Chapter 316

A large area of rubble was cleared away, the ground was leveled, and then simple houses were constructed with the joint efforts of many Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Zhang Yu was assigned to a six-person room. Just as he moved his luggage in, he saw a white-haired student named Che Yufei and a demon-blooded student with a full mane of fur.

Seeing Zhang Yu appear, Che Yufei smiled and said, "Freshman? I'm Che Yufei, a sixth-year."

He then pointed to the demon-blooded student beside him and said, "This is Shi Yunxiang, a fourth-year."

With that, Che Yufei shoved a handful of Dao Heart Buffer Capsules in front of Zhang Yu and said, "Want some?"

Zhang Yu shook his head with a smile and replied, "These are too easy to become dependent on. I don't really take them."

Despite having an extremely strong tolerance for drugs, Zhang Yu had always avoided taking Dao Heart buffer drugs.

Che Yufei was slightly taken aback and gave Zhang Yu a strange look, as if surprised that a college student—especially a civil engineering student—wouldn't take these.

Beside him, Shi Yunxiang grabbed a buffer capsule from Che Yufei's hand and swallowed it, then spoke in a tone of experience: "Kid, when I was a freshman, I thought the same way—that after all the hardship in high school, I wouldn't be afraid of anything."

"Heh..." He gave a cold laugh, feeling the buffer capsule send a stimulating rush through his brain, and said contentedly, "But once the project really starts, you'll realize that the pain and exhaustion of high school don't amount to anything here in college."

"Without taking this stuff, you really can't get through it."

Zhang Yu didn't argue or dispute. After all, Shi Yunxiang meant well by warning him. It was just that Zhang Yu truly didn't like taking Dao Heart buffer drugs.

Seeing Zhang Yu's attitude, Che Yufei and Shi Yunxiang didn't say anything more. In their eyes, it would only take a few days of being tortured to the brink before he'd be taking even more Dao Heart buffer drugs than they did.

Next, the other students in the six-person room all arrived one by one. Zhang Yu observed that Che Yufei, as a sixth-year student, was already the oldest.

Four of them were from the second layer, only Zhang Yu was from the first layer, and another student was from the third layer.

After everyone briefly introduced themselves, there was no further conversation. Each went about their own business—some studying, some breathing exercises, some cultivating techniques outside.

After wandering around outside for a while, Zhang Yu asked in confusion, "Isn't there a restroom here?"

Che Yufei shot him a knowing smile, thinking, "Such a tender freshman." He said, "Haven't you had the modification? Don't have a dharma skeleton installed? But it doesn't matter..."

He pointed outside and said, "The whole construction site is a restroom, isn't it? Just find an empty spot outside and go wherever you like."

After some rest and reorganization, everyone had their first dinner on the worksite.

Zhang Yu looked at the list of drugs displayed in his eye skeleton. Each one had a detailed description of its effects and side effects, with the affected body parts highlighted on a human model beside it.

There was the Heart-Burning Pill, which increased the gathering speed of Qi and blood and enhanced the effects of muscle and tendon training, but its side effect was increased heart load. Long-term use could easily lead to cardiovascular disease, and on the human model beside it, a large red area was marked over the heart.

There was the Yin-Sha Marrow-Corrupting Pill, which increased the cold nature of one's mana but corroded bones and marrow. Long-term use could cause anemia, fever, and even leukemia.

There was also the Tendon-Eroding Liver-Meridian Powder, which tore and rebuilt the meridians to increase mana flow speed, but it put pressure on the liver and caused bacterial and viral infections in the body.

Zhang Yu also noticed that as he selected each drug, numbers changed beneath the human model.

Sudden death probability: 0.06%

Leukemia probability: 0.012%

Septicemia probability: 0.034%

Zhang Yu understood—these were the risks calculated based on the drugs he chose.

From now on, every day as he took more drugs, the probabilities of various diseases and death would keep increasing.

Through Zhang Yu's dharma skeleton, Fuji also saw the drug selection interface and remarked with emotion, "Pretty considerate of them, huh? They want you to avoid ruining just one part of your body, to squeeze everything evenly so you live longer."

"The Civil Engineering Department is still quite humane. Just this one service alone greatly extends students' lifespans."

After Zhang Yu selected a five-drug combo meal, he waited a while for the medicated meal to arrive.

Che Yufei, seeing Zhang Yu eating so much at once, couldn't help saying, "Easy there, freshman."

Zhang Yu smiled slightly and said, "It's fine. I have a strong tolerance for drugs."

Che Yufei shook his head dismissively. Which student admitted to Wanfa University had a weak drug tolerance?

He thought to himself that once Zhang Yu visited the medical office once, he'd learn his lesson.

Zhang Yu first switched his Chain Art Diagram set to the University Saint Body, then swallowed the drugs. He felt waves of scorching medicinal power spread from his lower abdomen, surging through his limbs and bones, crashing like raging waves and floods against his internal organs, muscles, and tendons.

Feeling the burning heat all over his body, Zhang Yu sensed as if a fire was about to burst out from his chest.

He thought to himself, "Such fierce medicinal power."

