"Ah, haha, after all, change always requires bloodshed, doesn't it? If we don't want to bleed ourselves, naturally we can only make the enemy bleed..."

Gu Mo chuckled as he spoke.

In any case, as long as it's clear he's willing to defend this cause with his life, the details aren't important, nor is it necessary to dwell on whose life he's willing to use to defend it.

"That makes sense..."

Hiri blinked, thought for a moment, and decided not to comment on that point, instead nodding perfunctorily in agreement. At the same time, her bright emerald eyes fixed directly on him, carrying a faint trace of uncertain doubt, "But why are you telling me this?"

"..."

"..."

"Alright, actually, it's like this... My next step is to prepare for a reform of the traditional army. The original plan was to do it all at once, directly using animated golems and drones to replace them, but then I felt that was a bit unrealistic, as taking such a big step could easily backfire..."

Glancing at the clear, beautiful face of the girl in front of him, Gu Mo coughed and quickly held back his words.

After all, she is a girl, and he needed to be a bit more mindful.

"Um, anyway, that's how it is, and if you think about it, not everything can be replaced by mechanical puppets. Human society ultimately must be centered around humans. Although I have confidence in building a better era, a 'runaway servant' type of social structure is still too far away."

Although that is indeed his ideal utopia, it's far too unrealistic, so he decided to focus on more realistic goals.

"So, are you intending to... popularize the demon hunter training method?"

Hiri blinked. She roughly understood, but her expression instantly became a bit strange.

This person's thoughts are somewhat dangerous.

"Yes, I think this is quite feasible." Gu Mo nodded calmly, adding a thought in his mind—for the cultivation of Immortal Magic, or heroic spirit fusion experiments like in Chaldea, this is relatively the most 'realistic' approach.

This is the gene modification technology in the Wizard World.

Besides training, the main focus is the bodily modification and bloodline enhancement brought on by medication.

Despite jesting that demon hunters are weak against pitchforks, and a jump from two meters high would be fatal, setting aside the joke, the capabilities of demon hunters are actually quite impressive.

They possess physiques more robust, agile, and keen than average humans, enabling them to perform actions and reactions ordinary people cannot; mutations also granted them night vision and immunity to diseases, significantly enhancing their senses. Though not quite turning into supermen, they are more than capable of facing ten men alone, which is why they have the ability to hunt demons.

Gu Mo felt he could start from this point, using it as a starting point for the reform and modification of traditional armies.

Development, in the end, isn't something that happens overnight, much like how he is currently integrating Nongzhou, gradually pulling everything into his rhythm. Spacious and straight concrete avenues don't grow on their own, nor do factories and buildings appear out of nowhere. The links and steps cannot be omitted.

Ultimately, it's not a large-scale Otherworld projection of pure fantasy, nor can we constantly resolve problems this way, so things need to be tackled step by step.

And indeed, it's quite necessary to reform traditional armies.

After all, in this magically altered Warring States period, mass-producing standardized demon hunters as soldiers is hardly an unfair tactic—many ambitious individuals even directly use the miracle power of Spirit Stone Essence to turn soldiers into Demon Ghosts, which is truly insane.

However, Hiri apparently wasn't too agreeable; after confirming that this was indeed his idea, her expression changed dramatically, and she shook her head repeatedly, quickly saying:

"That's not possible. Demon hunters are not that easy to cultivate; apprentices must go through rigorous selection in childhood. The achievements of demon hunters have three stages of trial, with the first being choice—to endure the tough training and solid foundation over at least six years from childhood..."

"Only by enduring this stage is there a chance to undergo the second step, the Green Grass Trial, which is an extremely painful process; of ten apprentices, only two or three tend to survive. Even at Kael Morhan, the survival rate is only forty percent, and even I haven't gone through this stage..."

She felt this guy was absolutely being fanciful; there's no such easy way.

According to those mages and warlocks, only children can be transformed into demon hunters; like clay suited for shaping, time demands its price, and old clay hardens, unsuitable for modification. Adults cannot be transformed, only shattered into pieces. Therefore, only children are appropriate for mutation, only they have a chance.

This means that post-modification of the already formed traditional armies is virtually impossible.

If training from childhood, then with a survival rate of only twenty to thirty percent, isn't that a bit too insane? It's no wonder she's so vigorously opposing it.

"I know, but I don't plan to copy it entirely, just to reference the prototype of the demon hunter trial..." Gu Mo was indifferent, speaking slowly.

