At the same moment Wang Jixuan cast Earth Tunneling.
Above the Snow Mountain Base, an invisible transport plane was slowly circling at a small angle. Inside the transport plane, a dozen figures, sitting and standing, were gathered together, looking at the three-dimensional projection of the Snow Mountain map in front of them.
In the center, a middle-aged man, wearing a crisp white suit, his hair slicked back, a civilized cane placed beside him, a sharp glint in his eyes.
Meng Jin, the current head of the Judgment Division of the Lingneng Capital's Lingguan Association.
He leaned back in his chair, pondering the news he had just received.
If Wang Jixuan saw the number of high-level spirit energy users here, Daoist Wang would probably decisively abandon the upcoming battle plan.
"Xing Tian suddenly fainted?"
"Yes, Head."
"Were there any signs?"
"Yes, Xing Tian suddenly fell asleep, as if he was having a nightmare. His vital signs have not disappeared, but his mental energy fluctuations are very large."
Meng Jin frowned, thinking.
Two older high-level spirit energy users nearby couldn't help but speak:
"More than that, the sudden death of those researchers is the biggest problem. The preliminary scan results are out, and they all had heart attacks, with no toxins found."
"Our people are inside the secret base and have already searched it. No problems were found, and there were no signs of enemy invasion. There is only one entrance and exit here, and Rainbow Town is also normal."
A middle-aged woman reminded, "What must be noted is that the commando team sent by Fu Jian was discovered and driven away. The D2 Comprehensive War Zone captured two spirit energy users, Xing Tian's students, named Ji Xiao and Ji Yale. They are being sent here, but there seems to have been some accidents on the way, and the situation is currently unknown… My point is, there may be other commando teams, and they have developed new types of poison gas or machinery."
Meng Jin nodded slowly, without speaking.
When he encountered things he couldn't understand, he always liked to think, observe, and summarize rather than casually express his views.
This was also an important factor in his ability to hold this position.
But in a team, there are always some guys who like to make noise.
"Boss, why are we here?"
"Yeah, Boss, you gathered us here in advance, but you didn't let us go down. What's going on?"
Meng Jin smiled and said slowly, "This is a bit of a secret, but given the current situation, it doesn't hurt to tell you… A spirit cultivator is guiding me."
"Spirit cultivator?"
"Yes, the stone slab wall that Fu Jian seized, Spirit Cultivator Number 4."
Meng Jin calmly explained:
"Everyone here is close to me. We have gone through life and death together to get to where we are today, so I don't want to hide many things.
"Of course, I will not betray the Six Elders. The Six Elders are my mentors and also my relatives. I just want to make them stronger and get the respect that human society should give us. You should know this."
Everyone nodded.
Meng Jin said slowly:
"The reason I called you here this time is to wait for the Black Storm to appear."
"Black Storm?"
"That's right, that magical guy," Meng Jin smiled, "Spirit Cultivator Number Four asked me to kill him, and the reward is to give me a portion of the replicable advancement circuit and awakening circuit, but I don't think it's that simple."
An old man's expression changed, "Can he really give it?"
"It's impossible to give it. Teacher, don't get excited. Spirit cultivators are not trustworthy, otherwise why haven't the Six Elders been able to complete their own awakening after so many years?"
Meng Jin sighed:
"Spirit cultivators just want to treat us like dogs. Their ideal state is to have all humans infused, and then they can restore their power, and then have us work hard to reproduce and act as cannon fodder to fight the Blade Beasts.
"These spirit cultivators are all crazy. Their promises shouldn't be taken too seriously, they're just pie in the sky, but this Black Storm is very interesting.
"He is Fu Jian's confidence and the singularity that caused the D5 to change its attitude. According to our investigation, air spirit energy weapons, demon-breaking daggers, and joint strike Blade Beast destruction technology all came from his hands.
"Spirit Cultivator Number Four asked us to come here to snipe the Black Storm and asked us to rescue him from Fortress 76 in the Middle Ancient Basin… His original words were, 'Hurry and save me while that demon is away, I'm being tortured to death by him.'"
"Listen!"
Meng Jin's expression showed a kind of morbid excitement:
"The Black Storm can torture spirit cultivators to death!"
Everyone thought to themselves, a little unable to keep up with Meng Jin's train of thought.
An old man frowned and asked, "So, Head, what are you going to do this time?"
"It's very simple, wait for the Black Storm to appear, find the Black Storm, and invite him back."
Meng Jin said leisurely:
"On some things, I have a resonance with Commander-in-Chief Fu Jian.
"Humans should rely on themselves to defeat Blade Beasts in order to gain civilization's independence. Spirit cultivators are fine, and the third civilization represented by the Black Storm is fine. They can all be our source of technology, and mastering this technology, using this technology, and then surpassing them, so that human civilization can be reborn from the ashes, is our true path!"
