PFC Chapter 7279 Manpower Mobilization
Chapter 7279 Manpower Mobilization
Chapter 7279 Manpower Mobilization
Jiang Guang's idea was truly a stroke of genius. He wasn't exactly a smart person, and he relied on super strength and the Heavenly Demon Disintegration technique to solve problems with a lot of noise, so his brain was basically just an ornament.
But Bai Wang's actions this time were so extraordinary that they managed to reactivate the brain of someone like Jiang Guang, who had turned his brain into muscle.
After all, one of the fundamental principles of the Binshi Demon God is that the Demon God will devour the former self and will. This can be said to be the basic setting of the Binshi Feast, which is why no one had considered directly merging with the Demon God before, because merging with the Demon God would mean that one would also be corrupted.
Bai Wang's actions completely awakened Jiang Guang, a veteran—in terms of strength, the will of the corpse offering ritual was not even at the limit of will. If he were to find someone at the limit of will to fight against the other party, at most it would be like swimming in a cesspool, which would be disgusting, but he would not drown.
With this foundation, looking at Zhao Ying again, isn't she definitely a candidate for the Demon King?
As for how he became the Demon King, that's not important. What's important is that Zhao Ying will definitely not be swallowed by the Demon God's will. Then Zhao Ying can play the role of the Corpse Demon God. And as long as he infiltrates the Yunmeng Demon God's group, Zhao Ying will be a high-level Demon God with self-awareness, and naturally he can command other Demon Gods. In this way, wouldn't the Battle of Qingzhou be able to be replicated?
There exists a demon god in the opposite Yunmeng who has gained self-awareness. Heh, his self-awareness is clearer than Zhao Ying's. Since it is not as clear as Zhao Ying's, then Zhao Ying is the king, and the others are just guards!
"Shall we try?" Jiang Guang asked excitedly, his eyes shining. He saw hope. As an ordinary person, he was very satisfied with his current life, but if he could get a human rights card, he would be even more satisfied. So, why not take a chance?
"Let's do it!" Zhao Ying said succinctly. Why not do it? The potential profits and benefits are immense. If it succeeds, we're guaranteed to become a marquis!
Do you understand what it means to bring glory to one's ancestors? Do you understand what it means to be born in the countryside and yet live a life of honor?
As for the danger, Zhao Ying didn't take it seriously at all. With his combat power and seven pets at his disposal, even if the demon god discovered him, he could still stand out. In terms of combat power, he couldn't compare to the top gods of the Han Dynasty, but in terms of survivability, he was T0 among the gods.
After all, continuous combat requires a lot of energy, physical strength and endurance. Killing and absorbing can greatly prolong one's own energy, physical strength and endurance by extracting the opponent's essence and spirit. In addition, breaking the limit of will can ensure that one can maintain a relative peak at any time. Even if Zhao Yingzhen has an accident, the seven demon god babies can buy time and run away.
Surely the demon god hasn't evolved to the point where he can set traps to lure Zhao Ying. If the demon god really has developed to that extent, Zhao Ying would accept his fate. Besides, when it comes to making achievements, one shouldn't be prepared to die in battle!
"I've thought about it carefully, and you really are the most suitable, more suitable than any other veteran I know. They either can't separate their will, or they can't bear the fusion of the demon god, or they lack recovery ability, or they lack combat power. Only you are very well-rounded." Jiang Guang said with a hint of regret. To be honest, Jiang Guang himself wanted to go, but he couldn't. His stats were good enough, but he lacked Zhao Ying's mechanics. Although Zhao Ying was actually a stat monster, her mechanics were also quite good.
Even if such miraculous treatment methods were only available to a few dozen veterans of the entire Han Dynasty, wouldn't you say that's top-tier medical ability?
With such a large gash, as long as the opponent has enough life force, they can make you recover quickly. Tell me how strong that is. As for the weakness of being stabbed to death, that's not Zhao Ying's weakness, it's your weakness!
"I need to upgrade all my demon gods to the eighth level." Zhao Ying made the request directly. Recently, he has mainly captured seventh-level demon gods. Eighth-level demon gods are too difficult to deal with. Even if Zhao Ying captures them, it is troublesome. Moreover, the eighth-level demon gods that he can currently access may have the second stage. Therefore, Zhao Ying generally does not provoke demon gods when he is fighting them alone.
