Above Destiny

Chapter 267 Luye Big Stage, Come if There's Work

ember?

Are you really Embers?
In the dead silence beyond the floating light, Jiang Tongguang subconsciously turned around and glanced in the direction of the association. Well, the triple secretly intertwined white emblem was still hanging high.

This is definitely Tianshu!

It’s not the Well of Abyss!

He almost thought that in the blink of an eye, Ji Jue sent him to the Masters of Delayed Corruption...

This style of painting can never be transformed into a famous and upright sect even if you try your best to describe it, right?

Can the video of the association exam be shown to the public? The difficulty of cleaning this place is so great that the public relations department would probably curse after seeing it.

The hammers smashed loudly, and the corners of the eyes of both men twitched.

It's like swinging a hammer on your forehead.

Just like that, in silence, everyone witnessed in a daze as Ji Jue completed a killing spree with a skillful operation comparable to Bai Lu, and beat all the deformed creatures that were lured here into meat paste.

But there were still a few particularly large ones that still had a breath of life left.

Then... as if they were afraid that they would die on the spot, they took out the surgical tools and started to rescue them on the spot. No, man, is this surgical procedure of yours really not a vortex system?

The two of them watched numbly as Ji Jue sutured the living to stop the bleeding, cut the dead into pieces, took out all the organs and put them away in different categories. Suddenly, he felt a little scared. The next moment, he took out his phone and said to the contact on the other end: "We have found the organs, they are fresh, but the price needs to be negotiated again."

"he……"

Gustav was silent for a long time, rubbed his brows, and finally couldn't help but asked: "What on earth is he doing?"

Jiang Tongguang said nothing.

He squinted his eyes, moved closer, and magnified the image.

I watched Ji Jue use solid alchemy to seal the flesh of those distorted creatures that were only breathing their last breath as shackles one by one, and then use fluid alchemy to forcibly purify their inner selves and souls. He repeated this process until all the consciousness of those distorted monsters was completely washed away in the purification, leaving only the instincts of eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, and then he performed the operation with incredible skill.

Cut off the limbs and irrelevant organs, leaving only the brain, spine and digestive system.

Like pickled vegetables, they were put into a huge container filled with smelly blood. Spiritual circuits were written and carved, extending outwards...

Soon, pure spiritual essence slowly flowed out from it and fell into the parallel spiritual essence cage made of many deformed skulls on the scene.

"Alas!"

After checking the efficiency, Ji Jue whistled with great joy: "Green energy, clean and hygienic!"

OK, the case is solved.

Jiang Tongguang rubbed the corners of his eyes that were twitching constantly and sighed: "He is making spiritual batteries."

You can tell at first glance that he knows how to live.

Increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and be thrifty.

Relying on a dozen deformed creatures, the most scarce spiritual resources in the early stage were solved. Even if they were contaminated and difficult to use, a little filtering could solve more than 90% of the spiritual needs.

In this regard, Jiang Tongguang could only restrain the urge to applaud and secretly give a thumbs up to the association's talented people in his heart.

I really found a ghost this year!

"act recklessly!"

Gustav's brows furrowed further.

It's like when the auditor sees a welfare girl dancing with very little clothing on - you're so slutty, you might as well just show a little bit so I can punch you to death.

He was just jumping back and forth on the association's cordon.

Taking one step back means being skilled and daring, while taking one step forward means you are on the fast track to the prison.

But this bastard just likes to repeatedly test the boundaries...

You know, refining evil creatures has always been an extremely dangerous and difficult task, and it is not limited to the Deep. In fact, the association has always used and studied this, both openly and secretly.

But at least those are things that masters start out thinking about, okay?

And aren’t there a few people who died or became evil because of this?

How come an apprentice who doesn't even have a craftsman's license is already thinking about playing with nuclear waste all day? !

And yet he plays it so...easily?
For a moment, even a stubborn person like Gustav couldn't help but wonder: Have times really changed?

But when I look at the other candidates who make me feel reassured, I can't help but feel relieved.

