Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone
Chapter 149 - 96 Commander’s Confusion_2

Chapter 149: Chapter 96 Commander’s Confusion_2

He now must enter meditation to heal his injured soul.

...

Eight o’clock in the evening.

Wang Jixuan appeared in a building under construction that was wrapped in blue tarpaulins.

The main structure of the building was already topped off, with cement color everywhere. On the second floor, Uncle Tai operated a construction robot to break through a few walls, creating a spacious workshop where all sorts of instruments, equipment, and a large furnace were already arranged.

In the corner stood two rows of Lingtong’s outfitting boxes.

When Wang Jixuan arrived here, Deep Sea, Zheng Shiduo, and Wu Man were playing video games, thoroughly enjoying themselves.

A person who shouldn’t have been there appeared as well.

The military commander of Fortress 76, Dongfang Zhenghong.

At Uncle Tai’s invitation, everyone sat around a grill for cooking meat, with skewers of Blade Beast Meat prepared earlier by machines set on the side.

Wan Xiaoqi gave up the best spot for grilling meat and shouted excitedly, "Chef Wang is here!"

"Hahaha!" Uncle Tai laughed heartily, "As soon as I heard you were going to grill Blade Beast, even the commander couldn’t wait to try it!"

"This stuff is not easy to digest, so you all better not eat too much. Xiao Qi, prepare more vegetables."

Daoist Wang came over with a smile, sat down beside Dongfang Zhenghong without any concern for formalities, and began grilling meat adeptly, banishing resentment.

Before long, the entire floor was filled with delicious aroma, and several people were eating with greasy mouths.

"Damn, that’s satisfying!"

Dongfang Zhenghong was full of emotion eating the roasted Blade Beast Meat and bit fiercely into a piece.

"Now we humans can bite back! And in the most literal sense!"

Deep Sea curiously asked, "What’s the principle here? Why couldn’t we use Blade Beast Meat as rations before? It would explode, and eating it raw caused immediate issues, even making animals go mad."

Dongfang Zhenghong added, "Thirteenth Institute even did experiments on humans, and they went mad too."

"It’s simple, it’s because of the power... of the soul."

Daoist Wang tried to put it in milder terms:

"The reason why Blade Beasts are so powerful is that they possess something different from our technology, which our weapons cannot fully combat.

"As for why they appear here, why they slaughter humans, and a series of other questions, I cannot answer... but since Deep Sea is here."

"Huh? Is there a problem?"

An energized Deep Sea who had been fighting all day asked.

Wang Jixuan inquired, "In the underground Blade Beast Nest, are there luminous crystals?"

"Yes, lots," Deep Sea replied, "but these crystals don’t contain Spiritual Energy. They seem to be a special kind of minerals, and we’ve found that Blade Beasts consciously destroy these crystals when in danger to prevent us from getting them."

Wang Jixuan asked, "Can you get me some? I want to study them."

"Sure, we’ll try to mine them; they explode upon contact."

"No rush, this is for further research."

Daoist Wang passed around a few skewers of Blade Beast Meat and grilled some vegetables for himself.

He now cannot overly nourish himself, he must first heal his injured soul.

"Commander, how is the situation at the front line?"

"It’s basically stable now."

Dongfang Zhenghong succinctly stated:

"After the death of the Young King Worm, most of the Blade Beast Group in the outskirts retreated. Everyone has had great achievements this time. If the Commander-in-Chief hadn’t ordered against expanding territory casually, our defensive line could have been pushed out.

"Additionally, the details of the underground nest have been fully explored, and we found no other exit routes, only a path leading to an extended mining area in Sector C that was half blocked... So where did this Young King Worm come from? This is a question we must clarify going forward."

Daoist Wang exclaimed, "The Commander-in-Chief really has exceptional insight."

"That’s true," Uncle Tai said with a laugh, "the Commander-in-Chief is the strongest human I’ve ever seen."

Dongfang Zhenghong cleared his throat and took the opportunity to state his purpose.

He said, "Wang Zheng, I know you might be busy, but I was thinking, if there’s a chance later, could you meet with the Commander-in-Chief in secret?"

"I probably won’t be able to go to the front lines any time soon," Wang Jixuan answered quite cautiously.

He needed time for healing and cultivation.

Having finally created such a relaxed environment, he didn’t want to break it by acting rashly.

Dongfang Zhenghong immediately said, "It doesn’t matter, the Commander may secretly come here later, Zheng De has been singing your praises to the moon over there."

