Chapter 77: Art of Controlling the Weird! I’m Poor, I Love Scientific Research!
“Not bad!”
Hearing this voice, everyone’s hearts suddenly jolted.
They had activated the Empty Sound realm, so who was it that entered here so stealthily!
Bai Yu also looked vigilantly towards the jungle, his mind racing.
From the intelligence he had just obtained tonight, there was no information related to any danger, so nothing should have gone wrong.
As expected, the speaker revealed himself.
It was the great boss Zheng Guoyi!
Since most of Group Nine, except for Hu Chengyong, had not interacted with the great boss Zheng Guoyi, most people were very wary.
Someone who could enter silently must be at the Spirit Sea Realm, right? Or perhaps a special existence at the Half-Step Spirit Sea Realm.
Upon seeing the face of the person who had arrived, Hu Chengyong breathed a sigh of relief and said to his team members, “No need to be nervous, he’s one of us.”
Zheng Guoyi looked at Bai Yu and smiled with satisfaction, “It seems you had a good harvest this time.”
Seeing the great boss, Bai Yu was naturally as obedient as could be.
“It was… alright, I guess.”
“Mm.”
Zheng Guoyi calmly glanced at the altar on the lake and said, “Clean up and then leave this place.”
“Okay!”
Everyone began to quickly clean up the scene.
While cleaning, Bai Yu discovered that the blood seemed to have undergone a strange change and had turned black!
Seeing this, Zhao Bin said, “It looks like these things have been contaminated with ghost qi. They need to be sent to the bureau for processing.”
After cleaning up, everyone prepared to leave.
However, the great boss Zheng Guoyi stood by Group Seven’s car. Seeing Bai Yu and the others approach, he glanced around and then said, “While you were fighting, it seemed like a powerful individual was watching you.”
“This person’s aura is quite cold, like a dead person, or perhaps a ghost creature. Their strength is likely at the Spirit Sea Realm, so be careful.”
Bai Yu and the others were all startled.
There was such a thing!
Upon hearing this, Bai Yu immediately thought of the recorder mentioned in Wang Mengmeng’s intelligence!
‘Was I being watched?’
‘I need to be careful going forward and pay more attention to the daily intelligence.’
‘At least today’s intelligence didn’t reveal any surprises.’
After a brief exchange, everyone drove back.
In the car.
Bai Yu couldn’t help but ask Bai Ling, “Did you sense the person great boss Zheng Guoyi mentioned?”
Bai Ling said somewhat dejectedly, “No…”
“Mr. Zheng Guoyi, I didn’t sense them either.”
Seeing this, Bai Ling probably felt a bit useless.
Seeing this, how could everyone let their treasure be sad? They quickly comforted her.
Bai Yu also brought up several methods for Bai Ling to improve her strength, telling her not to worry and that he would do his best to help her improve.
After comforting Bai Ling, Bai Yu took out the Yin Chen Stone, which emitted ghost qi and blood essence, making one feel uneasy.
Zhao Bin glanced at the Yin Chen Stone and felt a sense of apprehension.
“What are your plans for it later?”
Bai Yu considered for a moment and said, “As an aid in combat.”
“Ghost Control!”
To be honest, the art of ghost control was quite perilous. But when Bai Yu spoke, everyone’s first thought was that he would definitely succeed!
This way, their group would essentially have an additional major combat force.
They were getting stronger and stronger!
In another car.
Hu Chengyong scanned around and said, “Look at yourselves! You only think about resting every day. If you had even half the effort of the newcomers in Group Seven, you could be promoted to senior investigators.”
“Also, look at their strength and how fast they are improving.”
“I see them exercising every day, but I don’t see you.”
“After we get back this time, all of you need to reflect carefully.”
“What era are we in now? Spiritual Qi Awakening!”
“Who knows what the future world will be like? Strength is the foundation, understand?”
Everyone: “Understood!”
But in their hearts, they really wanted to say that they already spent 80% of their free time cultivating.
But they truly couldn’t achieve his level!
Their talent was what it was, they couldn’t catch up.
Hu Chengyong also sighed, thinking to himself, ‘Li Yunbin has already been sidelined, I need to hurry too! Otherwise, I’ll have to call him Bureau Chief when we meet again.’
‘This daily running seems to have some effect, maybe I should try it too?’
