Chapter 73: The Price of Growth, Moon Apostle

Meng Yi exploited instance bugs, researching without regard for the passage of time.

In the more than 400 days, Qilin injected "Longevity Gene: Type IV" to accelerate her own growth and mastered the ability of spatial teleportation (a castrated version of Gyokko’s, a weakened version of Flying Thunder God Jutsu).

Miss Qilin’s anger continued to accumulate, but considering the reward Meng Yi gave her, she didn't cause any emotional outbursts.

……

Meng Yi didn't go to Qilin to catch up; his work schedule was packed, and "lab rats" that had lost their value weren't worth his lingering.

"Red Queen, how is the collection of extraordinary systems going?"

The red-skirted girl with black hair and red eyes gathered her form.

The current Red Queen had undergone a transformation. With the help of "Time-Space Fortress: Infinite Castle: Level 2 Authority," she could mobilize the three spatial abilities, Life Field, mimetic planetary magnetic field, energy hub…… she was no longer what she used to be.

"Director, 'Infinite Castle: Heaven-Net' spent 467 days collecting a total of 253 complete extraordinary systems and 89 incomplete extraordinary systems."

"Civilized ancient countries with long histories have many counterparts, large countries with vast territories have decent harvests, and tiny countries like Fusang have three or five, or none at all."

Meng Yi nodded slightly and looked through the extraordinary system data collected by Red Queen.

The five-thousand-year heritage across the sea contributed 17% of the total, a quite astonishing proportion.

"Divided into three categories, right?"

"Gene mutation type, mental will type, physical enhancement type."

All changes remain the same.

The martial arts heritage in the Shenzhou region, honing mental will and breaking human limits, was further divided into battlefield killing types, wandering knight types……

The principles of high-end realms were similar to Yoriichi Tsugikuni’s "Demon Slayer Mark + Transparent World."

Famous sects focused on mental improvement, supplemented by physical training.

The ways in which the mind pries into the outside world to manifest power were varied, and Abe no Seimei’s "Shikigami technology" wasn't even the top-tier among them.

Western god worship was purely non-existent.

Wizards, priests, shamans, etc., who were good at playing gods and ghosts, were all within the scope of the mental type.

Categories like knights, sword saints, and barbarians didn't jump out of the grand framework of physical enhancement types.

As for strange species like vampires and werewolves, the birth of the initial cases was full of various coincidences and could be seen as Westernized Muzan Kibutsuji.

……

After reading the extraordinary systems collected by Red Queen, Meng Yi stored the wisdom and inspiration into the "Infinite Castle: Big Data Library: Memory Palace."

He had already researched the three major categories of the *Demon Slayer* instance thoroughly; supplementing more wouldn't raise the upper limit, at most it would expand his horizons.

After thinking for a moment, Meng Yi ordered: "Recall the demons and network hubs outside; before leaving, squeeze every last drop of blood from Fusang."

There were too many external objects, and the cost of taking them all away was incalculable.

With so many demons and network hubs, what a waste it would be not to recycle them.

Meng Yi planned to re-forge them, synthesizing one-star cards into two-star cards, two-star cards into three-star cards…… raising a super Gu King and completely transforming it into a defensive link of the "Infinite Castle: Time-Space Fortress."

"Yes."

……

Since the battle at the Swordsmith Village, Shiki Ryougi had become a stray dog.

Wearing white clothes that were spotless, holding a short blade to punish evil and promote good.

Shiki Ryougi did her best to change the pattern of Fusang, but the power of one person was so ridiculous.

She could use her blade to kill the abuser, but she couldn't kill the slavery and obedience planted deep in the soul.

Because of too much slaughter, Shiki Ryougi, who was muddled, also thought about whether to kill the Japanese people, letting them find relief and peace in endless oppression.

Just as she was about to carry out the idea, she suddenly realized that she was not a killing ghost, and she couldn't do it……

Excessive indulgence in slaughter would only lead to losing oneself.

