novelbin Chapter 1484 751: Heavenly Constitution_3
Chapter 1484 751: Heavenly Constitution_3
Boom!
A vast sound, as if a grand bell had tolled, erupted from the Flame Light, continuous and unending, with low echoes reminiscent of chiming bells and harmonious strings.
It was as if an entire symphony orchestra had been burnt away.
The solemn and majestic aura rose with the iron light; under Ji Jue's control, during the process of two steps forward and three steps back, the grand Spiritual Circuit was continuously compressed and imprinted upon the creation within the Melting Furnace.
The casting of the Red Cloud Foundation was unexpectedly simple.
You could almost do it with one hand.
Because the true difficulty lay entirely outside of the casting...
What Ji Jue was doing now was using a large amount of precious materials to construct the Secret Ritual, centering around three blessings and the main materials of the Red Cloud Foundation, to ensure the smooth operation of the Secret Ritual and the firm connection to reality.
The first step of the eighty-one difficulties, merely.
Buzz—!!!
In the low humming sound, the light of the Red Cloud rose from the Fierce Flame, dim and weak, like a candle flickering in the wind, devoid of any color.
Eventually, the Red Cloud fell into Ji Jue's hand.
It was a... well, a clearly defined, interlocking, heavy and solid... spine.
Ji Jue's spine.
To be precise, it was a whole axis from the cervical spine to the spine to the lumbar spine.
Under the rebirth form, he directly dismantled his entire skeletal backbone to serve as the Red Cloud Foundation.
After all, from head to toe, only this was the most suitable. Located centrally, as the main axis and support of the rebirth form, it was most appropriate.
The head had Chun Jun, the heart had Zanlu, and now, with the spine of Red Cloud added, the stability of the rebirth form was elevated to a new level.
But the price...
There is always a price.
Holding the completely transformed spine, Ji Jue took a deep breath. After mustering his courage, he clenched his teeth and stomped his foot, closed his eyes, and with a click, reinserted his original component.
Immediately, a loud bang.
Ji Jue fell skyward, his whole body convulsing violently, emitting bursts of thick smoke and sparks, spasming as if in an epileptic fit.
The rope holding his body couldn't withstand the explosive increase in weight and snapped completely, cracks appeared on the floor, and it even began to sink.
It was as if what had just fallen was not Ji Jue, but a mountain of hundreds or thousands of tons of steel coils.
The rebirth form and the physical body constantly switched, even partially rotated, and lost control.
Blood continually seeped out from his mouth and nose, his facial features fell off, his internal organs went into a frenzy, and the reaction of Zanlu was even more intense than anticipated. Fortunately, there was Chun Jun's shadow for suppression and coordination, sharing a common origin.
Narrowly, the Red Cloud was integrated into the rebirth form.
And Ji Jue, had fainted dead away.
When he opened his eyes again, half an hour had passed.
"Isis, report... status..." his voice stuttered, with a grating metal sound.
"Everything's normal, sir, and only normal now."
Isis replied calmly, "You sure do have a knack for finding little tricks and methods to finish yourself off. I truly admire you."
"No need to envy, it's all talent."
Ji Jue chuckled, intermittently, as smoke rose from his body.
At the most dangerous moment, he was just a step away from exploding. If not for the experience accumulated over days in seeking defeat and loss for "All Things Self-transform," he could have blown into two parts right then and there.
After panting for quite some time, he struggled to prop himself up, leaving two dents in the ground. Once his facial features were restored to their original positions, blood continued to ooze incessantly from his mouth and nose.
No way around it; it was too heavy, much too heavy.
The Red Cloud's specifications were far more exaggerated than imagined, more colossal.
Even though it didn't reach the scale of the Two Capitals and Thirteen Provinces, at this moment, the entire Coast, New Spring, Luo Island, and the three factories of Central Earth were indeed resting on Ji Jue's shoulders.
At this current moment, the heaviness Ji Jue felt was only superficial; what truly caused the change in mass was the twist and erosion of reality by the Heavenly Essence Law.
