Chapter 816
Zhang Yu's Cave Heaven Production Line
Chapter 816 Zhang Yu's Cave Heaven Production Line (Thanks to "DannySheng" for the generous donation)
After suppressing the rampaging corpse production line in front of him and extracting the power of its inner cave, Zhang Yu discovered that he was able to control this mountain of flesh.
While maintaining control, he also received information from within the Mountain of Flesh, learning more about the current situation in the maze and the rampaging corpses.
"Can the rampaging corpses in the factory area be subdued simply by suppressing them and extracting the power of their grottoes?"
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "What is this? Pokémon? Digimon?"
Sensing Zhang Yu's thoughts, Zhan Xian said, "This should be an extension of the technology related to the cave-heaven divine beast, or the mountain-guarding divine beast."
Zhang Yu's heart skipped a beat: "A guardian beast of the mountain?"
He recalled reading about the history of immortal techniques, which mentioned that ancient sects possessed guardian beasts.
Zhan Xian continued, "The so-called guardian beasts of the mountains were originally just the domestication of demonic beasts. After gradual development, immortal techniques were developed that connected demonic beasts with the spiritual veins of sects and even their fortunes, eventually cultivating guardian beasts of the mountains."
"This technology developed rapidly during the war, especially when combined with the cave-heaven technology, which gave birth to the cave-heaven mythical beasts."
Zhang Yu knew that the so-called "grotto heaven" was like the independent space he controlled, which was also known as a secret realm in ancient times.
Many sects in Kunxu in the past had a history of establishing their own grotto-heavens, creating secret realms, and even moving their entire mountain gates into them.
Zhanxian said, "In short, it is to use the cave heaven to enhance the monsters, making them stronger while having multiple restrictions, so that they can protect the mountain gate."
Looking at the frenzied corpse production line in front of him, Zhang Yu said, "This doesn't seem like a divine beast."
Fuki said, "What era are we living in? Who would still use the trick of summoning celestial beasts? Why not hire security, set up surveillance, and connect to the spirit world?"
"How much does a team of security guards earn each month? If you don't want them, you can quit; if you're not satisfied, you can replace them."
Fu Ji sighed, "These kinds of celestial beasts take decades or even centuries to raise. If you're not satisfied with how you raise them, it's hard to even find someone to take them over."
Zhang Yu nodded slightly, thinking to himself, "Cave Heaven Divine Beasts... are like keeping a watchdog; they're far less cost-effective than the various protective technologies available today."
Looking at the frenzied production line in front of him, Zhang Yu said, "They must have taken this into consideration, right? So although this thing is derived from the technology of the Cave Heaven Divine Beast, it is not the Cave Heaven Divine Beast. If we have to say it, it should be called the Cave Heaven Production Line."
"What kind of celestial beasts are these? Using them to enhance combat power is completely useless," Fu Ji praised. "But if they're celestial production lines, using them to enhance production lines and improve production and earning power would be quite interesting."
Looking at the information that appeared before him, Zhang Yu continued, "It seems that this production line can only operate at 100% capacity within my Immortal Cave Heaven."
Zhanxian said, "This is the limitation of the cave-heaven divine beasts. While they are strengthened, they must not leave the cave-heaven. Once they leave, their power will rapidly diminish."
"Our grandmaster must have infused the power of the cave heaven into the numerous mad corpses in the factory area, transforming them into cave heaven divine beasts unique to the labyrinth."
"After you, as the successor, took in these grotto-heavens, they transformed from grotto-heavens of the labyrinth into grotto-heavens exclusive to your immortal grotto-heaven."
Recalling the power unleashed by the berserk corpses in the factory area, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "No wonder... it seems that the power unleashed by the berserk corpses in the factory area is higher than their standard parameters."
"I originally thought it was a relationship of mutual devouring and strengthening, but it seems there is also a relationship of being blessed by the divine beasts of the cave."
Zhang Yu: "However, after the divine beasts of the labyrinth were transformed into my own divine beasts, they probably won't have the same blessing in the labyrinth anymore."
"Can we test it out..."
Zhang Yu returned from his own inner world to the factory area of the labyrinth.
