My sister is the daughter of destiny

The secret place of the alien research institute.

Lu Ningfeng and his group entered the secret realm together with Li Yanwu.

During this period of time, there have been major changes in the secret realm. The first is the "research area", which is more than ten times larger than before. It is covered by a large formation and is filled with rich spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

Outside the formation is the "cultivation area", where the concentration of chaotic spiritual energy is comparable to that in the depths of a battlefield. Naturally, there are people specifically responsible for extracting chaotic spiritual energy from the battlefield and bringing it back to the cultivation area.

Lu Ningfeng initially planned to recruit 100 people for the research institute. Now, two months have passed, and nearly 80 people have become members of the institute.

"Our main task now is to sort out the research records of our Wanshou Sect over the years, classify them, and bind them into volumes. This work is rather tedious and requires a lot of effort."

Wu Qingdie had unexpectedly become the external affairs director of the Alien Research Institute, who was specifically responsible for external liaison.

As she introduced them, she took out a few pamphlets and distributed them to everyone. "This is a partial introduction to the alien species such as the Soul Swallowing Clam that uses maternal reproduction."

Lu Ningfeng and the others opened the booklet one by one. The first page was the Soul-Swallowing Clam, on which were pasted all the pictures of the Soul-Swallowing Clam, from eggs to juveniles to adults.

The above describes in detail the Soul-Swallowing Clam's living habits, advancement path, combat methods, weaknesses, and valuable materials produced.

There are many different and strange ways for alien species to reproduce. The method of the Swallowing Spirit Clam, in which the eggs are laid by the mother and then hatch out of the shell, is a relatively common type.

Some alien races can even split and reproduce, or like the Black Cloud Beast, two adult Black Cloud Beasts fight, and the escaped parts of both sides mix to become a young Black Cloud Beast, etc. This is very difficult to understand from the perspective of humans.

Lu Ningfeng flipped through it again and found information about other alien races at the back, which was also very detailed. These were the results of the Wanshou Sect's research over the years.

Li Yanwu closed the booklet with approval. He was somewhat glad that he had listened to Lu Ningfeng's advice. In the beginning, his idea about the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was actually very simple. He would let them do blood research as they pleased. If they could really come up with something useful for them, it would be a good thing.

Lu Ningfeng's idea was simpler and more direct. He didn't care about bloodline research and just did what he could at the moment.

Integrating previous research data will help humans deepen their understanding of other races, which is an obvious benefit.

Everyone then started heading towards the cultivation area, which was their goal for today.

"Captain Li, you are finally here."

Li Yanwu set up a protective ban and led everyone towards the depths of the secret realm. When the group came to an area blocked by layers of bans, two figures came up to them.

It was the leader of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, She Qianshan, and the elder Chen Qingsong. Both of them had smiles on their faces at the moment, especially Chen Qingsong. Compared to the decadence two months ago, Chen Qingsong's face was now full of rosy glow.

It’s not that his cultivation state is so good or that he has made a breakthrough, but his whole mentality seems to have undergone a huge change.

"From the looks of you two, it seems we have arrived at the right time?"

Li Yanwu asked with a smile.

Compared to his indifferent attitude towards the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and others two months ago, today's attitude is obviously much better.

"That's right. Just yesterday, Qingsong made a breakthrough in cultivation. Let Qingsong tell you about it," She Qianshan looked at his apprentice Chen Qingsong with a smile.

When they heard that it was a breakthrough, everyone immediately became excited.

"Just yesterday, we successfully cultivated a Soul-Swallowing Clam that is qualified to reproduce, and the first Soul-Swallowing Clam finally showed a trend of reproducing again."

Chen Qingsong was beaming with joy and was quite excited.

This is indeed good news. Chen Qingsong said at the beginning that only Soul-Swallowing Clams that have reached intermediate-level perfection are qualified to breed offspring. In other words, in two months, Chen Qingsong has successfully cultivated Soul-Swallowing Clams of intermediate-level.

Seeing that everyone’s faces were full of curiosity, Chen Qingsong also became very excited.

"During this period, I asked the Military Alliance to send a lot of alien materials and corpses, trying to find the most effective materials for the growth of the Soul-Devouring Clam."

"After just one round of attempts, the results were minimal. After piling up resources and training the 15,000 Soul Swallowing Clams to lower-level soldiers, their cultivation has stagnated a lot. There is no way to speed up the process."

"Later, I discovered that the mid-level Soul-Swallowing Clams would only eat the corpses of other alien species when they were hungry, but the way they looked at each other was always filled with greed."

"They all want to eat each other, especially the Soul Swallowing Clam at the beginning. All the Soul Swallowing Clams dare not approach it because it is the strongest."

"So I tried it out. I let the Soul Swallowing Clams fight each other. The loser would become the food for the winner to advance. This really helped me find the right path. By using the method of raising Gu, about one middle-class soldier can be born for every ten low-class soldiers."

