Chapter 96 The Wind Blows Through the Wheat Fields

Amidst the background noise of the recorded audio, a soft and melodious female voice is gently humming.

TER’s voice, combined with the piano accompaniment, easily puts people at ease. Wang Jixuan’s lingering headache was significantly relieved.

‘Magical music.’

She was hosting an underground radio broadcast—the Fortress promoted respect for labor and prohibited entertainment stars, so it could only be an underground broadcast and a virtual singer.

After humming the song, Wang Jixuan finally came to his senses and realized he had been sitting by the bed for several minutes. The virtual singer, codenamed 【TER】, took a soft breath, as if calming herself, and said gently:

“Our Fortress No. 76 withstood the test of the Blade Beast horde, becoming the first fortress to survive two consecutive waves of beasts. The Blade Beasts must no longer dare to invade.”

“I hope my music can help everyone relax and unwind. Let’s all work hard today and strive to live a fulfilling life!”

“And also…”

“I met a great hero wearing a black helmet and a black protective suit. He saved me when the Blade Beasts attacked, and I don’t know how to express my gratitude to him.”

“But everyone, I can say with certainty that a hero truly exists! He was like a ray of light shining in my face, driving away all the terrifying blade beasts.”

“The following song, ‘Black Hope,’ is a new composition I wrote yesterday. It only has a simple melody yet, so I’ll just hum it a bit with an instrument.”

The virtual singer picked up her acoustic guitar, and light, cheerful notes floated out, accompanied by the tapping sound of her knuckles between notes.

Just as Master Wang was getting into it, the recording abruptly stopped.

“Uh, the equipment ran out of power when we were recording,” Wu Man quickly explained, weakly adding, “I haven’t mastered the skill of generating electricity yet.”

Wang Jixuan leaned back, and a flash of lightning suddenly struck his mind.

The skill of generating electricity?

He raised his hand to touch his chin, his eyes filled with thought.

When are we moving?

We’re moving soon.

Wu Man immediately said:

“The master’s furnaces have been moved to the seventh floor, where a building under construction is being used as a forging area.”

“As for accommodation, they can only temporarily arrange some single rooms. The seventh floor is a tight space, as it is an orphanage with many nurseries, so it is not very convenient to live there. However, the environment there is the best in the fortress.”

Wang Jixuan clicked his tongue: “Okay, it’s alright. I just thought of something fun, I’ll try it later.”

Wu Man pointed to the box beside the bed and said, “This is a new communicator that Captain Zhou sent over. It can exchange text messages across fortresses and can also be used to directly contact Commander Ling Tong.”

Master Wang got up and stretched his limbs, then casually said, “You should also get used to walking as soon as possible.”

“Yes, sir,” Wu Man smiled gently, “I’ve been taking a lot of protein lately.”

Wang Jixuan strolled around the supply station, greeted Uncle Tai and Wan Xiaoqi, and then sat down on the sofa to fiddle with the communicator.

A few simple settings boxes popped up on the center screen of the communicator; he needed to set a name for himself first.

Master Wang, shameless as ever, wrote the note “Light of Righteousness”.

‘Tsk, even if I were to cultivate demonic arts, I’d still be a genius. Who can I complain to?’

…

【Wang Zheng (Light of Righteousness): You’re awake! How are you two?】

【Little Zhou (repentantly): Wow! That’s great!】

【Ling Tong (back at factory for maintenance): You woke up just in time.】

【Wang Zheng: Yes, while I was unconscious, someone suddenly bumped into me. I tried to open my eyes to see where that person went, but Xiao Wu told me that the swan had already flown away.】

【Ling Tong: I accidentally bumped my suitcase on your face before I left.】

【Wang Zheng: Next time, I hope you’ll be a little gentler, or at least let me know in advance so I can prepare myself.】

【Ling Tong: There won’t be a next time. I’ll be more careful.】

【Xiao Zhou: So, am I now part of your play?】

【Lingtong: (_?)】

Master Wang smiled calmly and changed the subject.