The next moment, as he opened the entrance to the Immortal's Cave in his palm, countless blood vessels and energy channels suddenly extended out from it like tentacles.
This originated from the pipes on the frenzied production line.
At this moment, under Zhang Yu's mental control, these blood vessels twisted together, as if transforming into a scarlet whip of light. With a whoosh, it tore through the air and lashed out at the ground in front of it, creating a large crater with a boom.
Then Zhang Yu slashed at a more distant location.
After conducting his tests, Zhang Yu quickly obtained the experimental results.
"After leaving the cave, one can still maintain 8 to 9% of their strength within 1 meter. Beyond 1 meter, the strength they can exert decreases rapidly, and beyond 3 meters, they can exert less than 1% of their strength."
The celestial beasts, or rather, the celestial production line, can perform exceptionally well within the celestial realm, but once they leave the celestial realm for a very short distance... their power vanishes completely. Zhang Yu kept this in mind.
Then Zhang Yu returned to the Immortal Cave Heaven and looked at the frenzied production line.
Master of Hundred Bones Melting, Trait: Hundred Aspects of the Furnace (0/10)
Looking at the emerging information, Zhang Yu became even more curious: "This format seems to be similar to the 'Yu Shu' (Book of Feathers)."
But Zhang Yu knew that the line of text he was seeing at this moment was not from Yu Shu, but from the equipment information sent to the surrounding area after he subdued the rampaging production line.
If we're talking about evidence, then the only thing is that even Fukuhime could see this information.
"Could it be that this cave heaven production line... when the Hundred Bones Melting Master and the Reflecting New Heaven were manufactured, also used immortal techniques similar to the 'Feather Book'?"
"Or perhaps Ying Xintian has seen a similar immortal technique to the 'Feather Book,' so he used a similar format here?"
Zhang Yu couldn't be sure whether the Hundred Bones Melting Master before him, the so-called Cave Heaven Divine Beast, or the Cave Heaven Production Line, used too many immortal techniques beyond his comprehension.
To him, it was like an elementary school student reading a doctoral dissertation; he couldn't understand the technical principles behind it at all.
"Let's put aside the principles of immortal cultivation techniques for now and focus on mastering how to use them effectively."
"As for the underlying principles... I'll have to wait until I become stronger in the future to explain."
Looking at the contents of "Furnace Aspects (0/10)," Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Collecting berserk corpses with the same characteristics will increase characteristic points, and then I will know what the use of this characteristic is."
Just then, Zhang Yu sensed that the frenzied production line in front of him, or rather, the Hundred Bones Melting Master, was becoming somewhat listless.
A thought struck Zhang Yu: "Is it because of a lack of spiritual energy?"
Zhang Yu understood that such a massive production line would require a great deal of spiritual energy and magical power to operate.
However, the spiritual energy in his immortal cave was scarce, and he had only been able to draw a trace of spiritual energy through a small entrance.
However, as the size of the Immortal Cave continues to expand, the spiritual energy drawn from the entrance is becoming increasingly scarce.
"I can't possibly rely on myself to extract spiritual energy for the Immortal's Grotto every day, can I?"
"Wouldn't that slow down my cultivation speed?"
As Zhang Yu pondered, his gaze swept over the breathing machine on the Hundred Bones Melting Master's body, as well as the Cave Heaven Bridge not far away.
"Maybe... this is possible?"
The predecessor of the Hundred Bones Melting Master was the production line of the breathing machine. At this moment, his body is still filled with a large number of breathing machines that he produced and modified, like pieces of twisted, deformed, and randomly growing deformed flesh.
These chunks of flesh are like the nose and mouth of the Lord of a Hundred Bones, constantly gathering spiritual energy and exhaling magical power for him.
Under Zhang Yu's command, the Hundred Bones Melting Lord let out a low roar, and its massive, mountain-like body trembled slightly. Countless deformed, fleshy breathing machines flew towards the direction of the Cave Heaven Bridge.
These breathing machines circled the bridge to the grotto, beginning to gather spiritual energy and exhale it.
