Chapter 250: Great! The [tiger Demon Dojo] Is Saved!
Two days later, Yuan Zhu, who had fully familiarized himself with the current internal situation of Animal Husbandry Village, taken over his own industry, and inventoried his personal assets.
He finally realized that he was actually superfluous. The village now centered its core business on silkworm rearing and silk reeling, magic worm farming, and spirit medicine cultivation, enabling external output and trade between Insect Cities.
In addition, the village operated numerous self-sufficient industries, such as clean ingredient farming, spirit worm raising, shadow series local specialties…, limited by production capacity, used only for internal circulation.
Finally, there were a few private industries belonging to Yuan Zhu, managed by the brother and sister. Including shadow Yuan Shi worm raising, holy light affinity spirit worm iteration, Cockroach Village nurturing…
Due to the core industries and supporting secondary industries all being regulated and arranged by the captain’s hand. Now all sectors were developing steadily and orderly. They could enter a virtuous state without external interference.
Therefore, Yuan Zhu felt sidelined. The Shadow Domain did not need his meddling in any aspect. He could only exert his subjective initiative in private industries.
In fact, after a two-day inspection, he had to admit that the current Animal Husbandry Village could no longer be described as a Shadow Domain.
The Shadow Domain originating from the Tiger Demon was merely the core part constituting Animal Husbandry Village. In addition, there were numerous foreign elements, such as Shadow Dream Hole, Reverse Life Tree, Immortal World Tree Withered Root.
According to Snake Snake’s (Immortal Scripture) calculation feedback, the current energy sources of Animal Husbandry Village were divided into 4 parts:
1 Shadow Dream Hole draws pollution from the Nightmare Layer daily, accounting for 40% of the Domain’s total energy.
2 Immortal World Tree Withered Root draws moonlight pollution from surface Moon Worship Ceremonies. Lasts three days each month, accounting for 20% of the Domain’s total energy.
3 Reverse Life Tree hijacks and monopolizes the Domain’s internal root tendril energy network, spontaneously diffusing outward, eroding nearby pollution root tendrils, and naturally digesting polluting energy, daily, accounting for 25% of total energy.
4 Shadow Domain naturally possesses the ability to communicate with the Shadow Layer, forcibly drawing spiritual energy from the shadow dimension, accounting for about 15% of total energy.
Among the four energy channels, although the Shadow Dream Hole was created by Yuan Zhu, it was essentially funded by the World Will, a mutated version created through Candle’s hand. Now, after the captain’s expansion surgery transformation, it has become jointly owned by three parties.
The emergence of the Shadow Dream Hole was a product of the World Will seeking self-rescue. Now with a more excellent captain, the World Will gradually disdained Candle, who failed to meet KPIs, and his discourse power gradually diminished.
As for the Immortal World Tree Withered Root and Reverse Life Tree, they were both foreign objects created by the captain. The latter (Reverse Life Tree), although using the Domain’s shadow pollution to produce spiritual energy, did not belong to Yuan Zhu.
Finally, there was Yuan Zhu’s sole proprietorship Shadow Domain, also the framework of Animal Husbandry Village. In his view, it was more like a bare shell house. The internal fine decoration and procurement of electrical appliances and furniture were all dominated by the captain.
So the current Animal Husbandry Village (Shadow Domain) strictly speaking diluted him from sole proprietor chairman all the way to one of the major shareholders.
But looking at it the other way around:
Once abandoning the sense of responsibility as the master, discarding the throne, he no longer needed to expend any extra effort. Relying solely on the credit from the early entrepreneurship, he could parasitize on the increasingly strong and prosperous Animal Husbandry Village, sucking blood fiercely! Eating his share of dividends.
Although his equity was diluted, he slacked off and sucked blood throughout, not working hard, wildly eating the development period dividends of the village. Freely mobilizing village resources to complete personal plans, being carried by the captain the whole time!
Thinking about it was quite delightful.
If not for the World Will shifting affections and now valuing more the captain’s brand new energy cycle system of Dream Hole + Reverse Life Tree + Immortal Realm Tree Remnant. No longer investing in him, causing him to lose the ability to open new Dream Holes.
Otherwise, Yuan Zhu planned to open more than a dozen Shadow Dream Holes at different locations in one go, directly transporting the overflowing Worm Pillars from Animal Husbandry Village, massively constructing new Domains for real estate development. Then leasing the new Domains to the captain for high development… that would be explosively satisfying.
Snake Snake: Huh? Isn’t this just real estate development? So you were Li Cucumber!
It was also because of this reason (being abandoned by the World Will) that Yuan Zhu felt a sense of alienation while wandering Animal Husbandry Village these two days.
