ccnovels #276 - It's your turn, Taoist Priest
#276 - It's your turn, Taoist Priest
"Space fortresses were originally space platforms designed to facilitate the bombing of the rear areas occupied by Blade Beasts."
Fu Jian said slowly:
"In later development, because Blade Beasts have not shown the ability to enter outer space, some political factions firmly established microgravity settlements in space."
"Overall, this does not affect the development direction of our human camp."
"The space environment is not suitable for most humans."
Zhou Zhengde also realized that he had lost his composure. He nodded in response and looked at Number Five again.
Number Five looked at Wang Jixuan and asked, "Do you now understand the abilities of Pillar-level Blade Beasts?"
"So-so," Wang Jixuan smiled. "The most terrifying thing about Pillar-level Blade Beasts is the number of Blade Beasts they control, not just their individual combat power... Is that what you want to say?"
"Yes," Number Five nodded slightly. "I'll continue to show you the memories that follow, but there's no difference between these and what I told you, just more details."
Number Five snapped her fingers, and the gray cloud continued to play the scene.
Wang Jixuan sat on the sofa and observed carefully.
Number Five's memory from more than 170 years ago began to play. This time, it became something she remembered more deeply.
Several major battles with Blade Beasts;
From fighting in the space environment to the planetary ring, from planets to satellites;
The two sides used the Star Gate to constantly move. Each major battle was accompanied by the destruction of the planet's surface. Two prosperous humanoid civilizations rapidly withered in the war…
Number Five's spirit slaves became fewer and fewer;
Dark Night-type spirit practitioners continued to fall;
The core circuits of the spirit practitioners began to be destroyed by the Blade Beasts. The Pillar-level Blade Beasts were still constantly evolving around their own combat power.
Suddenly…
"Wait!"
Wang Jixuan suddenly spoke. The memory scenes displayed by Number Five were shaking.
"Rewind two scenes."
"Huh?" Number Five muttered with a frown, "Do you think I'm a player? This is a memory! I'll try."
She recalled again, carefully adjusting.
The memory scene appeared again, this time obviously clearer and with more details.
In a nearly fleeting scene, Wang Jixuan saw three black shadows and immediately asked Number Five to freeze the memory and continue recalling.
Number Five also noticed something was wrong.
This was the scene she saw, but she didn't pay attention to the details at the time.
[On a yellowish-brown rocky planet, more than a dozen Pillar-level Blade Beasts led a large number of Blade Beasts, launching attacks from the sky and the ground. There were green light spheres everywhere, which were corrosive or could explode directly. The Pillar-level Blade Beasts, which were several kilometers long, had different shapes… They all showed characteristics of resisting gravity.
They were the most perfect planetary war machines, but at this moment they turned their blades against their creators.
The Blade Beast tide surged frantically towards the row of spires in front. Spirit wielders of various races flew out of the spires and displayed various abilities. Among them were many awakened S, ordinary SS, and even awakened SS-level powerful spirit wielders, but the spirit wielders' spiritual energy was ultimately limited. The Blade Beasts used their numbers to deplete their spiritual energy.
When the spirit wielder's spiritual energy ran out and they could not retreat in time, they would be ambushed from the air and the ground. All kinds of strange-looking but powerful Blade Beasts would frantically attack the weakened spirit wielder.
Spirit practitioners? In the eyes of the Blade Beasts, they were just spirit wielders who had mastered more abilities and had stronger spiritual energy.
Pillar-level Blade Beasts advanced synchronously;
The row of spires kept retreating;
Pillar-level Blade Beasts would emit giant beams of light after a period of brewing, and the spirit practitioners had to take action at this time to resist or counterattack.
The concentration of spiritual energy on this planet was rapidly increasing due to the large number of deaths on both sides.
The number of the Blade Beast tide did not seem to decrease at all, and there seemed to be more wars in space.]
It was the upper left corner of this picture;
A scene Number Five the spirit practitioner saw when she participated in the war. Three black shadows appeared in the sky, and then a vortex appeared in the air, from which new Blade Beast groups and Pillar-level Blade Beasts flew out.