In an instant, Zhang Yu felt wisps of spiritual energy being continuously drawn from the other end of the Cave Heaven Bridge. Part of it was poured into the Immortal Cave Heaven, while the other part was transformed into magical power by the breathing machine and infused into the body of the Hundred Bones Melting Master.
As the breathing machine continued to operate, after a short while... the originally wispy spiritual energy that had been flowing in had turned into a stream and converged into the Immortal's Cave Heaven.
The Hundred Bones Melting Master, who had just appeared somewhat listless, gradually returned to normal, becoming like a living being, silently absorbing spiritual energy and magical power as he rose and fell.
Watching this scene, Zhang Yu was overjoyed: "Good, with the Hundred Bones Melting Master and the Breathing Machine, and by combining it with the Cave Heaven Bridge to remotely absorb spiritual energy, the environment of my Immortal Cave Heaven can be gradually transformed, at least the concentration of spiritual energy can be increased."
Zhanxian analyzed, "This may be the intentional arrangement of the ancestor. While passing on the power of the cave heaven to future generations, he also prepared for them the key equipment and technology to transform and strengthen the cave heaven."
Thinking about how many more crazed corpses were waiting for him to collect in the labyrinth, which could be used to expand and transform the cave, Zhang Yu felt a sense of anticipation.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "However, collecting these body parts will probably take a lot of effort."
He knew this wasn't just a matter of quantity, but also of strength.
“Even the quality of the body parts varies.”
"Leaving aside functionality and judging solely by combat strength..."
Zhang Yu looked at the mountain of flesh in front of him, the Hundred Bones Melting Lord, and analyzed in his heart: "This Hundred Bones Melting Lord... is almost at the edge of the Nascent Soul level. He has the strength of a blank Nascent Soul cultivator. It would probably take a Nascent Soul cultivator or a large number of Nascent Soul peak cultivators to suppress him steadily."
"As for the breathing machine on the body of the Hundred Bones Melting Master, if we look at it alone, its combat power is at most equivalent to the Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment level."
Zhanxian said, "The essence of corpse parts is also a kind of magic weapon, or rather, the essence of most of the equipment, gear, and magical remains in Kunxu is magic weapon."
"Although corpse parts are mostly used as production tools, they also possess considerable combat power due to their powerful engines, large size, sturdy shells, or special abilities."
"And this combat effectiveness depends on the performance of the corpse parts and the raw materials."
"The better the raw materials, the stronger the performance, and the stronger the combat power."
Zhang Yu nodded slightly. The so-called corpse parts naturally originated from the physical body, and the corpse parts made by the Nascent Soul level experts were naturally more powerful than those made by Qi Refining cultivators.
The Hundred Bones Fusion Master before him likely contained the flesh and blood of a Nascent Soul cultivator among its raw materials.
This reminded Zhang Yu of the students he had seen at King Kong University when he was in college.
"College students want to gain weight and sell their bodies. I never thought that after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, there would still be people who would take on the business of gaining weight and selling their bodies."
Zhan Xian continued, "Secondly, just like magical artifacts, the stronger the cultivator who powers the corpse, the stronger its effect will be. However, the berserk corpses in the labyrinth are all ownerless and uncontrolled, so we don't need to consider that for now." Zhang Yu pulled out the old data from the factory area, which contained introductions to various factories and equipment.
He thought to himself, "So... the more powerful the production line, the more powerful it becomes after turning into a berserk corpse. If I want to subdue it, perhaps I should subdue the stronger production lines first."
"Ideally, it should be a production line at the Nascent Soul stage..."
Zhang Yu's gaze swept over the data projected in front of him, especially highlighting some of the factories that had once been managed by Nascent Soul cultivators.
In addition, Zhang Yu also silently memorized several factories run by cultivators at the Void Refinement stage.
"The production line that could only be fully operated by Void Refinement cultivators has now become a berserk production line. Could it be approaching the combat power of the Void Refinement level?"
"Even if the Mad Production Line doesn't have the combat power of a cultivator, and is merely a blank Void Refinement level cultivator, it's probably not something I can easily subdue right now."
While pondering, Zhang Yu had already memorized the information of several factories at the Void Refinement level, to save for later.
