Chapter 241 – Florida Man Programmed New AI to Automatically Make New Drugs in His Meth Lab. Drug Cartels Called Cops and Complained That the AI Stole Their Jobs.
Entering the shopping mall, Leo proceeded to the workshop floor. Along the way, he ran into several groups of the west slum's population, Tang Clan's members, and his employees.
The people still took shelter in the underground floors as the outside situation was not cleared yet. But when they saw Leo, they cheered as if they had seen their Jesus.
"LORD FLORIDA MAN IS HERE!"
"ARE WE SAFE YET?!"
Leo shrugged and assured them. "It's over. Pack your bags and return to your homes. Oh, there's no need to hurry. I don't want any human hazard here."
Everybody cheered and celebrated. Some of them rushed to the elevator and descended to the shelter floor to relay the news.
Leo ignored them. He flew to the fifth floor and entered one of the workshops.
The alchemy workshops and alchemy factories had been pumping pills non-stop even though their domain was attacked a few days ago.
When the working mannequins found Leo entering their workshop, they lowered their head to greet him.
Leo proceeded to one of the cauldrons, which was about to finish making a batch of pills. When he entered the room, he found Tang Xuan and some of his clan's members there, studying the concoction process from the local mannequin.
Tang Xuan noticed Leo's arrival. He stood up and cupped his fist to salute.
"Lord Florida Man."
Leo nodded at Tang Xuan. "At ease. I'm here to research something."
Tang Xuan silently nodded and sat down in his seat. He silently observed Leo and the local mannequin.
For the past few days, Tang Xuan had been studying and learning by sitting here after the chaos outside was settled. He finally understood why Hua Jiashan and Wu Buyi surrendered to Leo.
The products of this workshop and other factories were too good.
Normally, an alchemist sect could at best produce a hundred average cultivation pills every month. They also needed to spend a lot of materials, spirit stones, and other resources to support the alchemists. This didn't include the long arduous years of training that alchemists had to go through before they were allowed to make cultivation pills.
On the other hand, Leo's factories and workshops defied the local's common sense. They singlehandedly produced a thousand pills within a few days, and they didn't even need senior alchemists to oversee the process. Moreover, the pills Leo's mannequins made were rare pills, which were unavailable in the market. Only master alchemists like Tang Xuan or Tang Tian could spend decades to make some.
DING
The cauldron spat out completed pills. Leo glanced at his notification message to see the result.
<Your alchemy workshop level 15 has completed 22 Superior-Grade and 28 Pinnacle-Grade Fenrir Dantian Pills.>
Leo once made these before. However, at that time, the quality was low. This batch of completed pills was bigger and shone brighter.
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Pinnacle-Grade Fenrir Dantian Pills
Increase poison resistance by 100% for 480 hours.
Cure inflammation and internal wounds.
Increase poison and metal essence by 2,000 years' worth of cultivation.
Increase lifespan by 2,000 years.
Fill one's stomach for 480 hours.
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Leo scoffed at it as the pills could disable the consumer's sense of hunger. As Leo was not a pill eater, he disliked the pills even though one of them could bless him with 2,000 years of lifespan.
10 days of not eating anything was not worth it. Leo could potentially gain over 10,000 years of lifespan by eating werewolf steaks or caiman's meat within a week. Thus, he'd rather sell these pills to his employees or future customers.
Leo glanced at Tang Xuan and teased him.
"Want one? I'll sell it to you for 2,000 years of lifespan. Production price."
Tang Xuan gulped. As he had just become an immortal, his life force increased. He was certain that he had enough lifespan to get it.
"What's the effects, senior?"
"You get 2,000 years of lifespan back. You'll also get 2,000 years' worth of poison and metal essence."
"E-Essence?!"
"Yes, essence."
"I'll buy it! I'll take one!"
"Good."
Leo flickered one of the pinnacle-grade pills to Tang Xuan and took 2,000 years of lifespan from the old man. The latter ignored the loss of his lifespan and caught the pill in glee.
Tang Xuan excused himself as he planned to consume it. His clansmen followed after him.
When the crowd had left, Leo told the mannequin to either put the pills in the supermarket or store them in the underground warehouse. He then ejected a spare true earth fate crystal from his storage ring and tossed it into the free cauldron.
Without hesitation, Leo pressed the research button. The fate crystal instantly vanished.
The sacrifice of the fate crystal was not in vain. A new screen appeared and informed Leo of its true value.
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True Earth Fate Crystal
This crystal is the perfect form of an earth fate crystal. It contains the profound power of luck that no cultivator or expert can cultivate. Just by possessing a true earth fate crystal, one may experience a series of good fortune. Whatever they wish for, they will get it.
