Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone
Chapter 207 - 120 Cast the Array Base! Set the Bait!_2

Chapter 207: Chapter 120 Cast the Array Base! Set the Bait!_2

Tree Man Beta’s Adam’s apple moved up and down: "Then, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be off first..."

"Relax, I won’t detain you,"

Wang Jixuan turned his head and asked,

"Lingtong, do we have any peach wood in Fortress 82? The older, the better. If not, collect it from all over as quickly as possible and secretly transport it here."

"Peach wood? You mean peach tree?"

Lingtong pulled up some images from the database and showed them to Wang Jixuan.

"Yes, that’s it."

"I’ll get them on it right away."

Wang Jixuan turned to Mu Dan, "Prepare three simple processing stations; we’ll need to work the peach wood later."

"Understood, sir."

Zheng Shiduo asked, "Bro, what should I do?"

"Prepare a nutritional meal for Beta. He might have some strenuous work ahead."

Tree Man Beta’s nose twitched, nearly in tears.

Even though he was an A-level, he didn’t feel the slightest bit of security in front of these guys!

Wang Jixuan really wasn’t good at commanding in battle. Although he wanted to say some words of encouragement to the team, what came out was,

"Let’s leave it at that.

"Anyway, our next course of action is to set up a bait, lay traps, and draw Mo Feng into them. To increase the chance of the fish taking the bait and to reduce the risk of exposure, we’ll try to complete this battle just among the few of us."

"I’ll take care of the traps."

Lingtong expressed her concern, "Isn’t this too risky?"

"Actually, it’s not risky," Wang Jixuan whispered, "I’ll explain the details to you in private later. Can’t talk about it directly now."

She nodded gently as her pale swan-like neck and the collarbones visible beneath her collar formed a captivating sight,

"Let’s discuss the first item, creating a bait."

...

The temporary supply station quickly became quite busy, though Instructor Hei was nowhere to be seen.

Wang Jixuan had a feeling that this Second Generation Half-human Mecha was intentionally avoiding the gathering, to keep a distance from the youngsters and maintain his own sense of authority.

Uncle Hei really did care about these things.

Because Tree Man Beta was present, Wang Jixuan did not lay out the specific tactics in front of him, much less reveal anything related to formations.

The only thing Beta had to do was to take root in the desert, activate his abilities, and transform into a ’Human Tree,’ making branches grow from his arms, back, and head, which would then graft with the peach wood, quickly producing batches of spirit wood!

Lingtong found a fifty-year-old peach tree in Fortress 82, all of its branches harvested;

Zheng Shiduo brought a pile of nutritional liquid (the real deal), supplying nutrition to Tree Man Beta on the side;

Wang Jixuan sneakily placed a Spirit Releasing Array in a corner box, intensifying the concentration of Spiritual Energy around Tree Man Beta and incidentally observing the ’passive interaction’ between Spiritual Ability Users and Spiritual Energy.

They couldn’t absorb it actively, but Spiritual Energy could slowly replenish Spiritual Power, which was quite good.

It meant that as long as Spiritual Ability Users lived long enough, they could possibly find a way to absorb Spiritual Energy?

’This has to be guarded against, though Uncle Hei said that Spiritual Ability Users haven’t achieved this, Spiritual Energy City might have already developed techniques in this area.’

Before long, Wang Jixuan witnessed with his own eyes how top-quality peach wood, comparable to hundred-year-old entry-level Spirit Root, grew at a visibly fast rate from Beta’s body.

What?!

Master Wang experienced a touch of emotion for the first time towards the words ’Spiritual Energy.’

So many Magic Artifact materials!

He could take the opportunity to make a Peach Wood Sword specifically for channeling Thunder Skill!

Although due to the current scarcity of his Mana, using Thunder Skill in combat would waste a lot of Mana, making it not very practical at this stage;

But when it comes to Magic Artifacts and Magic Treasures, the more, the better!

What treasures, cough, what a good kid!

The Daoist’s eyes shone as he looked at Tree Man Beta, already contemplating forcefully keeping him here, but...

’Dragonfly Lady is someone worth befriending, there’s no need to burn bridges, now that we have started working together, we can continue the cooperation.’

Wang Jixuan folded his arms, watching the peach wood branches grow to the thickness of a baby’s arm, the limit of Tree Man Beta’s capability, and started the harvest.

Materials for the Array Base, here we have them!

"We still need many more, put some more effort! Can you handle it, Beta?"

"Of course," Tree Man Beta smiled proudly, "I can do this twenty times, consecutively!"

This feeling of ’being needed’ that had been absent for so long, he loved it very much.

Wang Jixuan sternly said, "Still, you must pay attention to rest. It’s enough to do it twenty times within six hours. Don’t drain the pond to catch all the fish."

"Rest assured, Commander! Beta guarantees the completion of the task!"

’Truly a Tree of Kindness.’