As for the production lines above the Refinement stage, they are no longer present in the factory area.
"Subduing these corpses in the labyrinth may also be a test that Ying Xintian is giving to his successor."
While Zhang Yu was thinking rapidly, he had already returned from the Immortal Cave to the factory area and was heading towards the corpse of his ancestor that he sensed.
This time, however, he did not disappear into the raging wind, ignoring the crazed corpses he encountered along the way.
He began to use the power of "Kunlun in the Palm" combined with the power of "Descendant of the Immortal" to prepare to collect the mad corpses he encountered on the road into the Immortal Cave.
A jar-shaped corpse roared at Zhang Yu, and more than a dozen soft tubes extended from its body, like the tentacles of a jellyfish, wrapping around Zhang Yu.
"Combat strength... roughly at the Golden Core level."
"Was it originally supposed to be a preservation storage tank? After going berserk, since it couldn't find any corpses that needed preservation, did it start looking for targets and injecting them with preservative venom?"
Zhang Yu glanced at it and roughly judged the quality and origin of the corpse in front of him.
Then he spread his five fingers, and the "Kunlun in the Palm" technique was activated, locking onto the corpse in front of him.
The space within a radius of tens of meters twisted and contracted, as if it had instantly plunged into absolute darkness.
As the darkness dissipated, the jar-shaped corpse that had been going berserk vanished without a trace.
At the same time, inside the Immortal Cave, the maddened corpse had just fallen in when it saw a huge fleshy body in front of it, wielding hundreds and thousands of energy channels, like crimson whips of light sweeping towards it.
Beside the physical body, several clones of Zhang Yu were simultaneously using the "Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power" to fiercely suppress the berserk corpse.
Then, along with the several crazed corpses that had been suppressed on the other side, they were all piled together.
In this factory area, where the spiritual realm was disconnected, supervision was lacking, and no one was watching, Zhang Yu acted without any restraint.
The combination of "Kunlun in the Palm" and the "Descendant of the Immortals" allows him to quickly collect all kinds of corpse parts and equipment like a vacuum cleaner. Meanwhile, his clones within the Immortal Cave, when paired with the Hundred Bones Melting Master, can often easily suppress berserk corpse parts.
After suppressing another Nascent Soul level corpse, Zhang Yu, to prevent any accidents, took the initiative to come to the Immortal Cave Heaven, intending to extract the power of the cave heaven from each of the suppressed corpses and subdue them all.
As a wisp of the power of the cave was drawn into his body, a message appeared on the jar-shaped corpse in front of Zhang Yu.
Liquid-injected corpse, characteristic: mechanical corpse croak (0/6)
The next moment, the liquid-injected corpse, which had been twisting and struggling just moments before, obediently stood still in place, moving back and forth according to Zhang Yu's will.
Then Zhang Yu pinned down another berserk corpse at the Nascent Soul level and forcefully extracted the power of its inner cave.
As wisps of the power of the immortal cave flowed into his body, Zhang Yu could feel his immortal cave subtly expanding, with its length, width, and height all increasing slightly.
"It's much more obvious than the liquid-injected corpse just now. Sure enough, the more powerful the corpse, the more cave heaven power it contains."
Zhang Yu's eyes flickered as he looked at the information that had surfaced on the Nascent Soul level corpse before him.
This is a corpse that originally existed as a conveyor belt. After going berserk, it started moving things around. It is considered a relatively harmless type of berserk corpse.
If it were the original Zhang Yu, he would have simply bypassed these kinds of corpses, too lazy to get entangled. But now, seeing them again, he realizes they are all objects of fate, each with its own merits.
Transport worm, trait: Pipeline Assimilation (0/8)
Looking at the information in front of him, Zhang Yu nodded slightly: "That saves me the trouble of choosing a name."
After subduing the captured corpses one by one, Zhang Yu looked at the various functional corpses standing obediently in place, moving according to his will, and thought to himself, "With this, the next subduing will be much easier."
"If this continues, won't I be able to create an army of corpses very quickly?"
But Zhang Yu soon realized that things were not that simple.
