Chapter 84 Prelude to the Great Battle

All demons are forbidden to enter; one’s true nature is perfect.

When Wang Jixuan emerged from his deep meditation and opened his eyes, he was still in Ling Tong’s room.

However, the area had clearly been cleaned up, and the previous bloodstains had been removed.

The spiritual senses extended outwards, while the supply station remained quiet.

Zhou Zhengde sat in a corner of the supply station, facing several terminal monitors, with a cup of steaming coffee beside him. He was speaking into the communicator.

Wan Xiaoqi, dressed in a short-sleeved shirt and overalls, was curled up on the sofa with her game console in her arms. The small screen of the game console reflected on her small face, highlighting her freckles.

Uncle Tai and Sister Wan must have gone on a mission; the two large mechanical dogs at the supply station are also missing.

Two new rooms have been added behind the supply station.

Inside the outermost ‘guard post’, Zheng Shiduo lay sprawled on a bed, lost in thought.

In the next room, Wu Man, a boy, was wearing white pajamas and sitting on the edge of the bed reading attentively. He was surrounded by various books, and there were two hand-drawn posters on the wall.

The poster for Black Storm.

Where is Ling Tong?

She should be fine now.

Wang Jixuan stretched and got up, and a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy appeared around him.

After purifying the resentment of those souls, Master Wang’s cultivation took another small step forward. This time, his spiritual awareness increased less, but his dantian became thicker, his meridians became more resilient, and his physical body showed a significant improvement.

Upon closer examination, it must be because when he used demonic arts, his spiritual consciousness mobilized a large amount of spiritual energy to flow into himself, and his Dao body improved after enduring extreme pressure.

This kind of advancement is a waste of the body’s potential. Cultivation of the Tao emphasizes gradual progress and the accumulation of knowledge before unleashing its full potential…

Moreover, Wang Jixuan has now discovered a problem.

Murderous intent.

He is now filled with murderous intent and has become somewhat indifferent to the sins of killing.

Using demonic arts three times in just a few months must have had a tremendous impact on his mental state. He must now cultivate his character and temperament…

That’s not right either.

‘Once we successfully eliminate that young queen worm and temporarily resolve the threat from psionicists, then we can consider cultivating our character.’

Master Wang strolled out with his hands behind his back. The moment he opened the door, Zhou Zhengde and Wan Xiaoqi looked over at the same time.

“ah!”

Wan Xiaoqi jumped up in surprise, rushed to the control panel, and shouted into the microphone:

“Sir! Teacher Wang is awake!”

Zhou Zhengde gave Wang Jixuan a hard punch, picked up his coffee, and laughed as he approached.

Hearing the laughter, Master Wang felt much more at ease.

This indicates that Zhou Yanei has properly handled the subsequent consequences.

Master Wang glanced at the calendar; twenty-eight hours had passed since he began treating Ling Tong’s injuries…

“They all went to hunt down the Blade Beast horde.”

Zhou Zhengde smiled with narrowed eyes and raised an eyebrow at Master Wang:

“Are you looking for Ling Tong?”

“She’s great, or rather, ridiculously good. When she boarded her exclusive mecha before, the compatibility between the mecha and her exceeded 92% of her peak value, reaching a record-breaking 98%!”

“If I hadn’t suppressed this news, there would be two rows of experts and scholars in the entire D5 war zone who are involved in the development of combat girls and mechs, waiting for you to give them a lecture.”

“Compatibility?” Master Wang clicked his tongue. “That’s a new term that junior mechanics have never heard of.”

Zhou Zhengde then asked, “How are your injuries? What’s the price of your power surge? Is it serious?”

“You’ll be weak for a while.”

Now fully recovered, brimming with energy and vitality, Master Wang spoke with clear eyes:

“How is the fighting going at the front?”

“Look this way.”

Zhou Zhengde led him to the control panel on the side, and Wan Xiaoqi quickly pushed over a chair.

Zheng Shiduo and Wu Man had already heard the commotion and came out from their respective rooms.

Wu Man remained in his wheelchair; he needed to develop more muscle mass before he could begin training to walk.

Zhou Zhengde opened a map of the medieval basin war zone and gave a brief introduction:

“After that young king insect attacked Ling Tong, we have completely locked onto it. The next step is to eliminate it. It is hiding in a rock crevice 300 meters underground, and there are a large number of blade beasts around it.”

“After discussion, the encirclement and suppression plan was divided into three steps.”

“First, gradually compress the Blade Beasts’ activity range, then conduct a targeted nuclear explosion to eliminate most of the Blade Beasts, causing the Young King Worm to lose its barrier, and finally, kill this Young King Worm.”

“Currently, this young king insect is in dire straits. Its reckless attacks on Ling Tong have already depleted a large amount of spiritual energy, and this is the best opportunity.”

“In the medieval basin, especially on the outskirts of the Sari Desert, fierce battles are raging everywhere, and the hordes of Blade Beasts are acting like madmen.”

