Chapter 218: Anti-law Fighting Troupe
When 5% of the Tiger Demon’s Origin is locked by Anti-Law, the second panel also completes the corresponding grouping.
Only after the Group is formally divided does the ethereal Anti-Law Database continue to instill corresponding knowledge into him, allowing him to comprehend the value of ‘grouping’.
For a novice Anti-Law player like him, the Anti-Law he has condensed has just been born. It is immature, fragile, and lacks intensity, requiring step-by-step growth and refinement to gain stronger binding power and become a more resilient Law or Statute.
At the current stage, Anti-Law.Shadow has three profit methods and one growth mode.
Profits are divided into: 1 the most basic lending and interest, 2 Anti-Law Contract transactions, 3 long-term venture capital investments.
Growth method: Simply and crudely lock the target, complete the Anti-Law Contract, and increase value by harvesting clients like leeks.
Therefore, the Path of Anti-Law can be seen as a composite of ‘folk private bank + venture capital company + little demon selling contracts + professional broker’.
It aims to screen clients, provide ‘Shadow Pollution Loan (Basic)’, and offer clients a complete ‘Supernatural Promotion Route’, cultivating users to continuously grow stronger.
During this period, the Shadow Pollution granted by Anti-Law is like the fund loans provided by a bank; users can choose not to repay the principal or even continue to overdraw and borrow new power, but they must pay the annual interest rate of 49.9% on time.
This is one of the most basic revenue methods of Anti-Law, protected by the Pale Great Law. That is, even if you default, supreme power will descend to assist me in debt collection.
On top of the Interest Rate, the real way Anti-Law makes money and profits is by establishing a series of complex contract agreements with clients selected by the Ruler.
The lending of Shadow Pollution is merely the most basic and cheapest form of sponsorship. Only when users accept ‘Shadow Pollution’ can Anti-Law.Shadow take effect.
If it stops there, users can simply seek and contact other types of ‘pollution’ to gain power as well. Therefore, the Anti-Law Contract is the most crucial aspect.
When the Ruler ‘fancies’ a target, the other party is also making a two-way choice. Just like Yuan Zhu and others being pulled into Happy Home, Mao Mao King starting by giving Uniform showed goodwill, but aside from Bread Girl, no one responded.
Therefore, Anti-Law has a strong ‘Demon Contract’ element. In Western myths, demons and devils from Hell always eagerly meet people’s urgent needs, providing ‘contract services’ that hit the pain points critically when the protagonist is at their most destitute and difficult.
The Anti-Law Contract is the same, precisely grasping user needs, providing the highest quality service, and using chips the other party cannot refuse to trade for their most precious Wealth.
In his enlightened Anti-Law Operation Manual, the section on contracts is similar to Earth’s Commercial Contracts, with bizarre and varied contents, but the ‘trading items’ suggested by predecessors who left content in the Database always revolve around Loyalty, Soul, and the like.
Once everything about the user is bought through the Anti-Law Contract, as long as the other party is alive, they become Anti-Law’s Spokesperson, plus a wealth multiplier, super summoning beast, and more… For this, one can reference Mephisto’s ‘Ghost Rider’.
Thus, it leads to the final Long-term Venture Capital.
The establishment of Anti-Law Contracts starts relatively fair, making it hard to buy out clients. Not every client has value that must be bought out either.
Thus, Anti-Law continuously provides chips the other party cannot refuse, eroding and conquering step by step, while forcing the other party to create KPIs to prove their own value. When the target meets expectations, Anti-Law’s loans accumulate to an irredeemable amount; Contracts bind like shackles around the body; ultimately turning into a premium Asset that generates long-term Revenue.
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The grouping provided by Anti-Law targets ‘long-term venture capital’.
The Anti-Law.Shadow currently mastered by Yuan Zhu is still very immature. By continuously enriching and perfecting this Law, with the existing Resources he controls, he can develop Shadow Knight Order, Shadow Extreme Warrior, and even dabble in different knockoff systems like Shadow Sword Immortal and Feathered Immortal.
These different ‘growth directions’ can be categorized into different Groups for more precise division.
In the ideal state, Anti-Law Ruler is equivalent to Shadow Deity System.God King. The different Small Groups in Yuan Zhu’s hands will give birth to Main Gods of different themes, all simultaneously restrained by Anti-Law.Shadow.