Two o’clock in the morning.
Room 401.
Bai Yu took a deep breath.
“Busy all day today.”
“However, it can be considered a gain!”
As he spoke, he took out the Yin Chen Stone that could be absorbed into the Soul Sea.
He didn’t know why, but the Dragon Pearl could be directly absorbed into his Soul Sea.
Now, after absorbing the Dragon River Woman’s Yin Chen Stone, he could also absorb it into his Soul Sea.
“Could it be that I am the legendary Child of Destiny?”
After a moment of smugness, Bai Yu summoned Bai Ling and asked, “What is the current state of the Dragon River Woman?”
“She is in a weakened state. Perhaps she needs to be fed some blood food, or absorb some alien souls?”
She couldn’t possibly say to feed her human race.
“Alright. But, I need to improve your strength first. You must be able to keep her under control at all times!”
Hearing this, Bai Ling became a little happy, her dragon tail unconsciously wagging.
Bai Yu smiled and lightly tapped Bai Ling’s forehead with his index finger, then put her away.
Then he took a deep breath and looked at the pile of brushes he had bought today.
“Begin, drip blood!!!”
As expected, the brushes purchased from the strong man’s stall were the Moyuan’s Divine Brush.
With this item, Bai Yu naturally couldn’t sleep and immediately began to use it to make Blood Dissolving Talismans.
The result was astonishing: out of ten, two were successful!!!
At this rate, the success rate was three to four times higher than before.
“Awesome!”
“The cost has also come down.”
“If I study a bit more seriously, I feel like I can even make talismans to sell for money!”
In the blink of an eye, a day passed.
July 27th.
Early in the morning, Bai Yu had completed four basic tasks, plus ten Great Heavenly Cycles.
The speed of circulating the Heavenly Cycle could now be maintained within 20 minutes.
And after drinking the Red Horse Grass Potion, the speed was even faster!
Zhao Bin and the others were also now drinking the Red Horse Grass Potion, and their cultivation speed had significantly increased!
They clearly had high cultivation talent, yet they could also come up with scientific research.
The team members had slowly gotten used to such absurd things.
Noon.
Bai Yu looked at today’s intelligence.
Two gray, two white.
The keywords for the white ones included Professor Feng and Lightning Strike Talisman.
“Professor Feng’s intelligence actually appeared today!”
“Speaking of which, I still don’t know Professor Feng’s follow-up thoughts on the previous attack incident.”
“We are all adults, and so much older, it’s impossible to be so narrow-minded.”
“However, Professor Wang Wen mentioned the party in a text message earlier.”
“Perhaps we’ll meet tonight.”
Without hesitation, Bai Yu chose to redeem the intelligence for the Lightning Strike Talisman first.
【Lightning Strike Talisman Research Brief
Abstract: The Lightning Strike Talisman summons heavenly lightning when cast, dealing powerful damage to targets within a radius of approximately thirty meters.
Keywords: Lightning Strike Talisman, Talisman, Lightning, Inscription, Manufacturing Method
1. Introduction: Omitted
2. Effect Description of Lightning Strike Talisman: When activated, the Lightning Strike Talisman can summon a bolt of heavenly lightning, causing area-of-effect electrical damage to the target area.
Its effects include:
Instantaneous high-voltage strike, causing immense damage to living organisms. The high temperature generated by the lightning can ignite surrounding environments. The shock effect of the lightning strike can cause temporary paralysis to enemies within a certain range.
3. Power Assessment: The power of the Lightning Strike Talisman is influenced by various factors, including the quality of the talisman and the caster’s spiritual energy cultivation.
4. Required Materials
One special talisman paper, 20g of lightning stone ink, lightning wood powder.
5. Inscription Design: The core inscription for the Lightning Strike Talisman is: ***.jpg.
6. Manufacturing Method
Prepare the materials, ensuring the quality of the talisman paper and lightning ink.
Accurately engrave the lightning patterns on the talisman paper, injecting spiritual energy during the process.
Drip spiritual blood into the center of the inscription to activate the talisman’s spiritual energy.
】
Bai Yu quickly scanned it. There were eight inscriptions, seven of which could be found in his previous basic talisman-making skills.
He only needed to learn the core inscription.
“Speaking of which, I have lightning attribute spiritual energy and bloodline, so making this kind of talisman should be easier!”
