Chapter 544

Inside the laboratory.

True Lord Ciji's mind burst with inspiration. Along with a slight retreat of her Dao-heart, the design blueprints in her eye-skeleton were rapidly generated, and as she moved, she kept drawing one sheet after another.

Finally, looking at the entire design of the yin artifact, especially the strange patterns on the outer shell of this Dharma Skeleton, Ciji couldn't help frowning slightly and thought to herself, "Recently, for the experiments on the Nascent Soul Dharma Skeleton, I've designed quite a few experimental units."

"But why do I keep drawing strange coats of paint and odd patterns?"

Ciji shook her head, trying hard to recall the source of this inspiration, but no matter how she tried, she couldn't remember, leaving her feeling more and more puzzled.

Zhang Yu memorized the stocking-shaped magic treasure he had designed, then extracted part of the inspiration and went to exchange ideas with Ye Xingli.

After all, the other party's requirements for replicating the Dao Seed were for both of them to complete the design of a forging product together.

Zhang Yu thought that if he simply sent her the design blueprint directly, it would become purely his own design—how could that meet the requirement for replicating the Dao Seed?

Upon hearing the inspiration Zhang Yu described, Ye Xingli nodded repeatedly and her eyes lit up: "Your idea is good. Wait a moment, I need to write it down."

As a series of light and shadows flickered in her eye-skeleton, Ye Xingli continued, "But I don't have time to discuss your design right now. I need to finish the blueprint I'm working on first."

After a discussion with Ye Xingli, Zhang Yu realized he had guessed wrong about what she was thinking.

"So it turns out Senior Sister isn't designing a magic treasure or Dharma Skeleton for herself... but designing a forging product suitable for junior college students."

From Zhang Yu's understanding, although Ye Xingli's fan count had skyrocketed recently, her product sales had seen little improvement.

The overall reason was simple—the products sold by Myriad Methods University and by her were too high-end, while Ye Xingli's fans were too poor to afford them at all.

Ye Xingli let out a long sigh and said, "Fifty-three percent of my fans are junior college students, and thirty-five percent are high school students. Their incomes are very low, and for products costing more than one Spirit Coin, their willingness to buy is very poor."

"I could also find some low-end brands to sell, but that would lack differentiation and core competitiveness, and those companies wouldn't give us much discount."

"So I've been thinking... if I could design a product unique to my name, one more suitable for poor people."

"But these past few days, no matter how much I thought about it, something felt off."

As she spoke, Ye Xingli turned to look at Zhang Yu and said with a smile, "After our exchange just now, I suddenly understood."

"What I've been lacking is communication—exchange of relevant information."

"I know too little about the situation of high school students and junior college students. How can I design products they need?"

Zhang Yu's heart stirred, and he said, "I have quite a few connections in the junior college and high school circles. I can help you collect some data to assist you in completing the design."

Ye Xingli: "Thank you, Zhang Yu."

But after saying that, Ye Xingli thought for a moment and sent another message: [1 Spirit Coin]

Seeing the message she sent, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Indeed, Senior Sister, who actually sends money, feels more sincere to me."

As for where to gather information about poor people, that was very simple for Zhang Yu, since he knew far too many poor people.

Zhang Yu directly sent out a questionnaire survey in the hometown group chat, and from then on, he received various replies every day.

Some wanted an eye-skeleton that cost 1 Spirit Coin but performed as well as a Heavenly Eye.

Some hoped for a mouth without taste that could quickly digest excrement and urine.

Some wanted a butt that never needed to relieve itself and produced no excrement or urine.

Some wanted a Dharma Skeleton that could turn their feet into wheels and their hands into various tools.

Some also wanted to wrap themselves in the skin of demon descendants or demon beasts to shield their bodies from environmental harm.

Zhang Yu took a quick look and found that each of these demands basically aimed to make a person less human, as if gradually transforming themselves from living humans into animals or tools.

However, Zhang Yu did not rush to activate the power of Tiangong Kaiwu, after all, doing so would cause the Dao-heart to retreat.

And whether it was him or Ciji, neither had a sufficient understanding of the lowest ecosystem within the university. Activating the power of Tiangong Kaiwu rashly now would likely be a waste.

Zhang Yu planned to collect more information over a longer period, then activate Tiangong Kaiwu to complete the design blueprint, and then exchange ideas with Ye Xingli.

In the blink of an eye, another week or so passed.

By then, it had already come to the beginning of February.

Inside Jin Jun's laboratory.

As bursts of light shot up into the sky, waves of golden flames erupted from the prototype machine, and the entire prototype slowly began to float.

The laboratory immediately erupted in cheers and applause.

Watching this scene, Jin Jun nodded and smiled repeatedly.

"Finally done."

Nearly two months had passed since Jin Jun last completed a Level 5 prototype machine.

During this time, under immense pressure and with a continuous drain of funds, watching every expense spiral over budget, he had finally completed the refining of the Level 11 prototype machine today.

He knew that at this moment, he had earned the qualification to apply for a military certificate.

"But that's still not enough."