Beta was drunk and bald.
Daoist Wang, having smoothly swindled a box of grafted 'herbal spiritual objects,' was quite happy tonight. But when Beta mentioned that their team's plane originally had three boxes of spirit wood, which were destroyed in a previous conflict when the plane exploded…
Daoist Wang's mood soured somewhat.
Even if those spirit woods couldn't be used for alchemy, they could be made into high-grade talisman paper!
However, it didn't matter much.
Now that the 'Tree of Kindness,' Beta, was in his hands, would he lack Beta's connective tissue in the future?
Next door to Wu Man's dormitory.
Wang Jixuan placed the drunk Beta on the bed. Wei Na supported the tipsy Shaman outside the door, looking left and right. Zhou Zhengde, who had just arrived, was finding Shaman a place to stay nearby.
— Wang Jixuan had overlooked something: he forgot that Shaman and Beta weren't a couple and only arranged a double suite.
Doctor Wei Na breathed a sigh of relief.
She looked two or three years younger than before, her skin was more delicate, and her waist was much slimmer. Her elegant black dress and exquisite makeup all proved how much she valued tonight's dinner.
"I didn't expect it!" Wei Na gasped. "That high-end talents like you also need to socialize!"
Zhou Zhengde smiled and said, "These two aren't simple guests. One is an A-level and the other is a B-level spirit user. Both are worth cultivating."
Wang Jixuan smiled and said, "I'll leave Shaman to you two. I'll go back and prepare my lesson."
"Go ahead, busy man."
Wei Na waved her hand speechlessly:
"I thought you were arranging a blind date for me, so I specifically asked me to help receive and take care of two guests… Turns out you want me to take care of girls!
"Don't you understand the principle of same-sex repulsion!"
Wang Jixuan smiled without saying a word.
Zhou Zhengde said sternly, "Comrade Wei Na, please be mindful of your words when speaking to Teacher Wang."
"What's wrong?"
Wei Na rolled her eyes, unconvinced:
"I specially took anti-alcohol medicine tonight. Now that I can't take advantage of him, can't I say a few words about him!"
"He recently killed a powerful S-level spirit user. He has already killed two S-level spirit users.
"Uh…"
"He has come up with technology that is enough to affect the world's landscape. A certain product has already produced 230,000 units, which have been equipped to the entire front-line troops."
"This…"
"He also has a buddy named Fu Jian, known as the Devil Commander-in-Chief."
"Okay, stop talking."
Wei Na squeezed out a fake smile:
"Old Wang, don't mind me. I was just speaking carelessly. Actually, I have always respected you very much."
"Then I'll give you some compensation."
Wang Jixuan took out a blank talisman paper he carried with him, quickly wrote two talismans, raised his hand and grabbed two bottles of purified water, opened them, shook the talismans, and the talismans burned on their own. The ashes drilled into the water, and he shook it lightly to mix it evenly.
"One bottle eliminates skin blemishes, and the other regulates endocrine. Drink them at least three days apart… You two take care of Shaman, I'll leave first."
Wang Jixuan winked at Zhou Zhengde, carried the box full of spirit wood, and turned to slip away.
Mudan was already waiting downstairs, her wrist constantly flashing pink light.
The pink light represented non-urgent matters.
"Wow," Wei Na couldn't help but exclaim, "Is he so cool now?"
Zhou Zhengde pointed to Shaman, who was sitting by the wall next to Wei Na: "Help her up. I've found an empty dormitory over here. We need to go downstairs."
"Isn't it better for you to help her? I'm almost out of strength."
"Physical contact between unfamiliar men and women can easily lead to misunderstandings."
"A hypocritical conservative."
"Thank you for the compliment."
"Hey, how are you and your political girlfriend doing lately?"
"I don't know the specifics. I haven't seen her in a long time, but she's also a conservative, and her whereabouts are being watched to prevent her from disgracing my family, so I don't have to worry at all."
"Is your controlling desire so perverted now? Even with a political marriage, you have to keep an eye on the other person."
"It wasn't arranged by me, my mother did it, mainly considering the family's reputation. Personally, I don't care."
"Come over and give me a hand. I'll prove my innocence for you. This girl looks like she has a good figure, but her frame is so heavy… Hold on tight, can you relax a little? It's the Fortress Era now… Yes, yes, put her slender arm around your neck… Very good, taking a picture. Young Master Zhou taking advantage of someone's misfortune, helping a drunken girl back to the dormitory. This can't be settled without three boxes of your mother's skincare cream!"
"I'm calling the guards!"
"Tch, can't even take a joke. My communicator doesn't even have a camera function."
