Chapter 2562

In a gentle way, of course, that means feeding them well and treating them well so their hatred slowly decreases.

Since there is no hunger or beating, the hatred value will not rise.

The only drawback is that it takes too long.

So, more than thirty people are still imprisoned to this day.

Now that Zhao Chi has the collar, he can truly speed things up significantly.

But... letting a Slave Hero command Slave Soldiers is indeed no problem.

What if a Slave Hero commands the Taoyuan Female Soldiers?

It just feels a bit mismatched.

The Taoyuan Female Soldiers' mission execution is completely fine; even if commanded by a Slave Hero, as long as it is Zhao Chi's arrangement, they will all obey.

But it still feels awkward.

After all, the Taoyuan race has extremely strong attributes and genes, but ordinary Heroes are very weak.

It belongs to the category of weak generals and strong soldiers.

It might affect the performance of the Taoyuan Female Soldiers.

Moreover, the entire Taoyuan race can resurrect, but ordinary Heroes cannot.

When facing enemies several times their number, even a single Taoyuan Female Soldier dares to charge forward without hesitation.

And since Zhao Chi established his territory, almost most battles have been against enemies with greater numbers than themselves.

But ordinary Heroes facing this situation might panic.

Without the existence of "Fearless," and without the confidence forged by massive genes, ordinary Heroes find it hard to remain calm.

It can be said that ordinary Heroes, aside from possessing Hero attributes, have weaker abilities than the ordinary female soldiers of the Taoyuan race.

With ordinary Heroes joining, they might even drag the team down...

It is still not suitable.

"No, Sister, are there other methods? Even difficult ones are fine."

"Other methods... might have low cost-effectiveness; it requires converting racial bloodlines into Hero Souls."

Zhao Chi's eyes lit up: "Bloodlines can be converted!?"

Li Ruanyu nodded: "One fragment of Nüwa Stone, combined with one racial bloodline, can fuse into a Hero Soul corresponding to that race."

"Nüwa Stone fragments have this function?"

"Yes, Nüwa is the Mother Goddess of humanity; you haven't heard the legend of Nüwa creating humans, have you?"

"... Of course I have."

Li Ruanyu smiled: "So Nüwa Stone fragments combined with bloodlines can fuse into General Souls; is it really that surprising to you?"

Zhao Chi smiled: "It's not surprise, but unexpectedness; originally I thought Nüwa Stone fragments could only grant temporary invincibility and reset the territory's race, I didn't expect they could also be paired with bloodlines to fuse into Hero Souls."

Li Ruanyu said: "It is possible, but there is a failure rate; after all, Nüwa is only the Mother Goddess of humanity; if you use Nüwa Stone fragments to fuse with bloodlines of other races, there is still a chance of failure; at that time, both the bloodline and the Nüwa Stone fragment will be destroyed, and the loss is not small."

Zhao Chi laughed.

Probability?

Haha.

The concept of probability in front of Zhao Chi is just like Gu Qing in front of Zhao Chi; he can play with it however he wants.

No need to worry at all.

Moreover, Zhao Chi would not use bloodlines of other races mixed with Nüwa Stone fragments; Zhao Chi does not need Heroes of other races.

Even if he did, he could just buy them directly.

There is absolutely no way he would expend such great effort to fuse them.

What Li Ruanyu said is correct; this method indeed has very low cost-effectiveness.

Nüwa Stone fragments cost at least 2000 gold coins, and ordinary racial bloodlines also cost at least 2000 gold coins.

So for this Hero synthesis, the cost is directly 4000 gold coins.

Except for nobles who, due to their genes, will definitely fuse Hero Souls of their own subordinate races, no other ordinary lords do this.

But this opened a channel for Zhao Chi.

So, is the current goal to collect Nüwa Stones and racial bloodlines?

Zhao Chi cannot get Nüwa Stones himself.

He can only continue issuing bounties, increasing the intensity of the bounties.

As for racial bloodlines, he can let women like Gu Qing and the others accumulate them slowly.

But there are difficulties.

The difficulty is that the accumulation of bloodlines is too slow.

Actually, the speed at which the few women around Zhao Chi accumulate bloodline energy is already very fast.

They only need one month to accumulate one point, without stopping in between.

Plus the effect of the Enhanced Aphrodisiac Qi, which can change the time they need to condense bloodline energy from one month to ten days.

The speed has increased a lot.

But the problem is it is still not fast enough.

Moreover, only the master of the bloodline can gather it; otherwise, Zhao Chi could take in more women and synthesize them together.

Not only that...

Bloodline energy has many uses.

The most direct one is allowing Zhao Chi to directly absorb and consume it, entering a Bloodline Reinforcement State to reinforce his own combat power.

Or consume ten points to enter an Overlimit Bloodline Reinforcement State, making Zhao Chi's combat power explode.

Zhao Chi still wanted to accumulate at least ten points to gather enough energy for one Ultra Enhancement, giving him at least one more way to protect himself.

Right now he has none at all.

Aside from that.

The most orthodox way to cultivate a race's bloodline is to first gather a bloodline sprout, then slowly nourish it with spiritual power.

But this method is too slow.

Zhao Chi truly has no time to wait.

So he still must use bloodline energy to catalyze the bloodline sprout, forcing it to grow rapidly into a full race bloodline—but this method still requires ten points of energy, and the cost remains substantial.

Moreover, Zhao Chi still wanted to decompose some bloodlines of the Taoyuan Clan, breaking them down into genes to strengthen the Taoyuan Clan's genetic makeup.

He really lacks bloodline energy right now.

He has four female bloodline masters nearby, yet even they can't meet demand.

He must find a solution for this too.

"... Zhao Chi, did you hear what I just said?"

Li Ruanyu asked softly.

Zhao Chi blinked in surprise: "Huh? Sorry, sister, I just zoned out."

Li Ruanyu nodded: "I thought you were distracted. Did you hear the last method?"

Zhao Chi shook his head: "No… could you repeat it?"

Li Ruanyu said: "The last method relies on the 'Pointing Platform'—turning other heroes from hero status back into commoners, then consuming some bloodline energy, so you can reappoint new residents as new heroes."

Zhao Chi asked in astonishment: "There's such a building?"

"Of course there is—it's a rare building. But heroes reappointed on the Pointing Platform have fixed standard attributes and talents, with far less flexibility than those granted by 'Hero Souls' and 'Appointment Scrolls.'"

"Uh… what do you mean by 'standard attributes and talents'? Are they fixed?"

"Not completely fixed—they pick one from several preset talents and attributes, then assign it to a subordinate."

"It's a choose-one?"

"Yes, it's a multiple-choice, but the options are relatively fixed—no top-tier talents will appear."

"That's fine! As long as it's multiple-choice!"

Li Ruanyu smiled: "You seem pleased? But don't forget there are restrictions—you must remove one hero before appointing another, and you still need race bloodline, though one bloodline can support multiple hero transitions."

Zhao Chi murmured: "That's not a problem. Heroes can be captured or bought anyway, and if one bloodline can support multiple transitions, that's even better—about how many times can one bloodline support?"

"It varies. Depends on the bloodline's rank and energy. Generally, the weakest can support three to five transitions, better ones about ten, and even better ones up to twenty—but I don't know about Peach Source bloodline, since there's no reference data for it."

"That's still acceptable."

Li Ruanyu nodded: "But the problem is you lack the 'Pointing Platform'—it's a rare building, and not easy to obtain. I can help you look for blueprints, but I can't guarantee I'll find any."

Zhao Chi nodded: "I understand. How much does the full set of Pointing Platform blueprints cost?"