Chapter 39

Seeing Xiong Mo's research plan and experimental report, Wang Qi couldn't help but exclaim, "Damn!"

Zhen Chanzi asked, "You haven't even read the details yet. Why are you cursing?"

Wang Qi explained, "All of his projects before the Golden Core stage were about the ecological studies of the Naxi Ancient Land. In the Immortal Alliance, the three realms of the mortal world—Qi Practitioner, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core—are mainly about accumulation, which is nothing unusual. Generally, only cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage or above have the qualifications to conduct independent research. However, after he advanced to the Nascent Soul stage and became a grandmaster, all of his research plans... were either interrupted or rejected."

"Is that strange?"

"Generally, the Immortal Alliance doesn't forcibly interrupt experiments, because even if an experiment fails, it can at least help future researchers eliminate one wrong path. The usual reason for an experiment to stall is that the funding has run out. To be forcibly interrupted twice, did this guy conduct illegal human experiments..."

Wang Qi opened the first experimental report.

"The Naxi Insect Demon Militarization Research Report... It looks a bit crazy but still quite normal."

Over a thousand years ago, nine demon kings gathered a horde of demons to resist the human race, but eight of the nine demon kings were slain, and the last one fled overseas to seek the protection of the ancient dragon king. The territories of the nine demon kings were then divided among the sects of the Immortal Alliance.

Among them, the Naxi Ancient Land, which belonged to the Black Poison Demon King, was filled with toxic mists and had rarely been visited by human cultivators for tens of thousands of years. The land was rich in species, many of which were ancient and unique, greatly enriching the bestiary of the modern Immortal Dao. Therefore, it was assigned to Tianling Ridge, which set up a barrier at the edge of the Naxi Ancient Land as the largest "protected area."

Xiong Mo's research focused on a social insect of the dragonfly order, suborder Anisoptera, living in the Naxi Ancient Land. All adult individuals of this insect were demonized—simply put, all adults were demons. Under the Black Poison Demon King, there was even a queen insect that had gained intelligence and transformed into a human form. These insect demons reproduced rapidly, and their individual strength was not weak. When they came in groups, even high-level cultivators had to fly around them.

This research aimed to turn these Naxi insect demons into biological weapons.

"By further differentiating the types of adult insects and improving their overall combat power through division of labor, this is quite reliable. 'Proposing to introduce the bloodline of leaf-cutter ants to give the insect demons the ability to cultivate fungi.' Even this point was considered... This research is clearly very valuable..."

On Earth, even scientists from different fields might have the same or similar views on some fundamental issues. From Wang Qi's perspective, this research, which was more technical, had both practical and technical value, and there was no reason for it to be halted.

Then, Wang Qi read some content that challenged his worldview.

"Since the queen insect is difficult to move and the cost of cultivating a transformed queen insect is too high, it is proposed to add a function: a subordinate with the queen's intelligence, only representing military authority, not requiring reproduction... To facilitate communication between cultivators and this adult insect, it is proposed to grant it higher intelligence... To eliminate the psychological barrier of cultivators, it is proposed to give it a human-like appearance... A young girl..."

Damn...

Wang Qi continued to flip through the pages. This experimental report and subsequent plans were even accompanied by illustrations of the demonized adult insects. From various angles, except for the two pairs of dragonfly wings and the chitinous organs at the base of the wings, they indeed looked like human girls, and... Since it was a biological illustration, of course, it was nude.

"This is simply challenging humanity..." Wang Qi muttered.

The second research plan: "The Naxi Flower Demon Cultivation Plan."

"To prevent the militarized insect demons from becoming a root of evil, I propose to use the carnivorous flower demons, which are the natural enemies of the insect demons and grow in the Naxi Ancient Land, as the base to create something that can suppress the Naxi demon insects..."

Then, this grandmaster of Spirit Beast Mountain still used the reasons of "facilitating communication" and "eliminating the disgust of cultivators" to grant the flower demons the ability to transform into human form, and specifically into young girls.

And it was accompanied by illustrations, naturally showing various perspectives of the nude young girls—complete with tentacles growing on their backs.

This plan was not approved. And this time, the higher-ups of the Immortal Alliance straightforwardly attached the reason for rejection: You idiot! What is more shameful than leading a group of girls to fight demons? Leading a young girl to fight demons! Where is the dignity of the Immortal Alliance!

The third plan, the Immortal Prosthetic, was a joint research project by Tianling Ridge and Qianji Pavilion. The records showed that Xiong Mo was kicked out of the team halfway through the research—because he had擅自给义体加入了变形功能，导致一位被妖兽啃食了半边身子，自愿参与实验的女性至今还保持着一激动背后就弹出几只蜘蛛腿的毛病。虽然这个功能使那位本来只是凡人的女子有了可以匹敌今法筑基、古法金丹的战斗力，但是使用这个功能的代价却是爆衣……

——这货绝对是故意的！这种福利大放送的功能绝对是精心设计的！

真阐子的语气如同吃了一只苍蝇：“有点恶心。”

王崎一拍大腿：“这是个会玩的！”

“会玩的？”

“自己动手，丰衣足食——对于喜爱人外的‘君子’而言，这简直就是最高境界啊！”

有人外娘要上，没有人外娘制造人外娘也要上！这是一种什么样的精神？这是一种超越种族的爱的精神啊！

王崎带着某种“君子”的笑容，点开了下一份实验报告《化形神通考》，然后……

作为一个心理上的成年人，王崎在观看某些图片时感受到了强烈的震撼。

他迅速关闭了显示界面，面无表情：“老头，你看到什么了吗？”

真阐子语气僵硬：“没有。”

Damn, because he liked non-human beings, he turned himself into one? Tentacle muscle men are just a crime against the eyes! Shouldn't this kind of thing be sealed away as a top-secret? Free access? What if children see it! And this is supposed to be a cultivation setting, right? Why are there Cthulhu tentacle gods and transformations? Coach, the style is all wrong!

