Chapter 92

"Big Head, do you want me to bring you a bowl of fish soup at noon?" The next day, when Zhang Tie was preparing to resume his life as a miner, Bali looked at him with "deep affection," and the fatso's fawning almost made Zhang Tie drop a pile of goosebumps.

"No need, I'll just eat something outside at noon!" As Zhang Tie said this, he quickly put on his mining basket.

"How about I dig for you instead? Whatever I dig will all count as yours, and I can definitely dig half a ton in a day..." Baghdad slapped his chest loudly.

"Really, no need. Mining is my hobby and pleasure. I still find it quite fun for a while!" Zhang Tie also refused Baghdad, and then, seeing a group of people looking at him eagerly, he felt he had to give these guys some hope. Compared to not being able to read the secret manual at all, being able to read it for only an hour was the most painful. "If we can eat wild boar tonight, my mood might be better!"

"Brothers, did you hear that? Wild boar! We'll take on the wild boars today. Get your tools ready; if we have good luck, we'll be back with the prey by noon..." Doug shouted.

"Alright, everyone, hurry up. If there's nothing in the traps, we'll try to dig another one today..." Baghdad also shouted.

Then, except for those staying in the treehouse, all the animals sprang into action, a hundred times more enthusiastically than Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie watched these guys, who had just been dawdling and acting cute, now leaving him behind, and shook his head helplessly. The power of the *Iron Blood Divine Fist* secret manual was indeed boundless.

Zhang Tie and the members of the Airplane Brotherhood had never been exposed to any profound martial arts or cultivation methods before. The *Iron Blood Divine Fist* was absolutely the most powerful martial art they had ever seen. Last night, after getting the secret manual for an hour, everyone was immediately captivated by it and couldn't bear to let it go. Everyone in the Airplane Brotherhood knew this was a rare opportunity and cherished it even more. Though they didn't say it, they all truly appreciated Zhang Tie, feeling that he was righteous and worthy of being their good brother, willing to share such a secret manual.

Seeing those guys disappear in an instant, Zhang Tie smiled. Then he suddenly had a premonition that Black Iron Castle would bring him a surprise today.

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Half an hour later, Zhang Tie, holding a torch, entered the secret mine where he usually dug. He set up a small mechanism at the mine entrance to remind himself, then put down his mining basket, inserted the torch, and walked to the shadow of another mine tunnel where the light didn't reach. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes...

The archway appeared and locked in.

"Handsome and majestic Lord, welcome to Black Iron Castle!"

Zhang Tie squinted his eyes, taking a while to adjust to the light inside Black Iron Castle. The castle still gave him a "sunny" feeling, with all the light coming from the flowing, colorful mist around the space. The light from the mist was soft and gentle, like light passing through a rainbow or dawn, giving a very comfortable feeling. Zhang Tie had once wondered if there was a difference between day and night inside Black Iron Castle and whether it would still look like this after he left, but he quickly dismissed this idle thought.

Stepping onto the solid ground of Black Iron Castle again, Zhang Tie felt a myriad of emotions, as if he had been reborn. Those seven beasts had almost made him leave this world forever.

This crisis made Zhang Tie realize again the importance of strength in this era.

Taking a few deep breaths of the increasingly fresh and spirit-filled air inside Black Iron Castle, Zhang Tie casually opened the basic attribute management panel of Black Iron Castle.

Black Iron Castle

Length: 1 yojana

Width: 1 yojana

Spirit Energy: 3968

Merit Points: 2117

Basic Energy Reserve: 4285

Special Output: None

With more plants in the space, the spirit energy value had exploded in the past two weeks. Seeing these soaring numbers, Zhang Tie was very pleased.

Just as he closed the basic attribute panel, a dialog box popped up.

The first mutation and evolution of the yeast solution is complete. Please check!

The dialog box disappeared, and Zhang Tie remembered that the first mutation and evolution of the yeast solution he started before his trial had been completed. Fifteen days had passed. Zhang Tie quickly opened the "Biological and Community Management" and "Carbon-based Biological and Species Management" panels to check the results of the mutation and evolution.

Two messages immediately appeared.

This mutation and evolution did not produce a new yeast variety. The mutation and evolution failed!

