Above The Sky
Chapter 815 - 815 40 You Fight Head-On I'll Sneak Attack!_2

815: Chapter 40 You Fight Head-On, I’ll Sneak Attack!_2 815: Chapter 40 You Fight Head-On, I’ll Sneak Attack!_2 ——This is impossible!

Two months is barely enough time to survey the land, let alone to design a complete industrial zone!

Even if Roland was educated in this field, and had the mature district plans from Falling Star Hills as a reference, two months is still too tight, isn’t it?!

The young mechanical alchemy master’s face shifted with uncertainty, yet he didn’t realize that he had already been appointed by Ian as the chief in charge of the Alchemy Industrial Park.

After returning home, upon learning this, Steward Moda was so angry that he stood up and gave his son a slap on the ear, albeit a weak one.

The old steward roared, “Are you stupid?

If you can’t do it alone, just ask for help!”

“Don’t you have teachers, classmates, friends, or colleagues?

Don’t you see that the lord wants to know if you have any management skills aside from professional knowledge!”

Hearing this, Roland had an epiphany—his little cleverness paled in comparison to these true life experiences.

In reality, Ian hadn’t thought of this either…

In his previous life, he wasn’t in a management position, so where would he have acquired such cunning thoughts?

What Ian thought was that the rudimentary form of artificial intelligence he had on his side, which had been built by Adalbert, would be optimized over two months.

Then it would be the perfect time to test it with Roland’s design, to see if it could accelerate Roland’s conception and assist his thinking.

If that failed, then they could just afford to give it another month or two for Roland to ask for help.

However, even with Adalbert’s help and Ian’s unimaginably detailed blueprints in creating an approximate structure for artificial intelligence within the Domain of Void, the artificial soul was still out of reach.

The prototype of the artificial soul was the Redwood People’s Attached Brain Slug.

The Brain-Eating Worm Swarm is the final product of the Brain Slug, which the Redwood Great Elder transformed and distorted, and then underwent countless generations of forced ancestral rebirth through genetic manipulation; obviously, they cannot replace the Brain Slug.

The original, intact Brain Slugs no longer existed.

Even though Ian had recorded many species’ data in the Redwood Base using the Silver Chip, they had not preserved a sample of this creature too closely related to the Brain-Eating Parasite.

Thus, there was only one way.

That was to learn from the likes of Duke of Sorin and extract it from the Redwood People.

The Redwood Natives, or the Redwood People, still had remnants of Attached Brain Slugs within them.

Although most of the symbiotic Brain Slugs had degenerated due to the lack of genetic modulation chambers to sustain them, some had successfully adapted to the environment of Terra after Heavenfall and achieved ‘Magical Beast Transformation.’

This Magical Beast Transformation is the essence of how the Native Great Shamans of Redwood were able to merge with and control the formidable Magical Beasts—the essence of each of the Native Great Shamans of Redwood was that of the ‘Sublimator of the Attached Brain Slug Bloodline’!

They transformed themselves into Brain Slugs to coexist with Magical Beasts and control their every move.

What Ian needed was not the overly powerful Brain Slug, but rather some ‘seeds’ that might exist within some Redwood People.

Adalbert had a fairly complete method to propagate these seeds, then subtly adjust their structure to make them into a potion.

Once that was done, all Ian would need was an excuse to inject the potion into the entire population of Xia Hui Territory.

Then, just like in the Duke Sorin’s Domain, ‘Universal Soul’ will emerge in Xia Hui Territory!

With the experience of predecessors, the practice would be much quicker.

Now, all Ian had to do was wait—wait for time, wait for the Redwood People he had openly recruited in Harrison Port for their ‘blood’ that met his criteria to arrive.

He only needed to wait for the city to develop, for the craftsmen to begin constructing agriculture towers, and for Roland and others to explore the valley terrain.

Thus, all his grand schemes could get on the right track.

Ian had the patience to wait, just as he was able to wait for four years until he grew up, waiting for the ‘opportunity’ that came with Yisen Gard and Master Gossay.

However, this time, Ian had no time to wait.

Because the next night, Ian received a message from the Dragon Worship Cult.

