# Chapter 1776: To Resist Foreign Aggression, First Stabilize the Interior! (Happy New Year!)
Jiangnan's forehead was covered in cold sweat: (٥･᷄ὢ･᷅) "Wu Liang, how did this just..."
Xiong Er jolted: "He started heading back from Yu Country long ago, only now returning, the whole journey was non-stop trouble!"
"We followed from far behind Big Bear and still got wrecked like this, let alone him!"
Looking at Xiong Er, Xiao Zhen and the others who were all beat up like little ghosts, Jiangnan's eyelids twitched!
How unlucky could they be? It even gave Wu Liang cherry-induced phobia?
Wu Liang buried his head in the dirt, crying bitterly!
୧(#༎ຶД༎ຶ#)୨ This world is too damn crazy!
Being hit by satellites, struck by lightning, blown up by volcanoes was one thing, but walking on the road and having the ground split open, eating something to fill his stomach only to get food poisoning and allergies!
Even drinking water could spurt out through his nose!
And being chased by Dao Heaven beasts!
Everything he did brought bad luck, any tiny thing could eventually turn into karma and fall on Wu Liang!
This led Wu Liang to see everything as a potential trap! Even persecution paranoia wasn't this severe!
If he hadn't partially gained some Parasitic Species abilities, he'd have been dead long ago!
Xiong Er shouted loudly: "Big Bear, it's fine now, you're not that unlucky anymore, right?"
"The black on your forehead is gone, it's been so many days, maybe the bad luck period has passed?"
Wu Liang yanked his head out of the dirt, swallowed hard:
୧(#థДథ)୨ "Re...really not black anymore?"
Xiong Er grinned: "Why would I lie to you?"
Wu Liang finally breathed a sigh of relief!
Jiangnan looked very interested:
(๑͡°ʖ̫͡°) "Big guy? What's up with that ability? It's become this perverted now?"
Half his body was eaten by Xing Cheng and he still lived?
Mentioning this, Wu Liang got excited immediately:
(ง•̆ὢ•̆)ง "Nan Ge, let me tell you, I luckily fused with that Parasitic Species!"
"My whole body evolved, with super muscle cells all over, I can also use some of the Parasitic Species' abilities! Haha~"
As he spoke, his muscles bulged, directly transforming into a three-meter-tall muscle monster, white steam rising!
The muscles on his arms changed between armor and shields, not knowing how to show off!
Jiangnan let out an oh-ho-ho of amazement, this was really a huge bargain, even Jiangnan felt envious!
The abilities of a Parasitic Entity were not ordinary good!
Just as he was about to speak, Jiangnan felt a chill behind him, and mechanically turned his head!
There was Li Bing with her eight blue vines dancing wildly, the vine branches sharpened into scalpels slashing about, eyes bloodshot!
(O͡'▿͡') "Ehh~ Perfect fusion with the Parasitic Species? Super muscle cells? Won't die even if half eaten?"
"Hehehe~ Slicing you up for research isn't too much, is it? Let's see what the principle is? Any side effects?"
At this moment, Li Bing looked at Wu Liang's body like it was some great treasure, almost drooling!
Wu Liang shivered, eyes full of terror, what? Slicing?
(#థᯅథ) "Nan...Nan Ge, save me! I don't want to be sliced! I've already been through enough on the way, and now I have to be sliced for research at home?"
He shouldn't have shown off!
Jiangnan looked troubled: (O･᷄～･᷅) "Li Bing Jie? Maybe just..."
Li Bing said flatly: (๑◔～◔ิ) "Don't you want super muscle cells? Don't you want to open the eyes of the Blood-Drinking Vine?"
Jiangnan: (๑ಠʖ̫ಠ) "Slice! Slice as much as you want! Just leave him alive, if it's hard to catch, I'll help you catch him!"
With that, Void Chains shot out, directly binding Wu Liang into a big dumpling, pulling him over and handing him to Li Bing!
Wu Liang: ???
His face turned white with fear!
(#꒦ິᯅ꒦ີ) "Nan Ge, you can't do this, I'm your brother!"
Jiangnan waved his hand grandly:
(︶～︶๑)۶ "Brothers are like limbs! Women are like clothes! Limbs can be broken, but clothes cannot be changed!"
[From Wu Liang's Resentment Value +666!]
Amidst his screams, he was dragged into the laboratory by Li Bing!
It turned out Wu Liang's unlucky period wasn't completely over—he had to be sliced first!
Just as Jiangnan was looking forward to opening the eyes of the Small Whip, Yang Jian finally had some free time and started calling everyone for a meeting!
Jiangnan immediately teleported with people to the Jing Du Combat Command Room!
In the command room, all of Hua Xia's high-ranking officials except those out on missions were present!
Even Xiao Chuihuo, Mi Ye, and Odin were there—to effectively contain Karl, this iron triangle really couldn't be casually dismantled!
Mi Ye of the Abyss naturally wasn't worried, the Light Society had the Magician handling it, and Odin wasn't concerned either!
Seeing Jiangnan return lively and kicking, everyone breathed a sigh of relief!
Mi Ye's suspended heart finally settled!
Odin's mouth twitched: "Damn! Hao Da Ge! You fell into the Dimensional Gap, don't you need to take longer to return?"
"Makes me think you were gone, before in the Rainforest Maze it was like a farewell between life and death!"
Jiangnan put his hands on his hips:
(๑︶ٹ︶) "If you're gone, I won't be gone! The Dimensional Gap is like going home for me!"
