ccnovels #337 - Saber Commander
#337 - Saber Commander
"Report! The City of Psionics is retreating to the second line of defense!"
"Strong energy reactions detected within the City of Psionics!"
"Psionic energy release commencing!"
The shouts in the command center, coupled with the light and shadows on the main screen, painted a vivid picture of the fierce battle at the front lines.
The all-out war for the City of Psionics had entered a high-intensity phase.
The Bladebeast tide advanced relentlessly, with psionicists stepping forward one after another to act as reefs against the surging waves, either exhausting their strength before successfully retreating, or being swallowed by the Bladebeast swarm.
Even before the King-class Bladebeasts made their appearance, the first line of defense of the City of Psionics had already been declared lost.
The organizational structure of the war front and the fighting will of the psionicists had become the City of Psionics' Achilles' heel.
Fortunately, the Spirit Cultivators intervened once again, unleashing a powerful shockwave from the Sphere of Silence area, vaporizing large swathes of Bladebeasts surrounding the City of Psionics. The psionicists reclaimed their lost ground.
A protracted stalemate ensued between the two sides.
Pseudo-Spirit Slaves, intermingled with the Bladebeast swarm, slipped through the human military's supporting fire lines, posing a significant threat to the True Spirit Slaves.
Space fortresses continuously rained down dense light beams, while emerald green orbs rose from the ground, detonating in mid-air.
The Pterodragon swarms blotted out the sky;
Human fighter squadrons continuously ceded airspace.
The command channel, which had previously been filled with complaints about the Spirit Cultivators and psionicists, was now reduced to brief, accurate information exchanges.
Wangji Xuanyuan, even at the D2 border, could feel the sense of urgency.
He began to ponder how long the Nine Integrated War Zones of humanity could withstand the rampaging Bladebeast tide if the City of Psionics fell.
The answer was not optimistic.
"Chief," Mudan asked, "are the Spirit Cultivators going to abandon the City of Psionics?"
"Possibly," Wangji Xuanyuan tapped his temple, "but it's more likely that they are still observing. The recovery rate of the Spirit Cultivators' strength is closely related to the number of Spirit Slaves they control. They painstakingly built an army of Spirit Slaves on Earth…"
The Daoist's words abruptly stopped.
A strong radiance suddenly appeared on the screen, covering the entire area of the first and second lines of defense of the City of Psionics.
It was Wanda, the white-robed elder, who had struck again!
The light shone upon the psionicists, as if injecting them with stimulants. Their combat power suddenly surged, and they entered a frenzied state, launching fierce attacks against the seemingly endless Bladebeast tide.
When the psionicists constantly retreated out of fear, shrinking back and conserving their strength, the entire battle line was prone to collapse;
When the battle line collapsed, many psionicists would be directly submerged by the Bladebeast tide before they could even exert thirty percent of their power;
But when the psionicists fought to the death across the board;
Although it didn't allow them to unleash power that didn't belong to them, it allowed them to fully exert their strength, and the rotation mechanism between front and rear positions could also play its role.
The battlefield actually stabilized.
High-level psionicists roared constantly, their diverse abilities dazzling to behold.
The Bladebeast tide, which was about to break through the second line of defense, began to steadily retreat.
From all directions, tens of thousands of mid-level psionicists joined the battle!
The psionicists began to try to reclaim their lost ground!
At this moment, the human side's long-range fire support began to arrive, and large squadrons of bombers appeared in the sky. The fighter squadrons, which had previously been entangled with the flying Bladebeasts, suddenly began to launch fierce attacks.
After a fierce battle for half an hour, the first line of defense was actually retaken by the City of Psionics.
The price for this was…
Second Spirit Cultivator Wanda was now sitting on the round platform directly above the Sphere of Silence, beginning to directly absorb the psionic energy from the dozen or so Spirit Slaves kneeling below.
Wanda's methods were sustainable;
Although the psionicists were still somewhat timid, they were not lacking in fighting spirit at this moment.
"Chief," Mudan reminded, "the Six Elders are requesting a communication with Commander-in-Chief Fu Jian."
"Hmm? Let's see."
Daoist Wang immediately went from slouching to sitting upright, as if others could see him.
In the projection screen in front, the Six Elders appeared in sync, glaring outwards with black faces.
The six old men seemed to want to glare Fu Jian to death.
Fu Jian's steady voice came through: "Our side is already doing everything possible to provide support. Does your department have any further instructions?"
"Fu Jian!"
Two of the old men were exasperated:
"Let us out! This war needs us! Their King-class Bladebeast swarm is about to attack! Without us six SS-levels, the battle line cannot be defended!"
"Our conflict is an internal conflict! Now we need to fight the Bladebeasts!"
"Fu Jian, if you do this, we will report you to the War Alliance, we will report you to the Interstellar Court!"
In front of the big screen, Wangji Xuanyuan couldn't help but look at Mudan: "Is there an Interstellar Court?"
"The Spirit Cultivation civilization must have one," Mudan was also unsure.
