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Chapter 344 Retrospective: Yuan Tang's Entrepreneurship

Two and a half hours after the goblin rampage, Yuan Zhu, who was far away in Running, finally found Yuan Tang, who was squatting in a corner, sketching a map of the Warehouse District and outlining the territories of different gangs, as well as her virtually invisible younger brother.

Seeing that the little girl had somehow mastered a new skill on her own, Yuan Zhu could only secretly admire his own keen eye. He had found himself a top-notch little bull!
Three hours into the goblin rampage, Yuan Zhu arrived at the Frog Factory and met Nie Yin, who had come after hearing the news. Without needing to speak, Nie Yin briefly summarized the situation.

By the time he returned, a total of 19 Eggplant Spirits had died. In addition, one escaped in the chaos and went into the wetland wilderness on the outer edge of the Frog Factory, and cannot be found for the time being.

What Nie Yin found even more unusual was that when Yuan Zhu and his group drove into the outer area of ​​the Frog Factory, the eggplant spirits, who had been in a state of frenzy and were on the verge of losing their minds and undergoing further deep mutations, all calmed down, returned to rationality, and became obedient and compliant.

Like a watchdog howling at strangers, upon hearing its owner's footsteps, it suddenly stops barking and begins wagging its tail like a propeller.

When Yuan Zhu returned to Workshop 1 carrying a string of eggplant spirit corpses, less than 20 minutes later, the eggplant spirit that had escaped and burrowed into the wild wetlands also slunk back with its vine tail between its legs. It crawled into the broken glass of the canteen on its own and numbly crawled back to its doghouse.

The whole set of movements was fluid and natural, like the empty-eyed, numb-souled corporate slaves who clock in on time every day. Without conscious command, their bodies would sit in their workstations first, as if it were some kind of natural law.

This bizarre scene left Nie Yin utterly perplexed, and even a hint of anger rising within him.

She worked diligently and on time from early morning, feeding the frogs and skinning them to produce the "Quenching Fluid".

As a result, the work was going well, but these eggplant devils went crazy and started causing chaos, making a complete mess of the situation; as soon as the boss came back, these beasts suddenly became obedient and well-behaved again, leaving her with a mess.

Nie Yin seriously suspected that these scoundrels weren't aware they were acting against her. They orchestrated a major accident during her work, resulting in the sudden death of 19 special assets. These were 19 performance artists who, with just a few modifications, could make a fortune through the gimmick of 'on-site ascension'!
Yuan Zhu was also surprised. How could the usually docile eggplant spirit possess such an unruly side? And then, without any apparent reason, it developed rabies, only to inexplicably stop. What lies behind this—a distortion of humanity? Or a decline in morality?

Without understanding the reasons behind this, he was even hesitant to widely implement the '007 Eggplant Essence Production Line'.

Even now, just training them in basic skills like peeling and chopping vegetables in the cafeteria is enough to make them wield knives against their own kind and rise up in rebellion. So, if they were put on an assembly line for precision processing in the future, wouldn't they just smash, loot, and burn down the expensive production line?

As for Nie Yin, he wasn't too harsh on him.

It's clear that she was just an innocent scapegoat. It wasn't she who actively provoked, irritated, abused, or enslaved the eggplant spirit, which aroused its anger.

Conversely, before the Eggplant Demon went berserk, she had been working at the Frog Factory. After the Eggplant Demon became agitated, she tried to calm it down, but failed. After the Eggplant Demon went berserk, she decisively killed the most deeply possessed 'leader', breaking up the Eggplant Demon gang and preventing the incident from escalating.

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That afternoon, Yuan Zhu led Nie Yin to conduct an on-site inspection of the canteen, and then walked the entire route of the 'Eggplant Spirit Riot'. Finally, they dissected several eggplant spirit corpses in an attempt to find out the reason for their 'rampage and loss of control'.

Finally, during the debriefing of the incident with the snake, the blind spot was discovered.

