My bad premonition from a few days ago came true as I found one of the slime box slimes dead inside its box this morning. For the past few days, I had been passively observing the last five slimes in the boxes for research. They were barely able to sustain their shape, slowly turning into—what I assumed—a goopy liquid. And now, one of them had fully liquefied. At this rate, the remaining four would likely follow by tomorrow.

  A few days ago, I somewhat hypothesized that their regressive state happened because the slime boxes slime had been living in a small container for a prolonged amount of time and keep getting fed. And after looking at the progression of the regression, I think my hypothesis was correct. Peer review? What’s that—I’ve never heard of it.

  I suppose now I know why the slime box didn’t spread widely across the world despite its high production potential. After all, it could turn a slime—one of the most resilient magical creatures out there—into a goopy mess in just a couple of weeks. It fails to meet both the longevity and ethical requirements that magical creature enthusiasts love to include when designing things like this.

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  But then again, if we set aside ethics for now and only focus on the productivity, the slime box concept could definitely work if it runs in tandem with a suitably sized slime trench. Two weeks is ample time for the slimes in the trench to reproduce and replace the slimes in the slime boxes that have turned into goop. Not to mention how edible and delicious the slimes produced from the slime boxes are—No. This doesn’t sound right. What was I thinking—I don’t want to set my humanity aside just for a slime noodle, especially when I already have more than a dozen stone pots worth of dried slimes. Also, it’s only a slight increase in the texture anyway…

  Today’s menu.

  Breakfast: A bowl of eternal soup 4.1. (I ate all the big Kanaleles, and now back to the no meat version of eternal soup. May the Gods be with me.)

  Lunch: A bowl of eternal soup 4.1 + a cup of cherry tomato juice.

  Dinner: A bowl of eternal soup 4.1.

  Reinforcing Tunnel Project: 4200 / 7100