Chapter 41: The larvae
There was no danger, the armored car directly sent Li Pan to the door of the old apartment, and those giant wolves couldn't even catch up with the tail lights.
Li Pan got out of the car, vomited all the stomach acid, wiped his mouth and washed his face with rainwater, rubbed his almost unconscious right shoulder and walked into the apartment building.
It was already the middle of the night, the heavy rain was still pouring, and the wonton stall was also closed, and Li Pan, who was sweaty, had to go to the vending machine to get a bunch of protein bars, gnawing and waiting for the elevator.
"Wait! Wait a minute! Wait a minute! β
Li Pan knew who it was as soon as he heard the voice, and reached out to press the elevator door, letting the oranges that were also drenched in squeezed in.
"Thanks, thanks. Oh, Lee, working so late overtime. β
"Overtime...... Well, it's overtime......"
I made 10,000 yuan......
Li Pan looked at the orange and saw her hair scattered, and she took off the wet coat on her body, revealing the shirt that was attached to the curves of her body. Through the gap between the folds of the shirt neckline, I could see a round flesh color on her chest. I couldn't help but study my eyes more, and the anger couldn't help but rush up from the lower abdomen.
At this time, the orange turned his head to look at him, and Li Pan quickly looked away,
"Ah yes, the city hasn't been peaceful lately, so you have to be careful with Orange, don't be affected by the battle between the Night Clan and the Akainu."
"Well, we have also been notified that the NCHC will be temporarily suspended for two days until they finish playing.
Alas, cyber psychosis actually rushed to the center of the city, which is really not peaceful. β
Orange untied the hair and tied her hair back to the back of her head, panting and wiping the rain and sweat that slipped down her neck and collarbone with her elbows,
"Ah, speaking of which, you and Warren Stein don't have any misunderstanding, right?"
Warren ...... Oh, no, thanks to their help, I've found what I'm looking for, and by the way, I haven't thanked you yet, why don't I have a drink? β
"It's okay," Orange suddenly laughed, "What, are you dating me?" Forget it, I'm old. β
Li Pan smiled, "Don't say that, I heard that the charm of women is like red wine, with the accumulation of experience and connotation, it can exude a more and more charming fragrance, although I only have some cold beer in the refrigerator, but maybe I can drink the taste of red wine." β
Orange covered her mouth and giggled, "All this nonsense, who taught you this nonsense." β
Li Pan smiled and turned sideways, and opened the elevator door with his left hand to make a please, "Of course it's an enthusiastic netizen." β
Orange didn't pay much attention to him when he was joking, but at this time he noticed Li Pan hanging down his right arm beside him.
"Broken bones? Why don't you go to a prosthetic doctor? β
"Oh, it's okay, just get some sleep."
"That's not going to work, if you're not careful, your hands will be ruined. Let's go, I'll bring a first aid kit and help you bandage it. β
"Uh, thank you."
So back in the house, Orange helped, and punched bioglue and degradable bone nails into Li Pan's muscles.
"Fortunately, there is no bone crack, but a little dislocation, do you feel it?"
Orange looked at the data in Li Pan's biochip while helping him massage his right arm.
The two of them sat on the sofa close to each other, Li Pan was massaged by her whispering, and the evil fire under her lower abdomen couldn't help but move.
He didn't react for a while, Orange looked up strangely, and when he saw the other party's eyes staring at him, he couldn't help but react, realizing that the other party was not joking just now, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.
But from the other party's reddened cheeks, Li Pan could also see that the orange was indeed a little moved, and obviously she also wanted to drink two glasses and relax a little.
So Li Pan suggested, "Ahem, Sister Orange, your clothes are soaked, do you want to take a bath, there is hot water." β
It's a pity that it's a wife after all, and in the end, the orange lingered for a while, but still shook his head,
"Forget it today, Yamato is still waiting for me, another day."
originally wanted to invite her to double cultivate, but since this is the case, Li Pan didn't force it.
"Alright then, let's do it another day."
So he sent the oranges away, Li Pan took a shower by himself, and was about to enter the cultivation when suddenly someone knocked on the door outside the house.
Open the door, and the orange stands in the doorway,
"That stinky boy locked the door, probably online, and won't reply to my messages......"
When she saw Li Pan's chest and abdomen, she was stunned, and couldn't help but cast her eyes to the side.
"Is there a cold beer......
"Of course."
So Li Pan smiled and turned sideways to let the orange into the house.
I can't talk so much nonsense, everyone has such a lot of work pressure, and they all have needs.