The two childhood friends laughed and joked around.
The pitiful Shaman, in her drunkenness, felt a bit of the world's malice and her own superfluity.
… …
"Chief, there are two messages you need to pay attention to. They were sent by Commander Higashikata Masahiro."
"Are they urgent?"
"Not urgent."
"Tell me when we get back," Wang Jixuan glanced at the residential building not far away and handed the cardboard box to Mudan. "There are really a lot of things to do lately. I hardly have time to heal."
Mudan smiled and said, "Well, the capable ones do more work. The Commander-in-Chief sent someone to deliver some materials to the studio. You have to go and see how to classify them tomorrow."
"Alright."
Daoist Wang stretched lazily and didn't complain much.
No matter how many things there are, they must be done one by one. All kinds of plans have priorities.
There are actually only three things to deal with recently—making the Demon Suppression Formation to deal with the spiritual cultivation stone slab, trying to refine elixirs, and teaching at the academy.
A few minutes later, Wang Jixuan saw the two messages, his expression quickly turned cold, and he sat in the sofa chair for a long time without saying a word.
[Message 1] was about Xing Tian.
Large transport planes have been taking off and landing at Xing Tian's Snow Mountain Base recently. Many armed forces have been added to the base. The Spirit Energy Capital has sent two teams, but the specific situation has not been found out.
According to speculation, this S-level spirit user with a broken arm and a broken leg has now received resources from the Six Elders.
Xing Tian may really be trying to break through to SS-level later.
Xing Tian is extremely threatening. He has a bunch of escape skills, is ruthless, and can put down his airs to personally be a scout. This made Wang Jixuan admire Xing Tian a little more.
'I can't let him break through to SS-level smoothly, otherwise I can only hide in Fortress 76 in the future, and I have to set up a mountain protection formation here.'
The Daoist made up his mind that he would prioritize eliminating Xing Tian later. He didn't think much about the others.
What really affected his mood was the second message.
This was a text and a video.
[Higashikata Masahiro:
Yesterday, we found traces of what we suspect to be Kong Nu's wife and daughter in a large scavenger camp on the edge of the D5 Integrated War Zone. Because you said before that you wanted to find them, I immediately sent an additional special operations team to enter the camp. Finally, we found Kong Nu's daughter.
Her mental state is already somewhat abnormal. After the soldiers interrogated her, they have now sent her to a scavenger camp under our control.
The contents of the interrogation are all here.]
Mudan put her hands together and pulled them apart like an accordion, revealing a three-dimensional projection screen, which began to play a video.
The video background was the inside of an armored vehicle. The girl with smoky makeup, ear and nose piercings, and a thin body was pursing her lips and frowning, looking indifferent.
Wang Jixuan had seen a photo of her before. She was a 'young lady' who exuded gentleness from her bones and had been pampered since childhood.
The temperament of the two was completely different.
A female soldier opened her mouth to ask:
"Are you Kong Nu's daughter?"
"Yes, are you here to hunt me down?"
"The laws of the current era do not have the crime of guilt by association. You did not participate in your father's criminal process, and you are still a minor. Where is your mother?"
"Dead."
"When did she die?"
"A dozen days ago? She got sick and couldn't stand being insulted by the people here, so she committed suicide."
"You're lying!"
The female soldier knocked on the instrument next to her:
"This is a lie detector… We have been observing you for half a day. You are prostituting yourself, exchanging your body for some supplies. If you think this kind of life doesn't need to be changed, then you can continue to lie. We can't do anything to you. But if you want to change, even if you want to enter a prison-like institution with plenty of food, private rooms, and respect for your personality, then please tell us the truth."
The girl was stunned, then suddenly covered her face with her hands and began to sob.
The female soldier waited quietly.
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The video cut out some useless content and fast-forwarded to the girl's emotional stability, beginning to tell:
"My mother was sold by me. About ten days ago, she caught a cold and fell into a coma. I was too hungry, and I didn't know what to do, so I learned from Ye Zi and sold us to a snakehead… I thought my mother would be sent to another place to be a black slave or a prostitute… They killed my mother and took her organs…"
The girl trembled all over, hugging her arms tightly:
"I didn't do it on purpose… I really… I just wanted to survive, I didn't want to starve to death… There isn't even a clean sip of water here…
"It's not my fault…"
The female soldier frowned tightly: "You just mentioned Ye Zi? Who is she?"
"She, she is the younger sister who came out with me," the girl sniffed. "Dad likes her very much, and so does Mom, so we always took her with us before."
"Is this the person?"
"Yes, it's her, Ye Zi."