“With other integrated theater commands working simultaneously, and the super reserve depot in the D5 theater command fully activated, there is no longer any possibility for the various Blade Beast hordes to break through… In other words, we are now intentionally letting this larva live for a day or two longer to attract the outer Blade Beast hordes to attack.”

“Because of the entanglement between the young king insect and the rhombus child, the blade beast side has fallen into a localized passive position.”

Zhou Zhengde paused, then added:

“Although I don’t know the exact meaning of that sentence, it was in a message sent from the D5 headquarters—”

“The awakening rate of the main Blade Beast race has increased by less than one percent.”

“I do know that.”

Wang Jixuan explained:

“The main group of Blade Beasts refers to the large group of Blade Beasts that defeated human civilization eighty years ago.”

“They have entered a dormant state underground. The ones fighting us now are only the fringe groups of the Blade Beasts.”

Zhou Zhengde raised his hand to his forehead: “A junior mechanic knows way too much. I didn’t even know this!”

“Ling Tong told me,” Master Wang asked, “Have you found the path for the mimicry blade beast to enter the fortress?”

“Found it.”

Zhou Zhengde sighed:

“They sneaked in from the front; the composite partition walls at several ventilation openings and the surveillance cameras were damaged.”

“It has now been investigated and found out that it was not someone who deliberately helped the mimicry blade beast, but those damned internal traitors who deliberately damaged the partition walls and monitoring systems of several ventilation shafts in order to create smuggling routes and escape routes for themselves.”

“The accountability process has now been initiated.”

“Unfortunately, the House of the Psionicists dealt with the two Blade Beasts on the 49th floor, which gave them a legitimate reason to continue existing in Fortress 76.”

Wang Jixuan was also a little dissatisfied, muttering, “Can’t we just expel them all? I want to stay in Fortress 76 in peace.”

“This is very difficult.”

Zheng Shiduo pushed Wu Man over and naturally joined the conversation:

“The problem with the psionics is not the problem with Fort 76, but the conflict between the Pan-Surface Defense Alliance and the Psionic Capital.”

“The series of events at Fortress 76 hasn’t escalated to a certain level in the Psionic Capital yet. The specialist they sent was just an old B-rank guy. If it were an A-rank or S-rank… we’d better go straight to the front lines.”

“This time, we took down four C-rank psionicists. They voluntarily declared that those four guys died in the battle against the Blade Beasts, so we’ve already won a round! Great job!”

“The Two of Us”.

Master Wang clicked his tongue softly.

He harbored the murderous intent to take down the House of Psionic Powers.

But then he thought, even if he killed this batch, there would still be a steady stream of psionicists being sent out.

‘Acting rashly would only expose me to the psionic capital.’

‘To deal with the Psionic Capital, it’s not simply about killing a few psionicists; it’s about making them appear as the unjust, despised by all of humanity.’

‘Either find a way to replace psionicists in the war between humans and Blade Beasts, or find a way to directly eliminate the Blade Beasts.’

‘The military continued to provide him with crystal cores, and he provided the military with the Demon-Slaying Dagger series 【magical artifacts usable by mortals】 to fight the Blade Beasts, thus enabling him to gradually challenge the Psionic Capital.’

“After all, even with all my current methods, I’ve only managed to get close to B-level.”

Wang Jixuan pondered carefully.

Wu Man whispered, “I’ve read part of human history. The Psionic Capital organization should have already fallen into corruption.”

Master Wang asked, “Wu Man, when can you use your sensory abilities?”

“It can be used three or four times a day,” Wu Man said with a smile. “I’ve sensed it carefully a few times, and there shouldn’t be any more Blade Beasts inside the fortress.”

Zheng Shiduo warned, “Black Storm and Beast Language Boy, you are now the targets of the psionicists… What I’m most worried about is that if this goes on for even a little while, they will report it and attract even more powerful psionicists.”

Zhou Zhengde nodded and said seriously, “The front line has already begun the purification operation, but the Thirteenth Institute’s infiltration of the military has been accumulating day by day, so I dare not say that the front line is absolutely safe at this stage.”

“Just wait, these things can’t be rushed, you can’t get fat in one bite.”

Wang Jixuan did some chest-expanding exercises, got up, and walked towards the outer workshop. He said:

“Let’s focus on dealing with this blade beast first.”

“If things don’t go well, Wu Man and I will go to other fortresses to hide. For now, we just need to keep an eye on the psionicists inside the fortresses.”

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“The psionicists just disgust me, but this young queen beetle… it’s extremely dangerous.”

“Boss! Are we going to forge the iron?”

Zheng Shiduo abandoned Wu Man’s wheelchair and followed stealthily:

Can I take a look?

“If possible, could you help me forge a special demon-slaying dagger?”

Wang Jixuan casually agreed: “It can only be an ordinary demon-slaying dagger, not the kind I use myself.”

“A simple one is fine, a simple one is fine! I’ve already designed the blueprints! Take a look!”

