418: Chapter 398: rger 418: Chapter 398: rger “…So, there’s really no way, huh?”
What drove Lu Ping’an to helplessness was the side effect accompanying the physical increase brought about by the magic plants transformation: “Reflex”, which seed incurable like a stock market crash.
Although it hadn’t fallen this ti…
perhaps the base was already too low to fall any further, this had clearly beco his biggest weakness.
He could feel that his reaction speed had slowed down, along with his dynamic vision and physical response…
This might not be an issue for other gardeners, but for Lu Ping’an, it was a hidden danger that had to be addressed.
His reflexes were already low enough, and reducing them further would turn him into a tree-man.
“There’s no way.
You should’ve sensed the changes in your body.
It’s a change in the essence of life.
You can’t have the resilience of plants and the agility of animals at the sa ti…”
The changes at the cellular level were gradually eroding his flesh, and his body began to reshape itself.
With the significant increase in physique and additional regenerative ability, the decline of reflex nerves seed to be unavoidable.
And this was just the first ti.
It would likely continue to happen, and as a non-mainstream gardener, Lu Ping’an hoped to avoid it.
“…There’s a price to pay for magic plant transformation, but there are a few ways to mitigate it to so extent…”
Professor Wen’s “answer” was not fresh, and most of it was already familiar to Lu Ping’an.
The simplest thod was for the gardener to rely on consuming potions, using potions to compensate for the deficiencies…
Ignoring the various side effects and costs of magic potions, the magic potions that permanently increased basic abilities and reflexes were too expensive.
It wasn’t just expensive, but rather it had no cost-effectiveness to speak of.
Even considering the price of the permanent magic potions, one might as well consider purchasing taboo items or quasi-polluting items to enhance their strength.
The most cost-effective solution was to recruit a Magic Alchemist, provide materials as a gardener, and let them provide potions…
but this was obviously sothing without a clear plan.
“…Prioritize recruiting a highly skilled Magic Alchemist.”
With Lu Ping’an’s current resources, it wouldn’t be difficult to recruit a Logistics Departnt magic potion student from Ancient City University at Miss Lululu’s level.
But he was too picky…
or rather, Big Cat had too high standards.
In her view, the quality and yield of courtyard magic plants were astonishing.
Rather than wasting them on noobs, better find an expert who could cover most of the basic magic potions.
She wasn’t unwilling to invest, but long-term cooperation required good character and training from scratch needed a good prospect.
But finding a candidate with both strength and reliability was not so easy, and so it remained on standby for now.
The second solution was to rely on equipnt, whether it was the chanical Spiritualist’s “prosthetic limbs” or “external components” or high-quality taboo items like Heavenly Boots, they could all have an imdiate effect.
However, this couldn’t fundantally solve the problem…
When it was really ti to fight, Lu Ping’an wouldn’t be taking off his Heavenly Boots.
“…Healer, chanical Spiritualist, and other body modification techniques should not be used on us.
Sotis they fail, sotis they conflict…”
This could be considered Professor Wen’s well-aning advice, but it seed to also be the price of becoming a “Parasitic Tree”.
A body that was too close to nature had beco a separate matter from most normal bodies.
“…But we have our own modification thods.
You can form a symbiosis with a high-reflex magic plant.
Even without symbiosis, you can try the external attachnts, using them as an extension of your hands and feet.
I see that your control of tentacles is quite mature…”
As expected, it was the consistent treatnt thod of the Life system.
“These magic plants are not particularly difficult to find, it’s just that your requirents are quite high.
When I purchased them, the price was 10% higher than the market rate, so you’ll have to add 10% to my cost…”
This was basically the cost price, and Lu Ping’an readily accepted it.
“Drilling Grass”, or Mola ngrass, was the special magic plant that Professor Wen had helped Lu Ping’an purchase.
Its ranking is probably between first-tier and 2-tier, and it’s a sowhat useless exotic plant.
