In the end of the world, I become an immortal alone

Chapter 76: Fire-Roasted… Blade Beast Meat

The day after the fortress defense war.

Evening;

Area C, outside Fortress 76 in the Mid-Ancient Basin.

Rhythmically clanging sounds of forging echoed once more from Ling Tong's temporary supply station.

The diligent Wang Daochang concluded this round of cultivation, taking a firm step towards the middle stage of the Gathering God Realm.

Currently, he wasn't short on crystal cores. Later, he only needed to continuously enhance his spiritual sense, condense his soul, and temper his Dao body.

In less than half a month, he would reach the middle stage of the Gathering God Realm!

Under the current conditions, the best method to temper the Dao body was naturally…

Forging.

Two large furnaces, each taller than a person, roared with fire. A thick iron anvil and a large hammer, hastily manufactured using high-precision machine tools, were forging a sword blank.

Wang Jixuan was exploring methods for mass-producing demon-breaking daggers, while also making a weapon for Ling Tong to defend herself.

After this battle, Wang Daochang had a direct understanding of the strength of the blade beast's carapace and a visual understanding of humanity's firepower, generally knowing the weaknesses of both.

Moreover, Wang Jixuan became increasingly confident in his combat power after entering the Golden Core Realm.

'I wonder if that young man was encouraged by this humble Daoist. Indeed, it is a feeling this humble Daoist gained from this rebirth, which is…'

'Having crystal cores is great!'

'Not having crystal cores is not great.'

‘Immortality can always be achieved by not dying, and living is the basis of everything!’

Wang Daochang stopped hammering, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm, and used spiritual energy to wrap the sword blank, lifting it up and sending it to a nearby bucket for cold extraction.

Accompanied by sizzling sounds, the workshop instantly filled with white mist.

Wang Jixuan exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, placed the sword blank aside, and carefully examined it, still shaking his head with some dissatisfaction.

'The quality is still not good enough. It still needs to be forged and infused with spirit energy.'

'This is something this humble Daoist is giving to Ling Tong, and it is also something to protect this humble Daoist in disguise, so it must be carefully polished.'

'Incidentally, it can also subtly show that Demon Commander that this humble Daoist has greater value, lest he not be able to withstand the pressure from the Thirteenth Research Institute.'

A broadcast sounded in the workshop:

“Battle Maiden returning to the cabin.”

Wang Jixuan turned his head to look. The four newly added sentry warriors outside the door saluted simultaneously.

Ling Tong quickly entered the outer door. Wang Daochang, who didn't have time to put on a short-sleeved shirt and only wore a pair of gray capri pants, was quick-witted… holding up the hammer to block his chest muscles.

Ling Tong lowered her head and entered. Her originally somewhat bad mood immediately cleared up for the most part.

“How is it?” Wang Jixuan asked.

“Let's talk inside. I’m hungry.”

A small projection screen popped out from Ling Tong's mechanical arm, and she casually activated the supply station's protective shield and confidential soundproofing device.

Wang Jixuan raised his eyebrows slightly.

It seemed that the things she was dealing with were not going very smoothly.

… …

Indeed, it wasn't smooth.

Qin Qin confessed a lot of things, including how to operate the nutrient tank and amplifier, and also admitted that she had Meng Caiyuan transmit signals twice, but gained nothing else.

The Spirit Energy Capital had already issued a notice that B-level Spirit Energy User Feng Shu and his four younger brothers had officially moved into the Spirit Energy Home, and a specialist team was rushing over from the Spirit Energy Capital.

Fortunately, the laboratory of the Spirit Energy Home in Fortress 76 had been emptied by the military, and Qin Qin had already been escorted to the front-line headquarters.

The boy named Meng Caiyuan was temporarily transferred to the medical center on the seventh floor of the fortress, and the military had not yet decided whether to detain him.

The situation outside the fortress was also not optimistic.

Those blade beasts had been moving underground. Now they had retreated to the central location of the Sari Desert, about two hundred kilometers away.

The intensity of the war on the periphery of the front line had decreased, but more blade beasts were pouring toward the vicinity of the Mid-Ancient Basin, and traces of three King-level blade beasts had appeared on the periphery.

The war showed a trend of further escalation.

The war zone command center was evaluating whether to take the initiative to eliminate this group of blade beasts.

Wang Jixuan asked, “Can't they be directly attacked with nuclear bombs?”

Sister Wan explained gently: “Guess why they have been marching underground? It is to avoid the nuclear bombing of the space fortress… The blade beasts will open up passages underground in advance before marching on a large scale.”

Sister Wan brought over the freshly heated food.

Ling Tong was obviously happier and ate in small bites.

Uncle Tai and Wan Xiaoqi were organizing their equipment in the corner, preparing for the next battle.

