Over the next three days, Mark did not return to the suburban estate, remaining at the Blue Umbrella Corporation instead.
Just as reported, the vampire farming facility in the Underground Hive was fully completed within three days.
This vampire farm had been constructed on the lowest level of the Hive.
Specifically, it was built on the very level with the glass prison where Mark had once been confined.
However, farming vampires did not require such large cells.
Instead, row upon row of high-tech ‘coffins’ resembling space hibernation pods had been installed.
These incubation pods possessed fully integrated life-support and harvesting systems.
The life-support system consisted of an artificial blood feed tube connected directly to the vampire’s esophagus.
The harvesting system featured a specially refined needle inscribed with basic All-Transformation Blood God Runes.
Controlled by an automated computer program, it pierced the vampire’s heart once every minute to extract a single drop of essence blood.
The extracted essence blood was routed through collection channels and emptied directly into a blood pool.
At the center of the pool stood a Blood God Banner.
This banner was used specifically to suppress the souls of all the vampires in the farm, while also serving as a key component of the Dragon-Nurturing Array.
To be precise, the Blood God Banner acted as the mouth of the dragon.
The dragon coiled over Paris, holding Europe in its mouth, all to nurture the dragon pearl located at the suburban estate.
After touring the entire vampire farming factory, Mark nodded with great satisfaction and turned to Christine, who was following behind him.
“Little Christine, how many incubation pods are installed here in total?”
Without missing a beat, Christine replied, “Boss, time was tight, so we’ve only manufactured 1,800 pods so far.”
“Fortunately, the system for the entire farm has been streamlined.
Soon, the entire floor will be filled.”
“According to the designers, Level 7 of the Hive can accommodate 100,000 incubation pods at full capacity.”
“At full load, we can harvest 7.2 tons of essence blood per day.”
“However, based on current data, these vampires can’t withstand harvesting once every minute.
Even the highest-ranking Vampire Counts require four hours to produce a single drop of essence blood.”
“This overloaded force-feeding causes the subjects to swell rapidly…”
As she spoke, Christine led him to an incubation pod that was already operational.
Inside, the vampire’s original form was completely unrecognizable.
The entire creature had bloated into a ball of flesh, wedged tightly against the walls of the pod.
Mark frowned deeply at the sight. Find the original chapter at g.com.
Reaching out, he channeled the power of the Blood God Banner to extract a wisp of blood qi from the vampire inside the pod.
Karma and calamity fiend-qi.
The vampire’s blood qi was thoroughly saturated with karma and calamity fiend-qi.
Unable to digest these two forces, the vampire accumulated them endlessly, causing its body to expand out of control.
Staring at the wisp of blood qi laden with karma and calamity fiend-qi, Mark fell silent for a moment before deduction revealed their source.
Under normal circumstances, a vampire drinking blood to feed would not generate much karma or fiend-qi.
After all, it was their inherent nature, a part of the natural food chain.
However, non-stop force-feeding of blood was not normal feeding.
Even ordinary humans accrued karmic obstacles by wasting food, let alone a species like vampires, which was inherently disliked by both Heavenly Dao and Human Dao.
Although Heavenly Dao and Human Dao were subtle in the Marvel universe, and karma and calamity fiend-qi were far less terrifying than in the cultivation world, they still exerted an influence.
And this was merely the result of feeding them artificial blood.
Artificial blood had a unique origin and was already largely free of negative forces like yin-fiend or resentment-fiend energy.
Yet no matter how special artificial blood was, the act of consuming blood inevitably generated fiend-qi.
However minimal the fiend-qi per feeding, accumulated over time, it became impossible to ignore.
No wonder these vampires remained so weak despite living for hundreds of years.
Calamity fiend-qi and karma were the true barriers restricting these vampires from growing without limit.
Still, this was not an insoluble problem.
As one of the top demonic sects in the Jambudvipa world, the Blood Fiend Demon Sect naturally possessed methods to erase calamity fiend-qi and karma.
The sect’s Karma Fire Path and Spirit Purification Path specialized in precisely this.
And the supreme technique for dissolving fiend-qi and purifying karma was the Karma Fire Red Lotus.
Mark’s own World Path—specifically the Treasure Lotus Nurtures World doctrine—contained techniques for cultivating the Karma Fire Red Lotus.
Well, cultivating the Karma Fire Red Lotus was still a distant goal; that could wait.
In the meantime, he could use a Lesser Zhou Circulation Fiend-Drawing Array to hold the line.
If they could capture Alexander and use his Perfect Blood to fix the bloodline defects of the Gold Court vampires, it might just boost the vampires’ essence blood production speed a hundredfold.
At the same time, combining bloodline repair with the Lesser Zhou Circulation Fiend-Drawing Array would allow these farmed vampires to survive much longer.
In that case, sweeping through the Gold Court Clan and capturing Alexander was an urgent matter.
Having made his decision, Mark quickly dispersed the fiend-qi on his fingertips and turned to Christine.
Christine instinctively offered a suggestion.
“Boss, perhaps the White Umbrella Corporation could resolve this issue.”
As far as I know, the Progenitor Virus has intricate ties to the Marcus Family and the Gold Court vampires…”
Reclaiming the White Umbrella Corporation and using technology to research the problem was indeed an option.
However, it was definitely out of the question for now.
The White Umbrella Corporation’s headquarters was located in New York, deeply entangled with the Oscorp Group, SHIELD, and the US military.
Without a proper opportunity, seizing it would be extremely difficult.
At least for now, Mark could not completely ignore all conventional heavy weaponry, let alone missiles and nuclear strikes.
Especially in this Marvel world, America and New York City were the literal center of the universe.
If Mark were to pull off a dramatic Homelander-style spectacle, who knew if some superhero would pop out, not to mention all the high-tech black tech hidden in the depths of this world.
It was better to play it safe.
Mark nodded, not dismissing Christine’s suggestion.
After all, reclaiming the Red and White Umbrella Corporations and rebuilding the Umbrella Corporation had always been his intention.
“We’ll discuss the White Umbrella Corporation later, Little Christine,” Mark said.
“I will take my team to Hungary tonight.”
“We can address the farm’s issues after I return.”
“While I am away, acquire some meteorites in the name of the Blue Umbrella Corporation.
I’ll need them when I get back.”
“Also, restart the Cloning Department and prepare a batch of blank clones.”
When a tool broke, replace it with a fresh consumable.
This was a time-honored tradition among the wealthy of the Western world.
Christine’s eyes lit up.
“Boss, do you mean…
treating the vampires as consumables?”
Mark’s expression instantly stiffened.
Why had Christine suddenly lost her wits?
As a man of such noble character, could he ever state such a thing so bluntly?
Mark’s face darkened as he snapped, “Nonsense!”
“How could they be consumables?”
“Every volunteer here signed a donation agreement purely out of charity!”
“Now, handle the rest!”