"That's great!"
Meng Chao heaved a long sigh. "I wasn't lying when I said that I have great self-healing abilities. It's because of my talent that I was chosen by Old Fire Relayer and participated in a lot of experimental cultivation. That's how I managed to stand out from the key high school in the region and become one of the top fifty in the city.
"After I saw the article about the cultivation of branch meridians, I was very interested, so I went to Old Fire Relayer for guidance. From him, I heard very high praise for it.
"Old Fire Relayer believes that as monsters evolve and mutate, reducing weaknesses is more important than increasing offensive power. Cultivating branch meridians will definitely become the mainstream in the future, and Project 1024 will really have a lot of potential.
"Coincidentally, I was about to fill in my application form for my national college examination, and Old Fire Relayer suggested that I register for Agricultural University's martial arts course so that I could join you.
"Everything I said is true. If you still don't believe me, you can ask Professor Ning just now for confirmation. I got to know him because of Old Fire Relayer."
Gu Jianbo's expression changed.
'So, Zong Ye's efforts weren't wasted, and Zhou Tianrui and the others' sacrifices weren't in vain. There are plenty of powerful fighters outside paying attention to Project 1024! '
He slowly clenched his fists.
When Meng Chao saw this, he quickly asked, "Big Brother Bo, does this mean that you've agreed to let me join Project 1024?"
Gu Jianbo thought about it for a while before he said hesitantly, "Meng Chao, thank you for the brand new thought process you brought to us, but restarting the project isn't that simple. The key is resources.
"In the past, I cultivated based on the old path. With these machines and some money on my own, I was able to sustain myself.
"But if I want to take a new path, I'll need to change many of the cultivation machines. I'll need to buy a few new medical cabins and modify them into cultivation cabins. I'll also need to create a lot of medicine. The amount of medicine used to soak my entire body is at least twenty times more than if I just drank it." We don't know the correct formula either, so we'll have to keep experimenting. A tank of medicinal liquid will be useless after just one use. If we continue using it like this, the research funds will increase by dozens of times.
"Of course I can report to the course and request to restart Project 1024, but the twists and turns are very complicated.
"Our Dean Zong Yue is a broad-minded and inclusive person. He won't stop developing brand new cultivation methods and fighting styles just because he's a Beast Soul Style martial artist. Besides, Project 1024 is Zong Ye's blood, sweat, and tears. He knows a little about what I've been doing over the past few years. He might not support it, but he didn't stop me either.
"The problem is, the martial arts course isn't a place where Dean Zong has the final say. If you want to restart an old program that has been suspended for a few years, it's even more troublesome than applying for a new program. You have to hold a budget review meeting to explain the importance of restarting the program and the success rate to the lecturers in the martial arts course. More than half of the lecturers agree to it, and you also have to explain the usage of the funds.
"You know that Agricultural University is a monster university. Our martial arts course specializes in the Beast Soul Style. Over the past few years, our star project has been Ms. Li Yingzi's Beast Soul Fusion Technique. More than 30% of the course's funds and resources have been spent on it, and it has just reached the critical period for it to bear fruit. In the next year or two, the resources will definitely be given to her.
"If we report our program now, the lecturers will have to review it for a few months and argue about the budget for a few months. Then, a year and a half will go by. Even if we really manage to apply for it, with my strength as a four-star superhuman, I might not be able to get anything.
"I can wait. After all, I've been through it for years, but you're at the golden age of reaching a breakthrough. That's the time when your cultivation realm and fighting strength increase the fastest. You can't just waste your time.
"How about this? I can apply for restarting the program based on the procedure. You can go back and look for Ms. Li first. Next year, or at most the year after that, once the funds are settled and the lab is set up again, I will talk to Ms. Li and ask you to come over to help. It won't affect your future, and you won't miss the newest progress in Project 1024.
Meng Chao thought about it.
In his previous life, soon after he failed his national college examination, the Monster War became even more intense, and Dragon City suffered a few losses. Countless soldiers died, and many of their powerful fighters died.
He could not wait until the year after next.
He could not even wait for a second.
"Big Brother Bo, if we can get enough investments and sponsors, could we immediately restart the program? The school won't stop us, right?" Meng Chao asked with an intense gaze.
"Due to the uniqueness of cultivation, many of the lecturers have their own private projects. They invest in them themselves or accept sponsors from companies outside the school. As long as it doesn't involve any insane experiments against humanity, the school has no reason to stop them. After all, if there are results, the school will also be proud.
"But do you have a way to get enough investments and sponsors? In any case, I'm out of ideas. A few years ago, when I was still handsome, I managed to get some investments from quite a number of female entrepreneurs. Over the past two years, the project didn't make any progress, and I ended up like this. Ah, I'll stop talking about it. "
He waved his hand. He did not want to think about the past.
Ma Hong's expression changed. "Big Brother Bo, so you often harass those rich women to get investments for your project?"
"What do you think?" Gu Jianbo asked gloomily.
"Big Brother Bo, it's been hard on you over the years!"