When Chen Qingsong said this, he saw that everyone seemed to be hesitant to speak, so he added, "Of course, I will pick the stomachs of the dead Soul-Swallowing Clams, so that the winner will at most lose some energy and get an extra Soul-Swallowing Clam."

"According to this method, I successfully cultivated a second Soul Swallowing Clam of the mid-level peak yesterday. It was also based on this logic that I threw some mid-level Soul Swallowing Clams to the original Soul Swallowing Clam. Just yesterday, it finally showed signs of reproduction again."

"That's great. If this continues, we will have an endless supply of Soul-Devouring Clams and won't have to rely on the pitiful output on the battlefield anymore."

Li Yanwu clapped his hands and laughed.

During this local war, nearly two thousand 100-foot heavy artillery fired at the same time, and large numbers of servant-level aliens were harvested in large numbers. If this had happened in the past, the soldiers would have had to expend a lot of spiritual power and mental energy to achieve this.

And this is less than 2,000 units, what if it is 20,000 units? 200,000 units?

Li Yanwu had a premonition that the day when the war situation would change drastically was not far away.

"I understand now. Why would the Soul-Swallowing Clam use its offspring as food for advancement after giving birth to them? It's because only by devouring its own kind can it have a chance to break through its boundaries."

"They devour young offspring because it's hard to find people of the same level, and if you're not careful, you could easily end up in trouble."

Lu Ningfeng thought about it for a moment and understood the logic.

"Mr. Lu is right. After the Soul Swallowing Clams break out of their shells, they will quickly absorb spiritual energy to strengthen their own essence. They grow very fast. If we harvest them at this time, even though each cub can only provide a limited amount of essence, the amount is huge."

Chen Qingsong smiled approvingly, "Next, I am confident that within two months, I can make this Soul-Swallowing Clam break through to the upper-class pawn level."

The top soldier swallows the spirit clam!

Li Yanwu and others are very clear about what it represents.

That is the material that is qualified to support the Venerable-class heavy artillery. Right now, Lu Yan and Ning Baichi have invested in the research of the Venerable-class heavy artillery. Although the progress is not that fast, at least they can ensure that there is no need to worry about the energy aspect.

"Very good, Elder Chen, your next task is to step up the cultivation of lower-ranking soldiers and other soldier-level Soul-Swallowing Clams, expand the scale and increase production," Li Yanwu laughed particularly happily, and walked forward and patted Chen Qingsong's shoulders repeatedly.

"As ordered."

"Hehe, well, Captain Li, Master Lu, I don't know about the budget we mentioned before... We have produced more than 10,000 low-ranking soldiers this time, but the number of middle-ranking soldiers is a little less, only about a hundred..."

She Qianshan looked like a mercenary, and the word "money" was almost stuck on his forehead.

"Haha, it's a piece of cake, Sister Mengyan, advance 30,000 high-quality spirit stones from the future output value of the Soul-Swallowing Clam and send them to the research institute."

Lu Ningfeng waved his hand and threw another 30,000 high-grade spirit stones into it.

The last time an advance of 10,000 was made, and now that more than 10,000 Soul-Swallowing Clam stomachs have been produced, the Lu family can get half of the share, which is 5,000. According to the profit, half of it has already been delivered.

More importantly, the method of mass-producing the stomach bags of the Soul-Swallowing Clams has been researched, and the production volume will inevitably increase dramatically in the future. Tens of thousands of high-quality spirit stones will be just a drop in the bucket.

"Yes, Master."

……

After the inspection, Lu Ningfeng, Li Yanwu and others left satisfied and returned to the military camp.

What we are going to talk about next is as important as a hundred-foot-high artillery, so we must treat it with greater caution.

Li Yanwu said frankly that he had to wait for someone to come.

Lu Ningfeng had some expectations and anticipation for this upcoming person.

"By the way, Uncle Li, isn't it time to settle the payment for the first batch of 100-foot heavy artillery?"

Lu Ningfeng suddenly looked at Li Yanwu with a smile.

The price of a 1500-foot heavy artillery is 750 high-quality spirit stones, and the Military Alliance offers a % discount, so the price is per unit.

The Military Alliance took 1,600 units, which means... 1.2 million high-quality spirit stones.

Although 30% of the profits from the aura box must be given to the Military Alliance, the aura box has not yet been officially sold to the public, so the profit is zero.

As for the cost of the elixir, that had been paid long ago. On the day the elixir was delivered, it was converted into spiritual medicine of equivalent value and sent back to Danbao Pavilion.

Li Yanwu's face suddenly froze slightly.

tsk...

This guy looks better when we don’t talk about money.

But at this moment, a storage ring suddenly emerged from the void and silently hovered in front of Lu Ningfeng.

At the same time, a soft laugh came from far away.

"Haha, 1.2 million high-grade spirit stones, equivalent to 12,000 Dao Mark stones. Master Lu, can you please count them?"