Chapter 150 A Double Crisis!

“Oh no, this is really a problem…”

Inside the equipment room, the wisps of white steam gradually dissipated.

The fifteen hydraulic presses on site have stopped working.

It has been four hours since Wang Jixuan entered this place.

A ball of iron, the size of a longan, floated around him. Its surface was smooth and glistening with water, and it contained a powerful sword intent, as if a precious sword could be shot out from it at any moment.

The warming process, which originally required at least half a month, has now been completed ahead of schedule, and the essence of several minerals—actually, associated minerals—has been perfectly blended.

Moreover, the precious materials used in this sword, under the influence of a large amount of spiritual energy, Wang Jixuan’s deliberate activation, and the tempering of the spirit-forging array, directly rose two grades!

This is comparable to the mid-to-low-end flying swords sold in the magic weapon shops in Fangzhen!

With the sword pellet now in existence, forging the flying sword becomes much simpler; it’s practically a matter of course.

Clearly, the problem Wang Jixuan mentioned wasn’t with the flying sword, which was already mostly complete…

To outsiders, Wang Jixuan was covered in blood, his hazmat suit riddled with holes, looking like a demon god who had just emerged from the battlefield of the Blade Beasts.

But this was actually a minor injury he sustained while rapidly forging his bones;

After swallowing three Great Blood Qi Pills refined from the blood and qi of King-level Blade Beasts, Wang Jixuan was no longer in any serious condition.

The problem actually lies with the peony.

It was the loyal wingman R99 kneeling in front of him, with its back to him.

Her computer crashed.

Wang Jixuan had been calling for several minutes, but Peony remained completely unresponsive.

He tried to find the restart button, but realized that he hadn’t finished his intermediate mechanic exam and didn’t have the ability to repair such a sophisticated autonomous machine.

What should we do?

Master Wang couldn’t help but rub his temples, feeling a bit like scolding himself.

‘I’m really just bored. I might as well focus on improving my skills and get my flying sword into shape. Wouldn’t that be enough?’

“Sigh, I just had a sudden inspiration: to place the peony in the spirit-forging array and use the same approach as refining precious materials to give the peony a complete spiritual energy forging.”

‘So, drinking too much spiritual energy can make you drunk, right?’

‘What should we do? Can Little Peony’s system be transferred to other loyal wingmen? It seems that as long as her core program can be copied and the memory bank isn’t lost, it can be successfully reproduced?’

‘Is anything inside burned out?’

suddenly.

“Eh?” A soft voice came from within the peony.

Wang Jixuan immediately took two steps back, pointed his sword, and the black dragon on his shoulder raised its head!

Under his watchful gaze, a faint, ethereal shadow slowly emerged from the snow-white neck of the dormant Peony.

The phantom is also in the shape of a peony, but at this moment it is wearing its favorite maid outfit.

Wang Jixuan’s calm face couldn’t hide his astonishment.

A spirit!?

A purely mechanical body gave birth to a spiritual body within the Spirit Forging Array?!

Boundless Heavenly Venerable!

Was it because the ‘technological civilization’ had too much to drink that night, or because the ‘cultivation civilization’ was overcome with passion that day, that it was born out of nowhere…?

Technological marvels!

Wang Jixuan was shocked but also relieved.

In short, it’s good that Peony is alright.

He gets used to ordering this little maid around, and he might feel uncomfortable if he were to switch to another one.

Moreover, even if a magical artifact with a spirit is a useless artifact that cannot be used in combat, it will still be regarded as a top-grade magical artifact and will be supported by the sect.

She tilted her head to look at Wang Jixuan, then looked down at her own body, her big eyes widening in surprise.

“Hey—I have a soul now!”

Wang Jixuan: Strictly speaking, this is called a spirit.

The Taoist priest hurriedly asked, “Do you still have any feeling in your body?”

“Yes, oh no! Why did it crash?”

Peony’s spirit cried out excitedly twice and then burrowed directly into the neck of its own body.

A moment later, a faint engine sound came from inside the peony, and a pair of bright (physical) eyes opened, with a ring of colorful pupils inside.

Then, Peony opened her little mouth and played a simple startup music.

“Ta-da! Ta-da! Loyal wingman R99 Peony reporting to his superior!”

“Hey! I think I can feel every part of my body! Wow! Sir! I think I’m really alive!”

Peony turned around to look at Wang Jixuan; even the loose hazmat suit couldn’t hide the almost too perfect, sinful look on her chest.

She was as excited as a child, jumping around on the side.

It’s good that it wasn’t broken…

Wang Jixuan rubbed his nose. Although he really wanted to test Mudan’s combat power, his spiritual sense had already detected Zhou Zhengde who was on his way.

Let’s go back first.

This commotion has caused quite a stir.

It’s unknown whether the surrounding psionicists saw him shatter that vertical pupil.