When Meng Chao heard this, tears welled up in his eyes as well. "Trust me. When the time comes, we'll borrow the power of the world. The time for a brand new martial art to be born is ripe. Senior Zong Ye's spirit in heaven will continue to shine on us, and we will move forward and obtain the final victory!"
Meng Chao seized every second he had and contacted Ning Shewo on the spot.
Elder Ning was in the resource course.
To take revenge for the accident during the national college examination, the Red Dragon Army had recently launched a series of military operations at the borders of Dragon City.
The Supernatural Tower had also gathered quite a number of superhuman squads to carry out a surgical strike on the monster nests.
They obtained mountains of monster carcasses and discovered quite a number of mutated monsters with complicated structures that they had never seen before.
Normal harvesters could not handle them, so they could only soak and freeze them before sending them to Monster University.
The lecturers and students of Agricultural University's resource course were busy day and night.
The freshmen who had just enrolled in the university had not even settled down yet, so they started helping out. Whatever they could get, they harvested it while they learned.
Meng Chao and Gu Jianbo went straight to the resource course to look for Ning Shewo to explain the cause and effect of Project 1024.
Ning Shewo had worked together with Agricultural University for more than twenty years, so it was only natural that he had heard of Zong Ye before.
As he listened to Meng Chao's story quietly, he lamented the fact that the heavens were jealous of geniuses and Zong Ye's death, but he was also moved by Gu Jianbo's tenacity and how he had contributed quietly over the years.
"Mr. Gu, when you were still in school, we met a few times. At that time, you left a deep impression on me. Don't look down on yourself and say that you're far inferior to Zong Ye. In my eyes, you're about the same as Zong Ye, but your personalities are like ice and fire. You're two completely different people," Ning Shewo said thoughtfully.
"Since it's your and Zong Ye's project, and my young friend and Old Fire Relayer think highly of it, I will definitely do my best to help you. After all, without Old Fire Relayer's selfless help, I wouldn't have been able to be reborn."
He placed a bunch of monster organs in preservative fluid and used disinfectant to wash off the blood on his hands. Then, he massaged his sore waist.
"I might not have anything else, but I can give you some monster materials and gene medicine within my authority. You've come at a good time. Right now, all sorts of monster carcasses are piled up in the resource course. It won't be a problem for us to make some adjustments between the courses.
"But I have a condition."
Ning Shewo suddenly winked at Meng Chao.
Gu Jianbo looked troubled. "Professor Ning, you know that I'm currently in charge of the martial arts course refresher course. I don't have a lot of monster coins on me."
"I don't want monster coins. I just want people."
Ning Shewo pointed at the bustling harvesting scene. "You saw it. The war has become more intense, and the spoils of war have increased by ten times. It's a good thing that we have a lot of resources, but with our current manpower, we won't be able to harvest all of them, especially the clumsy freshmen. They can't do anything and will only cause trouble.
"My young friend, when you're free, why don't you come to the resource course and help us?
"Recently, a lot of strange and new species have been transported here. The veteran professors in the resource course and I have been working day and night. If we have a skilled assistant, our harvesting and research efficiency will increase by several fold."
Ning Shewo said that as long as Meng Chao agreed to come to the resource course to be a harvesting and teaching assistant for two hours every day, he could use his authority to get some of the resources Project 1024 needed.
After Meng Chao helped them harvest a mutated beast, the veteran professors in the resource course gasped in amazement at the martial arts course freshman's skills. They felt that they had gotten a great bargain.
Meng Chao had never intended to cast aside harvesters, which was a golden support occupation.
Once he solved the problem of the raw materials for his experiments, he contacted Yan Feirou and contacted Yan Organization.
"Once we strengthen our branch meridians, we'll have a brand new fighting style. We'll have an endless stream of chain attacks. If that's the case, the importance of Ripple Force will increase by leaps and bounds, and it might become the strongest force execution method!"
This was Meng Chao's excuse.
It was also the truth of the future.
Yan Family Corporation attached great importance to it. Yan Hengbo personally spent an entire day researching the relevant papers and experimental data.
In the end, they gave a sponsorship that was much higher than what Meng Chao and Gu Jianbo expected.
Their condition was that they had to consider the possibility of using Ripple Force in the subsequent development of Project 1024.
It would be best if they could develop a brand new fighting style based on the characteristics of Ripple Force.
Of course, Yan Organization would also provide a series of technical support, including the most advanced cultivation machines and the core data for Ripple Force.
Yan Organization had always had the ambition to enter the high-end martial arts market.
But they also knew that Ripple Force's foundation was in the middle-tier and low-tier market. If they changed it recklessly, it would be very easy for them to lose their footing and completely collapse.
Project 1024 allowed them to see hope. The potential benefits contained in it were enough for them to spend a lot of money on it.
Meng Chao was just as he expected when he obtained Yan Organization's investment.
But Luo Hai and Soul Breaking Saber Master Luo Wu took the initiative to come to him once they heard the news. This was something Meng Chao did not expect.
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