Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone
Chapter 84 - 63 Young King Worm_2

Chapter 84: Chapter 63 Young King Worm_2

Wang Jixuan had not yet figured out how to explain the remnant soul hidden within the crystal core, which was related to his ability to absorb the spiritual power from cryonuclei to enhance his strength.

He simply detailed his encounter with the mutated blade beast, emphasizing the communication process with the beast and the vertical pupil that appeared after its death.

Lingtong sat cross-legged on a chair, quietly contemplating for quite a while.

Daoist Wang asked, "Is there trouble?"

"Not trouble, but an enemy," Lingtong replied, cradling her mechanical arm and speaking softly,

"The owner of such vertical pupils is a special type of blade beast, commonly referred to as a young king worm. They are extremely troublesome, skilled at stealth, and their fully evolved form is the king-level blade beast.

"Sub-king level blade beasts evolve from general level blade beasts, and their evolutionary pinnacle is the sub-king level, possessing destructive power on par with king-level blade beasts but lacking the king-level blade beast’s dominion over the blade beast clan.

"Our human fortress model is patterned after the social structure of the blade beasts. Blade beasts have constructed nests across the land, and each nest can only have one king-level blade beast commanding hundreds of thousands of various blade beasts.

"If a young king worm is discovered, it can almost certainly be concluded... that there is a blade beast nest being constructed nearby. This is also a tactic commonly used by blade beasts to breach our outer defenses.

"Your discovery this time has likely saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of humans."

Wang Jixuan felt an inexplicable, slight sense of pleasure.

"Not reporting this to the zone commander?"

"It’s already been reported, before our chat," Lingtong informed.

She advised,

"Next, I will secretly arrange to bring over my core equipment.

"Also, blade beasts are very smart, never underestimate them.

"The social structure inside the blade beasts is extremely complex. They partly resemble the social relationships of bees, but the breeding females are not queens but more like tools."

Daoist Wang nodded, "This young king worm might be targeting you."

"That seems to be the case," Lingtong said, a charming smile appearing at the corners of her mouth.

"Why does it feel like you’re happy about being targeted?"

"We have an internal leaderboard," Lingtong explained, lifting her smooth chin.

"I have always been at the top of the present half-human mecha kill list, though being at the top does indeed bring a lot of pressure.

"The merit points gained from slaying a young king worm are equivalent to those for slaying a sub-king level blade beast."

Wang Jixuan: ...

Should he compliment her with a "well done"?

Her expression seemed to be waiting for him to offer praise.

"Cough," Daoist Wang changed the subject, "there’s another matter, I’ll try something later."

"What will you try?"

"Sword forging," Wang Jixuan said seriously, "I have been under the military’s protection and naturally need to give something back to the military. Also... don’t let ordinary soldiers wear pendants like the one Zheng Shiduo had."

Lingtong looked puzzled, "Why not?"

"The crystal core itself has issues."

"Can you explain the reason in more detail?"

"Intuition, I can’t explain it in detail," Wang Jixuan earnestly replied, "I may need to absorb more energy from the cosmos."

"Hmm... in the future, try not to fob me off with such deceptive gibberish."

"You’re still observing me, and moreover, you have many things to report."

Lingtong asked, "Don’t you trust the commanders?"

Wang Jixuan merely smiled at her, knowing that she was more aware of the many intricacies involved than he was.

The two locked gazes, and the room fell very quiet.

"Fine."

Lingtong looked away and her voice seemed much softer,

"I understand you, but such secrecy should have an expiry date... Would you like something to eat? I’ll be cooking tonight."

"You can cook?"

"Getting a canned food, opening the canned food, heating the canned food, pouring it into a bowl, anyone can do that."

Suddenly, Uncle Tai’s voice calling out could be heard from outside the door:

"Commander! The military suddenly sent over a bunch of supplies! There’s a lot of stones and some frozen Blade Beast parts!"

Lingtong winked at Wang Jixuan.

Wang Jixuan pointed at himself.

Lingtong through the workshop’s speaker system: "I asked them to send it over, just find a corner to put it down."

Wang Jixuan smiled happily.

He took the initiative to speak, "Do you have time after dinner? I would like to borrow three hours of your time."

Lingtong was taken aback for a moment, turned her head to look at something on the wall, and asked in a low voice, "Just the two of us?"

"Yes, this matter is quite important to me."

"I guess so," Lingtong replied somewhat reluctantly.

An hour or so later.

Lingtong sat outside Wang Jixuan’s door on a chair, holding a mechanical arm and crossing her slender legs. She wore a light blue dress with white stockings and light makeup. Her expression was so serious it was almost frightening.

As a result, the air pressure around her seemed to have dropped a little.

Uncle Tai’s family held their breath upstairs, looking at the monitor, too scared to even breathe.

Inside the room, Master Wang rubbed his hands excitedly, took out the Array Plate, pressed the switch, and with a faint humming sound, the Array Patterns activated themselves, and strands of pure Spiritual Energy flew out.

Artifact Refining, naturally, came after the solidification of Spiritual Sense!

Having Lingtong to protect his breakthrough was simply too awesome!

Gathering Spirit Realm.

I am back!

...

On the third floor of Fortress 76, at the Spiritual Ability House Laboratory.

Snap!

Qin accidentally crushed a test tube.

The Spiritual Ability Users lying on the operating table undergoing a new drug trial instinctively held their breath, too scared to even exhale.

Lv Dongjie’s body was not far away inside a body bag, with his head and torso already stitched together.

Qin turned her head to look at the female Spiritual Ability User beside her and asked softly, "You mean, my person has died and the military is still asking me to submit a report to explain why he was there?"

The female Spiritual Ability User replied softly:

"Yes, Researcher. If we don’t retaliate, the military might become even more aggressive.

"They just want us dead; that is an undeniable fact.

"The way Senior Researcher Kong Nu died was extremely tragic. The dark side of the military he reported was shamelessly suppressed."

"Retaliate? How do we retaliate?"

Qin said quickly:

"The Battle Girl herself already has impressive combat capabilities, and she has all sorts of fittings. The Military is unabashedly biased toward unlimited resources for the Battle Girl.

Do you expect me to illegally mobilize a Level Spiritual Ability User? This is the D5 battle zone, and that Devil Commander can swallow me whole."

The female Spiritual Energy User said softly, "I have no intention of interfering with your thoughts."

Qin huffed, looking towards a corner where there was a transparent chamber with a boy around fifteen or sixteen inside, covered with sensors.

She hesitated, pondered, and in a few seconds reached a decision.

Qin’s tongue lightly touched her lower lip, and a charming smile appeared on her face.

"Let’s just let this go; Lv Dongjie insisted on going over there, and you all know what happened... You all leave now, I need to continue refining my thesis."

The Spiritual Ability Users rose from their places. They and the researchers quickly left with bowed heads, taking care to close the door of the laboratory behind them.

Qin turned off most of the lights in the area, unbuttoned her white lab coat, and walked with a seductive stride toward the transparent chamber in the corner.

By the time she reached the corner, she was only wearing lace lingerie. With a few simple operations at the side of the chamber, the boy inside slowly opened his eyes.

The boy’s weak voice rang out: "Qin... you’ve come to see me again..."

"How are you feeling? We’re in a new place, and I need you to do me a favor."

"I’ve been very tired lately... What do you need me to do? Just tell me, Qin."

"Sense if there are any Blade Beast Groups nearby, ideally make contact with a Mimic Blade Beast and send it a simple command."

"Mm, okay, I’ll try."

"First pinpoint the location, then I’ll turn on the directional amplifier for you."