New concept of the mysterious way to ascend to immortality

Chapter 262 [The Old Yellow Heaven: Visualization Diagram of the Four Heavenly Kings]

Upon learning that [Intelligence Reduction] was the fatal flaw of [Frog-type Enhancement], Yuan Zhu thought to himself: Just as I thought!

I knew it! What enhancement system is without flaws? This [Power Pathway] sounds perfect in every way, but none of the students of the [Frog School] have personally undergone the transformation; they're all just researching how to transform others.

Even Nie Yin was secretly learning tattooing techniques. He focused his studies on the 'frog skin' discarded by his classmates. He used experimental waste for academic research and also had no intention of accepting the 'frog-type pollution' modification.

Yuan Zhu: "You can't be brainless. These five are all 'anti-law users' on whom I have high hopes. They're going to be sent to expose match-fixing and compete!"

Nie Yin explained, "Their current dullness is just a side effect of the surgery. It's like when anesthesia ends and they're still not fully conscious. It's just that the intelligence-reducing effect of the [Frog-type Pollution] lasts a little longer. Once they get through this phase, their intelligence will return to normal."

Yuan Zhu remained worried, fearing that the 'Five Anti-Law Brothers,' on which he had invested heavily, would be a complete waste of his investment.

So he said, "I've never met a fully-fledged Ultra Warrior before. Tell me about them. Are they generally mentally challenged, or have low intelligence? Or are they just sharp-minded? Or are they completely clueless?"

Originally, Zhu Zi also had the idea of ​​modifying the [Power Path] and incorporating it into the [Shadow System] to create a 'Shadow Seed' that is backward compatible with the [Boss Template].

But at this moment, he hesitated. He began to consider whether to abandon the [Power Path] and instead copy another system. What if he really turned the [Power Path] into a [Seed] of Shadow, causing the entire 'Shadow System' to be corrupted by the [Intelligence-Degrading Curse]? Then his [Tiger Demon] main character would be completely ruined.

Nie Yin shook his head: "Your concerns have been considered by our predecessors long ago. If left unchecked, the [Frog-type Pollution] will continue to erode and attack the brain, leading to a gradual decline in intelligence—a chronic deterioration. Those who choose the [Power Path] were informed of this danger in advance and made relevant 'brain care' preparations."

"Whether it's the Frog School, the illegal clinics, pharmacies, hospitals, the Knowledge School, or other systems, they all possess the means to combat Frog-type pollution, maintain Sanity (rationality), and nurture the spirit and soul. However... as Frog-type pollution continues to increase, and muscles complete secondary and tertiary synthesis... the side effects on the brain will still increase."

"At that time, a more advanced [Brain Maintenance Project] will be needed to offset the [Frog-type Pollution] in order to maintain advanced rationality. But the problem is that those who choose the [Power Path] are already low-level commoners with no way out. Even if they know about the 'side effects,' they don't have the money to buy the high-end 'Brain Maintenance Package.' As they get stronger, they will gradually lose their intelligence, becoming honest, obedient, and hardworking, turning into top-notch oxen and horses."

This is one of the reasons why various systems like to recruit and absorb "Ultraman Warriors." Walking this extraordinary path makes one stronger, slower, and more obedient.

The stronger they are, the more honest and simple they become, producing top-quality cattle and horses, and excellent Dao soldiers. In the old days before the collapse of the Yellow Heaven Immortal Dao, the Frog series was the exclusive material used by Yellow Heaven cultivators to refine Yellow Turban Warriors.

After Huang Tian died, the graduates of the Power Path scattered across the world, where they were fought over and divided among numerous new generations of "Sources of Pollution" to create their own security guards, warriors, and Taoist soldiers...

The source of pollution for the [Way of Power], the [Fate Master Frog God], turns a blind eye and a deaf ear to this, allowing it to develop unchecked.

Yuan Zhu: "So the 'brain-degrading curse' can be countered, and even reversed to enhance the brain?"

Nie Ying: "Yes, the [head] is never within the scope of the [Frog God's] blessing. It can be regarded as an optional plug-in, accepting any pollution modification, and coexisting with [Frog-type pollution]."

Once you choose another extraordinary system and enter the [Seed] realm, you can only follow one path to the end. Want to do part-time work? Sure, go open a [Three-Phase] business.

However, for Frog-type Transcendent Individuals, without activating the Three Phases, their 'heads' can accept the new 'contamination system' to maintain their brains, allowing the two systems to coexist. The prerequisite is that the core 'power system' is not interfered with or damaged.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he had some ideas for 'recharging his intelligence'.

At this moment, Nie Yin continued to answer his boss's questions: "Also, the stronger a [Ultimate Warrior] is, the sharper their head is not necessarily."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhu was immediately filled with disappointment. Back in our home planet Earth, the stronger the flesh of the [Nine Dragon Warriors], the more potent the [steroid contamination] they were injected with, the sharper their heads would be! This was a symbol of strength.

However, Nie Yin's next words rekindled hope in his eyes.

