Chapter 1068: The Primitive Bloodline Processing Plant
“Okay… fine.”
Cleveland quickly nodded. Although the situation had developed beyond her expectations, it had not deviated from the original plan.
Even though I told her to get straight to the point, Cleveland still handed over the prepared report documenting the recent events.
“I am a Body Cultivator, and Body Cultivation grants me an ability to discern and perceive, so there is no need for you to be hesitant or to prepare ahead of time; just speak directly if there’s something you need.” As I spoke, I took the report from Cleveland and began to browse through it.
There weren’t many recent events, but the Han-Magic Armed Forces were indeed significant.
“I understand.” Cleveland quickly nodded but noted down the matter in her mind.
“The reason I sought you out, Sister Xiao Han, mainly concerns an issue that might trouble you, which is the last part of the report regarding the underground facilities on Blood Slave Peninsula.”
“Is the situation on Blood Slave Peninsula still unresolved?” I flipped to the last section, where I saw what Cleveland was referring to.
Blood Slaves, underground bloody breeding grounds… the unusual actions of Wizard Apprentices.
“Not yet; the Blood Slave Peninsula is simply too vast. Moreover, due to the prolonged inability to establish a smooth path between the Witch Territory and Blood Slave Peninsula, without support from external family forces, it is difficult for us to fully unify the entire peninsula’s influence.”
I didn’t inquire further about this but instead got straight to the point: “Let’s talk about why you are looking for me. What do you want me to do?”
“This time, I came to you primarily because of a vast underground facility beneath the Blood Slave Academy. This facility is more extensive and complicated than we imagined. According to the Wizard Apprentices we captured, it seems these underground facilities are related to some secret, and we haven’t dared to forcibly break in.”
“A secret?” I continued to look at the report.
It recorded that many underground facilities on Blood Slave Peninsula had been destroyed by Wizard Apprentices, and the scene was a mess, seemingly covering up something.
“Those Wizard Apprentices are so tight-lipped? Didn’t you use any extreme measures?” I asked casually.
“We did. The Wizard Apprentices we captured are already half-dead from my interrogations, and I’ve even used Resurrection Spells on them several times. Our preliminary conclusion is… they don’t really know what exactly it is; they were just tasked by the Academy to infiltrate and sabotage.”
“A task from the Academy?”
I put down the report and suddenly became interested. “Did you clarify whether this task was a student commission or a direct mission from the Academy?” I continued to ask.
“I heard it was a task posted at the Wizard Tower. The tasks at the Wizard Tower are essentially our Academy’s official tasks. If it were a student commission, it would have been picked up elsewhere.”
“Got it… So why did you come to me? Is there no way for anyone to get into that underground facility?”
“It’s possible to enter, but the uncertainty is too great. Our combat units are already responding to various disturbances on the peninsula, and we can’t afford to split too many exploratory teams to investigate such a huge underground facility.”
“I remember I planted the Wanlian Main Network Tree over there, right? Has the root system network failed to provide information about the overall structure of the underground facility for so long?” I asked curiously.
“We generated data using the root system network at the first opportunity.” Cleveland quickly replied, then used the Great Knowledge Seed to present a three-dimensional magical image.
This was a large underground facility, but it appeared to be merely a “ground shell”?
Cleveland made a sectional diagram, showing that the internal structure was pitch black.
“But the results are disappointing and far from ideal, and this massive underground facility includes some special extraordinary materials as part of its energy circuit for unique extraordinary protective arts, making it very difficult to breach violently.”
“Did the Wizard Apprentices conduct any demolition actions at this place?” I asked.
“Yes, but our combat units are stationed above the Blood Slave Academy, so we secured this area in the first instance. The other side did not succeed, and subsequently, they made no further moves.”
“Is that so? Well then… I can go take a look.” I agreed to this request.
Thus, the answer came swiftly, mainly to ascertain what exactly that place was, and it seemed to be related to the Wizard Academy.
I didn’t want to waste a day or two on this.
After all, I was in a good mood now, with the path regarding Nightmares wide open and experiments proceeding smoothly.
