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Chapter 275 City of Lost Sheep, Negative Entropy Farm (3K)

The drone took off smoothly, and then the screen went blank.

“Look, there’s nothing there,” Gao Ming said.

Actually, there are.

Tang Yiping clearly saw that the drone continued to rise and then captured images of the world outside the warehouse walls.

For a moment, Tang Yiping forgot how to breathe.

Previously, Tang Yiping didn't know what megalophobia was, but now he does.

"What did you see? What's outside?" Gao Ming asked.

Tang Yiping pondered how to describe what he had seen.

“A huge creature, possibly larger than the Earth, a dead sheep,” Tang Yiping said. “A golden goat with six eyes.”

“The place we’re in now is a mirror image of Hailing City, on its back, and it’s only this big.” Tang Yiping gestured a circle smaller than a coin. “It has many, many more spots like this on its back…”

Shen Hong, Gao Ming, and the others all gave him a look that said, "What the hell are you talking about?"

A dead sheep?

Bigger than Earth?
A city above it is just a dot smaller than a coin?
Does it have countless circles like this on its back?
"This sheep was nailed to death by a glowing spear. It may have been trying to turn around and bite someone, or it may have been choked and the spear was driven into its head, protruding from its chin and piercing its back..."

Tang Yiping tried his best to use plain and accurate language to describe everything he saw, but he still felt that what he saw was a bit too incredible.

How could it be a sheep?

Why is this sheep so big?

To be honest, it doesn't look exactly like a sheep.

Sheep do not have raised quills or dorsal fins on their backs, nor do they have six eyes.

But the first thing Tang Yiping felt when he saw it was that it was a sheep.

Its death was like being executed and flaunted, nailed to the void in a way that was "presented" and "displayed".

"Woo-hoo..." Seeing the same scene, Stoka tucked its tail between its legs, seemingly trembling.

The sheep's body is covered with countless mycelia, which are the [Mother Tree of Primordial Dust]. The mycelia have wrapped it into a cocoon-like structure, which, together with its body and the spear that pins it down, supports a space similar to an "egg membrane". This may be the bubble space and its boundary.

Beneath the [Mother Tree of Primordial Dust], it is riddled with holes, like an oil painting that has been erased and blurred, or a stone statue that has been weathered, with specks of stardust falling and covering it in a thick layer.

That is the dust of primordial stillness.

So many, so many [Dust of Primordial Silence]!

Tang Yiping originally thought that he had enough of the [Dust of Silence] on the 41st floor, but compared to this place, it was nothing.

"What on earth is this?" The moment this thought crossed Tang Yiping's mind, a notification popped up:
—Warning! You have illegally explored Negative Entropy Farm No. 79424, a serious violation. A terrorist elimination team will be dispatched soon to remove/cross out.
—Warning! Target location in progress, terrorist elimination team being dispatched/crossed out
Just as Tang Yiping received the notification, Stoka, who was standing at his feet, suddenly let out a "woof" and jumped up, as if its tail had been stepped on.

Clearly, it had also received the message; its face turned deathly pale with fright, and its tail was tucked tightly between its legs, like a stray dog.

"Lord Li Ke Bolun, run! Run!" he cried out, biting Tang Yiping's wheelchair and pulling him away.

The message popped up again in front of Tang Yiping's eyes:
—Access redirection. Respected terrorist elimination team member, [Scavenger Hermit] Li Ke Boren, welcome to inspect the operation of Negative Entropy Farm No. 79424.
—Negative Entropy Farm No. 79424, [Crossroads Dimensional Reduction Farm], was established by the terrorist elimination team member "[Final Scribe] Griff-07" after judging [Crossroads Sheep]. This farm uses [Crossroads Sheep] as a substrate to produce [Original Dust], [Original Dust Mother Tree], and Bubble Space Spores, and attempts to reduce dimensions to produce new weaklings [Crossroads].

The current farm information is as follows:
—Farm substrate: [Crossroads Sheep] corpse *1 (with several attached supernumerary creatures)

—Basic output: [Dust of Primordial Silence], output progress 79%; [Mother Tree of Dust of Primordial Silence], 1 tree.

—Target output: [Crossroads], output progress 0.7%
—Additional output: 5 Bubble Space Spores, 2 Mature Spores that have detached from their buds
—【The Sheep on the Crossroads】: "Possibility" or "Certainty"? Fate may simply be a wildly growing golden fleece. 【The Sheep on the Crossroads】is a conceptual entity of "potential" and "what if," a guardian and shepherd of bifurcated realities, a cornerstone of multiple possibilities… It is a powerful overlord in the universe, and also a reckless challenger. The victor is a god, the loser a bandit. Right now, it is merely a substrate for producing negative entropy and the weak, awaiting dimensional reduction and weakening.