Clearly everything in the Domain had undergone erosion and distortion by Shadow Spiritual Energy, gradually diverging from the traditional Qi Refining System, and should be more affinity to himself (Tiger Demon).
But his real feeling was: same origin but not close.
The shadow Qi refiners in the village, the magic worms grown eating Shadow Spiritual Energy in the farming area, were like pre-prepared meals marinated with Shadow. They could be very easily digested and absorbed. But before eating them, they did not belong to the Tiger Demon, merely strangers in the same camp.
In contrast, those independently raised Yuan Shi Worms, upon seeing Yuan Zhu, excitedly went berserk, with greatly increased appetite, becoming irritable in temperament, instinctively wanting to approach him.
Just like the Shadow Eggplant he had independently cultivated back then, neither a Ghost Companion nor with absolute subordination, yet willing to accept his (Tiger Demon’s) manipulation and commands. With potential to develop into kinfolk.
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After completing the two-day handover work, Yuan Zhu briefly met with the current administrator group of Animal Husbandry Village.
He discovered that this management layer was not Insectoid Race natives from Eclosion World, nor did they know Qi refining. Each had a piece of advanced uniform, with aura more advanced and subtle than Mai Lili’s Rainbow Feathered Robe, and style not Immortal Robe style.
Clearly, this was a group of otherworld administrators from another world.
Thinking about it made sense. The Qi refining insect cultivators of Eclosion World were still in the city-state tribal system spontaneously created after the great extinction, with primitive and backward social form. The civilization origin was also the relatively backward Kunlun Immortal Sect’s cultivation grot-heaven management system.
Such a closed and feudal world could not select management talents at all.
So under Yuan Zhu’s probing, he obtained a small amount of intelligence from these neither cold nor hot executives. These strangers all came from a world he had never heard of: Li Hai.
The captain stayed in the Shadow Domain for a month, gradually figuring out the underground world situation, then transferred a batch of executives from Li Hai to manage the development of Animal Husbandry Village and trade with the outside world.
That Li Hai World was suspected to be Mao Mao King’s old nest headquarters. These executives were all employees of Mao Mao King Luxury Children’s Wear company, each with restrained strength, seemingly not inferior to his own?
These management layers treated him and Meng Xiyue normally, with respect and politeness. Towards other natives of Animal Husbandry Village, it was a sense of looking down from above, despising the residents of Eclosion World from the bottom of their hearts, whether strong or weak.
…
This morning, Meng Xiyue, who had also familiarized and adapted to the Animal Husbandry Village environment, impatiently came knocking.
“I’ve played through your Animal Husbandry Village these two days. Very nice, very interesting, Inner World and Cockroach Village full of surprises! Unfortunately, your territory is too small, still in the development period, without any surprises worth deep digging.”
Yuan Zhu puzzled: “So, since you’ve familiarized yourself here and feel the depth insufficient, why not start working early? Localize the Skull Server for me, connect it with Cockroach Village, make a proper Small Dreamland, try sending signals to the Main World, open a Nightmare smuggling route!”
Meng Xiyue shook her head frantically: “Too hard, too difficult. It’s not that I don’t want to help you, but it involves too many supernatural systems, far beyond what Knowledge School + Insectoid Race disclosure + Shadow Dream Hole can handle. Leaving aside Nightmare smuggling, this time I’ll try to optimize and perfect Cockroach Village.”
“Then go ahead boldly! I’ll support you from behind, tell me if you lack any supplies.”
Meng Xiyue waved her hands repeatedly: “No no no! I’ve only descended for two days, haven’t experienced any local customs, stuck in your little village the whole time. Now out of surprises, I want to go tourism experience in a bigger Insect City!”
Yuan Zhu retorted: “You’re here for a mission, not tourism.”
“Just play a bit, let me play properly! Only by fully letting loose, experiencing joy, can I face work in a better mental state, achieving twice the result with half the effort! Last descent, mission pressure too great, imprisoned the whole time. Now back to Eclosion World again, inexplicably depressed, fortunately your Animal Husbandry Village let me experience the taste of someone superior to others, psychological disease somewhat alleviated. Now, I want to go play in Cicada City! Please, good little brother, just this once okay?”
Meng Xiyue grabbed Yuan Zhu’s uniform and started frantically coquetry. The past two days, she lorded it in Animal Husbandry Village, no one dared to control her, extremely happy. This was something she had never felt when groveling in the Knowledge School, imprisoned in Cicada City pretending to be a grandson.
Yuan Zhu thought for a moment and said: “You really want to stroll Cicada City?”
“Yes yes yes! I just want to experience the humanities and scenery of another world. We’ve consecutively explored two Bubble Worlds, I haven’t truly relaxed and experienced once.”
