xymnovel Chapter 7302 Impact
Chapter 7302 Impact
Chapter 7302 Impact
When Ma Ye reported Zhao Yingxin's tactics to Chen Xi, Chen Xi was reviewing the materials sent by Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang. As things stand, the situation in Xuzhou is troublesome, but not insignificant either. After all, feudal times have their own solutions.
"So, Zhao Ying discovered that as long as one's willpower breaks through its limits, one can don the Demon God's robes and then fight the Demon God one-on-one without being hindered by other Demon Gods, and the Demon God's command hasn't reacted to this matter?" Chen Xi asked with some curiosity. If that's the case, it's a good thing, which means that buying time can help resolve the Yunmeng Demon God.
"Yes, we are currently trying to do the same with those newly promoted willpower breakthroughs, so I'm reporting to you first," Ma Ye said calmly.
"Let's proceed according to your plan for now, there's no rush." Chen Xi nodded. Just from Ma Ye's words, Chen Xi knew that Jiang Guang and the others had probably already tried it with the newbies and were only informing Chen Xi after they had accurate results. However, this was in line with their cautious attitude towards important matters.
No matter what, this group of people shouldn't have given Chen Xi false hope.
"Are there any problems that are difficult to solve right now?" Chen Xi put the file aside and asked with a serious expression. The matter in Xuzhou required Chen Xi to devote some of his energy to dealing with it, so he was paying less attention to dealing with the Cloud Dream Demon God than before.
Fortunately, whether it was Zhou Yu, Guan Yu, or those top veterans, they were all excellent comrades-in-arms, and they were all using their own methods to help Chen Xi solve the problems at hand.
"The biggest problem right now is that even though I've reached the limit of willpower, the corrosive power of the demon god still exists. If I wear the demon god on my body for a long time, there will be an assimilation problem, and my skin will fuse with the demon god. This problem is quite bad," Ma Ye said with a headache.
Although Jiang Guang's group was corrupted after donning the Demon God's robes, Ma Ye didn't think it was a serious problem. Just like Jiang Guang and Ba Xiu had shown before, it was just an extra layer of fleshy growths. Like rubbing off mud, you could rub it a couple of times and it would fall off.
In reality, most veterans' basic abilities are not as exaggerated as Jiang Guang and Ba Xiu's. After killing another demon god while wearing the demon god's robes, it's no longer a matter of growing flesh buds on their bodies, but rather a certain degree of fusion. Shedding the demon god's robes is also quite difficult for veterans wearing the demon god's robes, and they may even suffer some injuries in the process.
"I see. So, if one's willpower is strong enough, one can ignore pollution, but if one's physical constitution is strong enough, one can withstand continuous pollution without being mutated?" Chen Xi stroked his chin thoughtfully. This situation did fit Chen Xi's understanding. However, if that's the case, then there's no way to expect to eliminate demons on a large scale every day.
If every veteran with a broken will could don the Demon God's coat and then engage in one-on-one battles with mindless demon gods, the Han Dynasty's current main force could kill at least two or three hundred demon gods a day. After all, this operation was to lure the demon gods over and swarm them to kill them, rather than searching for wandering demon gods in the Cloud Dream for one-on-one battles. The efficiency would definitely be greatly improved.
If two or three hundred demon gods can be annihilated every day, then at this rate, the Yunmeng demon gods will be wiped out this month. If this can be resolved, Chen Xi feels that he can shift his attention entirely to Xuzhou, since the situation there is indeed very serious.
Unlike the cases in Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Situ, this time Chen Xi had crossed a line. He had to carry out a massive crackdown to teach these people what they could and couldn't do. Chen Xi didn't care about making money, but if you harmed people to the point of causing widespread suffering, then don't blame Chen Xi for making it impossible for you to survive either.
