Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 403: After Processing 361_2

[Acquired Infamous Information (Unidentified): Soul Furnace.]

"Soul Furnace?" Bai E repeated the term, touching upon knowledge he had never heard before.

"Yes," Franca nodded, "Do you think that the Exorcism Essential Oil, which can harm those Spiritual Energy creatures, is an easily accessible substance? The only thing that can harm the soul is Spiritual Energy itself."

Her words were cold, but this was the truth.

"…" Even with some mental preparation, Bai E could not help but instantly think of the agonized figures who were thrown into the furnace to be burnt and screamed out in pain to extract Exorcism Essential Oil.

Was it cruel? Of course, it was cruel. In any world view that Bai E had previously understood, such an act would undoubtedly be labeled as "evil."

Yet in this world... without burning a part of the population, it would not be possible to save another part.

The one making this decision must be suffering more than anyone else.

Given such a situation, Bai E, although sympathetic, could not blame her in the slightest before he had enough strength to change this evident fact.

"Not even a glimmer of hope?"

"There is," Franca looked straight into Bai E’s eyes, honestly confessing, "Out of a hundred million humans in such a situation, perhaps one or two might successfully break free from the high-dimensional corruption... If there was a 50% chance, I would be willing to believe them, but risking greater harm for that one in a hundred million chance... sorry..."

She couldn’t do it.

Bai E couldn’t do it either.

"I understand…" Bai E sighed softly, remembering that not only were those unconscious figures affected by tonight’s event.

Those who provided him with a source of power also gazed directly into the true form of the demon prince.

"When I was distracting that demon prince..." Bai E shared truthfully. He felt he could trust this lady executor from the Arbitration Place, "...What about those people? Surely there’s hope for them?"

"There is hope, but…" Franca pursed her lips, "they are far more susceptible to corruption than the residents of Black Street you previously managed. The level of corruption the demon prince can cause is not the same as that of ordinary demons. They are more troublesome... no one is willing to take them in."

Except for you...

’But you will be dragged down.’ Franca did not articulate this.

When the enigmatic Black Street manager finally took on a tangible form, all too idealistic guesses vanished, and Franca began to let her own reason dominate every issue.

The group of Black Street veterans she saw that night were already considered resolute, yet they too, unbeknownst to even themselves, had involuntarily become the minions of demons amid the long torment of life. What more of these ordinary civilians?

Demons are the greatest enemy of human society, even more dangerous than bugs and smart machines.

The more you deal with anything related to this enemy, the more entangled you find this thing to be.

Many times… you have no choice.

Bai E hesitated for a moment before saying softly, "Let’s try."

"Huh?" Franca’s eyes quivered as she looked at the not particularly handsome but charmingly resolute face just inches away, "It’s troublesome."

"But someone has to try. Without trying... there’s never a way out."

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The world is a mess, but everyone is striving to live.

The path ahead is uncertain, but as long as you move forward, that’s the direction.

If others have done it before, then follow the experience of predecessors.

If no one has done it before, then blaze your own trail.

Without the resolve to face any danger, difficulty, or challenge, how can one dare to dream of becoming a warlord, bearing the hopes of all beings?

"Let’s try," Bai E turned and walked away into the dark night, "I want to try."

The dissipating Spiritual Energy sensed an active fluctuation. It might be an executor from Arbitration Place belatedly noticing the demon’s presence due to the distance and moving closer.

["Lucky Strike" energy charge +5.]

Franca bit her lip, pondered for less than an instant, then shouted, "My colleagues will take care of things here, and as for those people... I will handle them and send them to Black Street. Just have them ready to receive the delivery."

Without turning back, Bai E waved his hand, "Understood."

As Bai E continued to walk away, Franca suddenly called out again, "Hey!"

"?" Bai E paused and turned his head to look at her, "What is it?"

In the dim light of the night, those smiling white teeth were so captivating that Franca’s lips quivered as she asked loudly, "Would you be interested in joining us at Arbitration Place? I can refer you?"

"Arbitration Place?" Bai E was taken aback and waved his hand, "No need, I’m doing just fine in the military."

Approaching Nova, Bai E looked down at the figure sitting on the ground, cradling her chin and gazing at him, and smiled slightly, "Let’s go."

"Okay~"

The somewhat recovered Nova sprang up merrily the moment Bai E called her.

Bai is so handsome... Everything he does is so handsome...

Slurp slurp slurp~ I really want to lick him.

"What are we going to do now?" Nova tried to keep up with Bai E’s pace, craning her neck to catch a whiff of his scent.

Bai E glanced at Nova’s pretty little face close by and the two teammates who were diligently following her, and chuckled softly, "Fix the problems with you guys."

Bai E had never forgotten about the tracker’s signal that had been continuously suppressed with Spiritual Energy on Nova’s body.

Things had to be done one by one, but every single one needed to be addressed.

Everyone was important. Bai E had only just returned to the base to report for duty when he was immediately assigned a mission that led him to the arena... A series of events had barely given him a moment’s rest. Now that he had some time, of course, the first thing he wanted to deal with was the ticking time bombs on the bodies of the three from Grey Iron City.

But once everything settled down, the feedback from the mission’s task finally came through—

[Feedback from the task: Your insight +0.1, physical fitness +0.2, reflex +0.2, mystique +0.4, light weapon mastery experience +68, light firearms mastery experience +38, ranged weapon mastery experience +40, heavy weapon mastery experience +72, Knowledge - Human Body Modification Project 1.0 Experience +42.]

Wen Jie was working hard. The experiences provided were content Bai E had no access to on his own.

And coincidentally, it was exactly what he needed. Applying it to Nova now would be most apt.

With the experience feedback from Wen Jie alone, Bai E’s Human Body Modification Project 1.0 had already reached the level of 2 with 50/500 progress.

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The efficiency of this experience gain wasn’t limited by Wen Jie’s capacity, but by the level cap of the Knowledge itself.

This Knowledge only went up to level 3. Even if Wen Jie maxed out the level of Knowledge, according to the rule that halves the feedback of experience, he could only provide a total of 450 modification experience to himself.

And exactly 450 modification experience points could level this Knowledge to 2 with 50/500 progress. The rest had to come from his own efforts.

Level up.

Bai E pondered internally.

[Would you like to pay 450 universal experience points to upgrade the Knowledge level of Human Body Modification Project 1.0?]

[Yes.]

[Detected that the character has Level 4 (max level) Knowledge - Anatomy, experience cost halved.]

[Payment: 225 universal experience points.]

[Acquired "Level 3 Human Body Modification Project 1.0", simultaneously obtained 1 technology point.]

[Human Body Modification Project 1.0 (3/3 level): You have mastered the secrets of the human body and are familiar with most of the internal organs, including their functions. From now on, with the necessary tools at hand, you can harmlessly treat, replace, and add some organs based on current theories, with an 80% success rate.]

[Detected that the character has Level 2 (max level) Knowledge - First Aid, which adds +20% to the success rate of surgeries from Knowledge - Human Body Modification Project 1.0.]

An unexpected joy. As his abilities became more complete, they began to create various marvelous interconnections between them.

Bai E led the group directly to Black Street.