—Note: While the [Crossroads Sheep] are difficult to tame, they serve as an excellent foundation for negative entropy farms. Their inherent "possibility" and "certainty" grant their generated bubble-space spores exceptional growth potential. From the moment of spore birth, they automatically establish a connection with the real world and mirror nearby real-world spaces, making them excellent containers for negative entropy and suitable for cultivating new farms. Please note that this species has not yet successfully undergone dimensional reduction and weakening. Please wait until the [Crossroads Sheep] have propagated before conducting a trial to prevent the species from becoming extinct.

—Warning: User [StokaB89201733C0Z] has illegally explored this farm and assigned you the task of clearing it. Please determine whether to clear it.
Tang Yiping looked at Stoka in front of him.

Two options popped up in front of him:

——Clear/Authorize
Tang Yiping was very curious about what would happen if he chose to eliminate it.

But he decided not to do anything reckless.

He chose to authorize.

—It has been determined that user [StokaB89201733C0Z] is your follower, and the removal order against user [StokaB89201733C0Z] has been lifted.

Over there, Stoka, who was howling, suddenly stopped, let out a "woof woof," and then tilted its head to look at Tang Yiping.

The dog's eyes were full of suspicion.

—Warning: User [LolaC29741297B1X] is illegally consuming farm substrate. Should we send a cleanup crew to remove it?
Tang Yiping glanced at Stokka, then at Lola inside. [The Survival Guide for the Weak] mentions Stokka as a "terrorist elimination team" on par with the Crossroads Sheep, while Lola is simply referred to as an "elimination team."

Moreover, instead of assigning tasks to themselves, they asked themselves whether to send out a cleanup team.

Tsk tsk, Lola, you're still too weak!
After selecting "No", the system prompted again:

—Based on the assessment, user [LolaC29741297B1X] is a regular user and is granted access to Negative Entropy Farm No. 79424 [Carrion Farm] to help the farm clear skeletons faster and accelerate the generation of [Dust of Primordial Silence]. [Survival Guide for the Weak] will collect taxes from her. There is no tax officer in this area, please designate one.

Tsk, having a scavenger like Lola help clean up corpses, and then charging them a tax, huh...?

Compared to you, capitalists are all kind and benevolent.

As for the tax officer...

Tang Yiping looked at Stoka.

—Loyalty check passed. Your follower [Stoka B89201733C0Z] has been appointed as a tax officer.

—Please set the tax rates: 99%, 98%, 95%.

Uh……

Tang Yiping suddenly realized with such clarity that this "Survival Guide for the Weak" was indeed not a good thing.

The tax rate options are only 99%, 98%, and 95%?

Hmm, should we set Lola's stats to 99%?
Forget it, I shouldn't be too awful myself.

99% and 95% sound similar, but for Lola, it represents a fivefold difference.

—The tax rate for user [LolaC29741297B1X] has been set to 95%.
—Dear terrorist elimination team member [Hidden Corruptor] Li Ke Bolun, I wish you a pleasant inspection. Please enter the central hub as soon as possible to receive other permissions (it is recommended to stay away from the central hub, as the central hub verification mechanism has not yet been cracked).
No further messages popped up.

In such a short time, Tang Yiping received too much information. He felt a little confused and needed to sort it out.

Not only did he discover this negative entropy farm, but he also became a member of some kind of terrorist elimination team.
What's with my own "Survival Guide for the Weak"?!
Just as Tang Yiping was thinking this, he suddenly heard Lola cheering.

Lola suddenly burst out of the warehouse: "Li Ke Boren! I've discovered a treasure trove here! Not only can we eat carrion here, but the tax rate is only 95%!"

"Wow, my friends would be so envious if they knew!"

"Um, what's the tax rate where you live?"

"Of course it's 99%!" Lola looked at Tang Yiping like he was an idiot. "Where would there be any other tax rate? My God, there really is such a place! I'm rich! I'm rich!"

Tang Yiping: "..."

As she spoke, she shoved something that looked like a bone fragment into Tang Yiping's hand: "Here!"

"what is this?"

“I don’t know, I can’t chew it,” Lola said.

You ate everything that could be chewed, didn't you?

Tang Yiping looked at the bone fragment in his hand; it was smooth and clean, as if it had been licked countless times.

Tang Yiping could already picture Lola frantically trying to bite through the food but failing.

Hmm, is it covered in Lola's drool?

Tang Yiping felt a strange sense of disdain.

Alright, let's use this as fertilizer for the "Dust of Primordial Tranquility".

I hope to be able to grow the "Original Dust Mother Tree".

Tang Yiping stuffed the bone fragments into the backpack behind his wheelchair and looked up.

Gao Ming and the others couldn't see it, not even Lola could see it, and he didn't notice it even if he didn't look carefully.

Above their heads, bright lines crisscrossed the sky, intertwining like a spider web and enveloping the entire world.

Therefore, when the drone flew up or the flight controller climbed up, it entered the area of ​​these bright lines, was "erased," and lost control.

These bright lines cover almost every inch of the world.

Tang Yiping felt that exploring such a world might not be easy.

　The information density feels a bit high; I wrote 7 characters and edited it down to this size, revising it countless times…

　　
　
(End of this chapter)