As per Chen Xi's request, to annihilate the Eightfold Demon God, two people must be sent together: one with strong survivability and the other with strong combat ability, to ensure that they can return in case of any unforeseen circumstances.
This is why, despite the passage of time, neither the veterans of the Han Dynasty nor the Romans suffered any losses when they were exterminating the demons.
“Okay, I’ll submit an application to bring Huang Ge along, and then have Yang Si assign us to a team. We’ll work together to wipe out those tough Eighth-Level Demon Gods.” Jiang Guang said in a deep voice. He understood Zhao Ying’s idea, as this matter was indeed very dangerous.
Top-tier veterans like Jiang Guang, Zhao Ying, and Zhang Huang are generally not assigned to missions together for the sake of combat strength and efficiency. After all, theoretically, these people are capable of soloing an Eightfold Demon God, so assigning them together would be safer but not very meaningful.
Theoretically, a demon god capable of killing Jiang Guang and being unable to retreat would still suffer heavy losses even if three veterans of Jiang Guang's caliber were to go.
Jiang Guang took Zhao Ying to the mission office to wait for Zhang Huang to return, while Huang Tao, Bai Wang, and Zhang Yue were reporting to Chen Xi. By the time Bai Wang and Zhang Yue arrived, Huang Tao had already finished his report and even told Chen Xi all his speculations.
"In other words, you believe that the two so-called Yunmeng Demon Gods with command abilities are actually still without intelligence, but were awakened by external intelligence. The Gongjia you are facing should not have command abilities, but it does now. This is not something that can be understood naturally upon waking up, so you judge it to be the Dao Erosion of the Demon Master?" Chen Xi's expression was somewhat unpleasant.
“Well, I have retained some of the power left by my grandson, so I can barely manifest the former self of the Demon God through the oath. At this time, the other party’s identity cannot be faked, which means that the other party is indeed from the Chu Palace or the Wu region’s imperial guards. It is basically impossible for someone with such a background to command an army of this size.” Huang Tao quickly told what he knew.
"Is there anything else?" Chen Xi composed herself and asked again.
"When I was withdrawing, I encountered a Binzi Demon God with the abilities of a Ruishi." Huang Tao directly recounted the absurd situation he had witnessed. Upon hearing this, Chen Xi's expression became somewhat tense. After all, the more one learned about Ruishi, the more insane they seemed.
The problem is that no matter how crazy it is, the Ruishi was only invented a few decades ago, especially the Zangshen Ruishi, which is Duan Jiong's most classic design. It is truly powerful. Of course, this is under the premise of not understanding the Binshi Feast Ritual. Now that Chen Xi knows about the Binshi Feast Ritual, the Zangshen Ruishi is almost completely shut down.
Go sit at the same table as the Southern Army. Damn it, I always felt something was strange back then. Why did I build such thick armor and have such amazing logistics, yet the elite soldiers could catch up with the shield guards in actual battlefield performance with just a broken sword? So the Tibetan elite soldiers are just zombies? Damn it!
"So, you mean, an extraordinary person?" Chen Xi was silent for a moment before understanding Huang Tao's meaning.
"Based on our estimation, that should be the case, because there's no other explanation besides that. Besides, if the Demon Master Jin Si can come, then the Extraordinary People should be able to as well." Huang Tao nodded and stated his conjecture. "Actually, it's already quite strange that there aren't many ferocious beasts with special talents appearing in various parts of the Han Dynasty. It can only be said that they are indeed very well controlled."
Chen Xi listened to Huang Tao's flattery, glanced at him with a half-smile, and said that Huang Tao had worked hard and should go and rest first, as there were still tasks for Huang Tao to handle later.
"Lord Chen, Bai Wang and Zhang Yue request an audience," Qing Mang said as she entered and bowed to Chen Xi.
"The two of them, alright, we still have some time, let's see what they want?" Chen Xi, who was adjusting, heard Qing Mang's words and thought that there was still some time, plus he was also curious about what Bai Wang and Zhang Yue wanted, so he invited them in.
"Lord Chen," Bai Wang and Zhang Yue bowed respectfully.