Of course, it was primarily because I was not in a rush, as in the Instance Realm, Yu Lan and the other Four Little Ones were gradually trying to adapt and grasp the power of Dream Transformation, which also required time.
Coincidentally, I could use this opportunity to see whether there were any aspects of Dream Transformation that needed attention in actual combat.
“Sister Xiao Zhan, have you agreed?” Cleveland was quite surprised; she was already prepared for my refusal.
After all, to her, Sister Xiao Zhan usually led a busy life, so how could she possibly care about such a small matter?
She still needed to provide an explanation to others; after all, this was ultimately an underground facility.
Slowly grinding down, I would sooner or later uncover the secrets inside.
“Well, no time like the present. I will go directly there; you can arrange the rest. The combat units on Blood Slave Peninsula should coordinate fully with me.”
“Yes! I’ll take care of it right away!” Cleveland immediately nodded, fully aware that efficiency was paramount!
She quickly contacted Lin Yuan on the Blood Slave Peninsula. As someone willing to follow her, Lin Yuan was naturally favored by Cleveland. Even without her, Cleveland would select a few reliable and trustworthy individuals from the combat units for important tasks.
While Cleveland was communicating, I had already arrived at Blood Slave Peninsula through a teleportation spell.
When I previously accompanied others to Blood Slave Peninsula, I had left a teleportation mark. I didn’t expect to use it so soon.
As soon as I arrived, Lin Yuan came to greet me.
“Miss, I’ve heard Cleveland’s requirements and will fully assist you with your tasks!”
“There’s no need to be so formal; just act as usual. Come with me to see the Wanlian Main Network Tree.” I looked up at the enormous shadow of the tree that I had planted myself.
Although Cleveland said the root network couldn’t help, I still wanted to see it for myself.
At the bottom of the Wanlian Main Network Tree, I summoned a massive information hologram.
The preliminary results indeed matched what Cleveland had shown me earlier.
“Take me to see the entrance of that underground facility,” I said to Lin Yuan, mainly having her stay by my side.
Cleveland mentioned that the vast underground facility beneath the Blood Slave Academy had an entrance that wasn’t along our regular passage but was a gaping pit that went straight down from the surface.
As I jumped down, I couldn’t help but exclaim.
It was evident this was a kind of violent excavation via magical means. The surface walls still had exposed root systems, which were merely the tip of the iceberg of the Wanlian Main Network Tree.
Upon reaching the exterior of this massive facility, I finally confirmed that the protection capability of this facility made it truly difficult for the root network to gather too much information.
Then, I directly used the Earth Vein Identification Technique.
However, the results that emerged were also unsatisfactory.
This was an integrated construction, a vast facility encompassing Earth Vein nodes!
Although the effectiveness of the identification technique was disappointing, it at least presented me with some useful information.
I could see many traces in this facility; it seemed Lin Yuan and the others had also tested some violent means here.
“Since you know such a place exists, then you should also know the legal passage, right? How is it?” I continued to ask.
“We indeed found it, but the situation there is more complicated. Trying to enter from there is not as effective as just blasting a hole in here,” Lin Yuan replied truthfully.
“Well, it seems there’s no hope there. Lin Yuan, you should leave first; the rest I’ll handle. I will connect with you through the Great Knowledge Seed when needed, and you can relay the information to Cleveland timely.”
“Okay.” Lin Yuan nodded, realizing she was no longer suited to stay here.
After seeing Lin Yuan off, I was left alone as the only living being in this area and its surrounding regions.
Then, my form quickly shrank, transforming into the appearance of Fool Dream.
Even so, I crossed the impenetrable underground facility in the form of Dream Transformation.
Before the power of Dream Transformation, all real obstacles felt like a joke.
“Is this the internal area of the underground facility?” After sensing my presence, I transformed back into my original state without hesitation.
Clearly, the place where I found myself was the edge of the underground area.
I passed through a relatively narrow passage and began to delve deeper.
Here, the information from Earth Vein Identification Technique became increasingly vague, and I could ascertain that there might be abilities interfering with the Earth Veins.
