Our factory traveled through time

Chapter 44 This guy is a cultivator!

"What the hell? Who did you run into?"

Wang Ce considered countless possibilities. These people might be like Zhang Luoyan, having eaten rare flowers and herbs similar to the Black and White Spirit Fruit, which is why they made rapid progress and reached the second level of life.

Or perhaps they found a species that was numerous but extremely weak in combat, hunted down a large number of crystal cores, and discovered the function of the crystal cores.

They're all gathered at the south gate of the park now, perhaps wanting to use their superior strength to divide up their power.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Li immediately asked if they had encountered any ancient people.

"How could you possibly reach the second level of life without encountering the ancients?"

Luo Ji of Jingmao Luggage was also dumbfounded. They knew all too well how many resources were needed to reach the second level of life.

With so many resources, it was only enough for Guo Ping'an and Yang Miao to reach the second tier.

"We advanced through rare herbs and crystal cores, entirely through gathering and hunting. What about the ancients you're talking about?"

Wang Ce didn't hold back either; in this situation, intelligence sharing was the best way to avoid detours.

"What? You advanced through crystal cores? Aren't crystal cores radiating radiation?"

"Wait! Could it be that the crystal core is radioactive, and this is just a hoax you've spread?"

Zhou Li felt dumbfounded. Just now, he had given the crystal core he had hunted yesterday to Zhou Jiakun, and now he was telling him that the crystal core could evolve.

"Manager Wang, Manager Wang, these are thirty-six crystal cores."

Zhou Jiakun, who was not far away, saw that Daqiang and Jingmao's men seemed to be moving closer to him, so he quickly ran behind Wang Ce.

Remembering that Wang Ce had told him not to go out on the fifth day, Zhou Jiakun suddenly realized, but today was the sixth day! Who knew there would be such a thing?

Seeing that Luo Ji seemed to want to stop Zhou Jiakun, Wang Ce raised his hand and said in a calm tone:

"We're all business people, it's common to have hidden cards up our sleeves, it's all normal business tactic, that's what you taught me, Mr. Luo."

Luo Ji's face turned pale and then red. He had told Wang Ce earlier that the map they provided was inaccurate and that there were restrictions on drones.

I never expected the boomerang to pierce my body so quickly.

Guo Ping'an, standing to the side, glanced at Yang Miao and Zhang Luoyan and said:

"I think the three of us should have a good talk. It's understandable that there's some competition among us in the industrial park."

"However, now is not the time for internal competition, because there seem to be other human settlements to the north, and their strength is probably very formidable!"

Zhang Luoyan nodded, then said to Xiao Yong, "You take your men and bring back all the meat from the forest. Shenghong will take 70%, and you can divide the rest among yourselves."

"Tonight, the heads of all the factories will come to Shenghong, and I will tell you the method of evolution."

The workers from the five factories were all intrigued when they heard this. Although the five factories would split the profits 30%, it all depended on the size of the denominator.

That much meat, even if divided equally among the five factories, would still be a considerable amount, enough to feed the entire factory for several days.

After Wang Ce told Master Xu the method of evolution, Master Xu looked shocked and took the crystal core, leading Sheng Hong's workers back home.

Before leaving, he kept glancing at Wang Ce. He couldn't understand how Wang Ce could be so clever as to fool everyone in the entire industrial park.

Wang Ce and Zhang Luoyan followed Guo Pingan to the conference room of Fuhuakang Processing Plant.

"Tell me, what's the story with that ancient person?"

After Zhang Luoyan sat down, she remained expressionless. Since everyone present was a man, many people turned their attention to Zhang Luoyan.

Then he glanced at Wang Ce, who was playing Tetris on his phone, and felt that he had a chance.

Yang Miao was the only one who didn't think that way. He came from Shenghong and knew very well that the most capable fighter in Shenghong was definitely Huang Feipeng.

On the surface, the group appears to be open and honest in their cooperation, but in reality, each of them has their own ulterior motives.

Ultimately, Guo Ping'an, who valued loyalty and disdained scheming, spoke first:

"Manager Zhang, this is what happened. It occurred last night. There was a commotion at the north gate of the park. When we sent people to check, we found a man dressed in ancient costume dead outside the park."

Wang Ce suddenly interjected, "How did you determine that he was an ancient person?"

Guo Ping'an glanced at Wang Ce with some displeasure. He didn't think that Wang Ce, who was at the first level of life, was qualified to talk to him.

Once the life level reaches the second stage, physical attributes will completely surpass those of the first stage.

"His meaning is my meaning."