"What's going on in Yunmeng now?" Chen Xi asked gently.
“We encountered the Ruishi version of the Demon God in Yunmeng,” Bai Wang said in a deep voice. “Moreover, during the fight, I could clearly feel that the Demon God was absorbing the Ruishi’s basic structure and optimizing itself. Its slashes became more powerful, and the added divine intent became sharper.”
Chen Xi felt a headache after hearing this. He had already had a headache when Huang Tao mentioned it before, but it became even more of a headache when Bai Wang brought it up. Before, Chen Xi thought it was just about absorbing the talents of the aliens, but after Bai Wang said this, Chen Xi understood that the Rui Shi, as something that was basically the same as the Bin Shi, would be instinctively borrowed by the demon god after it acquired the Rui Shi's talents.
Just like Huangfu Song and Perennis believed during the War of the North, the talents of the superhumans are actually worth learning from, especially if the similarity between the two is very high. One can try to develop one's own talents in the direction of the superhumans and thus gain greater possibilities.
What's happening now is that the Corpse Offering has borrowed from the Warrior's Hidden God and optimized its own talent structure. How can I put it? It's simply defying the heavens!
After all, even Chen Xi knew what the biggest weakness of the Rui Shi was, but the Rui Shi version of the Bing Shi Demon God directly eliminated all the weaknesses of the Rui Shi. It is definitely the strongest and most heaven-defying talent structure in history. Its superb level is heading straight for infinite variation!
"I'll have someone assess that. Is there anything else you two need?" Chen Xi replied with a smile, but to be honest, just thinking about how the Binshi Demon God would naturally develop in the direction of the Hidden God after coming into contact with the Ruishi's Hidden God made Chen Xi a little nervous.
"Nothing much, just came to report to you," Bai Wang said in a deep voice. He didn't want to think about anything related to humanity anymore.
"Hmm, have you already realized that the Hidden God and the Corpse Offering Ritual are related?" Chen Xi sighed as he looked at Bai Wang. This possibility might not exist for ordinary elite soldiers, but for someone of Bai Wang's level, he should have realized it by now.
“Yes, the Hidden God is actually a targeted optimization version of the Demon God that Sun Tzu used to control with an oath.” Bai Wang said with a sigh. Chen Xi compared it in his mind and nodded.
"What do you think about this?" Chen Xi asked with a hint of regret. He hadn't thought about it this way before, but as the top elite warriors grew up to the point where they could break free of the Hidden God's restraints and release their sword intent, Chen Xi became aware of the problem.
“Sword intent is a very useful weapon.” Bai Wang thought for a moment and said. Compared to feeling sorry for himself and then being caught by Zhao Ying and turned into a powerful demon god, Bai Wang felt that his current life was pretty good.
"Don't worry, Lord Chen. General Duan's hidden spirit has a big problem, but to break free from the bondage of the oath on his own, he needs to break through the limits of his will. Once he breaks through the limits of his will, facing the demon god, it's not an overwhelming advantage, but unless he doesn't want to live, the demon god can't possibly retaliate." Bai Wang explained a bit. He could talk about philosophy and life with Zhao Ying, and then get his defenses broken by Zhao Ying, but faced with Chen Xi's concern, Bai Wang felt that he still had to act like a human being.
"That's a good way of thinking. Actually, I've been paying close attention to all the Dacheng Ruishi members. I was just worried about your mindset." Chen Xi nodded with a smile.
Only eight elite warriors would encounter this problem. The hundreds of elite warriors at Weiyang Palace, although they had also raised the sword spirit, could not break the underlying oath of the Hidden God, so the sword spirit could not be released. When they died, the demon god also perished.
Therefore, there is absolutely no need to consider the situation of those old people in Weiyang Palace.
The only ones who might actually cause problems are the eight Great Masters. The problem is that seven of these eight are lunatics who don't care what sword thought is. Only Bai Wang is always thinking about all sorts of things.
So after the grand martial arts competition, Liu Bei realized what the Hidden God was and specifically instructed Chen Xi to keep an eye on Bai Wang. If Bai Wang ever went to extremes, Chen Xi should recite his own scriptures to Bai Wang. As long as Bai Wang did not self-destruct, the terrifying demon god of the Rui Shi version would not be born.