"The higher the level of the [Ultimate Warrior], the less the [Head] is affected by the [Frog God's Blessing]. As a result, it completely lets itself go, and its shape becomes increasingly indescribable. Theoretically, it is not surprising that it can develop into any shape."

Because 'frog-type modification' only targets physical strength (muscles), with the torso as the foundation. The deeper the pollution, the more perfect the body structure, and the muscles are full of power and beauty. But it never takes responsibility for the 'head,' allowing the brain to develop freely.

If you encounter someone who values ​​their appearance and is self-disciplined, consistently maintaining and upgrading their 'brain and head', then this type of 'ultimate warrior' possesses exceptional intelligence, a perfectly proportioned head to match their golden physique, and a correspondingly high IQ.

If you encounter a penniless person, or someone who doesn't care about their 'head's appearance', it's like letting a fat person eat and drink excessively; it's not surprising what their head will end up looking like.

It can be pointed, or it can have a square head, a round head, an equilateral triangle head, a fan-shaped head...

Nie Yin: "If you see someone with an unusually strange head, but a strong and perfect physique, it goes without saying that they are a powerful being in the [Power Path]! Do you know the [Old Yellow Heaven Four Heavenly Kings Statues]?"

Before Yuan Zhu could shake his head, Nie Yin sent him a very old meticulous painting from an ancient, sealed book of the Frog School through the contact of [Anti-Law].

The yellowed horizontal scroll painting depicts the Four Heavenly Kings of Taoism (the Huangtian lineage) during the Old Yellow Heaven era, who guarded the four directions of the Heavenly Court respectively.

Their image is partly inspired by Taoist mythology from our fellow Earthlings, but also contains a large amount of 'polluting elements' from the native land of the Duling.

The Four Heavenly Kings of Huangtian not only cultivated the Huangtian Immortal Method, but also practiced the Way of Power, and mastered the supreme method of 'physical sanctification', which qualified them to become the top Dharma Protector Heavenly Kings of Taoism.

The Four Heavenly Kings in the painting have a head that is a 'square' formed by the expansion of flesh and blood. It is square and full of muscles, with glaring eyes and bristling hair and beard, but it has no skin, only blood-red, stringy muscles.

The other three Heavenly Kings also have the same bizarre appearance: a skinned, muscular human head shaped like a tetrahedron (triangle) on their necks, with a truly pointed head!

There are also the 'Ball-Headed King' and the 'Cylinder King', whose freehand brushwork depicts them clad in armor and topped with geometric fleshy skulls... They possess an indescribable, almost demonic quality.

Just seeing this picture in his mental world caused his Sanity to drop, and even the [Soul Crystal and Holy Seal] in his soul faintly resonated with the painting.

Yuan Zhu quickly used his Soul Firewall to shield the painting, suppressing the tremor in his heart. He pondered, "Snake, what just happened? Nie Yin viewed, memorized, and uploaded this [Yellow Heaven Four Heavenly Kings Painting] without any problems. I only glanced at it, and my mind trembled. What's wrong with me?" Snake connected to the Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture, scanning his boss thoroughly before finding a blind spot: "It's the [Holy Mark]! To be precise, it's the [Taihuang Dao Master] connected behind the ritual that imprinted the [Holy Mark] on you. I speculate that this [Geometric Four Heavenly Kings Image] is inherited from the ancient [Old Yellow Heaven]; your Holy Mark is also from the [Old Yellow Heaven] ritual, so the two are probably connected. This [Four Heavenly Kings Image] looks a lot like a 'visualization diagram' in the Immortal Dao universe, quite interesting!"

After Yuan Zhu shielded and sealed the [Old Yellow Heaven. Geometric Four Heavenly Kings Statue], he chose to suppress it with [Soul Crystal], continuously releasing 'holy light' to purify and kill the evil aura emanating from this 'visualization diagram'.

He also agreed, saying, "No wonder it was listed as a banned book by the Frog School; the remnants of the Yellow Heaven are still determined to revive!"

Snake: "When Your Majesty becomes even stronger, perhaps you can unearth the special 'Frog-type Mysteries' from this 'Heavenly Kings Painting' and cultivate our 'Hybrid Beastmen' into geometric warriors? Judging from the Four Heavenly Kings in the 'Heavenly Kings Painting,' their magical power seems to be boundless, so it should be a unique 'power path'."

Yuan Zhu: "No rush, I've already come up with a unique Brain Enhancement Technique for the Tiger Demon!"

Yuan Zhu stood up straight with confidence, raised his hand to summon Beastman Number 1, who knelt on one knee in front of him.

Then, he took out a fully refined Brain Eggplant CPU from the Soul Space.

First, transfer its ownership to the [Anti-Law. Fund Pool]. Then, treat it as an 'investment' and ostentatiously insert it into the skull of Orc No. 1.

Yuan Zhu's technique, "Immortal Touches the Head and Bestows Spiritual Roots," implants an "external brain" on the top of Number 1's head. The black "miniature brain eggplant" automatically grows a large number of "roots," which pierce through the scalp and the crown of the head, taking root in the brain.

After waves of excruciating pain, convulsions, screams, and rolling around... Orc Number 1's eyes gradually lost their light, their emptiness filled with a clear, bewildered look. He stopped shouting and silently rose, standing once more before Yuan Zhu.