Zhang Luoyan interlaced her fingers, rested her elbows on the solid wood table in the conference room, and gently touched her forehead.

Wang Ce raised an eyebrow. Although Zhang Luoyan always told him not to overthink it, he really didn't want to be a simp.

But I have to say, the feeling of being strongly supported is just... awesome!

Zhou Li adjusted his glasses and said in a deep voice, "First of all, he has long hair, and he is dressed in ancient costume. He doesn't even have underwear on him, and there is absolutely no trace of modernity."

"His teeth don't look like they've been brushing them regularly, and there are no marks on his arms from childhood vaccinations, which is unlikely for modern people."

"Here's his video, take a look."

Wang Ce and Zhang Luoyan took the phone. It was indeed a male corpse, with a square face, a bluish complexion, and multiple serious injuries, the fatal one being a penetrating wound to the abdomen.

He has a large frame, and judging from how his clothes are stretched out, he's a trained martial artist.

"Where is his body?"

Hearing Wang Ce's words, Yang Miao sighed and said, "Only Guo Ping'an and I know the truth about this. We were worried about getting into trouble, so we burned him directly."

"This person carried a porcelain bottle with the words 'Pregnancy Elixir' written on it. Inside were three Pregnancy Elixir pills, a small sword, and a jade token."

"The small sword is in Guo Ping'an's hands, and the jade token is with me."

As he spoke, Yang Miao placed the jade pendant on the table, and Guo Ping'an took out the small sword from his bosom.

The jade plaque contains abundant energy fluctuations and is engraved with a large character "清" (Qing), but it is unknown what this character represents.

The small sword was even more gleaming, clearly not an ordinary item.

Wang Ce's heart was in turmoil, and he exclaimed, "These aren't ancient people! These are cultivators!"

The result identified by the foxtail grass was Earth Spirit Ginseng, which is one of the materials for refining the Spirit Pregnancy Pill.

Guo Ping'an's eyes lit up, and he said, "We also suspected that he was a cultivator, but it sounds too far-fetched, so we said he was an ancient person."

"We didn't take it seriously at first. Although this person's appearance was strange, a lot of people died after we transmigrated, so one more wouldn't make a difference."

"Then Yang Miao and I were bold enough to take advantage of our status as evolved beings and each ate a Spirit Nourishing Pill. As a result, our bodies almost exploded. The potency of the medicine was too strong. It was probably not meant for ordinary evolved beings."

"We almost ate ourselves to death, so we didn't dare give the third one to anyone else. So we decided to dissolve the third Spirit Nourishing Pill in water and share it among the two core members of our faction."

Seeing that Yang Miao still looked shaken, Wang Ce felt that the matter was most likely true. There was no need to deceive or hide it; there was no benefit in doing so.

"Manager Zhang, how did you become second-tier evolvers without encountering any ancient figures?"

Hearing Guo Ping'an's words, Zhang Luoyan finally raised her head and said in a cold tone, "We witnessed the Black Eagle and Ancient Crocodile clans fighting to the death over a rare flower by the river."

"The result is obvious: we reaped the benefits and killed them all."

"I naturally ate that strange flower, and my life level evolved to the second tier as a result."

Both sides felt that the other was lucky; Zhang Luoyan seemed to have skipped the excruciating pain and advanced directly.

Wang Ce and Zhang Luoyan also felt that they had just stumbled upon a dead cultivator by sheer luck.

"Manager Zhang, I just heard Supervisor Wang say that you seem to have mastered the method of crystal core evolution. Would you mind sharing it?"

Zhou Li nearly ground his back teeth to powder. He had been shrewd his whole life, but he never expected to suffer such a huge loss after transmigrating.

The thought of giving all the crystal cores to Zhou Jiakun cheaply made Zhou Li grit his teeth in anger.

"You mean crystal core evolution? Just hold it in your hand. The first evolution will be absorbed in about an hour or two."

Wang Ce spoke casually, and the expressions of everyone present were all different.

"Are you kidding me?"

They preferred to believe that Wang Ce was joking rather than believe that evolution could be so simple.

"He's telling the truth, I vouch for it."

Zhang Luoyan gave a rare smile, then turned her gaze to Wang Ce, who was slumped in a chair like an old man.

"Ahem!"

Guo Pingan coughed twice, seemingly trying to get Zhang Luoyan's attention. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he said in a deep voice:

"The appearance of cultivators may not directly threaten our survival. The biggest challenge right now is the great river to the south."

"At the end of our first hunting route, the tides have been behaving very strangely lately; I suspect a major flood is coming!"