Insane Cultivation Methods!

## Chapter 37: Insane Cultivation Methods!

Meng Chao read the message but didn't reply.

He was pondering how to connect with the Yan family and more future powerhouses through the internet.

This was an era of information explosion, with all sorts of things claiming to be "Martial Arts Secret Methods, Marvelous Skill and Unique Art, Peerless Divine Power" emerging endlessly on the internet.

Some secret methods contained natural flaws and were buggy beta versions.

Others were extremely difficult to cultivate, easily leading to Qi Deviation.

Still others had huge side effects, belonging to the "Seven Injury Fist" category of harming oneself eight hundred while killing one thousand enemies.

Any ordinary martial arts enthusiast with a normal brain would question a brand-new cultivation method found online as their first reaction, and laugh it off as their second.

Unless driven to desperation, few people were willing to be "Guinea Pigs."

Contributing by directly posting was an extremely inefficient behavior; even the most powerful force exertion formulas and damage output algorithms would be drowned in the surging torrent of online information.

So, should he first get to know an internet celebrity with a deep background like "Yan Feirou," and then get to know the powerhouses behind her, letting them promote him?

This would solve two problems.

First, Meng Chao couldn't explain the source of future martial arts and high-end technology.

Second, he himself only had a superficial understanding, purely relying on a sense of mystery to muddle through; he was only acting one part, and the other nine parts depended on people's own imagination.

Once they met, and people respectfully asked him to explain the scientific principles contained in a certain formula, how would he know?

"I still need to create a mysterious and unfathomable persona of a peerless expert, attributing everything to the mysterious expert, to explain everything reasonably."

Meng Chao thought, "My words carry little weight, and many people won't believe what I say. Even if I warn others that 'the monster war is about to escalate, and the other world is vast and terrifying,' who would listen to me? But if there is a mysterious expert who first convinces the Yan family and more powerhouses, and then issues a warning, the persuasiveness will be much stronger."

Thinking of this, Meng Chao returned to his bedroom, locked the door, closed the private messages constantly sent by Yan Feirou, and logged into the Deep Web.

In the living room, Meng Yishan and Bai Suxin exchanged glances.

"Our son has locked the door again," his mother worried.

"That's youth!" his father sighed.

After the Dragon City Transcended, because there were no communication satellites, many large server base stations set up in other cities were also disconnected, and the network was paralyzed for many years.

It wasn't until the Zombie crisis gradually subsided, and scientists made considerable breakthroughs in biochemical technology and Spirit Energy, that the network was rebuilt.

The new network adopted a different Internet of Everything approach from Earth, said to be equipped with "crystallized chips" ground from crystals, and also imitated the monster brain, using a large number of "biochemical brains," greatly improving long-distance transmission and anti-interference problems in strong spirit magnetic environments.

The defect of the new technology was that terminal addresses were difficult to lock, and the difficulty of monitoring and banning was a hundred times higher than in the Earth era. The internet was full of ungovernable places that the Survival Committee and Superhuman Tower couldn't control.

Hundreds of ungovernable places united, and the "Deep Web" came into being.

This was a paradise for mad scientists and cultivation maniacs, and there were also many monster organ smugglers and even wanted criminals lurking. They threw out one whimsical idea after another, engaged in all kinds of shady and bloody deals, and jointly created a wild and overgrown information jungle.

Meng Chao skillfully logged into a comprehensive forum he often visited in the Deep Web.

A familiar style rushed towards him:

"I've just discovered a nest of 'Blood Moon Demon Wolf' cubs. Are there any Superhumans above two stars who dare to team up and get the wolf cubs before the military and big corporations do?"

"Volunteers wanted! Professional martial arts research team, newly developed 'Thunder Cross Sword' Secret Killing Thirteen Moves, extremely powerful, safe and without side effects, free teaching, guaranteed learning, and a nutritional allowance of 5,000 yuan! (Small print: No responsibility for injuries or disabilities, consequences at your own risk)"

"Have you ever had conflicts with Superhumans? Have your prey been snatched away by rivals in the Mist Zone? Want to solve the problem once and for all? Contact me privately for details..."

These were not what Meng Chao was looking for.

He clicked on the sub-section for life science and human anatomy research. The style here was normal... well, not exactly normal either.

"What kind of persona should I create?"

Meng Chao closed his eyes, and countless images of mad scientists and cultivation lunatics flashed through his mind.

Since he was called the "Fire-Passing Old Man," he should probably be a disheveled old man with white hair, a perverse personality, unpredictable emotions, and a tendency to act like an old fogey, but with unmatched strength.

Meng Chao nodded and pulled up a brand-new email address that he had prepared long ago, one that was absolutely clean.

In order to learn the unorthodox methods on the internet, he had put in a lot of effort in the Deep Web and knew how to avoid surveillance and create a fictitious new identity.

He used the new email address to register a new account and then went around posting comments under other people's posts to make his presence known.