Fortunately, times have not changed.

The only pervert is Ji Jue.

Otherwise, if there were a few more freaks like this, he was afraid that he would not have time to retire before the association would be overthrown...

Gustav's face became increasingly gloomy.

"What on earth are the examinees thinking about nowadays!"

"What are you thinking about?"

Jiang Tongguang smiled and glanced at his colleague beside him: "Isn't this just what you wished for - trying to challenge yourself in the midst of difficulties and dead ends?"

No consequences, no cost.

Without any worries, take on challenges and climb to peaks that would never have appeared in the past.

Recreate everything from nothingness, and rebuild high-rise buildings from ruins.

You can change all of this as you like.

Jiang Tongguang watched everything on the screen quietly, without any action, and stood by and watched: "Anyway, no matter how bad the consequences are, they can't be worse than reality, right?"

Gustave said nothing more.

Lower your eyes and look down.

In the picture, after clearing up many troubles, Ji Jue walked slowly towards the workshop carrying his achievements, but his movements suddenly stopped.

Standing there.

He lowered his head and looked at the soil in the corner of the courtyard that had been turned up by the explosion and earthquake. He moved closer, bent down, and looked at it carefully.

Then I couldn't even take care of that mess.

He jumped down, picked up a huge shovel and started digging frantically.

Soon, a piece of vermilion ore was taken out from the crack in the rock.

Stare.

After a long time, I couldn't help laughing out loud.

At this moment, even if nothing had happened, the two examiners couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

Every time Ji Jue smiled like this, it meant that he was planning something big that would make people's eyes go dark.

But no matter how you look at it, the stone in Ji Jue's hand is just an ordinary ore.

When the association's observatory is built, it will definitely be explored. If any precious minerals are discovered, they will definitely be moved to another location. It won't be possible for someone to suddenly dig up treasures from the ground after so many years.

The records retrieved show that when the Luye Observatory was built, geological exploration did find some discoveries, but they were just some scattered pyrites and siderites in the pyroxene basement rock, as well as some random minerals that had no mining value...

There is no need to even flip through books; masters who have been dealing with various materials for years can tell them apart at a glance.

But to be on the safe side, I still looked at it two, three, four or five more times.

"It's just mercury sulfide, right?" Gustav frowned.

"Yeah, indeed."

Jiang Tongguang took a sip of wine to calm himself down, and said slowly: "In the Federation, we call this thing cinnabar. In addition to being used as a pigment, it is mainly used for, uh..."

He paused for a moment, his expression stiffened:

“…Extracting mercury?”

Think about the heavy stuff in this bastard's resume...

He couldn't help it any longer and took a deep breath.

"Grass!"

After a large number of candidates died on the first night, the number and frequency of deaths began to drop sharply from the dawn of the next day, and even unexpectedly stabilized within double digits every day.

In a whole week, less than two hundred people were eliminated.

The adaptability of Embers was clearly demonstrated at this moment. Once prepared, the pressure brought by the mutant began to decrease sharply.

At the same time, there were already too many candidates who were unwilling to stay in the shelter. Some even took the initiative to head out of the workshop after a long period of preparation. Some not only maintained the workshop, but also the entire observatory, and even set up new defense structures and equipment.

Adapt, produce, change…

The essence of the Embers was revealed here. Not only did the association's spectators who had been complaining and criticizing finally shut up, but even the participating apprentices could feel their own abilities improving amidst the torture and suffering.

"In this case, it's done."

In the newly renovated workshop, Lou Feng carefully put down the last component, wiped the sweat from his forehead, took a step back, and looked at the crystal giant in front of him with pride.

A crystal giant made of ectoplasm, recreated through alchemy.

Four arms and three legs.

Above the faces with interlaced emblems and totems, six points of light lit up, alternating between azure and scarlet.

Just like that, following Lou Feng's order, he slowly stood up, then tightly grasped the huge weapon that matched his own mass and size, with a ferocious murderous intent.

"In this way, the safety of the workshop will not be a problem for the time being."