If you need to perform another mutation and evolution of the yeast, the system suggests increasing the basic energy input!

Thinking of the 0.1 basic energy reserve he had invested last time, Zhang Tie felt a bit embarrassed. After some thought, he decided to go all out and immediately started the second mutation and evolution of the yeast. Zhang Tie was determined: it's just a bit of basic energy reserve, I'll give you a full meal this time and see what you can do. He maxed out the basic energy and increased the merit points input by ten times, and the basic spirit energy input by two times.

After a series of operations, two dialog boxes appeared.

On June 13, 889 Black Iron Year, the handsome and majestic Lord invested 600 spirit energy points, 50 merit points, and 340 basic energy reserves into the mutation and evolution of a bottle of yeast.

The estimated completion time for this mutation and evolution is 360 hours. Please be patient, handsome and majestic Lord!

Since the surprise wasn't from the yeast bottle undergoing mutation and evolution, it could only come from the Manjusha Tree.

Zhang Tie walked to the small tree. Before he reached it, his sensitive nose caught the unforgettable aroma of the ripe Anuloma fruit, a mix of sandalwood and fruit scents. This time, the aroma seemed to have a bit more of something else.

The small tree indeed brought Zhang Tie a huge surprise.

On the branch that originally held the Anuloma fruit, there were now two fruits. One was ripe, and the other was about to ripen. These two fruits put Zhang Tie's mind at ease. He had been worried that the ripe Anuloma fruit would fall or that the next one wouldn't grow if the ripe one wasn't picked, wasting a week. Seeing these two fruits close together, Zhang Tie felt relieved.

This Anuloma fruit is ripe. Usage: Pick and eat directly. Note: The fruit cannot be taken out of Black Iron Castle. After picking, the energy and essence within the fruit will gradually dissipate after twelve hours.

This Anuloma fruit will ripen in 31 hours.

This was the information the two Anuloma fruits gave Zhang Tie.

Seeing the two Anuloma fruits, Zhang Tie felt much better. He then noticed that the Iron Embryo Body Fruit next to the Anuloma fruit had changed since his last visit. Checking it, he found that the silver fruit's maturity progress bar had reached three-quarters, which made Zhang Tie laugh out loud. Seeing the progress bar, he immediately thought of the bumps and bruises he had endured in the tunnel. He hadn't expected that those collisions and friction would have such an effect, almost like being beaten twice. It seemed that to mature the Iron Embryo Body Fruit, he didn't need to find someone to beat him; any force hitting him would do. This realization gave Zhang Tie many new ideas, making his path ahead seem much broader.

But the real surprise wasn't the Anuloma fruit or the Iron Embryo Body Fruit, but a strange new fruit growing on the other side of the small tree. Since the incident with Hake and Snider, Zhang Tie knew that the tree sometimes produced fruits without his consent, as long as certain external conditions were met. So, after that, every time he entered, he would carefully circle the tree to check for any missed fruits.

The fruit was strange, black and shiny, hexagonal in shape, and about the size of a plum.

Zhang Tie reached out, and the fruit's information immediately appeared.

Soul Tribulation Fruit, ripe. Usage: Pick and consume directly. Note: The fruit cannot be taken out of Black Iron Castle. After picking, the energy and essence within the fruit will gradually dissipate after twelve hours.

As this text disappeared, another message appeared.

This is a Slaughter Fruit. The way of the universe is continuous life, which is also continuous death. Among all deaths, those caused by the killing between different species are the most common and the most terrifying. In the virtual reality derived from the real world, bravely face the unavoidable killings and deaths, bravely try various different challenges. After experiencing the same deaths and killings repeatedly, your fear of death and killing will disappear, and you will gradually gain freedom in death and killing, ascending to the pinnacle of the evolutionary chain! Remember, your body is just a container for your soul. The experiences of the soul and spirit are as real as those of the body. Everything in the virtual realm, every blade of grass and tree, is a projection of the material world. The only difference is that you won't die there. Everything there exists to make the entire universe friendly to you!

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Reading this description, another thought popped into Zhang Tie's mind. This Soul Tribulation Fruit looks very powerful.

Zhang Tie rubbed his hands in excitement...

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