Wang Daochang muttered: “Why do I feel that these blade beasts are underground, not just to avoid nuclear attacks…”

“That boy didn’t lie,” Ling Tong said while busy eating, not forgetting to give Wang Jixuan a thumbs up.

Wang Daochang raised his eyebrows: “Then I know. I will help him get rid of his suffering later.”

“Are you going to kill him?”

“No, his ability is rare. I want to save him.”

Wang Jixuan suppressed the words that came to his lips.

He had actually thought about using a soul-seizing talisman to get a new body for this boy, but whether the soul and body could be compatible was a problem. Where would he find a fresh, uninjured body?

Kill someone for this?

That would be the act of an unorthodox cultivator.

“Sorry,” Ling Tong swallowed the meat porridge in small bites, looked up at Wang Jixuan, “I didn’t know you had an experience of being abducted and sold.”

“Huh?” Wang Jixuan stared at Ling Tong.

Ling Tong muttered softly: “We awakened that boy. He was very painful, but he simply talked about the soul conversation he had with you. Only I, Zheng Shiduo, and Minister Zhou Meiying were present at the time, so there is no need to worry about leaks.”

“This kid really can’t keep things to himself.”

Wang Jixuan wondered, “Then why are you apologizing to me?”

“I always thought you were a natural optimist.”

Ling Tong looked at the food on the plate:

“If you have anything on your mind, you can communicate with me more when I’m free… This is the psychological care that I, as a superior, should have for the logistics team.”

Wang Jixuan: … …

How come this humble Daoist is a little moved?

He remembered something, turned around and ran to the corner, pulled out a piece of emerald green blade beast thigh from the refrigerator, turned around and ran to the outer workshop.

Sister Wan asked blankly: “What did Xiao Wang take a piece of blade beast meat for?”

“Huh?”

Although Ling Tong didn't understand, she was already used to it.

“Sister Wan, don’t worry about him. His nickname shouldn’t be Black Storm, but should be… Unbelievable.

“That’s good. He can’t possibly roast the blade beast meat to eat.”

Sister Wan breathed a sigh of relief: “Maybe it’s for forging the demon-breaking dagger…”

Dang, dang, dang!

The sound of chopping frozen meat came from outside. Wan Xiaoqi stopped his work and ran over curiously to watch the excitement.

Soon, Wan Xiaoqi let out a scream: “You can’t roast it like that! It will explode!”

Ling Tong dropped her chopsticks, turned her head, and jumped over.

As soon as she arrived, she saw a magical scene:

Wang Jixuan was wearing thick gloves, holding a self-made iron skewer, stringing pieces of emerald green meat the size of longans, and slowly rotating them next to the furnace.

The meat emitted sizzling sounds.

Wisps of white smoke emerged from it. Wang Jixuan blew a breath, and the white smoke drilled back into the meat.

A rich aroma of meat filled the workshop.

In front of them, Wang Jixuan was still relatively restrained. Without using spiritual sense or spiritual energy to control objects, he stretched out his arm and took several pre-prepared seasonings, sprinkling them on the meat skewers one by one.

The aroma of meat suddenly had a hint of herbal fragrance.

Wan Xiaoqi swallowed.

Ling Tong frowned and tilted her head.

A few minutes later, the emerald green meat gradually coated with a layer of charred color. Wang Jixuan pinched off a piece, threw it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and strands of pure spiritual energy flowed into his body.

Wang Jixuan calculated in his heart.

It looked like ordinary barbecue, but in fact, he was using Qi to harmonize the spiritual power within, purifying the extremely weak residual soul resentment in the blade beast meat.

This would cost his own mana.

But now, if he ate all of the roasted meat skewers, he would not only replenish the mana he had spent, but also get a good 'return'.

Spending time roasting blade beast meat, all things considered, was 50% more efficient than releasing spiritual energy without a crystal core to meditate and cultivate, which was very cost-effective.

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It’s just not easy to digest.

Wang Daochang let out a sigh of praise.

“Not bad.”

Then, Wang Jixuan turned his head to look at the stunned people, held up the meat skewers, and moved over.

Uncle Tai's family hurriedly retreated in fright.

Ling Tong took the initiative to step forward, curiously looking at the meat skewers. She lifted a playful strand of hair beside her ear, lowered her head, and came closer, subconsciously closing her eyes and opening her slightly glistening small mouth.

Wang Jixuan, who had already picked off a piece of meat, was a little embarrassed, then flicked his finger lightly, using a clever force to send it into Ling Tong's mouth.

Ling Tong took a bite, opened her eyes, and looked at Wang Jixuan, with a cross-shaped starlight flashing in the corner of her eye.

“Delicious!”

“Nourishing, the key is nourishing! Don’t try it yourselves, it will be very dangerous.”

Wang Jixuan smiled:

“This kind of food is very helpful for strengthening your body and relieving the stagnation in your brain. Take it and eat it.”

“You hold it for me. I’m still a bit… not very adapted to this kind of ingredient.”

