[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-140":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","No Money, What Cultivation?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},163489,323,"Chapter 140: Breeding Base (Thanks to 'Your Father Laughs Heartily' for Alliance Leader 2)","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-140",140,"\u003Cp>From the outside, this place looked like a massive factory, completely cut off from the inside and outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If tourists wanted to visit, they had to spend another 200 bucks on a ticket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen muttered inwardly: \"Damn... Xiong Wenwu couldn't be trying to hit his sales target, so he specifically picked this place for the meeting, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though displeased, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen still shelled out 400, bought two tickets, and walked into the breeding base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment they entered, the feeling of being utterly refreshed in the reserve—where every breath seemed to cleanse the body—disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In its place was a dry, bitter air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu wondered: \"Doesn't the breeding base connect to the reserve's air? Is this the air we normally breathe?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen sighed inwardly: \"The demon beasts in this reserve can't even get a few breaths of the air their ancestors breathed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a deep voice rang out: \"Long time no see, Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu turned and saw a tall figure already waiting for them—none other than Xiong Wenwu from Hongta High School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the two looking at him, Xiong Wenwu said: \"Let's talk while we tour; we can't waste the ticket money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen followed him to the first stop of the breeding base—the incubation room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On both sides of the corridor, row after row of transparent rooms were filled with all kinds of demon beasts, the only commonality being that each beast was incubating something like dragon eggs beneath them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, about half of the rooms seemed to be empty and unused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So it's a demon beast breeding base.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen looked at the various demon beasts in the incubation room as if at a zoo, then suddenly pointed at a bear and said: \"Haha, Xiong Wenwu, doesn't that bear look like you before your transformation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu glanced at incubation room No. 33, where a massive demon bear was sprawled on the ground, snoring while sleeping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu said flatly: \"That's my mother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\" Bai Zhenzhen's mind went blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu looked at the two and said: \"The breeding base finds suitable female hosts among demon beasts, then implants True Dragon bloodline to create offspring containing dragon lineage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard they used incubators directly at first, but later the company decided that using demon beast hosts was cheaper, and since the base doesn't need high output, they ended up giving us real mothers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, there are plenty of demon beasts in the reserve anyway, so it's easy to catch them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu gazed at the demon beasts in the incubation room and said flatly: \"Even though it's my mother, she's just a mindless demon beast. She doesn't recognize me anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu, never having encountered such a conversation, were both stunned, not knowing what to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the silence, the three arrived at the newborn area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside each incubator were demon-blooded infants of various appearances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were fast asleep, some stared wide-eyed at the outside, and some had a syringe stuck in their backs, wailing loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu said flatly: \"The infants here will undergo continuous injections of various drugs. Those unable to withstand the drug potency will be eliminated...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the study room, where a group of demon-blooded infants were intently watching a screen that played a juvenile version of Hongta Animal Husbandry's onboarding training—teaching how to treat the company like home and cherish it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen exclaimed: \"Holy shit, it's actually juvenile onboarding training?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu nodded slightly, thinking to himself that Hongta Animal Husbandry was way too absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then Bai Zhenzhen continued: \"So they're born with a job? Plenty of people outside would envy that treatment, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu said with a hint of pride: \"The company provides a job for every demon-blooded born in the breeding base. They receive onboarding training from a young age, instilling the company spirit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because of this, commoners come to protest every year, wanting to send their own children into the breeding base to study with us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking a few more steps, they saw a group of demon-blooded infants doing calisthenics while shouting slogans: \"Move forward hand in hand, create a bright future; the light of fatherly love illuminates you and me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of them was a portrait of a black dragon, apparently the school board chairman of Hongta High School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continuing down the path, the demon-blooded individuals grew older. From onboarding training to general education, after repeated exams and streaming, more and more of them were assigned to work to repay their breeding debts, while those who stayed to continue studying became fewer and fewer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu continued: \"Originally, the base produced a large number of demon-blooded every year. They either studied hard, passed college entrance exams, and became promising talents for Hongta Animal Husbandry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or they were streamed directly to work at the company, diligently becoming the foundation of Hongta Animal Husbandry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But ever since the introduction of Oasis Group's new technology, the company decided to change its business direction. A large number of ranches and factories were acquired by Oasis Group, and this breeding base will probably be phased out too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu knew that for the yaoyi who had always lived and worked here, leaving the Red Tower… was even more terrifying than going to work in a factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as just a first-year high school student, he couldn’t change anything; the only thing he could do was find a way to take care of the people he cared about. Walking and stopping along the way, the three of them arrived at the finished product room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the rooms on both sides of the corridor, seventeen-year-old yaoyi were studying at their desks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Electric shock collars were fastened around their necks, keeping them awake and relieving fatigue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chains on their feet were connected to the desks, symbolizing their determination to study wherever they went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeders in front of them had an automatic feeding function, which would automatically feed them each time they completed an assignment as required.