However, at the current stage, the Small Group simply classifies Shadow Pollution, signs users in different Small Groups, and conducts multiple attempts at ‘building Supernatural Systems’, ultimately screening out a premium system to benefit more clients in the future.
As Anti-Law continues to grow and evolve, each Small Group can give birth to a higher-level Group Leader. At that time, Yuan Zhu won’t need to personally run business like a salesperson, using words to entice targets to sign, or personally provide ‘Supernatural Cultivation’ services.
Each Small Group can produce a ‘business manager’ to expand the Market for the Anti-Law Ruler, sign targets; personally manage various ‘small projects’ and refine them.
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Yuan Zhu: “Oh…! I pretty much understand the role of the Small Group now. It does have considerable value.”
The goal of Anti-Law.Shadow is the same as the Boss Template’s goal: to forge a complete Shadow Pollution System promotion route.
Tiger Demon did a mediocre job in this aspect and lacked motivation. Back then, Yuan Zhu only wanted to install a Cultivation Module for the Ghost Companion to make it continuously stronger.
The current Anti-Law is the same; it can simultaneously formulate 5 different ‘promotion routes’, then sign more talented clients, provide ‘Shadow Loans’, provide ‘Cultivation Systems’, and sign contracts. Turn them into White Mice, perfecting the system on one hand while repaying loans, ultimately exploding and dying, undergoing estate liquidation, and contracting the next wave of talent.
The physical changes of the first batch of White Mice will all be recorded and absorbed by Anti-Law, optimized as ‘technology investment’ and traded again to new targets, granting them ‘opportunities’, awaiting the next round of harvesting and returns.
Snake Snake: “Sounds great, very similar to Great Desolation Immortal Scripture. It’s even very much like the Immortal Scripture’s mass-producible ‘Spiritual Root (Client)’. Moreover, its binding power and enforcement far surpass Immortal Scripture Spiritual Root. But in technology updates, iterations, and data collection cracking, it falls short of the Immortal Scripture. This Anti-Law matches us perfectly!”
Yuan Zhu nodded in agreement: “That’s exactly how I see it. Otherwise, why would I insist on activating Anti-Law? With it, our utilization rate of the Immortal Scripture will reach the maximum.”
Snake Snake began urging: “Boss, you’re already a standard ‘reserve God and Demon’. Hurry and find an opportunity to decompress and install the Immortal Scripture’s Server. That way, you can mobilize all the research capabilities of Great Desolation Immortal Scripture, as well as activate and spread the Cultivation Spiritual Root (Subsystem). There’s even 5 copies of the out-of-print Immortal Path Universe.Demonic Monster Spiritual Root waiting for you to activate. I think this Cultivation Spiritual Root (Program) and Anti-Law Contract are a perfect match; they can form their own group.”
Yuan Zhu complied readily: “On it, already on it! I’ve now got Universe Within The Belly refining Worm Pillar at full power. Once Shadow Domain builds the city, I’ll decompress the Immortal Scripture.Server as the ‘Spirit Vein’!”
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Now, Yuan Zhu’s Human Stance is fully committed to refining Little Pumpkin, cultivating 2 Seals; Tiger Demon Form, after strength suddenly dropping 9.5%, is still refining Worm Pillar at full power.
Time management is packed full, with limited spare Energy also split to fully immerse in reading the Anti-Law Newbie Tutorial. Familiarizing himself with Anti-Law’s operations and usage.
This extreme state persists until 2 PM, when that taut string suddenly snaps. Yuan Zhu can no longer endure the torment, falling into a state of extreme fatigue, exhaustion, and slack-off inefficiency.
“Damn! I can’t hold on anymore!”
He slams the unrefined Little Pumpkin in his hand onto the Floor, which then bounces away and rolls far. At this moment, he doesn’t want to cultivate Holy Seal, nor activate Tiger Demon to refine Worm Pillar.
He feels full of resistance and disgust toward Cultivation and work. Thus, he roars to the sky: “Aah—! I’m indeed the ‘low-pressure tolerance’ type. Forcing myself into hard Secluded Cultivation is too much! Those protagonists in novels meditate for months at a time, Secluded Cultivation for decades—how do they do it?! I want entertainment, relaxation, gourmet food, pretty big sisters, I want Miao Miao hugs—ah!”