Shiki Ryougi, whose state of mind began to sublimate, forced herself to gather her spirit, looking for the hiding place of "Player: Red Queen," preparing to eradicate the evil leader and sever the grudge.

It was a pity that just shouting slogans was useless.

The "False World" woven by the "Misleading Plan" shrouded Shiki Ryougi again.

Shiki Ryougi followed the clues, rushed to the Hokkaido region in northern Fusang, and after all kinds of hardships, found the "Demon Headquarters."

A fierce battle ensued.

Shiki Ryougi, who had exerted all her strength, destroyed the "Demon Headquarters," but did not see the traces of Red Queen, the Demon Slayer Corps, or the Demon King.

The girl knelt in the ruins in despair, the sharp C-grade magic blade discarded to the side.

Coincidentally, at this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds and thunder snakes danced, and raindrops the size of beans smashed into the world.

Rain washed away the traces of the battle in the ruins.

Rainwater mixed with blood, and the pits accumulated full of scarlet blood rain, connecting into rivers of blood.

Tears and rain intertwined. Shiki Ryougi looked up slightly, her numb and dead gaze staring at the sky covered by dark clouds.

"Player, is this a player?!"

Shiki Ryougi clenched her fists, beating the ground futilely and powerlessly, beating until she was exhausted, beating until her skin was torn and flesh was exposed.

"If you have the ability, kill me! Kill me!"

"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!!"

"Come out! Come out! Come out!!"

Crying and shouting, until her voice was dry and hoarse, there was still not a single response from "Player: Red Queen."

The state of mind she thought had "grown" was shattered into slag after this battle.

The girl lay in the river of blood in despair, her plain white kimono stained with spots of blood.

She reached out a trembling hand to pick up the C-grade magic blade, the blade edge pressed against her carotid artery, and a bloodstain was instantly cut.

She held on for a long time, struggling for a long time.

Shiki Ryougi threw away the short blade, hugged her head, and burst into tears in self-abandonment.

"I don't even dare to end my own life; I can't do anything……"

……

After the rain cleared, the haze over Shiki Ryougi’s heart never dissipated.

The lost girl became a lonely ghost wandering in the wilderness, personally measuring Fusang with her feet, seeing countless tragedies and massacres.

The obsession with revenge was like a lonely lamp, illuminating the road ahead shrouded in white fog.

Her footsteps became heavier and heavier. As a self-proclaimed "savior," she carried the lives of the victims, determined to seek justice for her suffering compatriots.

No matter what the price, she had to kill "Player: Red Queen," who had done all kinds of evil.

The baptism of time and the tempering of suffering did not make Shiki Ryougi discouraged.

The price of growth is heavy; she gained a lot, understood a lot, and lost more……

Shatter → Reassemble → Shatter → Reassemble.

The state of mind that should have required a long life experience to improve had been improved by the "pulling up the seedlings" of suffering; although sublimated, it had gradually become extreme.

However, this is not bad.

At least she could better integrate into the "Evolution Paradise" and wouldn't be harvested as a leek by the Paradise monsters.

……

Meng Yi didn't really target Shiki Ryougi seriously; the few casual chess moves he made almost broke this Fusang high school girl.

Because the "Apostle Plan" was launched, "Infinite Castle: Heaven-Net" was retracted.

The "cages" made for Shiki Ryougi and Flandre gradually lost their effect.

Shiki Ryougi was able to walk out of the Hokkaido region and embark on a revenge road destined to be long and rugged.

……

Compared to Shiki Ryougi, who was broken and then rebuilt, the growth of Flandre, that "big leek," was also okay.

Meng Yi exploited the bug for two and a half years.

Trapped in the Kyushu region of southern Fusang, little Flandre wore the title of "Famous Anti-Japanese General" firmly.

Kyushu, a cliff by the sea.

Under the night sky, the petite blonde girl hugged her knees with both hands, curled up on the top of the mountain, looking at the calm sea.