"From what I've seen so far, for those who have reached the sixth level of fusion, as long as they have the willpower to break through their limits and don the Demon God's Robe, the danger isn't too high. We tested it with Anling, and it wasn't too serious." Ma Ye gestured briefly to show that they had indeed conducted the test.
“Anling.” Chen Xi nodded. The youngest veteran among the six ranks. In the past, everyone called Anling “An Gouzi”, but now they mostly call him by his name properly, since An Gouzi has really made something of himself.
"Well, Anling himself achieved the limit of willpower thanks to your manipulation. With that foundation, combined with his own basic qualities, he wore the demon god's coat and slowly wore down a demon god without suffering too much damage." Ma Ye used his atmospheric manipulation to create a scene from his memory in front of Chen Xi, in which Anling's skin was peeled off, leaving Chen Xi speechless. This was what he called not suffering too much damage? His whole body was covered in blood, and he still called not suffering too much damage?
“Actually, it’s not serious at all.” Ma Ye quickly explained, “These are all superficial injuries. In addition, everyone has a super-fast recovery talent, or if not, they have a similar talent, or they have incorporated super-fast recovery into a certain talent. This kind of injury looks scary, but it will recover in a while.”
The "Super Recovery" talent is actually very important for many veterans, but it would be awkward for many veterans to have it occupy an entire talent slot. So over time, top veterans often extract a core part of this talent and incorporate it into their elite talents, as long as they have the recovery effect.
Just like Jiang Guang's adaptive ability, this thing is actually composed of a bunch of talents.
It inherently possesses special effects such as super-fast recovery, physical defense, and even some acceleration of neural reactions. In essence, the genius's talent truly lives up to its name.
Speaking of Jiang Guang, we have to mention Zhao Ying. Zhao Ying's Killing Absorption and Jiang Guang's Adaptive Force are the same, which is to randomly stack talents. Whenever they see a good talent that can be integrated, they try to integrate it. Zhao Ying learned this technique from Jiang Guang.
Zhao Ying's current strength is half due to her own talent and half due to copying Jiang Guang's methods. The advantage of copying is that you don't need to think and you get the answer directly. As for the disadvantage, it's also the same: you don't need to think and you get the answer directly.
From one perspective, Zhao Ying's inability to defeat Jiang Guang is partly due to her habit of copying homework. However, to be honest, if copying homework to such an extent can lead to abandoning critical thinking, it's understandable.
"I see. So, we need to strengthen our basic skills?" Chen Xi seemed to understand. The Han imperial treasury also had some special secret medicines, all of which were newly developed. You know, when you have money, you have to do research and build up your foundation. That's how an empire is.
Ma Ye was taken aback when he heard this. Jiang Guang and the others had actually already solved the problem, which was why they had asked Ma Ye to come and report. He didn't expect Chen Xi to ask such a question. With Ma Ye's experience as an old hand, he knew that Chen Hou must have something to say, so he would have to say it later.
“Strengthening basic qualities is indeed the best option among all the plans,” Ma Ye said. As he always said, anything that can enhance basic qualities is a good thing, even if it is not very significant in this matter, it is very significant in combat.
"Oh, I see. I remember General Huangfu will be here soon too. I asked him to bring some things from the Chang'an Treasury. You can have Jiang Guang use my token to access them then," Chen Xi said after thinking for a moment. If it were anything else, it would be fine, but for something that could be resolved easily, he would just take care of it. Don't underestimate my accumulated resources!
After cultivating crops imbued with the essence of heaven and earth for so many years, Chen Xi has finally developed a potion that can violently enhance qi and blood. Of course, this is mainly due to the targeted approach provided by the Anxi Secret Medicine. To be honest, without the Anxi Secret Medicine, Chen Xi would have had to think carefully about how to advance this research.
The two things, the Ke Anxi secret medicine and the limb reattachment technology, gave the Han Dynasty a wake-up call. They could combine the advantages of both to develop targeted secret medicines to enhance the basic qualities of soldiers. As for basic materials, or rather, the rare and precious materials needed, the Han Dynasty had no shortage of them!
