Once he took care of his family matters, the new semester started. Meng Chao poured all his attention into cultivation. Occasionally, he would accept interviews from reporters and evaluate Surging Lightning. Sometimes, he would accept Yan Organization's invitation to join the upgrade of Ripple Force V2.0. His days were simple but fulfilling.
At some unknown point in time, 70% of his spirit meridians had crystallized. The strength and runoff volume had increased by at least two times. His skills had also reached Master Level or even Perfect Level.
The only flaw was that he still did not have any clues as to how to search for the Supernatural Entities.
In the beginning, when Lu Siya invited him to join the abnormal beast research department, Meng Chao had been a little hesitant, because he was a rather reserved person. 'I can't just join in a hurry just because you asked me to. It'll make me look like I don't have any status.'
Hence, he decided that when Lu Siya came to him, he would choose his missions carefully and talk about his style. It would also be best if he could use the chance to talk about the relationship between normal people and superhumans so that he could teach Lu Siya a lesson.
But a few months had passed, and aside from renovating Blessed Happiness Street Elementary School, Lu Siya had never come to him, and it made him really anxious.
He could only thicken his skin and take the initiative to look for Lu Siya in hopes that he could get some information about abnormal beasts from her.
Lu Siya seemed to have seen through his thoughts, so she told him to calm down and wait a little longer. After all, the competition in the abnormal beast research department was very fierce. Before this, she was just a support staff whose Spikes Art only worked occasionally. She was only able to join the department because of the fame of the Lu family and Sky Pillar Corporation. Even if she received missions, she would just be doing recruitment missions or helping other investigators work for them.
The ambitious Lu Siya was naturally not satisfied with this sort of status. She had to show her strength first and sort out the relationships in the department before she could show off her abilities.
Lu Siya fulfilled her promise and gave Meng Chao some information about abnormal beasts.
But when Meng Chao looked at these "abnormal beasts", he thought that they were just slightly smarter monsters who knew how to hide in dark corners to avoid being chased by powerful humans. They were also pets who knew how to open doors, use toilets, and flush toilets on their own. They were not the same as the Supernatural Entities who smiled savagely in his previous life.
Recently, Dragon City had also been calm. Ever since the northern offense destroyed three Apocalyptic Beast hordes in one go, the remaining monsters seemed to have been frightened by the fierceness of humans. The monsters in the east, west, and south had stopped fighting. They did not dare to rush into Dragon City, and the monsters who had been transferred to Dragon City by the dimensional rifts fled the moment they crawled out of the fog. They did not attack at all.
The monsters were so weak that all the superhumans felt like there was no place for them to use their skills.
Even Meng Chao had the misconception that the Monster War would end just like that.
On this day, Ning Shewo came to invite him to join a special harvest.
Ever since Meng Chao became a two-star superhuman, his 1,024 branch meridians had all crystallized, and his harvesting skills had increased by leaps and bounds.
Not only had he perfected his Basic Harvesting Skill, his Intermediate Harvesting Skill, which was specifically used to deal with Nightmarish Beasts, had also reached Master Level. He could now harvest most of the monsters on his own, and he had helped Ning Shewo harvest a few Hell Beasts. His fame gradually spread out of Agricultural University's martial arts course, and he began to stand out in the harvester circle.
Hence, when he heard that Ning Shewo had asked him to observe a biochemical pet injury examination, he was naturally puzzled.
The biochemical pets kept by normal people were different from the biochemical war beasts controlled by monster controllers. It was rare for normal people to keep Nightmarish Beasts as pets, and the government would not allow it either!
They were just normal monsters that had received genetic modifications and had control chips implanted in them. Forget about the fact that Meng Chao was already very familiar with them, even if he just asked a normal harvester, nothing would go wrong. Was there a need for Meng Chao to "observe" a specialist like Ning Shewo?
"You don't understand. This isn't a difficult task, but there are a lot of things involved. We have to find someone who isn't too high in rank but has outstanding skills. Most importantly, we have to rely on them."
After they left Agricultural University, Ning Shewo asked Meng Chao, "Have you heard of Spirit Creations?"
Meng Chao nodded. "Of course I've heard of Spirit Creations Biotechnology. It's a company that specializes in modifying monsters using biochemical and electronic technology. They weaken the monsters' ferocious nature and turn them into biochemical beasts to serve humans. Many of the biochemical beasts they modify are very popular. They can be used as pets and also work beasts. I have a Sword-toothed Hunting Dog in my house, and it's a product of Spirit Creations."
"It's good that you've heard of it."
Ning Shewo coughed dryly and said, "The creator of Spirit Creations is also an alumnus of Agricultural University. He started his business in the lab of Agricultural University's biochemical course. Later on, he even received investments from Agricultural University. Even I … have a small investment in Spirit Creations."
"Wow, Elder Ning, over the past two years, monster modification technology has been really popular. More citizens are buying biochemical beasts to help them with their work and lives. Spirit Creations is also getting bigger. I heard that the company's shares have increased a few times in the market. You have a good eye for talent. You've struck it rich!" Meng Chao teased him.