Flandre raised her delicate hands.

"Sister, I killed people, killed so many, many people."

"Ten thousand? One hundred thousand? One million? Flandre can’t remember clearly."

"Sister, did Flandre become a bad child?"

The little vampire’s delicate face was buried in her knees, her voice slightly sobbing: "Sister, I want to go home."

"Flandre won't run out anymore; the basement is also quite good."

The night wind blew her western dress, and Flandre’s crying grew louder and louder.

"So hungry, Flandre wants to eat the pastries made by Sakuya, Flandre wants to hear Patchouli-sama tell stories, Flandre wants to watch Meiling perform acrobatics……"

"Wuwuwu, Paradise is a bad place! Instance is a bad place! Players are bad guys!"

……

In the previous selection instance, the little vampire, who started with a C-plus grade overall rating, killed gods and Buddhas, and killed through the instance in one month.

She used "Death Eye Destruction" to kill the powerful instance boss, obtained a B-grade rating, and both her hidden authority and Meng Yi’s were Tier 5.

Flandre thought Paradise was a place for vacation and tourism, her own little secret.

The instance world was very interesting, the Paradise public area was also very interesting, and the Paradise players were all good people.

There was a "big sister" with a strange name who not only took her to play in the "Comprehensive Leisure Area" but also gave her two super powerful forbidden spell scrolls.

Little Flandre’s own sister, Remilia "Head-Holding Squat" Scarlet, once said that if someone gives a gift, you should also give a return gift.

And so, the big leek, whose brain wasn't very smart, gave all her Paradise Coins and B-grade Origin Crystals (2) to the kind Paradise player.

Flandre summoned the player panel and looked at the only friend in the list, "lv49: I am the Magical Girl" (Player message: In promotion assessment, do not disturb! Otherwise, I will blow up you XX-raised monsters!).

"Magical Girl sister, why didn't you tell Flandre what to do if she can't find the bad guy to end the instance mission?"

The aggrieved little vampire’s pouting mouth could hang a trailer.

"Huh!!"

Flandre carefully read the message from "I am the Magical Girl," as if she had discovered a new continent, and her dim blood-red eyes became bright and brilliant.

"Blow up?! That’s right!"

"If you can't find the bad guy, just blow up the Fusang Islands, right?"

"Whether it’s the Demon Slayer Corps or demons, die! Everyone go die for Flandre!"

A crazy smile rose on her delicate face, and the experience of two and a half years turned into firewood for burning anger.

The suppressed nature and instinct were gradually released, and the wildness buried in her bones gradually returned.

"The instance is a bad place, then blow up the instance!"

"Paradise is a bad place, then blow up Paradise!"

"Players are big bad guys, then kill the players!"

The bone wings flashing with seven-colored light vibrated, Flandre flew up, and her small hands patted the dust on her western dress.

"Yeah, Flandre understands! Flandre understands everything!"

"Future rewards must all be used to strengthen oneself; can’t send them to the only kind Magical Girl sister anymore."

"Flandre is not a bad child! Flandre just wants to go home!"

"Whoever dares to stop Flandre from going home, let them go die!"

The blonde, blood-red-eyed vampire grinned wildly, C-plus grade energy intensity prying the elements of the natural world.

Sparks rose, the mountain forest was burned, the earth was burned, and the night sky of stars and moon echoed with the fire sea raging in the mountain forest.

*"Fusion: Magic Sword: Laevateinn!!"*

The little vampire raised her right hand high, and the fire sea gathered into a flame magic sword that burned and distorted the air.

"Not enough! Not enough! Far from enough!"

"Flandre wants stronger power, Flandre wants to destroy the Fusang Islands!!"

Casting aside rationality, wildness controlled her actions.

The beast-like keen instinct made Flandre check the only two B-grade forbidden spell scrolls.

"Useful!"

"Fire element! Detonate the place where fire elements are most abundant! Only then can Flandre go home!"