While living in the haunted house, the eggplant spirits worked obediently and without incident. Even after their main force immigrated to the French Quarter, they remained honest, dutiful, and diligent. Only after arriving at the Frog Factory did they suddenly go out of control after just a few days.

Ultimately, by analyzing and comparing the various information collected by Yuan Zhu, Yu Jingzi successfully found the crux of the problem: the Eggplant Head Ghost!
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Eggplant spirits are essentially just ordinary goblins that have been contaminated. They are complete strangers to Yuan Zhu, their only connection being the [Shadow Eggplant] that parasitizes their bodies.

Even though they were parasitized, they did not truly submit to the Tiger Demon; they were merely enslaved, harboring hatred and rebelliousness in their hearts.

Furthermore, the Shadow Eggplant, a plant of shadows, is not an exclusive ability of the Tiger Demon. Rather, it is a crop cultivated by its subordinate Eggplant Demons using the diluted bloodline of the 'Astral Plant Race'.

With the eggplant goblins around, they are the natural controllers and gardeners of the 'Shadow Eggplant,' much like druids and their magical plants. These goblins parasitized by the 'Shadow Eggplant' are naturally enslaved by the eggplant goblins, obeying commands and forced to work.

If a [CPU] is installed on the top of the 'Eggplant Spirit's' head, an 'intelligent program' can be loaded. Only then does Yuan Zhu (Tiger Demon) gain control and management over the Eggplant Spirits. Unfortunately, the production of [Brain Eggplant CPU] is always insufficient, and most Eggplant Spirits remain in a wild, free-range state.

In the past, the eggplant ghosts lived in the [Haunted House], jointly supervising the eggplant spirits who worked diligently in the [Garden of Disease], and never went out of control. Now, three eggplant ghosts have been sent to the [Law Domain] to supervise the laborers, and the last one is carried by the [Tiger Demon].

Therefore, the Frog Factory has no supervisors or administrators. The eggplant spirits, these rebellious oxen, without their department heads to spur them on, naturally become restless.

As for why it broke out today, rather than yesterday, or even earlier?

Naturally, it's Yuan Zhu, the source of all evil, a being even more terrifying than the 'Eggplant Demons'. Although the Eggplant Spirits have no direct affiliation with him, he is the 'root of shadows,' the source of all Eggplant Spirit tragedies! He naturally possesses a deterrent effect. With him at [Frog Factory], no Eggplant Spirit dares to cause trouble. Even when he's not there, just his regular visits to [Frog Factory] to inspect the work are enough to keep those bastards in check.

When he's away for extended periods, the Frog Factory usually has three executives—Nie Yin, Yuan Tang, and their siblings—on duty. They don't have the talent to "deal with the Eggplant Spirit," but the "Shadow Authority" they possess, combined with the "Anti-Law," is enough to suppress the Eggplant Spirit and keep them calm.

To this day, Yuan Zhu has taken his two siblings to the city to make purchases, and [Frog Factory] is left with only Nie Yin, who has little interaction with the Eggplant Spirit.

She has limited exploration and development of the [Anti-Law] and has not unlocked the 'Enslaving Eggplant Spirit' skill, focusing more on 'Frog-type Modification'.

Therefore, her presence could not suppress the eggplant spirit's restlessness. In addition, since waking up, she had not eaten her fill for many days, and the torment of hunger overwhelmed her last shred of rationality. Finally, unable to suppress the restlessness in her heart, she chose to go berserk.

Yu Jingzi commented, "This chaotic, frenzied state of mutual slaughter and unpredictable attacks is the nature of the 'polluted monsters'—a normal and healthy manifestation. When the local humans are excessively corrupted by 'polluted', they will also mutate and go out of control, endangering society, and then be eliminated by the [Security Bureau]."