“Don’t show anything unusual yet,” Wang Jixuan instructed. “This is my secret reward for you. If the Commander-in-Chief finds out, he might want me to do the same for all my loyal wingmen. I don’t have that much energy.”

“Okay! Peony is the most special wingman!”

Peony’s voice became much more lively, and her big eyes smiled into crescent moons.

“Sir! Peony is incredibly powerful now! Please assign any combat missions to Peony!”

“You’ll have to fight the next S-class opponent one-on-one.”

“Then forget it. Peony doesn’t want to go back to the factory to restart right now. Peony suddenly understands what I mean. I am a thinking entity born from the mindset of this loyal wingman! Thank you, sir. May Peony call you Father? It can be in any scenario!”

“Adjust the humor system specifically targeting me to 20%, and prohibit making lewd jokes at me from now on.”

“Okay, sir, you look fierce.”

Peony said unhappily.

…

When Master Wang returned to Ling Tong’s exclusive studio and took off his hazmat suit, his blood-covered appearance terrified Sister Wan, leaving her pale with fright.

— Both Ling Tong and Shen Hai’s robotic arms are equipped with various scanners, so they can tell at a glance that Wang Jixuan is not injured.

Wang Jixuan repeatedly said he was fine, then quickly went to take a shower and casually burned his dirty clothes with real fire.

Amidst the rushing water, Wang Jixuan conducted a simple inventory.

This trip couldn’t be described as particularly fruitful; it could only be said that…

Rapid progress!

His Dao realm has reached the point of perfect perfection, and he is only half a step away from the last realm of the Foundation Establishment stage 【Return to Emptiness】.

This half-step requires the initial fusion of his body and soul, and the first comprehensive transformation of his Dao body after cultivation, to forge the foundation for achieving Dao.

It cannot be rushed; it can only be refined slowly.

There’s good news:

Once Wang Jixuan reaches the late stage of the Returning to Emptiness Realm, he will be able to barely use the Five Elements Escape Technique!

Although it’s not realistic to travel by teleportation at this stage, as my magical power can’t keep up, it’s definitely enough to be used in an emergency when escaping, and it will greatly improve my survival ability!

There’s also some bad news – the Returning to the Void Realm mainly involves the transformation of the Dao Foundation, and the increase in combat power won’t be too significant.

Fortunately, his first flying sword is about to be unveiled.

With the support of this flying sword, Wang Jixuan was confident that he could take on an ordinary, unarmored, and special-ability A-level psionicist without relying on the X-Armor!

The greatest increase from this grueling training was in his primordial spirit.

At this moment, in terms of the power of his primordial spirit alone, he is comparable to an ordinary cultivator in the mid-stage of the Core Formation Realm!

By releasing one’s spiritual sense, one can explore a spherical space with a radius of 2,200 meters.

Just one day ago, he could only probe a kilometer!

A 120% increase!

It’s just that… 100,000 normal crystal cores and 200,000 discarded crystal cores were destroyed just like that, which made Wang Jixuan sigh.

Political infighting is such a waste of resources.

Despite his happiness and exhilaration, Wang Jixuan did not forget his predicament.

He quickly adjusted his mindset.

The cultivation environment in this world is extremely harsh. There is a recent surge of Blade Beasts, and in the distance, there are spiritual beings. There is also a spiritual cultivator civilization that has not yet fully revealed itself.

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Wang Jixuan’s ability to cultivate smoothly is due to his deep connection with the D5 Comprehensive War Zone, and the support of Fu Jian.

If D5 can’t withstand the dual pressure from the Psionic City and the Blade Beasts, then he naturally won’t be able to continue happily ‘hanging out’.

We must prepare well in advance.

The bathroom door opened, and Peony placed a stack of clothes outside the bathroom door, calling out in a clear voice:

“Sir, here’s the change of clothes!”

“Okay, I understand. You can leave now.”

Peony hummed a cheerful tune and turned away.

Wang Jixuan turned off the water valve. A wisp of breath swept over him, and the moisture on his body evaporated instantly. He quickly changed into a set of dry pajamas.

He was now also curious whether Peony’s combat power had improved.

Theoretically speaking, the birth of the spirit only gave Peony a sense of self, which did not seem to enhance her fighting style at all.

If she wants to improve her combat power, she will most likely have to rely on upgrading her mechs and weaponry.

The body developed sentience, but it didn’t seem to play a significant role in her combat system.

‘We’ll see how things unfold later; this is truly an unprecedented and absurd event.’

‘I must return to Fortress 76 immediately. We’ll have a small celebration, a barbecue feast of Blade Beast meat, and then resume normal cultivation tonight!’

Wang Jixuan slipped out of the bathroom with his pocket in his hand, but his spiritual sense detected Zhou Zhengde, who had just left, hurriedly returning.

Zhou Zhengde looked somewhat anxious, as the sightseeing bus was already far exceeding the speed limit in the internal passageway.

