## Chapter 307: Mortality and Morbidity

A vast expanse of rubble was cleared away, the ground leveled once more, and then, under the collaborative efforts of numerous Foundation Establishment cultivators, a series of temporary shelters were erected.

Zhang Yu was assigned to a six-person room. As he carried his luggage inside, he saw the white-haired, wizened student named Che Yufēi, as well as a bestial-looking demihuman student with a mane of fur.

Seeing Zhang Yu, Che Yufēi smiled. “First year, eh? I’m Che Yufēi, a sixth year.”

He pointed to the demihuman beside him. “This is Shi Yunxiang, a fourth year.”

As he spoke, Che Yufēi thrust a handful of Dao-Heart Buffer Capsules in front of Zhang Yu. “Want some?”

Zhang Yu shook his head, smiling slightly. “They’re too easy to become dependent on. I don’t really take them!”

Despite possessing incredibly potent drug resistance, Zhang Yu had always been reluctant to consume Dao-Heart Buffer agents!

Che Yufēi paused, giving Zhang Yu a strange look, seemingly surprised that a university student, especially one in Civil Engineering, would abstain from them!

Shi Yunxiang, the demihuman, snatched the buffer capsules from Che Yufēi’s hand and swallowed them. He spoke with the air of someone who’d been through it all, saying, “Kid, when I was a freshman, I thought like you. I figured I’d suffered so much in high school that nothing could scare me anymore!”

“Heh…”

He chuckled, savoring the stimulation that the buffer capsules sent through his brain, and said contentedly, “But once the projects officially start, you’ll realize that the hardships and exhaustion of high school are nothing compared to university!”

“You really can’t bear it without this stuff!”

Zhang Yu didn’t retort or argue. After all, Shi Yunxiang’s words were meant as well-intentioned advice, even if Zhang Yu genuinely disliked taking Dao-Heart Buffer drugs!

Seeing Zhang Yu’s attitude, Che Yufēi and Shi Yunxiang didn’t press the matter. In their opinion, it wouldn’t be long before he was tormented to the point of delirium, and he’d be consuming even more Dao-Heart Buffer drugs than they did!

Over the next while, the other students in the six-person room trickled in. Zhang Yu observed that Che Yufēi, the sixth year, was already the oldest of the bunch!

Four of them were in the second layer of Qi Refining, with Zhang Yu being the only one in the first, along with another student from the third!

After the group exchanged introductions, there was no further interaction. Each person either studied, meditated, or practiced cultivation techniques outside!

After wandering around outside for a while, Zhang Yu asked with some confusion, “Are there no restrooms here?”

Che Yufēi smiled, seeing him as the naive freshman he was. “You haven’t undergone modification and don’t have a Dharma-Skeleton installed, but that’s fine!”

He pointed outwards. “The construction site is a toilet. Just find an empty spot outside and relieve yourself wherever you please!”

After a brief respite, the group was greeted with their first dinner on the construction site!

Zhang Yu looked at the rows of medicinal substances listed in his Dharma-Skeleton, each with a detailed description of its effects and side effects, with the areas affected by the side effects highlighted on a nearby human model!

There was the Heart-Scorching Pill, which increased the rate of Qi and Blood accumulation and enhanced the effects of muscle training, but its side effect was increased strain on the heart, leading to cardiovascular diseases with prolonged use. A large red area marked the heart on the human model.

Then there was the Yin-Shade Marrow-Rotting Pill (Note: The original text is “Yin-Shade Tempering Pulse Pill,” but based on context and common medicinal names, this may be a typo, but the original format is maintained), which increased the coldness of magical power but would erode bone marrow. Long-term use could easily lead to anemia, fever, and even leukemia!

And there was the Tendon-Rending Liver-Pulse Powder, which tore and reshaped meridians to increase the flow rate of magical power, but would put strain on the liver, leading to bacterial and viral infections!

Zhang Yu also noticed that with each medicinal substance he selected, the numbers on the human model would change!

Sudden death probability: 0.06. Leukemia probability: 0.012. Septicemia: 0.034.

Zhang Yu understood. This was calculating the risks of taking the medication based on his selections!

Every day that followed, as he consumed more drugs, the probabilities of various diseases and death would continue to increase!

Fuji, seeing the drug selection interface through Zhang Yu’s Dharma-Skeleton, sighed, “They’re actually quite considerate, telling you not to just focus on one area to ruin your body, but to exploit everything as evenly as possible, so you live longer!”

“The Civil Engineering department is relatively humane. This one service alone greatly increases the lifespan of students!”

Zhang Yu selected a five-medicine combo meal and waited for a while before his medicinal meal was delivered!

Che Yufēi, seeing Zhang Yu taking so much at once, couldn’t help but say, “Freshman, take it easy!”

Zhang Yu smiled slightly and replied, “It’s fine, I can handle quite a lot of medicine!”

Che Yufēi shook his head dismissively. What student who got into Myriad Dharma University couldn’t handle a lot of drugs? He thought Zhang Yu would learn his lesson after a trip to the infirmary!

Zhang Yu first switched the Chain Dharma Diagram to the University Sacred Body set, then swallowed the medicine. He felt waves of scalding medicinal power spreading from his abdomen, surging towards his limbs, like raging tides and floods impacting his organs, muscles, and bones!

Feeling his entire body burning, Zhang Yu felt as if a ball of fire was about to erupt from his chest!

