Calamity of Tomorrow
Chapter 713 - 713: 711 Fear and Worship

Heavenly Demon base, in the weapons laboratory.

Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit sat cross-legged in mid-air, with twelve streaks of green light emerging behind his head. They emitted subtle fluctuations, seemingly absorbing every bit of thermal energy, light energy, electromagnetism, gravity, and other forces around him.

Surrounding Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit, more than ten laser cannons were set up, all locked onto Zhou Bai and ready to fire.

Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit vibrated the air, creating a sound, "Let's begin."

The next moment, one of the laser cannons lit up with a dazzling light. A surge of thermal energy tilted out, and a beam of light completely penetrated Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit.

The Primordial Spirit was suddenly subjected to the scorching of tens of thousands of degrees of heat, and intense pain continuously transmitted over. Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit trembled slightly but chose to withstand it forcefully.

At this moment, he was without the defenses of Tang Ruhai and Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor; to improve the cultivation effects, it was entirely up to his own Primordial Spirit to endure.

After one shot ended, Zhou Bai recovered for a while before the second laser cannon fired, and another beam directly pierced Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit.

Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit seemed to become more and more ethereal with this wave of attacks, like a faint shadow.

And as Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit was damaged, the halo behind his head flickered, continuously transforming and absorbing the energy contained in the laser, bit by bit increasing the power of Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit, making it stronger and stronger.

After resting for a while, another laser cannon fired, and another beam pierced Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit.

After enduring such laser cannons with heat of tens of thousands of degrees for a full ten minutes, the lasers finally stopped, and Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit had shrunk into a ball.

The next moment, as the laser cannons stopped, Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit seemed to grow in the wind and quickly expanded back to its original form.

From a distance, Xuan Nu, holding a cat, watched this scene in surprise, "Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit has such strong recovery powers."

Christina, in her arms, looked displeased, not liking being held by Xuan Nu, for she knew Xuan Nu wasn't holding her as a cat, but as a shield.

On the other side, Zhou Bai looked at the support cultivation system panel; the recent round of cannon fire, while he endured the damage and enhanced the power of his Primordial Spirit, also used laziness values to heal his Primordial Spirit, enhancing the efficiency of his training.

"This efficiency is good, training like this on and off every day for two or three hours, I can basically improve more than a hundred points of Primordial Spirit power. It's much more efficient than my previous ventures to find underground magma."

Having completed today's portion of Primordial Spirit cultivation, Zhou Bai then went to sell materials for laziness values. Recently, after diligently cultivating daily like this, he finally accumulated enough laziness values and sequentially unlocked two star points.

Madness - Fear: Fear is the beginning of madness, all who fear you will submit to you. Through the seed of madness, you can create fearful followers, who can invoke your power for attack through special rituals, and you can choose whether to respond.

Cultivation method: A cursory look.

Laziness (0/4.5 million)

Zhou Bai nodded, fearing was not difficult, the threshold for becoming a fearful follower was not high, but its utility was somewhat lacking, allowing him to attack others from a distance.

"This move... not very powerful, but perhaps it can be used to deceive people."

Zhou Bai directly clicked on this star point, then looked at the next one.

Madness - Worship: Worship is another aspect of madness, all those who worship you can be transformed into worshipful followers. Worshipful followers will become your spokespersons, able to spread your whispers, your gospel.

Cultivation method: A cursory look.

Laziness (0/5 million)

Clicking on this star point, Zhou Bai felt slightly intrigued: "This star point is quite interesting."

Zhou Bai was eager to test the power of the newly emerged Fear Subordinates and Worship Subordinates, but unfortunately, no matter whether it was Elsa, Tina, or the Dark Maiden, he couldn't sow these two kinds of subordinates into them.

'Can the Dark Maiden not worship me? Isn't her feeling towards me one of worship?'

Although he couldn't test it for now, these two kinds of subordinates were clearly very useful, he just needed Zhou Bai to develop them further.

If the Lie Subordinates and Foolish Subordinates were combat subordinates that could fight for Zhou Bai, then Fear Subordinates and Worship Subordinates were used for more complex matters.

'Especially when combined with Greed Calamity later, perhaps I can develop a powerful force.'

'But, while subordinates are easy to develop, they are also easy to lose. Even if they become one of the four types of subordinates, as long as they don't trust, have higher intelligence than me, are fearless, or do not worship, they can break free from the corresponding subordinate.'

'Subordinates require my strength.'

Hence, Zhou Bai didn't rush to develop more subordinates; instead, he wanted to continue enhancing his strength with the Heavenly Demon.

He used up all his Laziness Points in one go and after spending another two to three days, Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit power had broken through 9000 points and his Laziness Points had accumulated to 5.5 million, finally allowing him to select the fifth star point.

Wisdomless - Sacrifice: Can use Laziness Points to extract knowledge from subordinates and convert it into his own knowledge.

Training method: Skim through.

Laziness (0/5.5 million)

"Extract knowledge?"

Zhou Bai was slightly stunned, and in the next moment, he realized and secretly exclaimed, "Worthy of being the fifth star point; it truly is a qualitative change."

Many different types of cooking flashed through Zhou Bai's mind, but only one kind remained, the one he cared about the most.

'Can I turn the Heavenly Demon into a subordinate and extract their knowledge?'

Zhou Bai couldn't help but think of the data he had seen before about the era of Intelligent Humans, the revival of mystical paths, and the explosive rise of technology.

If he could extract the knowledge of the Heavenly Demon, and add his own knowledge about mystical paths and the power of the Nine Celestial Catastrophes, wouldn't he be able to add another layer of assurance to his combat power? Could he develop weapons stronger than those of the Heavenly Demon or boost his cultivation strength explosively with the help of Heavenly Demon technology?

And he had long been coveting those technologies and weapons of the Heavenly Demon, but he was somewhat hesitant to use them.

…

Early the next morning, he saw the Heavenly Demon king Ji, who took the form of a young girl, already waiting outside Zhou Bai's room.

Seeing Zhou Bai appear, the Heavenly Demon king Ji directly said, "Your request for weapons has been approved, please come with me."

The two arrived at 'Ji's' weapon storage, rows of weapons laid out on shelves that stretched as far as the eye could see.

As they walked, the Heavenly Demon king Ji explained, "These here are light weapons assembled by ordinary Heavenly Demons. The orbital cannons and plasma cannons you were looking for last time above Central City are still up ahead. We have limited production of Anti-Spirit Missiles right now, so we can't provide them to you without limit…"

Zhou Bai nodded; since he was borrowing the power of the Heavenly Demons, he naturally wouldn't overlook their weapons. These weapons, based on the technology of Intelligent Humans, were powerful and convenient, perfect for his current needs.

Thinking this, Zhou Bai asked, "How about custom weapons?"

The Heavenly Demon king 'Ji' responded, "State your requirements, and we will manufacture them."

Zhou Bai: "Find me a Heavenly Demon familiar with Heavenly Demon weapons. I want to thoroughly learn about weapon-related knowledge, and then design a set of equipment suitable for myself."