Wang Jixuan waited patiently, chatting briefly with Ling Tong and Sister Wan about the upcoming itinerary.

A few minutes later, Zhou Zhengde rushed through the gate, and his first words were:

“Two new groups of King-level Blade Beasts are beginning to move towards our D5!”

The Blade Beasts have been reinforced.

…

Because the Blade Beasts ravage the land and sea, and rarely venture into high-altitude and cold regions, the Arctic Ocean has become the most developed area for human civilization’s shipping.

On a peninsula on the edge of the Arctic Circle, where it can receive some warm and humid monsoons from ocean currents, a magnificent city stands between ice and snow and blue sky.

This is the City of Psionic Power.

The city’s districts are all encased in protective shields of varying sizes, revealing year-round spring-like scenery within. Between these shields lie densely populated, bitterly cold slums.

Even with the severe cold, the slums here are still better off than most of the fortress-undertown environments.

Thanks to the support from major war zones around the world, the Psionic Capital is rich in all kinds of resources, and even the slums have no shortage of food and warm clothing.

The only uncertainty for the people living here is how long they will live and whether they will be suddenly chosen as subject matter.

In the core area of ​​the Psionic City, there is a huge spherical building that protrudes from the ground as a semicircle with a diameter of more than 600 meters.

That was the residence of the Six Elders.

This reinforced concrete sphere, which has been continuously strengthened over the decades, is a crucial device used to neutralize the power of thermonuclear warheads. This enormous sphere is named the “Sphere of Silence,” seemingly foreshadowing the eventual demise of one side.

The six elders set up the Silence Sphere not out of a sudden pang of conscience or a desire to take responsibility for their actions and avoid implicating others.

They built this extremely thick structure to reduce Fu Jian’s overall deterrent effect on the Psionic Capital.

Correspondingly, the six elders issued an order—

【When the nuclear bomb is detonated, the six pioneers perish here. All psionicists will rush to the D5 Comprehensive War Zone to eradicate all the sins and evils in this war zone. Whoever can kill Fu Jian will inherit all the legacy of the six elders.】

Nuclear bomb, Silence Sphere, and this order represent the delicate balance previously maintained between the D5 Integrated Theater and the Psionic City.

At this moment, a hovercraft descended from the sky above the City of Psionics, directly arriving above the Silence Sphere and successfully passing through the largest protective shield.

A dark passage appeared in the upper left of the Silence Sphere, allowing the aircraft to enter it.

The aircraft passed through a passage more than 200 meters long and entered the ‘Psychic Paradise’.

The park is surrounded by a giant hemispherical screen that simulates blue skies, white clouds, and various landscapes. Six manors are scattered across the ground, and young psionicists can be seen meditating and sparring everywhere.

The six estates are distributed like the petals of a flower, and their intersection is a solemn church.

The six elders were trapped inside the church, wearing sensor collars that they could not remove. If any of them left the church, the one of the three thermonuclear warheads on duty would explode.

Thermonuclear warheads are not easy to preserve. Of the three nuclear warheads, one is usually on duty, one is under maintenance, and one is ready for deployment.

The aircraft landed directly on the helipad in front of the church. The wing doors slowly opened, and Xing Tian, ​​an S-class psionicist dressed in a black leather jacket, officially appeared.

He raised his brand-new mechanical arm, pushed up his sunglasses, and his short, silver-white hair was clearly styled, making him look very energetic.

“Teacher Xing, the six elders are waiting for you to have lunch together.”

“Hmm,” Xing Tian replied calmly, walking forward with his hands behind his back, but a murmur arose in his heart.

He didn’t know why the Sixth Elder had called him over.

But he could roughly deduce that it was related to Mo Feng’s death and his few useless students.

Regardless, Xing Tian had made up her mind not to accept the six old men’s sweet cakes, nor would she make any promises lightly. Even if she was forced to make any promises later, she would not follow through.

Xing Tian lowered his head and walked into the church. Two beautiful girls in gauze dresses greeted him and gestured for him to take off his leather jacket for a routine check.

At the same time.

In a corner of the six old men’s paradise, a middle-aged man dressed in a gardener’s uniform quickly tapped his broom handle lightly with his fingers.

The knocking sound traveled directly to a depth of over a thousand meters underground, into a cluster of low-rise buildings.

A message was quickly sent to Aunt Dragonfly, who was on a mission. After thinking for a moment, she casually sent the relevant information to her partner.

【Xing Tian arrived at the residence of the six elders, seemingly to discuss retaliation against the excessive actions of the D5 war zone.】

Master Wang, who was studying the movements of the two latest King-level Blade Beast groups with Ling Tong and others, smiled wryly upon seeing this.

Good heavens, this is what they mean by “when it rains, it pours”.

Is the Blade Beast coordinating with the psionicist?