After checking the internal intelligence sequence and reaction structure, Lou Feng nodded with satisfaction and gave the order: "Close the workshop and isolate it from interference."

The crystal giant nodded silently, and suddenly turned into drifting mist, flowing out of the door and disappeared.

In the dead silence, only Lou Feng and the blazing furnace behind him were left.

And, there are vague phantoms, like ghosts.

"Adjust the spiritual output, maintain the temperature, and increase the frequency of adding catalysts."

Completely different from his previous miserable appearance, Lou Feng had put on new handmade clothes at this moment. He sat down on a chair covered with layers of animal skins, crossed his legs, changed into a more comfortable posture, and sighed contentedly:
“Then, we can start the next phase.”

The servants made of spiritual substance were silent and carried out the orders faithfully.

Above the floating light outside the field, in another picture, no light could be seen. In the darkness, a pitch-black fog slowly rose from the observation station, spreading and covering all areas within a radius of dozens of miles.

In the darkness, only the zombies were walking and wandering tirelessly, hungry and preying on any living creature that dared to walk into the fog.

In the other pictures within the floating light, some people have built the observation station into an iron wall, and some people have rebuilt high towers to create the highest city in Luye.

And for some people, their homes... are still in ruins.

He left the observatory the next day and didn't even want to go home!
Anyway, there are no monsters, no mines, and no output... Is it really necessary to stay in a novice village with nothing but an empty workshop?
The next morning, Ji Jue drove the dump truck he had repaired overnight, along with many equipment from the workshop, and went along the mountain road to find another place.

Until now, not even the last trace can be found on the ground.

Only in the darkness beneath the nine earths, in the thick soil and rocks, is a huge framework silently supported, and even an increasingly complex structure.

The roar of flowing mercury continued throughout the night, chasing the mineral veins on the island and spreading silently.

In addition to large areas of rich iron ore, Ji Jue also found a lot of chalcopyrite and malachite, and even a large amount of coal after digging thousands of meters down.

Unlike the surface that is severely polluted by the evil, the distortion becomes thinner the further down you go due to the thick soil and distance.

With a large amount of mercury as a tool, he also extracted rich phlogiston from coal and natural gas... After Ji Jue dismantled the water purification equipment and mastered the process of synthesizing glycerin, he completely achieved freedom from explosives.

As for drinking water, it is not impossible to drink the sea water after filtering it. After the spiritual essence absorbs and purifies the pollution, it goes through two condensation processes. Not to mention drinking, it is enough to even build a swimming pool.

Then he built it.

"I've never seen such an amazing man. He built a luxurious villa of his own on an uninhabited island in just three months..."

Amid the sound of splashing water, Ji Jue soaked in the swimming pool he had just dug and started to compose his own music.

Enjoy yourself.

At this moment, there is no more darkness in the deep underground.

The dazzling lights illuminated everything.

There is no sense of crampedness or garbage, but it is spotless and so clean.

Everywhere you look, the floor, ceiling, and walls are all polished with hardened mercury to a pleasant shine. In some places, metal plates have been laid, just like a scene from a science fiction movie.

Clean, advanced, pollution-free, high-tech.

Well, if we ignore the densely packed living spiritual batteries piled up like mountains in the bottom mine, and the blood-colored mercury flowing in the pipes...

Our alchemy is like this, kind and benevolent, and the most inhumane things are happening before our eyes.

So Ji Jue did it with his eyes closed.

Anyway, the island lacks everything now, except for evil creatures and all kinds of strange evil things. It needs a compassionate craftsman to save all living beings and lead them to paradise.

Besides, what's wrong with evil things?
She is full of treasures!
Blood can be used as consumables to replace some materials as a carrier of temporary spiritual essence sequence, bones can be purified and used as containers and materials. Souls can be left behind and fed with some leftovers or minced meat to generate electricity for a long time. Ji Jue was reluctant to waste even the pollution formed by evil transformation, and used it all as a magical ingredient for phlogiston explosives.

There is no garbage in the world, only treasures placed in the wrong place!