Although true earth fate crystals are also a key to unlocking a person's potential, strength, and fate, they cannot command other people's fate or destiny. It is only useful for granting one's wishes and dreams.
True earth fate crystals can also be used in various ways. For example, when it is linked to a spirit stone heart or a similar mineral vein, it can consume the local's Qi to produce holy water. True immortals may find them useful for their ascension. They can also be consumed to increase one's lifespan. However, the best usage is alchemy as it can be used as a catalyst to enchant a supreme artifact. The enchanted weapon will obtain the god-slaying effect, which can negate or destroy any providence domain with a touch.
In addition, ancient alchemists used to replicate earth fate crystals for their usage. The method has been lost for a billion years. However, you, who bear a greater destiny, have all the information you need. What a cheat, right?
[Alchemy Recipe – Providence Enchantment]
One immortal-grade weapon of your choice
One true earth fate crystal
[Alchemy Recipe – Earth Fate Crystal]
A dantian crystal of a deity
One drop of Florida Man's blood
1,000 years of Florida Man's lifespan
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"Oh, boy."
A certain recipe was quite specific. Leo wondered if the system was toying with him.
"Where am I gonna find those dantians of deities? It's not like gods are cabbages that grow on farms… Ah, shit. I'm stupid."
Leo remembered that he hadn't examined the war trophies after the battle yet. He thought of the dead bodies that he hadn't collected. At the same time, he was concerned if a certain plant had eaten all of them.
'Come to think of it, I didn't see Cat anywhere during the fight. Did she escape or hide somewhere? I hope she's okay. But meh, just keep hiding. I need those dantian crystals. How many gods did I kill, I wonder?'
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"ACHOOO!!"
Meanwhile, the man-eating plant in question was in the middle of the contaminated canyon river. She was in seclusion as she was about to break through to the immortal realm.
RUMBLE
Even though Cat was underwater, orange tribulation clouds followed her underwater. It merged with the water and turned into a mass of orange slime.
The orange slime gathered heavenly lightning inside. When it was ready, it unleashed hell upon Cat, who was in the middle of meditating.
"NYAAAA!!"
The orange electricity flashed and dispersed in the water. Several water creatures got zapped and died. However, thunder caimans and some monster tunas resisted the electric current and ignored the anomaly.
Cat received a mild shock. She only looked up and snorted.
"Meow!" (Lame. Daddy's lightning is stronger!)
Cat thought of Leo, whose punches emitted black lightning bolts. She also thought of the taste of his sweat, saliva, pee, and poop.
She drooled. It had been a while since she last ate Leo's fluid.
"…Meow." (I miss daddy.)
GROWL
Cat's stomach roared. Her human head looked down. Then, she rubbed her tummy.
"Nom-Nom Meow…" (I'm also hungry…)
BOOM
BOOM
The orange slime never stopped unleashing orange lightning bolts and trying to kill Cat. However, only less than 1% of the power reached her.
Cat absorbed the lightning energy and converted it to her Qi. She also swallowed some of the contaminated water to get stronger.
It wouldn't take long for Cat to advance. She patiently closed her eyes and resumed meditating.
At the end of the day, Cat broke through as she wished. She shredded the heinous large body of a monster and gained a humanoid appearance. Her ears grew longer while her skin turned brown. Her face was as pretty as every average elf on Simba's planet.
Cat grew up and became as tall as a 10-year-old human girl. However, her legs still looked like tree roots. As for the previously large mouth of a chomper plant, it turned into an empty shell.
When Cat came back to her senses, she turned toward her discarded carcass. Then, she began eating it to fill her new belly.
Unfortunately, after Cat ate her former body, she was still hungry. She turned toward the caimans and tunas in the river.
PLOP
While Cat was about to hunt some crocodiles, a dead body, which got stuck in a tree, fell into the river. It was a lifeless body of an elf, who had fallen from a destroyed battleship.
Cat brightly smiled and tore the body apart in glee. She had no idea that she looked like one of them.
As soon as Cat touched the body of the elf, her skin transformed into a thousand tree roots, piercing into the dead body's skin. She drained the body's liquid until it turned into a mummy. When it got thin enough, she opened her wide mouth and started eating the corpse from the head down.
Cat's cultivation base rapidly grew the more she ate. She also got addicted to the unique taste of an elf.
CLICK
Cat's teeth found something hard and solid while she was chewing the elf's meat and bones. She spat it out and found a round crystal ball, which was only the size of her finger.
She gave it a closer look. Then, she noticed that there were small stars inside the crystal.
"Nom-Nom Meow?" (This looks like stars. But can I eat this?)
Cat put it back into her mouth and tried to chew it. Unfortunately, her teeth failed to break the crystal.
As Cat couldn't eat it, she spat it out and pouted. She then hurled it toward the nearest thunder caiman and killed it in one hit.