There was a bit more fervor in everyone's eyes.
Meng Jin leaned on his civilized cane with both hands, his eyes shining brightly:
"The anomalies that are now appearing prove that we came to the right place.
"There is an undercurrent surging underground. Xing Tian's coma and the heart attack deaths of several researchers at the same time are obviously someone secretly taking action.
"This method is beyond our expectations, so it is likely to be that Black Storm.
"Everyone, cheer up. The attack must be swift and decisive later. If we want to be hunters, we must have enough patience."
… …
Whoosh—
Wang Jixuan's Earth Tunneling was completed. Faint ripples appeared on the stone wall behind him, and his figure turned into a beam of earth-yellow light, drilling into it. After a moment, he appeared in the entrance and exit passage of the secret base, immediately squatting down, and the X Armor self-concealed.
Good, he didn't alarm the alarm.
Wang Jixuan squatted motionless, carefully observing everywhere with his spiritual sense. After half a minute, he confirmed his safety and ran wildly along this passage.
Swift Steps Talisman, Swift Steps Spell, Armor Boost.
He only needed a few minutes to run to the end of the two or three kilometers.
Now, the entire secret base has fallen into chaos because of Xing Tian's coma.
The three S-level spirit energy users who came to help have all been alarmed, and the three Judgment Division teams have been transferred to protect the suddenly comatose Xing Tian and the remaining researchers.
That old professor… his corpse has cooled.
The sudden attack also plunged them into terror of the unknown. Some spirit energy users wanted to rush out, but some spirit energy users felt that rashly going out would make it easier to be attacked. They were gathered together, hiding in the No. 3 and No. 4 areas with the strongest defenses.
Fu Jian is fully cooperating with Wang Jixuan's actions this time.
The mobile unit and bomber squadron have approached the D2 border;
Fu Jian used his influence to exert a strong 'war if you move' pressure on D2.
—The gold content of the commander-in-chief of half of the human world.
The high-level officials of the D2 Comprehensive War Zone, whose foundations were already somewhat rotten, were now considering their personal interests and the interests of small groups the most, and it was difficult to launch a firm counterattack.
While Wang Jixuan continued to rush forward, he did not forget to find the communication optical cable embedded in the stone wall and insert several signal devices into it.
Establishing communication at the physical layer is a necessary condition for conducting network penetration.
A dark black butterfly was following Wang Jixuan.
Spirit Cultivator Number Five was no longer reserved, and was specifically staring at Wang Jixuan, observing his strange methods.
Tzz.
"Commander," Peony's voice sounded, "Xing Tian is indeed very careful. All areas are almost entirely mechanically or semi-mechanically controlled. Most of the equipment is not connected to the network, and there are no mechanical bodies inside the base. It's not easy for me to attack."
"Yes," Wang Jixuan said, "Can you paralyze the railcars they use?"
"There are three railcars dedicated to this passage. Two of them are for daily entry and exit, and I can already control them by connecting to the network, but one is for emergency escape and is also purely mechanically controlled."
"Mark that car."
"Deployed."
A semi-transparent small map appeared on Wang Jixuan's armor panel, with a series of icons on it, marking the locations of all the monitors in Wang Jixuan's field of vision.
Peony's tactical role.
The Daoist priest was moving like the wind, but soon, a frustrating thing happened.
The dark black butterfly landed on Wang Jixuan's shoulder.
Wang Jixuan's body sank slightly, and he felt the weight of a slender woman.
No, is this not a transformation technique but just a cover?
Ah, this…
Wang Jixuan wisely didn't complain, after all, now is the key node of the action. Xing Tian has already fainted, as long as Spirit Cultivator Number Five doesn't cause trouble, then he has a high degree of certainty to complete his plan.
Bear with it.
Then…
This road is only a few minutes long, and Spirit Cultivator Number Five kept asking questions directly through voice transmission:
"Your strength should only be equivalent to a B-level or A-level spirit energy user, right? How did you do that wall-penetrating ability? I can feel that your use of spirit energy is very ingenious, and it's not the same logic as our circuit."
"That curse you used before seems to be a certain power left in Xing Tian's severed limbs. His flesh and bones were refined by you, and then became a mental energy that he himself could not resist… However, this practicality is too low. It's rare to be able to get the enemy's limbs but not be able to kill the enemy directly."
"Also, inside your armor, why can you release spirit energy by placing a few crystal cores together? The spirit energy switch we left when we designed the crystal core must be activated by a circuit."
Wang Jixuan: … …
"Don't you want to explain yourself to me? This is to try and get the judge to rule in your favor…"
“No comment.”
“Hmm?” The Number Five Spirit Awakener wasn't annoyed, “Alright then, you've given me a long-lost feeling of excitement, young man.”
