Why Don't You Just Do It Yourself?

When she pushed open a partition door, the scene that unfolded inside had a tremendous psychological impact on Jeanne.

Because what comes into view is a fully automated production line.

Large numbers of men and women, dressed only in underwear, were stored in special plastic films, with oxygen masks over their mouths and noses, and hung on shelves like packaged goods.

In addition, each human had several plastic tubes of varying thickness inserted into their body. Some were responsible for delivering nutrients to maintain vital signs, while others continuously drew fresh blood from their veins.

The blood is then transported through these small tubes to a machine that integrates testing and collection systems. Finally, it is packaged into different plastic bags to form blood packs, which are then labeled by the machine and stored in cold storage.

The entire underground factory was filled with the hum of machines at work and the lights of different machines. There were very few vampires, only a handful.

They spotted Ren and Jeanne from the monitoring room after they entered, and pointed guns at them.

However, my palms were sweating profusely.

After all, their leader was now like a dead dog, his body covered in sores, and his face showed a look of fear.

These vampires, unaware of the truth, were under immense psychological pressure.

However, Ren couldn't bear to see them afraid, so he sent them to meet Dracula, one gun for each of them.

The once-empty factory was now left with only one vampire.

But Ren ignored her and went to the pre-packaged blood bags, pointing to the labels and asking, "What do these labels, distinguishing between upper, middle, and lower blood, mean?"

"That means superior blood, intermediate blood, and inferior blood."

The vampire trembled as he answered the question.

What criteria were used to differentiate them?

"It's... it's a machine. It analyzes the impurities in the blood. The blood of sick people is the worst, the blood of virgins is medium, and the blood of newborns is the purest, with the fewest impurities."

Upon hearing this, Ren didn't react much, but Jeanne, standing to the side, was already blushing.

"And... there's another type of blood, the lowest grade, which is basically from black people. Their bodies carry various viruses, even HIV, so orthodox white vampires really dislike black blood."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Upon hearing this, Ren couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"This is what Android and Apple are like, right?"

"Hahaha..."

The female vampire was taken aback at first, but after realizing what was happening, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Who told you to laugh!"

Ren looked serious.

The female vampire was immediately terrified and fell silent.

Then he asked another question.

"Speaking of which, have you vampires become this bold these days? You're just arresting people in the city now?"

"Actually, similar industries have always existed in secret, but they were all located within Romania, and it was only recently that the Blood Factory expanded its scale a bit."

Upon hearing this, Ren, somewhat puzzled, "What do you mean by 'recently'?"

"Yes..."

The female vampire hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

"Speak quickly."

Under Ren's intimidation, she quickly revealed the truth.

"Recently, a civil war broke out in the vampire city. The power of the Tepes Faction changed hands, and they even went to war with the Carmilla Faction of vampires. Currently... the fighting is still ongoing. As a result, many vampires took this opportunity to leave their original cities and settle in human cities."

Having said that, Ren had a general understanding of the cause and effect.

Chapter 195 Why don't you just take action?

Chapter 195

Originally, most vampires lived in closed cities where laws and order were no different from those in human society, but due to their racial habits, they were nocturnal.

However, the area surrounding the vampire city is shrouded in thick fog and storm clouds year-round, so even during the day, the vampire city remains dark and gloomy.

The ruling class of vampires is divided into the Tepes Faction and the Carmilla Faction.

The two sides often clash over trivial matters, and there have been several wars in history, but they have all ended inconclusively.

Until recently, a coup occurred within the Tepes Faction, and the vampires of both sides went to war again, resulting in some vampires escaping during the chaos and others carrying out special missions abroad.

The vampires that Ren found came from the Tepes camp, which had been the site of a coup.

To bolster their fighting strength and provide ample funding, the superior vampires arrived in the city, coercing and enticing the human rulers to become their subordinates. Money and resources were secondary; what truly mattered was the blood factory that could continuously supply fresh blood.

As is widely known.

Vampires are humanoid monsters with sharp teeth who drink human blood and are afraid of sunlight, garlic, and crosses.

However, in this world, apart from crosses, sunlight and garlic cannot harm vampires. But being under sunlight can weaken a vampire's power.

To regain their strength, they need to consume blood.

Animal blood can be used, but it is far less effective than human blood.

Therefore, the blood factory project was naturally established.

These people, hung on shelves like livestock, are basically all kidnapped, scammed, or brought here through various illegal means.

How many factories like this do you have?

I asked Ren asked.

"... maybe three or four. In the past, because we didn't have much interaction with human society, and the exorcists in the church were keeping a close eye on us, we didn't dare to be too conspicuous. But recently, I don't know what's going on, those annoying exorcists..."

At this point, the female vampire glanced at Ren and quickly changed her tune.

"The number of exorcists in those churches suddenly decreased significantly, and coupled with our control over the local government's top officials, efficiency improved considerably."

