritual Power, to avoid becoming further unbalanced.
"....Nothing?"
"It’s said that, behind the Great Gates to other Planes, there are some."
Lu Ping’an specifically sought local Scholars, using his identity as a "cultured person" to inquire about certain matters, but the results were rather subtle.
These local Scholars were quite knowledgeable; at the very least, they had the concept of "world" and would provide certain levels of help to "voyagers."
When Lu Ping’an inquired about "high-level Demons," they directly informed him that there were none in This World...but those in Exotic Realms definitely existed because those Decree-level and even higher warriors first needed to progress and sought better "food," often having to leave their home worlds to become a new batch of "voyagers."
Lu Ping’an sensed that there might be many such "military worlds" for the Feather Tribe.
𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
Local resources were limited, as were the strengths of Demons. When development hit a ceiling and could advance no further, but there was still a desire for "progress," the only natural choice was to accept the "ascension" treatment and become one of the Exotic Realm voyagers.
However, unlike in novels where after "ascension one is less than a dog in the fairy realm," a Decree-level entity is significant in any force or world.
Therefore, if Lu Ping’an wanted to go to other worlds with a "legal identity," it seemed very simple. He just needed to demonstrate sufficient strength or ambition.
This was a military world; as long as one expressed a desire to "progress," leaving was not difficult.
At this moment, Lu Ping’an subconsciously looked up at the sky.
"Was this also within your calculations...uh, definitely, right?"
— End of Chapter 924 —