Chapter 88 - Deploy a World-Eater? No, a TNT Duplicator Will Suffice.

"You're the one who said it, Jing Yuan! No limits on the methods!"

Fu Zhu, who had been maintaining a calm demeanor, suddenly became incredibly animated after receiving Jing Yuan's promise of "no limits." It was as if he had transformed into a completely different person.

Even Welt and March 7th, who had spent a lot of time with Fu Zhu, were taken aback by this sudden change.

March 7th asked with some concern, "Fu Zhu, what's gotten into you all of a sudden?"

Xing frowned, staring at her older brother who had suddenly gone mad. Her intuition told her that Fu Zhu was definitely planning to pull off something huge!

An ominous feeling crept into Jing Yuan's heart, as if his one promise had just opened Pandora's box.

"Ahem, can I perhaps amend my previous statement?"

"Don't you dare!"

Fu Zhu was instantly displeased and quickly tried to persuade him, "Don't panic, Jing Yuan. The Luofu's situation doesn't warrant my strongest methods. I'm not planning to cause a huge commotion or anything, just… reliving something from my childhood."

Even with Fu Zhu's explanation, Jing Yuan still felt a sense of panic. He asked probingly, "Could you perhaps tell me in advance what that entails, specifically?"

"Well…" Fu Zhu crossed one arm, pondered for a moment, and tilted his head. "Destroying the world?"

March 7th's head whipped towards Xing, her face a mask of disbelief. "You guys played that rough as kids?!"

Jing Yuan felt his eyebrow twitch. He was about to speak when Fu Zhu, who had been watching him intently, cut him off.

"Jing Yuan, a General's word is his bond. Besides, you can relax. To put it bluntly, the situation the Luofu is currently facing doesn't warrant me making a huge scene. I know my limits. After all, I'm just a Nameless right now."

The brows of Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan twitched uncontrollably. Fu Zhu's words sounded more and more wrong the more they thought about them.

If you weren't a Nameless, you'd go even bigger?!

Still, it had come to this. It wouldn't be right for Jing Yuan to say anything more. After all, he and the Luofu were the ones asking for Fu Zhu's help.

Besides, Jing Yuan had assessed Fu Zhu's power before; he was no Emanator.

Whatever powerful technology he possessed would surely require a certain amount of time to set up. If anything seemed amiss, he would have time to stop it.

"Very well. I shall entrust this matter to you, little friend Fu Zhu."

"No problem, no problem. Just provide me with some materials, that's all. Don't worry, it won't be much."

"The supply of materials is unlimited. You need only ask, little friend Fu Zhu. To facilitate your work, Yanqing will accompany you."

After hearing Jing Yuan's arrangements, Fu Xuan, who was sitting to the side, shot him a displeased glance. They had clearly agreed beforehand that she would be the one to go with Fu Zhu. Why had it suddenly been changed to Yanqing?

Jing Yuan sensed Fu Xuan's unhappy gaze and leaned over to explain in a low voice.

"I need you, Lady Fu, to work with Mr. Welt's group to capture the Stellaron Hunter."

Fu Xuan sighed helplessly in her heart and could only nod in agreement. After all, the security of the Luofu was at stake.

Seeing that Fu Xuan had no objections, Jing Yuan stood up and gave a fist-in-hand salute to the four from the Astral Express.

"I shall be counting on you all for this endeavor!"

Outside the Seat of Divine Foresight, a pitiful-looking Xing was dragged away by Welt and March 7th, turning her head back every few steps. She, too, had been assigned to the team for capturing the Stellaron Hunter.

Sharing her expression was Fu Xuan, though she wasn't quite as obvious about it.

After seeing them off, Fu Zhu immediately turned to Yanqing, who was standing beside him.

"Yanqing, my boy, first question for you: can you fly?"

"Ah?"

Yanqing was flummoxed by this sudden question, but he still answered honestly.

"I cannot fly, but I can control my flying sword to carry me in flight. If you have such a need, Teacher Fu Zhu, I can also control the sword to carry you."

"Excellent." Fu Zhu patted Yanqing's shoulder in satisfaction. If Yanqing could carry him, it would save him the trouble of having to pillar up with blocks while building things later.

"Next, I'm going to send you a list of items. You'll be in charge of preparing them for me. I'll go on ahead to the Ambrosial Arbor and wait for you."

Fu Zhu took out his phone, added Yanqing as a friend, and his fingers flew across the screen, tapping out a long list of items.

Yanqing looked down at the various items Fu Zhu was continuously sending over.

"A small amount of gunpowder… a small amount of sand… iron ingots… redstone… wood… slimeballs… dead coral? Teacher Fu Zhu, what are all these for?"

Fu Zhu simply patted his shoulder and looked at him with a grave and heartfelt expression.

"Good boys don't ask. Once you get involved with these things, you might lose everything you own in your home. Alright, I'm off. Get these things as soon as you can. If you can't find the exact items, find something similar!"

With that, Fu Zhu immediately ran towards the ferry dock. He couldn't wait to get to the Ambrosial Arbor.

Yanqing stared after the departing Fu Zhu, scratching his head helplessly before finally turning to procure the items on the list.

Before the roots of the Ambrosial Arbor, Fu Zhu tilted his head back to look at the thousand-meter-tall tree, did a quick mental measurement, and couldn't help but click his tongue.

"Good thing Jing Yuan himself said no limits on the methods. Otherwise, even with Vein Miner, the durability on my iron and diamond axes would probably run out, and it'd still take me ages to chop this all down."

Originally, when Jing Yuan said he needed help destroying the Arbor, Fu Zhu had already mentally prepared himself for a long day of hard labor. But unexpectedly, Jing Yuan's thinking was so open!

Since he had been given permission to use any method, he might as well pull out the big guns!

Of course, he wasn't going to build a World-Eater on the Luofu. Just as he had told Jing Yuan earlier, the situation on the Luofu wasn't serious enough to warrant a weapon like the World-Eater. A single TNT Duplicator would be more than enough.

After all, the Ambrosial Arbor was just a plant. It was rooted in place and couldn't move. If he really deployed a World-Eater, he'd end up destroying the Luofu himself long before Phantylia got the chance.

Even Nanook, the Aeon of Destruction, would probably see that and shake his head, telling him he was being too aggressive.

Of course, that was just a joke. Nanook would probably be even more aggressive than him.

As Fu Zhu thought, he looked up at the Arbor and calculated the destructive efficiency of a TNT Duplicator in his head. After some calculation, he felt it was just a little… underwhelming?

Fu Zhu's gaze slid from the top of the tree all the way down to its roots. He rubbed his chin and muttered to himself.

"Sure enough, one TNT Duplicator isn't enough. I might as well build a few more, and while I'm at it, add some fire to the Arbor."

Yes, adding fire on a physical level.