Chapter 1635: Where There's a Problem, Tear It Down! (Bonus Chapter)
Jiangnan shuddered, only then realizing that after his fake death, he hadn't gone back yet!
Through proven facts, the beating that was due couldn't be avoided!
He hadn't graduated yet, was still a student, and had his own business at the Pioneer Academy!
If he didn't go back, how could that work?
But whenever he thought about meeting the Chief Commander, Jiangnan's heart pounded nonstop!
Back when he faked his death, Chief Commander Di Rui had come in person to read his eulogy.
As a result, he had completely fooled him, and now he had to go back and report. Just thinking about it made Jiangnan feel desperate!
[Rolling eyes] "It's settled, you take the blame for me, or else I won't go back!"
Yang Jian rolled his eyes: [Deadpan] "Would I set you up? Hurry and prepare! All of you come with me!"
After speaking, he hung up the phone!
Jiangnan froze, Xia Yao asked excitedly:
[Excited] "What is it? Are we going home?"
Jiangnan grinned: "We're going to Jing Du to see the Chief Commander. All of us together!"
At that moment, everyone's eyes lit up. Zhong Yingxue's pretty face flushed with excitement, and she turned and ran!
[Running away] "I'll go pack my luggage right away!"
Wu Liang was full of excitement: "I'll call my parents and let them know!"
Xiong Er trembled: [Shy] "I... I'll go trim my bear fur!"
Jiangnan: ???
What? Need to strike a pose? This is the first time I've heard that bear fur needs trimming!
Everyone quickly went to prepare.
...
Meanwhile, at the Bordeaux Crater on the Moon, among a patch of desolate rubble, lay a charred piece of charcoal!
All four limbs were completely carbonized and shattered, no longer even resembling a human form!
It was precisely the body of the Wumu Tribe, which had been blasted here by the supernova explosion back then. These were the only remaining body parts!
"Crunch!"
The carbon shell on the surface of the body cracked open, and a piece of crimson flesh resembling muscle tissue split out!
Like dripping glue mucus, it quickly wrapped around and devoured the entire body of the Wumu Tribe, then grew hands and feet!
It transformed into a monster two meters tall, covered in crimson muscle tissue, with a gaping maw and blood-red eyes!
"Whew~ scared me to death! I thought I was done for! Hehehe~ The secret little plan hasn't even started yet, and Shen actually kicked the bucket!"
"Even killing Igor wouldn't make him think that there was a Parasite Race hidden inside Shen's body, right? Haha!"
"After barely managing to sneak over, now no one can control me!"
The muscle monster's eyes were full of excitement as it looked at that azure planet!
"Humans~ this is good stuff! I need to quickly find a new human to parasitize!"
"The cell activity of this body won't last much longer!"
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, the muscle monster's legs became like springs, contracting and stretching to the extreme!
The whole creature jumped off the Moon, shot into the starry sky, and flew straight toward Lan Xing!
It didn't want to stay on the Moon. If it ran into that light-type human Star Breaker level existence again, it would have no way to survive!
...
As for Jiangnan, he had already changed into a neat Dark Night Army dress uniform, with medals shining on both sides of his chest, full and plentiful.
Zhong Yingxue, Xia Yao, and the others had also changed into very formal clothes, looking a bit nervous.
Mila, Lan, Wu Liang, Xiong Er, Xiao Jiuwo, and Xing Cheng had all come along.
The group had already passed through the Star Gate and returned to the Tianchen Bureau in Lan Xing's Hai Province.
They were now standing under a Peregrine Falcon helicopter. Jiangnan looked up at the sky, frowning deeply.
Zhong Yingxue and the others were already seated on the helicopter.
Xia Yao was holding a communication headset, frantically grabbing it from Xing Cheng's mouth.
[Struggling] "Aiya~ This is for you to wear! Not for you to eat! You can't eat this!"
Xing Cheng: [Pouting] "Woo~" (Guarding her food)
Yang Jian arrived late, carrying a pile of documents.
"Why aren't you getting on the plane?"
Jiangnan frowned deeply: "Brother Jian? Remember last time when we came back for the Round Table Conference, I mentioned to you about the increase in spiritual energy concentration?"
Yang Jian was taken aback: [Puzzled] "I remember. You..."
Jiangnan's expression was serious: "The spiritual energy concentration on Lan Xing is even higher than when I came back last time! How long has it been?"
"I've been staying on the Moon with its thin spiritual energy, so I'm extremely sensitive to concentration changes."
"Now, the spiritual energy concentration on Lan Xing has even exceeded that inside the Lingxu!"
"Logically, this should be a good thing!"
"The higher the spiritual energy concentration, the easier it is to cultivate, and the faster the improvement speed."
"But in this grand context, it seems a bit off!"
"After all, the spiritual energy revival was all orchestrated by the Holy Star and them!"
Yang Jian pushed Jiangnan's back as they boarded the plane together.
Amid the roar of the engines, the plane took off, heading straight for the Jing Du Spirit Martial Force General Base.
On the plane, Yang Jian took out a document and handed it to Jiangnan.
"You're quite sensitive! Take a look~ The Spirit Martial Research Institute just gave me this document."
Jiangnan quickly took the document and examined it.