The three black shadows looked very small. In the eyes of Number Five the spirit practitioner, they were as small as sesame seeds. At this moment, Number Five carefully recalled, but could only zoom in on the blurry picture and see three blurry human figures.
"Eh?"
Number Five frowned tightly: "I didn't notice before, this is… a rebel high-level spirit slave?"
"It's unlikely to be an ordinary SS-level spirit wielder," Wang Jixuan said simply. "Two possibilities, either an awakened SS-level spirit wielder, or a spirit practitioner."
"Why?"
"Obviously, they opened the space portal."
"It's also possible that it's just coordinates," Number Five said simply. "The transmission of the Star Gate only needs a coordinate point, otherwise the universe and starry sky are so deep that the landing point is too far from the planet and can drain the spirit practitioner's spiritual energy."
Wang Jixuan asked, "Does spiritual energy, that is, spiritual energy in the air, exist on every planet?"
"How is that possible? Only a small number of planets in this star field have native spiritual energy, and they are basically the residences of our spirit practitioners."
Wang Jixuan nodded, looking at the three black shadows.
His intuition told him that this might be a truly tricky enemy, and it was likely related to the spirit practitioner civilization.
Number Five continued to play the memory.
Because she was a newly promoted spirit practitioner, even if she performed well in several battles, it would be difficult to increase her say in the spirit practitioner civilization within one or two hundred years.
Scenes flashed by, and the Blade Beasts recklessly showed their power and boundlessness.
Finally, the scene that Wang Jixuan and Fu Jian wanted to see most appeared.
The Six Spirit Practitioners gathered and were about to go to Earth.
The background of this event was that the spirit practitioners had repeatedly lost in the war with the Blade Beasts. The number of their spirit slaves had been overwhelmed by the Blade Beasts. Only more than 170 spirit practitioners were left, one-third of whom were still fleeing to the farther reaches of this star field. The remaining spirit practitioners were scattered and surrounded by the Blade Beasts.
The protracted war was too tragic. The spirit practitioners' spires were also damaged, and most of the spirit practitioners lost contact with their territories and could no longer replenish spirit slaves normally.
The Blade Beasts were not in a hurry.
They didn't know what they were planning, and surrounded the spirit practitioners on barren planets.
Through the memory scenes shown by Number Five, Wang Jixuan and the others had learned a lot of information:
[Within the spirit practitioner civilization, it was originally divided into many forces, the largest of which was the Council of the Wings of Light, which was considered the conservative establishment faction among the spirit practitioners, advocating 'the laws of the ancestors cannot be changed'.
Number Five, Wilhelmina Tuck, was originally the representative of the Dark Night Council.
The Dark Night Council belonged to the new force, focusing on 'individuality' and 'unorthodoxy', and had always been marginalized by the spirit practitioner civilization.
The radical faction force that created the Blade Beast disaster was the Council of the God of War, which was also the first spirit practitioner force to be wiped out by the Blade Beasts.
The Number One, Two, and Three Spirit Practitioners who came to Earth were the 'higher' spirit practitioners of the Council of the Wings of Light;
Number Four, Old Sophie, belonged to the non-staff reserve of the Council of the Wings of Light. She did not manage her own territory, and her main business was to be a bootlicker of the Council of the Wings of Light, wandering in different forces. To put it nicely, she was a guest, and to put it bluntly, she was 'an old aristocrat who was muddling through'.
The Number Six Spirit Practitioner came from the Council of Natural Wildness, which had a relatively small number of people and a relatively 'dovish' philosophy.]
The six of them were trapped on the same barren planet, and were intentionally driven there by the Blade Beasts from different directions. They were not very familiar with each other, but they had to unite.
So, they held a meeting.
The meeting took place on the top floor of the Number One Spirit Practitioner's spire. The six spirit practitioners who came to Earth all appeared.