“The leader of the Jiamu Sect, Guy Cam, with the support from Fiery Flame Land, is going to advance to the Third Energy Level.”

Currently in Twinwood Town, Pansha utilizes the communication equipment of the Silver Bazaar Company to contact Ian: “They plan to coordinate with the Iron Wing Dragon Flock to breach the Frodo Autonomous Region defended with the help of the South Sea Fleet, to capture the high-quality port there, and to bring in support fleets from Fiery Flame Land…

But we can’t be sure of the exact movements of their other forces.

Leyan Territory must also be cautious.”

“Third Energy Level?”

Ian is somewhat surprised: “Wasn’t it said that the Mountain People do not have the inheritance of the Third Energy Level?

Does Fiery Flame Land just so happen to have the advanced Magic Potion formula for that chieftain?”

“Yes.”

Pansha is also perplexed: “Theoretically, the formula for our Mountain People’s Hero Rank (ancient name for the Third Energy Level) Magic Potions should all be in the Book of Silver Radiance…”

Oh, right.

Ian suddenly remembered, Fiery Flame Land probably got a part of the Book of Silver Radiance information through cooperation with the Avak Laboratory, and then used this information to induce a portion of the Mountain People to defect, right?

That would make sense.

“How do we respond?”

Thinking this, Ian asked with concern: “Does the Empire have any additional Third Energy Level forces to counter?

Or maybe the Dragon Worship Cult…”

“Dealing with the Iron Wing Dragon Flock is very troublesome, the Ironwing Dragon King is a very cunning old dragon, who has been running around everywhere with The King and the knights of Marquis Barton lately.”

Pansha is also in a difficult position: “We are now fully stretched, only able to hold onto the Holy Ground and our own tribes.

Once we go out, it’s very likely we’ll be ambushed.”

“However, grandpa said he could advance…

but not relying on Bloodline, instead trying Dragonization with the Dragonization Organ.”

Speaking of this, Pansha’s tone carried a hint of bitterness: “But if the advancement succeeds, that’s one thing, if it fails…

it’s death.”

“Grandpa wanted me to contact you, meaning he wants to prepare in advance.

After all, Anfa is a person from Canaan Moore’s side.

If grandpa accidentally dies, then you and I would be responsible for assisting the King of the Mountain, managing the internal affairs of the Dragon Worship Cult…”

“No need for that.”

Although Ian really wanted to become a high-level member of the Dragon Worship Cult, he certainly wasn’t about to just watch a friendly party member die and take their position.

He shook his head and said calmly to Pansha: “Let’s find a private time to meet, I have news about the Book of Silver Radiance.”

“Alright…

Wait?!”

Pansha initially also planned to meet with Ian to discuss how they should cooperate.

After all, Ian is now known as the Dragon God’s Emissary.

Perhaps he could convene some Mountain People to alleviate the pressure on the Dragon Worship Cult and the Frodo Autonomous Region?

But who knew, Ian’s next words would shock Pansha, making him wonder if the other party was lying: “You found news about the Book of Silver Radiance in the Imperial Capital?!”

“Not exactly in the Imperial Capital, but it could also be said to be in the Imperial Capital…

More importantly, I’ve received some revelations at the Holy Land Xia Hui Lake.”

Ian does not plan to outright reveal the Book of Silver Radiance because if the Empire side learns that the Book of Silver Radiance has reappeared, they will likely find out that Adalbert or Duke of Sorin has connections with the Mountain People.

With continued investigation, they will undoubtedly trace it back to him.

Therefore, Ian thought of an excuse, coordinating with the Priest inheritance from Xia Hui Lake, to assist the Dragon Worship Cult, or rather, to help Elder Mantle advance to the Third Energy Level, which would also help him share some of the pressure from the Mountain People and Fiery Flame Land.

Moreover…

—If the Mountain People main forces are all heading to the coastal Frodo Colony, won’t I have the opportunity to switch places and sneak in?

And this group of Mountain People are so wealthy.

The two boxes of Elemental Crystals captured last time, I’ve only used a small part, but if I could capture some more…

Thinking of this, Ian’s tone became more lighthearted: “Do you have information on the distribution of the Rebel Highlander forces?”

“I think I indeed can help…

a little.”