An image of a nagging old grandma surfaced in Wang Jixuan's mind.
These Spirit Awakeners are at least tens of thousands of years old, right?
Although age means nothing to this kind of 'core circuit carrier,' but… this is just too talkative.
The end of the tunnel was right in front of him.
Wang Jixuan slowed down and crouched forward, his spiritual sense already able to envelop the entire secret base, including the stone chamber where the Number Five Spirit Awakener's stone slab was.
The Number Five Spirit Awakener was keeping her promise;
She didn't do anything extra.
Wang Jixuan wasn't in a hurry to place the portable nuclear bomb, but instead surveyed the area first.
Two four-car railcars, the only means of transportation in and out of this passage, arrive at the 'septic tank station' at the exit every two minutes.
Daoist Wang took out a small technological artifact placed separately from the nuclear bomb:
[High-Performance Miniature Remote Control Bomb].
He thoughtfully set up a failsafe for these two railcars, then quietly sneaked to the hangar guarded by two low-level Spirit Energy Users, where the unnetworked two-car railcar was stored, and he placed three bombs near the engine.
With a storage magical treasure, high-performance bombs are easier to use than Explosion Talismans.
Wang Jixuan continued to infiltrate, and soon discovered some good placement spots for the nuclear bomb, secretly noting them down.
Visibly with his spiritual sense, the three S-Class Spirit Energy Users had reached an agreement and completed the temporary integration of Xing Dian's subordinates.
The three of them were submitting an application to the Six Elders, requesting to temporarily leave this base. Xing Dian's inexplicable coma and the bizarre deaths of several key researchers had made them feel a serious unease.
Tai Shenggang, one of the Six Elders, was still asking them if they had discovered any enemy intrusions.
The three S-Class Spirit Energy Users denied it in unison.
There were no traces of intruders, and the secret base set up by Xing Dian was impregnable, with only one entrance and exit.
Tai Shenggang was obviously hesitant. He didn't want to give up on Xing Dian, only saying that he would give the three of them an answer in a few minutes, and then cut off the communication.
The Six Elders went to a meeting;
The three S-Class Spirit Energy Users fell into some kind of anxiety.
Daoist Wang silently gave a thumbs up.
As expected of the Six Elders, their indecisiveness is unparalleled. If the three Judgment Squads rushed out at the same time at this time, that would be the real way out.
Of course, everyone sees things differently.
These 'few minutes' also gave him more room to maneuver.
Wang Jixuan became bolder.
This secret base wasn't very large, and the four areas were independent of each other, separated by a certain distance.
Wang Jixuan restrained the thought of going deeper, and only operated in the first area.
When he encountered the research equipment of the Spirit Energy User research team, he would place a signal receiver, and Peony would copy the information inside.
Finding the warehouse storing the crystal cores, Wang Jixuan was distressed that his storage magical treasure was too small, and could only take away a few hundred General-level Blade Beasts and High-level Blade Beasts' crystal cores.
Unfortunately, there was no way to move them all.
The butterfly that had been lying on his shoulder gently fluttered its wings. The Number Five Spirit Awakener, who had been silent for a long time, couldn't help but ask again at this moment:
“Is this a subspace tool? Did your civilization bring it?”
“They taught me the technology, I made the things myself.”
Daoist Wang didn't say any lies.
With crystal cores in hand, Wang Jixuan was in a great mood. The previous twists and turns and continuous setbacks directly dissipated most of his gloom.
Continue searching!
Residential area, monitoring center, equipment room…
Wang Jixuan drove the X Armor around, paying attention to the movements of the three S-Class Spirit Energy Users. When the three of them communicated with Tai Shenggang again, Daoist Wang decisively turned around.
He chose the equipment room.
It was not only the central location of Area One, ensuring that the nuclear bomb explosion would effectively kill Area One, but also allowing energy to radiate to Areas Two and Four as much as possible—the four areas were distributed in a tic-tac-toe pattern.
Open the briefcase, set the countdown to twelve minutes, and open the mechanical button outer baffle to facilitate him to detonate this thing with his spiritual sense at any time.
“Peony?”
“Sir, I'm here.”
“Have Old Fu fire a wave of missiles at this side, or, later when the time comes, have their alarms go off completely.”
“Okay, sir. From the perspective of saving costs and reducing political risks, we can use the second plan.”
“Okay, you operate it.”
Wang Jixuan put the briefcase next to a few miscellaneous boxes and turned to leave.
A countdown appeared in front of him, this was the timing of the nuclear bomb.
Wang Jixuan began to retreat from Area One.
At this moment, his figure had actually been scanned by several detectors, but all the networked sensors in this secret base had been controlled by Peony.
It was just, especially smooth, so smooth that Wang Jixuan was a little unsure.
‘Strange, why is my spiritual sense faintly jumping.’