"Thank you, Lord Chen." Ma Ye bowed. Now that he had the item, he continued, "Our current plan is to bleed Sun Liang and then apply the blood to his skin. This can greatly curb the demon god's invasion of us. However, if Sun Liang's blood is in direct contact with the demon god for too long, it seems that it will also undergo mutation, and the danger will increase significantly."
In other words, the more dangerous and corrosive substance was used to successfully suppress the corrosiveness of the demon god, but Sun Liang's blood was ultimately no match for the demon god in terms of quantity. Over time, the blood was completely assimilated, and the corrosiveness of the assimilated demon god would further increase.
It doesn't matter, though. It doesn't mean we have to kill the demon that was lured out. The only requirement is to kill the demon, strip it of its coat, kill it again, and then put a new demon on it. That's also a solution, and we can just keep repeating the process.
"So that means there's been even more serious erosion, right?" Chen Xi said with a hint of helplessness. These veterans of the Han Dynasty are no easy task either.
"Thanks to his special healing abilities, he has fully recovered," Ma Ye said, patting his chest. When a group of veterans are gathered together with complete logistical support, what is a mere serious injury? Healed on the spot. Others might joke about cellular-level repair, but Yang Tuo's claim of cellular-level repair is genuine. Moreover, with Zhao Ying by his side, his life force is virtually unlimited. Death? Impossible!
"Then be careful." Chen Xi nodded upon hearing this. "By the way, I heard that you guys have been optimizing your talent structure recently, right?"
Although Chen Xi's attention was focused on Xuzhou, he was also aware that the veterans in Yunmeng were stirring things up.
“Well, it’s good that everyone is here. We can deal with the demon god while studying how to optimize our talents. Breaking the limits of will has always been the best tool for optimizing talents, and since everyone has it this time, let’s discuss it together.” Ma Ye explained simply, “One person’s ideas are limited, but if everyone thinks together, we can solve some talent connection problems.”
If the fifth level of refining can be achieved with the foundation of Qi Refining to Gang, without any obvious difficulties, then starting from the sixth level of refining, either you are truly gifted, or you are able to optimize your own talent and forcibly free up a new talent slot from the original talent structure, or you have a special way of compressing the talent structure.
None of the current top veterans rely solely on exceptional talent. Most of them possess some talent or special abilities, and they break through their limits by optimizing their own talents. As for forcibly compressing the talent structure, this path is rather abnormal. Generally speaking, veterans at the sixth level don't consider it much, since they only need to free up one slot and there's no need to compress it.
“It’s good to discuss this further. Elite talent is inherently subjective and based on self-perception,” Chen Xi nodded and said. “Any recent progress?”
"We've been mainly optimizing the super-fast recovery lately," Ma Ye said, scratching his head.
"Oh, oh, oh, it's because there's a template for super-speed regeneration, right?" Chen Xi naturally assumed that someone had developed super-speed regeneration, so the veteran was preparing to follow the super-speed regeneration route.
“Uh, Lord Chen, we’re not actually hoping for super-fast regeneration. What we’re researching is combining spiritual radiance with super-fast recovery. This way, we can enhance our nutrient absorption, rely on external forces to strengthen our recovery, and incidentally, temporarily boost our combat power, giving us an extra burst of ability,” Ma Ye said with a dry laugh.
Many veterans consider this route to be a very good and worthwhile one to study. The advantage of recovering by eating candy is that it does not consume one's own physical strength. Moreover, if recovery can be accelerated, one can definitely enhance one's combat power through nutrition. This way, one can find the basic talent that can connect with almost all talents.
"I see, that's one way of thinking." Chen Xi nodded, showing no embarrassment at her own misjudgment, and instead offered a few words of praise.
