Chapter 494 - 336: The Age of Eco-Industry
"Very good!"
Wang Pingyi nodded in satisfaction.
The Gourmet Vine was anything but ordinary. Without a direct order from Wang Yi, anyone wishing to reassign to its exclusive professions would have had to enter the Giant Bamboo Warehouse for an Eco-Synchronization Ceremony.
That ceremony was actually quite complex and extremely time-consuming.
The newly reassigned workers now walked toward the Gourmet Vine. They felt a connection as their feet sank into the plant. Their bodies moved forward automatically while new vines sprouted from them, carrying them to their different posts to begin work.
It was a form of symbiosis. In this state, the workers’ bodies and souls would establish a powerful link with the Gourmet Vine, allowing them to receive detailed production information, raw material data, and work instructions. The workers could also control the Gourmet Vine to a certain extent.
The workers discussed excitedly, their faces full of joy. They quickly joined in on the food production, and the entire Gourmet Vine began to operate like a strange, new factory. Soon, it produced a batch of Crispy Fried Small Fish.
In the Waga World, Wang Yi also saw the Gourmet Vine’s Attribute Information. ’How strange,’ he thought. ’What was once a black-tech factory has now become a bizarre, black-tech giant plant.’
"Eco-Entanglement... This is pretty interesting!"
Wang Yi cast a [Fantasy Avatar] and consumed more Chaos Energy to initiate Eco-Entanglement on the weapons factory as well.
The change in the weapons factory was even more dramatic. It quickly transformed into a gigantic, pagoda-shaped tree nearly two hundred meters tall. It was a special type of Eco Earth Deity named [Soldier Building Blocks]!
Almost all of its original functions were retained, and it gained four new ones: [Eco-Industry], [Ecological Reassignment], [Natural Casting], and [Cluster Effect].
Additionally, smaller pagoda-like plants sprouted on the ground around it, which would eventually affect a vast area and surely become a completely natural, green industrial park.
The number of reassignable professions, or rather, its exclusive professions, was as high as thirty-six. They included Material Analyst, Appearance Designer, Quality Inspector, Ability Developer, Fine Processing Master, Weapons Repairer, Armed Tester, and many, many more!
It was just like a large factory where each type of job was its own profession. When the workers started their posts, they would also merge with the giant Soldier Building Blocks tree.
Of course, this was the result of three thousand years of Eco-Entanglement and seven cycles of Building Rooting. In the future, as the territory’s ecosystem and its employees’ abilities strengthened, and as the tree itself matured, its powers would continue to improve.
’Three thousand years of Eco-Entanglement is truly extraordinary. If I had enough Eco Energy to entangle all the buildings in the territory, I could probably enter an age of Eco-Industry...’
Wang Yi could foresee that under Eco-Entanglement, the Ecological Reassignments provided by the territory’s buildings would create a large number of eco-professions. These people would then be highly specialized, using the unique eco-plants and Eco-Power to enhance their own abilities and achieve a strange form of territorial industrialization.
However, what this "industrialization" would ultimately look like remained to be seen. Wang Yi was very much looking forward to finding out.
’Unfortunately, Eco-Entanglement consumes a vast amount of Eco Energy. Eco Energy is the foundation of a territory and has many uses. There’s simply not enough to go around...’
Wang Yi had only been able to initiate Eco-Entanglement on the Gourmet Processing Plant and the weapons factory because Emperor Tathagata had gifted him an Eco Magic Ball. Otherwise, his territory’s energy reserves were meager. Even with a powerful technology like Eco-Entanglement, which had developed for three thousand years, he could only let it sit idle.
This also made Wang Yi realize that to rapidly develop his territory or increase his personal strength, he had to possess an immense amount of Eco Energy.
’Besides accumulating naturally through the territory’s development, Eco Energy can be obtained from Eco Magic Balls or by plundering powerful mountains and rivers. Conventional development is too slow. If I want to grow rapidly, I need to find a way to get more Eco Magic Balls or plunder some landscapes...’
As this thought crossed his mind, Wang Yi glanced up at Emperor Tathagata and the others watching from the sky.
Emperor Tathagata was the Lord of the Life Royal Court, and his territory’s development also followed the Eco-School. He possessed Eco Magic Balls, and Wang Yi thought that if he ever got the chance, he would definitely squeeze some out of him.
Of course, he had to be careful when dealing with him. After all, his level was as high as 600, and his territory’s ranking was extremely high. He was definitely not a pushover.
