Five days later.
"High-end ingredients often require only the simplest cooking methods. At three in the morning, after a busy day, Master Ji began preparing a new dish..."
As Ji Jue muttered to himself, the screeching aberration on the workbench was pinned down by dozens of Mercury Hands. Thick metal skewers pierced its limbs, and once Solid Alchemy froze the circulation of its Spiritual Substance, the electric saw, iron hammer, and vibrating blade took turns going to work.
The whole process was smooth and pleasing to watch.
Under the disassembly of countless shifting tools, it was quickly stripped from head to toe, skin and shell included. Once everything had been sorted and stored away, the next one was welcomed in.
Throughout the entire process, Ji Jue did not even need to lift a finger. Seated in his chair, flowing mercury naturally extended outward, forming dozens of limbs that divided the work and cooperated with astonishing efficiency.
Everything had returned to how it used to be.
As expected, rehiring an old employee meant they got up to speed fast!
After everyone had spent so long breaking laws and committing crimes together in Quancheng, their division of labor was practically telepathic, their coordination polished to perfection, with no awkwardness whatsoever—if he needed its feet pinned, they pinned its feet; if he needed its hands pinned, they pinned its hands. If the material screamed a little too loudly, they covered its mouth without Ji Jue even needing to say a word.
They had coordination when coordination was needed, and poses when poses were needed.
Otherwise, Ji Jue would never have been able to keep up with the mountain of materials piling up in the warehouse.
Ever since that rain of pollution had fallen, the aberrations across Luye Island had sprouted like fertilized leeks,