So Yuan Zhu nodded in agreement: “Alright, you can go experience Cicada City, but with an additional task.”
Meng Xi’s face fell, disgusted: “What task? I don’t want to work.”
Yuan Zhu explained: “Not work, it’s enjoyment, it’s showing off! Take Little Girl (little girl) to Cicada City together, carrying a batch of Main World supplies, go to the lower urban area to sales pitch to Cicada Tribe high-level. Little Girl can be your guide, take you to eat drink play. After meeting Cicada Tribe high-level, use Main World’s advanced products to fully show off, flaunt, raise prices…”
Meng Xiyue’s expression lit up upon hearing, hurriedly: “This I can do! Flaunt watches, sales pitch perfume cosmetics, I’m good at it! Can also sell some luxury children’s wear for Mao Mao King!”
“Don’t even think about that, captain has already sold luxury children’s wear throughout nearby several Cicada Tribe Insect Cities. Right, when you return, help me collect a batch of Insect City mushrooms, all kinds some.”
Meng Xiyue immediately thought of A Miao, they had chatted idly back then, also mentioning illegal brewing, especially involving the Nightmare Layer’s illegal prohibited alcohol.
“Dream drinks?”
“Yes, I don’t know which Nightmare Mushrooms are suitable for brewing. But Cicada City lower urban area has more than a dozen Dream Holes, Nightmare Aura permeating the entire underground space, mushroom quality should meet requirements.”
Meng Xiyue nodded: “Okay, leave it to me! Lend me that Little Girl, this little girl is quite clever and likable.”
…
After Yuan Zhu lent Little Girl to Meng Xiyue, he led Little Brother to the warehouse area of the Inner World, selecting Worm Pillars.
This item, under the inertial preset program of the Shadow Dream Hole, had broken through the 800 mark in quantity. Far exceeding the Domain expansion limit.
Yuan Zhu carefully calculated with the Boss template: with the current Shadow Domain scale, maximum demand for Worm Pillars not exceeding 300; actually only about 120 needed to support the current scale framework. Continuously adding new Worm Pillars could open and consolidate ‘second layer Inner World’; and ‘third time local dreamland’.
The excess Worm Pillars were saturation overflow. Continuing to insert them in different positions of the Domain was an invalid burden, so the current Shadow Dream Hole was still habitually devouring demonic giant insects to refine Worm Pillars.
The finished products were no longer used for ‘arranging magic arrays’, but transported to the Inner World warehouse, stored as foundation.
Animal Husbandry Village was gradually deviating from the traditional Shadow Domain development framework; these Worm Pillars piled in the Inner World became like ‘ballast stones’. Although unable to continue expanding Domain scale, when suffering external ‘unknown rules’ erosion, the massive accumulation of these Worm Pillars could enhance the Domain’s strength and resistance.
However, besides this limited benefit, the massive accumulation of invalid Worm Pillars instead occupied and consumed the Domain’s ‘energy’.
Just like an industrial city with more than four hundred invalid idle machine equipment, idling all day. Even at minimum power, still consuming energy, needing maintenance.
But to stop refining Worm Pillars, Yuan Zhu, as the Shadow Dream Hole owner, must personally shut down this preset program.
Now after Yuan Zhu’s return, although repeatedly requested by the ‘management layer’ to stop the Worm Pillar production line.
But who was he? The dignified Animal Husbandry Village first generation! Though half-sidelined, not yet announced abdication, merely following Old Huang’s way, ruling by non-action.
You group of ‘management layer’ hired by the captain, what qualification do you have to make me shut down the Worm Pillar production line? I have money, willful!
The mass production and accumulation of Worm Pillars was a huge burden for Animal Husbandry Village. But for Yuan Zhu, it was simply a heaven-sent surprise!
In Tiger Demon form, he laboriously refined 12 magic worms, still not fully completing the refinement task.
Upon return this time, after a simple inventory, there were 400+ Worm Pillars piled in the warehouse gathering dust. If not for limited transport capacity, he wished to transport them all back to the Main World.
He planned for the Shadow Domain opened in Running to no longer be a pirated joint Domain relying on Shadow Dream Hole inverted causality, but to take the orthodox Tiger Demon route, opening a traditional Tiger Demon dojo with Town Stone foundation.
Therefore, the more Worm Pillars, the larger, stronger the Domain.
After some calculation and communication, he decided to transport 108 Worm Pillars back to Running at once. Directly using 36 Heavenly Gang + 72 Earthly Fiend structure to forge a perfect foundation.
Snake Snake: “Great! Tiger Demon Domain is saved! One step to heaven, one-click install Great Desolation Immortal Scripture Server.”
