Chapter 98 Human Relationships

“Commander, the missile has been shot down!”

“Report this matter to the Consul and send an inquiry to Fort 82.”

Dongfang Zhenghong hung up the call, his face dark as he cursed:

“A bunch of parasites! They’ve eaten up the entire 82nd Fortress! Damn it!”

Wang Jixuan was a little confused: “Fire missiles? What does that mean?”

Zheng Shiduo swallowed the half-eaten roasted meat and quickly explained:

“Fortress 82 launched a missile at us, and the missile landed exactly 25 kilometers away from our ground camp. This is a demonstration, or rather a warning.”

“The person in charge behind this is most likely the Thirteenth Institute.”

“Then they’ll give us an explanation. They’ll probably say, ‘Oh dear, they accidentally fired the wrong shot. Don’t worry.'”

“It could also mean—oh dear, we were ambushing a Pteranodon passing overhead, but we missed.”

Zheng Shiduo couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

Sure enough, within two minutes, Dongfang Zhenghong received a report from his subordinate.

At a missile site near Fortress 82, a temporary technician entered incorrect coordinates during a test launch of a new type of missile, and they deeply apologize for the incident.

“Look,” Zheng Shiduo spread his hands, “they’ve already apologized, what else can we say?”

Dongfang Zhenghong silently munched on a skewer of freshly grilled blade beast meat.

Master Wang wanted to remind this middle-aged man… that eating too much of this stuff can really cause constipation…

Of all those present, the only one who wasn’t worried about this problem was Zheng Shiduo.

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Shen Hai laughed and said, “The show is about to start. Let’s see how our governor mediates.”

“You don’t need to worry,” Dongfang Zhenghong said with a dark face. “The more the enemy opposes us, the more it proves that we are on the right path! Teacher Wang Zheng, I’m entrusting the psionic weapon to you!”

“No problem,” Master Wang replied casually.

He’s not just putting on airs for no reason.

It’s just a necessary demeanor of a senior or expert.

…

It was already past midnight when Master Wang returned to his dormitory.

A small plastic bag was hanging on the doorknob, with a note attached to it. Inside the bag were a dozen or so crookedly shaped bear-shaped cookies.

The note read:

【Thank you for your help! This is baking done by our class! Please forget about the previous incident! Thank you! —Your neighbor on the right.】

Master Wang’s expression was somewhat puzzled.

The neighbor on the right… if he turns around, wouldn’t that be on the left? Doesn’t this Miss Gao even know which way is north, south, east, and west?

Shaking his head, Master Wang picked up a biscuit and ate two pieces.

The taste was so-so, with a kind of beauty that was both undercooked and burnt, but natural starch is inherently much better than synthetic starch.

It’s just that… this kind of thing reminded Master Wang of some unpleasant memories.

There once was a girl who lived in a wooden house and was incredibly skilled at roasting this stuff.

Wang Jixuan sighed inwardly and returned to his room to cultivate.

There was no shortage of crystal cores for the time being, and the Taoist priest was not stingy with himself. He took out twenty-one crystal cores, intending to continue to increase the total amount of magic power in his body, expand his meridians, and forge his Taoist body while healing his injuries.

As for the unpleasant political struggles, let Xiao Zhou, the Eastern Commander, and the Consul handle them.

Hurry up and cultivate!

Over the next week, his training rhythm gradually became fixed, and his schedule was packed.

Every morning, he would use the power of the rising sun to purify the remaining demonic energy in his body and enter a meditative state to repair the gaps in his soul.

He would meditate until noon, when the fire element in the spiritual energy became too hot, he would break free from meditation and rush to the’studio’ surrounded by blue canvas to eat the lunch prepared by Xiao Qi.

Compared to Sister Wan, Wan Xiaoqi’s cooking skills still have a lot of room for improvement; she mainly focuses on a normal flavor and ensuring the meat is cooked through.

Compared to someone’s mother, this is much better!

In the afternoon, Wang Jixuan would study all the courses for mechanics on his own and ask Uncle Tai for advice.

