In fact, in the minds of these two Mystic Gu Workshop patrol members, they weren't low-Rank colonializers at all, but proper Low Grade Gu Masters.
As for the bio-laser, bio-missiles, particle cannons, high-frequency wave swords, and shockwave generators, in their eyes, they were all authentic Gu Dao secret arts named Blazing Incandescent Light, Demonic Flashing Thunder, Heavenly Radiant Burning Current, Trembling Vortex Blad, and Profound Vibrating Jade Dragon Seal.
Li Hai could only say that the 'Cultivate' system born from archaeological excavation was just like this.
The 'Cultivate' practitioners within this system would forever and only be unable to recognize the true face of Mount Lu, only because they were within this mountain.
Besides these, Li Hai also learned information related to Zan Popo from these two people. According to them, Mystic Gu Workshop nurtured many children.
And the mysterious force that supplied children to Mystic Gu Workshop.
As for where this force came from, the two patrol members were completely unaware.
They only knew that Gu Masters would select a very small number of “qualified individuals” from those children who met the various complex Fusion conditions for Gu eggs.
These qualified individuals would undergo various tortures from drugs and external forces under the arrangement of Mystic Gu Workshop.
Ultimately, only a very small number of survivors would be qualified to become Gu Master reserves and truly Fuse with Gu eggs.
But even these people, who were already considered reserves, had a high probability of failing and dying, or even turning into deformed monsters after Fusing with the Gu seed.
The reason for this was related to the Rank of the Gu seed.
According to the two patrol members, the large number of Gu seeds in Mystic Gu Workshop, whose origin was unknown, were divided into four Ranks: Naked Rank, Scale Rank, Feather Rank, and Kun Rank, from lowest to highest.
If one Fused with a Naked Rank Gu seed, they would 100% deform and mutate into a mindless monster. These monsters varied in strength; the weakest might only be slightly stronger than an ordinary person, while the strongest could even exchange a few moves with an Innate Legend.
Above these, the Scale Rank, Feather Rank, and Kun Rank Gu seeds respectively represented Low Grade, Medium Grade, and High Grade Gu Masters. The combat power levels of these three Ranks corresponded one-to-one with Innate Maniac, Innate Hero, and Innate Legend.
Therefore, anyone with a sound mind would definitely want to Fuse with a Kun Rank Gu seed; no one would want a Naked Rank.
But the problem was that all the Gu seeds in Mystic Gu Workshop looked exactly the same, even their overall weight and all details were identical.
Therefore, the reserves could only rely on luck when Fusing with the Gu seed.
If they were lucky, they could become a high-ranking Gu Master after a very painful and bizarre Fusion process.
If they were unlucky, they could only explode and die in extreme pain, or deform into a terrifying monster and then be besieged and killed by the Gu Masters on site, or be banished to the mysterious underground caves.
What was even more critical was that, according to the two patrol members, almost 99.9% of all Gu seeds in Mystic Gu Workshop were Naked Rank Gu seeds, meaning there was only about a one-in-a-thousand chance of success.
So, starting from a slave and wanting to become a Gu Master step by step, the probability was comparable to buying a lottery ticket. No, if you didn't win the lottery, you wouldn't die, but if you couldn't become a Gu Master, you either died or became a monster. Therefore, it could be said that all Gu Masters were built upon the lives of countless people.
And throughout history, there has always been a saying: the Dragon slayer eventually becomes a Dragon.
All the Gu Masters in Mystic Gu Workshop, long ago, when they were merely reserves or qualified individuals, or even lower-Rank slaves, would deeply resent Mystic Gu Workshop.
But when they themselves became Gu Masters, possessed a free and comfortable life with abundant material support, and had the power of life and death over countless reserves, qualified individuals, and low-Rank slaves, their faces would gradually become exactly like those terrifying Gu Masters in their childhood memories.
However, not everyone would be like that.
Eventually, there would be people who, even after becoming Gu Masters, would still have a change of heart.
And about a cycle ago, there was such a newly promoted Medium Grade Gu Master.
Because this Gu Master witnessed an extremely tragic failed Gu seed Fusion experiment, and the reserve participating in that experiment was precisely his lover before he became a Gu Master.
Therefore, after the incident, he, who was filled with hidden resentment, resolutely released a large number of slaves, qualified individuals, and reserves, causing a considerable loss of 'resources' to the entire Mystic Gu Workshop.
At the same time, when these poor people fled, a considerable number of Gu Masters chose to turn a blind eye, completely without any pursuit, just letting them escape in all directions.
Li Hai suspected that Zan Popo might have been one of those fugitives back then.
However, why she didn't flee further, but only escaped to Jin Fu Town, eight thousand miles away, and what stories happened during that time, Li Hai did not know.
In any case, after that incident, Mystic Gu Workshop was suddenly taken over by that mysterious force which specialized in supplying children 'resources' to the workshop.
Subsequently, all fifty-five Gu Masters related to this matter were arrested and imprisoned by this force, and after all their Gu seeds were extracted, they were executed one by one.
Especially the 'instigator', who was subjected to the punishment of a thousand cuts, dying in an extremely painful and tragic manner under the gaze of everyone in Mystic Gu Workshop.
From then on, Mystic Gu Workshop, which had originally been relatively loose in its overall system, became extremely high-pressure overnight.
In summary, it meant treating Gu Masters as factory machines, and reserves, qualified individuals, and slaves as the lowest of animals.
Therefore, even sixty years later, the two patrol members questioned by Li Hai still harbored deep resentment towards the Medium Grade Gu Master who let people escape back then.
Because, according to them, if that incident hadn't happened, they wouldn't have to work so hard and laboriously now.
Finally, these two patrol members, holding onto this deep resentment, died in a daze.
Overall, these two were indeed extremely rare individuals who managed to obtain a relatively good death from Li Hai.
After these two died, Li Hai slowly stood up and walked to the edge of the cliff, hands behind his back, looking at the majestic green building complex below, and murmured:
“Could it be that the so-called mysterious force supplying a large number of children to this Mystic Gu Workshop is the Xuan Dynasty Remnants?”
He felt it was very likely.
“Hmm—”
Li Hai looked down at Mystic Gu Workshop, “According to these two, the eight workshop masters recently took hundreds of thousands of children, as well as thousands of qualified individuals and reserves, to the deep caves located beneath this valley.
So, at this moment, only Gu Masters exist within this Mystic Gu Workshop, which means I can now let loose and—kill to my heart's content.”