This was the Heavenly Origin's Weight.
Back in the day, the Spring City that Lu Changsheng carried was probably way more over-the-top than this.
As Ji Jue gradually reined in this power, its impact on the outside world swiftly weakened. But the cost was that all that pressure then acted solely on Ji Jue himself.
He had grown accustomed to multi-tasking, or he couldn't have kept things in order. If it were anyone else, simply bearing this pressure would leave them unable to handle anything else.
"We can begin, Isis."
He wiped the nosebleed from his face and took a deep breath.
It's imperative to start the Red Cloud Secret Ritual as soon as possible, to share this pressure and even transform it into his own power.
Thus, Isis's notifications, along with the new management systems and regulations, were officially issued and relayed to the three factories in Hai Province, Luo Island, and Central Earth from that very moment!
Old Gou was bewildered, but he executed firmly. Yu Shu was puzzled, but after confirming with Mr. Ji, he began to push forward with full effort, while the Luo Island factory, under Paradise's oversight, started a comprehensive overhaul.
Perhaps it could be called stepping onto the right track.
That very night, an over a hundred-page execution handbook was distributed to every member of the management level, and even regular employees each received a copy.
A large portion of it added new regulations to what was previously unregulated, or supplemented and confirmed previous management practices.
More than half of it was pointless babble for ordinary employees.
The truly crucial parts were three points—First, to ensure the full implementation of only twelve extremely basic factory regulations, and a new oversight department was established to prevent embezzlement of factory resources and misuse of coastal assets, and to ensure employees don't engage in malicious compliance during execution.
Then, several absolutely inviolate prohibitions were outlined. Past offenses would not be pursued, but any future violations would be handled without leniency, and offenders would be immediately dismissed upon discovery.
This included strict, almost inhuman safety inspections and precautions against production accidents. Not wearing helmets, not using gloves, or failing to follow procedures when handling production machinery or dangerous equipment could result in salary reduction fines at minimum or suspension or dismissal at worst.
Daily work hours are also strictly controlled, neither allowing more nor less by even a second. Overworked overtime work is prohibited, and likewise, paid defecation, slacking off, or idling is not permitted. The Paradise System will set personalized KPI targets based on each individual's ability and output. Failure to meet them consecutively three times will stop any rank promotion for a year.
Furthermore, ensuring subsidies for high-temperature and hazardous work reach each employee is strictly enforced, allowing no penny or cent to be held back, not even accepted delays by the finance department. Additionally, aside from the original benefits, all year-end bonuses for everyone will uniformly increase by one-fifth...
This unprecedentedly stringent management policy felt like a club hitting all the slackers' heads, making everyone momentarily blackout, mouths stuffed with boss's proverbial carrots.
Realization brought floods of tears.
As if they'd found a long-lost strict father, their faces streamed with tears.
So much so that, in various factories, it was impossible to completely banish the flowers and offerings beneath the plant managers' photos...
Stern he may be, but he's genuine about giving back too.
The plant manager truly wants everyone to earn money!
Sob, sob, plant manager, my plant manager...
And so, Ji Jue began to experience recurring blackouts in his vision.
The essence of Red Cloud lay in wielding great power, lording over all - wielding the stick harshly enough, and stuffing the carrot sweetly enough. Through these means together, establishing or controlling a brand new order from nothing to distribute the pressure of Tian Yuan, even using it as a power source to support Red Cloud's framework.
Why then, were these hallucinations before my eyes increasing by the day?
Why, in moments of dizziness, were there those guys, hands raised, covered in tears, leaping up and shouting constantly towards me?!
Ji Jue's fist began to clench instinctively.
No, are you lot mocking that the workload I offer isn't full enough?
If that's the case, I suppose I'll just have to work the employees even harder.
"Isis, crank it up for me!" Ji Jue squeezed the words through his teeth. "The mandatory night school training plan for basic employees can go online."
And then he noticed... the frequencies of his blackouts were increasing.
Those people were jumping even more enthusiastically!