The scorching air flowed through his throat, causing a slight stinging pain in Li Xiao’s lungs.
Feeling the high-temperature environnt around him, Li Xiao had no choice but to circulate the mana in his body, temporarily transforming it into ice mana to continuously cool his body.
He continued walking through the hazardous factory area, constantly clearing debris, transporting materials, setting up temporary works, sealing leaks of toxic substances, and assisting in the repair of Spiritual chanism Passages and arrays...
Even though Li Xiao was extrely cautious, an unexpected explosion still left large areas of burns on him.
Continuously breathing in the remnants of toxic substances in the air also caused a subtle pain in his internal organs, and a slight numbness gradually crept into his limbs.
Despite this, despite the work in front of him being dangerous and hard, the thought of five tis the salary gave Li Xiao a renewed motivation in his originally weary body.
"Once I finish this stretch of work, when Ying Xin and the others ask to train with them again, I won’t have to refuse."
"This month’s loan interest won’t be a worry either..."
Just as Li Xiao sped up carrying a batch of Spirit Conduits materials, he suddenly slled a strange fragrance at the tip of his nose.
The next mont, Li Xiao felt a dizzying sensation, and his body swayed, falling to the ground with a thud.
He struggled to get up, only to find his usually strong limbs weak and powerless. After so wriggling, he still lay on the ground.
At the sa ti, the sweet fragrance in the air grew richer, making his consciousness increasingly blurry.
"Not good..."
"It’s a toxic leakage..."
Li Xiao bit his tongue sharply, trying to clear his mind a bit, but the toxins ca fast and fierce, draining his strength rapidly, until he hardly felt the muscle power in his hands and feet.
"No, if this continues, the poisoning will deepen..."
A trace of fear flashed in Li Xiao’s eyes, and he struggled hard, wide-eyed, fighting the increasing drowsiness in his mind.
He was truly scared that if he closed his eyes he would wake up deep within the Spirit Realm.
Then he’d find that to pay for the dical expenses for his injuries, his body was mortgaged, and his soul was waiting to be assigned work to repay debts.
"Damn legs! Stand up!"
At this mont, a sense of regret slowly welled up in Li Xiao’s heart: "If I had known, I wouldn’t have taken such a risk."
"Earning a little less, spending a little less... So what?"
While Li Xiao was filled with fear and regret, large hands grasped his neck, lifting him like a kitten.
Then sounds of the air breaking rang around, and the scene in front of Li Xiao changed rapidly.
When he ca to his senses, he found himself and several other workers being thrown onto the open ground at the factory gate with a thud.
Breathing the normal air outside, a sense of relief surged in Li Xiao’s heart. Looking up at Zhang Yu’s departing back, his gaze beca complicated.
Ying Xin, watching this scene from the side, thought to herself: "Rushing into danger despite the risk of bankruptcy to earn money and still find ti to rescue people?"
She shook her head, too lazy to look at the situation any longer, and turned to leave.
At this mont, a few security guards walked over, looking at Li Xiao and the others, saying, "Please cooperate, we need to check to prevent you from accidentally bringing out dangerous substances from the factory."
Li Xiao knew this was to prevent them from smuggling things out of the factory.
At this mont, several packs of drug raw materials were found on a worker.
The guard said, "Captain, we found the one who stole two tons of materials."
The worker was shocked, saying, "I only stole these two packs of stuff."
"I didn’t steal two tons, that much!"
...
anwhile, Zhang Yu had already re-entered the rolling smoke and dust.
Zhang Yu’s physique was already tempered through countless trials, with strength far exceeding that of the sa level.
And under the blessing of the Sacred Body of Earth, his body had a terrifying resistance to the various dangers present in the factory.
The scorching heat swept across his skin like a warm breeze.
The toxic and harmful substances in the air flowed into his nostrils, accompanied by an enticing sweet fragrance.
As for the unexpected explosions, the fragnts shooting out, and the rolling toxic smoke... they were all difficult to harm Zhang Yu at this mont.
Even if at tis his body was damaged, he would accelerate the healing of the injuries using the Residual Cattle Life-Sacrifice Heart Technique to activate his body’s vitality.
Returning to the spot where Li Xiao just fell, Zhang Yu thought to himself: "Now there’s no one on the scene."
He found the place where the toxic material had just leaked and collected the alloy fragnts that seed unwanted around.
Wiping the drool from the corner of his mouth, despite his desire to devour the alloys now, Zhang Yu refrained.
After all, the current environnt was quite dangerous, and he still needed the protection of the Sacred Body of Earth for safety.
Without switching to the Sacred Body of Earth, the efficiency and effectiveness of eating would significantly decrease without its powerful digestive capabilities and cultivation technique bonuses.
So, he planned to collect first and find a safe spot before leaving the factory to switch to the Sacred Body of Earth for tasting.
For now, Zhang Yu temporarily stored the alloy fragnts in his embrace and set his sights on another ruin with wild polyr materials from the pharmaceutical workshop.
In the ti following, Zhang Yu continued to work in the factory, casually collecting so unwanted wild ingredients.
Zhang Yu felt like a country person at an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet for the first ti, facing the dazzling selection, not knowing which was more valuable or nourishing, so he took a little of everything to try later.
