Chapter 146 ‘Justice’

Two hours later, Fu Jian received the examination report from Wang Jixuan.

Search target: Black seashell.

Is it related to the City of Psionic Powers? No.

Is it related to the Blade Beast? No.

Was there any major fault? Yes.

Brief description of gross misconduct:

Forty-two years ago, Black Shell deliberately abandoned an army that he was supposed to rescue, because he did not want to wipe out his core troops, thus delaying the battle opportunity within a reasonable range.

Thirty-six years ago, Black Shell secretly ordered his confidants to kill two corrupt military officers because the information these officers possessed was detrimental to one of Black Shell’s important subordinates.

Twenty-nine years ago, in order to prevent the Psionic City from obtaining a batch of valuable experimental materials, Black Shell ordered the shooting down of a passenger plane. There were more than 300 people on board, more than 200 of whom were completely innocent.

Twenty-six years ago…

Fu Jian carefully examined each item, then breathed a sigh of relief.

Very good, there’s nothing this old fellow doesn’t know.

Wang Jixuan probably thought these things were outrageous, so he wrote them all down.

Fu Jian was naturally well aware of his journey.

Even the factional struggles involved here were tacitly approved or even hinted at by him.

Fu Jian’s rise to the position of Commander-in-Chief was not accompanied by praise and flowers, nor was it a popular choice. Rather, it was achieved by gradually driving out, purging, and even assassinating the weak, greedy, incompetent, and capitulationists.

Fu Jian turned to the second and third pages, reading the almost identical gray resumes of these senior generals.

Over the past few decades, the path he led these old comrades has been clearly visible, and every event can be corroborated by the memories in his mind.

hero?

That’s not important. This title is actually just a psychological comfort and encouragement for individuals whose human civilization is being protected.

In order to realize his ideals, Fu Jian sometimes has to be more like a demon than those demons.

As I read up to page seven, Fu Jian’s robotic arm suddenly stopped moving.

Meng Shushui, Director of the D5 Integrated Theater Military Technology Development Center, member of the General Staff, and honorary secondment member of the Integrated Theater Logistics Bureau, enjoys extremely high academic honors and has made outstanding contributions to the development of military technology for mankind.

True identity: Spy of the Psionic City.

The process of being captured: Thirteen years ago, at an exchange meeting outside the D5 area, he was seduced by a beautiful woman and then controlled by the Psionic City with drugs. He quickly degenerated and lost his ideals, and handed over a large amount of information on military secret weapons to the Psionic City.

One of the six elders of the Psionic City had personally promised to groom Meng Shushui to become the commander-in-chief of the D5 Integrated Theater after the death of Commander-in-Chief Fu Jian.

Meng Shushui has been relaying intelligence to the City of Spiritual Energy for many years. This time, the Spiritual Cultivator Civilization and the Blade Beasts’ negotiations with Black Storm were all relayed by him.

Fortunately, due to Commander-in-Chief Fu Jian’s temporary increase in information surveillance, Meng Shushui was able to transmit very little information.

Bang!

Fu Jian smashed the alloy table in front of him with a punch.

Two fully autonomous mechanical guards immediately stood up and watched from the corner.

Fu Jian didn’t speak. He lowered his head, picked up the remaining reports, flipped through two of them, and found the information on the second mole.

Sheng Zuo, a senior general of the D5 Comprehensive Theater Command, is a non-humanoid mech and a member of the headquarters staff. He has commanded dozens of battles against the Blade Beasts and has made outstanding contributions. He is in charge of one of the six local theater commands under D5 on a rotating basis.

True identity: A hidden surrenderist who has been mentally controlled by a Blade Beast.

The process of being captured: Six years ago, Sheng Zuo was recuperating in a fortress sanatorium when he was ambushed by a mimicry blade beast and began to send intelligence to the beast for a long time.

Note: The intelligence it transmits mainly concerns human firepower reserves, the current production efficiency of human military equipment, and so on.

Fu Jian leaned back in his chair, remaining motionless for a long time.

He started rubbing his forehead repeatedly.

The autonomous guard in the corner was still quietly waiting for his orders.

Fu Jian was slightly annoyed. Logically, he shouldn’t be chatting with Wang Zheng at this moment, but he couldn’t resist and dialed the secret communication channel of Wang Zheng’s loyal wingman.

After a brief ring, a conversation immediately came from the other end:

“Uncle Tai, an old guy has sent you a message. Let’s go to the next room to answer it.”

“Oh, okay, I’m also going to read a few papers.”

This is a tone of voice similar to that of Uncle Tai.

Fu Jian waited for a while before Wang Jixuan and Mudan entered the small room. There was noise interference in between, which meant that Mudan must have turned on the soundproofing device.

“Sir, you can put my finger away and speak directly with the Commander-in-Chief. Peony won’t eavesdrop!”

“Uh, are your fingers detachable? Only your pinky? It’s a little weird for me to talk to a missing finger.”