"This is already the largest Blood Factory in Romania."

After hearing the vampire's story, Jeanne was completely shocked.

In her eyes, vampires were a group of lowly creatures.

The Crusades of yesteryear not only defeated a host of other faiths, but also drove vampires back to their homeland.

If God hadn't not given the order to exterminate them, these vampires would have been wiped out by the Church hundreds of years ago.

Unexpectedly, in just a few decades, these vampires have risen from the ashes and begun to wreak havoc on the human world again.

It even has shocking facilities like Blood Factory.

This is intolerable!

If Ren hadn't been asking more questions, the enraged Jeanne would have already wanted to tear the vampire before her to pieces.

Ren then asked some other questions, but did not get any more valuable information.

Although she was a high-ranking vampire, she only had a general understanding of the situation, and her main responsibility was to supply the local Blood Factory with fresh blood to the headquarters for the nobles to consume.

As for the plot, these vampires probably know less about it than Ren.

Seeing that Ren wasn't pressing the matter further, the high-ranking vampire looked at Ren with trepidation and asked, "I... I've told you everything I know, and I... I was only transferred here recently, I haven't killed anyone yet, I don't want to die, I can be your slave, you can do anything to me!"

In order to survive, the vampire even showed off his impressive cleavage to Ren.

But she may have forgotten the fact that she was affected by the purple flames, and that her skin was covered in patches.

The scene of him striking a pose almost made Ren vomit.

He quickly looked at Jeanne to wash his eyes, and said at the same time.

"Don't worry, I don't intend to kill you."

"Real?"

The female vampire was overjoyed; she had thought she wouldn't survive the day.

"I never lie, you can leave now."

Ren didn't even glance at them, but instead started fiddling with some of the instruments there.

Upon hearing this, the female vampire immediately turned and ran.

But Jeanne gritted her teeth and said, "Are we really going to let this disgusting vampire go? That guy must have been lying!"

After learning about the situation at the Blood Factory, Jeanne, who was filled with righteous indignation, saw Ren release the people, and although she harbored resentment, she did not take action.

Upon hearing this, Ren looked at Jeanne in surprise and said, "Are you stupid? I only said I wouldn't kill her, why don't you just kill her?"

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Jeanne was momentarily stunned by what she heard.

However, after realizing what was happening, they quickly gave chase, and a few moments later a shrill scream came from the corridor leading to the ground.

Not long after, Jeanne returned, her exquisite features filled with indifference, the holy sword in her hand still stained with evaporating blood.

Watching Ren's retreating figure and the humans hanging high above, she silently sheathed her holy sword, her mind filled with countless thoughts.

She didn't understand what was wrong with the world.

Why did these innocent people suffer such a fate?

What exactly were Cao Cao's Hero Faction fighting for?

He attacked those mythical forces, claiming it was to increase the chances of awakening Balance Breaker, and even used a new type of snake obtained from Ophis to stimulate the Sacred Gear, disregarding the deaths of his companions as a result, and still went his own way.

While the Hero Faction were launching terrorist attacks, many innocent people in the world were being persecuted by evil forces.

Isn't helping these people what they should be doing?

What is a hero?

That's a true hero.

Only at this moment did Jeanne truly understand the meaning of Ren's words, "A hero fights for others."

If you want to become a hero, becoming stronger is never the goal; protecting others is.

She walked behind Ren and watched him operate the equipment. "What are you doing?"

"I don't know either."

Ren was completely unfamiliar with these specialized experimental instruments.

And because it concerned ordinary people, he didn't dare to press the buttons randomly.

But just then...

A new task, however, appeared before his eyes.

[Mission: Rescue the hostages]

[Objective: Destroy the Blood Factory and rescue the imprisoned humans.]

[Rewards: Jeanne's favorability +50, Hero Faction reputation +30, random reward *1]

After the mission was triggered, a user-friendly system prompt appeared before Ren's eyes, and more than a dozen mission objectives were added to his system map, clearly indicating the specific locations of other Blood Factory.

Next, all he needs to do is follow the map and destroy those factories.

He wasn't surprised that a new quest was triggered, but he was surprised that this quest could increase Jeanne's favorability.

Chapter 196 The True Sacred Gear

Chapter 196 The True Sacred Gear

After rescuing everyone in the factory, Jeanne looked at the grateful expressions of the ordinary people who had survived the ordeal, but instead of feeling happy, she felt extremely guilty.

Back then, wanting to make a name for herself, she resolutely accepted Cao Cao's invitation to join the Hero Faction.

However, when I see people suffering in this world while I was playing some kind of hero game, my guilt becomes even more profound.

"Have you ever heard of a prodigal son returning home being more precious than gold? Anyway, you hadn't done anything irreparable when you joined the Hero Faction, so there's no need to feel so guilty. Besides, aren't the people here very grateful to you?"