Chapter 395 - 367: Garden of Eden
Of course, the function he found most interesting was conversion.
It could forcibly convert other Advanced Building Cards into activated Advanced Giant Beast Building Cards.
’He wouldn’t have to worry about not getting any more Giant Beast Building Cards in the future.’
’He just wondered if other Ultimate Building Cards had similar functions.’
He circled Giant Beast Heavy Industry once before finally finding an entrance on the northwest side.
The massive passageway resembled a giant, gaping mouth. Beneath the flickering firelight, a scarlet carpet lay underfoot. He walked down a long flight of stairs for some distance.
Qin Ziwen stopped. From the pitch-black depths ahead, he heard the thudding of footsteps.
The sound drew closer, like a frenzied drumbeat,
"ROAR~"
Its roar arrived before it did.
A pair of bright red lanterns, suspended in the air, leaped into view.
The pitch-black Black seemed to melt into the surroundings. All that could be seen was a pair of large, red eyes that glinted in the darkness, staring fixedly at them.
"Come." Qin Ziwen held out his hand, and the Giant Beast in the darkness lowered its massive head.
Black narrowed its eyes, dipping its head to nuzzle against him.
A patter of more rapid footsteps came from behind as the white Little White Dragon bounded over.
Once it reached him, it hopped up and down, trying to jump into his arms.
"Settle down," Qin Ziwen said, setting Little White Dragon aside.
He walked in the direction Black had come from, and soon, the scene before him changed abruptly.
Within the building, a vast number of trees and shrubs had been planted.
Qin Ziwen wasn’t too surprised by this. The Giant Beast Breeding Center had always had this feature.
’Now that the two had merged, it was perfectly normal for Giant Beast Heavy Industry to contain such a landscape.’
He discovered that inside Giant Beast Heavy Industry, there were no obvious boundaries between the different functional zones.
There was merely a sign hanging overhead: Giant Beast Breeding Center.
After touring the Giant Beast Breeding Center, he found that this section was located in the very heart of Giant Beast Heavy Industry.
Its internal structure wasn’t much different from the original Giant Beast Breeding Center, though some aspects of the layout had become a little more refined.
The changes to the Giant Beast feed processing plant, however, were more significant. The corpse disposal entrance had become a moving conveyor track.
Like the factory’s intestines, it could transport the corpses "downstream" to be processed through various stages, ultimately producing the finished food product.
A portion of this assembly line also passed through the Giant Beast Breeding Center.
...
Led by Qin Ziwen, Qin Ziwu and the others entered the massive factory.
"So we just toss it in here?" Cao Biansheng asked, holding a centipede corpse and looking at the constantly moving conveyor belt in front of him.
In the gloomy environment, aside from the disposal entrance where they could make out their immediate surroundings, everything else was shrouded in darkness. The only sound was the low hum of the moving track.
"What’s the power source for this? Is it hydro, thermal, or purely mechanical, driven by water?" Wang Yun asked, her curiosity piqued.
Qin Ziwen chuckled to himself. ’You’re asking me what the power source is?’
’It’s not important.’
’The buildings themselves can stand up and fight. Who cares about a detail like that?’
’If someone told me this track moved because the factory’s intestines were contracting, I’d believe them.’
But naturally, he couldn’t give them that answer.
Qin Ziwen shook his head. "I’m not sure either, but it probably doesn’t consume any energy. Let’s just see how effective the decomposition is first."
Cao Biansheng tossed the centipede corpse onto the conveyor belt.
It was worth noting that there were nine such conveyor belts in this area.
The centipede corpse landed on the belt and moved forward slowly until it was completely swallowed by the darkness.
A trembling hum emanated from the depths.
The feed processing plant had begun its work.
’Looks like it won’t produce results right away. We’ll probably have to wait a while.’
Qin Ziwen said, "Remove all the carapaces from the centipedes we hunted. Throw the rest of the corpses onto the conveyor belts. We need to see how efficient this factory is first."
"Yes, President," Cao Biansheng replied with a nod. After he spoke, he glanced around surreptitiously.
’He didn’t know if it was just his imagination, but he’d had a strange feeling ever since he stepped inside.’
’Even though everything around him looked like a normal building, he couldn’t shake a deep, nagging sense of wrongness.’
’Cao Biansheng figured it was just because he was in an unfamiliar, oppressive place. It had to be his mind playing tricks on him.’
Afterward, Cao Biansheng led the members of the Hunting Team in carrying the centipede corpses from the hunt into the feed processing plant inside Giant Beast Heavy Industry.
"Brother Cao, this place is huge. I bet you could get lost in here if you didn’t have a guide," one of the Hunting Team members carrying a centipede remarked with a chuckle.
"Bullshit. A grown man like you getting lost?" Cao Biansheng retorted with a laugh. "I’ll mention it to the President later, see if we can get some more torches installed in here."
After they finished, a young man sidled up to Cao Biansheng and whispered, "Brother Cao, are we really turning in all the centipedes? I thought we’d get to keep a bit of the meat."
Cao Biansheng shot him a look, his brow furrowed. "What are you talking about? Would the President ever shortchange you? Where do you think that weapon and Leather Armor you’re wearing came from?"
"I know, I didn’t mean anything by it," the young man said, shaking his head quickly.
The Qin Alliance’s Hunting Team had always been treated well. In addition to receiving a share from every successful hunt, they were also given priority for new equipment.
Perhaps feeling his tone had been too harsh, Cao Biansheng’s expression softened. "Don’t overthink it. You’re an educated man, so you should understand how much manpower this plant will save if it works. Besides, every centipede was tallied during the hunt. You’ll get the share you’re owed."
After the group departed, the area fell silent once more.
By the banks of the River of Spirits, Qin Ziwen sat down and took out the new Miracle Card he had just received as a reward.
[Miracle Card] Garden of Eden (Unique)
[Construction Requirements] Heart of the World x1, Golden Apple x9
The Garden of Eden is the paradise God created for humanity’s ancestors, Adam and Eve, as recorded in the Book of Genesis. Its name means "Garden of God."
’I wonder if this Miracle has any connection to the biblical Garden of Eden.’
’But judging from the construction requirements—especially the first material, the Heart of the World—it sounds incredibly expensive just from the name.’
’If this were a game, it would probably be a top-tier material you could only get by spending a ton of real money.’
He committed the names of the two materials, Heart of the World and Golden Apple, to memory.
Then he put the Card away.
He now had two Miracles and one Ultimate Building.
He hadn’t fully utilized the effects of these three structures yet, so he was in no hurry to build a third Miracle.
The first two Miracles were already money pits.
He wouldn’t be able to sustain a third one anytime soon.
’The most important thing right now is to gather more intel about this map.’
"President, bad news! We found a ton of small, palm-sized black bugs in the corners of the outer walls of the Gated Community."
...
...