After all, Liu Bei was very confident in himself. He personally recited scriptures to Bai Wang, so how could Bai Wang not listen? Bai Wang had also eaten dirt before.
"Thank you for your concern, Lord Chen." Bai Wang was stunned for a moment. He really didn't expect Chen Xi to pay attention to him, and even to remind him. Although because of that brat Zhao Ying, Bai Wang had no philosophical or self-reflection thoughts at all. All he had was the thought of taking out his sword and unleashing his power. But Bai Wang was still quite excited by Chen Xi's words.
"It was Lord Xuande who told me to keep an eye on you. He said we don't need to pay attention to the other seven, but you're the one who likes to overthink things," Chen Xi added, seeing Bai Wang's reaction.
"I'm sorry to trouble Prince Jin and Marquis Chen." Bai Wang said with a dry laugh. He knew what the situation was with the other seven, so he could understand. After all, they were all mindless abstract writers. They just needed to take off with super power. What did they need to do? I'll just strike you down with my sword and you'll die, and your sword spirit will die too!
After all, Han Duan killed Jian Nian and then created two of them...
Damn, Han Duan is a demon god!
"Um, Lord Chen, do you know anything about Han Duan's situation?" Bai Wang asked tentatively.
"Just like you, Han Duan has been wielding his sword and killing indiscriminately lately." Chen Xi said calmly. With his double-edged sword, Han Duan was pretending to be a veteran from the Right Army Commandery. In Chen Xi's opinion, there was no problem with that.
"We cracked Han Duan's sword spirit before the New Year, and then raised two more." Bai Wang said with a dry laugh. He didn't think there was anything wrong with it when he did it, and thought it was a normal operation. But now that he knows the true nature of the Hidden God, Bai Wang also feels that he, He Zhen and Han Duan are indeed outrageous.
"I..." Chen Xi was silent for a while, then pointed to the door and told Bai Wang and Zhang Yue to get lost. What do you mean by interrupting the sword thought and then raising two? You don't actually think that having two swords can raise two demon gods, do you? The underlying design of the sacrificial ceremony is not like this, and of course, the underlying design of the hidden god is not like this either. A person can only raise one demon god!
Bai Wang and Zhang Yue slunk away.
"Qingyang!" After chasing Bai Wang and Zhang Yue away, Chen Xi called out to the outside, and Qingyang quickly ran in.
"Send a message to Chang'an and ask the General to come over as well. I can't be sure about the issues with the Demon Master Jin Si and the Strange Man, but Old Man Huangfu definitely has a solution. Let him come," Chen Xi said with a gloomy expression.
Back when the Demon Master Jin Si swept across the entire territory, the Han Dynasty used the sacrifice of the Southern Dipper to eliminate the Demon Master Jin Si from the core area of the Han Dynasty. Then, they quickly organized Zhu Jun to wipe out any intelligent creatures that might appear in various places. However, considering the superposition of the small world, the Demon Master Jin Si, and the aliens, Chen Xi could not predict what kind of monster the demon god of Yunmeng would be now.
In particular, the speculation proposed by Huang Tao, to be honest, requires Huangfu Song to verify. Chen Xi is not sure whether others understand Perennis, but Huangfu Song definitely does.
"And this strange person, how did he end up in Yunmeng? What's going on with the Kushan Empire?" Chen Xi asked with some doubt. Although he couldn't be sure if the Kushan Empire was behind it, he decided to pin the blame on them for now. After all, with humanity collectively suffering from the curse of the world consciousness and the Han Dynasty still thriving, the Kushan Empire had a high chance of successfully helping the world consciousness to sabotage things!
However, how exactly this is done is debatable, but I'll make a note of it first.
"How are General Guan's preparations going?" Chen Xi asked Qingyang, who had come to report again. Regardless of Yunmeng's current situation, a small battle was necessary to determine how a large-scale army would fare against the main force of the Demon God.
"Preparations are complete. The Roman core has also changed into their uniforms and joined the battle, ready to launch an attack at dawn." Qingyang quickly gave the reply, and Chen Xi nodded in response.
I'm lying here, please cast a vote! This is too tragic!
(End of this chapter)