So the specific process will not be described in detail, in short, the orange is really Li Pan's lucky star, with her strong assistance, the next day Li Pan found that not only was his internal injuries healed, but even the Nine Yin Refining Form also broke through to the second turn!
The direct bonus to physical fitness in the second turn is not so conspicuous, and it is not as great as the great change that fades away from the mortal womb in the first turn, but the increase in the efficiency of refining energy can be clearly felt.
In the past few days, Li Pan's body has been mixed with all kinds of chaotic monster energy, and the cold and hot qi that has accumulated and blocked in his internal organs have all been refined and transformed into internal force that he can grasp at will, or let's put it a little more anciently, it has been refined into the Nine Yin True Qi.
Before he tried to pat the floor to make a move, his palm power was still ineffective, and he could break his right hand with a punch to the dog's head. But now I can send and receive it freely.
And Li Pan also found that his physique has also changed, no, it is changing.
Through the health monitoring of Fuxi 15, Li Pan can detect that his body is rapidly gaining weight and muscle, the metabolic speed is increasing significantly, and he can also feel the rapid heartbeat, and he is hungry all the time, and at the same time, the 'fire' in that area is also becoming more and more vigorous, which may be regarded as some kind of side effect.
Now Li Pan feels like he has taken an overdose of combat strengthening hormones, and the whole body is overloaded with high load for a long time.
But he also knows that this is not 'overloading', but 'growing'.
It's like going through adolescence again, obviously it is blood drawing and internal injuries, but once you break through the second turn, the whole person is almost resurrected on the spot, refreshed, and excited.
After all, as I said earlier, this "Nine Yin Refining Form" is refining into the shape of Nine Yin.
Therefore, the more I cultivated, the more I naturally felt that the skin of this 'person' was like a cocoon, restricting the growth of the 'Candle Nine Yin' in the skin.
If you want to describe it, the first turn is like building a house to lay the foundation, and when the second turn comes, the inner 'nine yin' begins to take root and sprout as if it grows strongly, and it is estimated that by the third turn, it will break through the soil and molt for the first time.
I don't know if it will become the giant snake with the human head, if it does...... Should be able to fly, right?
It's a little exciting to think about.
So Li Pan happily came to work, as usual, first went to beat the sheets, and then drank coffee.
Then Ah Qi brought him bad news.
"Manager, Kotaro has been caught."
Rubbish......
Then Ah Qi made a report, probably last night taking advantage of the war between the parties, there was chaos, Kotaro also tried to sneak into the search in order to figure out the current situation in Takamagahara, and explored Qingzhou City at night, and then unsurprisingly was discovered by the ninja companions of the Imperial Court, and was arrested.
Rubbish......
No, you said that you changed careers and infiltrated the investigator and were arrested.,This kind of plot is very familiar to everyone anyway.,But you're resistant! Not only was the person caught by the other party, but he couldn't stand the forced confession, and was forced to ask for the contact information of TheM company, and came to ask for ransom! It's too embarrassing!
Rubbish......
Eighteen, "I checked, at present, Kotaro should not have defected, the hacker on the other side found our communication channel through the chip, and for the time being, he has not broken through the ICE gateway of the big snake, nor has he found our real address."
But Kotaro should have fallen into their hands, so he was hacked directly into the database. The custom chip of their Demon Sealing Family is also quite advanced, as long as it is rescued within forty-eight hours, the company's affairs will not be leaked. β
Waste, okay, Kotaro has been in prison for too long, and it is inevitable that he will miss when he meets a serious ninja, anyway, the infiltrating investigator has probably learned a lesson, don't delete people's files, just catch him if you can.
So Li Pan nodded,
"Cheongzhou, let's go for a trip, Eighteen will make an appointment with them to meet at a place, redeem Kotaro, Rama and I will go on a business trip, Ah Qi will stay at the headquarters, and if it is not appropriate to talk about it, delete his file directly."
However, the people of the imperial court are really not to be underestimated, and a professional fifth-level ninja like Kotaro will be caught......
Li Pan was just about to set off, but suddenly stood on his feet, and an idea suddenly popped up.
You said that the 0791 Monster Company is in the sphere of influence of Takamagahara, and it has gone through thirteen new Tokyo, so it is impossible that there is no contact with the Imperial Court at all, right?
That Akiyama buttocks tried to steal warehouse No. 7, which means that Takamagahara has been staring at the monster company for a long time. Isn't the company defenseless? Impossible.