Snake Snake quickly comforts: “Boss, you’re already amazing! You’ve been overtime since dusk yesterday, no sleep all night, early morning completing the Three Phases ritual, part-time with Anti-Law, achieving ‘Demon God Posture’. Almost 15 hours non-stop! No one in the world is more diligent than you!”
“Really?”
Snake Snake: “Of course! You’re the best! Only in your past life on Earth during University, for Graduation Design, did you go 20 hours non-stop. But mere human academic pressure, how can it compare to the pressure from continuous contact with ‘Supernatural Pollution’?”
Whether others believe it or not, Yuan Zhu does: “I really am the best!”
“Absolutely! Boss, I strongly suggest you pause Cultivation and work, balance work and rest, do something to relax your Spirit, like a good meal, then a nap.”
Yuan Zhu shakes his head: “No! I can’t slack off that quickly, but I can combine work with entertainment and relaxation.”
A brilliant idea suddenly flashes in his mind, instantly energizing him. With an expectant expression, he kicks open the Attic Room Door, heads down the Stairs to the first floor: “Come on, let’s go out.”
Snake Snake curiously: “Go out for what?”
“I want to vent the pent-up frustration and fatigue in my heart, find some new Stimulation, and transfer my own suffering to others. That way, per the ‘Happiness Conservation Law’, the smile can transfer back to my face.”
Snake Snake worriedly: “Boss, you’re not going to do something Illegal, right? Miao Miao probably hasn’t returned to Running City yet.”
“What are you thinking? I’m going to the Underground Boxing Gym next to Fire Fang. Haven’t caught up in a while; thinking about it now, I kinda miss it!”
Since the Soul descended, Yuan Zhu hasn’t fought a match in the ‘Underground Boxing Gym’. The memories in his mind are all left by his predecessor.
Besides part-time Throwing a Match to earn living expenses, he also connected there with all sorts of bottom-tier fighters, combatants, undocumented slaves, and more.
Recalling now, the former ‘Yuan Zhu’ had low vision. Even in the outermost Boxing Matches, traces of ‘Supernatural Pollution’ could be seen, but masked and diluted by various Potion effects and Deity favors.
Snake Snake: “Underground Boxing Gym? What are you going there for?”
Yuan Zhu explains: “Contact the former Boss, buy a batch of ‘match Seeds’, then test the flavor of Anti-Law. In the past, this body was just an ‘amateur boxer’ with no qualification to negotiate or cooperate, nor safeguard own interests. Now it’s different; I plan to renew the old Contract and organize my own ‘team’ to enter the Underground Fighting industry.”
“Oh! I get it, use Anti-Law to sign fighters for Cultivation. It’s practicing Anti-Law usage, cultivating a batch of Supernatural Fighters, grouping them for development in different directions, collecting data to build ‘Anti-Law System’, right?”
Yuan Zhu: “Well said, but more than that. This batch of Anti-Law Fighters will also be my White Mice for entering the Pharmaceutical Field. I think this Shadow Pharmaceuticals is worth a separate group!”
Snake Snake urges: “Oh oh oh, sounds super fun. Let’s go! Let’s go!”
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Yuan Zhu quietly leaves the Haunted House, then vaults over the wall. Then he joyfully discovers a rundown Truck long forgotten in his mind, luckily not stolen.
After a whole night of volatilization, the truck bed still retains a faint Goblin stench… This also reminds him that while his Eggplant Goblins are in ‘dormant state’, to maximize these free laborers, he can’t purely rely on Shadow Pollution functions.
Shadow can only bring Pollution and corruption, plus short-term ‘Physical Body Reinforcement’; this is essentially overdrawing and cashing in the Goblins’ potential. To extend the Eggplant Goblins’ durability, natural Food sustenance, life-extending drugs, stimulants, etc., are all essential.
Thus, Yuan Zhu gets straight in the Truck and drives toward Fire Fang Cleaning Company.
Before heading to the former part-time Underground Boxing Gym, he first parks the beat-up Truck in Fire Fang’s Parking Lot, then heads straight to the Second Floor Boss’s office.
Bang bang bang!
After a knock, a voice from inside: “Come in!”
Returning to this office, Yuan Zhu is no longer the ordinary person who needed a Recommendation Letter to qualify for Supernatural contact.
