Zhang Yu's Outdated Thinking

Oasis Building, Layer 1111.

The top floor of this new landmark building in Songyang City is now the highest point in the entire city.

At this very moment, as Zhang Yu stood at the very top of the city, he could see that the lobby was filled with employees from the Oasis Group.

A loud bang came from the sky.

Fireworks formed from streaks of divine lightning burst forth, and as the lightning bolts intertwined, the streaks of electricity formed the word "billion" in the night sky.

Inside the venue, the host shouted, "To celebrate the Food Loan program surpassing one billion! All food and medicine are free today! Everyone's bonus this month will be doubled!"

"Let us thank President Wang!"

Everyone cheered. President Wang waved his hand with a smile and casually said, "Keep up the good work, everyone! Let's strive to expand the Food Loan business to tens of billions! Hundreds of billions! Trillions!"

"This venue could produce 100 billionaires in the future!"

Amidst the screams of the crowd, the atmosphere at the scene became increasingly heated.

Someone shouted, "President Wang! Give us red envelopes!"

Wang Yin laughed heartily, and with a thought, countless silent Red Envelope Talisman suddenly appeared, raining down on the entire audience, causing everyone to cheer again, and the atmosphere instantly reached its climax.

Bai Zhenzhen cheered and rushed forward to grab the red envelopes.

Wang Yin walked up to Zhang Yu and asked curiously, "What? Aren't you going to grab some red envelopes?"

Zhang Yu forced a smile, "I won't compete with the ordinary employees."

Wang Yin laughed and said, "That's how it should be. You'll become richer and richer in the future. Once you're rich, you have to learn not to compete with your subordinates for these small sums of money."

Then Wang Yin glanced at Zhang Yu's skin and said, "Come with me, I'll show you something good."

After saying that, he led Zhang Yu to another room.

A young man, about the same size as Zhang Yu, stood there and bowed deeply upon seeing the two of them.

Just as Zhang Yu was wondering what was going to happen, Wang Yin said, "Take off the skin and put it on Zhang Yu."

To Zhang Yu's astonishment, the young man seemed to remove his outer garment, peeling off his skin to reveal his fleshy, bloody body underneath.

Wang Yin, standing to the side, patted Zhang Yu on the shoulder and laughed, "I told you to get a real leather outfit before, but you kept refusing, so I took it upon myself to buy you this Cultivation Skin."

Seeing the astonishment on Zhang Yu's face, Wang Yin said as if reciting a familiar story, "High-end Cultivation Skin all originate from the human body. To maintain their vitality, they need to be nourished with Essence Blood every day and processed using Secret Method. They are often worn on a living clothes hanger, who maintains the Cultivation Skin by circulating their energy and practicing daily."

"This kind of handcrafted leather is far superior to the mass-produced stuff you're wearing."

"This particular leather was specially selected by me from a master of external martial arts. Wearing it will enhance your Body Protection Technique and allow you to break through your original limits."

"You might not know this, but our Nether University has a divine skill called Blood God Child, which specializes in skinning and processing. While my skills in this area aren't great, my eye for it is quite good..."

"Come on, hurry up and change into this. Throw away that fake leather suit of yours, and never wear it out again to embarrass me."

Looking at the young man in front of him, who was nicknamed the "living clothes hanger," Zhang Yu couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you in pain?"

The young man paused for a moment, then a smile appeared on his bloodied and mangled face, "We blocked our pain receptors before we even entered this line of work."

"Sir, please rest assured, I've been in this business for over twenty years and have extensive experience in caring for genuine leather. There will absolutely be no flaws on the leather..."

Seeing the other person grab the leather and about to put it on, Zhang Yu couldn't help but curse inwardly, "They're insane! Kunxu is truly insane!"

Wang Yin, who was standing to the side, noticed the resistance on Zhang Yu's face and frowned, saying, "Don't you like this skin?"

The young man carrying the leather bag, fearing the deal might fall through, quickly said, "Mr. Zhang, if you don't like this one, we have other types of genuine leather in our shop. Shall I call them in?"

Wang Yin picked up the leather from the other man's hand, fiddling with it back and forth while occasionally putting it on the young man to check it. He asked doubtfully, "This leather is of very good quality, there's nothing wrong with it."

Zhang Yu watched Wang Yin's actions and, for some reason, even though the other party was clearly choosing equipment for him and wanted to give him a gift, Zhang Yu felt a kind of aura from Wang Yin that was more frightening than anyone he had ever met before.

Watching the other person manipulate the clothes hanger and the Human Skin beside them as if they were clothes.

Looking at the way the other person was looking at the young man and the Human Skin.

Zhang Yu felt as if he suddenly understood why the other person's eyes held no hostility, only friendliness.

"That wasn't the way you look at a person, but the way you look at property, a pet, a small animal..."