“And this thing should be quite tempting for Professor Feng, right?”
In the last incident, regardless of whether it was a misunderstanding, in the end, it was Professor Feng who made a mistake!
Bai Yu was prepared beforehand, which allowed him to handle it calmly.
Others did not have this ability.
“If he humbly admits his mistake, then I’ll reluctantly consider it.”
Mainly, he clearly remembered that the Heavenly Thunder Tempering Technique he obtained the day before yesterday mentioned planting Purple Gold Thunder Bamboo and Professor Feng.
From this fate line, he and Professor Feng would definitely reconcile in the future.
And they even produced Purple Gold Thunder Bamboo.
“Speaking of which, I wanted to plant spiritual plants after I learned about the importance of money in the group chat, and I wanted to do it even more after going to Qingyuan Villa!”
“But I never had much money. Futures trading did earn me 1 million, but now it’s all in the futures market.”
“The auction is about to start, and I need money too! And this is semi-charitable, so everyone will bid much higher.”
“I’m poor!”
Saying this, Bai Yu suddenly thought of something.
“Professor Wang Wen must have sold a lot of Ten Spirit Nourishing Soup. The selling price is three to five times the cost, such high profits, he must have earned a lot, right?”
“Hehe~ I’ll ask tonight.”
After calculating the matters of the recent period in his mind, Bai Yu decided to go to the cafeteria.
As a result, just as he approached the entrance, he heard a knocking sound.
Bai Yu felt a bit confused: Sister Feifei?
He opened the door but saw a member of the Analysis Team, his neighbor – Zhao Yu.
Bai Yu was a little surprised.
Zhao Yu, on the other hand, appeared exceptionally excited and said, “Good noon, Captain Bai!”
“Don’t call me that, it doesn’t sound good. It’ll make it seem like I’m usurping power. I’m a bit older than you, so call me Yu Ge!”
“Alright! Yu Ge, it’s lunchtime now, want to go eat together?”
Bai Yu thought for a moment and said, “You go ahead, I’ll go later.”
“Okay!”
After saying that, Zhao Yu quickly left.
Bai Yu looked at Zhao Yu’s retreating back, frowned, then closed the door and looked back at the large number of Blood Dissolving Talismans he had made yesterday.
He had successfully stabilized the success rate at 25%! He had made quite a few.
“This kid has been trying too hard to get close to me these past few days, it’s becoming a bit annoying. He’s not as likable as before.”
Thinking this, he couldn’t help but sigh.
“Sigh~! Sometimes, people are like this, blinded by profit.”
To be honest, if he didn’t have special abilities, he would probably have become much more smooth-talking after entering society.
After all, in the era of Spiritual Qi Awakening, who wouldn’t want to fall behind?
Looking at the items in the room, Bai Yu considered. Talisman paper and the like were not a problem.
But important items like USB Drives must be taken!
The Moyuan’s Divine Brush should also be taken along, not left in the room.
In the cafeteria.
Hu Chengyong, Jiang Yan, and Zhao Bin were all sitting together.
They seemed to be in a heated debate.
Bai Yu quietly walked to the side and heard Jiang Yan exclaim, “I worked myself to death, investigated for so long, and only caught one Dragonblood creature. You two groups secretly went to meet female ghosts by the sea behind my back? What’s the meaning of this, you’re not bringing us Group Eight? Are you discriminating against women?”
Hu Chengyong really wanted to say: Do you even count as a woman?
He said, “This jumping-into-the-river case was our responsibility, and it took a lot of time. Group Seven found the culprit, and we two groups handled it, which is reasonable.”
“Fine! Then I must apply to the bureau to let you all participate in this Dragonblood creature case. Let’s see how you investigate this case!”
Zhao Bin quickly tried to de-escalate, “Sister Jiang Yan, don’t be anxious. We will definitely pay attention next time and will definitely inform Group Eight.”
Jiang Yan, who was originally furious and unmanageable, immediately softened her expression upon hearing this, “That’s more like it! I’ve noted that down. If you don’t tell us next time, I’ll continue to make a fuss!”
With that, she left without giving either group a chance to go back on their word.
Well, they fell for it.
Speaking of which, Group Eight had indeed been having a tough time recently. Their performance was far too poor. Originally, everyone was slacking off together, but then Group Seven was the first to climb out of the pit.