【Wang Zheng: How’s it going over there?】

【Zhou: The pressure is immense, you could say enormous. Many people are trying to excuse the Thirteenth Institute. Psionicists have indeed played a significant role on a broad front, but for secrecy, we can’t disclose the development of psionic weapons to them. All information must be suppressed as much as possible. The D5 military is doing everything in its power to control information about you; over a hundred people have undergone memory-enhancing surgery. However, because we detained Wei Linzheng and Feng Bangjie, the Psionic Capital has lodged a strong protest.】

【Wang Zheng: I will get the production line for the Demon-Slaying Dagger sorted out as soon as possible.】

【Little Zhou: How fast is “as soon as possible”? Don’t put too much pressure on yourself, I can handle it.】

【Wang Zheng: I can’t guarantee that. I need to become a senior mechanic first.】

【Ling Tong: I can help you with the exam questions and answers.】

【Wang Zheng: (ー△ー；) What I mean is, to acquire knowledge, I need to combine alien technology with the technology of this planet.】

【Zhou: Is it really alien technology?】

【Ling Tong: Why have I started to believe your nonsense? Is it because it’s the only explanation for your abnormal behavior?】

【Wang Zheng: At least I will not betray humanity, and I have a clear self-awareness that I am a human being.】

【Wang Zheng: Sir, when are you coming back?】

【Ling Tong: I will complete the repairs and maintenance as soon as possible, within about a month. Fortress 76 has now become a blind spot on the global map of the Thirteen, which has extraordinary negative implications for them. It means that the United Defense Forces have begun to expel psykers. If they cannot resolve the problem of Fortress 76, many other psyker fortresses and war zones will follow suit. Therefore, Fortress 76 will become the center of the vortex, and I will definitely return to protect you.】

【Ling Tong: A typo, “守保” should be “守保”.】

【Little Zhou: The main problem is that the psionicists themselves have gone too far. They’re supposed to be the force protecting the fortress, but instead they interfere in its internal affairs and go around proclaiming their greatness. What is this? Clearly, they still want to rule humanity! These evil guys! They’ve monopolized psionic technology but have no good intentions whatsoever!】

Wang Jixuan thought about it carefully for a few minutes.

Wan Xiaoqi, wearing an exoskeleton suit, started moving things. As a grown man, he naturally had to help out.

【Wang Zheng: Go for it, Xiao Zhou! Commander Ling Tong and I will handle the fighting; you’ll make our battle more meaningful.】

【Zhou: Wow, that sense of mission just popped into my head!】

【Ling Tong: Take good care of yourself on the seventh floor of the fortress; the scenery there is truly beautiful.】

【Wang Zheng: That’s all for now. Let me know if there are any problems. Keep things confidential. I’m going to help with the move.】

He put the communicator back in his pocket and continued to ponder the question that had just come to mind while helping to move luggage and equipment.

How to mass-produce the Demon-Slaying Dagger?

It’s very simple to make it look similar;

The engraving of restrictions is also easy to solve; high-precision digital machine tools are more than capable of handling this, and the Demon-Slaying Dagger can also be divided into inner and outer layers.

The most difficult step was forging that final breath, which was equivalent to activating the Demon-Slaying Dagger.

This step cannot be replaced by a machine and requires the blacksmith’s mana.

Just now, Wu Man’s words reminded him.

The skill of generating electricity.

Actually, we can use a different approach, rather than considering this issue from the perspective of a pure cultivator. We cannot be bound by the so-called ‘orthodox’ weapon-refining method, since what we need now is mass production.

For example, the method of forging weapons by drawing lightning, recorded in ancient forging secrets;

Furthermore, there are methods for forging weapons through the sacrifice of living beings, as recorded in demonic cultivation texts.

Does the practice of sacrifice sound evil?

This brings us to the fact that the crystal core contains a large number of remnants of Blade Beast souls… Why not just use them as sacrifices? It’s not like we have to use human souls.

Using the exoskeleton of the Blade Beast as ‘auxiliary material’ and the remnant soul of the Blade Beast as a sacrifice, weapons are forged to fight against the Blade Beast!

That’s brilliant.

…

The seventh level of the fortress is the only way to get from the middle city to the upper city.

Wang Jixuan would only pass by in a hurry each time, glancing at the scenery of the wheat fields before leaving.

The seventh floor is the fortress’s nursery and the main production area of ​​natural starch. All the natural starch produced here is prioritized for human infants, making every effort to ensure a happy childhood and a relatively healthy psychological foundation for the fortress’s children.

In addition, the sanatoriums here are only open to wounded soldiers.

When Wang Jixuan and his group moved here, it was as if they had broken the rules of the fortress and gained a little bit of special privileges.

It’s not considered abusing special privileges.

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Wang Jixuan was stationed here as a ‘wounded mechanic on the front line’ and was assigned a single dormitory room.

Zheng Shiduo and Wu Man were assigned to the dormitory building opposite his, and the two of them shared a larger double room.

Wan Xiaoqi and Uncle Tai lived in a nearby building that was under construction but had been suspended. That was also the place where Wang Jixuan would be ‘refining weapons’ next. The building was covered with thick blue canvas.

‘That’s strange, why can’t I stay at Uncle Tai’s place too? Isn’t there plenty of space there?’