Just then, a loud BOOM erupted from the direction of Da Hai City. The sound was like a clap of thunder, interrupting Wang Yi’s train of thought.
Wang Yi looked toward the sound and saw a golden light shining from the center of Da Hai City. The light took the form of a giant blade, its tip pointing to the sky. Its crimson edge slowly tilted and began to slash down toward him.
Following this, Void Rifts appeared along the blade’s edge like black threads or streaks of fire.
A Monkey King avatar went to block it, but it froze as it drew near. Before even reaching the blade, it shattered with a bang and dissipated into light.
"A forty-li blade? What’s the story behind that? It looks pretty powerful!"
Wang Yi’s heart tightened. His instincts told him he couldn’t face it head-on.
What he didn’t know was that in the central control room of Da Hai City, the upper echelons of the Waga Royal Court were watching with great anticipation as the giant blade of light chopped down.
That giant blade of light was a newly unlocked weapon: the [Gamma Divine Blade].
Zhang Aga, the Lord of the Waga Royal Court, had hidden the Royal Court’s strongest weapons in Da Hai City. However, he had put multiple safeguards in place. Besides himself, anyone else who wanted to use them had to apply for clearance in stages, unlocking them one by one.
This Gamma Divine Blade was the sixth super-tech weapon to be unsealed.
The previous Microwave Weapon, Matrix Missile, Sniper Cannon, Mechanical Soldier Remains, and Curvature Virus had all failed to threaten Wang Yi on Five Elements Mountain. But the Gamma Divine Blade was unstoppable, and the Royal Court’s high command in the control room eagerly hoped it would slice open Five Elements Mountain and kill the Lord of the Strongest Royal Court on the spot.
"The Gamma Divine Blade’s power is even greater than described in the data! It will definitely kill Taishang in one hit!"
"It’s a shame the Lord only granted permission for one use. If we could use the Gamma Divine Blade without restriction, counterattacking the Strongest Royal Court wouldn’t be so troublesome!"
"Haha, those Divine Monkeys can’t block the divine blade at all! That Taishang is finished!"
"Let’s see what tricks he has up his sleeve this time!"
"Everyone, don’t pop the champagne too early!"
"I refuse to believe that Taishang can block the Gamma Divine Blade!"
"Slice him! Slice him to death!"
"Wait, hold on, what’s happening?"
"Huh?"
"Damn it, that Lord, what is he doing...?"
The gathered leadership stared, stunned. They were glued to the image on the display screen. The scene they had imagined—Five Elements Mountain being sliced in two by the Gamma Divine Blade—did not happen. Instead, the great mountain suddenly uprooted itself with a BOOM, flew into the sky, moved a short distance to the side, and then slammed back down.
But because it had moved that short distance, the Gamma Divine Blade missed the main peak of Five Elements Mountain. It landed at the mountain’s base, cleaving deep into the earth without causing any damage to Five Elements Mountain, let alone posing any threat to Wang Yi on its summit.
"What the hell, he picked up the mountain and ran!"
"Shameless! Utterly shameless! He actually dodged!"
"That despicable coward! He doesn’t dare to fight head-on!"
"It’s over! The Gamma Divine Blade can’t change direction once fired. It’s going to hit nothing!"
"That cunning Lord of the Strongest Royal Court, damn him to hell..."
The leadership team broke into a torrent of curses.
They could only watch helplessly as Five Elements Mountain shifted its position, and as the unstoppable Gamma Divine Blade was about to land on empty ground. Each of them was so furious they could have coughed up blood.
Meanwhile, Wang Yi looked completely calm and composed. He chuckled and said, "What’s the deal with those guys? This forty-li blade can’t change direction? They didn’t really think I’d just stand here like an idiot and wait to be chopped, did they? Still... I can’t let them be too disappointed. I’ll do them the favor of sending my Bronze War Chariot over for them to slice."
With that, Wang Yi leaped off the Bronze War Chariot. With a wave of his sleeve, the chariot was lifted by a layer of mist and flew rapidly toward the spot where the giant blade of light was descending.
A moment later, with a deafening BOOM, the giant blade of light struck the ground. It sliced into the earth as if it were tofu, and the Bronze War Chariot was instantly pulverized into dust.
At that very moment, in the Sealing Sacred Domain, Zhang Aga, who had resumed his card game with Shen Wuliang and Han Ziyu, suddenly felt a chill run through him.
He froze.
A system notification informed him that he had destroyed an antique classic car and that his outerwear and various personal belongings were being forcibly sold to cover the damages.