Boss looks up, glances at him, then freezes in the boss chair, incredulously removing his Goggles, wiping them with the cloth, putting them back on, astonished: “Little Yuan?! You’re still alive? And stronger? You… cultivated a Holy Seal?”
His tone grows increasingly eerie, as if seeing a ghost.
Candle, who wanted to surprise the other, grows increasingly grim: “Why ‘still alive’? Should I be dead?”
Boss reorganizes his words: “You haven’t reported back to the company in ages. Last I saw you, you got dragged into Evil God Sacrifice, sole survivor, no issues found but clearly a major hidden danger. Then you eagerly sought Supernatural Powers, even specializing in exorcism Holy Light, which said it all. After that, you vanished completely. Either the hazard erupted, dead without burial; or to mitigate it, you overburned Holy Light, self-immolating to ash…”
Boss taps his head: “Use your head; the longer the delay, the less likely you survived.”
Yuan Zhu speechless: “Don’t you have connections with Rain Courtyard? Didn’t bother checking; I’ve been in contact with their Holy Church and a Senior Student.”
Boss even more speechless: “You’re just a part-time Temporary Worker here, not even formal staff. Considering your hardship and the Cleaning Mission that plunged you into Evil God Sacrifice, I specially gave you a Recommendation Letter as Compensation. Why would I bother tracking you? You know Fire Fang’s casualty rate; sacrificed Temporary Workers aren’t just you.”
“…”
Yuan Zhu choked speechless, but concedes: “Makes sense!”
Boss laughs: “But seeing you alive again is worth celebrating. So, sudden return—short on cash, feel your strength surged, want some ‘cleaning jobs’ for quick money? Honestly, your growth speed is unexpected; didn’t take any shortcut evil paths, right?”
Yuan Zhu shakes head, raises one finger, activates Holy Mark to release a wisp of Holy Light: “No evil paths; the purity of Holy Light says it all! Not here for jobs.”
“Then what? Your current strength lets you go solo for better work; or join Holy Church for recognition.”
Yuan Zhu: “Just asking, Boss, we’re a Cleaning Company undertaking some ‘Garbage’ Recycling. Does our business scope include Running City’s restaurant ‘Kitchen Waste Recycling’?”
Boss’s expression grows weirder: “Why ask that? Want in on it? Fire Fang’s garbage cleanup is mainly household waste. Your ‘Kitchen Waste’ we don’t take—smells awful, spoils easy, too dirty, hard to handle. Running City has several Recycled Oil Refineries that tacitly divide the city’s restaurants by area; forget it.”
“Recycled Oil? What’s that?”
“Gutter Oil! Refined again, sold ‘high price’ to eateries; profits way higher than just incinerating Garbage. But Fire Fang isn’t pure bottom Scrap Dealer; I collect Garbage to burn… not like those Recycled Oil Workshops.”
Yuan Zhu: “Is Recycled Oil legal?”
“Kid, what nonsense? Of course legal; ordinary families all eat it. Only elites get plant-pressed ‘fresh oil’. Why ask?”
Yuan Zhu: “A friend needs cheap ‘Swill’ as Feed for Farming.”
“You even ask if Recycled Oil is legal? Your friend’s morals aren’t much higher than those Refineries.”
Yuan Zhu wants to argue but gives up. After all, feeding Goblins Swill is already humane; totally different from selling Gutter Oil to ordinary people.
He sighs: “Sigh, no way then.”
No wonder Lu Rang’s secret Goblin Farming got poisoned and Reported; maybe not jealousy over Goblin Recycling, but stealing Swill for Goblins hit some interests?
Boss thinks, reminds: “If you don’t mind the grossness, contact those Refineries for Recycled Oil by-products. Smells worse than ‘Kitchen Waste’, hard to handle; if your friend doesn’t mind, can get very cheap… or even paid to take this ‘real Garbage’. Depends on your friend’s strength.”
Yuan Zhu: “How so?”
“Strong enough, demand ‘Garbage cleanup Fee’ from Refineries. Weak, they’ll control you, force out your purpose and handling method for ‘refinery Garbage’, even Occupy your friend’s Industry.”
Yuan Zhu: “Got it, thanks Boss!”
“No problem; if more Business later, don’t forget me. I think highly of you now; keep pushing!”
