Chapter 268 Future Planning

Qingyun Sect, in a mountain range.

The bright night pearls emit a soft light. The cement floor fired by magic has been covered with cobwebs, and even some places are overgrown with weeds.

This is Lin Chen's original laboratory. However, since he left last time, this place has been abandoned for about 20 years. Even many of the formations set up at that time have lost their original functions due to the overflow of spiritual energy.

Lin Chen came here again, roughly cleaned up the place, and settled down here.

He did not plan to rebuild or repair this laboratory.

First, the laboratories at the Qi Refining level are completely different from the laboratories at the Foundation Establishment level, from safety measures to formation requirements. The spiritual stone resources consumed may be an order of magnitude higher.

Second, rebuilding a laboratory is really too troublesome and takes a lot of time. After all, a laboratory that can conduct a lot of research cannot be built without three to five years.

But Lin Chen plans to leave Lingnan after the end of this war, so there is no need to spend more time rebuilding.

At this moment, Lin Chen was sitting alone in the laboratory, his eyes flickering.

After an unknown amount of time, he let out a long sigh.

Without sufficient information, any speculation about the ancient monks was just his delusion, without any experimental basis.

"So, let's put this aside for now..." Lin Chen rubbed his brows and finally gave up the speculation.

But he had a hunch, no, it was more certain than a hunch.

As he continued to explore, he was afraid that one day he would find what the ancient monks had found.

And by that time, would he be like them, leaving behind an inexplicable word and disappearing mysteriously?

"... Forget it, that's a matter of the future, let's think about the next plan." After thinking about it, Lin Chen gave up the speculation and focused his attention on the present.

There were about three things to deal with at the moment.

One was the agreement with Changqing Zhenren to become the hidden hand of Qingyun Sect.

The second was to achieve the golden elixir and leave Lingnan.

Third, transform the newly acquired Tiandi Ant into a [Micro Intelligent Cluster Factory].

First, it is a matter of agreement.

"I have made an agreement with Changqing Zhenren of Qingyun Sect to become the hidden hand of Qingyun Sect to turn the tide before they can withdraw..."

"Although it is quite dangerous to do so, and it may even cost the magic cultivators their golden elixir, but since the benefits have been taken, there is no reason not to work."

"If you really can't stand it, at worst, you don't want the benefits and just withdraw. After all, you get what you pay for..."

Lin Chen calculated secretly in his heart.

Of course, Changqing Zhenren had already given him the benefits in advance. If Lin Chen was more extreme, he could take the benefits and then rob the sect's treasure house.

However, although Lin Chen thought he was not a good person, he still had some principles. He really didn't want to do this kind of thing.

But the premise was that he had to ensure his own safety.

"Anyway, I just want to see the methods of those magic cultivators..."

Thinking of this, a hint of coldness appeared on Lin Chen's face.

Since he went to spread the method of inner alchemy, he hasn't exercised thoroughly for a long time. He hopes that these demon cultivators will not let him down...

Then, it's about breaking through the golden elixir.

Lin Chen has obtained a large number of spiritual objects of Yin Yang and Five Elements from Zhang Hao, the guy who is suspected to be the protagonist of luck, and the Qingyun Sect's treasure house has given him everything he wants.

So now he has collected most of the Yin Yang and Five Elements spiritual objects.

With his ability, he can be promoted to the golden elixir at any time, and through his previous research, he will try to awaken the spiritual roots and awaken the legendary Yin Yang and Five Elements spiritual body.

But...

"Zhang Hao calculated that the place where I will break through the golden elixir is Xuanyin Gate, so should I..."

Thinking of this, Lin Chen's heart has long been hesitant.

Although he really wants to try and go against the consequences of this predicted future, the problem is that he doesn't dare to gamble on this matter that concerns his own potential and future.

After all, no matter how important the experiment is, his own safety should be the priority. He is researching, not going to die.

If the unpredicted behavior leads to the failure to awaken the spiritual roots when breaking through the golden elixir, and the foundation is damaged, then there will be a big problem.

"I will explore the art of heaven sooner or later. There is no need to gamble now. After all, only by living and moving forward can there be endless possibilities." Lin Chen's eyes flickered, and he suddenly made a decision in his heart.

Of course, the most important thing is that the art of heaven is not what Lin Chen mainly studies, and he has no intention of paying a high price for it.

Finally, it is the matter of transformation.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen stood up and walked out of the room.

Soon, after passing through the dilapidated corridor with faint cracks on the wall, Lin Chen finally came to a room.

Inside the room, there is still a pool of blood.

Around the blood pool, various nutrients are injected into the transformed monster body, and blood is continuously released from the bone marrow.

In the center of the blood pool is a miniature island with a building, houses, aisles, bridges, towers, corridors, ponds... They are staggered and uneven, exquisite and translucent, and finally formed a crystal-like "city".

This is what Lin Chen harvested last time. It is one of the thirty-six rare animals and insects in the world, and it is a world-famous insect - Tiandi Ant!

At this moment, on the ant nest, ants are constantly moving the blood and flesh that floated up from the blood pool into the ant nest for the new ant king to eat and use to breed new dynasty ants.

Tiandi Ant then breeds a group of ants, and continues to use them as arms, busying around, and continues to expand the number of ants and differentiate various ants.

Lin Chen looked at the scene in front of him, his eyes moved.

For ordinary cultivators, such exotic insects can cultivate a group of minions who can detect, kill, and protect themselves, greatly increasing their ability to save their lives, but Lin Chen's expectations are naturally not limited to this.

He hoped to cultivate the ants in front of him into an ant colony that could arrange elixirs, construct formations, collect spiritual energy, refine spiritual tools, and even arrange laboratories and build large-scale projects, that is, the envisioned insect swarm factory.

"If the experience of alchemy and the theory of formations are poured into the insect mother's mind, it may not understand. After all, the thinking of humans and insects is different. It is simply a very metaphysical thing to expect it to learn and understand."

"So the best way is to transform it into something similar to artificial intelligence, so that as long as I need something, I can inject the corresponding model and let it command the insect swarm to construct it."

"So, how to transform it?"

Thinking of this, Lin Chen looked at the insect mother, and at the same time, he took out a book from the storage bag in his hand, on which were written four big words——

[Basic Mathematics]