Fire-Passing Old Man: "Youngster, your 'Hundred Battles Blade Technique Advanced Seven-Spinning Slash' is quite impressive, but there are still three oversights, four flaws, and five fatal weaknesses. This old man just killed a level-five Super Beast 'Thunderbolt Fire' and is in a good mood, so I'll point out one of the oversights for free!"

Fire-Passing Old Man: "Heh, this marksmanship is trash. Don't get me wrong, kid, I'm not targeting you. I'm saying that the seventeen mainstream shooting styles on the market are all trash!"

Fire-Passing Old Man: "It's been twenty or thirty years since I've seen a junior like you who dares to argue with this old man. You're really courting death! You should be glad that I've been recuperating for the past ten years and my killing intent has greatly subsided. Otherwise, you probably wouldn't see the sun tomorrow!"

After posting seven or eight such posts and enraging the netizens to curse at him, Meng Chao nodded, thinking it was about right.

Then, in the name of the Fire-Passing Old Man, he posted an academic discussion thread about Ripple Force. It wasn't as comprehensive as the private message to Yan Feirou, but it revealed that this was something he had accumulated and improved through actual combat in the depths of the Mist Zone, and that it still needed further testing, so he was recruiting testers.

"Now, all the subsequent troubles can be attributed to the 'Fire-Passing Old Man,' who is rarely seen."

Meng Chao smiled slightly, ignored the countless netizens who chased after his thread to curse him in various ways, and logged out directly.

Running away after showing off is so exciting.

The strange fire in the corner of his eye kept flashing, and information kept popping up. Contribution Points increased at a visible rate, and soon rose to more than 900.

"Tonight, it might even rise to 3,000!" Meng Chao thought happily.

He hadn't slept for two days and was exhausted, so he quickly fell into a deep sleep, dreaming many good dreams of changing the future.

Three o'clock in the morning.

The Flying Swallow Building, the headquarters of the Yan Family, was still brightly lit.

Yan Feirou and dozens of third-generation Yan Family Ripple practitioners had all rushed here.

Although it was late at night, there was no trace of sleepiness on their faces. Their eyes were filled with excited bloodshot veins, and they couldn't hide the joy at the corners of their mouths.

"Chi—"

In front of them, the door of the training room opened, and a middle-aged man with a burly figure like a mountain, an imposing aura like a wave, and pores releasing intense fighting intent, walked out with a gloomy face.

He was the second-generation big shot of the Yan Family Ripple, the monster hunter Yan Zhennan.

"Teacher!"

"Uncle Nan!"

"Father!"

The third generation hurriedly went up to greet him, and Yan Feirou couldn't wait to ask, "You've cultivated the Modified Ripple Force for a full three hours, is it very powerful?"

Yan Zhennan stared at his daughter for a long time before coldly saying, "Of course it's powerful, otherwise how could I deceive the dignified 'Ripple Princess'?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

Yan Feirou said in surprise, "Deceive? Father, what do you mean, is the thing fake?"

"Fake it is not fake, but it is very radical, very extreme, very crazy!"

Yan Zhennan's face muscles were trembling, as if he had lingering fears, he gritted his teeth and said, "As the saying goes, 'Leading the era by half a step is a genius, leading the era by one step is a madman', this set of Modified Ripple Force is at least three steps ahead of the era, it's simply insane!"

Many of the third generation were shocked by Yan Zhennan's aura and didn't dare to speak for a long time.

Only Yan Feirou could still muster the courage: "Father, the paper performance of this set of Modified Ripple Force is very strong, and several parameters have broken through the limit, why do you say it is 'insane'?"

Yan Zhennan sighed: "Feirou, and you, are all too young, yes, the paper data of this set of exercises is very beautiful, and some parameters have reached the peak, but, what about the cost?

"In order to pursue 'extreme endurance combat', it has comprehensively innovated the existing breathing method, and the oxygen consumption has increased by more than 20%.

"And in order to inhale a large amount of oxygen in the shortest time, and quickly circulate it to the muscle fibers all over the body through the blood, it requires the practitioner to have extremely developed lungs, and even more active red blood cells.

"If you want to have stronger lungs and higher quality blood, you need to consume more cultivation resources, adopt a new stance to lay the foundation, and even the entire cultivation system must be changed accordingly, this is called 'affecting the whole body by moving one part'.

"As a result, it has turned a decent and approachable entry-level method of exertion into a powerful but difficult to cultivate Marvelous Skill and Unique Art!"

Everyone looked at each other, Marvelous Skill and Unique Art, is this too exaggerated?

Yan Zhennan said in a deep voice: "Do you know, the more I practice this set of Modified Ripple Force, the more terrible I feel, the person who created this set of exercises is either a genius or a madman, or more likely a complete demon.

"This set of exercises does not seem to be created for this era, but for an era that is a hundred times more cruel, it is for those martial artists who are ten times stronger than us to deal with monsters that are ten times more ferocious than now!"