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching this scene, a trace of nostalgia flickered across Xiong Wenwu’s face as he said, “This is the general education course for the three years of high school, preparing them for the junior high school graduation exam of the breeding base.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, whether they can enter high school next year will determine whether they will study or work in the future, so everyone studies very hard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself… Damn, isn’t this basically “study or starve to death”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling everything he had seen and heard since entering the protected area, Zhang Yu couldn’t help but sigh inwardly: “This company really… squeezes every drop out of a person and then grinds the bones under its heel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they reached the latter part of the tour, Xiong Wenwu brought up the matter of the spirit vein.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking one by one \u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the incubation room of the breeding base, in order to ensure the growth of the young and the true dragon bloodline, a spirit vein pipeline was introduced, bringing air and high-concentration spirit energy from the spirit vein.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But only the incubation room has this condition, so someone needs to arrange for you to sneak in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen asked in surprise, “Won’t we be discovered?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu beside her shook his head: “Most of the breeding base is already automated, with only one person in charge. As long as that person agrees, no one will notice if you skim a bit of the spirit vein.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu pointed at the billing device on his body and asked, “What about this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu said, “The breeding base is on the edge of the protected area. There’s an external material transport channel here. I’ve already cleared the obstacles along the way and confirmed there’s no problem. Next time, I’ll take you directly through that channel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen then noticed that Xiong Wenwu didn’t seem to have any billing device on him at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu warned again, “But if you come through that channel, you can only stay inside the breeding base at most. Whatever you do, don’t go outside. The protected area has too many surveillance methods—you will definitely be caught.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu then asked, “So what’s the price?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu said, “8,000 per hour.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen exchanged a glance, both feeling that this price wasn’t expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, according to the prices outside in the protected area, given their physiques, just breathing out without even inhaling would cost several thousand per hour, let alone the air and dense spirit energy from the spirit vein.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen asked again, “Why did you choose to trade with us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I asked around—you two are pretty poor, right?” Xiong Wenwu smiled. “I don’t trust people who are too rich. And among people as poor as you who still try to get at the spirit vein and come to ask me about it, there are only you two… I guess I don’t have much choice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu continued, “Now there’s one last problem: the only employee of this breeding base might not agree to this deal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Later, the person I’m taking you to meet is her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So I need you to cooperate with me to negotiate with her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Follow my arrangements…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they heard Xiong Wenwu’s plan, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s faces showed a hint of awkwardness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at the final souvenir sales area, besides items like an onboarding training manual, feature test papers from the breeding base, replica electric shock collars, and various yaoyi dolls, Zhang Yu’s gaze also swept over various animal bones, animal blood, and demon beast meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although demon beasts had always been treated as animals, completely different from yaoyi, seeing this stuff here still made Zhang Yu feel a bit uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Approaching the souvenir counter, Xiong Wenwu greeted with a smile, “Sis, I’ve come to see you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time Zhang Yu had seen Xiong Wenwu’s brutish face smile so happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But looking at the little red panda behind the counter, Zhang Yu still showed a puzzled expression. However, thinking about how the yaoyi at Red Tower High School always called each other brothers and sisters, it didn’t seem so strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu said to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, “This is my sister An’an. If she hadn’t helped me learn to read as a child, I might have been weeded out long ago.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She has some opportunities to skim the spirit vein, which she can introduce to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the little red panda behind the counter didn’t seem to agree with what Xiong Wenwu was saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised both hands high and said angrily, “Xiong Wenwu! What are you doing! I told you I won’t betray the company’s interests!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Wenwu sighed inwardly upon hearing this, a trace of helplessness flashing across his face.\u003C\u002Fp>",1819,"2026-05-29T04:54:22.303Z","2026-06-01T04:29:11.989Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","ba5ff01717fcc35df28559e66804f05ffc97213c1c4ec959f4fd0687373afca0","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-141","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-139",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]