After dinner, he pulled Uncle Tai aside to discuss the secondary development of the Blade Beast Exoskeleton. They wanted to break down the Blade Beast Exoskeleton into a more sculptable form to prepare for the mass production of the Demon-Slaying Dagger.

Around 10 p.m., Master Wang would return to his dormitory and use the Spirit Release Array to supply spiritual energy, thus accelerating his cultivation.

Within a week, his soul injury had recovered by more than half, and most of the demonic energy in his body had been purified.

My cultivation has officially entered the middle stage of the Gathering Spirit Realm!

At this moment, Wang Jixuan’s spiritual sense could detect an area of ​​four hundred meters, which is about one hundred and twenty zhang.

Master Wang was quite pleased with this.

He was very satisfied with his current state of cultivation, and the improvement and mass production plan for the Demon-Slaying Dagger was also progressing rapidly.

Now, Wang Jixuan and Uncle Tai have finalized the basic structure of the improved Demon-Slaying Dagger:

【A metal casing that supports edge restraints】 ensures basic sharpness;

【A pull-out blade beast bone inner liner】 can be fully formed by pushing the inner liner in.

【The detachable multi-module handle】 allows you to directly transform a dagger into a spear.

Meanwhile, Wang Jixuan has already provided two plans for inscribing the restriction.

One method involves laser engraving on the exoskeleton of the Blade Beast, combined with the nourishment of spiritual energy, to construct a’spiritual energy pathway’ within the restriction;

One method involves using 3D printing to coat the exoskeleton of a beast with a spiritual paste made from a mixture of its exoskeleton and blood.

Both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages; both can mass-produce Demon-Slaying Daggers with basic weapon-refining restrictions that cannot be used effectively.

The most crucial and difficult part of mass-producing the Demon-Slaying Dagger is this final processing step.

【Activate these Demon-Slaying Daggers in batches】.

There are already two approaches: the lightning-inducing method and the sacrificial method.

Wang Jixuan now prefers the idea of ​​’summoning lightning’ because’sacrificing’ the Blade Beast Soul basically requires him to operate it personally.

He simply wanted to provide the human army with a ‘basic artifact,’ not to tie himself to this position.

Spiritual practice is his main occupation.

Uncle Tai has already found several reliable engineers to design an experimental device to simulate lightning strikes.

They certainly couldn’t generate the same amount of energy as a natural lightning strike; even a simple magical artifact like the Demon-Slaying Dagger couldn’t withstand the bombardment of natural lightning.

Subsequent experiments will be carried out intensively.

Unseen by Master Wang, the open and covert struggle between the 13th Research Institute and the D5 Military Region had escalated to the point of near-collapse.

Political persecution, Professor Zhuang being targeted, military threats, Professor Zhuang being sentenced, psychic pressure, Professor Zhuang being betrayed, the Commander-in-Chief’s rage, Professor Zhuang falling into a coma in prison…

These dramatic events are unfolding one after another.

Where Master Wang could see directly, there was an atmosphere of utmost peace.

Ling Tong is waiting for the robotic arm to be repaired.

Sister Wan secretly told Wang Jixuan that they had received orders from the Commander-in-Chief to upgrade Ling Tong’s mechanical arm, but not to make any major modifications to her body.

Because tests revealed that the human body parts of Ling Tong, which had previously undergone comprehensive enhancement, showed a significant increase in various parameters.

This isn’t just an improvement of one or two percent, but an improvement of about ten percent!

Upon investigation, Sister Wan concluded that it was related to Wang Jixuan’s massage.

Sister Wan secretly asked Master Wang to continue massaging Ling Tong, so that Ling Tong might really become the successor of the Commander-in-Chief, piloting a new generation of terrifying mechs and bringing hope of counterattacking the Blade Beasts to humanity.

Master Wang readily agreed.

He could even teach Ling Tong some simple methods to strengthen her spirit, helping her overcome her final weakness—her susceptibility to mental shocks.

As for Ling Tong’s subsequent physical enhancement, there’s even less to worry about. The higher his cultivation level, the higher he can naturally help her.

These things were his and Sister Wan’s ‘conspiracy’. Ling Tong was a bit proud, so they decided not to tell Ling Tong for the time being.

