56: Chapter 56: Brain nerves can't withstand a headshot? If it explodes, just die! What's the point of living?

Lin Yuan opened the lead box.

Inside, there were no cards, only a piece of dead wood root about half a meter long, pitch black as ink, with dark red tumors covering its surface.

After this piece of dead wood made contact with the air, the tumors wriggled slightly, releasing a visible dark purple mist.

The metal bulkhead that touched the mist was instantly corroded, leaving behind pockmarked traces.

"This is a piece of [Abyssal Mother Tree Root Remnant]."

Commander Xiao Lie explained in a deep voice: "The Abyssal Mother Tree is a companion divine object of the Corrupted Demon Plant clan from the seventh layer of the Abyss."

"The root system of an adult Abyssal Mother Tree can pierce through galactic ley lines and extract the source of an entire planet."

"After this thing was captured on the front lines of the Sixth District, the Military Academy of Sciences tried countless methods to domesticate it."

"But they failed. Its contamination is too strong; if other Divine Domains plant it, even an A-grade elemental continent would be contaminated and assimilated within three days, turning into a barren Wasteland where not a blade of grass grows."

Lin Yuan looked at this root remnant, the light in his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

Contamination? Corrosion? A dead zone?

"You are very smart; you should have guessed why I gave it to you." Commander Xiao Lie looked at Lin Yuan's expression and nodded, "The Mother Tree Root Remnant does not require you to feed it any conventional resources."

"Its greatest characteristic is that it automatically absorbs all negative energy—poisonous gas, radiation, ashes, and even corpses."

"Plant it deep within the ley lines of your Wasteland Divine Domain. Not only will it not destroy your ecosystem, but it will become the most perfect super purifier and energy hub within your Divine Domain."

Commander Xiao Lie's gaze was burning: "As long as it takes root, your Wasteland will have a stabilizing pillar."

"Thank you, Commander Xiao." Lin Yuan snapped the lead box shut, his tone calm.

But his hands were extremely steady as he tucked it into his embrace.

"Don't be in such a hurry to thank me. Once you take the military's resources, you must shoulder the corresponding responsibilities."

Commander Xiao Lie's image began to flicker, as if the signal from the front lines was extremely unstable.

"In the Streaming Exam, I want you to use this group of monsters to trample all those so-called prodigies from the provincial capital under your feet."

"I want everyone to know that war is not a dinner party!"

"Click." The communication cut off.

Lin Yuan stood in the villa, looking at the glaring balance in his account, as well as the Mother Tree Root Remnant in his storage space.

"Trample under my feet?"

Lin Yuan chuckled softly.

He didn't like to stand out; playing it safe and developing was the way to go.

But now, the money given was too much, and the equipment provided was too fierce.

"Since I've taken the money, I can only do the job thoroughly."

Lin Yuan had always possessed the mindset of a mercenary who gets the job done for the right price.

He returned to his bedroom, his consciousness sinking.

Dark red blood rain and violent radioactive gale winds tore at the skyline.

Lin Yuan hovered above the sky of his Wasteland Divine Domain, looking down at the territory below.

After being fed with sufficient high-energy meat cocoons, the number of Abyssal Blood Living-Metal Tyrant Demons had already surpassed the 100,000 mark.

One hundred thousand monsters with massive bodies and bodies covered in liquid metal bone armor lay coiled on the carbonized crystalline land.

They bit and fed on each other, and the towering blood energy they emitted scattered even the blood-colored mist in the sky.

Lin Yuan's mental power swept across the entire field.

His brows furrowed slightly.

A base of one hundred thousand.

But the elite Tyrant Demons who had truly comprehended the [Titan] or [Shadow Lurker] gene maps numbered only four thousand.

The conversion rate was too low.

In the center of the Blood Abyss Sea was the gene-guiding force field of the [star spirit gene monolith].

A large number of newborn Tyrant Demons crowded beneath the monolith.

They stared with scarlet eyes, waving their metal arms, scratching their heads in frustration at the monolith.

Lin Yuan withdrew his gaze, not in a hurry to deal with the intelligence problem of the Tyrant Demons.

He raised his right hand and slashed through the void.

A spatial channel opened.

Five hundred tons of [Silver-grade Abyssal Black Tungsten Ore] just traded on the Star Net.

As well as thousands of [Scrapped Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Wrecks], poured down.

Metal mountains crashed onto the edge of the volcanic belt in the extreme north of the Divine Domain.