Currently, its body is temporarily taken over by the [Artificial Intelligence Program] that comes with the [Brain Eggplant], and the recording function is activated through vision.

Yuan Zhu smiled as he patiently demonstrated the [Red Gang Boxing] three times from three different viewing angles in front of Number 1. Numbers 2-5 remained bewildered and fearful, following behind Number 1, imitating his movements but lacking coordination and unable to keep up with the rhythm.

In contrast, Orc No. 1, whose brain was hijacked by the Brain Eggplant, although he also couldn't keep up with Yuan Zhu's pace, clearly recorded the entire set of Red Gang Fist in the Artificial Intelligence Martial Arts Program with his eyes.

When Yuan Zhu stopped moving, numbers 2 through 5 also froze in place, except for number 1 whose body was still moving.

It practiced over and over again, without any reference, and had already engraved the complete 'martial arts technique' in its brain (eggplant). Its body simply expressed the complete martial arts technique through repeated coordination.

Under the envious and shocked gazes of his four brothers, Number 1's eyes were lifeless, but his movements gradually became more precise. He rigidly and completely replicated each move.

It lacks soul, spirit, charm, and heartfelt understanding and feeling, yet it is rigid and precise, like a martial arts machine that perfectly operates its muscles.

Upon seeing this, Yuan Zhu was overjoyed: "Very good. As long as you keep practicing, you will eventually develop muscle memory, and that's enough! Let your body learn first, and then we can consider other issues."

After confirming that the Brain Eggplant was effective, he quickly performed a 'skull-opening surgery' on the remaining four orcs as well.

Seeing the 'brain eggplant' take root and burrow into the skull, Nie Yin remembered something and reported something to Yuan Zhu: "You once left a pair of [Eggplant Spirits] to guard the warehouse, clean, and monitor these five orcs. Out of curiosity, I performed [Power Modification] on one of them."

Yuan Zhu recalled that there was such an incident.

He stockpiled about a hundred 'eggplant spirits' in the haunted house to lighten its load. He specially brought a pair of 'eggplant spirits' to plant in this newly rented warehouse as potted plants, serving as 'security guards, surveillance cameras, and watchdogs'.

Once a thief breaks in out of curiosity, the goblins automatically become aggressive. Although weak, after being infected by the [Shadow Eggplant] parasite, they become neither human nor monster, transforming into elite minions. Killing two or three unsuspecting ordinary people is more than enough for them.

Nie Yin has a huge 'dark side' inside. He is ostracized by his peers because of his pointed ears, which are different from ordinary people. He is also bullied by his classmates because of his 'introversion, autism and disability'. He is full of negative energy and finds a way to release his inner darkness and self-regulate by abusing small animals (frogs).

Therefore, she harbors extreme malice towards creatures weaker than herself and unable to resist.

If you were to place her in a typical 'romance/youth film' from Earth's homeland, she wouldn't be the kind of bullied person who willingly commits suicide. Instead, she'd be someone whose inner self has turned dark, someone who trembles in fear when bullied on a daily basis, but secretly releases stress by torturing little frogs and mice, fighting desperately to survive.

Yes, once pushed to the brink, she will turn the tables and kill everyone, detonating the school to her doom—a passive-type yandere.

Therefore, it is understandable that she would poison the "Eggplant Spirit".

Yuan Zhu asked curiously, "Have you made any research discoveries?"

When the topic turned to the [Frog-type Contamination Surgery] of the [Eggplant Essence], Nie Yin's spirits lifted, and she became interested. This was a new project that she had developed entirely on her own, based on her own interests, outside of the tasks assigned by Yuan Zhu.

Driven by interest, she was full of motivation, and in tormenting the "Eggplant Spirit," she found satisfaction, emotional fulfillment, and the purest joy...

The girl's lips curled up slightly: "We've discovered that their 'power surgery' failed."

Yuan Zhu looked incredulous: "Failed? That's impossible. The [Eggplant Spirit] is so weak, and its [Contamination] isn't that heavy. It could easily be bent into a [Ground Spirit]! Even a beastman who has had [Mutated Tissue] transplanted can complete [Power Surgery], so why can't a goblin?"

He had high hopes and expectations for his goblins. If the [Eggplant Goblins] could gain a full set of [Muscle Enhancement], they would evolve into even more superb 'perpetually moving muscular beasts', so how could it have failed?

Nie Yin: "Their bodies are covered with symbiotic plant (shadow eggplant) roots. The core of the [Power Ritual] is to inject 'tempering fluid' into the core muscle groups to tap into the potential of flesh and blood and temper and strengthen the muscles."

Yuan Zhu: "Continue."

"When the muscles of the [Eggplant Essence] were contaminated by the frog system, the muscle fibers began to grow and reject the parasitic [Eggplant Roots], trying to squeeze them out of the flesh and blood tissue. Thus, the [frog system contamination] and the [parasitic roots] clashed. And because the small amount of [Quenching Fluid] that had just been injected could not suppress the [parasitic roots], the operation failed."

(End of this chapter)