Chapter 1603: Chapter 1603

1603: Chapter 1599 Unexpected Gains 1603: Chapter 1599 Unexpected Gains “Quite interesting…”

Under the Crystal Tree, Lu Ping’an looked at the massive trunk and the reflection of himself in the “mirror”, showing a smile.

But the Lu Ping’an in the mirror also mysteriously smiled…

and then flipped a middle finger.

“Pfft, that’s so you.” Big Cat was indeed happy, and then the Lu Ping’an in the mirror flipped a middle finger back at him.

Lu Ping’an: He is you, yet you are not him…]

When Lu Ping’an saw the “Virtual Persona.

Secret Realm Manager” in the courtyard years ago, this time he had one himself.

He could feel that in the mirror…

the controller of this courtyard was himself, yet not himself, “he” was just a part of Lu Ping’an.

“Is this what Lord Xiuyi feels like…

No, not reaching her level, she connects multidimensional aspects, while this is just my ‘division’.”

Now already an eighth-tier, Lu Ping’an himself is a massive aggregation of pollution, capable of materially cutting his “Divine Kingdom”…

He has now substantiated into “Solidification, Orderly Pollution”, naturally meeting the lowest standards of division.

A part of him fully integrated into this area, which is part of the courtyard, and also fundamentally a part of Lu Ping’an.

Earthly Divine Kingdom, and therein a clone of Lu, is also a part of himself…

this also means that even if Lu Ping’an leaves Earth, this “Secret Realm” could still operate.

At this moment, Lu Ping’an also possessed the essence of a Deity.

“…This is a strategic point that can change the world.”

Originally, a large number of soldiers were sent to Mercury 42 to complete professionalization, illustrating the strength of Lu Ping’an’s abilities.

And now, when this power that shouldn’t exist emerges in the mortal world, probably everyone knows the world will change.

After all, even with the highest success rate of X Potion only being sixty percent, the awakened abilities are mostly useless yet still sell for tens of thousands…

the cost of failure, however, is immediate death.

Despite this, there is still demand, proving many people are willing to risk their lives for power.

Compared to dying helplessly as a mortal amid blindness and action, with the deteriorating situation, more and more mortals desire power, but the minimum forty percent death rate continues to hinder the widespread birth of professionals.

And just considering the cross-world shipping cost alone indicates the value of Lu Ping’an’s ability…

this also means that widespread professionalization was previously impossible.

The population base is always the foundation of everything, more low-tier Extraordinary individuals will naturally yield more top combat powers, and once there is a possibility for universal Extraordinary characteristics, a surge of combat powers will emerge in years or decades.

“This is no longer a level that can be handled casually…”

“Must report it, for the collective benefit.”

“You sound lofty, but to whom do you report?

Changping or Wanjing?!”

While officials in the Ancient City were internally arguing about how to handle this “good news”, some departments in the Eastern Country proved their capabilities…

nobody knows how Wanjing knew so fast, but while Ancient City had not yet settled on a decision, Wanjing had already issued handling instructions.

Moreover, not just instructions for this area.

Ancient City has become a direct-controlled municipality?

It’s not April Fool’s today.”

“Wait, there are only a few direct-controlled municipalities in the Eastern Country, others who have been the top economic special zones in national rankings for many years without certainty, and now we’re directly controlled?”

“They even mentioned setting up a military region to maintain law and order?!

Fact had proven that within the official organizations of various regions, there were countless spies from Wanjing’s “relevant departments”.

The speed at which those decision-makers received this crucial information might even surpass that of the Mayor of the Ancient City.

While the Ancient City officials were still internally disputing, the superiors’ superiors…

the decision-making departments had already completed their internal resolutions and determined how to handle it.

Firstly, obviously is “reward”, the Ancient City and wanted to break free from Changping for a long time now, whether in terms of policy, taxation, or human resources, that state capital was essentially restricting the progress of the Ancient City.

And compared to seizing the position of the state capital, this status as a “direct-controlled municipality” was more straightforward and with fewer complications.

On the other hand, setting up a military region in the surroundings for long-term stationing…

this could increase the security of this “Holy Land” and also the overall security of the entire Ancient City, which was a rare “desire” from Lu Ping’an himself.

Clearly, they also understand “Earthly Divine Kingdom” is a part of “Deity”, which could only be acquired or bought, not seized forcibly.

And Lu Ping’an alone seemed worth this great expense to acquire.

At this time, if Lu Ping’an’s undying-nature hadn’t already maximized, he might even restrict himself from going to the frontline.

And with continued experimentation, more traits of this “Earth Courtyard” were developed.

It had to be admitted, it can basically be considered a “small courtyard”, essentially local transplants of courtyard rule buildings with only the core part of the World’s Reason.

The main feature is using “Life” to exchange for “changes in life”—”trade of life”

Aside from becoming an Extraordinary or species evolution types of wishing modes, there were also options like “healing diseases” and “repairing limbs”…

and these, even mortals could use.

Among the extraordinary treatments only available to Extraordinary individuals, suddenly such a “useless function” appeared, puzzling many, yet making those who truly understood and knew Lu Ping’an secretly smile.

And Lu Ping’an himself inexplicably entered into the “Human Evolution Plan” category, receiving a series of bonuses, honors, and permissions.

Thus, Lu Ping’an tried submitting an application…

numerous high-level researchers, Gardener, and Healers were directly sent over, and in just under a week, four national-level research institutes centered around Lu Ping’an and the Holy Land were established.

Following that, Lu Ping’an discovered, though he thought it was genuinely the development of his own industries, these Big Shots were actually working on private projects.

“Your Holy Land is very helpful for our Xuanwu Plan…

the human evolution experiments.”

This turned out to be an outcome that everyone hadn’t expected, providing the racial values and upper limits of the human species, was the target of the Xuanwu Plan.

After all, in the multi-universe, the potential and starting point of humanity weren’t strong, some things had to be confronted.

Quite naturally, for this target, there will be various borderline and even cross-line experiments…

some sacrifices cannot be avoided, but if it’s in Lu Ping’an’s Holy Land, simply paying a certain “lifespan” could allow one to remove prior mutations.

Moreover, once they understood Lu Ping’an’s ability’s gameplay, they would directly use it to perform mutations, then reverse the evolutionary process.

Merely this basic “life for healing/evolution” ability, this highest level of World’s Reason, was skillfully exploited by them.

Their reasons were quite sufficient, and indeed the “Holy Land” could save people…

Lu Ping’an could only sigh, without interference.

His time was limited, putting more attention into his own projects—producing Ancient Tree-class warships.

And with the help of many high-level Gardeners, the progress sped up a lot, and when the first prototype warship was produced, changes also occurred at the frontline.