"Magical Girl sister, you helped Flandre a lot!"

The little vampire flew higher and higher, using her magic vision to distinguish the distribution of fire elements, locking onto Mount Fuji in the central-southern part of the Honshu region!

A flame meteor streaked across the sky; the vampire, symbolizing destruction and ruin, was going to start her big plan!

……

Tokyo Prefecture: Infinite Castle Headquarters.

Meng Yi’s "Apostle Plan" ended, and he harvested his first apostle.

All demons except Muzan Kibutsuji died.

He extracted all demon gene chains and manufactured an ultimate enhanced version (D-plus grade) Gu King.

Only D-plus grade clearly couldn't satisfy Meng Yi.

He injected the "Longevity Gene: Type IV: Complete Demon" into the freshly baked Gu King, reshaped the Gu King’s form with "Cell-level: Biological Psionic Computer," added various mastered technologies, and enhanced the upper limit of Apostle Unit 1.

"Bai Xue Battle Body v1.0" loaded!

"Energy Core v1.0" loaded!

"Simulated Personality: Combat-type Apostle" loaded!

"Entropy Loss Syndrome: Burning Life Form" loaded!

"Attack Summary: Unrestricted Fighting Technique" memory infusion!

"Infinite Castle: Time-Space Fortress: Level 3 Authority (Apostle-level)" granted!

"Life Field" and "Simulated Planetary Magnetic Field" authority opened!

*Splash~~*

The water level of the three-dimensional culture tank dropped, and the locked cabin door slowly opened.

A girl with white hair reaching her waist like the moon, eyes red as blood, and delicate features like a doll, about sixteen or seventeen years old and about 1.65 meters tall, walked out of the culture tank cautiously.

At first, Apostle Unit 1 wasn't used to walking, and her movements were slightly stuttering and clumsy.

But after a few seconds, the infused memory was digested and absorbed, and her walking became smoother.

Apostle Unit 1 tilted her delicate face slightly, her eyes full of worship, admiration, and longing, looking earnestly at her creator, Meng Yi.

"Creator, Apostle Unit 1 reports to you!"

Meng Yi supported his forehead with his hand, helplessly saying: "Put on your clothes first."

"Apostle Unit 1 is your identity, but not your name. You can name yourself according to your preference."

The apostle instinctively followed Meng Yi’s order, her body cells proliferating rapidly, and her bone structure modified.

In less than a second, moon-white exoskeleton armor covered Apostle Unit 1’s graceful figure.

The girl tilted her head, her eyes full of thought, and after a long, long time, she said slowly: "Yue (Moon)."

"Creator, you can just call me 'Yue'."

"The Twelve Kizuki are Muzan Kibutsuji’s tools; Yue is your tool."

Yesterday, I read the opinion raised by book friend "Eight-Yuan Family’s Yuehua" in the comment section, which is quite reasonable.

For the protagonist’s scientific research and experimental plots, give the beginning: why, and the ending: what is the harvest, and appropriately reduce the pen and ink description of the intermediate process.

Enrich the things that happened during the protagonist’s experiments, and appropriately increase the pen and ink of supporting characters.

Shape the characters more concretely, restore the personality and image of supporting characters, and avoid blankness, stereotyping, and homogenization.

In the future, the protagonist’s style will be similar to a chess player behind the scenes, turning his hands into clouds and covering them with

What do you think of this, my reader godfathers?

Welcome to join the reader group; if you have any questions, we can discuss them together.

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Tier 1 isn't just about farming, adventuring, traveling, and shopping; there are also players from the scientific research faction.

Teaser: The next dungeon will be the Tier 1→2 promotion, featuring scientific research players cooperating with Uncle Snake for mutual benefit.

The protagonist will insert a spatial eye to harvest their results while plotting against the entire Otsutsuki family bucket.

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Note: There are still 8,000 words coming tonight, 12,000 for the day, let's go, go, go!