Everything was unfolded from the first perspective of Number Five.
The translated name of the Number One Spirit Practitioner was [Sabina]. She was an elegant woman, looking like a human woman in her thirties or forties, with a slender figure, wearing a golden robe, and a golden halo behind her.
The Number Two Spirit Practitioner [Wanda] was an old man with white hair, wearing a white robe;
The Number Three Spirit Practitioner [Nirda Tamon] was the image of a middle-aged man, wearing armor, with a burly and strong figure, exuding a strong sense of oppression, and was recognized as one of the most powerful spirit practitioners.
The three sat behind a long golden table, with young female spirit slaves prostrating at their feet, each carefully offering their respect.
This was also the standard practice of the Wings of Light.
Old Sophie took the initiative to lean over, constantly saying words of praise, and took the opportunity to sit on the right side of the three.
The Number Three Spirit Practitioner looked at Old Sophie with dissatisfaction, but did not directly drive her away.
Number Five was more casual, calmly sitting opposite the others, not caring that she had a low table in front of her, while the three guys opposite had a long table.
Light and darkness were inherently incompatible.
The Number Six Spirit Practitioner was the last to arrive. She was a somewhat sloppy female image, looking like a young human woman in her twenties. When she spoke, she seemed to show some mental instability.
'A young shaman?'
Wang Jixuan's impression of the Number Six Spirit Practitioner was almost like this.
When the six spirit practitioners trapped on the same planet were all present, they began to discuss how to break through the encirclement. There were disputes and even mutual attacks, but in the end, they reached a consensus due to the pressure of survival.
The Council of the Wings of Light took out a secret weapon—a huge spire.
The huge spire became a giant spaceship when it entered space, with the powerful ability to jump through space.
"Then where are we going?" Number Five asked.
The answer to her was not the three 'superiors' of the Wings of Light, but the Number Six 'Shaman'.
The Number Six Spirit Practitioner first smiled gloomily, and then showed a obsessed look, and said in a low voice:
"Go to a blue planet.
"Go find the power we lost back then."
"There is a treasure, a treasure that can easily destroy Blade Beasts, and the only chance to save our civilization. Now, I have discovered its existence in ancient books. It was hidden as a secret by our civilization."
"Treasure?" Number Five was somewhat puzzled. "What do you mean?"
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Number Six said in a low voice: "A power more advanced than ours, and the origin of all core circuits."
"Indeed, there is such a place," said Number One Spirit Cultivator softly. "Our texts also correspond. This is our last hope."
Number Five nodded, not asking any more questions.
She was actually very pessimistic.
Then came the preparations. They constantly spent their resources, trying to arm the Spirit Slaves who had survived to this day, and put their spires into the sub-space slate walls that were standard equipment for the Spirit Cultivators.
A fierce breakout battle began.
The memory scenes that followed were not much different from what Wang Jixuan and the others already knew.
Through Number Five's memories, Wang Jixuan had a clear impression of the strength of the six Spirit Cultivators.
The six Spirit Cultivators engaged in a great battle with more than a dozen Pillar-level Blade Beasts;
It was a protracted battle.
Their power was constantly being consumed;
The Spirit Slaves were constantly being seriously injured;
The Spirit Cultivators began to be wounded, and their combat power became weaker and weaker.
Number Three Spirit Cultivator, wearing battle armor, was extremely brave. In a moment of crisis, he single-handedly charged into the Blade Beast horde, rushed into the body of a Pillar-level Blade Beast, and, not knowing what he did, created a violent explosion. This created a bloody path for them, and he himself fell into a coma.
In this battle, Number Five's performance was remarkable;
Number Four and Number Six's combat power was relatively mediocre;
Six small spires supplied energy to the large spire. Even if their Spirit Slaves were seriously injured, they could not escape the fate of becoming batteries. The Pillar-level Blade Beasts desperately slammed into this spire, and the six Spirit Cultivators had to join forces, using a method similar to burning their souls, to resist the impact and tear apart space.
