Chapter 178: Let’s Delightfully Collude In Wickedness!
A third-tier City boy followed behind Meng Xiyue, admiring the bizarre Skull Servers. Every one that could be displayed to the outside world had an extraordinary origin, containing extremely high technological crystallization.
Meng Xi was even more incessant with various introductions and praises, which similarly opened his eyes greatly and gave him a deeper cognition of the Knowledge School.
Mechanics Magic Net is only the initial, most core, and most foundational part of the Knowledge School. On this basis, the school actively absorbs research on various Pollution Roots, and launches a large number of Spell Models with different pollution attributes and different logic to the outside.
Beyond the traditional Magic Net, the school provides Mechanics Magic Net framework and Engineer to clients of different origins, offering personalized customization services, including but not limited to Root Server, Local Magic Net…
Now, his cooperation with Meng Xiyue in the Bubble World is the latter kind. He sells the benefits of the Shadow Demon God behind him, providing Shadow Dream Hole and Shadow Domain; Meng Xiyue represents the mentors behind her, providing personalized customization services, starting a business fiercely in the Underground World!
Yuan Zhu: “I’m very willing to cooperate, but which mode should we choose?”
After a two-hour tour, Yuan Zhu also briefly understood the wide variety of Personalized Custom Root Servers, with multiple localized cooperation modes. In addition, to build a Root Server, they were still missing a top-quality good head.
Only a non-gods-and-demons skull can bear the Local Polluted Magic Net.
“Don’t worry about this. Although I’m a novice apprentice with little experience, your Domain is equally pitifully small. Others have at least five or six Dream Holes in a single Insect City, while you only have one. So don’t be picky, neither of us should complain. Forget those mature network frameworks, entrust your trust to me, and let me customize a brand new Shadow Magic Net for you, how about that?”
Yuan Zhu’s expression gradually cooled: “After talking for so long and seeing so many mature high-end Skull Servers, you’re telling me our cooperation has nothing to do with them, and it’s all up to you to design?”
This is like taking me to a car show, letting me see all the top sports cars, and then suddenly wanting to buy an electric eco-friendly old man’s cart instead. If that’s the case, why bring me to see the world’s splendor?
Meng Xiyue argued confidently: “If I didn’t bring you to tour the lab building, how would you know the profound foundation and vast supernatural abilities of my Knowledge School? Only by seeing these diverse high-end pollution version Skull Servers would you understand what heaven-defying improvements my Knowledge School can bring to your tiny Domain!”
Yuan Zhu rolled his eyes: “Sounds nice. I have confidence in the Knowledge School, but not in you!”
“Do I represent only myself? I represent the academy and mentors behind me. Otherwise, what qualification does your tiny Domain have for high-end cooperation with the school? Even if you can afford it, you couldn’t bring people into the Bubble World.”
“Ah, so you’re waiting for me here. So I have no choice.”
Yuan Zhu finally understood that Meng Xiyue’s move was clearly like a sect’s failing saintess with poor exam scores, casually @-ing professors and mentors, summoning her sect’s top cattle and horses to provide remote technical support for her own graduation design.
Only by letting Yuan Zhu see the Knowledge School’s strong strength and bright prospects in advance would he cooperate wholeheartedly and invest together in the Shadow Domain instead of perfunctory.
And while verbally expressing disdain, the Yuan Zhu who actually wanted a Skull Server to move in more than anyone else to monitor, spy, and replicate its mysteries through the Shadow Domain nodded reluctantly in agreement.
“Alright, I’ve broadened my horizons and think installing a Magic Net for the Domain is a nice attempt. When we return to the Bubble World, I’ll transfer the permissions to the Shadow Dream Hole in my hands to you as much as possible. But don’t go overboard; if you mess up the Domain, it’s no good for anyone.”
Meng Xiyue nodded happily: “I know, I know, I’ll take good care of your little treasure.”
“I’m very puzzled, you a Knowledge School Apprentice who hasn’t even reached Seed, why are you so invested in personally leading the construction of a Polluted Magic Net? Do you have that level? Don’t take me for a sucker.”
Meng Xiyue huffed displeased twice, leaned close to him, and lowered her voice: “It’s about time to reveal some inside information to you.”