So he picked up the landline and asked,
"Crooked, our Curry, do you have any special attacks on ninjas or something?"
"Room Temperature Warehouse, F43, Gaucho Meteor Cord/Tripping, F44, Mohican Throwing Axe/Center Eyebrow, F45, Gypsy Divination Ball/Search."
Hey, there really is!
So Li Pan went to the room temperature warehouse, brought the three monsters to the shuttle, and gave Rama a brief explanation.
"Divination Ball/Searching for People, Identifying Huang, Touching the Ball, Asking 'Where Are the Ninjas', You Can 'See' All the 'Ninja' in the spherical space with yourself as the center and a radius of 10 kilometers. Ask up to three times a day, and if you use too much, your vision will be affected, and your eyes may be blind.
Flying axe/middle eyebrow, identification yellow, this flying axe will definitely hit people, there is no enemy within 30 meters, don't throw indiscriminately, it is said that it may bounce back and hit yourself.
Meteor Cord/Tripping, Identification Blue, this is very similar to the throwing axe, the recorded effective range is thirty meters, and throwing it will trip people up. In fact, you may be able to hit it if you are far away, but if you are too far away, you may lose the special effect and not play a monster-level role. β
Rama wondered, "Why set thirty meters?" β
Li Pan speculated,
"The light weapons thrown by ordinary people with one hand are about the same distance to ensure accuracy and lethality. Of course, it may also be that the rules of the 0791 plane suppress the attributes of the projection of these two monsters in the realm of mortals.
In short, these three are not too dangerous, and they have the attribute of being a must-hit, maybe they can indeed restrain those ninja assassins who are highly sensitive and attacked, so use them for you. β
Of course, he also took the equipment himself, in view of the prerequisite that the activation of the 'bracelet' needs to be below the surface, and the 'stinger' and 'bee venom' are too violent to kill people at every turn. This time, Li Pan himself only brought a 'headband' with nirvana attributes, and put it in a metal box and carried it in his hand.
"Okay boss."
Rama also nodded earnestly, straddled the big bag containing the monster on his shoulders, and wore a formal suit, like a doorman.
Li Pan looked at him and asked curiously,
"By the way, Rama, you ...... Have you been dreaming about anything lately? β
Rama's expression suddenly became a little dazed, and then he grinned,
"Yes, I dreamed of my mother, and she said that she would always be by my side to protect me."
Oh, so I guess I'm signed up with a Guardian. Mother, it's really in line with the guardian attribute. Then this time, let's take a look at Rama's ability, we have to bring the old with the new, and train some cadres.
The company's floating ship sailed out of the Night City, from west to east, to Cheongju Castle.
Beyond the congested city of the Night City, beyond the high-voltage fences and highways of the border, in the distance is a jungle of tall white towers, and on the ground is a sea of metal that shines like a mirror with sunlight and blue sky.
Rama was out of the city for the first time, lying on the glass window, and was immediately attracted to attention.
"Boss, what are those?"
Li Pan glanced at it,
"The molten salt tower solar thermal power station, the one below is a liquid solar cell, through the nanorobot micro-manipulation of the liquid surface crystal direction, emitting solar thermal power generation from the top of the lighthouse, using solar power supply, and it is also the moat of the night capital.
When it can be said that this technology is environmentally friendly, it will replace cold fusion reactors. In fact, in the process of production and use of these liquid batteries, the environmental pollution is more serious, and the toxicity is also very great, and the wanderers who live in the wild basically do not live for a few years, many of them are metal poisoning, cancer, tumors, etc., and a large number of deformed children, so they desperately want to move into the city to live. β
"Oh......"
Rama looked at it again for a while,
"Boss, what's that?"
After the sea of metal, the ground is obscured by a vast white.
Li Pan doesn't even need to look at it,
"It's a plastic greenhouse, Fuji Farm. The eruption's ash is rich in minerals and organic matter, combined with synthetic fertilizer from agricultural companies, to create an organic farm that can feed the entire city of the night. β
Rama was curious, "It's so big, but vegetables are still very expensive, what are you growing here?" Potato? β
Li Pan shrugged, "What else can you plant this year, maggots." β
Rama turned her head and glared at him,
ββ¦β¦ Maggot?? β
"LARVA, the larva, the protein protozoa produced by Π¦Π΅Π»ΠΈΠ½Π° virgin company, if I want me to say it is a genetically modified maggot, after all, it looks like a big fat maggot.
This is the artificial life created by the top gene editing technology, and the livestock with the highest protein conversion rate at present can almost be said to be the protein of the living body.
