Genesis: Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Chapter 156 Testing the Waters, The First Encounter with the Company

The next day, nothing happened.

After entering the secret room, Liu Jun completely settled down, eating well, drinking well, and sleeping well.

It's just about staying home in a different place.

There are all sorts of hot and exciting discussions online, but there is absolutely no news about any divine object.

"This is the surface network. If you really want to see inside information, you have to go to the internal network."

Liu Jun decisively went to the public knowledge sea.

As an immortal deity, he used his invisibility to openly spy on others, opening their encrypted rooms and watching their meetings.

I traveled around and gained a lot.

They even discovered that these bigwigs were plotting on site.

"A divine object has been discovered in the thirty-eighth city under Black Rabbit Apparel, Leg Rabbit City! It seems that the intelligent gasoline detection of various roadside gas trucks has collectively malfunctioned, which is due to the divine object spreading passively."

"Oh?? A magical substance that affects oil?"

"This guy is really unlucky. After he got his hands on the divine object, he couldn't hide it at all. Which car doesn't have a smart fuel tank monitor these days? Even the oil can in the kitchen has a smart fuel level monitor."

Liu Jun watched their exchange and fell silent, a line of dialogue echoing in his mind:
My lord, times have changed.

That's what they said too.

"How could those ancient artifacts' hosts, Old Deng, have ever seen our high-tech era? What host hiding? That doesn't exist!"

Liu Jun felt mocked.

One scholar said, "Hahaha! What era are we living in now? It's the era of Skynet! Intelligent surveillance is everywhere. It's not that this magical device is weak; it's that our era is strong!"

Another analysis stated: "Even if the most hidden shadow artifact is born, we can monitor the changes in shadows in various places, thereby pinpointing its approximate location, and then quickly search and capture it. Goliath was captured and imprisoned by us before it even developed."

The last old man said, "Even the Demon King Goliath would have to be a hero destined for prison here!"

They acted with considerable pride and self-satisfaction, feeling that their civilization was far superior.

In fact, they have every right to be proud.

To know.

In order to kill the first Demon King, the entire angel race mobilized and relied on sheer numbers to slowly surround him.

But what if this primordial demon king were to erupt here?
I was tested as soon as I arrived.

Because after you obtain the divine object, your control over it won't be very strong at first. The object's strong infectivity will more or less affect the surrounding area and be detected by the Skynet.

This oil-attribute divine object actually has a pretty good ability to hide its true nature.

If this were in the magical era next door, his control over the oil in your body—underground petroleum, plant oil—would be quite subtle.

Liu Jun seemed to be deep in thought upon seeing this:
"The hosts of these divine creatures are useless. But that makes sense. That's why I didn't dare to spread it before. The first one to be infected was an artificial intelligence—the Amber Swallowtail."

He dared not be reckless, for if he were, he would die.

What plague is spreading?
In this day and age, doing this is practically suicide.

In the era of Skynet, super-intelligent detection of every detail is no joke.

They resumed their discussion of serious matters.

"What is the identity of the host of this divine object? Is he dressed as Black Rabbit?"

"If it really is someone from Black Rabbit Clothing, they've probably gone to protect them."

"No, they are rats in the gutter. Through big data comparison, we have basically locked onto an outer disciple of the Hehuan Sect."

This sect is the same sect that Li Chengshan, the student representative, belongs to.

For scholars, reading stimulates the mind and helps them understand their true nature.

The core of this school of thought is to stimulate the mind by reading erotic books, raising the threshold time and time again, thereby cultivating oneself.

"What the hell? What kind of divine object would choose those heretical scholars?"

"This divine object looks shady. Is it tainted with color? That's why it would choose someone whose head is full of paint?"

"Very well, we can now pursue it! The specific range of the divine object's characteristics has been determined, so we can ask a fifth-tier suppression-level expert to take action!"

"Alright, immediately mobilize all types of mechs."

Liu Jun watched them plotting quietly, seemingly lost in thought.

Divine object characteristics: Earthly oily substances.

Host characteristics: Loves watching "Royal Uncle".

In Liu Jun's mind, the 100% compatible host suddenly transformed into a greasy, fat man.

Is this host really that oily?

Liu Jun felt a surge of curiosity about this perfectly compatible person.

It might be worth going to see what's going on.

Leg Rabbit City.

It belongs to Black Rabbit Apparel.

Black Rabbit Apparel ranks third among the top ten companies, far surpassing Rehe Heavy Industry.

Our main businesses include: heavy mecha, various lightweight mecha, psychic weapons, luxury clothing, and film and television media.

Don't underestimate the technical sophistication of a company just because its name is "clothing".

Mech technology has always been a core technology at the forefront of warfare.