As its alternative na suggests, its only effect is “drilling”….its tentacle sensing ability is quite strong, as long as the tip of the leaf is touched, it will start up instantaneously and drill the entire magic plant dozens of ters deep underground.
Many people have tried to exploit its effect, but the only use that has erged is hiding things within it.
“For a while, people called it the Treasure Chest Grass.
At that ti, so people tied the things they wanted to hide to it and let it drill freely into the ground, and so even went out into the wild to dig them up….But later, it was found to be too troubleso to retrieve, and no one did such a foolish thing anymore.”
Professor Wen was also curious about what Lu Ping’an wanted to do with this impractical object.
As for Lu Ping’an himself, he ca to consult Professor Wen’s advice.
“…With these plants and the other magic plant I’ve acquired before, I can design a second-tier Bonsai Designer scene as my Gardener 2-tier…”
Lu Ping’an briefly explained, Professor Wen thought for a mont and nodded affirmatively.
“Not a bad idea, but a bit risky.
It’s best not to use it within the city.
Just these two types of magic plants are not enough, I suggest you get so more….”
Experts are worldly-wise.
Professor Wen’s suggestions sounded very reliable, and Lu Ping’an took out his notebook to jot down the types and nas of these magic plants.
If he can handle it himself, he’ll do it.
If he can’t, he’ll have to trouble Professor Wen in front of him.
At this point, he was even more certain of the importance of “connections within the gardening industry.” Many banned and out-of-print items on the market are nothing to the relatively high-end academic circles.
However, he was sowhat interested in another matter ntioned by the professor earlier…
“The rger issue?
Oh, did I ntion it earlier?
That’s not good, I shouldn’t discuss it with students.
You won’t go around spreading it, will you?”
“Of course, I can keep a secret.” After Lu Ping’an promised not to spread the news, Professor Wen began to discuss recent matters.
“Ancient City isn’t big, having six top-notch training institutions is a bit excessive.
It’s the higher-ups’ idea to use this round of educational reform to integrate the system…” Lu Ping’an imdiately understood that this was to make the “New Generation” more controllable.
The six universities were actually products of the heyday of industrial developnt in the old era.
At that ti, Ancient City was much more famous than it is now, and the industrial zone of the old city still has the sll of coal and smokestacks.–>During that era, both intellectuals and skilled workers were needed, so vocational schools and universities gradually increased.
So were relocated from other places, while others were locally reorganized into new teams.
With the rise of the “Secret Keepers” later on, the demand for training institutions grew, and the universities each ford their teams, hiring experts from outside and gradually becoming what they are today.
Nowadays, each has beco a knowledge barrier, with its own ace paths…..You need enough exclusive resources to attract more quality students, and the heavy rewards before the college entrance exams keep increasing every year.
Now, it seems that the educational reform can’t stop the trend.
“…Possibly, in no ti, there will be only three or at most four universities left…”
It’s already been decided that Ancient City University will rge with “Private Yingwu Biodical University”….Just by the na, you can tell what this private university is about.
But soon, there will only be the Ancient City University Yingwu Campus.
The rger will only combine the students and teaching staff of special majors; it sounds nice to say it’s a rger, but everyone knows it’s a direct takeover.
The anticipated reform is for the top-ranked universities to rge with the lower-ranked ones.
For so schools, this is probably a doomsday disaster, but since the beneficiary is Ancient City University, it’s not an issue – at least the teachers are relaxed…even if all six universities rge, the officially backed Ancient City University will still have the advantage.
“Actually, they’re quite good at healing, animal taming, gardening, and biological transformation.
We can easily send people over, but they might be deceived or rendered powerless.
The Vice Principal wanted to be their ‘Plant Departnt Director’, but I don’t have the ti and flatly refused.
But it seems I can’t dodge being assigned there for a project, so you can co with to see it then…”
Lu Ping’an, who was also interested in other schools, readily agreed.
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