Chapter 164 - 164 146 The Entire Industrial Chain

164: Chapter 146: The Entire Industrial Chain 164: Chapter 146: The Entire Industrial Chain All things grow because of the sun; one could say that all life on Earth originates from sunlight. Plants are the primary converters of solar energy. Through photosynthesis, they gain energy and use it for survival and reproduction. The direction of their evolution naturally leans towards stronger survival skills and reproductive abilities. Animals, on the other hand, are predators. They feast on organic matter and stand at the lower levels of the energy food chain. They must devise ways to hunt down more plants or animals. Faster feet, a stomach more capable of digestion, sharper claws and teeth – naturally, the direction of their evolution took a different turn. Plants require larger and broader leaves to increase the range of photosynthesis. They grow taller branches to overtake their peers and monopolize sunlight. A slower yet efficient metabolic and circulation mechanism lets them survive through harsh winters and droughts. Plants are still committed to the cost-effectiveness of energy use, reducing energy consumption to increase the conversion rate of sunlight and enhance their survival efficiency and reproductive ability in all aspects. Animals, however, are bent on acquiring more from the outside to survive and pass on their genes. Is the consumption too high? Just eat more. Eating too slow? Kill the competition. Can’t catch up or escape? Run faster. Naturally, this symbiotic relationship has reached a delicate balance – an overall balance of energy circulation. When predators become too powerful and utterly wipe out producers, they will end up killing themselves. “A single organism cannot be both a plant and an animal because their cellular structures are uniquely different. The structure and evolutionary ideology of magic plants and magic beasts are entirely different, leading to different functions and abnormal abilities. As Beast Tamers or Gardeners, understanding this transformation is essential.” In the ecological environment of professionals, “pollution” is the sunlight, and dynamic equilibrium exists among all things. Therefore, directly accepting pollution is equivalent to accepting an excess of “solar energy” (radiation). Cancer is inevitable. But by using the animal’s tactic of predation, indirectly eating magic potions (magic plant essence) can greatly reduce the risk. Directly ingesting pollution equates to courting death. But consuming the “organic matter” transformed by magic plants is no problem. This is the animal’s instinct to “eat.” “This big cat… it’s pretty good at teaching.” In the past, Lu Ping’an was quite skeptical of the big cat’s teaching skills, but now it seemed that the cat just specialized in certain areas. Unlike ordinary professional teachers, the big cat’s lessons started from scratch, from the basic logic of the life system, from the unified theory of life. It was hard to say how much Meow had grasped, but Lu Ping’an truly understood. Beast Tamers help magical beasts evolve, become faster, stronger, and bulkier, which enables a win-win situation, in some sense this is a partnership. But gardeners, who seem to be friendly and loving, never consider things from the perspective of magic plants. “Everyone says that Beast Tamers go too far, but gardeners are much worse. Gardeners view things from a human-animal perspective, selecting and cultivating tools and consumables suitable for themselves. They maliciously interfere with the self-evolution of organisms. They are harvesters, not nurturers.” Although there are surely biases from Beast Tamers, after reflection, Lu Ping’an felt there was no deviation in this fundamental perspective. This increasingly confirmed the value of the saying, “only your enemy truly knows you.” “Such arrogance, standing high above, forcibly interfering and even distorting the evolution path and survival competition of magic plants, selecting species suitable for their needs, and distorting the natural environment for their massive reproduction, forcibly pushing them to the pinnacle of survival competition. This is a blasphemy and humiliation to the Mother Goddess… the laws of nature!” Lu Ping’an pondered, hesitated, and made notes. Those “forbidden knowledges” like “Magic Plant Biology” and “Unified Theory of Pollution Knowledge” were increasing steadily, and this was just a fraction of what he learned. In fact, the big cat’s lecture was, in some sense, creating new pollution with itself as the source. In the professional world, pollution is everywhere. Ideas are a form of pollution, knowledge is its carrier, the brain is its operational component, and the mouth, pen, and hand are its output components. A curse, a decree, even rules from a certain perspective, are a kind of “idea.” The “pollution” in a Beast Tamer’s mind is used to assist “animals” in achieving “self-evolution.” If a gardener who “selects and cultivates required magic plants” walks around, he will naturally feel uncomfortable. This actually involves deeper levels of logical and conceptual conflicts. If it weren’t for the ultra-advanced level skills of Life Bank, it might even directly explode. [Writing (pollution) LV UP! Current LV4, 1/100] [Congratulations Host on the breakthrough, physique minimally decreased, reflex minimally decreased, spirit slightly increased.] Even when the system announced that because his writing skills had leveled up – an eagerly desired spirit breakthrough – he barely glanced at it. [‘Writing’ entered the advanced stage. Your self-advancement is complete. Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the permanent boost of ‘Humanism (Passive)’.] [Humanism (Universal): I observe, I think, I transform…] An overly simple statement, yet vaguely revealing far too much meaning. The ancient philosophy of “humanism” and the near-ancient political similar terms are not the same, yet they subtly convey humanity’s “selfishness,” the “arrogant” nature of remolding the environment and objects for their own needs. Humans, or similar intelligent creatures, reached the pinnacle of their world by transforming the environment and utilizing other objects as tools. No wonder Gardeners must undertake the Scholar Path for assistance. The “core logic” of a Gardener reveals the logic circuit of “Humanism.” Beast Tamers, who live alongside beasts, do not need this. Quite the opposite, there is even some conflict. “Ha, the Beast Tamer accuses the Gardener of arrogance, and in return, the Gardener laughs at the Beast Tamer for being primitive. How interesting.” The two life spirals have shown themselves, Lu Ping’an reaps many benefits, but Meow is utterly spent up. It’s not just hunger, she could no longer tell what condition she was in. “Seems like, we have overloaded her. We better call it a day.” While Meow has hit her limits, for Lu Ping’an, this was only the beginning. During this process, the two life system professionals learned the theoretical foundation of “Life studies”. All that remained was to pile on practical application and examples. One part of Meow’s short-term objectives, according to the plan given by “Lu Ping’an”, is to rapidly complete the “Spirit Awakening Skill” and make her kitten into a reliable comrade, preferably gaining some beneficial Beast Tamer abilities. The Spirit Awakening Skill, capable of enhancing an animal’s wisdom, and even awakening its emotions, is the core ability of a Beast Tamer. Intelligence and emotional systems are “important tools” for individual animals to prevail in natural competition. There’s certainly a difference in power between intelligent magic pets and mechanized magical beasts. Fear, helps one avoid danger. Love, encourages one to pursue procreation. Anger, helps one break through desperate situations. Does the Gardener have anything similar? Yes, but only applicable for lower intelligence and strictly rationed. Not only due to plants’ nature, but also because giving them the emotions and intelligence of animals… Isn’t that forcing them to rebel? The logic at the lower level of the approach of both the Gardener and the Beast Tamer is conflicting. Note, the abuse of Spirit Awakening Skill is one of the reasons why modern technology is so distorted… Don’t you want your car to suddenly catch and kill you because you have been secretly farting on the seat cushion? Of course, ordinary Beast Tamers cannot provoke “Mechanical Creations” or “dead objects”. Several paths focused on the otherkind Spirit Awakening Skills have been placed on the side of the Evil Gods since the beginning, seen as a threat and antagonist to modern society. The other part of Meow’s task list is to complete the Cliff’s Fang ritual and induction, which is relatively easy… For a cat that can walk against gravity, cliff hunting and the like is just instinct. Also, she must practice several Runner abilities. She can’t call herself a Runner unless she learns Shrink Land. Meow got several common (hell) training programs for abilities and will be intensively training for a long time… Lu Ping’an’s already copied them, preparing to send Lei Huoren a copy. He’s not interested in doing this daily while also checking if Meow is shirking her duties. But the most important lesson is… “Loosen the constraints of talent abilities? Intentionally speed up their growth, my Spirit Cat is quite dangerous, right? No way, Meow!” Hearing the words, Meow, who has been all along “yes, yes, yes”, for the first time, raised an objection. For transformation system users, their future of turning into a magic monster is an insurmountable nightmare and the final horror they have been trying to avoid and delay. “I will help you brew the soul-stabilizing magic medicine to stabilize the evolutionary path of your abilities. The development degree of your talent abilities is too low and thus a big waste. If you increase the degree of your talent abilities a little bit, it can also promote your professional advancement… Wait, who’s going to brew it? What did I just say?” The next moment, Lu Ping’an realized what happened and reluctantly sighed. This big cat casually promised something that he’d have to pay for. But actually, from the big cat, he realized the importance of magic potion to the Gardener… As the upstream raw material merchant in your production chain, of course, you need to know about the downstream manufacturers, at least to understand their needs and hotspots. Even if the big cat doesn’t say anything, he was planning to get a part-time job. Even if he can’t train high due to his talent and time, he wants to raise a private Magic Alchemist. “It’s best to get a Healer. You probably won’t need one, but it’s indeed very useful, the little cat also needs one.” Big cat only takes charge of the prescription, Lu Ping’an who does the actual work is the one with a headache. But in terms of overall development of the Life Bank, the several main branches of the life system are definitely needed. This is unavoidable hardware and software configuration. Seeing Meow in front of him already in a circle, it seems that Beast Tamer and healer are compatible, just like Gardener and Magic Alchemist, should he force her to go for a job… “Forget it, this cat won’t learn… I must be crazy to habve come up with such an idea.” Within 0.1 seconds, Lu Ping’an denied the silly idea of “letting Meow learn medicine.” Although Beast Tamer and healer are not conflicting and even subtly promote each other, it is rarely seen that someone holds two jobs. The reason is both of them demand the accumulation of a vast amount of knowledge over time. Especially for the healer, it’s discouraging for people to learn medicine. It’s an avenue that consumes too much time and energy… Professional healers even have to learn to treat and modify other races! This is simply a super bottomless pit that will eat up an infinite amount of time. Moreover, the daily work requires expert knowledge accumulation, which is complicated multiple times compared to an ordinary physician. But on another level, the upper limit of the healer is also extremely terrible. It only requires devouring all the time for cultivation and learning. “Big cat? Are you a dual profession of healer and Beast Tamer? Both have reached rule-level, aren’t you a prodigy?” Only now did Lu Ping’an realize that he had an anomaly by his side. “… You just realized?” Chris was a bit surprised, how have you been looking at me before, like a cute little cat? “No, I just finally have some faith. I can’t help it, the cat at home always binges on dramas and sleeps in, no matter how I think it’s just an ordinary house cat… ”