Just then, someone walked in from outside. It was Saint Jay and Tan Shishan, who had also passed the Foundation Establishment Certificate exam.

However, the two of them were very different from before. Every breath they took caused the surrounding Spiritual Energy to vibrate, and they exuded a powerful aura.

Wang Yin glanced at the two of them and said, "Oh? You've both Foundation Establishment?"

Saint Jay quickly bowed and said, "My family scraped together some money so we could Foundation Establishment early and get used to it sooner, which will give us an advantage when we go to university in the future."

Although Zhang Yu's income has skyrocketed, it will still take him about six months to raise enough money to buy Heavenly Spiritual Root.

But for Saint Jay and Tan Shishan, who had already reached the Qi Refining Peak, as long as they obtained the Foundation Establishment Certificate, they could achieve Foundation Establishment with the support of their Lineage.

Watching this scene, Zhang Yu sighed inwardly... The difference in wealth meant that although he was clearly more outstanding than his opponent in the Qi Refining Stage, he was lagging behind in the Foundation Establishment.

To Foundation Establishment before graduating from high school, one ultimately needs the support of President Wang.

Ignoring the two Foundation Establishment, President Wang looked at Zhang Yu and smiled, "I've checked it, it's fine. Hurry up and change it so I can see."

So, amidst the happy gaze of the clothes hanger, and the envious glances of Saint Jay and Tan Shishan, Zhang Yu silently changed into the Cultivation Skin that Wang Yin had given him.

President Wang laughed and said, "I knew I made the right choice; this leather jacket really suits you."

"You'll be wearing this to meetings from now on, understand?"

In Zhang Yu's mind, the Remnant Ox he had visualized using the Remnant Ox Abandoning Self Heart Sutra" had inexplicably stopped completely.

Looking at the Remnant Ox that wouldn't move in his mind no matter how he tried to activate the mental technique, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "What a piece of trash mental technique."

"Does your system only function effectively if I suffer greatly, constantly endure pressure, and continuously rush into crises?"

"I want to buy Heavenly Spiritual Root, I want one that allows me to Foundation Establishment."

"I don't want to be poor in Kunxu my whole life! I don't want to lose to those rich people because I'm broke!"

"Besides, Cultivation Skin is just a type of equipment in Kunxu, nothing special..."

Another month has passed in the blink of an eye.

It's now May.

Inside Songyang High School.

Looking at the 29 million in his bank account, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Soon, I'll be able to buy Heavenly Spiritual Root Foundation Establishment soon."

Suddenly, he heard the sounds of fighting.

Zhang Yu frowned and looked over, only to find that Zhou Chechen was being attacked by more than ten classmates.

"Do you still think you're the Student Union? Your Zhou Family is finished now, you don't even have a say on the school board..."

"Zhou Chechen, you're not as rich as we are now." "Hand over your homework!"

"Hehehe, today I'm going to taste what the Student Union President's drug tastes like!"

Zhang Yu initially didn't want to get involved, but as the commotion grew increasingly outrageous, he finally couldn't help but say, "Get lost, and don't mess around near me."

Upon hearing Zhang Yu's low shout, the students who had been surrounding Zhou Chechen immediately scattered in fright.

Zhou Chechen silently got up, looked in the direction of Zhang Yu, nodded slightly, said thank you softly, and then turned and left.

But Zhang Yu knew that the Zhou Family had not been able to cooperate with the Oasis Group due to its lack of competitiveness, and was now declining.

Zhou Chechen's days at Songyang High School will likely become increasingly difficult.

"But... what's it to me?"

Zhang Yu arrived at the cafeteria to have lunch, but he noticed that the prices of the Synthetic Food had gone up again, and even Qian Shen at the same table, seemed to be eating less than before.

That evening, we went to the Oasis Building again for a meeting.

Looking at the next service to be promoted at the meeting, Zhang Yu couldn't help but grit his teeth, thinking to himself, "Mortgaged Flesh?"

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Following the successful promotion of Food Loan, Oasis Group decided to launch a flesh and blood mortgage service, allowing users to repay debts using their own flesh and blood.

Although he knew this was a project that Kunxu had had for a long time, seeing the company people at the meeting discussing how to collect the meat, how to evaluate it, how to monetize it, and how to store it still made Zhang Yu feel like he was watching living people being skinned alive and served on a dinner table...

June arrived, a time that Zhang Yu both found difficult and exhilarating.

With the conclusion of another Gaokao, Zhang Yu will enter his senior year of high school in three months.

At this moment, Zhang Yu's account already had more than 33 million yuan.

But he still came to the stronghold of the Dark Tutoring World, intending to give lessons to people and earn more money.

At least the atmosphere here made him feel more relaxed than at Oasis Group.

