Chapter 283: Chapter 4: Active Flesh Factory
Over the Molten Sea, a giant whale let out a mournful cry.
This third-level creature was now approaching the end of its life. A massive wound had nearly flayed open half its body, and its fresh blood, burning with flas, gushed continuously from the wound.
“Order the nets to be drawn in.”
Next to the giant lizard, a majestic third-level Fire Lizard wielding a huge scimitar and carrying an enormous javelin on its back issued the command imperiously.
The sailing ships nearby cast iron hooks connected to thick steel cables, which landed on the giant whale. The hooks, with the assistance of tree pattern engravings, sank into the flesh and securely snared the whale.
The whale struggled to resist, but in an instant, the third-level Fire Lizard flashed into place above its head. Its scimitar now conveyed its intent.
Following the ancient ceremony of the Fla Giant Beast Hunters, the Fire Lizard cut an “#” mark on its chest, then hurled its javelin with ruthless force.
Boom!
In its death throes, the giant whale caused ripples across the Molten Sea, but these were of no consequence to the ship, now more aptly called a Beast Hunting Ship.
The crew aboard the ship cheered and chanted as they tightened the steel cables, starting their journey ho with the whale’s carcass in tow.
This whale could feed the island’s Fire Lizards for a good while.
…
At the dock, Akala was eagerly awaiting the return of the Beast Hunting Ship.
After losing their agricultural expert, their plan to cultivate Fire Dragon Grass had fallen apart, and now the entire island’s food depended solely on the prey brought back by the sailing ships.
Before long, a cheer rose from the crowd.
In the distance, a sailing ship was slowly approaching the dock, dragging an enormous Fla Giant Lizard. Following the appearance of one ship, the rest of the fleet also began to gradually return.
Akala watched the fully-laden fleet return and couldn’t help feeling a bit of joy.
This at would be enough to feed the island’s Fire Lizards for half a year.
The crew threw the steel cables ashore, and the Fire Lizards on the land caught them, working together to drag the colossal Fla Giant Beasts onto the shore.
On the shore, many Fire Lizards had already set up frying pans and bonfires.
Tonight was destined to be a night of revelry.
Suddenly, one Fire Lizard froze in place, the chunk of at in his hand dropping to the ground.
He seed to have seen sothing.
The Fire Lizards looked in the direction of his gaze, only to see three black dots gradually approaching New World.
“Carry on with what you were doing,”
Akala shouted to the Fire Lizards on the shore after seeing the three black dots.
Then, with dragon wings sprouting from her back, she flew toward the three black dots.
“Lord Richard,” Akala said respectfully.
Jolod looked at Akala with so wariness. As a Three Rings Wizard, he could clearly sense that this Fire Lizard was exceedingly powerful, even surpassing him.
He had no idea how Richard had managed to subdue these natives.
Richard nodded and introduced her to Jolod, “This is Princess Akala, leader of New World Island. I’ve reached so trade agreents with the Fire Lizards here. Now, these people are our Trading Company’s native workers.”
Native workers… Jolod heard this term for the first ti.
“Princess Akala, I’ve co to set up a Teleportation Array,” Richard explained, “With the Teleportation Array, you’ll be able to freely return to the Main Continent.”
Akala was montarily stunned, then bowed her head and said,
“Your kindness.”
After landing on the island with Gao Wen, Richard did not disturb the Fire Lizards and let Gao Wen survey for a suitable place on his own.
anwhile, he took Jolod for a walk around the island.
“Richard, why have you chosen this godforsaken place for your fief?” Jolod asked, puzzled.
After walking around the island, Jolod realized there were no resources or phenona worth studying.
He did not quite understand Richard’s thinking.
Richard pointed at the Fla Giant Beasts on the shore, “Teacher, what do you think of those giant beasts?”
Jolod glanced at them, “Half-elental creatures, all of them quite strong. Are you going to focus on researching these half-elental creatures?”
Richard shook his head and pulled out a piece of active Flesh sealed in an Enchanted Quartz Tube from his pocket.
“Take a look at this, teacher.”
Jolod took the tube, opening its sealed top. The next mont, a wave of Fire Elent assaulted him from the tube.
Jolod furrowed his brow, “Such a strong presence of Fire Elent. What’s with this active Flesh?”
He might not be familiar with other things, but having studied Synthetic Beasts half his life, he recognized active Flesh all too well. The piece in front of him was unlike any active Flesh he had ever encountered.
“This was made using the technology of these Fire Lizards. They used these Fla Giant Beasts as raw material to create this kind of active Flesh, and then used it to create their Synthetic Beasts.”
“Synthetic Beasts! Impossible! Absolutely impossible!” Jolod looked sowhat agitated, vehently denying, “How could these natives possess the technology to create Synthetic Beasts? If they had such technology, you couldn’t have won the war.”
As a Wizard, Jolod couldn’t tolerate the thought that sothing he’d spent half his life researching could also be known by natives of so obscure world.
“Calm down; this technology is a legacy left behind by the ancient Fire Lizards. Their civilization has regressed,”
Richard refrained from ntioning the Lost Ones; though he trusted Jolod, so things were better left untold.
As he spoke, Richard also took out a stack of design papers from his pocket.
“These are their Synthetic Beasts.”
Jolod took it and looked it over, his expression turning extrely ugly.