Their most profitable products are actually civilian mechs and various luxury items, such as lightweight armor, various psychic throwing knives, hairpins, belts, and boots.

Luxury goods are the most profitable.

Even the fifth-order holy bodies of the top ten companies were made possible by core components provided by engineers from Black Rabbit Apparel, as the manufacturing precision of other companies was simply insufficient.

Everyone's lifeline is blocked by Black Rabbit Heavy Industry's technology, but other companies also have monopolistic technologies that block other companies' lifelines. The top ten companies are mutually restraining and cooperating.

"Let's go check on them."

Liu Jun planned to find out about the survival status of the host after the arrival of the divine object in this era, and when it was discovered.

He bypassed the public consciousness, conducted a big data search, and landed on a scumbag youth in Leg Rabbit City.

He possessed a scumbag and didn't feel guilty even after ruining his body.

Click!

Control the youth's body to push open the door of the secret room and walk out onto the street.

The street is lined with various clothing stores, mainly selling black stockings, knee-high boots, high heels and other clothing.

The city's mainstay industry is legwear, producing various brands of black stockings and boots.

Black Rabbit Apparel also has its own academy city, dedicated to training students.

Their students have a better education than those at Rehe Heavy Industry.

Other people don't have to drink acid rain when they go to school, but for them, going to school is like working on a garment factory assembly line.

Tapping.

As Liu Jun walked down the empty street, he suddenly noticed that the engine oil in a car next to him looked a bit off.

"Oil, tell me where your owner is."

“If it is your will, I will obey.”

As God, Liu Jun was faster and more accurate in finding people than they were, following the clues to search for the other party.

In a secret factory.

Liu Chang is a professional lender. As a third-tier powerhouse, he established a company in this city, specializing in using illegal lending to swindle ordinary people from the lower classes.

Secretly, he was also a disciple of the Hehuan cult.

At this moment, this fat guy with a big belly is having a video call.

Liu Chang wiped the grease from his face: "You three little girls owed me money and couldn't pay it back, so you knew you'd get what you deserved today."

The student on the other end of the video, who appears to be a trio of students with cerebral palsy, is trembling in a self-made secret room.

"We borrowed the money to build the escape room. We will pay you back after this crisis is over."

Liu Chang chuckled, "I won't make things difficult for you. You'll have to stay with me tonight." The three girls opposite him were surprised, "Huh? We're not in the same place. We're all hiding in our own secret rooms and can't go out."

"You log into books through the dark web, you know? It's like logging into a game, coming here to control my cyborg wife."

He pointed to the three puppet beauties behind him, who were deliberately made to look oily and sticky, as if he had a unique hobby about it.

"Hmm, that shy little girl, choose the second pure and innocent prosthetic wife; that charming and tall one, choose my seventh wife."

Seeing the three of them timid and frightened, Liu Chang became even more itchy and eager. He loved this kind of energy. "What era are we living in? Sex partners are better than you two, aren't they? Who would want your bodies! Log in now!"

"You're just playing with me remotely, you don't lose anything, your souls may be corrupted, but your bodies are still pure."

Liu Jun remained silent for a moment.

Is this host normal?
It seems like he lacks ambition. Wouldn't a normal person start developing like crazy the moment they get a divine object?

If he weren't told, no one would know that he was the host of a divine object.

However, it could also be a deliberate disguise, a way for him to go into hiding.

If it's acting, then it's very realistic.

However, the top ten companies have higher technology and have clearly narrowed down the scope of his position.

It's pointless for him to pretend any better.

As Liu Jun pondered, "If he's discovered, he's doomed."

"Why don't I make use of this waste and take the opportunity to disguise myself as another force that is vying for the divine artifact, to test the strength of this world?"

He didn't want to steal this divine object; leaving it outside clearly had greater value.

However, by not using his various divine powers, but fighting as an ordinary person against the powerful individuals who come to seize the divine objects, he can get a feel for their strength.

Think about this.

"You're playing pretty fancy games." A dark figure slowly emerged.

Liu Chang seemed to suddenly realize what was happening, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "My lord, spare my life!"

The next moment, he suddenly activated the thin telekinetic armor hanging beside him.

But why would Liu Jun give him a chance?
He directly charged forward with his mental energy.

Liu Jun looked at the greasy fat man and ultimately did not kill him.

A 100% match is quite rare; whether or not to eliminate them depends on the choices of those companies.

"You want to kill me?"

"Hahaha, I'm going to die! I didn't expect you guys to be so quick!"

Liu Chang laughed loudly and bitterly, thinking that the dark figure was going to kill him, and began to struggle with his last bit of strength.
"Cloud, please delete my browsing history."

