bioinnovel Chapter 17 Thornton: Can I even boost the universe's GDP?
Chapter 17 Thornton: Can I even boost the universe's GDP?
On the far side of the moon, inside the emergency compartment.
Just as Li Yao finished organizing Thornton's research data, the dark communication system rang.
It was Lena who sent the message, saying that Lieyang had agreed to the deal and would send someone over immediately.
Li Yao was pleased to receive this news.
I'll soon be able to get a set of third-generation divine body resources for free.
He glanced at Soton, who was still fast asleep in the cage, and thought to himself: This crocodile is really carefree; he doesn't even know he's been sold.
Before long, Li Yao sensed a powerful dark energy fluctuation rapidly approaching.
He immediately stood up, picked up the cage, and walked out of the cabin.
A figure fell to the ground like a meteor, crashing onto the moon's surface and stirring up specks of dust.
The newcomer was dressed in ancient, heavy armor, with a solemn expression; he was none other than Yuan Li, the Tiger Guardian of the Blazing Sun.
"General Yuanli, it's been a long time," Li Yao greeted him with a smile.
Yuan Li merely nodded slightly, his face expressionless, and went straight to the point: "By order of my god, I have come to complete the transaction with you. This is a standard third-generation divine body resource."
He raised his hand and waved, and a sealed container emitting a faint light flew steadily toward Li Yao. The movement was swift and decisive, without a single wasted word.
Seeing that the other party was being so direct, Li Yao didn't beat around the bush either.
He removed the cage and handed the drowsy Thornton forward.
Yuan Li took the crocodile, and with his other hand, he took out a metal cage covered with runes from somewhere and deftly stuffed Soton inside.
From acquiring the resources to handing over the crocodiles, the entire process took less than a minute.
Goodbye.
Yuan Li picked up the cage, turned around, and transformed into a streak of light that shot into the sky, instantly disappearing into the dark depths of space.
Li Yao stored the resources in the dark dimension, gazing in the direction the other party had left, and muttered, "Goodness, still as decisive as ever."
During his two years in Lieyang, he encountered this Tiger Guardian a few times. His impression of him was that the other party was a serious and somewhat old-fashioned person, and a loyal henchman of Pan Zhen.
Today's performance was still very "unconventional".
Afterwards, Li Yao went back into the cabin and sat down in a chair.
Instead of taking stock of the newly acquired resources, he immediately brought up a monitoring interface in front of him.
The image above shows a faint signal source moving slowly in cosmic coordinates.
This was a little gadget he casually slipped in while researching the Thornton gene system—a hidden location program.
Li Yao watched as the small dot representing Thorton on the screen moved towards the outer reaches of the solar system, and muttered to himself while stroking his chin:
"Those guys at Lieyang are really audacious. They just took over from me, and they didn't even bother to thoroughly check if any secret doors had been left behind?"
He leaned back in his chair with a smile, keeping an eye on the other person's movements while examining the third-generation divine body resource he had just acquired.
The items were fine and of good quality; Pan Zhen didn't try anything funny during the transaction.
Time passed slowly, and the signal initially moved steadily before suddenly stopping near Pluto's orbit and ceasing its advance.
Li Yao frowned, just as he felt something was off, when the small dot on the screen suddenly went out without warning.
Almost simultaneously, Li Yao sensed that several other surface-level hidden doors he had left in the Soton gene system were also triggered and then forcibly erased.
"Oh?"
He immediately sat up straight and tapped the virtual screen a few times to confirm that it wasn't a signal malfunction.
Location lost, surface hidden door cleared...
This method is unlike the style of Lieyang's gang.
Lieyang's technology tree focuses on energy and star-driven technologies, but it is not as decisive and efficient in the fine-grained operations of the gene system and dark information level.
"Pluto?"
A clear deduction instantly formed in Li Yao's mind:
Yuan Li took the goods from him and then immediately resold them to someone else.
And this person is most likely from the River Styx.
Only they would be so familiar with Thornton's genetic system and so professional in clearing out the hidden doors.
It's likely that Styx approached Lieyang after learning about the deal and redeemed Soton from them.
"Tsk tsk, what a middleman."
Li Yao was not annoyed at all; on the contrary, he found it somewhat amusing.
Lieyang got something for nothing; he made a huge profit.
To be honest, if it weren't for the differences in their statuses, he would have liked to trade directly with Karl.
However, this is what he wants to see, so that Thornton can enter the Demon Group as originally planned.
As for what price Karl paid, that was not his concern.
Anyway, he had already obtained the resources he was entitled to, and he also left something in Thornton's genetic system that Thornton hadn't even noticed.
This deal is a win-win situation no matter how you look at it.
Moreover, this time he captured Thornton and sold him to Lieyang, who then sold him to Karl, who in turn gave him to Morgana as a henchman.
He can then capture Thornton again and sell him again.
With this back-and-forth exchange, wouldn't the GDP of the entire universe increase?
Afterwards, Li Yao turned off the monitoring interface, stretched comfortably, and began to take stock of his spoils from the past few days.
Two sets of third-generation divine body resources, a silver blade, a pair of blazing-grade short axes, and a bunch of high-level materials and genetic resources plundered from Sumari.
Most of the good stuff you can get your hands on right now is here.
As for the other odds and ends, such as the Big Ben with giant genes, and the League of Haters, he really doesn't care about them anymore.
Ultimately, it comes down to having a strong starting position, which naturally leads to higher standards.
"I've accumulated quite a bit of wealth," Li Yao pondered, stroking his chin. "Next, I need to think about how to use these treasures wisely."
The most important thing, of course, is to upgrade my body to the third generation of divine body.
Although he is now a third-generation angel, wielding a flaming sword, and with the support of certain permissions from the sacred knowledge treasury, this configuration is enough to rival an ordinary third-generation god.
But in the future void era, my abilities will be far from sufficient.
I need to acquire a third-generation divine body first to improve my ability to survive.
However, he was still a little unsure about this.
Are two sets of resources enough?
Is it possible to perfectly integrate one's own unique genes?
Will it conflict with the quantum engine?
After thinking for a long time, he decided to call for reinforcements.
Everything that needed to be done has been done, and Sister Yan will be back soon. It's time to have a chat with our teacher.
Li Yao dialed He Xi's secret communication channel, and this time the other side answered very quickly.
"Oh, what a rare guest!"
He Xi's languid voice, tinged with amusement, drifted over:
"Has Xiao Yao finally remembered he has a teacher? Has he gotten into trouble again and now the teacher has to clean up his mess?"
Li Yao was already used to his teacher's tone, and chuckled:
"No, teacher, I've been behaving myself lately. It's just... I have an idea that I'd like to discuss with you."
"Oh? Tell me about it." He Xi seemed interested.
Li Yao said bluntly:
"Teacher, I want to upgrade my body to the third generation of divine body."
"But as you know, I still have a lot of blind spots in this area, and I'm not sure about myself, so I'd like to ask you for some advice."
"You want to upgrade to the third-generation divine body?"
He Xi's tone revealed a hint of surprise, and after a moment of contemplation, she asked:
"Tell the teacher why you suddenly had this idea?"