Yuan Zhu perked up his ears, feigning curiosity, and drawled: “Oh…?”
Meng Xiyue looked around, ordered two beverages at the leisure area on Yuan Zhu’s 13th floor, sat in a booth with a soundproof force field activated, admired the scenery outside the window, and spoke softly: “My enthusiasm has three reasons. The most important one is that during my last return to Happy Home, I had a conversation with the Captain. After we completed the mission, the Captain also entered the Underground World for inspection, then contacted me, expressing interest in the Skull Server I made.”
Yuan Zhu, who originally just wanted to use Meng Xiyue to steal techniques and research Skull Server and Magic Net system through the Shadow Domain, suddenly realized upon hearing the Captain was also interested: could it be that Pink Haired Head’s Skull Server has extremely high value and untapped huge potential, attracting the Captain’s attention?
Yuan Zhu: “The Captain fancies your Skull Server?”
“Mm-hmm!”
“What’s so great about that? The Captain fancies my Animal Husbandry Village too!”
Meng Xiyue: “Teasing you. After the Captain finished inspecting, besides being optimistic about Insect Cultivators farming ‘fuzzy worms’ to mass-produce uniform raw materials, he was very interested in the Surface World’s Moon Worship Ceremony. Then he took a liking to my modification of Qi Refiner heads and proposed a cooperation: he’s preparing to represent Mao Mao King to invest in me, using native Qi Refiners’ heads to make Skull Servers that affinity with Moonlight, can perform Moon Worship Ceremony to communicate with the Moon.”
“???” Yuan Zhu was baffled, “What does this have to do with anything!”
He had also participated in the Moon Worship Ceremony. Every full moon in the Bubble World, the Immortal Realm Tree Withered Branches remaining on the Surface could draw in Moonlight projected from the Star Realm Layer Moon, adsorbing this energy containing soul attributes to empower the True Qi in their bodies and the Spirit Insects raised with True Qi, increasing Spiritual Essence.
But what does this ceremony have to do with Skull… Hmm?
“Your Knowledge School’s attributes also lean toward souls. The Captain investing in you to make Insect Cultivation Server is using the ‘spirit and soul’ represented by heads, plus native Qi Refiners’ affinity with Moon Worship Ceremony, to massively draw in Moonlight, even resonating with the Moon? Wait! Is he trying to do Feathered Ascension?”
From the intelligence he got from Cicada City, Insect Cultivators’ Feathered Ascension has two different types. The most common and universal now is using Dream Hole to explore Nightmare World, ultimately finding an escape route, then armoring the true body, escaping through the Dream Hole for Feathered Ascension to other Bubble Worlds.
In addition, there’s a more niche way with extremely low possibility: using the monthly Moon Worship to continuously sublimate mental consciousness, borrowing the descent of Moonlight to inversely ascend consciousness to Sea of Consciousness (Moon), peeking from a high-dimensional perspective at the path escaping from Nightmare Bubble Layer to Star Realm Layer, completing ascension.
The difficulty of this ascension path far exceeds finding a way out in Nightmare Layer to leap to other Bubble Worlds. But the possibility isn’t zero; the Qie Tou Tribe of Little Xihong Realm fled from the Star Realm Layer.
The direction of the Captain’s investment in Meng Xiyue is precisely using the residual Moon Worship affinity in native heads to greatly stimulate the ‘spirituality’ in the heads. In a Knowledge School style outside the Qi Refining System, inversely locating the Moon.
Meng Xiyue nodded: “My initial thought was similar to yours, but I know the Knowledge School’s style better. What you see is only the surface layer; there’s a bigger purpose hidden behind it. I don’t understand it, but as the investor and technical supporter, I must participate and seek benefits from it.”
“Native Skull Server, Surface Moon Worship Ceremony modification, reverse linking to the Moon—this involves numerous secret knowledge, all handed to me by the Captain, to fuse with Skull Server, forming a unique secret technique. Not only does the Captain achieve his goal, I’m also a beneficiary.”
“Secondly, the Qi Refiner Server I brought back also drew the mentors’ attention. They’ll use me as a ‘communication medium’ for remote cooperation with the Captain, providing the Knowledge School’s advanced knowledge to meet the Captain’s needs. As the most indispensable link, I’ll be passively infused with knowledge until I fully comprehend it, to the point of handcrafting advanced servers. I’ll eat from both sides! I’ll definitely get rich, with Mental Power exploding, soul transforming, and deeply linking with Mechanics Magic Net.”