“Okay,” Wang Jixuan called out, “Come over here, I’ll get you a plate…”

The two walked to the table as if no one else was there.

Sister Wan looked at Uncle Tai, and the couple swallowed at the same time, slapping Wan Xiaoqi on the head from left and right.

“Dad! Mom! Why are you hitting me!”

“Does it hurt?”

“It hurts!”

“It’s not a dream,” Uncle Tai raised his hand to support his forehead, “Teacher Wang is so magical. How did he do it? For so many years, trying to cook blade beast meat would cause a mild explosion, and it would also release toxic substances. The animals that ate blade beast meat raw in the experiment all went crazy.”

Wan-jie muttered, "Instead of that, shouldn't he have just pinched it and fed it to Ling Tong? He actually flicked it over... Really, that's outrageous!"

Wan Xiaoqi made a face and ran over to snag a bite of the blade beast meat.

Uncle Tai pondered, "Wife, what do you think, if I go and get an advanced nutritionist certificate now, can I get my name on that 'Blade Beast Meat Edible Methods' paper as the third author?"

Wan-jie: …

At the dinner table, Wang Daoshi, who didn't care at all about the roasted blade beast meat, was already discussing the next course of action with Ling Tong.

"Is that enough to eat? If it's not enough, I'll roast two more skewers."

"It's enough. I had part of my stomach removed, so I can't eat too much. I'll eat more next time. I'm going to scout out the blade beasts' movements later, hunt blade beast meat, and get you some crystal cores."

"Then there's plenty of roasted meat... By the way, are there any particularly insulting gestures?"

"The middle finger?"

"I don't feel like that's insulting enough."

"The thumb and index finger about to touch, but not quite, with a gap of three millimeters, and the other three fingers together."

"Eh? What does that mean?" Wang Jixuan's face was full of innocence.

Ling Tong: …

Silently shoveling rice into her mouth.

…

Two hours later.

The quad-rotor aircraft parked in the fortress's surface military camp hadn't even had time to shut down.

Uncle Feng and his four subordinates, plus the twenty-odd spirit energy users who had been retrieved, followed an old man and quickly walked towards the elevator in front.

The defense force soldiers warily watched the old man—the commissioner from Spirit Energy City.

The old man was very thin, like a layer of skin wrapped around a skeleton, with several age spots on the back of his hands.

Although the old man's spirit energy fluctuations were only slightly above Uncle Feng's, his position in Spirit Energy City was far from comparable to Uncle Feng's.

The three spirit energy users he brought with him were all capable lieutenants with fierce auras and cold eyes.

"Commissioner Wei," Uncle Feng said with a smile, "The signal from Meng Caiyuan's nutrient pod is on the seventh floor of this fortress."

"Go straight there. If you encounter resistance, immediately knock them unconscious. Anyone who attacks us will be killed without mercy."

The old man said indifferently:

"I don't care what you did before.

"Take this moment as the starting point for us to restore our influence in the D5 war zone. If anyone drops the ball later, go find the Tribunal yourself."

A group of spirit energy users fell silent.

The elevator sped downwards, carrying the old man to the sixth floor of the fortress. Transferring to the central elevator to the seventh floor, the group of spirit energy users quickly arrived at the central hospital on the seventh floor.

Uncle Feng walked in the front, about to display his powerful oppressive aura as a B-level spirit energy user to ordinary people.

The security team members in front saluted at the same time, shouting in unison:

"Welcome Commissioner Wei Linzheng from Spirit Energy City!"

Uncle Feng was slightly stunned.

Wait, they weren't this attitude before! They were all arrogant!

The old man smiled, nodded slightly to the security team members, and led the people into the central hospital.

Several security team members finished saluting, turned around and left, and started running after taking a few steps.

Meng Caiyuan's nutrient pod was placed in the corner of a ward, and was quickly found and surrounded by spirit energy users.

Wei Linzheng pushed through the crowd, covered his nose with a clean white handkerchief, and looked at the figure covered with a thick quilt inside the nutrient pod.

Uncle Feng personally opened the nutrient pod, and a spirit energy user stepped forward and ripped off the quilt. Underneath was a spring toy that popped out.

"Where's Meng Caiyuan!"

Uncle Feng glared and shouted:

"Doesn't he die very quickly after leaving the nutrient pod! Find him immediately! Search all the places with medical points!"

Wei Linzheng didn't care much about this.

The old man stared at the white paper pasted on the head of the spring toy. On the white paper was a drawing of a little man wearing a black helmet... This little man was lifelike, with his middle fingers raised, swaying with the spring.

"Heh, childish."

At the same time.

In Ling Tong's supply station.

Wang Jixuan's sword fingers pressed against the teenager's forehead, gently guiding outwards. Clusters of black energy flew out from his fingertips and merged into the prepared frozen blade beast meat.