What Ji Jue needs to do is to guide them back on track and make valuable contributions to the development of alchemy.

These are all fine materials and beautiful jades!
If I waste even a little bit, I will be so heartbroken that I can’t sleep.

I think if their spirits in heaven knew about this, they would definitely be happy about it.

After taking a shower, getting a good night's sleep, and lavishly eating two canned meats, Ji Jue first rode his bicycle to inspect the newly completed 'Mushroom Cultivation Center' and 'Mouse Breeding Base'. After making sure everything was normal, he headed to the newly built workshop.

It is right at the core surrounded by underground spaces.

Blocked by two heavy doors, flames surged and burned endlessly.

The furnace that was once riddled with holes has become something completely different.

After confirming that many of the original modules were outdated and unusable, Ji Jue simply dismantled the entire furnace, and then spent a whole day transplanting all the spiritual circuits, gradually transforming and adding new functions.

Today, it has become the true pillar of the base and the heart of the workshop.

Its main body alone is more than twenty meters long, with a diameter of six meters. It runs through the upper, middle and lower floors and is responsible for providing energy and central regulation for the entire underground space.

Connected by countless cables and pipes, the whole thing is pure white and as shiny as jade. It is all made from the purified and reshaped skeletons of evil creatures.

A literal furnace of bones.

At this moment, no roars or wails could be heard anymore in the furnace. In the dead silence, it seemed as if there was the silent breathing of a monster crawling out of hell, so long.

As the low whistling sound of steel rose from the flames, at the top of the workshop, between the flowing mercury, silver rays of light suddenly stretched out and fell, connecting with many mechanical hands, operating everything, as if they were living things.

The sound, like a heartbeat, became clearer as the furnace door opened.

In the hot wind blowing in the face, the steel skeleton that looked like a sitting giant glowed a blazing red.

When Ji Jue waved his hand, the silent scorching steel suddenly shook, and a complex spiritual circuit emerged. Stepping on the molten iron and ashes, he took one step, and then the second step...

Step by step, he walked into the cooling pool formed by countless scarlet mercury, as if bathing in blood. Even if the ventilation equipment was overloaded, it would be difficult to extract all the steam in such a huge amount in a short time.

Through the glasses on the gas mask, Ji Jue could see that from the boiling blood and mercury, the steel skeleton was gradually fading from its scorching red to reveal a pitch-black color. The blood of countless evil creatures was flowing, extending, and entwining around it, interweaving into complex patterns as hideous as flames.

After a long ascension, the spiritual steel and the blood of evil creatures were transformed.

The welding light flashes and the sound of metal friction is endless.

Under the processing of the mercury hands, the metal engine beats like the heart of a living thing, the complex transmission structure, the operating and driving frame built based on Ji Jue's data, and hundreds of electromagnetic tendons are attached to it.

Implant organs and fill with flesh and blood.

In the end, the scarlet armor forged from the bones of evil creatures...

Unlike the hastily constructed leftover exoskeleton, a power armor worthy of being called a knight was completed in front of Ji Jue.

Just wave your hand.

Amid the clanging metallic echoes, a scarlet giant over three meters tall came forward and half-knelt in front of Ji Jue. The armor and structures on his chest unfolded layer by layer, revealing the driver's seat.

Just like that, Ji Jue was enveloped in it.

Then, on the beast-like metal face, a dazzling light shone from the pupils.

Without the slightest dissonance or sluggishness, the gigantic creation was like another body of his own, so flexible that even the feeling of a speck of dust falling on his finger became so clear.

The neural structure of the ectoplasmic fluid is normal.

He stretched out his hand and pulled out the huge sword at his waist. The blood-red sword that seemed to be made of red jade was raised, and with a light stroke, a roar like a sonic boom was set off.

The kinetic energy assist and transmission mechanisms operate correctly.

Finally, Ji Jue raised the sword and stared at his own hideous reflection on the mirror-like sword spine.

The beast's face seemed to be grinning, a hungry smile.

"Next, let's do something fun..."

(End of this chapter)