Chapter 362 - 304: Resurrected James Raven

"Well, how should I put this... My first impression of her wasn’t great!"

"Maybe it was because she had just pulled three all-nighters to finish some biology project... I guess she didn’t have time to put on makeup before we met?"

"Heh, women!"

Chu Bamboo: "..."

"Ah... this woman actually claims to be a huge fan of mine!

Yikes, I feel like she’s lying. Shouldn’t a fangirl put on perfect makeup, look incredibly beautiful... and *then* come see me? This... This attitude is just outrageous...

Then again... it’s probably normal for her to be a fan! I have way too many of them in this world..."

Chu Bamboo: "..."

Chu Bamboo’s expression was complicated. ’Seriously, why is he writing this in a diary? What did he need this woman for... a blind date?’ Chu Bamboo shook his head and continued to read, a glimmer of understanding finally appearing in his eyes.

"I’ve successfully recruited Guan Qianyu and have her starting on biological research! The main focus is... the Life Ladder!

After acquiring the legacy of the Maya Civilization, I put together a biology team... but...

The results were just so-so! Barely passable!

Instead, on my end, because of my Cultivation... I’ve been constantly absorbing it... to the point that there’s only a tiny bit left!

Guan Qianyu... is mainly a genius acknowledged by the Golden Dawn! Oh, you probably don’t know about this yet... but it seems she was once recognized by the Golden Dawn as a Holy Son Candidate, I think?

Although she’s not anymore!"

’...Let’s hope she’s useful,’ Chu Bamboo thought wryly, continuing to read.

In this timeline, technology could only be described as having a volcanic eruption of progress.

"December 7, ’27: I’ve been invited to become the chief designer of the Divine Continent’s Manned Lunar Landing Project!"

"January 1, ’28: We used the v2.9 iteration of the Space Plane to perform a direct manned lunar landing!"

Chu Bamboo: "???"

Chu Bamboo almost thought he’d misread. ’What does he mean... a direct manned lunar landing with a Space Plane in ’28?’

’Seriously... does he even hear what he’s writing?’

"March 7, ’28: Ahem, my apologies for making a few minor contributions. I just used the v3.0 Space Plane to build seventeen space stations up in orbit, and while I was at it, I established a permanent Moon Base on the Moon...

Sigh, it’s still too slow! But there’s nothing to be done... who knew building Space Planes would be so difficult? After all this time, we’ve only managed to amass... seventeen of them! And that’s counting all the different versions.

This aircraft is truly... more expensive than its weight in gold! No, it’s more expensive than *three times* its weight in gold...

And one more thing... care to guess what the price of gold is now?"

For a moment, Chu Bamboo had no idea what kind of expression to make.

He had a feeling this news would be enough to make every other country in the world capable of building a space station collectively piss their pants.

"But! I wonder if Celestial Net has managed to crank out any Space Planes of their own?"

Chu Bamboo narrowed his eyes. ’According to the law of conservation of technology...’

However...

’It’s probably not a serious issue.’ Chu Bamboo’s expression was noncommittal. For one thing, his good brother hadn’t even mentioned it. For another...

It all came down to the same thing!

Even if you have sufficient technology in hand, converting it into tangible results is never easy.

This time, his good brother had hitched a ride on the nation’s express train, basically transforming into a dragon overnight. With the terrifying, Cthulhu-like industrial might of Shen Zhou Industry, combined with future technology... not to mention the fact that he was the "chief engineer" version of himself, with the reproduced memories of countless titans of the field...

You could say his version’s buffs were stacked to the absolute limit!

Even if Celestial Net had more advanced technology, what was the point?

The Extraterrestrial Civilization probably just handed them something to counterbalance the Divine Continent’s latest breakthrough... but before Celestial Net, or rather, the Golden Dawn, could even finish the Reproduction, his good brother would have already achieved something new.

It was a true case of "I can walk faster than you can run!"

So what if you have a cheat code?

Don’t underestimate what I can do when I go all out!

As he kept reading, Chu Bamboo’s gaze suddenly landed on a particular entry, his face filled with shock.

"January 1, ’29: Z’s war template has given us a huge advantage in our war with Celestial Net!"

"Using a previously untriggered exploit, we successfully tracked James. He went to Russian territory!"

"My guess is he’s probably trying to cooperate with the faction represented by the Lovers! Most likely, it’s because the pressure we’re putting on them is simply too immense..."

"So, I didn’t hesitate to step in personally and bring him to justice."

"..." Chu Bamboo felt there was much to criticize about his brother personally taking action, but considering his good brother’s current power... if he wanted to ensure a stable outcome, he really did have to handle it himself.

"Caught him!

James committed suicide."

Chu Bamboo: "?"

"But what’s giving me a headache is... three days later, Z somehow picked up intel on James again... Staring at James’s corpse, I fell into deep thought...

Is this the ability of some Artifact?

Or is it just a clone?

Surely an Alien didn’t get involved, right?

What a massive pain!

Anyway, you need to be careful... Don’t think that just killing them will solve the problem."

Chu Bamboo’s brow furrowed. He mulled it over before swiping to the next page.

"February 1, ’29: Guan Qianyu’s research has shown some results! She’s successfully begun cultivating clones...

All I can say is, this woman truly is the monster the Golden Dawn deemed a Holy Son Candidate! No wonder her ranking was even higher than Zhao Shao’s..."

Chu Bamboo was genuinely stunned. After all, his brother hadn’t had any memories related to biology...

In other words, Guan Qianyu had forged this path purely on her own abilities...

This was beyond terrifying; it was utterly absurd.

"However... what was ultimately cultivated is very strange... It’s completely different from the pure, untainted Cultivation Resources I had predicted...

It can only be described as something similar to Moon Grass!

Yes, it can only be used to assist in Cultivation... and what’s more, it carries a certain amount of contamination.

Compared to the original version... no, no, no, are these two even the same thing?"

"I’m starting to suspect... that maybe all the Cultivation Resources in the world now, from the very moment they begin to grow, gradually develop problems?

I’m a little disappointed, but not *too* disappointed... Because if the Life Ladder of the Maya Civilization could be grown that easily, then the fact that there are no Transcendents in the world right now... *that* would be the truly strange part!"