Chapter 344: Frank's Research

"Crossbreeding is a very promising technique..." Frank's eyes had already lit up upon hearing the first half of the sentence.

"As expected, only the Lord's favored can understand my ideals..." Frank had completely failed to listen to the second half of Klein's sentence.

He directly and enthusiastically grabbed Klein's hand and dragged him toward his laboratory.

"I'll take you to my laboratory first; as soon as you see my research, you'll understand everything!"

"For the sake of the Mother and the Lord, I have never done anything to harm the world!"

Frank spoke with such confidence that it even piqued Klein's curiosity.

Leonard and the others naturally followed, also wanting to see the research of this "mad scientist."

"Admiral of Stars" Cattleya suppressed the urge to cover her face with her hand and could only follow along.

Frank rushed straight into his room and brought out a thick, fat sea fish.

"This is the preliminary result of my crossbreeding grapes and fish." He took out a dagger, walked to the side of the ship, and stabbed the dagger into the fish's body, tearing open a gash.

A rich aroma of wine wafted from the fish's wound, followed by blood spilling down into the sea.

"..."

And during the few minutes that a Painted Object existed, Frank could more accurately judge the errors in his research direction and subsequently correct them.

Klein used his "Clown" ability to keep his expression stiff and nodded slightly, "But that is the Lord's Gift. Before the Lord allows you to return to the sect, I will not help you."

But Frank currently had no room in his eyes for irrelevant people; he stared at Klein with shining eyes, "Fellow believer, are you a 'Person in the Painting'?"

"I am very glad you made the right choice."

"This blood tastes like red wine!" Frank brought the dagger to his lips and licked it, "This fish's blood even contains many components beneficial to living organisms!"

"This is truly too crazy!" Leonard's expression changed several times, and he subconsciously moved away from Frank.

Klein decisively rejected this "mad scientist." He had never even considered using the "Painted Object" ability for such insane research!

Klein looked at the blood on the corner of Frank's mouth and the sea fish emitting the aroma of wine, suddenly not knowing what to say.

"Oh, no! Fellow believer..." Frank complained repeatedly.

Frank pointed to the seawater below. Klein looked over, and sure enough, a few seconds later, small fish began to gather where the blood had dripped, fighting over the blood that hadn't yet completely dissipated.

Perhaps he should praise the "Supreme Dream," praise Him for not bestowing a Gift upon Frank; otherwise, imagine the scene if Frank had the abilities of the "Planter" pathway combined with those of a "Person in the Painting."

Cattleya nodded in satisfaction from the side, taking Klein and the other three to tour the ship, while everyone tacitly ignored Frank's complaints.

—"Painted Object" is nearly creating something from nothing; drawing a fish growing wheat on paper is certainly simpler than actually stuffing wheat into a fish's head.

Then the difficulty of his experiments would be greatly reduced, and the results would be even crazier.

The group thus settled on the "Future" and headed together toward East Balam in the Southern Continent.

The "Admiral of Blood" and his fleet were completely wiped out, an event that caused a massive stir on the sea, and the rewards—which could be described as insane—made the Blood Sect the ultimate prey for all pirates and treasure hunters.

The Blood Sect and the Rose School of Thought also made corresponding responses to this situation, adopting more covert methods to transport Blood-Venerating Cultists and the sect's assets.

The ocean is too vast; no one can root out these scattered Blood-Venerating Cultists, but their destination is the Pasi Plateau, and one of the most important routes passes through East Balam.

Now, what Klein and the others need to do is intercept and kill the Blood-Venerating Cultists.

The "Future" and the "Golden Dream" are very different; this is a difference in the styles of the two pirate admirals, but life at sea remains equally monotonous.

Of course, Klein has a strange feeling of opening a blind box every day, because Frank never gives up and shows him a result almost every day.

In these past few days, he has already seen fish meat that smells, tastes, and looks like beef, as well as fruit that grows on fish and tastes like pig brain...

Of course, these flavors are all according to Frank; Klein really doesn't dare to try them.

However, from another perspective, Frank is still quite capable; for example, those green apples he produced have very prominent medicinal effects—one bite and colds, fevers, and headaches are directly eliminated.

Klein has lost count of how many times he has marveled at this creative ability, and he is also trying to "correct" Frank onto a normal path.

"Why not use different varieties of wheat for crossbreeding? That would be more likely to bring you closer to your goal," Klein said sincerely.

Recently, he has unilaterally become Frank's confidant and close friend, and Frank tells him almost everything.

"That seems feasible..." Frank frowned and nodded slightly, but then said, "But why don't we do it all in one step? Crossbreed a dairy cow with wheat, and then we'll have cream-flavored wheat!"

"..." Klein was speechless.

"Fellow believer, could you draw a picture for me? Just one!" Frank even laid out all his worldly possessions in front of Klein, stopping just short of digging out the Characteristic inside his own body.

"I can't draw what you need either," Klein said, shaking his head.

The ability of a "Person in the Painting" is nearly creating something from nothing, but it is not truly creating something from nothing.

The "Painted Object" within it requires a prototype, and the painter needs to have sufficient understanding of it.

Of course, now that Klein's Sequence has risen, the ability of the "Person in the Painting" has also improved, and the restrictions are not as strict.

"Then let's try it; it's possible it won't work anyway!" Frank was almost going crazy.

"Help him once; I will pay the price," Cattleya said to Klein, not knowing why she had been persuaded by Frank.

"... Alright." Klein also knew that if he didn't extinguish Frank's thoughts, there would be no peace day after day.

"Great! Thank you, fellow believer!" Frank was ecstatic and brought out all his research blueprints.

Klein's eyelids twitched; he really saw dairy cows that could grow in the ground and wheat that could sprout cream!

This Frank is simply a genius!

He had long since found a "Person in the Painting" in the Phantom Realm to cooperate with, completing the preliminary work, just waiting to find a "Person in the Painting" in Reality.

In the Phantom Realm, a "Person in the Painting" is naturally unscrupulous, but in Reality, even an idealistic "Person in the Painting" has to consider the impact on Reality and wouldn't dare draw for Frank. Now, he had finally caught one!

Klein somewhat regretted agreeing.