It recorded the changes in spiritual energy concentration across various places, periods, and recent stages.
Before the spiritual calamities in the major uninhabited areas, spiritual energy concentrations were still relatively stable. In a few areas where concentrations were too high, it was due to the overflow from Lingxus.
Since the spiritual calamities in uninhabited areas, the Western Frontier Incident, and the Holy Star's Heaven Slaughter Project, due to the large number of Lingxus appearing, infinite spiritual energy overflowed and flowed to all parts of the world.
The overall spiritual energy of Lan Xing began to rise, far exceeding records of previous years. The waveform graph skyrocketed!
But that was understandable. However, since the Holy Star launched the Moonless Plan stage, the spiritual energy concentration had shot up again in a straight line!
The waveform graph had become nearly vertical!
Jiangnan squinted: "It seems that while the Holy Star was causing trouble on the Moon, they didn't neglect Lan Xing either."
"We focused all our attention on the Moon, eager to solve the Moon Eye crisis. To some extent, that let them exploit a loophole."
Yang Jian's expression was solemn: "Same as what I thought. We don't know what the Holy Star is doing behind the scenes or what purpose they have."
"It could also be the Holy Star's new round of counterattack method. We need to be on guard."
Jiangnan nodded. The Holy Star would never do such a good deed of increasing spiritual energy concentration to help humans speed up their cultivation.
This action must have another purpose!
"Have you investigated?"
Yang Jian nodded: "We've been investigating intermittently since early on, but Lan Xing is huge, and the military's operations abroad are very inconvenient."
"There are clues, but not many. Don't worry, I won't let any suspicious point go, but it will take time to clarify."
Jiangnan's eyes flickered: "Send a copy of the data to Noob Yuan and have her dream about me as much as possible."
"Wherever I appear and cause destruction, that place is likely problematic."
"Even if she can't dream it, precognition is never wrong. After all, such a major event should involve a wide scope; the probability of dreaming it is high."
Yang Jian's eyes sparkled: "The Fate Witch? It's not a bad idea to let her try."
But your method of precognition is really smooth!
'Where there's a problem, tear it down?'
You really know yourself!
Several people chatted all the way until they arrived at the tarmac of the Jing Du Military Headquarters.
Currently, Jiangnan's identity was sensitive. To avoid too much exposure, he took military internal routes, trying to avoid showing his face in public.
The calm before the storm coincided with the Taiyin Igniting Star; this was not the time to show off!
It would only cause unnecessary trouble.
After twists and turns, they arrived at the internal office compound.
It was winter in the north, and the December in Jing Du was unusually dry and cold.
The ginkgo tree in the yard had lost all its leaves, and the snow had piled up into snowdrifts. Someone had built a small snowman in the yard.
Two sticks of candied hawthorn were inserted into the snow pile as arms.
Jiangnan was already very familiar with this place; after all, it wasn't his first time here.
Meanwhile, Xia Yao and Wu Liang were extremely nervous.
Ahhh~ Were they going to meet the Chief Commander?
They felt they weren't even this nervous when fighting counterattack battles against a bunch of aliens!
[Shy] "Li... Little Nan, what should we do later?"
Jiangnan smiled: "Don't be nervous, Commander Di is very amiable. Just act normal. There are no outsiders here."
However, Yang Jian was extremely nervous at this moment. He couldn't help but take a deep breath and finally made up his mind.
He steeled himself and stepped forward to knock on the door.
(Nervous knock) Σ Door
"Knock knock knock~"
"Report, Chief Commander! Yang Jian is leading a team back to Jing Du for debriefing!"
The door opened as soon as he knocked.
The one opening the door was exactly Commander Di!
Inside, there was a huge sand table. Including Di Rui, there were five old men gathered around the sand table, studying something.
They wore reading glasses and held small notebooks. On the table were steaming enamel mugs.
Jiangnan shuddered. He had seen all these old men before.
When he came to play chess last time, he had become familiar with all their faces.
The supreme commanders of the four major Spirit Martial forces—East, South, West, North—plus Chief Commander Di Rui were all here?
The moment Di Rui saw Yang Jian, his face pulled long...
[Angry face] "You little rascal? You even dared to trick me..."
Before he could finish,
Yang Jian and Jiangnan spoke at the same time, pointing at each other!
[Simultaneous pointing]
"Chief Commander Di! Don't blame me! It was all his idea. I had nothing to do with it!" ×2
"I was just following his orders and cooperating! He was the mastermind! He is the culprit!" ×2
At that moment, the small yard became deathly silent.
The two were so synchronized that even their words were identical, overlapping perfectly.
Yang Jian's and Jiangnan's expressions both froze.
[Awkward pointing at each other]
They couldn't help but wide-eyed stare at each other.
[Angry pointing at each other]
"Jiangnan! (Brother Jian!) You set me up! You can't be such a cheater! Before we came, you..." ×2
"Tsk~ Can you stop copying me?" ×2
Zhong Yingxue looked at the two with speechless eyes. "Goodness, a major buck-passing scene?"
(≖_≖)...
Probably they had planned to do this long ago?
By the way, did they really not eat the Twin Lollipop? Do they have to be this synchronized?
Yang Jian: [Pfft]
Jiangnan: [Tsk]
Buck-passing made the two completely unrecognizable!