The Instigator

After Altair returned home, he didn't immediately go to the "Treasury" to get materials and brew potions to advance.

Instead, he went back to his room to sleep as usual. The main reason was that it was too late now. Even though he was extremely excited after digesting the potion, his physical fatigue was unavoidable. He could brew the potion tomorrow, so there was no need to cause trouble for himself over such a small amount of time.

The next morning, after breakfast, Altair could bathe, burn incense, and head to the Treasury to retrieve materials. He went to his laboratory and brewed the potion to prepare for advancement.

The "Instigator" potion was made using an existing "Extraordinary Trait" combined with auxiliary materials. The appearance of the Extraordinary Trait: a sculpture composed of beautiful, crystal-clear, moist, and tender lips.

The brewed potion appeared as a cup of highly lustrous black water, pitch black and gleaming, emitting tiny bubbles, as if containing the hidden desires and malice in everyone's heart.

For "Mind Reader," there were no existing Extraordinary Traits to use. He could only use collected materials to create a complete pituitary gland of an adult colorful lizard dragon, 10 milliliters of Falsman Rabbit's spinal fluid, 100 milliliters of pure water...

The potion's appearance, its luster constantly changing, seemed to be a liquid that could penetrate everyone's heart.

"Beast Tamer" had an existing Extraordinary Trait. The appearance of the Extraordinary Trait was a bamboo-joint-like object emitting a dangerous red color.

The potion's appearance was rose-red, shaped like wine, with a sour taste. As soon as it was made, it attracted all the surrounding mosquitoes and insects.

"Archaeologist," made using materials, the main materials included the jawbone of a Digger Worm, crystallized finger bones of an ancient corpse, and auxiliary materials such as 50 milliliters of spring water from deep underground, 10 grams of age dust, and fragments of faded ancient textiles...

Altair directly chose the "Instigator" potion and drank it in one gulp. His tongue immediately felt a needle-like pain, then lost sensation. Finally, his own desires began to spiral out of control, with greed, jealousy, and other emotions taking root.

To prevent himself from losing control, Altair immediately entered a meditative state, began to gather his Spirituality, and reduce the potion's influence on himself.

Only after the potion's effects had completely subsided did Altair slowly exit his meditative state.

He looked at his hands and found no changes, which put him at ease. That bottle of Instigator potion had brought its own side effects during consumption, almost causing him to lose control on the spot.

Turning to look at the remaining three bottles of potion, he felt helpless. He could only brace himself and drink them.

After drinking all four bottles of potion, Altair felt the changes within himself and was gratified by the suffering he had endured.

All his abilities from Sequence Nine had been greatly enhanced.

Now, due to the four Sequence Eight potions, not only was his speech more convincing, but he could also discern others' thoughts by observation. He also acquired considerable knowledge, such as the instinct to determine a building's age from debris falling from its walls, and how to better control animals.

These abilities were added to Altair as instincts, requiring no special study.

Based on his newly acquired abilities, Altair thought, "It seems my family needs to add new members," Assassin Cat, Divination Black Cat, Spectator Dog... or perhaps raise a pack of Warrior Dogs. "Start with one person, end with a pack of dogs. When fighting, just let the dogs loose."

As for the "Instigator" persona, Altair had already figured out a way through the actions of "Triss" in the original work. The essence of "instigation" was to induce and persuade, escalate conflicts, provoke disputes, and create disasters.

He could take advantage of the current "Factory Plan" to use benefits, instigation, and persuasion to lure and convince the elders. He would get them to cooperate with him to reform or rebuild the family's factory in Bexland.

To make money, one needed to spend money first; they wouldn't fail to understand this principle.

"If you don't reform according to my standards, I won't play with you." He believed they would be very willing to cooperate with him once they saw the chips he held.

The new factory would be integrated and transformed with the existing one, forming a brand-new industrial park. Then, under the guise of secrecy, each family would send personnel for semi-military management.

This would not only be a huge blow to the existing industrial zone but also a great disaster for the "parasites" (corrupt elements).

Whether anyone would use this as an excuse to incite unrest was not Altair's concern. They would handle it themselves out of a need for profit.

As for whether the common people would be affected, as long as they didn't believe instigation, they would be fine.

For them, it would simply be a change in their living environment and lifestyle.

It was possible that some ordinary people might lose their jobs during the reform, thus cutting off their family's income, and other such problems could occur. All he could do was to complete the reform as quickly as possible.

For the workers in his family's factory, they could be given appropriate monetary compensation, and they could return to work after things stabilized.

Altair had already had Hahn investigate the minimum survival requirements for his family's factory workers during this period. Ordinary workers would need at most 3 pounds per month in compensation, while management would need at most 5 pounds.

At the beginning of the reform, they would be informed that if they didn't want to change jobs, they would receive compensation, which would be enough for them to survive for three months and find new jobs.

As for other factories, he would try his best to persuade them.

Now, everything was ready except for the crucial element. Once Uncle-in-law Lev returned, he would immediately implement the plan. The telegram two days ago indicated he was on his way back, so there was no need to rush for these few days.

At this moment, Altair didn't want to think about these matters anymore; he just wanted to finish these trivial tasks quickly.

Although he had the "Library" and wouldn't be directly affected by "Chik," "It" was like bathing in potions, and the potions themselves had problems.

What exactly did you go through back then to make this Sequence so twisted?

Now, Altair's mind began to have different thoughts. He wanted to reform but also wanted to pocket the compensation money, believing it was all his and questioning why he should compensate them.

After leaving the laboratory, Altair came to the adjacent training ground and began to test his body. His physical strength, speed, and other aspects had increased by about 30%.

However, he was still within the scope of ordinary people. Compared to a normal person, he was now more like a special athlete trained by a commissioner, stronger than ordinary people in certain aspects.

But this was also normal. Regardless of the path, qualitative change occurred at Sequence Seven.

He just needed to wait for the plan to begin. He wouldn't need to do anything and could directly wait for the potion to digest on its own, then complete the advancement to Sequence Seven.