After reporting to Chen Xi, Ma Ye went to Yunmeng again. The veterans of the Han Dynasty and Rome were now mostly hiding deep in Yunmeng, a few thousand meters away from the main force of the demon gods. Through fighting against these demon gods, all the veterans were able to temporarily reach the level of breaking the limits of their will.
It can be said that all the veterans who participated in this battle have now entered a positive cycle.
"We annihilated another 244 demon gods today." Yang Si tallied the data, a broad smile on his face. Compared to the previous method of overwhelming the enemy with a large army, this method of slowly killing them off one by one each day was not only safer but also more efficient.
"We've already wiped out nearly a thousand demon gods." Jiang Guang was also very excited. If things continued like this, the title of Marquis of Guannei would be just around the corner. Although the plan had gone astray, the Yunmeng demon gods had been dealt with, so there was no problem and there would be a reward.
"Brother Guang, I'm going to Xuzhou." Just as Jiang Guang was counting the number of demon gods he had killed, looking like an old farmer who had just had a bountiful harvest, Huang Tao appeared behind Jiang Guang and said with a hint of caution.
"Go to Xuzhou?" Jiang Guang asked Huang Tao with some surprise.
"Yes, something happened in Xuzhou. I'll go take a look," Huang Tao said in a deep voice.
“I remember you’ve been living in Yangzhou for years, haven’t you?” Jiang Guang said very seriously. This group of people all had their own channels, and to be honest, they were just soldiers who were actually high-ranking officials. So, after the news spread from Xuzhou, they found out about it not long after they arrived. They were only five or six days later than Chen Xi.
"It's true that I rarely go back to Xuzhou. After all, there's no one left in my family, just me. So after I went to Yangzhou, I've been living there. But Xuzhou is my hometown, and I heard that things aren't going well there," Huang Tao said frankly. He didn't mean to hide anything; he really was going to check it out.
“I think you’d better not go. It’s hard to say what the situation is like over there right now. If you don’t go, this matter has nothing to do with you. Your position as the General of Xuzhou is just a title. You’re either in Yangzhou or Chang’an all year round. Why bother getting involved in that mess?” Jiang Guang pressed Huang Tao’s shoulder, his expression extremely serious. Having experienced the Jizhou case, Jiang Guang knew very well that there were some things that people like them simply couldn’t understand, and their brains couldn’t keep up with them.
Although in terms of rank they might not be lower than those troublemakers, in terms of intelligence and cunning, these veterans are basically useless.
More than 90% of the veterans who took the path of smelting are no match for those bureaucrats who were actually selected through examinations or recommendations. They are only suited for fighting and guarding a region.
"I..." Huang Tao was silent for a while, wanting to explain, but Jiang Guang held Huang Tao down tightly, preventing him from saying anything.
“I know you’re capable, kid. If you really want to run away, no one here can stop you. But I still have to say, you won’t solve anything if you go. On the contrary, you might just be used as a pawn. Listen to your uncle, see that demon god? Go and kill it.” Jiang Guang said calmly, then pointed to the somewhat indistinct demon god in the distance.
Huang Tao remained silent for a while after hearing this. He knew that he wanted to run to Xuzhou and no one present could stop him, but as Jiang Guang said, it would be useless for him to go. The current situation was beyond his ability to resolve, so it was better to stay here and wait for the outcome.
"You really don't know?" Bai Wang looked at Fu Ji and Gao Yi in front of him, especially Gao Yi, who seemed to have a lot of bitterness and hatred. There were quite a few veterans from Xuzhou here, but Bai Wang and Fu Ji had a good relationship, so he specifically asked about it. As for Gao Yi, Fu Ji knew that Gao Yi was depressed, so he had been taking care of Gao Yi.
“I was also surprised when news came from Xuzhou, but we had no idea about it before it happened,” Fu Ji said in a deep voice. “We knew about switching crops and planting new cash crops, but we really hadn’t considered the possibility of a complete crop failure.”
"You all need to be more careful lately," Bai Wang said to Fu Ji in a deep voice.
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