Wang Qi held his forehead, thought for a moment, and then opened the first experimental report again.

Zhen Chanzi was immediately horrified: "What are you doing, kid?"

Wang Qi quickly flipped to the last few pages of the report: "I need healing."

"Kid... hold on! Think about the outside world, the boundless scenery, don't give up on yourself!"

Wang Qi shouted: "You don't understand! I can't make it through without this!"

"Your dedication to the Dao! You..."

Perhaps Wang Qi's voice was a bit loud, and the few people in the Immortal Mirror Room looked over.

Wang Qi immediately fell silent. Watching such content isn't shameful, but doing so in a public place in front of everyone is a bit of a test of one's face.

However, although Wang Qi intended to quietly look at the content, the people he had startled came over on their own.

A stranger's voice came from behind Wang Qi: "Brother Wang Qi?"

Wang Qi was startled: "Don't call people at such times! What if it leaves a lasting trauma?"

"Ah?" The young man behind him had imagined many scenarios for their conversation, but Wang Qi's reaction was still unexpected.

Wang Qi then turned around: "What's up?"

The young man's smile was a bit stiff: "Hehe... Brother Wang Qi is truly... unique."

"Thanks."

Wang Qi's response again exceeded the young man's understanding. He forced a laugh: "Hahaha..."

"Are you here to sell your smile?"

The young man's face showed a hint of anger. Had he ever been treated so rudely? But he quickly regained his composure: "Nothing. I just came to make friends with Brother Wang Qi."

Wang Qi frowned: "Who are you?"

The young man's mouth twitched: "Hehe... Brother Wang Qi is truly dedicated to the Dao. We are in the same class, my name is Du Bin, and I am in the same class as you."

Only when he heard the young man's name did Wang Qi give him a second look—how could a good person end up with a dog's name?

Doberman, spit, Du Bin. Wang Qi became a bit more interested and his expression became a bit more arrogant: "Brother Wang Qi's talent to break through to the Heaven-Transcending stage before entering the Immortal Academy, I am very admiring."

Wang Qi glanced at him: "Aren't you also at the Qi Practitioner stage?"

Du Bin shook his head: "I am a disciple of a noble family, so I am different." He then bowed: "Brother Wang Qi's talent is truly enviable. I just want to make friends."

Wang Qi turned back, his eyes fixed on the Immortal Mirror: "Not interested."

Du Bin was shocked: "What's going on?"

"Not interested means not interested."

Du Bin's face turned awkward: "Brother Wang Qi, you have good relationships with Senior Sister Xiang from the Gold-Burning Valley and Senior Brother Su from the Myriad Laws Sect, and you can even befriend a half-demon... Is there something I did wrong?"

Wang Qi's face was expressionless: "No."

"Then why..."

Wang Qi's tone was very serious: "I have two standards for making friends. One, they can be relied on; two, they can be messed with."

"Ah?"

"Xiang Qi and Su Junyu belong to the first category, and that clumsy cat belongs to the second."

Du Bin's face changed several times: "Brother Wang Qi, are you joking?"

This is not something that can be said normally!

Wang Qi turned his body, letting Du Bin see the Immortal Mirror in front of him: "To be honest, I don't like cats much. Of course, I'm not a dog person either."

The powerful images strongly impacted Du Bin's worldview. He took two steps back, looked Wang Qi up and down, and then fled.

Wang Qi snorted and said to the ring, "Hehe, he couldn't take it. Old man, can you now tell me why I shouldn't get involved with that person?"

Zhen Chanzi said, "He has traces of spiritual body cultivation, at least he was once an ancient method cultivator. And his cultivation method, I am very familiar with it."

Wang Qi raised an eyebrow: "Can you remember it?"

Zhen Chanzi said, "Not all cultivation methods are like the 'Yao Ding Suan Jing.' The 'Green Moon Wheel Turning Technique' of the Moon Concealment Sect's Du family, hehe, although it has added some modern method elements, transforming the essence of heaven and earth into borrowing the breath of heaven and earth, the root hasn't changed."

Wang Qi frowned: "Still practicing family cultivation methods after entering the Immortal Academy?"

"Mostly to get a sect disciple status for gilding. When such people come to make friends, they usually have ulterior motives. But you actually refused him in that way?"

"Just a one-time solution."

"But you actually listened to my advice?"

Wang Qi shook his head: "Your advice was only part of it. How can we be friends with such different personalities? That guy couldn't even take two jokes."

"But such people can be used as partners for mutual benefit. Your method was a bit too extreme."

Wang Qi sneered: "Would a smart person care about this when forming an interest group? If not a smart person, why would I cooperate with him? Besides, to offend a true friend for a business relationship, am I stupid?"

Zhen Chanzi thought for a moment and laughed: "That 'half-demon'? Because this guy has a prejudice against half-demons? Haha, you really care about that girl!"

Wang Qi pouted: "You're overthinking it."

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Thank you, Shadow in the Dark, for the big batch of recommendation votes! Nine or ten at a time, I am very encouraged!

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