Sister Wan, being an experienced person, understands Ling Tong’s personality very well; during this period, Sister Wan would send a photo of Ling Tong to Master Wang every day through Uncle Tai’s communicator.

Every night at 10 p.m., Wang Jixuan would send Ling Tong a greeting message to let her know he was safe.

Every morning at six o’clock, Ling Tong would send a message: “【Wake-up training】”.

Because they were both busy with their own things, they didn’t chat much.

Zhou Zhengde, on the other hand, is doing well. He has started studying, reading, and having fun in the military prison. His total sentence is undetermined, and he will be released once the struggle outside comes to an end.

As long as Xiao Zhou is on vacation in the military prison, he can provide a protective umbrella for Fortress 76, ensuring that there are no psionicists there for the time being.

If Master Wang were to comment on this matter, he could only say one thing:

Well done!

If Master Wang were to impose a prison sentence on Zhou Zhengde, it would be…

A few more months.

Anyway, Zhou Zhengde was enjoying himself inside, and Zhou Meiying actually started arranging blind dates for her son in the military prison!

Wang Jixuan could almost picture this scene:

【In the dimly lit visiting cell of the prison, the debonair Mr. Zhou, dressed in a crisp prison uniform, sat opposite a noblewoman in a fishtail dress. They lit two white candles, savoring the aroma of fermented alcohol, sizing each other up with their chest muscles, and secretly wiping away drool. Meanwhile, a prison guard had made up a bed in the adjacent room.】

‘Tsk, even this humble Taoist priest is starting to go astray.’

Master Wang shook his head and continued his peaceful cultivation.

On the tenth day after they moved in, Dongfang Zhenghong found Wang Jixuan again.

This time it was past 11 p.m. when Dongfang Zhenghong, accompanied by several guards, went directly to Wang Jixuan’s dormitory.

Clearly, the commander had something important to discuss with him.

…

“Teacher Wang Zheng, come and see this.”

Dongfang Zhenghong handed a blank sheet of paper to Wang Jixuan.

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The above is a series of handwritten data.

This was a battle to annihilate the young king insects and a battle to defend the fortress, during which various blade beasts were killed and a number of crystal cores were captured.

Wang Jixuan was puzzled: “What’s wrong?”

“Ahem,” Dongfang Zhenghong said in a low voice, “This data is currently only available to us, because there are no psionicists in the fortress for the time being, so there is no one to supervise us… You know what I mean.”

Wang Jixuan’s eyes lit up: “How much can we deduct?”

“The data for the battle to eliminate the young queen beetles in the upper half is almost entirely transparent.”

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“It’s best to leave the satellite detection data and our data sharing with the two-level theater command unchanged, otherwise it will give the 13th Institute a handle to attack us.”

“The current laws represent a balance point after the competition among various forces, and should not be broken for the time being.”

“But we can do something with this part below… Many young Blade Beasts don’t have crystal cores inside their bodies.”

“What I mean is, we can mark some adult Blade Beasts as juvenile Blade Beasts with these crystal cores, reducing the crystal core production rate of juvenile Blade Beasts from the current 67% to 47%… What do you think?”

Wang Jixuan leaned back: “Can’t it be reduced to 27%?”

“That’s outrageous. They can see that at a glance.”

“How many crystal cores can we get in total?”

“We can produce about five thousand…”

Dongfang Zhenghong smiled and said:

“The crystal cores inside the young are small and have a low level of psionic energy. We can secretly replace them. As long as the Thirteenth Institute doesn’t catch us doing anything, we can do it.”

Wang Jixuan stood up and quickly walked to the cabinet next to him.

“Commander, I’ve acquired two top-tier anti-magic daggers in the past few days.”

Master Wang brought out two sheathed longswords, smiled, and presented them to Dongfang Zhenghong, saying gently:

“It takes five seconds to fully restore your spiritual energy, enough to pierce the relatively weak points of a Pteranodon, but it requires a certain level of skill.”

Clang!

“this?”