The outside environment is too bad, it is radiation, acid rain and heavy metal pollution, except for these genetically coordinated maggots, they can't survive anything, and they are polluted beyond the standard if they survive, and they can't pass the food safety inspection at all. These maggots are extremely convenient for gene editing, pollution, protein conversion rate, processing and breeding, and the economic benefits are extremely high.
The steaks, meatballs, and almost all the meats in the Night City are seasoned with maggot protein. β
Li Pan didn't care that Rama's face was green, so he stretched his waist and sat up to give him popular science.
"Of course, you can also grow potatoes, but potatoes, corn, soybeans and so on, are usually planted on Mars now.
The land of Mars is not valuable, a little atmospheric transformation is a huge greenhouse, and now most of the Mars in the heavens has been contracted by the grain company to transform into a farm planet, the scale is super huge, fully mechanized automatic production, starch products are directly boxed, thrown to low earth orbit with an orbital accelerator, and then processed into various foods by the OP orbital processing plant, which is enough to supply the needs of the entire plane.
However, maggots are not good, although the genes have been adjusted, but in the end they are still biological categories, and they need to comply with the food safety law using expensive biological cabins for transportation, and they have to carry out multiple customs quarantine, and the transportation of organisms has to be additionally identified and taxed, and the transportation cost is too high.
Therefore, the general practice is to place the protein farm near the city, so that it is close to the market, there is no need for transportation and quarantine, and you can also directly recycle the organic fertilizer breeding of the urban waste treatment plant, and receive environmental protection subsidies and tax rebates......"
"Vomit...... Boss, don't say it, don't say it......"
Rama has been eating meat in the CSI canteen for the past few days, and he can't stand it anymore.
Li Pan smiled, "Don't worry, this is just the company's environmental protection propaganda, in fact, it is a fraud policy subsidy." Waste garbage classification and transportation costs are as expensive, and maggots are used to breed maggots and are still being processed and sterilized, which is not worth it at all, so in fact, they are all raised from the factory synthetic fertilizer feed, and they eat much cleaner than people.
Don't underestimate these maggots, their protein conversion rate is hundreds of times that of ordinary livestock, and they support targeted gene editing, the taste can be customized, and they are better than the real thing, and they can also add vitamins and minerals to support the material needs of the entire food processing industry.
In addition, medical artificial organs can also be cultured with maggot protein, which is a great genetic engineering, and those enhanced prosthetics on your body are actually made of maggots, and this Fuji farm alone can provide the meat protein needed by the night capital.
Maggots are really full of treasures. β
Rama was shocked,
"That's exactly what happened. But, isn't that right, most people can't afford to eat meat at all? β
Li Pan also looked at the farm outside the window,
"It's one thing to have enough to eat, it's another thing to be able to afford to eat, and you still don't understand if you talk too much about this.
However, as for maggots, you just need to know that the virgin land company itself also wants to make money, and although the cost of maggot farming is low, the technology of gene-editing LARVA protozoa is sky-high. If you want to use this technology, you have to pay a lot of royalties.
At the same time, fundamentalist environmentalists, led by Notre-Dame de Sambogo, and the Extreme Vegetarian Alliance are joining forces to suppress LARVA technology, saying that editing proteins will pollute the human gene pool, and at another saying that they want to protect the rights and interests of maggots.
In short, it is the economic and technological public opinion to suppress all aspects, and do not allow maggots to directly enter the market with the definition of food, so at present, only some meat processing factories and prosthetic manufacturing companies have raw material import licenses, and the meat steak you eat has changed hands several times, so can it be cheaper? β
Rama trembled,
"What, protect, protect the rights and interests of maggots......"
Li Pan stretched his waist,
"But isn't it, the rights and interests of maggots, pure nature, pure genes, the organs made of maggots don't have to be original, hehe, there are a lot of such fools, otherwise you think the market for organ trading comes from.
The struggle behind this is very complicated, and I can't finish it in one or two sentences. In short, this technology was originally intended for the border troops, but later with the technological breakthrough, large-scale production and targeted gene editing were realized, which directly became a technological revolution that could impact the entire Zhutian agricultural product market.
The Cult of Environmentalism and the Vegan Alliance are nothing more than clowns who have been pushed to the forefront, with a whole bunch of bio and food companies behind them, and they have joined forces to suppress the stock prices of virgin companies and defend their market share.
Even when this technology was first launched, there were two company wars. Anyway, the water is very deep. β
(End of chapter)