Fu Jian was in the General Command at this moment, and he had to be careful with every word and action, unable to directly open his mouth to mock them.
Therefore, he raised his hand and made a gesture, and Dongfang Zhenghong, who was by his side, took a step forward.
The commander Dongfang was somewhat thinner than he had been nine months ago, his eyes as sharp as an eagle, his voice as loud as a bell, and he roared:
"You can't stand it after being besieged for the first time?
"We in the Nine Integrated War Zones have been facing Bladebeast sieges for decades, even centuries! Every time we requested assistance from you, how arrogant and how slow were you! When have you ever sent out your core forces!
"Now we are already doing our best to support you! You actually dare to make demands!"
Fu Jian slightly raised his hand, and Dongfang Zhenghong saluted and retreated.
On the Six Elders' side, Tai Shenggang, the most composed of them all, simply nodded slightly at this moment.
Tai Shenggang said: "The current situation is indeed unfavorable to us, Fu Jian, what kind of conditions do you need to allow the six of us to participate in this war?"
"Letting the Bladebeasts reach you will have more tactical effect than you going out."
Fu Jian said indifferently:
"You once committed the crime of attempting to subvert humanity. If I allow you to leave your prison in this war, what awaits humanity will be a danger second only to the Bladebeast disaster."
"This is my bottom line."
"The lethality of you six is not as good as a squadron of bombers. Our weapon performance has improved a lot compared to fifty years ago."
"Don't make such meaningless calls anymore."
"Fu Jian!"
"Fu Jian, do you want to be a sinner of humanity!"
"If the City of Psionics falls today because you are restricting us six, you will have to apologize to humanity! You will have to apologize!"
"Fu Jian!"
Whoosh.
Light and shadows flickered on the big screen, and the call was already disconnected.
Fu Jian turned around calmly and continued to observe the battle situation, issuing some simple instructions from time to time.
"Commander-in-Chief! Two small groups of Bladebeasts have begun attacking the civilian evacuation通道!"
The atmosphere in the command center became stagnant again.
Fu Jian also frowned slightly.
On the big screen in front of him, rows of special amphibious vehicles, countless old-fashioned flying vehicles, were speeding across the ice plains, constantly rushing towards the distance.
This was a spectacular sight that could only be created by combining the transportation capacity of the Nine Integrated War Zones and the City of Psionics.
Clearly, the Bladebeasts had previously chosen to avoid this area. They deliberately avoided overly stimulating the human military, and also wanted to exploit the conflict between the military and the City of Psionics.
No matter how many civilians there were, they posed no danger to the Bladebeasts.
But now…
The Bladebeasts' frontal offensive had been frustrated, and they suddenly began to turn their guns around.
The flying vehicles above were fine, as the flying Bladebeasts could not reach this airspace for the time being; but the convoy displayed on the big screen was likely doomed.
Fu Jian said: "Provide fire support as much as possible."
"Yes!"
At Wangji Xuanyuan's location.
The Daoist pondered slightly, then suddenly stood up.
If it was to save these civilians, he could do something.
The Bladebeast's body could be put to good use.
… …
Controlling humans with a different soul and controlling Bladebeasts with a different soul were completely different concepts.
When Wangji Xuanyuan played with war puppets before, as long as he slightly adapted to the 'height' and 'sense of power', he could easily control the war puppet, and there was no lag between switching his mind between the war puppet and his main body.
But when he controlled Gari Nore with a different soul…
In an instant, it felt like he had grown a dozen more eyeballs, had a bunch more limbs, his internal organs had completely failed, and there was a huge stone in his abdomen.
If he did this too many times, Wangji Xuanyuan was afraid that he would become a mental case, and even his Dao heart might be contaminated!
Having had the previous experience, Wangji Xuanyuan was now familiar with the road, and his different soul directly opened Old Sophie's core circuit, shielded his own position, and successfully accessed Gari Nore's communication network.
Simple syllables that were constantly repeated were passed back and forth.
Wangji Xuanyuan carefully accepted it for a while, and was immediately overwhelmed by the massive amount of information.
The density of information processed by Gari Nore per second far exceeded that of the human brain.
These seven Gari Nore did not pay attention to him, this new worm.
They were commanding a large number of Bladebeast swarms to attack forward. This scale of battle required at least four Gari Nore to ensure that the entire Bladebeast swarm remained synchronized and coordinated.
What to do next?
Directly make a request, asking them not to attack those civilians?
What is the position of 'Eighth Gari Nore' when it speaks? Gari Nore's logic and way of thinking are just different from humans, but they are not stupid. As soon as he asks for mercy, wouldn't that be exposing himself?
Find a way to fool them, analyzing that letting these civilians go is more beneficial to the Bladebeasts?
That doesn't make sense either.
The main reason is that it is impossible to explain why 'Eighth Gari Nore' wants to protect humans.
Hmm… I've got it.
Wangji Xuanyuan quickly came up with a countermeasure and began to transmit information, a piece of information that began to be constantly repeated.