After Group Seven captured the Fishman Followers, it was as if they had opened the door to luck. They launched a massive crackdown on Fishmen, and Group Nine also benefited greatly from it.
Both of them had escaped the pit.
Group Eight could only get some scraps. For the main Dragonblood creature case, there was no progress.
With so many people in the group to feed, and their performance being so poor, they had no choice but to swallow their pride and come here for a meal.
Why was Group Eight so fixated on the Dragonblood creature case? They had no choice! It was assigned by the higher-ups.
Otherwise, if everyone picked the easy cases and rushed to complete them, would they just stop investigating difficult cases?
Then this world would fall into chaos!
As for the jumping-into-the-river case, although the enemy was not strong, the impact was widespread!
When it was resolved yesterday morning, the Investigation Bureau had to accommodate dozens of patients. They were treated with ‘special medicine’ that day, which was a potion to replenish Qi and Blood, and then sent back.
The families were naturally grateful and even presented banners.
Cases with such a wide impact received very high rewards after resolution.
Ultimately, Group Seven and Group Nine shared the rewards. Group Eight had been idle all day yesterday and hadn’t handled any cases, so they were indeed a bit anxious.
After Jiang Yan left, Bai Yu quietly sat down.
Liu Feifei pushed the prepared sumptuous meal towards Bai Yu and said, “Here, a specially prepared nutritious meal, eat well! Grow up fair and plump, be a mascot.”
Bai Yu: .
While eating, Bai Yu thought about Liu Ruoxi’s matter and asked, “By the way, how long will the Group Leader’s cultivation take this time?”
Everyone looked at Qin Wanqing.
Qin Wanqing thought for a moment and said, “It should be this afternoon, or tonight.”
Jiang Chen asked curiously, “Why does this advancement take so long this time?”
After a moment of silence, Qin Wanqing said, “Yunbin has chosen to condense his Spiritual Essence.”
Everyone was shocked to hear this. The Group Leader had not mentioned it at all before.
Condensing Spiritual Essence is not something that can be done in a day or two. It’s just opening up a virtual sea in the body and initially forming a prototype, which will be continuously refined later.
The entire process takes about several months.
This is also called the Half-Step Spirit Yuan Realm!
Hearing this, Bai Yu thought carefully.
He always felt that it was because the cases he encountered were becoming more complex and the enemies were getting stronger.
Li Yunbin’s desire for strength was becoming more urgent.
Otherwise, he would have continued to train for a few more months.
It could only be said that this was a personal choice!
Thinking about it, Bai Yu said, “By the way, there might be some things tonight, so we need to prepare in advance.”
Liu Feifei pouted, then said, “Everything is according to your arrangements, Captain Bai!”
Bai Yu: . I really don’t want to be a captain. But if you insist on choosing me, then it’s not impossible.
After Bai Yu explained the possibility of Liu Ruoxi being attacked, Qin Wanqing and the others immediately became serious.
The two girls seemed to have a good relationship with Liu Ruoxi and would not let her fall into danger.
Seeing this, Bai Yu also comforted them, “However, according to my calculations, even if we don’t intervene, she might still be safe.”
“But no matter what, since I predicted it, I have to get involved.”
“Should we go to the party together and escort her home at night, or are there other arrangements? It depends on your thoughts.”
The group did not immediately come up with a plan; they would have to wait until tonight to see the specific situation.
As a result, before they finished eating, Han Qing arrived.
It was not uncommon for contract personnel to be here.
However, Han Qing, who was relatively cold in personality, was approaching them proactively for the first time.
After entering the cafeteria, Han Qing scanned the area, walked directly towards Group Seven, sat down, and immediately asked, “I want to know what exactly happened with the jumping-into-the-river case, can you tell me?”
Hearing this, Bai Yu suddenly remembered the day he collected the Dragon Pearl.
Han Qing had asked him if he was going to handle the jumping-into-the-river case. After he said no, she hadn’t cared anymore.
It seemed she had something on her mind!
Seeing Han Qing ask, Zhao Bin did not hide anything and recounted the matter of the Dragon River Woman.
Upon hearing that it was caused by an Ancient God-like ghost creature, she frowned.