Setting aside the differences between worlds, the Witcher trials' process alone ensures it can't be directly replicated. The first stage of selecting apprentices takes a minimum of six years, and the second stage has a high fatality rate, which means he can only use the prototype technology as a reference and make optimized adjustments.

Furthermore, it's just an idea right now. If there's no way to recreate the Otherworld's unique physics technology, he won't force it.

You have to give it a try to know if it will work or not.

"This, this..." Hiri clearly hesitated and glanced at the young man's face across from her, thinking that he probably wouldn't be so radical, "But I only know about the selection and the Green Grass Trial stages, only up to the second step. I don't know much about the third Dream Trial."

During her childhood, Niflgaard invaded Sintra, leading to a brutal massacre. The outside world thought no members of the Sintra royal family survived, but she was one of the survivors. This Sintra princess eventually went through a life of exile and was brought back to the Wolf School Witcher stronghold by her foster father, Geralt.

At Kael Morhan Castle, the Witchers trained her according to ancient traditions, but later discovered she had uncontrollable Magic Power. So Geralt brought in his old lover, the Female Warlock Triss, to look after her. It was also due to Triss's intervention and opposition that Hiri didn't drink the potion—

The Witchers had originally planned to have her try the Green Grass Trial.

This shows that Hiri had already passed the first stage and almost started the second stage of trials before it abruptly stopped. Hence, her understanding is limited to this part. Out of curiosity and Triss's opposition, she tried to understand the secret of the second stage.

She learned the essence of the Green Grass Trial and knew it would make her lose fertility, which was why Triss opposed it.

During this process, she also learned how the potion was compounded.

"This is good enough..." Gu Mo nodded thoughtfully. Knowing up to the second stage of the trials is actually quite impressive. The Green Grass Trial is a crucial linking process, where the Witcher's body and physiology undergo significant changes.

The subsequent Dream Trial is merely an extension of the bodily mutations from this stage, enabling further transformation.

"Alright, if you insist..." Hiri sighed, "But what about the potion needed? That's a special Alchemical decoction, many of the materials needed aren't available in this world..."

"Hmm, they're not available in our current world or the previous one." Thinking about it, she added this.

—She subconsciously paid attention to these details.

—But it seems she didn't notice how naturally she said "our current world," which shows she is becoming familiar with and accustomed to the real world.

"That's not a problem, don't worry about it..." Gu Mo said calmly.

"Are you planning to solve it with conceptual realization again?" Hiri was taken aback.

"No, I can try to cultivate similar plants." Gu Mo shook his head, "You just need to describe the forms and characteristics of the herbs needed..."

"Is that even possible?" Hiri was a bit surprised.

"It wasn't possible before, but now we can try... If successful, I could tinker with some suitable variant plants. Then, we can initially cultivate them in the eco-dome and, when conditions are ripe, introduce them into this dimension..."

Gu Mo, with a hand resting on his chin, spoke thoughtfully.

It was once impossible, but now it seems it might be achievable.

My self is currently on Jupiter's Moon Europa, undertaking an unprecedented mega Life Engineering project to master the mysteries of the Sea of Life and to recreate the Power of Creation of Tiamat God for personal use... The progress has been fairly good so far, and he has begun to touch the domain of life creation.

This is using Divine Power to establish ecosystems and design life for a world.

Beneath kilometers-thick ice, lies a dark, lightless ocean world, yet some form of change has appeared in the desolate deep sea. It is the first life form emerging as marine microorganisms, thriving on subsea vent outlets or volcanic activity zones, living off nearby heat and abundant nutrients...

From simple to complex, from low to high, a burgeoning extraterrestrial ecosystem, distinct from Earth's, is quietly sprouting within the Solar System.

This will be a foreseeable long process, though it's not without ways to accelerate—

Starting completely from scratch naturally takes a long time, but by referencing existing ecosystems and borrowing some answers, it might not necessarily be so... Gu Mo has started to build a "Biological Seed Bank," trying to collect ecological samples of all Earthly flora and fauna, including viruses and bacteria, etc.

In this process, he will also try incorporating ecological samples from other worlds.

Or he can also create and restore staples from other worlds based on their descriptions and characteristics, which is also a win-win situation.

This can not only accelerate the transformation progress of the Sea of Life, but inversely the designed results can serve other uses, becoming an essential raw material production method.