The design of the Synthetic Beast on these blueprints was flawless, even tantamount to a masterpiece. If it were the work of so Wizard, Jolod would have lavished praise on the creator without stint.
But now he was being told it was designed by a group of natives, and he found this sowhat unbearable.
“Teacher, don’t be too arrogant,” Richard said coolly, “The Star Realm is vast, and witchcraft is not an unbreakable secret. It’s quite normal for natives to grasp so primitive witchcraft.”
Jolod’s face remained sullen. For most Wizards, natives were nothing more than uncultivated, inferior beings.
They often felt a sense of superiority over these natives.
Now, Jolod’s superiority had been shattered.
After sulking for a while, Jolod once again picked up a piece of living flesh.
“This is good stuff, vibrant and active, an excellent material for making Synthetic Beasts,” Jolod comnted earnestly, “Plus it possesses so qualities I’ve never seen before.”
After all, Jolod was an experienced Wizard, and he quickly ca to terms with the situation.
“It certainly possesses so special attributes,” Richard continued, “but my abilities are limited, and I can’t fully exploit the potential of this active flesh. So…”
“So you want to help you research it, and ideally, to produce so results, right?” Jolod interrupted.
Jolod put the living flesh back into the Enchanted Quartz Tube, and then stretched out his right hand in front of Richard.
Richard, not understanding, asked, “Teacher, what are you…”
“The rest of the blueprints, and a sufficient amount of flesh,” Jolod declared righteously, “You don’t think this tiny bit of flesh is going to enable to research anything, do you?”
Richard was taken aback, then burst into hearty laughter, handing over all the docunts that the old Fire Lizard had given him to Jolod.
“Then I’ll leave it in your capable hands, Teacher.”
Three days later, the Teleportation Array was completed.
Jolod and Gao Wen returned to the Wizard World, while Richard began construction on New World Island.
Richard hadn’t chosen his fiefdom just because it was located far out to sea where he could claim a vast swath of land; his initial goal was to establish an active flesh factory on the island.
New World Island was not just remote and inconspicuous. Its greatest advantage lay in its position deep within the Molten Sea, where capturing Fla Giant Beasts was remarkably easy.
The half-Elent active flesh he had obtained from Linksa needed copious amounts of half-Elent blood. If the factory were built on the Main Continent, supplying such massive amounts of half-Elent blood would indeed be quite challenging.
After all, behind the initial Dragon Beast Cultivation Base was the Fire Lizard Empire.
Naturally, the construction of the factory required assistance from Alchemy. The Fire Lizard Alchemy Workshop in the Secret Realm ceased operations, and all Fire Lizard Craftsn ca to New World Island to work on the factory.
The construction of a factory required materials, and Richard returned to the Main Continent to get a large batch of supplies from logistic Wizards. These building materials were originally for constructing fortresses and works; but now the war had ended, and these leftover building materials were without a use.
With a small amount of money, Richard managed to buy a large batch of materials from the logistic Wizards.
With the help of Wizard construction materials and Giant Dragon Alchemy, the factory’s shell soon began to take shape in less than a day.
After all, none of these Fire Lizards were below First Level; in terms of physical fitness, each of them was superhuman.
Once the shell of the factory was built, Richard began to work on filling out the internal equipnt.
Although Richard had the technology, to use it, it had to be turned into machinery.
Richard decomposed the technology and conceptualized it into a complete set of machinery. Then, over five years, he worked as the chief designer, with several other Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters under his lead as minor contributors. They put in enormous effort and finally designed and produced a complete set of machinery.
This technology, after all, was obtained from the Fire Lizards, and their Giant Dragon Alchemy was particularly well suited to it. Moreover, because Richard’s skills were so superior, under his guidance during this period, the Alchemy Technique of the other Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters improved by leaps and bounds.
As the equipnt was perfected, the factory was officially completed.
Although the factory wasn’t large, occupying only about a thousand square ters, from the outside, it looked like an oversized, low-slung bungalow.
Because it wasn’t painted, the exterior of the factory appeared dull and gave an impression of being hastily put together.
But only the Fire Lizards who built the factory knew that the defense of this unassuming building had surpassed that of a Wizard’s War Fortress.
The factory’s output was not high, operating at full capacity, it could only produce a hundred kilograms of active flesh per day.
But for Richard, this factory was already enough to et his needs.
Richard instructed Akala, “Run the factory at the lowest possible level on most days; your current strength isn’t enough to support the factory’s full operation.”
Akala bowed slightly, saying with a trace of gratitude, “Your rcy shines as brightly as the sun.”
Richard waved his hand, ready to leave when sothing seed to occur to him. He turned back to ask Akala, “I recall this island was managed by your husband, where is Azuhan?”
Akala’s face fell, but she quickly composed herself.
“After learning that I took the lead in signing the contract, he locked himself away, and he hasn’t co out these past days.”
Richard narrowed his eyes and suddenly opened up a Secret Realm Rift, calling out for Ulysses.
“Take to see him.”
Akala panicked slightly and quickly said, “Your Lordship, Azuhan is just struggling to co to terms with things; he will understand the reality in ti. Please grant him so ti.”
Richard waved his hand again, “What’s the hurry, I’m not going to kill him.
I managed to get sothing on the Main Continent from the logistic Wizards, sothing that relates to him, and I want to give it to him personally.”
With that, Richard took out a battered helt from his pocket.
Akala looked at the helt, montarily stunned.
She recognized this helt—it belonged to Harash.
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