[I'm here to take revenge on humans.]
[I'm here to take revenge on humans.] * 7 (omitted below)
A Gari Nore gave a response:
【Maintaining calm judgment is the prerequisite for us, the leading Blade Beasts, to offer advice to the Beast God.】
Wang Ji Xuan: 【I want to vent.】
【Understood.】
【We will teach you how to conduct battlefield command.】
Dense information flooded into Wang Ji Xuan's alien soul, causing his physical body to twitch a few times.
If he hadn't already formed his Golden Core and nurtured his nascent soul within it, he might have been overwhelmed into idiocy by this torrent of information.
Daoist Wang didn't dare delay and forcibly absorbed the information, treating it as if he were cultivating a new kind of术法.
Many things within it couldn't be understood according to his logical thinking;
But when Wang Ji Xuan followed the instructions and simplified them into a few steps, he instantly saw a glowing field.
Seven illusory figures sat at the edge of the field, watching the luminous pillars rising from it.
Wang Ji Xuan quickly understood.
This field was the entire battlefield environment depicted by the Blade Beast clan. All the information captured by the Blade Beasts, from low-level basic Blade Beasts to King-level Blade Beasts, was integrated into this field.
The thick pillars of light represented the Overlord-level and King-level Blade Beasts;
At the very center of the field was a gloomy space, which was the encirclement area of the Blade Beasts, the Spirit Energy Capital.
Wang Ji Xuan looked down at his own illusory figure and found it was no different from the seven anthropomorphic Carano figures, so he boldly stepped forward and sat at the edge.
He stared at the field for a few moments and quickly focused his gaze on a corner area.
With a slight mental shift, following the method taught by the Caranos, Wang Ji Xuan quietly floated above this location, concentrating and observing.
Whoosh!
Countless perspectives suddenly appeared before Wang Ji Xuan.
All the Blade Beasts were vying to share their perspectives with him.
He instinctively wanted to vomit, and his body showed a self-protective reaction, but he relied on his magic power to protect his physical body and forcibly suppressed this instinctive reaction.
Setting limits and pinpointing his target, Wang Ji Xuan only stared at the largest pillar of light in this area, which was a King-level Blade Beast lurking underground.
This time, the perspective transition was finally complete.
At this moment, Wang Ji Xuan's physical body controlled the alien soul, used the alien soul to control the Carano's body, and used the Carano's body to enter this Blade Beast command network…
After going through such a roundabout process that his thinking almost lagged, he was finally able to play a small role.
The Blade Beast swarm was already attacking the escape route.
The blade limbs of the Blade Beasts were raised, and under the urging of the command issued 'autonomously' by this King-level Blade Beast, they were about to kill all human individuals.
— Caranos couldn't maintain battlefield micro-management either. The order to attack the human life channel was issued by this King-level Blade Beast.
【Stop!】
The pillar of light representing the King-level Blade Beast flickered slightly, and the Blade Beasts that were about to rush into the human camp suddenly slammed on the brakes on the surface and underground, hovering around in a daze.
Wang Ji Xuan suddenly felt the gaze from the side.
The seven Caranos were watching him.
【Do not kill them.】
Wang Ji Xuan issued the order, and the seven Caranos began to repeat the order, and the information began to flow smoothly.
The Daoist was very calm;
He was just trying. At worst, he would be exposed, and then he would just run away.
At this moment, Wang Ji Xuan recalled Zheng Shi Duo's mental state.
He simply imitated it:
【Drive them away, scare them, torment their spirits, and let their bodies properly endure the pain of impending death and inability to die! Use your mouthparts to slowly breathe on them, make them tremble, make them cry! Hahaha! I want to see this scene through your mouth membranes! Drive them away! I want to see the fear on their faces! I like this fear!】
The seven Carano illusory figures next to him: …
The simple-minded Blade Beasts had already begun to execute the order.
Then, the human side was surprised to find a somewhat bizarre scene on the battlefield.
These two small groups of Blade Beasts that had rushed to the vicinity of the Spirit Energy Capital's southward life channel, after suffering huge casualties, rushed to the ice plain 'highway' marked by their ruts and began to…
…strike poses at the vehicles with no ability to resist.
“Ha.”
“Mommy!” The child in the car window screamed.
A large number of convoys desperately accelerated, and the Blade Beasts kept jumping beside the highway, waving their blade limbs, showing their mouthparts and sharp teeth, as if they were performing a shamanic dance…
And in the Carano's command center.
Wang Ji Xuan was forced to act crazy, and the illusory figure representing him kept laughing wildly.
The seven Caranos next to him briefly exchanged opinions.
【He seems to be more cruel than us. This is a cruel, mental pollution-style attack.】
【Poor little thing, I really don't know what humans did to him to make him so angry.】
【Let him vent.】
【This child is too pitiful. Let him play by himself. He has very good talent to learn command in such a short time.】
【Force the Spirit Cultivators out.】