Uncle Tai glared and said, "Is there even a need to sing praises? Those are all recounts of actual military achievements!"

Everyone chuckled to themselves.

Wang Jixuan then said, "What worries me the most now is that these items I brought out may be learned of by the Thirteenth Institute."

"That won’t happen for now."

Dongfang Zhenghong said earnestly:

"If it were another battle zone, this possibility would be great.

"But here at D5... the Commander still has a complete team, which is a result of long-term management.

"Just like me, half a student of the Commander, there are almost a thousand, distributed throughout the entire military system of D5.

"Although the Thirteenth Institute is trying hard to infiltrate, they are also timid when facing the Commander."

Deep Sea added beside, "Theoretically, it’s a fight to the death between the Commander and those few SS level Spiritual Ability Users. This spiritual rebellion that was launched against humanity fifty years ago needs a full stop."

Zheng Shiduo said with emotion, "No matter the era, humans are always fighting among themselves."

"This is not actually a fight among humans."

Dongfang Zhenghong corrected:

"If you look at the whole situation, the main theme of the war has always been humans against Blade Beasts. Now, Spiritual Ability Users have essentially become a third party, based on the human world, attempting to control the remaining human forces.

"Actually, we middle-aged chiefs who are responsible for commanding local battlefields often ponder over one question.

"What would Spiritual Ability Users do, if Spiritual Ability City were to become the de facto capital of humanity?

"I have always been puzzled because I don’t understand. They try to control every Fortress, every human. If they succeed, then what will they do next? They do indeed keep trying to oust Governors, such as the previous Biological Minister Kong Nu.

"The Fortress Governor is produced through an election by representatives of the people, and although only Upper Middle City votes, the Governor does not just manage the Fortress but also represents the collective will of the Fortress, attending the Combined Combat Zone and battle zone’s joint governance conferences."

"The Middle Ages Basin Battle Zone’s is called the Middle Ages Basin Joint Governance Conference, and D5’s Combined Combat Zone’s is called the D5 Governance Representatives Convention.

"The former decides on the allocation of regional resources, while the latter determines whether the human front will counterattack or shrink, the trend, whether the battle zone will enter an expansion or contraction cycle, and also, arrange the population, build new Fortresses as a reserve or to expand the population, and so forth.

"Although what everyone often encounters on a daily basis are the military command centers of these two levels, this is because we are in a time of war, and all resources are prioritized for the military to allocate.

"It is the Governor himself, and the representative convention composed of Governors, that are the current form of human governance.

"What Spiritual Ability City wants to create, frankly, is a Spiritual Ability Empire, making all humans obey their dispatch."

Zheng Shiduo muttered softly, "What else could it be but the desire to rule over all humans."

"This desire is actually accompanied by the huge pressure from the Blade Beasts," Deep Sea shook his head, "anyway, I think those SS level Spiritual Ability Users from Spiritual Ability City have other schemes."

Wang Jixuan said softly, "It could be for their own advancement."

Everyone looked puzzled, while Dongfang Zhenghong appeared contemplative.

Wan Xiaoqi asked, "Advancement? Aren’t the energy levels of Spiritual Ability Users fixed?"

"I cannot be certain of this, but... can you answer a question for me? How old are the SS level Spiritual Ability Users? Did they appear old when they were last seen?"

Zheng Shiduo immediately said, "They must be at least ninety to a hundred and something years old, now that you mention it, indeed, a few SS level Spiritual Ability Users who have appeared in recent years really don’t show their age, and there are one or two women who look like young girls; everyone says it’s because they drank Blade Beast blood to stay forever young."

That’s bad.

Daoist Wang sighed in his heart.

As he expected, there must be high-level Spiritual Ability Users who have begun to grasp the use of Qi, most likely starting on a cultivation path they have discovered themselves...

He also wondered if there were any geniuses among them.

However, Daoist Wang now dared not provoke them; he was not even at the middle level of the Gathering Spirit Realm, and honest cultivation was the righteous path.

Uncle Tai asked in confusion, "Why suddenly ask this? Mr. Wang..."

Just as Wang Jixuan was about to answer—

Woo— Woo—

The long and deep alarm sounded from Dongfang Zhenghong’s wristwatch.

Dongfang Zhenghong quickly tapped his wristwatch twice.

"Commander! Air raid alert! A missile has been launched from a position near Fortress 82, heading in the direction of our unit! The estimated landing point is the desert area 25 kilometers northwest of Fortress 76!"

Dongfang Zhenghong’s face turned ashen.

"Shoot it down."

"Yes!"