Feeling touched, Wang Jixuan sighed, then turned to the supply vehicle to get some special talisman water for the guy, to soothe the pain from the bark overgrowth that he normally suffered.

The scene shifted.

Six hours later.

The exhausted Tree Man Beta, with earplugs in, lay fast asleep on the rear seat of the off-road vehicle, with a confident smile still on his lips.

This guy was indeed worn out.

Inside the supply station, four ’sewing machine’ style workbenches were arranged, and four people sat down in turn.

Wang Jixuan brought out several simple blueprints and instructed Lingtong, Zheng Shiduo, and Mu Dan to take charge of parts of the ’assembly line’ work, beginning to process bundles of high-quality Peach Wood.

Wang Jixuan kept the best dozen or so Peach Wood blanks for making Magic Artifacts later.

In the past six hours, Wang Jixuan had also been busy; he had improved the Array Base, devised a simplified Array Map for the Thunder Array, and came up with a trapped array that worked with the Killing Array—the Mistaking Yellow Sand Formation.

Mo Feng could fly and escape underground. If they missed their initial strike, she could simply flee.

So, he decided to set up a trapped array to increase their margin for error!

The Mistaking Yellow Sand Formation required only five Basic Array Bases and six ’expansion’ Array Bases to exert one hundred and twenty percent effectiveness in a desert environment.

The Thunder Venerate Demonic Array needed a minimum of thirty-six Basic Array Bases, with as many ’expansion’ Array Bases as possible for the better, expandable up to the number of three hundred sixty cycles, unaffected by any weather conditions.

In addition, during these six hours, Wang Jixuan had also substantially replenished his stock of talismans and prepared dozens of pure Crystal Cores for Lingtong.

"Let’s start," Wang Jixuan said in a grave voice.

Zheng Shiduo, with a tense face, picked up a Peach Wood blank and cut it into twenty-centimeter-long blocks with a saw, quickly peeled them with a small knife, and passed them to Lingtong beside him.

Lingtong’s mechanical arm was outfitted with an engraving knife, which followed the pre-set program to cut the blocks into semi-circular and semi-square shapes, creating mortise and tenon joints, then handed them over to Mu Dan.

Mu Dan, holding a Demon-breaking Dagger inlaid with a Crystal Core, swiftly engraved intricate ’patterns’ onto the wood blocks. She, being a Mechanical Body, did not have shaky hands, and the precision of her engraved lines was exceptionally high, down to the smallest detail.

Wang Jixuan performed the final step—stacking blocks.

Soon, a cylindrical-shaped, hollow Array Base appeared in Wang Jixuan’s hands, only forty centimeters tall.

Wang Jixuan took a deep breath and exhaled a breath of Qi onto the Array Base, rapidly illuminating the various prohibitions etched on it.

He took out two Crystal Cores and carefully embedded them into the Array Plate inside the Array Base, which emitted a faint ripple before calming down, looking like nothing more than an ordinary wooden stake.

Job well done!

Wang Jixuan looked up at his three teammates: "Continue, we need at least seventy-two more."

Zheng Shiduo asked curiously, "Is this thing a Spiritual Power Bomb?"

"No, and you will find out what it is soon," Wang Jixuan replied.

Wang Jixuan glanced at the three hundred Crystal Cores in the box beside him, his eyes flashing with sharpness.

Killing Mo Feng was unlikely to yield any significant gains.

But not killing Mo Feng would disturb his Dao Heart!

Since the military was still hesitant to go to war with Spiritual Ability Users, it was time to give them a push!

’Two Array Eyes also need to be prepared; the Crystal Cores from General Level Blade Beasts will come in handy.’

Not far from the temporary supply station.

On top of a sand dune, Instructor Hei sat inside a Flying Device, watching the screen showing Wang Jixuan and his group, and couldn’t help tilting his head.

"Has this guy inherited an entire civilization’s legacy?"

Instructor Hei scratched his head, still somewhat conflicted.

His concern lay with the battle plan submitted by Lingtong, which was too risky; Wang Zheng, their most precious ’resource guy,’ was going to act as Bait.

However, Instructor Hei was already prepared. He turned to look at the second alloy box marked with an X, sighed softly, and said, "I guess it’s time to bend the rules a bit."

Instructor Hei pulled something in the air, and a projection screen visible only to him appeared. He made some adjustments to the battle plan submitted by Lingtong and clicked approve.

’For his outstanding merits and unwavering stance through numerous tests, for adhering to military principles and making significant contributions to humanity’s fight against the Blade Beasts, X War Armor is hereby approved for temporary outfitting to Comrade Zheng Shiduo, to execute the battle plan.’

About two hours later.

In the stratosphere, within the cabin of a stealth plane, Mo Feng, who was applying a facial mask, was suddenly disturbed by the cheerful shouts of her teammates.

"Captain! They agreed to the terms! Hand over Feng Bangjie and members of the Special Task Force first!"