So Zhang Yu immediately went outside the room and began cultivating the Infinite Zen of Spring and Autumn to digest the medicinal power.

At the same time, he also noticed that many students from the poor class had started cultivating after taking the medicine.

As he practiced the Infinite Zen of Spring and Autumn, Zhang Yu felt the medicinal power surging back and forth within his body. Under its catalysis, his muscles, tendons, and bones all showed signs of growth and development.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yu could also feel his heart pounding violently, and slight damage appeared in various positions of his internal organs.

He immediately focused all his mental energy on the Crippled Ox Body-Sacrifice Mind Technique, using the body's vitality to continuously self-heal and counteract the side effects of the medicinal power.

Just as Zhang Yu and Che Yufei were working hard to digest their dinner,

on the other side, Gongshu Jin was also having his first dinner at the construction site.

However, unlike the various potential-forcing, side-effect-laden medicines Zhang Yu and the others had taken,

the medicines Gongshu Jin and the senior students had taken had been filtered layer by layer, resulting in extremely low side effects. Moreover, each medicine was custom-tailored to their physical conditions and cultivation techniques, protecting their bodies like treasures and storing their potential, all for the sake of a thick accumulation for a thin release.

Of course, this kind of one-on-one medicine service was also extremely expensive.

Gongshu Jin looked out the window at Zhang Yu and the others tempering their bodies, and it was like seeing a bottle that had hardly any water in it, yet was being continuously squeezed by someone, trying to force out a few drops.

"It's because they lack potential that they need such stimulation and go to such lengths to squeeze out a little."

Feeling how his own body was naturally strengthening under the medicine's effect, Gongshu Jin thought to himself: "With enough potential, even if you do nothing... the potential will slowly overflow."

…

After dinner digestion was complete, a divine power mixed with the fluctuations of spiritual mechanism swept across the entire construction site.

Fuji's heart stirred, and she said, "The spirit network has been set up."

Zhang Yu's eyes flickered as he received a network notification from the Tulishan side.

Then, following the construction site's daily schedule, everyone began today's online class time.

As he connected to the spirit network, Zhang Yu rejoiced inwardly, thinking the construction site could indeed connect to the network.

But the next moment, seeing the tenfold network charges, he cursed to himself: "This is way too expensive!"

Zhang Yu made good use of time, first sending a safe-arrival message to Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Pianpian, then asking Yu Xinghan for lecture notes and online course materials, and finally directly turned off the spirit network.

The so-called online course materials were actually the video recordings of today's daytime classes.

Zhang Yu and the others were required to watch an entire day's lessons at 10x speed, so they could make time to continue cultivation and work at the construction site.

Watching the teachers' rapid speech and constantly flickering figures in the video, Zhang Yu absorbed the knowledge while thinking: "This... might actually be pretty good, it saves me a lot of class time."

"But did Yu Xinghan send me the wrong one? This is his own recorded class video, right?"

Looking at the class video Yu Xinghan had recorded with his magic bone, Zhang Yu couldn't help but curse: "This guy... why does he always record Ying Xin? I want to see the teacher."

…

Yu Xinghan was watching the view count of his short videos and thought to himself: "Every time, the ones filming Ying Xin get the highest views, huh?"

He analyzed: "Maybe next time I should film a massage shop visit?"

…

Just as Zhang Yu and Che Yufei were finishing their online classes quickly and preparing to start work,

Gongshu Jin's class had only just begun.

Because their daily workload was not as heavy as Zhang Yu's group, Gongshu Jin and the others had more time for class.

At this moment, Gongshu Jin's consciousness had already entered the depths of the spirit world, receiving instruction from teachers.

And after paying extra, not only could he receive one-on-one guidance from the teachers, but the spirit world classroom before him had reached over 99% realism, making it feel as if he was receiving face-to-face instruction with the teachers in the real world.

As Gongshu Jin continued to pay more, the entire teaching space's operation began to accelerate, first to 2x, then to 4x, and finally, after his consciousness gradually adapted, it went all the way to 10x.

This meant that in the spirit world's conscious space, he could have ten times more time for learning compared to the material world.

Gongshu Jin was accustomed to this; as long as he had money, time could also be accelerated, time could also be bought.

…

On the ruins, the poor class students had already begun the first night's work—continuing to clear the debris.

According to the plan, they needed to completely clear the entire factory ruins within half a month to prepare for the construction of the new factory.

Tulishan's reminder surfaced in Zhang Yu's mind: This place was formerly a puppet factory established by Shanhai University. After being attacked by several Golden Core realm criminals, all production lines were devastatingly destroyed.

Tulishan: Although some time has passed, there may still be residual magical power from the Golden Core realm within the site.

Tulishan: In addition, some of the puppet factory's own protective formations and feng shui formations might still be partially active.

Tulishan: Also, during the puppet manufacturing process, some heavily polluting materials are used, requiring extreme caution in handling...

Zhang Yu took a deep breath, circulating his magical power once through his body, and had already activated the Mountain True Form chapter, causing his body to expand slightly.

He carefully walked among the ruins, stirring up protective qi to shatter pieces of broken walls and debris, then clearing them out.