"Where is she now?"
"I don't know. She sold us to the snakehead more than half a month ago."
The girl pursed her lips tightly:
“At first, we thought this Snake Head was a friend she knew, until they sent two men to tear my clothes... then I realized she had betrayed us and taken all our supplies.
“She's also good with guns. I heard them say she killed a gang of a dozen people here and left with seven or eight others.”
The female soldier asked, “When you left Fortress 76, weren't you heading to Fortress 82? What happened in between?”
“I don't know the specifics. I was asleep at the time. I was awakened by the sound of an explosion. The environment was chaotic. Several of the psionicists escorting us seemed to have infighting. They wanted some accounts... and then the car overturned…”
The girl's body trembled constantly:
“At that time, Yezi saved us. She pulled my mother and me out of the car and shot two seriously injured and unconscious psionicists with a handgun.
“My mother and I were both terrified. Yezi seemed frightened at the time too… but I think she was faking it then…”
“Then my mother drove, taking me and Yezi to escape. We didn't dare go to Fortress 82 anymore. Yezi took out a map from her briefcase, which supposedly contained those accounts, but it needed a cipher to read it…”
“Yezi said that the fortress officials would definitely kill us to cover up the scandal… so we fled all the way, and the rest is what I said above.”
“You didn't lie this time, good. Thank you for your cooperation.”
The female soldier raised her hand and rubbed her brow, then picked up her gun and pointed it at the girl's forehead. The girl tensed up, her eyes filled with pleading.
The female soldier beside her said in a low voice, “Pay attention to discipline.”
“She sold her own mother to organ traffickers!”
“We must follow the law. We don't have judicial power. Take her back and let the higher-ups handle it. She will receive a court trial.”
“This unnecessary procedure is just wasting valuable resources in the apocalypse!”
The video stopped abruptly.
In the dormitory, Wang Jixuan raised his hand to wipe his face and exhaled softly.
As expected, he had let the devil return to the mountain.
Moreover, the Daoist priest realized that he had underestimated the upper limit of an ordinary person's ability.
He muttered, “So, Yezi has recruited seven or eight vicious people, taken some supplies, and left D5.”
“Yes, the information extracted by Mudan is also this.”
“Send a message to Officer Dongfang. If they find Yezi's trail, consider it a favor to me and give her a missile.”
Wang Jixuan then thought of something else, frowning tightly.
Just as Mudan finished sending the message, Wang Jixuan suddenly said, “Something's not right.”
“What's not right?”
“Kong Nu's daughter mentioned the map in Yezi's hand. They arrived at the scavenger camp in the D5 border area according to this map.”
Scenes flashed before Wang Jixuan's eyes.
It was his brief time with Yezi in the wooden house.
Yezi's escape preparations were a little too thorough;
That night was actually a bit chaotic. After Thomas killed the landlady, where did Yezi get the time to prepare these things?
Accounts, maps, and even a plan for how to leave the D5 integrated war zone… Is this the knowledge that a little girl who has never stepped out of the lowest level of the fortress could have?
She must have been planning this for a long time.
It is very likely that this plan was not made by her.
‘I have to learn a lot of things every day, learn arithmetic, learn world geography…’
Yezi's words echoed in Wang Jixuan's ears.
She has to learn world geography?
At that time, Wang Jixuan only thought that Yezi was learning world geography because the landlady, who had profound knowledge and a large collection of books, wanted the children to develop a yearning for the surface world.
The scene of the table prayer came to Wang Jixuan's mind.
But now it seems… things are not that simple…
“Mudan, notify Zhou Zhengde and ask him to send a team of law enforcement officers to the Lower City to reinvestigate all information related to Kong Nu's mother, Kong Meilian.”
“Okay, sir. Mudan notes that the Lower City was hit by a Blade Beast tide, and there may not be much information left.”
“Don't be too formal, this is just a small matter after all, I'm just a little curious.”
Wang Jixuan shook his head slightly.
When personal strength is enough to crush everything, any conspiracy is just an illusion.
Continue to heal and cultivate, and prepare the array base and alchemy.
It's just…
This long mortal world is a bit too cruel.
At the same time.
D3 war zone, outside a certain agricultural fortress near the front line.
A truck slowly moved towards the fortress.
Inside the truck's carriage.
A dozen young men and women, aged fourteen or fifteen to eighteen or nineteen, wearing patched clothes, sat in a circle holding hands, reciting in unison:
“As long as we help each other and support each other, we can light the fire of civilization step by step in the darkness.”
“Okay, start eating.”
“Be sure to remember our mission. Sister Yezi is waiting for our good news.”
