Apocalypse Gachapon

Chapter 2304: Liu Zhenghong's new product

Ye Zhongming spoke, frowning.

This result was somewhat unexpected to him.

The Demon Whale was undoubtedly a mutated lifeform—its forehead magic crystal was clear proof.

But the several other level-nine beings inside its body all lacked magic crystals.

Of course, that did not necessarily mean they were all parasites; after all, they were in a host-parasite relationship with the Demon Whale. If each had an independent magic crystal, they might not be able to coexist.

What made Ye Zhongming certain that the one in the head was a parasite was that he had seen an introduction to this type of parasite in the Library Palace.

However, the introduction stated that when it parasitized other lifeforms, it would cause the host to lose its original vitality within a relatively short time, becoming devoid of its original abilities, retaining only a fearless combat style, a sturdy body, and immense strength.

The Demon Whale clearly had not undergone such a change; to some extent, it even seemed able to borrow the parasite's abilities.

What did that mean? Did it mean that as long as you were strong enough, you could gain the upper hand against such parasitic lifeforms?

Or was the parasite deliberately biding its time, waiting for the Demon Whale to grow stronger, before suddenly taking control and providing more nourishment to the Slave Race's main body?

Ye Zhongming thought carefully and felt the second possibility was more likely. After all, over so many years, such situations must have occurred on other planets, yet there were no records among the cosmic races of anyone surviving parasitism unscathed.

If that were the case, Ye Zhongming gained some insight into how the Slave Race accumulated energy.

"Extract the Moonspan Gold from this, and Sister Hong can handle the rest." After saying this, Ye Zhongming remembered something and asked how much Moonspan Gold had been extracted from the parasite he had brought back earlier—the one with a self-contained space in its abdomen. Hearing Le Dayuan's figure, he nodded with satisfaction.

"This is only a small part of Cloud Peak's Moonspan Gold reserves." Xia Lei suddenly smiled, winking playfully at her man.

"Oh? How much is there?" Ye Zhongming was slightly surprised.

Earth's Slave Race was still immature, Earth was not a major planet, and the parasites' quantity and quality were average. The amount of Moonspan Gold should not be large.

"It's over nine figures."

The number Xia Lei gave left Ye Zhongming utterly shocked.

"That much?"

Recalling news he had heard yesterday, Ye Zhongming looked at Xia Lei and asked, "From Mei City?"

"About half. The rest came from our battalions hunting down parasites wherever they found traces."

"That's the advantage of unifying the country—everything is ours, and we can enforce orders without fail."

Xia Lei said with pride.

Ye Zhongming had not expected such a gain upon his return. At the same time, he gained a deeper understanding of why the myriad races went to such lengths to cultivate proxies.

Could a single planet generate so much revenue? And this was only from roughly one year in a small region.

If it were a major planet, wouldn't the annual returns be many times higher?

Yet the myriad races' main role in cultivating proxies was simply providing some level-nine magic crystals, while their demands were numerous and their expectations even greater.

No wonder those supermajor races were so powerful—they were bleeding their proxies dry.

"Alright, you two can talk later." Red Sister waved her hand, cutting off their conversation, then pulled Ye Zhongming over to an empty workbench.

"Be good, lie down, and let Sister draw some blood."

Xia Lei, Le Dayuan, Tang Tian, and Sheng Yuan laughed behind them, finding Ye Zhongming's embarrassed expression amusing.

"This probably won't work."

Ye Zhongming lay on the workbench and said, seeing Sister Hong bring out a needle. He took it from her, casually fiddled with it, added some materials himself, and the needle became purple-grade.

"Remember to use a bit more force."

Liu Zhenghong rolled her eyes at that.

After finally piercing Ye Zhongming's arm and drawing three full tubes of blood, Liu Zhenghong released the Cloud Peak King with satisfaction.

If not for fear of affecting Ye Zhongming, she would have drawn more.

This was the blood of someone with seventy to eighty thousand Furelai—its research value exceeded everything else at Cloud Peak Villa.

How much Furelai did the Demon Whale have? Ye Zhongming had estimated it yesterday—less than three thousand.

After having his blood drawn, Ye Zhongming saw Liu Zhenghong take out another syringe from a nearby cooler and hesitated, so he asked with a smile, "Red Sister, what's wrong?"

"This is something new I've developed."

Liu Zhenghong's tone was unusually uncertain.

"Your situation up in the sky wasn't good, and the race you joined was weak. After you sent down that knowledge, I studied the parts about life genetics. I understood some, made sense of some, and got some inspiration. So, based on the villa's current technological level, after several months of experiments, I came up with this."

"I call it Furelai Potion."

Everyone in the room, including Ye Zhongming, listened quietly.

"Its function is simple: to increase Furelai."

The others were fine—they did not have a clear understanding of Furelai anyway, so whatever Red Sister came up with seemed normal to them.

But Ye Zhongming was different. He had been in the sky for a long time, had seen great experts and peak experts, and knew how difficult it was to raise Furelai.

So far, he had seen very few things that could directly increase Furelai, mostly rare treasures or abilities possessed only by a few peak experts, and even those had limitations.

The only thing that could provide an unlimited increase in Furelai was probably the mysterious space beneath the Overlapping Water Dead Zone—but that had been left by an existence stronger than a peak expert, possibly created by collecting untold amounts of life energy.

Now, Liu Zhenghong was telling him she had developed a potion that could increase Furelai, and Ye Zhongming instinctively doubted it.

"Don't believe me?!" Sister Hong's voice rose a few octaves, making everyone tense up.

Ye Zhongming smiled awkwardly, but before he could say anything, Red Sister's attitude softened.

"Because Furelai only appears after reaching nine stars—or rather, it only becomes noticeable after nine stars; at lower evolution levels, it's negligible. So after developing this, I haven't done any human clinical trials."

The people behind them felt awkward—no human trials, and she was going to use it on the boss?

"No human trials means you've tested it on other lifeforms?"

Ye Zhongming asked.

Liu Zhenghong nodded. "Yes, it's not that I didn't want to, but the pressure from the Demon Whale has been constant. That was actually the motivation for developing this potion, but I couldn't risk Cloud Peak's nine-star evolved—if something went wrong, the responsibility would be too great."

"So I used top-tier plants and animals for experiments."

"Is that why you had us try to capture top-tier lifeforms alive and bring them here?" Xia Lei asked, suddenly understanding.

"At least recently, yes." Liu Zhenghong replied, then continued, "For mutated animals, because I had more experimental material, the results were more complete. Using Old Liu's crude Furelai testing machine, I measured that, basically, after injecting this potion, Furelai would increase."

"Top-tier mutated plants are too hard to find, so I had to use the Fake Ghost Tree. But it was this one that gave me confidence. Want to see it?" Red Sister asked, her eyes shining.