They successfully arrived on Earth, and then were all seriously injured.
The giant spire smashed into the Earth's atmosphere. The six Spirit Cultivators simultaneously entered the slate to sleep. Number One Spirit Cultivator, in the best condition, began to coordinate the overall situation, barely allowing the spire to smash onto a huge island in the Arctic Circle.
The last scene of Number Five's experience was a series of helicopters flying towards the spire from afar.
Humans discovered them.
Accurately speaking, a certain force in the human world discovered them. Later, this force evolved into the financial backer of Biological Institute Thirteen, and began to cooperate with Number One Spirit Cultivator.
The Six Elders soon appeared.
Number Five's memories were intermittent. She was seriously injured and only occasionally woke up. Later, she overspent herself and jointly activated the hibernation circuit of the Pillar Blade Beast.
There is also a rather ironic thing here, that is...
Number One Spirit Cultivator initially chose to cultivate the Six Elders, that is, Tai Shenggang and the other six, in order to cultivate a 'high-level Spirit Slave' for each Spirit Cultivator for emergencies, so as to facilitate the recovery of their strength.
However, later, as Number Two and Number Three Spirit Cultivators awakened, the control concept in the bones of the Bright Wings Council Court reappeared, and Number Four, Number Five, and Number Six Spirit Cultivators were simultaneously ostracized.
Number Five hid in the snow mountain;
Number Four, Old Sophie, more than fifty years ago, during the chaos of the Spiritual Energy War, actively controlled several Spirit Slaves, exposing her sub-space slate to Fu Jian's eyes, and was brought back by Fu Jian.
The things that followed all corresponded.
Throughout the entire process, it seemed that only Old Sophie was lying.
The three Spirit Cultivators of the Bright Wings Council Court, and Number Five of the Dark Night Council Court, all had their own pride in their bones, and would not deliberately lie to what they considered a primitive civilization [Earth Human Aborigines].
"Alright."
Number Five waved her hand wearily, dispersing the gray clouds in front of her.
"My sincerity has been shown. Is there anything you want to ask?"
Wang Jixuan stroked his chin and muttered: "In your memory, there is not much information about Number Six."
"I didn't have much interaction with her in the first place."
Gao Huating timidly raised her hand.
Wang Jixuan asked: "What's wrong?"
"That," Gao Huating said in a low voice, "that is, there is a voice in my heart. She is saying... how did they rot to this point... She asked me to help scold Weir Emina Tuck a few words."
Number Five snorted and turned her head to look at the window.
Proud as she was, she didn't refute.
Wang Daoshi looked at Fu Jian, and Fu Jian said in a deep voice: "This piece of information is very valuable. We must modify some response plans to deal with the Pillar-level Blade Beasts."
"I'm actually more worried about what's hidden behind the Pillar-level Blade Beasts."
Wang Jixuan folded his arms and groaned softly.
It seems that I can only take a gamble.
Time waits for no one.
He can only trust Number Five now, and try his best to help Number Five recover some strength, so that she can at least stand up and hold on for a while, giving himself more time to develop.
As for the War Puppet...
Without the Demonic Qi environment of the Snow Mountain Base, it would be difficult for the War Puppet to even fight an SS-level, and there is no way to improve its strength too much in a short period of time.
"Let's go to your spire. My War Puppet and my main body will go in together to help you heal."
Number Five obviously breathed a sigh of relief.
The feeling of being controlled by others is really uncomfortable, especially being controlled by this mysterious guy who doesn't listen to reason.
But well...
"Wait a minute!"
The corners of Number Five's mouth rose wildly:
"You've seen my memories, what about your memories! Take out the memories of you wearing open-crotch pants in public! Black Storm!"
Everyone here, including Fu Jian, had their eyes become bright.
They actually know a lot about the Blade Beasts and Spirit Cultivators. Number Five's memory is to intersperse these pieces of information and confirm each other.
But they know nothing about Wang Jixuan.
Wang Daoshi:...
Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate!
Didn't get away with it.