"If I weren't in a hurry to get back, I'd really explore inside, grab a few tons of Dimension Pearls or something, but I was rushing back to guard the city!"
Odin's face darkened—that dangerous Dimensional Gap, how did Hao Da Ge manage to stroll back? And even guard the city on the way back?
⁽⁽٩(๑˃̶～˂̶)۶⁾⁾ "Jiangnan Gege~"
A milky voice called out, and Jiang Jing pounced into Jiangnan's arms, nuzzling affectionately!
She was cool like jelly, comfortable to hold!
"Has Jingjing been good? Were you afraid when the bad guys came to get you?"
Jiang Jing pouted, looking aggrieved:
(◦ᵒ̴̶̷̥́₃ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀) "Scared~ They were all bad, bullying Ningning Jie, cutting off her horn!"
Jiangnan: !!!
Jiang Ning suddenly appeared, covering her unicorn horn with her hand, her eyes dodging, not daring to look at Jiangnan!
୧(′◔‸◔`)୨
Jiangnan stood up, pulled away Jiang Ning's hand, and his face suddenly darkened!
Her horn was indeed broken, with only a small new stub growing.
"Who did it?"
Jiang Ning covered her horn: "It's... it's fine, it can grow back, just takes some time!"
"And Grandfather Xiao already avenged me, cutting off the horns of both Rhine and Constantine!"
Xiao Chuihuo sighed: (◞‸◟) "Bose bodies are hard to kill, at least we cut their horns to vent our anger!"
Mi Ye's eyelids twitched next to her—"at least"? Just being able to hurt a Bose body was already very strong, okay?
Let alone cutting off their horns!
Jiangnan ground his teeth: (ꐦ°᷄皿°᷅)و "Damn it! They really dared to bully us!"
Just thinking about Ningning Jie's horn being cut off made Jiangnan furious!
Jiang Ning shook Jiangnan's arm:
(∗❛ั◡❛ั) "Don't be angry~ Here, kept these for you, like them?"
Saying this, she stuffed five unicorn horns she'd collected into Jiangnan's arms!
Jiangnan's mouth fell open—this... this many?
Combined with what he already had, he really could make a bracelet!
Mi Ye also remembered, directly took a big white egg and the Armor-Piercing Cross Sword from the side, and stuffed them into Jiangnan's hands!
(≖ᴗ≖๑) "Here~ Spoils of war, keep them to play with!"
Jiangnan gasped!
∑(°口°๑) "Sigh~ Is this Feiyan's egg? And her sword?"
Just coming back, and he was already receiving small gifts? Was it because today was New Year?
How could Jiangnan not like it? Now he had both angels' weapons in his pocket!
And he even got an angel egg? Jackpot!
He quickly stuffed all the treasures into the Alternate Dimension, rewarded Jiang Ning and Mi Ye with a few White Rabbit candies!
He was about to ask about the Spirit Medium and the Beacon Star Palace when the whole room quieted down!
Under the holographic projection, a map of Hua Xia's entire territory slowly unfolded!
Yang Jian's eyes were full of fatigue, but he still leaned on the table and took a deep breath!
"Everyone! Up to now, we still don't know the situation inside various countries around the world!"
"But within Hua Xia's territory, the first wave of spiritual calamity impact has been weathered, and areas are gradually calming down!"
"Casualty numbers can't be precisely counted yet, but rough estimates put it close to half!"
"Known fallen Dao Heaven in Hua Xia include Chen Daoyi, Guan Tai..."
Hearing this news, everyone's faces sank, and Jiangnan's heart gave a violent shudder.
Besides Chen Daoyi, there was also Brother Guan Tai?
Jiangnan vaguely remembered when guarding the western border, that man covered in mushrooms with rotten arms still holding his post...
Had he left just like that? If Guan Hu found out about this news...
Jiangnan took a deep breath, forcing down his chaotic emotions!
Nearly half the casualties—this was already the result of all-out effort!
After all, from the evacuation order to the global spiritual calamity outbreak, there hadn't been much time!
Yang Jian: "Now is not the time to wallow in grief. After withstanding the first wave, the most important thing should be to consolidate forces and launch a large-scale counterattack!"
"But to resist foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the interior! We've just completed the transfer and evacuation, with large numbers of civilians retreating into the Ling Xu!"
"Each Ling Xu used for refuge has at least millions of people—food, clothing, shelter, transportation—every aspect is a problem!"
"In the short term, there might be no issues, but over time, big problems will arise. We must first stabilize the interior and restore order!"
Jiangnan nodded. In such situations, a single misstep could lead to order collapse, forming those distorted post-apocalyptic rules!
Degeneration of civilization, value theory, elimination of the useless, bloodshed over competition for limited resources, bullying and tyranny...
Even small-scale unrest was possible!
Under extreme environments, the ugly side of human nature would gradually emerge!
To return to Hua Xia's lands, reclaim their home from spiritual beasts, and win this war—it wouldn't be done overnight!
How long the war would last, no one knew. In this current environment, Hua Xia had suffered heavy losses!
Counterattack wasn't the first consideration; stabilizing the interior was, to prevent internal friction and secondary damage!
If the situation became severe, the losses could be greater than the first wave of spiritual calamity!
Wouldn't that serve the Sacred Star's World Purification Plan?
Hua Xia had experienced a spiritual calamity disturbance during the early stages of spiritual energy recovery, though the scale couldn't compare to this time!
But the accumulated experience was still applicable!