He thought to himself, “What ferocious medicinal power!”

Immediately, Zhang Yu walked outside the room and began to cultivate the Boundless Spring and Autumn Meditation to digest the medicinal power!

He also noticed that many students from the Poor Class began to cultivate after taking their medicine!

As he cultivated the Boundless Spring and Autumn Meditation, Zhang Yu felt the medicinal power coursing through his body, the muscles and bones showing signs of growth and development as they were scorched by the medicinal power!

At the same time, Zhang Yu could feel his heart beating violently, and slight damage occurring in different parts of his organs!

He immediately exerted all his strength to circulate the Residual Ox Self-Sacrifice Heart Sutra in his mind, using the activation of his body to self-heal and counteract the side effects of the medicinal power!

While Zhang Yu and Che Yufēi were working hard to digest their dinner!

On the other side, Gongshu Jin was also enjoying his first dinner at the construction site!

But unlike the various potential-forcing, side effect-ridden drugs taken by Zhang Yu and the others!

The drugs consumed by Gongshu Jin and the senior students were not only screened by numerous people and had extremely low side effects, but each was also tailored to their physical condition and cultivation methods, protecting their bodies as if they were precious treasures, accumulating their potential, all for the sake of a late bloomer!

Of course, this kind of one-on-one drug service was also very expensive!

Gongshu Jin looked at Zhang Yu and the others outside who were refining their bodies, as if seeing a bottle with little water, yet someone was stubbornly squeezing it, trying to force out a little bit of water!

“Only those who lack potential need such stimulation, going to great lengths to squeeze out a little bit!”

Feeling his body naturally strengthened under the effect of the medicine, Gongshu Jin thought to himself, “With enough potential, even if you do nothing…potential will slowly overflow!”

After finishing dinner and digesting, a wave of divine power mixed with spiritual energy swept across the entire construction site!

Fuji’s heart stirred, and she said, “The Spirit Realm Network has been set up!”

Zhang Yu’s eyes flashed, and he received the notification from Tu Lishan that the network was available!

Then, everyone followed the work and rest arrangements of the construction site and began today’s online class time!

With the connection to the Spirit Realm Network, Zhang Yu was delighted, thinking that the construction site could connect to the network after all!

But the next moment, seeing the tenfold network fee, he cursed in his heart, “This is too expensive!”

Zhang Yu quickly sent messages to Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Fanfan to report his safety, then asked Yu Xinghan for the class notes and online class materials, and finally closed the Spirit Realm Network!

And the so-called online class materials were actually just the course videos from today!

Zhang Yu and the others were required to watch an entire day’s worth of courses at ten times the speed, so that they could seize the time to continue their cultivation and work at the construction site!

Watching the teachers in the videos with their rapid speech and constantly flashing figures, Zhang Yu studied and absorbed the knowledge, while muttering in his heart, “This seems pretty good, it can save me a lot of class time!”

“But did Yu Xinghan send me the wrong thing? This is his own recorded class video!”

Looking at the class video recorded by Yu Xinghan with Dharma marrow, Zhang Yu couldn’t help but scold, “Why does this guy always record Ying Xin? I want to see the teachers!”

Yu Xinghan was looking at the changes in the viewership of his short videos, thinking to himself, “Does filming Ying Xin always get the highest viewership?”

He analyzed, “Should I film a massage shop visit next time?”

While Zhang Yu, Che Yufēi, and the others were quickly finishing their online classes, preparing to start work!

Gongshu Jin’s courses had only just begun!

Because their workload every day was not as much as Zhang Yu and the others, Gongshu Jin and the others had more time to spend in class!

At this moment, Gongshu Jin’s consciousness had already come to the depths of the Spirit Realm to receive guidance from the teachers!

And after paying more money, he could not only receive one-on-one guidance from the teachers, but the Spirit Realm classroom in front of him had a realism of over 99%, making Gongshu Jin feel like he was receiving guidance face-to-face with the teachers in reality!

And as Gongshu Jin continued to add money, the operation of the entire teaching space began to accelerate continuously, first by 2 times, then by 4 times, and finally, after Gongshu Jin’s consciousness gradually adapted to the operation, it increased all the way to 10 times!

This meant that in this consciousness space of the Spirit Realm, he could have ten times more time than the material world to study!

Gongshu Jin was used to this. As long as he had money, time could also be accelerated, and time could be bought!

On the ruins, the students from the Poor Class had already started their first night’s work – continuing to clear the ruins!

According to the plan, they had to clear the entire factory area within half a month, in preparation for the subsequent construction of the new factory!

Tu Lishan’s reminder appeared in Zhang Yu’s Dharma-Skeleton: This used to be a puppet factory established by Mountain and Sea University. After being attacked by several Golden Core Realm criminals, all production lines were devastatingly destroyed!

Tu Lishan: Although some time has passed, there may still be residual Golden Core Realm magic power in the field!

Tu Lishan: In addition, the factory’s own expansion formation and feng shui formation may still be partially in effect!

Tu Lishan: Also, some heavily polluting materials will be used in the process of making puppets, and extreme caution is required when handling them!

Zhang Yu took a deep breath and circulated the magic power in his body for a week. He had already used the Mountain Giant True Form Chapter, making his body expand slightly!

He walked carefully in the ruins, surging with Astral Qi, shattering the ruins into pieces and cleaning them up!