Dongfang Zhenghong played with it with great affection, and said with a smile:

“For me? I’m not involved in frontline command, isn’t that inappropriate?”

“They’re just some souvenirs, nothing special. The other one is for our Commander-in-Chief as a decoration.”

Wang Jixuan said solemnly:

“As long as the secrecy of the D5 war zone is in place, and the Demon-Slaying Dagger is mass-produced, I will forge a greatsword like the one used by Ling Tong for each of the half-human mechs in the D5 war zone.”

“Later, if I feel the time is right, I will create a full-body armor for Ling Tong using my unique techniques.”

“I have only two conditions: first, you must not rush me; second, I only trust Ling Tong.”

“happy!”

Dongfang Zhenghong extended his right hand, his gaze intense, and said:

“Take any of the five thousand crystal cores you need! Just let Uncle Tai know how many you need, and we’ll ship them in small batches.”

Master Wang reached out and shook hands firmly with Dongfang Zhenghong.

Dongfang Zhenghong stood up and said, “I’m going back to work… Shenhai is waiting for you at the studio. He wants to take you down to study that crystal. Over the past period of time, we have invested a lot of manpower and resources, but we have been unable to collect that crystal.”

“Okay,” Wang Jixuan replied, “Thank you for making the trip.”

“With Zhengde not here, it’s better to discuss such important matters in person.”

Dongfang Zhenghong’s eyes were filled with emotion, and he suddenly bowed slightly to Wang Jixuan.

Wang Jixuan was somewhat at a loss: “Commander?”

Thank you! On behalf of myself!

Dongfang Zhenghong turned around and walked away quickly, disappearing into the distance with several guards.

Outside the door, a neighbor girl who was going downstairs to throw out the trash happened to see this scene. She was so frightened that she hid around the corner and curiously looked around Wang Jixuan’s dormitory.

When Dongfang Zhenghong and the guards looked over, she subconsciously lowered her head and faced the wall in repentance, so nervous that she was trembling a little.

Seeing this, Wang Jixuan blinked, smiled, and closed the door.

This child is indeed very shy around strangers.

…

At the edge of the third level of Fortress 76, the No. 3 supply entrance is protected by multiple gates.

The convoy of trucks was stopped and inspected.

These armored trucks had traveled a long distance, and the drivers were exhausted. Two drivers, a man and a woman, caught the attention of the inspectors.

The inspector had a keen eye; he immediately realized that these two ordinary-looking people were not ordinary individuals.

Men have strong physiques, and women have hot figures; these are the results of years of exercise and ample nutrition.

The newly added psionic detection equipment at the checkpoint has already started to emit a faint red glow.

“you……”

Just as the inspector was about to speak, the woman smiled and pulled open her gray coat, revealing a deep cleavage and a piece of paper perched on it.

She pinched the note out, rubbed it to her lips, and handed it to the inspector.

The inspector opened the note, glanced at it, raised an eyebrow slightly, discreetly put the note away, and waved it to the side.

The convoy was allowed to proceed.

“I’ll be waiting for you,” the woman winked.

The inspector blinked slightly.

However, once the convoy entered the next gate, the inspector, who had been smiling the whole time, instantly changed his expression and calmly picked up the walkie-talkie.

“One C and one D are coming in, the convoy of Fortress 82. Heavy firepower is deployed behind them. As ordered by the commander, use anti-machine guns to snipe them directly. If you can’t snipe them, blow them up. Collateral damage is allowed.”

“receive.”

“Captain, do you mean their psionic level, or their pectoral muscles, when you say C and D?”

“Exact match”.

The inspector chuckled softly and returned to his post to sit quietly.

A few minutes later, two muffled sniper shots rang out from between the gates at the rear.

The inspector clicked his tongue softly, curling his lip in disdain.

“What era are we living in? Still resorting to such low-level bribery? Have all the psychics lost their minds? I’m almost losing interest in those sexually liberated hot girls… They won’t even give us some rare supplies. Don’t they know anything about human relationships?”

at the same time.

Outside Fortress No. 76, on the edge of the Sari Desert.

Several figures sat inside a stealth aircraft, discussing something in hushed tones.