"The more 'polluted goblins' you actively cultivate, the larger the number and scale, the more 'polluted' they will accumulate, causing them to lose control, go berserk, attack and devour each other, and thus evolve. On the contrary, the behavior of actively suppressing the goblin's nature, systematically oppressing and enslaving them, and making them work together to produce value is contrary to the laws of nature, violates the will of heaven, is extremely evil, and does not respect objective laws at all."

Yuan Zhu was naturally filled with helplessness and grievance at this misunderstanding.

I reformed the inherently evil goblins through labor, helping them overcome their wicked and twisted nature, and turn them into upright human beings who can create value for society. How is that evil?

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After the goblins went berserk, the senior student was responsible for cleaning up the mess. She spent money to quell the rumors that had appeared at the construction site, and at the same time confiscated the corpse of the Death Eggplant Spirit, using it to replicate the [Corpse Species] she had obtained from Yuan Tang.

It must be said that this 'polluted eggplant spirit' was unpredictable when it was alive. But after it was killed, it became an excellent succulent planter. She planned to use the 'eggplant spirit planter' to grow a batch of 'special seeds' cultivated by the academy.

On the other side, Yuan Zhu also began to think about how to solve the hidden danger of 'eggplant essence'?
The simplest and most effective way is to continue increasing the number of [Eggplant Demons]. He still has too few [Eggplant Demon Servants]; to increase the total number of 'Eggplant Spirits' in the future, he'll need more department heads to severely punish them!

The raw material for this stuff (Eggplant Monk) comes from the [Little Red Realm]. Only by having [Happy Home] run a separate instance can it be replenished. However, the problem is that this bubble world is small and barren, dominated by [Buddha Eggplant]. It's not only dangerous, but also far less promising and resource-rich than the [Feathered Realm].

The captain clearly wouldn't restart this world. And to pay this fee to embark on a solo time travel just for a few 'eggplant monks'? The cost-effectiveness was simply too low; he had absolutely no interest in it, nor the financial means.

Another method is to create a dojo or domain for the [Tiger Demon].

Within the [Mountain Lord's Domain], the eggplant spirit, a mere lackey, is naturally suppressed, leaving it no room to resist. The [Haunted House] operates on a similar principle; even without the eggplant ghost's suppression, the eggplant spirit cannot escape this 'closed barrier' and naturally behaves itself.

The frog farm is an exception; it's just a legitimate aquaculture business with a legal license and requires proper operation. The security bureau conducts regular spot checks and inspections.

If a large amount of solanine is confined within a "barrier," the high concentration of "pollution reaction" will eventually become undeniable, leading to severe sanctions.

Unless the value of the license is further enhanced, and the company is upgraded from a subsidiary of Yuyuan to a partner company, possessing independent 'animal experimentation (modification) qualifications'.

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Moving date: 3 days.

Yuan Zhu, who hadn't slept well all night thinking about the 'Eggplant Spirit Rampage', was woken up early in the morning by Yuan Tang.

Immediately afterwards, after several days of living in the upper realm and finally adapting to life in the mortal world, the other party took the initiative for the first time to propose the idea of ​​"doing something" and working for Yuan Zhu to generate income.

Back in the Shadow Domain, she held multiple positions, organizing and managing the breeding of 'Mao' worms' among numerous orphans, and overseeing the logistics system. Now, at the Frog Factory, she can only follow behind Nie Yin and her senior as an apprentice, learning advanced techniques.

The contrast was too great for her to adjust to. So, after yesterday's investigation, she worked through the night to draft a plan on "contesting the warehouse district and dividing spheres of influence" and submitted it to Yuan Zhu for review.

After briefly reading the "Plan," Yuan Zhu, who hadn't slept well all night and was in a bad mood, immediately approved Yuan Tang's plan to seize territory.

So he handed the remaining Zodiac Warriors to Yuan Tang, instructing her to take them and seize territory. He would accompany them to watch, venting his frustration and relieving his annoyance by watching his own 'Fighting Goblins' violently attack illegal gangs.

(End of this chapter)