As the number of corpses increased, the concentration of spiritual energy in the Immortal Cave began to decrease, and major consumers of spiritual energy, such as the Lord of Hundred Bones Melting, gradually weakened.
Zhang Yu frowned slightly: "The more corpses there are, the greater the consumption of spiritual energy. Is the spiritual energy collected by the breathing machine already insufficient?"
"It's not as simple as it seems to control a large number of body parts."
"First of all, you need enough inspiration and magic power."
"Secondly..."
Zhang Yu glanced at the size of the Immortal Cave before him and thought to himself, "A sufficiently large space is also essential."
To increase the concentration of spiritual energy, Zhang Yu's first thought was naturally the breathing machine.
However, the breathing machines that Zhang Yu used to encounter from time to time were now nowhere to be found when he tried to capture them.
Then Zhang Yu thought of the Hundred Bones Melting Master who was currently in the Immortal Cave Heaven.
"The Hundred Bones Melting Master was originally a breathing machine production line. Could it be used to manufacture breathing machines?"
"But collecting the materials is a bit troublesome."
While Zhang Yu was pondering, he turned his attention to the other corpses.
With a thought from Zhang Yu, he saw the Lord of Hundred Bones unleash hundreds of energy channels, sweeping towards a motionless corpse.
In an instant, the entire corpse was completely decomposed, and countless materials were swallowed into the body of the Hundred Bones Melting Master.
With a series of undulating movements of flesh and blood, and the surge of blood vessels, a blood-stained breathing machine was expelled.
Then, like needles, streams of energy from the Lord of the Hundred Bones were inserted into it, accompanied by the injection of a large amount of unknown liquid. The breathing machine suddenly shuddered, like a lung rapidly expanding and contracting, and began to breathe with spiritual energy.
After producing two breathing machines in this way, when the third breathing machine was produced, it twitched slightly in place a few times and then stopped operating completely, just like it had stopped breathing.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Is there a chance of producing defective products?"
With a thought from Zhang Yu, the Hundred Bones Melting Master swallowed the defective product into the feed inlet as spare material for the next production.
Of course, such repeated production will result in a large amount of material waste and a decreasing availability rate.
Although there is a possibility of producing defective products, for Zhang Yu, this is still an effective means of improving his spiritual ability.
So, in the following period, while collecting corpse parts along the way, Zhang Yu only kept some that seemed useful, and gave most of the rest to the Hundred Bones Melting Master to consume, turning them into new breathing machines to increase the concentration of spiritual energy in the Immortal Cave.
Watching the somewhat bloody production process of the breathing machine, Zhang Yu couldn't help but think to himself, "This doesn't seem like the immortal cultivation technology popular in the Myriad Laws Sect, does it?"
Another guess surfaced in Zhang Yu's mind: "Were the various crazed corpses or the immortal techniques related to the celestial beasts in the labyrinth something that Ying Xintian learned from the demonic sect?"
"Was it after the Demonic Path was officially adopted that Ying Xintian began to learn these Immortal Path techniques?"
Just as Zhang Yu was thinking this, he heard Zhan Xian say, "Perhaps... this is not just the work of our grandmaster."
Zhang Yu asked in confusion, "Why do you say that?"
Zhan Xian explained, "The Wanfa Sect today does possess technologies that originated from the demonic path."
"But even immortal techniques originating from the demonic path will change their style after being learned and integrated by the Myriad Laws Sect. They won't be as unrefined as the Mad Corpse Parts."
"Instead, it will become cleaner and tidier, looking more upright and sophisticated..."
Zhang Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "You mean... aesthetic style?"
Zhanxian said, "That's right, cultivators also have their own aesthetic sense. The appearance and style of these berserk corpses are completely different from our master's aesthetic sense."
"Therefore, I suspect that these things may have come from another person, a cultivator from another sect."
"This maze may have been set up by our master and the other party in cooperation."
Just then, Zhang Yu's gaze suddenly sharpened.
In Zhang Yu's perception, the corpse of his ancestor, which he was getting closer and closer to, suddenly vanished without a trace.
"Who? Who stole it?"
(End of this chapter)