However, as the Oasis Group has united with various companies, companies in the education sector, such as the Xianyun Corporation and the Deep Sea Corporation, have intensified their efforts to combat piracy, and some even intend to abandon their original gangs, just like abandoning their original chamber pots.

On the other hand, as company employees' salaries and benefits continue to decline, the number of students in tutoring classes is also gradually decreasing.

In particular, some elderly students, after experiencing a decline in income, simply exhausted their lifespan and reached the end of their lives.

Now, every time Zhang Yu walks into the classroom, he sees that some of his old students are gone, and his income in the Dark Tutoring World has plummeted.

July.

The weather in Songyang City is gradually getting warmer.

As the weather grew increasingly hot, Zhang Yu's savings finally reached over 38 million yuan.

It was around this time that some scandals involving the Oasis Group were exposed online.

At the company gathering that day, Zhang Yu, who was having dinner with President Wang, couldn't help but ask, "President Wang, about that thing where they use Mortgaged Flesh as ingredients to make food..."

Upon hearing this, Wang Yin casually replied, "Oh, that matter?"

He glanced at Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's curious gazes and smiled, "These are just sensationalist reports. How could a company possibly add human flesh to Synthetic Food?"

Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "Kunxu may be crazy, but he's not completely insane after all..."

Wang Yin said, "Synthetic Food is so cheap, wouldn't adding human flesh lead to huge losses?"

"We only use the flesh and blood pledged by users when selling to those above."

Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback. "Sell to... the higher-ups?"

Wang Yin smiled slightly and looked at the two of them, saying, "You don't actually think that we do all this just to make money from this one layer, do you? What's the use of this money from the first layer? We can't really spend it much upstairs."

He patiently instructed the two, "You'll understand once you enter the Nether University. The higher-ups use authorized Immortal Dao Technique and exported Immortal Dao products in exchange for various resources from below."

"The human body is a vast treasure trove; all its components—blood, flesh, skin, bones, marrow, brain, as well as Grievance Qi and spirit—have various wondrous uses."

Wang Yin: "And if one has undergone human body Transformation Surgery and has diligently cultivated oneself, then the value is even greater."

Zhang Yu's expression was somewhat grim as he said, "So they're still paying for their own modifications, feeding themselves medicine, and cultivating themselves, just to make themselves more valuable and easier to sell?"

Wang Yin said, "In this process, they can improve their grades and have more opportunities to get into good universities. Even if they fail and have to sell their bodies or souls, they can still get a higher price. This is a good thing for them."

"Furthermore, our Nether University, as well as the Heavenly Demon University, the Heavenly Devil University, and the White Bone University, all have an exceptionally high demand for this kind of service."

"If we don't have enough materials, how can we compete with the other top ten?"

"And the higher up you go, the higher the labor costs. In many places, ordinary people are prohibited from raising livestock, and there are also Human Protection Act and regulations governing the emission of Grievance Qi..."

Wang Yin sighed, "In this respect, the cost of coming up here is far less than coming down to the ground floor. We were forced to come here."

Zhang Yu gritted his teeth and said, "So... we're selling the flesh and blood of those on the first floor to those on the Upper Level?"

Bai Zhenzhen, who was standing to the side, was also a little stunned, seemingly not expecting that there was such an inside story about the Oasis Group.

Wang Yin glanced at the two of them, sensing their resistance, and said, "You come from ordinary families on the first floor, and your thinking is quite backward. I can understand that."

"But you must remember, the flesh and blood on your bodies were all sold by the people of the first floor themselves."

"They want to sell, so we buy. I always pay the full price. It's a mutually agreeable transaction."

"Even if they don't sell to me, they'll sell to someone else."

"This is quite normal on the path to Immortal Dao."

Wang Yin earnestly advised, "Besides, in another year, you'll be going to university on the Second Layer. After that, this first floor will have nothing to do with you anymore. Don't think about things here too much; preparing for Foundation Establishment is the most important thing."

"You are very talented; you might even make it to the Fifth Layer or Sixth Layer. Don't waste this opportunity."

Looking at the silent Zhang Yu and the somewhat bewildered Bai Zhenzhen, Wang Yin frowned slightly, seemingly dissatisfied with their performance.

Like seeing a pet dog guarding its food, he shook his head and sighed, "Am I giving you money, or is someone else giving you money?"

"Shouldn't you listen to whoever gives you the money?"

If you still can't figure it out, then take a few days off, think it through carefully, and understand it completely.

"You're both smart people."

"I believe you will figure it out."

Zhang Yu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but then he thought of the tens of millions of yuan in savings he and Bai Zhenzhen each had.

Thinking about the Heavenly Spiritual Root they were planning to buy, thinking about Foundation Establishment, thinking about the Ten Great...

Zhang Yu then discovered that his body, which had been tempered and refined through countless trials, was now completely powerless.

(End of this chapter)