Chapter 280: Preparations Before a New Journey

In recent times, rumors of terrifying tales from the Morabis Star have spread throughout the Bar System Cluster, such as tourists encountering grotesque puppets covered entirely in tentacles in the dead of night.

Of course, these stories were spread by Li Ang himself; his earlier battle with Lord Duonuo had still left some negative repercussions, causing most tourists to harbor slight reservations about visiting Morabis Star.

The original source of these horror tales was actually a plant person whose puppet manipulation was accidentally witnessed by a tourist—but contrary to expectations, the tourist showed immense fascination rather than fear at the idea of plants controlling puppets.

After all, where else could you see such a novelty? At the very least, tourists from the Bar System Cluster had never seen anything like it.

Driven by curiosity, tourism on Morabis Star gradually recovered, so Li Ang seized the opportunity to launch a movie-watching combo package.

Purchasing a ticket to watch "Plants vs. Puppets" comes with a free bottle of sweet drink.

"Maybe setting up a Morabis Universal Pictures isn't such a bad idea after all—along with a real-control version of 'Plants vs. Zombie Puppets.'"

With this thought, Li Ang unconsciously rubbed his chin.

Beside him, Danika silently stared at the factory before her.

To this veteran of Dailei's corporate grind, dozens of wooden puppets with stiff expressions were skillfully operating cold, mechanical assembly-line instruments.

If observed closely, one could see all the wooden puppets were connected by roots emerging from the factory floor.

After a while, Danika couldn't help but praise: "Li Ang, compared to you, those guys at Secret Blood Corp don't even qualify as vampires."

Hearing this, Li Ang snapped back to attention, his face darkening with annoyance: "What kind of talk is that? I haven't withheld a single proper employee benefit."

"Besides, those who perform well can earn space tools I craft by hand."

Danika couldn't help rolling her eyes.

The Morabis Plant Lianheshang Society's benefits are indeed decent, but the problem is—

Which company's large factory runs on just over ten employees!?

Li Ang paid no mind to Danika's assessment of him; he genuinely believed the treatment for ordinary employees of the Plant Union was quite good.

As he watched the puppets below laboring hard, he asked: "By the way, have you tried the new product the Society developed a couple days ago?"

In response, Danika nodded: "I have. It's not quite good enough to be an upgrade—it still can't outperform the Qinglie Type 1 by much."

"Alright, I understand."

After her reply, Li Ang had a rough idea in mind.

As he pondered how to improve it, Lu Ke and Papachi returned to his side.

Seeing Li Ang, Lu Ke put on a serious face: "Li Ang, I've inspected all nearby factories. Aside from one where the employees' root systems got tangled, there are basically no issues."

It's no wonder he acted this way—this Young Master had never before experienced the feeling of being a leader in his entire life.

Li Ang nodded slightly: "Lu Ke, keep a close eye on things. Given current output, prioritize bundling with ticket sales."

The reason Qinglie Type 1 hasn't been mass-sold yet is simply that production can't keep up.

Although Li Ang has temporarily resolved the Qinglie fruit yield issue using Wood Release, it's not a sustainable solution—after all, he can't be expected to plant trees nonstop, and Qinglie trees grown via Wood Release lack sentience.

If the Plant Union is to truly grow strong, this approach won't do.

Fortunately, Li Ang already has a rough idea: modify these Qinglie trees based on the structure of the Divine Tree.

There's no need to drain planetary energy to produce chakra fruits like the Divine Tree—just absorbing natural energy to accelerate fruiting would suffice.

Precisely because of this, he has already elevated the research on Himeya's hair strands to his agenda.

After organizing his thoughts, Li Ang asked Papachi: "Papachi, what's the tourists' reaction to Qinglie Type 1?"

Since this is the Plant Lianheshang Society, all plant tribes on Morabis Star naturally have a stake.

The Qinglie Tree Tribe handles sales and marketing, while the Jingtie Tree Tribe manages security, primarily maintaining order at the attractions.

It's not that Li Ang didn't want to assign Jingtie Tree Tribe other roles—mainly because they lack the brains for it.

In response, Papachi first stealthily touched Li Ang with a vine, then whispered in a hushed tone: "Tourists have high acceptance of Qinglie Type 1; many are asking when it will officially go on sale."

Hearing this, Li Ang nodded slightly, signaling he understood, and felt a slight easing in his mind.

At the very least, the Plant Union has finally stumbled onto a stable path—though it hasn't started making big money yet, achieving break-even or even modest profit is already impressive.

"Too bad time is still so tight—if only we had more, Qinglie Type 2 could've been developed."

Looking at the panel's display of 【1 day 15 hours 38 minutes】, Li Ang sighed inwardly.

"And we need to train researchers quickly—I can't keep developing products alone forever."

Right now, with the Plant Union still small, he can still handle it himself—but once things expand, that won't work anymore.

Fortunately, the Qinglie Tree Tribe unexpectedly has some talent for craftsmanship; currently, they're the ones making Qinglie Type 1.

"So racial traits do influence career choices."

After all, expecting those Jingtie Tree Tribe idiots to develop products is clearly unrealistic.

Thinking of this, Li Ang addressed the one human, one vampire, and one plant before him: "I may be leaving for a while—take charge of the Plant Union in my absence."

"As for daily Viceroy duties, I'll have Papachi's mother and Dongdonglong manage them."

"Also, Lu Ke, you can help out too—if anything's unclear, ask Viceroy Obi-Wan."

"Don't let anyone outside know about this."

Upon hearing his words, the human, the vampire, and the plant each reacted differently.

Lu Ke couldn't help complaining: "Li Ang, you've only been Planet Viceroy for less than two months—already skipping work?"

Papachi, meanwhile, circled Li Ang with visible reluctance.

As for Danika—

The Dailei corporate drone had somehow fallen asleep.

Sleeping on the job? Deduct wages!

Li Ang couldn't help tugging at his mouth, then said: "It won't take long—no more than one or two months."

Honestly, this was a bit of dereliction of duty—but who could control the 【Traveler】 talent?

"I wonder if this journey will let me truly reach the Fourth Level."

"If it does, I hope the 【Traveler】 talent becomes a bit more human."

After handling the affairs of the Plant Alliance, Li Ang returned to the metal palace and set the automaton to cleaning mode.

Then, after confirming that various precious metals and materials were ready in the space ring, he chose to embark on a new journey.

With a flash of Bai Guang, Li Ang vanished instantly.

【The Institution for the Preservation of Human Reason, Companion of Justice】.

……

"Luluvis, you've gone this far on your rare vacation?"

On a street teeming with plant traffic, a pale-skinned man kept complaining to his female companion.

Hearing his words, his companion shrugged: "Staying cooped up in the company dormitory is making me moldy—aren't we better off getting out for a walk?"

As she spoke, she shoved a metal can printed with a pale green fruit pattern into the man's arms.

"It came free with the ticket. I didn't expect anyone in this star region would be foolish enough to compete with us for food."

The man opened the can, took a sip, and froze in place: "Luluvis, you should try this too."

Seeing his reaction, Luluvis glanced skeptically at the metal can in her hand: "Don't tell me it's disgusting and you're trying to trick me into drinking it?"

Though she said so, she still opened the can and took a sip—then immediately wore the same expression as the man.

After a moment of silence, both spoke in unison:

"We should make the supervisor try this too."

Since I switched worlds, I've been writing slowly—today's four updates will be posted one by one, and I will definitely complete all four chapters.