She had initially thought that a major organization was behind the jumping-into-the-river case, but she didn’t expect it to be this kind of ghost creature!
After listening, she said thank you and left.
Truly efficient, not dragging her feet at all.
After Han Qing left, without waiting for Bai Yu to ask, Zhao Bin explained, “Han Qing has a cousin who died in this jumping-into-the-river case.”
“However, she prefers to work alone and seems quite reclusive. I don’t know much about her specific information.”
Hearing this, Bai Yu didn’t know what to say.
He could only say: My condolences!
If they had discovered it earlier, they might have been able to save him.
But alas!
Han Qing probably doesn’t even know who to seek revenge from now.
The party was scheduled to start at seven in the evening.
Around six in the afternoon, while Bai Yu was having dinner and discussing with Liu Feifei and others how to handle Liu Ruoxi’s situation, they said they already had arrangements.
Originally, Liu Feifei really wanted to go to the school party with Bai Yu, but for the sake of the mission, she had to stay put.
Seeing this, Bai Yu set off by himself.
Unexpectedly, Professor Wang Wen came looking for him.
“Haha~ It’s been a few days since we last met, hasn’t it? Are you going to the school party?”
“Yes, Professor, are you going too?”
“Of course! I’ll go to your young people’s event to join the fun and find that youthful feeling. Come, get in my car!”
Saying this, Professor Wang Wen pulled Bai Yu into the black car.
Inside the car.
Professor Wang Wen excitedly talked about his research on the Ten Spirit Nourishing Soup over the past few days, and he seemed quite satisfied!
Bai Yu also humored Professor Wang Wen, listening attentively and occasionally asking about a few technical terms.
However, as they chatted, Professor Wang Wen realized that Bai Yu was just flattering an old man!
He couldn’t help but get angry and say, “You kid is always fighting and killing, can’t you read more books?”
“Hey, what’s the use of reading! Is it as convenient as solving problems with fists?”
“Heh~”
Professor Wang Wen took out a bank card from his pocket.
Bai Yu’s gaze immediately locked onto the card.
Damn it! He was short on money these days.
Do you know how poor I am? I’m so poor that all I have left are contribution points!
He was already wondering when his share from Professor Wang Wen would arrive, but he didn’t expect the card to be ready.
That’s wonderful!
“Thank you, Professor!”
Bai Yu reached out to take it, but Professor Wang Wen actually retracted it, teasing him!
“I’ll ask you, is reading useful?”
“Of course it’s useful! Extremely useful! We young people must study for the rise of China! Without education, how can the quality of our citizens improve! Without education, how can our glorious China stand at the pinnacle of world nations! Without education, how can we earn…”
Professor Wang Wen quickly interrupted, “Alright, alright, stop! I won’t make it too difficult for you. If you can guess how much is in the card, I’ll give it to you.”
Bai Yu’s eyes darted around.
The cost of spiritual materials for 20 jin of soup was about 140 contribution points. The cost of ordinary ingredients like chicken, duck, beef, and sheep could be completely ignored.
According to their cafeteria’s selling rules, one portion was sold for about 500 contribution points, with the price being mainly due to spiritual dates, lingzhi, and other spiritual materials.
The soup and meat were very cheap, and one could drink as much as they wanted, and the effect was not weak.
Based on his observation, a single Investigation Bureau in their Jiangnan District had about 500 people. For breakfast, lunch, and dinner, consuming twenty bowls of soup would amount to 10,000 contribution points!
It’s astonishing when you calculate it! They earned nearly a million a day.
Truly, damn it, it’s a rip-off!
But if the money goes into my pocket…
Oh, then it’s fine.
I can only say: 【Don’t miss out! Ten Spirit Nourishing Soup, you deserve to have it! Super effective, first-class taste! Oh yeah! 】
Multiplying this by just five times, one could earn three to five million a day.
He and Professor Wang Wen had a fifty-fifty profit-sharing mechanism.
Bai Yu didn’t mind this at all. Professor Wang Wen had extensive connections, which allowed for distribution, and most of the funds were used for scientific research, which was also a contribution.
Bai Yu carefully calculated the time. It had only been about five days. How much money could he have made?
And the commissions for the various distributors had to be deducted.
To be conservative.
“Five million? Or ten million?”
Professor Wang Wen smiled and held up two fingers.