Zheng Shiduo took out a piece of white paper from his pocket and presented it with both hands. The paper had a simple structural diagram drawn on it.

The guy’s small eyes were full of anticipation.

When Master Wang received the blueprint, a ball of flame suddenly shot out from his palm, burning the paper to ashes. He then tossed the ashes aside with obvious disgust.

“No–“

Zheng Shiduo cried out in anguish, heartbroken:

“Damn it, you ruined my whole morning’s work! I spent hours drawing this!”

“Don’t come near my workshop!”

Wang Jixuan’s lips trembled with anger:

“Even if you bring me a hundred crystal cores, I’m not going to make you that plug-shaped handshake! And you’re even asking for an electric one! A handshake with a motor and an electric shock device inside! Get out! Get out, get out, get out!”

Zhou Zhengde and Wan Xiaoqi had black lines on their foreheads and couldn’t help but raise their hands to rub their foreheads.

Wu Man blinked, her pure, large eyes filled with curiosity.

What kind of stopper?

…

【36 hours remaining until the battle to eliminate the young queens.】

A gentle night breeze blew as two figures walked side by side along the edge of the outer C zone.

Wang Jixuan rarely gets to go out and relax.

He actually wanted to get the greatsword out all at once so that Ling Tong could use it for self-defense.

Wang Jixuan had previously been obsessed with the quality of the greatsword, but now he has changed his mind.

—Get her one to use first, let the military see a real psionic crystal core weapon, and boost their confidence in opposing the psionic house.

As for the remnants of the Blade Beasts hiding inside the crystal core, Wang Jixuan has already found a way to pull them out.

After dinner, Ling Tong changed into her tight jeans and fitted short-sleeved top. Underneath the top was a light pink sports bra that perfectly hugged her upper body, which was somewhere between petite and voluptuous.

Ling Tong now had a pendant on her snow-white swan neck, and there were traces of lipstick on her lips, but she quickly wiped it off.

“What are you thinking about?” Ling Tong asked, slinging the mechanical arm over her shoulder.

Wang Jixuan laughed and said, “How can you just drift through life like this?”

“Hmm?” Ling Tong said softly, “Isn’t our weapons expert thinking about how to develop an even more powerful Demon-Slaying Dagger?”

“This is not a problem for me; it depends on the level of mutual trust between me and the military.”

Master Wang gazed at the starry sky.

The starlight became somewhat blurred due to the light pollution at the campsite.

Ling Tong asked, “Did we really obtain… alien technology?”

“In a sense, that is indeed the case.”

Master Wang smiled, his eyes crinkling. He thought of the M8848 nebula, then calmly changed the subject:

“By the way, sir, how are the preparations for this encirclement and suppression operation going?”

Ling Tong immediately became interested.

She said in a light tone:

“We are advancing gradually from the periphery inwards, fighting during the day and reconnaissance at night. The 003 space fortress is also hovering over this area to ensure that we can destroy this young queen. In about thirty hours, we will be able to launch a general offensive against the young queen.”

Wang Jixuan gave a thumbs up: “Really efficient.”

“All departments are making every effort to mobilize resources; our humanoid mechs are just the spearhead.”

Ling Tong praised:

“Commander Dongfang Zhenghong is an outstanding master of overall management. I used to be prejudiced against him because of his background.”

“Looking back now, I realize I was short-sighted.”

Wang Jixuan cleared his throat: “After we take down these blade beasts, let’s go to Zhengde’s house together and invite Colonel Dongfang to taste his mother’s cooking, how about that?”

Ling Tong turned to look at Wang Jixuan: “This is… a formal invitation?”

“I guess so.”

“Okay,” Ling Tong said softly, “there’s one more thing I need your permission for.”

“What’s up?”

“I want to take Wu Man to the battlefield,” Ling Tong said. “His ability to sense the beast horde is very important. I will arrange for Zheng Shiduo to guard him.”

Wang Jixuan said solemnly, “Wu Man is a normal human being, and he needs to follow his own will.”

“But he regarded you as a mentor.”

“Well, my mentality is basically just to live a life of leisure and wait to die.”

Ling Tong smiled slightly, about to reply, when a soft vibration came from Wang Jixuan’s jacket pocket.

Master Wang took it out, glanced at it, and slightly pursed his lips.

“What’s wrong?”

“Zhengde said that Commissioner Wei Linzheng from the Psionic Capital wanted to talk to me, but he has already refused on my behalf and said that I have returned to the front line.”

Wang Jixuan stretched:

“Time to get back to work!”

“Don’t you need to rest?” Ling Tong asked softly, her emotions unreadable.

“Fighting the Blade Beasts, there is no rest!”

Ling Tong’s eyes showed a hint of emotion.

Wang Jixuan walked ahead and called out, “Sir, you should rest after a day of fighting. If everything goes well, I’ll give you a treasure tomorrow morning.”

baby?

Ling Tong’s curiosity was piqued.