The air here felt strange, possibly due to being stagnant, with the scent of blood lingering.
After an hour’s time, I gradually managed to grasp the overall layout of this place, and I also established an exploration model for it.
Unlike the information Cleveland provided, the other smaller underground facilities were fully structured like blood slave breeding farms.
However, here, I did not discover any large-scale traces of blood slaves.
For someone with an acute sense of life as I had, there was hardly anything that could be called a farm.
Everything here was just massive equipment, but now it seemed they were inoperable.
I kicked open the vast warehouse I arrived at, and inside, I found many… Blood Crystals!
There seemed to be invoices nearby recording the contents, which roughly documented where these Blood Crystals had been transported from.
Analyzing further, these locations appeared to partially match the over a hundred small underground facilities Cleveland had informed me about.
Ultimately, I could confirm that this place was a vast terminal for processing those Blood Crystals!
Combining the information I had gathered, I also roughly understood what this place was for.
If items like “Blood Crystals” are considered semi-finished extraordinary materials made from blood, then this place served as a processing base to create another type of product from these semi-finished goods.
“Interesting… the Blood Crystals from the Blood Slave Academy ultimately did not end up in the mouths of those in Blood Clan Academy, but rather for a specific purpose?”
I followed the equipment down the line, and this was not a research base but rather a mature assembly line production base.
Those semi-finished materials, whether concentrated blood or Blood Crystals, were processed into the final product known as “Primitive Bloodline Essence.”
Unfortunately, I did not find the final product of the “Primitive Bloodline,” nor did I find any signs of people in this massive underground facility, only traces suggesting someone had lived here for an extended period.
Ultimately, I discovered the reason for the emptiness here in a damaged area.
It was a broken teleportation spell, seemingly set to destroy space positioning after teleportation.
The original people had apparently fled.
Even with my sense of space, it was challenging for me to track any spatial traces of the others here.
This place had been empty for a while.
Such a colossal underground facility, although it seemed intricately complex, required very few people to maintain its operation.
Because overall, it was a gigantic processing machine built for unified purposes!
Moreover, it was established on the Earth Veins of the Main World, utilizing vast Earth Vein energy to operate its fundamental equipment while passively filtering the information from the Earth Veins.
No wonder I struggled to acquire useful information about this place with the Earth Vein Identification Technique earlier.
At this moment, I calmed down and organized my thoughts. The first confirmation to note is that the raw materials for this colossal operating machine were all provided by the blood of people from the Main World.
So, what exactly is the final product called “Primitive Bloodline”?
Human Primitive Bloodline?
After a long period of silence, I found myself in the massive processing plant still operating in a semi-applied state under the influence of Earth Vein energy, and some ideas began to form.
Subsequently, I returned to the large Blood Crystal storage that I had previously found and brought them to the deep pit of raw materials.
If I can’t find the finished product… I can just make one myself.
As for how to operate such an enormous device… it wouldn’t be difficult for me.
My earlier detours here weren’t merely for a casual stroll; I had thoroughly examined everything.
Operating things here isn’t hard; otherwise, it would require maintaining some commanding personnel in residence.
In fact… this was a place with very mature processing technology that only needed a few skilled technicians to operate.
With my operation, the entire underground facility suddenly began to run at high speed.
The machine’s massive noise turned into vibrations, continually transmitted to the surface.
The people above instantly felt an abnormality beneath the ground, as if something beneath their feet had “awakened.”
Lin Ling hurried to the entrance but found that there was no entrance to enter at all.
Just when she felt anxious, suddenly, a message popped up on her Great Knowledge interface.
“I’m safe now; I’ve activated the operation of the underground facility equipment, which may cause tremors for a short time.”
Seeing such a message, Lin Ling felt a little relieved.
Immediately, she hurriedly communicated, hoping that no accidents would occur.
While waiting for a reply, she quickly returned to the combat units to reassure them since a blood ritual ceremony had recently taken place here. Even though she had personally destroyed the ritual, the bloody method would still instill an immense fear of the unknown.
Thus, she felt obliged to inform them of the situation.