“Then take Peony’s right hand as well!”

“You’re quite generous, I’ll take the pinky…”

Knock, knock, the sound of the door closing.

Wang Jixuan regained his natural voice and asked with a smile, “Have you read all the reports?”

“Hmm, it’s a bit unexpected. What I thought would cause problems didn’t, while what I thought wouldn’t cause problems turned out to be problematic.”

Fu Jian gave a wry smile:

“It really is… a combination of human and spiritual traitors, damn it…”

“They’ve been your brothers for decades, I understand why you’re upset.”

Wang Jixuan chuckled.

“However, what I didn’t expect was that the Commander-in-Chief was quite shrewd in power struggles, having fought his way through the ranks.”

“It’s just a necessary path.”

Fu Jian said dismissively:

“I was naive in my early years, but I later discovered that the price of naivety is fratricide and the fall of cities and fortresses.”

“However, I don’t want your impression of me to change; my stance on protecting humanity will not waver.”

“I know.”

“So what do you think?” Fu Jian pressed. “Will you come to hate the human camp because of this?”

Wang Jixuan: ……

He really wanted to say that he was 126 years old and not a minor.

“I don’t really like this kind of thing, but I’m not too opposed to it either, because it doesn’t have a direct connection to me.”

“Since your faction came to power, whether compared vertically or horizontally, you have led humanity into a better era.”

“I just did what you asked me to do, and you’ll be responsible for paying me later, that’s enough.”

“That’s good.”

Fu Jian sighed softly:

“What are your opinions on the next steps?”

“Why not just kill him?”

“Killing them directly will cause all sorts of trouble later on. Their factions will need to be purged and suppressed, which will also cause internal turmoil.”

“So what are you planning to do?”

“My initial idea is to disguise the assassination as an assassination carried out by the Psionic City.”

Fu Jian said calmly:

“Use the pretext of retaliating against D5 in the Psionic City to eliminate these two people.”

“I can arrange for a nature-based psionicist to do this.”

“This way, both of them can save face and their families and subordinates who are not affected will be implicated.”

“Neither of these two are humanoid mechs, and one of them is a brilliant strategist whom I greatly admire.”

“Perfect timing. We’re currently lacking a reason to continue our attacks on the Psionic Capital. This assassination will also further unite our forces.”

“Good idea.”

Wang Jixuan inwardly praised him a few times.

No wonder he’s called the devil’s commander-in-chief;

If your heart isn’t dirty enough, you really can’t outsmart those bastards.

Fu Jian changed the subject: “However, this plan still has some risks, and I need your help more… Since you can search the memories of twelve people in two hours, how about searching the memories of another one hundred and twenty people? It can be completed in one day.”

“I!”

Wang Jixuan almost cursed:

“Don’t I need to rest? Don’t I need to recover my energy? I’m already exhausted. Without the crystal cores of three general-level blade beasts, it’s hard for me to muster any energy!”

“One general-level blade beast crystal core for every ten people inspected.”

“No installments?”

No installments.

“That’s fine,” Wang Jixuan said leisurely, “but I will only work three hours a day. You will need to supply me with crystal cores every day. In addition, there is one more thing I need you to help arrange.”

“What?”

“Isn’t the scene going to involve shattering the crystal core? Can you handle the remnant souls of the blade beasts inside the crystal core? Obviously not. I’ll handle this myself.”

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Wang Jixuan emphasized:

“I’m doing this to protect you.”

“Yes, Wang Zheng, you possess noble sentiments and are absolutely not coveting the spiritual energy released when the crystal core shatters.”

Fu Jian pondered for a few moments:

“You don’t need to show your face then. I’ll arrange it for you. You just need to stay close by.”

Wang Jixuan’s heart immediately burned with excitement.

That young Fu really knows how to handle things!

All that’s needed next is to make some preparations, such as opening up the meridians and stimulating the bones in advance, and you might be able to break through to the late stage of the Returning to Truth Realm in one fell swoop!

“Alright, that’s settled for now. We also need to keep an eye on Xing Tian. According to the intelligence I’ve received, he might cause trouble at any time.”

After hanging up the call, Fu Jian was stunned for a few seconds.

He thought it over carefully and vaguely felt that he had lost out, but at the same time he felt that he hadn’t lost out.

He glanced at the two documents lying on the shards of paper on the table…

Psychic weapons, human souls controlling sub-king-class blade beasts…

How could there be any loss?

Give them whatever they want. Maybe in a few years, they’ll be able to launch a counterattack against the Blade Beasts?

Who can say for sure?

On the other side.

Wang Jixuan had already returned the finger to Mudan and gone back to the workshop where Sister Wan and Ling Tong were.

This is the headquarters of the Lingtong team, covering an area of ​​over 100 square meters and filled with various instruments. Usually, there are more than a dozen logistics support personnel who clock in on time, but Sister Wan has sent them away in advance.

