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Chapter 30: Foreign Investment Investigation Team

When Yuan Zhu returned to the hall, everyone had changed into new clothes and were holding arms suitcases, looking like business elites preparing to go out for negotiations.

There's the skinny old lady with wrinkles all over her face, the rainbow cockscomb that looks like a monkey in a human costume, and the burly black uncle who looks like a brutal killer... Their images are somewhat out of place, which greatly lowers the team's professionalism and favorability.

"Meeh eh eh..."

By the way, there was also a little lamb without clothes and with its tongue hanging out, rubbing against the old lady, which was totally out of tune with the team’s business style.

"Very good! It looks much more decent." The captain applauded softly, satisfied with the visual improvement brought by his own clothes.

Even the most unpresentable country grandmother, bloody butcher, and weak little punk, after changing to their own brand, they all become more energetic and fashionable, and they don’t look so short-lived.

This is changing your destiny!

Temperament determines destiny, and clothing changes temperament. Therefore, [Maomaowang] luxury children's clothing is absolutely necessary for the residents of the other world.

"Ahem, now everyone, take out your communicators (rat). I'll teach you how to use them. Its tail has been modified, with a built-in, safe, clean needle. It will pierce your skin to draw blood, which will be stored in a blood sac. When the blood is drawn, the mental frequency authentication will be automatically activated. You just need to calm down and concentrate carefully to establish a connection with the communicator and control it through your mind."

"Look at its abdomen. There are eight exoskeleton segments piercing its body. Once you've finished drawing blood, you can inject your own blood into the 'segment cavity' of the other person's communicator to complete the signal binding. Simply put, I represent the first segment on the left. I will inject my blood into 'Left 1' on each of your communicators. Once you enter the mission world, you only need to focus your mind on this segment to call me and communicate."

Yuan Zhu counted them—eight in total, including the captain. Each of their modified rats was pierced by eight insect-like exoskeletons. So, the team's new members were specifically targeted at seven, right? Each person represented a spider leg, no more, no less.

Emm... Phantom Troupe, huh?!

"Okay, let's get started. After the authentication is complete, line up and come to me for one-on-one signal binding."

A sharp pain stung the back of his hand. A needle darted out from Shushu's tail, piercing a vein on the back of his hand with precision, drawing blood. Then, as if replenished with life, half of its mechanical head began to click, and red lights flashed in its metal eye sockets.

At the same time, Yuan Zhu's own [Immortal Scripture] issued a mild alarm, and the elf reported synchronously: "Boss, to put it in Earth terms, an external plug-in has been detected and is attempting to establish a Bluetooth connection (spiritual)! Do you agree with this behavior?"

Yuan Zhu: "That's right!"

A faint murmur rose in his mind, then quickly faded. Like a small video player popping up on a phone screen, a screen appeared in his mind, with the option to turn it on or off. It was the unique perspective of Shushu's mechanical prosthetic eye, a blurry image and a delayed signal. It was far inferior to the perspective of Snaketail in Tiger Devil form, which was perfectly synchronized, a different self.

The elf said in surprise: "Huh? It's quite fun."

Under her control, the already dead rat in Yuan Zhu's arms suddenly trembled violently, its semi-mechanical head darting around in all directions. Then, the exoskeleton segments that had pierced its body detached from its chest and abdomen one by one, supporting the rat's body like a spider or centipede. It clung to Yuan Zhu's arm, moving flexibly and circling.

"Holy crap! A Rat-type spider crawling drone?" Yuan Zhu exclaimed that it was amazing. It turned out to be an external soul bone, turning the four-wheel drive into an eight-wheel drive.

In his previous life, he'd played with the most high-end toys—remote-controlled shuttles. Now, he'd gotten a mind-controlled "mouse-style, all-terrain drone" that could crawl on the ground, burrow into holes, climb trees 90 degrees, and hang upside down from ceilings 180 degrees. It could even make calls, synchronize video, and store and exchange data. It was a treasure.

Not only Yuan Zhu was amazed, even the knowledgeable female investigator and the silent, cold and unkind black butcher were attracted by the mouse, and started to fiddle with it seriously, having a lot of fun.

"After completing the certification, you'll have plenty of time to familiarize yourself with the operation. Now, agree on your companions' code names, then exchange blood. The mission will begin."

Under the captain's arrangement, everyone took turns to bind signals with other mice.

Following the principle of men on the left and women on the right, Yuan Zhu took the second position on the left, Lu Rang the third, and the silent Black Butcher the fourth. The women's group consisted of the investigator, the university student, the baker, and the grandmother. As for the little goat? Everyone ignored it.

After completing all this, the captain raised his left arm and clenched his fist: "Are you ready? Transmission is on!"