“So the third point comes. As you said, my strength hasn’t crossed the Seed threshold, right? So my opportunity is coming soon. When the soul’s bonding with Magic Net breaks the critical point, I’ll face a breakthrough. And our Knowledge School’s internal promotions have traditional and special paths.”
“Traditional promotion is step-by-step: the soul shows ‘pollution signs’ under Magic Net’s distortion, no longer a normal person relying solely on Skull Server. Even detached from the server, one’s own head begins to gradually alienate, developing characteristics of a small local Magic Net.”
“Special promotion, on the basis of traditional, additionally chooses a Power of Pollution, involving a ‘private local net’ detached from Mechanics Magic Net, and refines a never-before-seen Inert Knowledge Pollution Code from it, integrating it into one’s own head.”
“You get the difference between the two promotion paths, right? The latter not only has everything from traditional promotion but also additionally unlocks Polluted Magic Net form, centered on one’s own unique Pollution Code, walking a path like Rat King. Not only paralleling with Magic Net to gain higher status from it, but also detaching to construct one’s own Magic Net God system.”
Yuan Zhu: “So, you want to exploit this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to eat from both sides. While completing the Captain’s task, hurriedly use this fresh, valuable Pollution Code on Shadow Demonic Domain to produce a second Pollution Code?”
According to Meng Xiyue’s description, she’s just a ‘mascot’ bridging both sides (Happy Home and Knowledge School), yet must passively accept knowledge transmitted from both, integrating it in one person to realize the plan.
But due to Knowledge School’s rich custom experience, the ownership of this jointly cooperated Inert Knowledge Pollution Code must go to Party A (Happy Home).
Meng Xiyue is just a tool, unqualified to monopolize, but she’ll still profit hugely. If operated well, she can use the fresh ‘advanced knowledge’ in Shadow Demonic Domain to recolor, plannedly strip a portion of core, reorganize a low-spec, beggar-version, incomplete, shadow-tinted new Pollution Code for Foundation Establishment (condensing Seed).
Such methods and operations can be done openly under the Captain’s nose. Her own employee working so hard, stealing a page or two of company secrets—what’s wrong with that?
Given Zhou Chu’s daily cries of ‘beware Mao Mao King traps’ without getting killed, she won’t be killed either, and might even get the Captain’s help.
Thus, she’ll complete an unprecedented promotion! Becoming a genuine sect saintess.
Meng Xiyue: “So, now you know why I’m so proactive, right?”
Yuan Zhu: “Rest assured, I’ll fully help you realize your dream!”
To prove the Dao with Shadow Domain, he couldn’t wish for more. He could freely spy on Pink Haired Head’s promotion method, happily. If conditions allow, he’d even add more datafied Shadow Pollution Resources (Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures) for her, letting her fly higher!
Meng Xiyue: “Didn’t misjudge you, truly a good brother.”
Yuan Zhu thought and said: “Strange, I went back to Happy Home this week too, but didn’t hear about any ‘Moon Worship’ plan.”
Regarding the establishment of space anchor between Happy Home and Bubble World, the Captain had already taken the usage rights of Shadow Dream Hole from him.
The future channel connecting the two spaces would inevitably open in his Animal Husbandry Village. Even Happy Home’s many investments in the Bubble World would be placed in ‘Shadow Domain’.
In other words, Animal Husbandry Village is Happy Home’s flagship store, base, even their own Insect City. But his Animal Husbandry Village seemed unrelated to the ‘investment’ on Meng Xiyue.
Meng Xi: “Obviously, it’s putting eggs in two baskets. My project is on the Surface, yours underground. My project explores outward to the outer universe via Moon Worship Ceremony. Your project develops toward Nightmare Layer relying on Shadow Dream Hole… But our cooperative alliance shares intelligence and information. Plus, my proving the Dao will be on your turf.”
Yuan Zhu: “Do you think Zhou Chu has a mission too?”
“Absolutely not, she’s the anti-Mao Mao vanguard! The Captain would have to be crazy to give her more burden. Better to believe that black uncle was given a secret mission.”