Besides the unwanted materials all over the ground, what tempted Zhang Yu most were the various raw materials from the pharmaceutical factories.
But without activating the Sacred Body of Earth, he also refrained from eating them arbitrarily, choosing instead to collect them first, awaiting the switch to the Sacred Body of Earth to unleash his incredible dicine consumption ability for tasting them one by one.
...
The factory gate.
Li Xiao felt that he had recovered a lot; at least his limbs were no longer numb, his head was no longer dizzy, and the pain from the burns on his body had beco extrely clear.
And during Li Xiao’s rest, he watched Zhang Yu carry injured workers out of the factory area several tis and drop them onto the surrounding ground.
This made Li Xiao’s gaze towards Zhang Yu increasingly complex.
In his view, wasting his own work ti to help others... was absolutely foolish.
"Hiss..."
Feeling the increasingly painful burns on his body, Li Xiao knew that if he did not heal these wounds, his future studies and cultivation would be affected.
Fortunately, the area outside the factory was still connected to the Spirit Realm Network.
With a thought, he had already summoned remote dical services.
A mont later, a doctor’s figure appeared in his vision, giving him a check-up.
Five minutes later, a student from the dical departnt had already arrived at Li Xiao’s side.
Accompanied by several blasts of mana, a few silver needles fell, and finally, a dose of potion was poured down, and Li Xiao felt much better.
But a few minutes later, when he saw the dical bill that appeared in his vision, he felt gravely injured again.
"0.78 spirit coins? How could it be so expensive?!"
Although part of it was reimbursed by insurance, Li Xiao knew this would still be a huge burden for him, and that his insurance premiums would surely soar next year.
And before he could calm his emotions, he found his insurance claim had actually been denied.
"Why won’t they reimburse ?!"
As Li Xiao was reasoning with the insurance company, today’s collection reminder arrived.
This month’s loan interest had already been overdue for three days.
Li Xiao hesitated for a mont and still reached out to his uncle.
Uncle: First, send your credit information and spending list.
Uncle: 30 spirit coins?! You’ve spent this much in just 5 months?
Li Xiao: Classmates invited to cultivate; I can’t not go, or how will I keep up with my grades?
Li Xiao: Also, a better pair of vision is a must, or I can’t keep up with study efficiency.
Looking at his uncle who was no longer replying to his ssages, Li Xiao sighed deeply.
Just then, Tu Lishan sent a notice, announcing that rescue and repair work at the pharmaceutical factory had increased their pay again, up to 8 tis the salary.
Looking at the factory area in the distance, billowing with thick smoke, Li Xiao gritted his teeth.
"Give it a shot! As long as I earn this money, as long as I have this 8 tis salary, as long as I’m more careful, I can definitely get through this..."
Thinking about enjoying various Immortal Path services and products with Ying Xin and others, thinking about the vision he sold, thinking about his current ranking...
Li Xiao could not accept these things leaving him.
He deeply understood that in Kunxu, you could have nothing, but you couldn’t be without money.
So he once again stood up and rushed into the rolling smoke and dust.
Not just Li Xiao; with the increase in salary, workers who had originally quit, beco injured, or left also gradually started coming back and once again rushed into the smoke-filled factory area.
...
Inside the factory area.
Looking at the increasing number of workers around him, Zhang Yu frowned slightly, thinking that with so many people around, it was inconvenient for him to pick up things.
"Especially with a bunch of Qi Refinent kids, how much is six tis the pay anyway? Is it worth going so hard?"
Zhang Yu shook his head, but fortunately, the toxic smoke was his best cover, allowing him to continue his actions.
And because he was collecting more and more things, Zhang Yu simply hid things in a few deeper ruins, but then he discovered... so of the things were taken away.
"Damn... I knew I wasn’t the only one picking up things."
Before clocking out, Zhang Yu retrieved the remaining items and then moved to a relatively safe location.
After using a detection ritual to confirm there were no caras nearby, Zhang Yu opened the Yu Shu, flipped to the Chain Technique Map Chapter, and dragged each cultivation technique, switching the Earth Sacred Body to the University Sacred Body.
Then he grabbed a few pieces of tal scraps and swallowed them into his stomach.
The digestion power of the Foundation Establishnt peak suddenly activated, under the blessing of the Earth Eating Divine Skill, smashing those alloys into pieces and refining them into Zhang Yu’s bones.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Hmm... this alloy is quite hard; it should be able to enhance bone strength."
"This high polyr material has both flexibility and strength. Can it be refined into the skin?"
"What is this gelatinous substance?"
"Alas, not enough knowledge. Need to go back and check it out..."
So, Zhang Yu recorded the properties, appearance, and taste of various materials while eating.
"Wild ones are indeed a bit tastier."
And Zhang Yu quickly discovered that not everything could be digested by him.
At least three seemingly extraordinary materials could not be digested even with his digestion power coupled with Level 20 Earth Eating Divine Skill, and he had to spit them out again.
With this experience, Zhang Yu beca even more cautious about the leaked raw materials from the pharmaceutical factory, fearing he might ingest sothing he couldn’t withstand.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "I need to ask my sister to identify what all these are."
Zhang Yu increasingly felt the importance of knowledge and information, lest he enter a buffet and not even know what the best items are.
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