The light around me suddenly dimmed, and a dizzy feeling of weightlessness overwhelmed me. My body and mind seemed frozen, unable to sense the flow of time. When my consciousness regained focus and my thoughts became clear, I could hear the chirping of birds and a gentle breeze brushed my face.

I opened my eyes. The light wasn't blinding, filtering through the dense branches, casting specks of light onto me. This was a forest, and the birds that nested there had been startled by the "Maomao King Business Team." The clatter of wings filled the air, and a vast flock soared into the sky, flying off into the distance. It looked vibrant, but it felt ominous.

Yuan Zhu observed carefully. The visibility was extremely high. There were no animal trails or paths nearby. The ground was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves, and there were even clumps of dried white marks on them. The smell in the air was dull and not fresh.

The elf's voice also rang in his mind: "[Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture: Alien Exploration Mode] has been activated, continuously searching and recording useful information in the surrounding environment for you..."

Beside him, Lü Rang was agitated, gripping the pipe wrench tightly, scanning the air for enemies with a tense vise. The black butcher also silently gripped his bone-chopping knife tightly, panting and glancing around.

"Don't worry, it's confirmed that the area is safe."

I don't know what tricks the captain used. He just stood there with his eyes closed for about a minute, then spoke with confidence, letting everyone relax their guard.

He then added, "This is your first mission, so you're not yet familiar with our team's operating style, nor the content and focus of the mission."

Meng Xiyue asked back, "Isn't it enough to just sell children's clothing?"

The captain shook his head. "You have been recruited by [Happy Home], and the duties you must perform are more than just selling children's clothing. When you enter the bubble world again in the future, your first task will be to determine the current environment: is it safe? Are there any pollution or flooding issues? Next, you must empirically explore the world's strength ceiling, its danger index, and its investment index. Then, you must examine the ecological environment and resource abundance. The level of local civilization and the unique culture of the indigenous people... What power systems are compatible within the bubble world..."

"After understanding the basic situation of a small world, we need to determine whether it is suitable for producing raw materials for Mao Mao Wang's high-end textiles. Is it suitable for large-scale breeding of unique caterpillars or other cultivated crops? If not, but the local residents are wealthy and civilized, can we convert them into long-term consumers and engage in fair trade?"

Listening to the captain's description, Yuan Zhu automatically put himself in the colonists' shoes and found everything logically coherent. You could even force the locals to work overtime for low wages, grow crops and raise caterpillars to start farms, and then sell the products to them at a high price, creating a perfect cycle. (I'm so kind, I'm even willing to pay them!)
"For this mission, everyone, follow my instructions and familiarize yourself with the basic procedures. This is an unknown new world, and our next task is to explore and record it."

Yuan Zhu took the lead in responding: "Got it!"

After a quick orientation, the captain chose a direction and explained, "Most of you haven't mastered supernatural abilities, so your perception is undeveloped. The direction I chose shows a trend of energy convergence, which theoretically should be the core of this 'bubble world'. If there is a native civilization, they should have settled nearby."

The captain explained that each bubble world had varying degrees of barrenness, but all possessed rudimentary energy circulations similar to "spiritual veins and earth veins." All sane creatures instinctively gravitated toward high-energy areas.

As for whether this high energy may be some kind of pollution?

Please, for the indigenous creatures of a polluted world, they've long been accustomed to coexisting with pollution. Pollution itself is a valuable energy source, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in their eyes... After all, even the modern world openly acknowledges that "pollution = strength." Cultivation is a controlled and orderly process of self-pollution.

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As the team advanced, the captain instructed everyone to release the bound "Teletubbies" to assist in reconnaissance and danger detection.

The Shushu comes with a simple camouflage program and can be controlled manually with the mind, acting as a crawling drone. It assists with pathfinding, infrared night vision, acoustic monitoring, and pollution level detection.

If you keep the rat around, you can enjoy its invisibility bless that increases pollution resistance, as well as short and medium-range calls. However, everyone's clothes also have defensive functions, so the rat is released to explore the way.

Yuan Zhu converted the suitcase into a backpack, tied a pistol to the side of his leg, and trudged through the dense forest step by step, holding a semi-automatic firearm.

With the help of the elves, the vast amount of tiger hunting, tracking, and survival experience from the [Boss Template] gradually synchronized with his perception, thoughts, and knowledge memory, gradually interweaving and integrating, enhancing his ability to adapt to the wild. Especially in the woods, it felt like a tiger returning to the mountains, a relaxed and comfortable home.

"Sizzle!"

Yuan Zhu couldn't help swallowing as he caught sight of the goat being led by the old woman. He had the urge to pounce on it, to chomp it down, to break its neck with one blow, to let it slowly suffocate, and then to savor it.

　All kinds of requests...please, please...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)