Otherwise, if these guys who are very familiar with Uncle Tai were to chat with Wang Jixuan for a few words, Wang Jixuan would be exposed.

“Can’t we go back right now?” Ling Tong asked, somewhat taken aback.

“Hmm,” Wang Jixuan responded softly, “Old Fu means that I should search for more than a hundred more people.”

Sister Wan also said, “There might be other spies here. The headquarters has been infiltrated too much. Two of the twelve top generals have problems. I can’t even imagine what the others might be like.”

“The price Old Fu offered is quite good.”

Wang Jixuan thought for a moment:

“I’ll be staying at Sister Wan’s house later. Sister Wan, please bear with me and stay in the lab for a few days. I’ve also told Uncle Tai not to show his face in the next few days.”

“I can probably finish in about a week, and then I can go and mooch some resources from them when they break the crystal cores.”

“Ling Tong brought me those materials, and I will start refining them shortly. This kind of refining requires gentle nurturing and does not require opening the furnace.”

Ling Tong said, “This is still too risky. If the command headquarters catches a spy as soon as we arrive here, we will inevitably be targeted by others.”

“It was decided by the Commander-in-Chief.”

“I’ll go explain a few things…”

“Oh, no need,” Master Wang quickly grabbed Ling Tong’s arm and said seriously, “As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold. I’ll be more careful later. Peony has been following you around these past few days… Listen to me on this matter.”

Ling Tong met his gaze for a few seconds, then nodded slightly: “Then I’ll go back and prepare some combat gear.”

Peony volunteered, “Commander Lingtong! Let me help you!”

Ling Tong hurriedly left with Mudan, and Sister Wan snapped her fingers at Wang Jixuan:

“Come with me, I’ll show you the senior engineer’s big house at headquarters. But you’d better not go into our master bedroom, we have to respect our privacy as a couple.”

Wang Jixuan smiled and agreed.

…

For three consecutive days, nothing happened at the D5 theater command headquarters.

Wherever Wang Jixuan went, as long as there was no urgent matter threatening his life, his main focus was on three things:

Meditate, meditate, enter a state of deep meditation!

At this stage, forging a flying sword is actually a bit of a stretch in terms of cultivation, even if it’s made of the worst materials.

However, “barely” does not mean “cannot be done,” it just means that it requires more time and effort.

The first step in forging a flying sword is to use one’s own essence, energy, and spirit to gradually nurture the materials brought by Ling Tong.

Nurturing is different from forging. The former requires a longer time, or rather, the longer the better. It also requires providing an environment rich in spiritual energy and consciously guiding this spiritual energy into the main and auxiliary materials to gradually enhance their spirituality until they exude a precious light.

Wang Jixuan didn’t know how long this process would last.

Half a month? A month?

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step; the first flying sword can be made slowly.

The moment this flying sword is born, his own combat power will naturally be significantly enhanced.

Although the interior of the headquarters was quiet, a storm was brewing outside.

A Blade Beast Commando team appeared underground at Fortress 82, but was discovered and eliminated by the military.

The war of words between the Psionic City and the D5 Comprehensive Zone continues to escalate, with the former accusing D5 of intentionally excluding the latter and the latter claiming that the Psionic City has failed to uphold the basic treaty protecting humanity.

Fu Jian even posted a picture of a button.

That button was the nuclear bomb button used to detonate the residence of the six elders.

Of course, the people in the City of Spiritual Energy had no idea that all of this was Fu Jian’s scheme.

Behind the escalating situation, an assassination campaign organized by psychic assassins is progressing steadily. What Fu Jian needs to wait for now is to find out exactly how many assassination targets there are.

According to the investigation results obtained by Wang Jixuan in the past three days… at least eight mid-level generals need to be directly purged.

The space fortress also began to intervene in this internal human conflict.

However, before the commander of the space fortress could say a few words, he was scolded by Fu Jian. In the end, he could only complain in private that Fu Jian was stubborn and had a bad temper.

Almost everyone is now convinced of two things.

First, Fu Jian is on the verge of collapse.

Second, Fu Jian was bound to drag the six elders down with him before he died.

As a result, panic has gripped all the major war zones and the psionic capitals. Coupled with the fear brought by the brain-devouring worm, many are pessimistically crying out—

The end of humanity has come.

However, none of this will affect Master Wang’s cultivation.

The materials gradually become imbued with spirit, and cultivation steadily improves.

After entering the mid-stage of the Returning to Truth Realm, Wang Jixuan was able to try fasting, but he hasn’t done it yet. Eating and drinking in his spare time during his daily cultivation is also a rare pleasure.

The main thing is that Sister Wan’s cooking is really delicious.

If it were Zhou Zhengde’s mother who was cooking for him, then it would certainly be a matter of fasting, which should be done sooner rather than later.

On the fourth day of Wang Jixuan’s clandestine cultivation at the headquarters, a message was sent to Peony. The sender was Aunt Dragonfly, but this time it wasn’t to deliver intelligence.

【Please do me a favor.】