141: It hurts, it hurts so much, my eight livers!

The incident happened so suddenly that everyone was stunned.

After a moment of stupor, Tang Gao bared his teeth: "...How much progress is still needed now?"

Mechanical Yuanzun cried: "I only focused on technology before; I haven't had time to set up much in terms of production equipment."

Violent Justice stammered: "What does 'haven't set up much' mean? How much is missing?"

Mechanical Yuanzun swallowed, then held up his thumb and forefinger to gesture: "Maybe just this much?"

Alchemist felt a chill down his spine: "Is it a little or a lot?"

Destruction Magic God opened Mechanical Yuanzun's personal panel and was stunned: "Don't worry, it's just a little bit, like the Galaxy..."

Tang Gao: "...Next time you brag, don't involve your brothers. It really hurts brotherly feelings, seriously."

Mechanical Yuanzun swallowed, then opened the taskbar: "Brothers, look at the task rewards, they're very generous!"

【Task Reward】: Mechanical Clan Base Vehicle.

Tang Gao's mood instantly brightened, and his eyes lit up: "This is a good thing! Once our strength increases, we can completely push for the legalization of the Mechanical Clan, and then these will be our forces openly displayed!"

Even if they're not openly displayed, but kept secret, who could refuse a Mechanical Clan that can Cultivate and Ascend?

Violent Justice stammered: "But the task requires us to find a large amount of Advanced Materials, and these Materials...are all heavily guarded by the military."

Alchemist scrolled through the task list and found a resource point task:

"Good news, I found a suitable task.

Bad news, we might be wanted by the state."

Tang Gao leaned over curiously, looked at the task content, and fell silent.

Mechanical Yuanzun also stood up, and upon closer inspection, the entire Mechanical Clan was stunned.

【Five-Star Resource Task: Liu Town's Guarded Treasure Vault】

【Task Content: Liu Town is responsible for escorting the Advanced Materials needed by Qingcheng. In a certain production base in the wilderness, there is a large amount of Advanced Materials. A considerable portion of Qingcheng's extremely Advanced Materials each quarter is pre-ordered from here.】

【Task Reward: A-grade International Fugitive Title, Unlock Demonic Path Cultivation System】

This task was truly special; it was the kind that would make your head explode just by looking at it.

Alchemist swallowed: "Should we accept it?"

Violent Justice chuckled dryly: "Actually, we just need to submit a blank score at the very end to preserve our reputation."

Destruction Magic God stammered: "We can completely forgo this task reward, but the problem is...do we really have to clash with the military? Won't the difficulty be a little bit...too high?"

Tang Gao stroked his chin: "Right now, Liu Town is at Qingcheng's military base. Even if he's very fast, it'll take him some time to reach this production base. We can totally exploit this time difference."

Alchemist weakly raised his hand: "But the enemies we'll be facing this time are all Cultivators starting from Fourth-Order...and there might even be immortal soldiers."

Mechanical Yuanzun swallowed: "Let's take it. Only this task can provide enough Advanced Materials."

Tang Gao stretched his neck, his gaze calm: "No big deal. It's just Fourth-Order. Who among us here isn't a Fourth-Order expert?"

Violent Justice looked at his cultivation, which had just recovered to Third-Order.

Alchemist expressionlessly consumed a Medicinal Pill that increased cultivation, a Third-Order cultivation panel popping up beside him.

Destruction Magic God revealed an awkward yet polite Third-Order smile.

Mechanical Yuanzun showed a cautious Fourth-Order smile.

How to put it? The air fell silent.

Only then did Tang Gao remember that to summon Mechanical Yuanzun, he had drained the cultivation of his three Clones.

Everyone had only recovered to Third-Order after a few days of rehabilitative Cultivation.

Tang Gao confidently puffed out his chest and synchronized the Devouring Talent to everyone: "Don't panic, it's not a big problem. We can get stronger by devouring people!

Accept the task!

Reincarnation, activate!"

...

"This is a huge problem! This damn barrier is too strong. If we only fight the people on the periphery, it'll take forever to get the Advanced Materials."

Tang Gao sat in the cave, with his four Clones beside him, all with worried expressions.

Facts proved that Tang Gao was unwilling to offend the official side precisely because their strength was indeed absurd.

When he was young, he thought that Xia Guo was inadequate in every way, seemingly weak everywhere, with many things old and dilapidated, only rising later.

Only when he grew up did he realize that they were so weak they were like the world's second-best.

Just the guardian barrier of this treasure vault would stump even an Eight-Order Great Power.

And what was truly touching was that it was a three-dimensional guardian barrier, suppressing from sky to ground, making it impossible to even dig a tunnel in.

Just the time it would take to break the barrier would be enough for Liu Town to fly over and kill the stick figures on the ground eight hundred times.

Mechanical Yuanzun's face was bitter: "I've already been cycling production equipment through the shop using economic circulation, but if I do it step by step, it'll take me a hundred years to get all of Qingcheng's production equipment ready."

It's too much work, my Isuld.

It hurts too much, my eight livers.

Tang Gao propped his chin, scrolling through the System box, searching for a solution.

Before long, he found a method that seemed to be a solution.

Tang Gao stroked his chin, his eyes deep: "I say, can you connect to Qingcheng's military base network now? Can you see Liu Town's figure?"

Mechanical Yuanzun found it strange but still extended his hand to project a virtual screen: "I can, but it's useless. An Eight-Order Great Power can travel hundreds of miles as if it's a game."

Tang Gao pointed to the 'Plunder' trait, his eyes lighting up: "Plunder allows you to target an enemy. The longer the battle, the more attributes you plunder from the enemy!"

Mechanical Yuanzun was stunned: "Targeting isn't difficult, we have locking technology, but...maintaining a continuous combat state is very difficult. Liu Town can just slap you to death, Your Excellency!"

Tang Gao looked at Destruction Magic God: "Do you know Curse Spells?"

Destruction Magic God was dumbfounded: "I do, but after casting a curse, an Eight-Order Great Power would definitely have anti-tracking methods!"

An Eight-Order Great Power isn't an idiot; they've seen all sorts of storms.

Tang Gao showed a brilliant smile: "Will you die?"

It must be said, as long as one's mind is active, any BUG-exploiting operation can be thought of.

As long as Destruction Magic God is continuously resurrected, keeping him in a state of casting Curse Spells, wouldn't it be possible to continuously extract Liu Town's attributes, making him weaker and strengthening myself?

Destruction Magic God gulped heavily: "Your Excellency, you can't do this! I've bled for the organization, risked my life..."

Mechanical Yuanzun silently placed a set of flying gear in front of Destruction Magic God and gave a thumbs up.

Violent Justice took out a pair of high-grade flying boots: "You should wear these. I don't think you'll need anything else."

Alchemist, as usual, placed a Medicinal Pill box and a Talismanic Incantation box in front of him: "Good luck."

This was currently the most likely option among all choices to find a way out for everyone.

Destruction Magic God immediately burst into tears: "You bunch of newborns...Woo woo woo..."

Tang Gao patted an evolution bar on him: "Why are you crying? Crying counts as time too."

【Concealed Curse: First-Order · Level 1 · Evolving】

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Actually, my typing speed isn't fast...Woo woo woo, I wish I had eight livers!

It's still early today, everyone remember your gifts! If you check after midnight, the free gifts will have refreshed again.

Ah, I really want to drain you all...