Published: February 7, 2025
"Thank you to brothers Doujiang Dabaobao, Su Wen it, and book friend 19783340 for the 588, and to the brothers who voted for the roulette today. Thank you all."
Ye Zhongming didn’t care how Niao planned to send him into the Sacred Pool while it was dry; that was someone else’s business. What he needed to do was to fulfill his own promises during the time Niao was working for him.
The Blue Secret Realm had already been regarded by Ye Zhongming as a resource base similar to the desolate land. He would return in the future to extract as many useful benefits as possible, so solidifying his foundations in all aspects became inevitable, naturally including fostering good relationships with the posthumous child.
Of course, there was also the idea of mending the relationship between the two parties. After all, threatening the higher-ups of Niao's tribe with the Frontline Thunderous Mechanic would not look good for them. Although a cooperative relationship had been established, cooperation ultimately required the other party to taste the sweetness of it.
So during the two days of falling sand while Niao was absent, Ye Zhongming crafted many fine weapons for Niao's tribe. Although most of them were gray-level, their efficiency was high, as long as the blueprints and materials were sufficient.
By the third day of falling sand, Niao still hadn’t appeared. Even Laura didn’t know when her husband would return. Seeing Ye Zhongming’s slightly anxious mood, this lady of the Niao tribe took the initiative to bring Ye Zhongming to a place, and once they arrived, Ye Zhongming temporarily forgot about leaving.
The place Laura brought Ye Zhongming to was... a garbage dump.
Naturally, this was not an ordinary living waste dump but one of the processing plants for discarded prey parts scattered around the Royal City. Since it was adjacent to Niao's tribe, they had always been responsible for its management.
When they arrived, there were visibly several hundred posthumous children working there. Their processing methods were quite unique; some used natural decay to create fertilizer, while others sprinkled powdery substances to ferment into a thick grease, which was the dye for the oil lamps above them. This left Ye Zhongming marveling, as he couldn’t understand why this animal remains-based grease burned without any odor.
Ye Zhongming even saw that posthumous children raised a type of small insect. They would place bones with remnants of flesh into a large pit and sprinkle these insects on top. Soon, the insects would devour the remnants, transforming the bones into materials suitable for polishing. Once the insects had eaten their fill, they would return to their nests to lay eggs, after which they would die. Their bodies would be ground into powder, mixed with water, and turned into the best glue, sealing the gaps in the tents. Tents bonded with this glue could withstand the test of time.
However, what attracted Ye Zhongming the most were naturally the magic crystals and some materials.
The former needed no introduction. In the massive pit sloping down several stories, countless magic crystals sparkled. This was the result of rumors about weapon exchanges circulating in the Royal City recently, encouraging many to deliberately leave behind magic crystals. However, considering how long it had been since a thorough cleanup, the magic crystals left behind were already dizzying for Ye Zhongming.
But what Ye Zhongming valued even more were those materials—those dust-covered parts of magic creatures.
These materials had remained unspoiled for an unknown amount of time. Ye Zhongming descended into the pit, doing a simple search and pulling up several materials, wiping off the dust. He found that these materials were at least from level five magic creatures. Combining them with a good-quality weapon for enchantment would essentially result in white-level weapons.
Although crafting higher-level equipment wasn’t so simple and required advanced materials like Ghost Gold, at least these materials were sufficient for Ye Zhongming to become a production machine for white-level equipment.