Having sorted out the weapons and rations, Lin Yuan's figure flashed, appearing directly above the [Blood Abyss Sea].

Below, the canopy of the [Liquid Metal Blood-Devouring Demon Tree] covered the sky.

Lin Yuan took out the [Abyssal Mother Tree Root Remnant] that was packed in the lead box from his embrace.

He opened the seal and threw it directly downward.

The root remnant fell.

The main trunk of the Demon Tree suddenly erupted with a violent tremor.

Boom!

The Blood Abyss Sea churned.

Tens of thousands of thick metal root systems shot up into the sky, tightly wrapping around the root remnant in mid-air and dragging it into the depths of the Blood Abyss Sea.

This root remnant carried the extreme malice of the seventh layer of the Abyss.

The moment ordinary Divine Domain plants touched it, they would be eroded by the dark purple pollution mist, their gene chains snapping.

But the Demon Tree was different.

It was itself a half-step Transcendental-grade mutated building.

Abyss against Abyss.

Pollution against pollution.

The Demon Tree didn't even need Lin Yuan to activate his Creation Extraction talent.

It followed its most primitive predatory instinct, the ends of its root system transforming into countless sharp probes that pierced into the tumors of the root remnant.

Gulp, gulp.

The sound of swallowing echoed at the bottom of the Blood Abyss Sea.

High-concentration dark purple negative energy surged into the main trunk of the Demon Tree along the root system.

The branches of the Demon Tree began to contract.

The sky-filling dark red leaves curled and closed, condensing a layer of extremely thick black metal shell on the surface.

The aura of the entire massive tree body rapidly collapsed inward.

The violent energy fluctuations disappeared.

Lin Yuan hovered in mid-air, feeling the steady rhythm coming from deep within the ley lines.

This thing was undergoing a transformation.

The rank of the Abyssal Mother Tree Root Remnant was extremely high; the Demon Tree needed time to digest it.

Lin Yuan had a premonition that when the Demon Tree broke out of its cocoon, it would definitely be able to break through the rank barrier and officially promote to a Transcendental-grade building.

The two major logistical cornerstones were properly settled.

Lin Yuan turned his head, his gaze once again locking onto the group of Tyrant Demons scratching their heads beneath the star spirit gene monolith.

There was only half a month left until the provincial streaming exam.

Relying on this group of monsters, whose brains were filled with nothing but muscle, to comprehend it themselves, the opportunity would have long passed.

"Since their brains aren't enough, then I'll just have to pay to make up for it."

Lin Yuan's consciousness left the Divine Domain and returned to the villa in reality.

He opened his personal terminal, his gaze resting on the account balance.

A full five hundred million plus faith points.

He had never fought such a wealthy battle in his life.

Lin Yuan logged into the official internal trading network.

With the blessing of the military's S-level authority, the hidden high-tier resource sections were all unlocked.

Search criteria: Comprehension boost, group buff, environment card.

Data streams scrolled on the light screen, and hundreds of high-tier items popped up.

Lin Yuan browsed quickly, constantly filtering.

[Elven Queen's Enlightenment Spring Water]: 20 million faith points.

The effect was gentle, but limited to single-target use. Discarded.

[Golden Ancient Tree's Fruit of Wisdom]: 50 million faith points.

It required a digestion period of up to half a year; the effect was too slow. Discarded.

After flipping through a dozen pages, Lin Yuan's eyes locked onto a golden card at the very top of the page, marked as extremely dangerous.

[Gold-grade Special Environment Card: Rain of the Prophet]

Price: 70 million faith points.

Card effect: After use, a "Rain of the Prophet" lasting twelve hours will fall within the Divine Domain.

The rainwater contains a highly concentrated brain development factor, which can forcibly widen the believers' neural circuits, causing them to enter a state of absolute epiphany in an instant.

Side effect warning: The effect is extremely fierce and rough.

Races with low intelligence and low mental resistance are highly likely to be unable to withstand the shock of brain capacity expansion, leading to skull rupture and instant brain death.

Lin Yuan looked at the red-marked side effect warning and scoffed.

Brain nerves can't handle it and explode?

His Divine Domain fears physical damage the least.

If they explode, they'll just be recycled and turned into fodder for the Demon Tree on the spot.

The Wasteland does not raise trash.

As long as one-fifth of the Tyrant Demons can survive this rainstorm and use the medicinal power to comprehend the gene map, these 70 million will be well spent.

If they don't comprehend it, they'll just serve as fertilizer.