"I don't have a lot of shares, but the two creators of Spirit Creations have listened to my lectures before and talked to me pretty well. We can be considered to be friends despite the difference in age. When the company was just starting out and faced difficulties in management, I helped them. Soon, they grew up and tossed me to the back of their minds!"
Ning Shewo's smile disappeared briefly. He sighed and said, "But now, Spirit Creations has run into some trouble. You have to keep this a secret, understand?"
"Got it, but you haven't told me what it is!" Meng Chao was curious.
Ever since Ning Shewo became a pseudo-heroic citizen and set up the Fire Relayer Foundation, the old man's life became clearer. Even his harvesting skills seemed to have improved. There were very few things that troubled him so much.
"It's like this. One night, the three biochemical pets modified by Spirit Creations … went berserk and killed their masters," Ning Shewo said quickly.
"What?!" Meng Chao nearly jumped up.
"Now, you should know why I called you out so mysteriously. It's just the two of us, and we didn't even bring Xue Shi, right?"
Ning Shewo said. "To a company like Spirit Creations that modifies monsters, just how cute, how good they are at fighting, and how good they are at working are is secondary. The most important thing is their safety. If the biochemical pets that you spend a lot of time with might go out of control at some point in time and turn back into normal monsters, who would be able to handle it?"
"That's right. This is a serious defect in the quality of the products. If we're certain that it's a problem with Spirit Creations, the victims' families will definitely sue the company until they lose all their assets," Meng Chao agreed to it.
"Is it as simple as Spirit Creations losing all their assets?"
Ning Shewo looked at Meng Chao and said in a profound tone, "Meng Chao, what do you think is the greatest difference between Dragon City's civilization and Earth's civilization?"
Meng Chao was a little stunned.
In the beginning, he wanted to retort instinctively. Dragon City was also a part of Earth, and Dragon City's civilization was Earth's civilization. There was no "difference" between them.
But when he thought about it, he realized that after transmigrating to the Other World for more than half a century, the threats Dragon City faced, the difficulties it faced, and the appearance of new energy, new races, and new classes were indeed different from Earth's civilization.
Meng Chao thought about it for a while before he asked, "Are they superhumans?"
"That is indeed one of the aspects. There are no 'superhumans' on Earth who can summon wind and rain and move mountains and seas," Li Yao said.
Ning Shewo paused for a moment before he said, "There's something else. Our ability to tame and use monsters has already surpassed our ability to tame and use livestock on Earth.
"Over the past half a century, we have been fighting to the death against monsters, but a large number of monsters have surged into Dragon City.
"But a large number of monsters surged into Dragon City. Aside from being destroyed, they were also captured, modified, tamed, and used.
"Now, a lot of people are rearing biochemical pets. They're not just simple pets. They can help their masters do many things. You must know that war has caused a lot of citizens to be crippled and suffer from all sorts of diseases. Their lives are pretty painful. Biochemical pets can reduce their workload and pain to a large extent.
"Besides, some of the biochemical pets have a certain amount of fighting power. When monsters invade, they can fight alongside their masters without hesitation.
"Biochemical beasts are even more useful when it comes to the construction of cities and external development.
"In the past, many of the biochemical beasts were thrown into Dragon City's Great Construction Era. Many of the honeycomb houses, more than ten subways, and thousands of underground shelters in Dragon City were dug out by Giant Sandworms.
"Right now, Shattered Starlake and Graveyard Forest are being developed like a raging fire. If we want to turn the swamps into fertile fields as soon as possible, develop all the underground mines, build complicated underground transportation lines, and build indestructible fortresses, we need biochemical beasts to help us.
"I believe that as humans continue to increase the pace of colonization, biochemical beasts will definitely be of greater use.
"This is the greatest difference between Dragon City's civilization and Earth's civilization.
"On Earth, after several industrial revolutions, mechanical power gradually became the mainstream, and animal power was compressed to an extremely unimportant corner. Only barren mountains and unruly rivers were still used in the corners that were not suitable for the use of large machinery.
"But in the Other World, since the energy contained in crystals is too violent, spirit energy magnetic field interference affects matter at the atomic level, causing many of the precision machines to be unable to be used. Instead, monsters, who are incredibly strong and have a certain level of understanding and communication abilities, are born. They are animal power that is one hundred times better than the pigs, dogs, cows, and sheep on Earth.
"If we treat Earth's civilization as a 100% machine civilization, then the Dragon Citizens who transmigrated to the Other World might be 50% machine civilization and 50% monster civilization. We can't give up on using the power of monsters, do you agree?"
Meng Chao remembered Lin Chuan and the White Spirit.
He nodded.
"But the power of monsters is a double-edged sword. If we want to use it effectively, we have to be safe," Ning Shewo said with a frown.
"Biochemical beasts killed people, and they even killed three of their masters in a row. Do you think that Spirit Creations is the only company affected? No, it's the problem of Dragon City's development and the survival of Agricultural University, which is Monster University! "
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