"And another thing! My AI contains 30,000 premium edition books, all priceless treasures that I personally photographed and collected. They are my life's wealth, and I'm entrusting them to you!"

After saying that, he looked relieved and then fainted.

Liu Jun remained silent.

No wonder they crack down so hard on these heretical sects.

Reading too many of the four great evil books has completely changed a person, making them no longer a normal person. They have a kind of natural abstractness, and their values ​​are incompatible with those of normal people.

Even the demons next door seem so innocent and upright that they have to give you a thumbs up and call you a monster.

These days, books are indeed a person's most precious treasure.

Especially rare copies.

However, this fellow's 30,000 cultivation books
They're all imperial uncles!

Liu Jun was speechless with frustration. He took out the magical oil from his person and felt the power within it.

The next moment, his whole body became sticky, as if there was an internal force flowing through him.

He knew this wasn't internal energy, but rather the ability to control the fat in his body.

"interesting."

Liu Jun pondered for a moment, "Let's use this single divine artifact to see what these guys are really made of."

Just then, a figure suddenly descended from the sky.

"They've arrived?" Liu Jun looked up, a smile playing on his lips.

"Who are you? How come you're faster than us?"

A voice suddenly rang out, carrying a terrifying and powerful aura.

It turned out to be a fifth-tier, sixth-level being, slowly hovering above a cluster of tall buildings.

She was ten meters tall, elegant and graceful, like a giant ancient beauty clad in light armor, heroic and dashing, surrounded by a series of sharp metal flying swords.

Her entire body is coated with a simulated human skin layer.

She's like a tall, elegant lady, wearing black stockings and high-heeled boots, possessing a unique beauty.

Strictly speaking, they follow the path of mechanical ascension.

Some people will create a new, life-sized body, moving towards a more normal human aesthetic.

Her thoughts surged, and she let out a delicate shout, a hint of disgust and loathing flashing across her face:
"You cowardly coward, are you a high-ranking member of the Hehuan Sect? I never imagined that you disgusting scum would have someone hiding at the fifth rank, first level? Your divine artifact compatibility is so high? So oily? Looks like you're a disgusting fellow too!"

"Even with a high compatibility, you're still just a newly broken-through piece of trash. The gap between each realm is enormous!"

The woman's words were filled with an intense, almost overwhelming pride.
"Do you know that the fifth realm is the sublimation of the soul and body? Each transformation is like climbing to the next level, making you twice as strong as before."

"Ten stories high, the world turned upside down."

"I am at the fifth rank, sixth level, looking down at you from the sixth floor. I am now thirty-two times stronger than you!"

Having said that, he decisively took action.

The mysterious man, enveloped in high-energy oil, began to collide with the other party.

boom!
The battle is about to break out.

One minute later, Mito broke apart the mysterious man's physical body and obtained the divine object.

"Ridiculous."

"As expected of a fifth-tier cultivator from the gutter, he doesn't even have any inheritance. Every move he makes is purely amateurish, and he can't even use mental imagery."

"Hiding your head and revealing your tail, remotely controlling a figure to descend, and with your combat power greatly weakened, you still managed to block over a thousand of my moves with the help of the divine artifact. You are truly gifted and have amazing reaction speed, which is quite impressive."

Having said that, He transformed into a streak of light and flew away.

And then, other powerful companies quickly followed suit:
"Meitu? A model I've never seen before. Are you the hidden trump card of that old guy from Black Rabbit Apparel? Your old man is afraid of the unknown infection of the divine object and doesn't dare to take action, so he sent you, a born saint he doesn't even know?"

"Leave the divine object behind."

Click.

Rehe City, No. 13 Junior High School.

Liu Jun opened his eyes. "They're pretty strong. They're definitely more cunning than I thought."

He was not only not surprised, but rather pleasantly surprised.

The stronger the opponent, the better.

Moreover, after observing other people's fighting styles, Liu Jun realized that he wasn't very good at using the power of mental imagery.

After all, it is.

Zantamma, the first of the Holy Communions, died young and only put forward the concept of mental images.

The second Holy Body Demon Lord, Goliath, also died young.

Including himself, there are only three mental image powerhouses in the sandbox world, so the system is naturally quite crude.

The fifth-order beings in this world have already secretly explored the realm of mental imagery to a considerable degree.

"Fortunately, I wasn't arrogant enough to confront them head-on."

Liu Jun's gaze was deep and thoughtful. "In this degenerate age where magic power is scarce, God has no supplies, and one person alone may not be able to take on the whole world."

"Fortunately, I locked these tough guys in the [mushroom soup]. They can attack or defend at will, and I can take my time to mess with them."

This was just a small experiment by Liu Jun.

(End of this chapter)