With that thought in mind, Master Wang opened the wooden door in front of him and quickly found the answer to his question.

The dormitory is a long and narrow space of thirteen or fourteen square meters. A single bed is placed against the wall, and there is a single sofa, a folding chair, a desk, and a separate bathroom in the corner.

The highlight of this room is that it has a small balcony.

The sliding door was open, and the wind blowing from the wheat field passed through the corridor and the wooden door, lifting the white curtains onto the balcony.

“good.”

Wang Jixuan raised an eyebrow slightly, put down her suitcase, pushed aside the curtains, and went to the balcony to look out:

The sunlight transmitted from the ground was gathered together and made into a giant sun lamp, which was hung on the metal ceiling more than 40 meters high, making people feel warm.

The wheat fields in the distance rippled in the wind, showing no trace of the attack by hundreds of bladed beasts.

Inside a nursery surrounded by wheat fields, a group of children are doing health exercises led by a caregiver.

Master Wang’s mood suddenly improved.

He held onto the balcony railing, admiring the view before him, then took out his new communicator, took a blurry photo, and sent it to the only group chat.

A few minutes later, a reply popped up.

Zhou Zhengde posted a photo of a dark, solitary cell in a military prison, along with a sad-looking emoticon.

Wang Jixuan almost burst out laughing.

Wait, this guy can use a communicator even in prison?

As expected of a young master!

— Xiao Zhou went to prison in order to continue detaining those two B-level psionicists, which involved the clash between the D5 Joint Defense Force and the Psionic Capital.

Master Wang knew exactly what was going on.

If the ‘Demon-Slaying Dagger’ can be widely adopted, the Defense Force will have the confidence to challenge the Thirteen Institute.

This also poses a huge risk to him… Once the Demon-Slaying Dagger and the Ling Tong Greatsword fall into the hands of the Thirteenth Bureau, the Thirteenth Bureau will most likely go crazy and will definitely send a bunch of experts to search for his whereabouts.

This is a direct provocation against the thirteen institutes’ ‘exclusive rights to develop psionic energy’.

Risk and opportunity often coexist.

What truly made Wang Jixuan feel pressured wasn’t the Thirteenth Institute, but rather…

The pillars of light from those powerful bladed beasts.

The twelve golden beams of light could almost illuminate the deep starry sky;

And those beams of light, of different colors and sizes, were densely distributed across the earth;

The young queen insect they painstakingly killed this time was only considered to be of average to below-average quality among these pillars of light…

This is the real enemy.

bite–

Wang Jixuan suddenly heard a buzzing sound in his ears.

He groaned in pain, his forehead felt like it was about to explode again, his soul trembled, and his dantian spun rapidly.

Good heavens, the backlash from demonic arts is so powerful?

A wave of dizziness washed over him, and Wang Jixuan, holding onto the balcony railing, quickly raised his hand and pressed on the acupoints on his body.

Just then, a young girl in a pleated skirt passed by outside the door. After she passed, she blinked, tiptoed closer to the open door, put her hands behind her back, slowly peeked out, her short hair swaying slightly as she stared at the figure standing on the balcony.

New neighbors?

Should we say hello?

‘This is a great opportunity to exercise, and the new neighbor seems to be a young man…’

“Yes! Gao Huating, you really need to try communicating with men! In a few months, the genetic matching process will begin. If you marry based on genetic matching instead of love, you’ll be looked down upon for the rest of your life!”

‘come on!’

The girl pursed her lips, straightened her body, and took a deep breath.

She bravely took a step forward, placed her hands clasped in front of her lower abdomen, and a gentle, professional smile, typical of a nanny, appeared on her flower-like face. In a voice as soft as a mosquito’s buzz, as if she had inhaled inert gas, she greeted them:

“Hello, I’m your neighbor on your right. May I introduce myself? My name is Gao…”

On the balcony, Wang Daochang pointed his sword at his esophagus, then lowered his head and spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood.

Whew! That feels so much better!

Hmm? Someone’s at the door? The neighbor on the right?

Wang Jixuan turned around alertly and saw a slender but shapely young girl with short, ear-length hair that looked refreshing and lovely. Her cherry-like lips on her cute face seemed to have the texture of jelly.

He felt like he’d seen this girl somewhere before.

I remember now, the childcare center, the school bus, one of the two female teachers protecting the children.

It’s just that… her eyes seemed a little dim-witted, staring blankly at the bloodstains on the ground.

“Ahem,” Master Wang said, “I’m injured. I’m sorry, did I scare you?”

“I’m afraid of blood… Don’t worry about me…”

The girl forced a smile, rolled her eyes, and slowly slumped down, collapsing unconscious outside the door frame.

“Why!”