Chapter 501 Technological Overwhelming
After everyone consumed the heart of the ten-thousand-year-old willow tree, the strength of the more than ninety members of the Butcher's Blade Squad surged dramatically, with all of them entering the planetary level; a few reached the third planetary rank, most remained firmly at the fifth planetary rank, and five of them even jumped to the seventh planetary rank.
The effects of a ten-thousand-year-old willow heartwood are far superior to those of a thousand-year-old willow heartwood.
The items that Chung Kwok-hung acquired were generally around 30,000 years old.
With this, the total number of planetary-level martial artists in China has exceeded one hundred.
Chung Kwok-hung offered a few words of encouragement, then boarded the light-speed armored vehicle and left.
He had Xiaobai design a lightning cannon that could be mass-produced in China and had the ability to annihilate king-level monsters.
He handed over the complete lightning gun technology, intelligent control system, and microreactor blueprints to Jia Yi, ordering him to organize resources for production.
With microreactor technology, building a fighter jet that is both offensive and defensive is no problem at all.
As long as the engine is powerful enough, even if the fuselage armor is as thick as two meters, the fighter jet can still be as fast as thunder.
With such a vast territory, it is simply impossible to deploy defenses everywhere with only the existing martial artists.
Once a territory is recaptured, a lightning cannon array must be set up—only in this way can monsters be truly kept out of the territory.
Zhong Guohong set a tough goal: within two years, completely eliminate all monsters of the lord level and above from China; for those of the beast general level, force them into major primeval forest areas and surround and control them; as for the beast soldier level, leave a few groups in the peripheral areas, specifically for ordinary military police and new recruits to hone their combat skills.
Are there no high-level monsters within China's borders? How can martial artists break through to higher levels?
Leaving aside Australia, far away in the South Pacific, completely overrun by monsters, just look at the areas surrounding China—the deserts of Central Asia, the tundra of Siberia, the rainforests of Southeast Asia—aren't they all teeming with monsters and high-level creatures roaming freely? If you really want to hunt down a powerful enemy, would you really want to create a national crisis?
"Luo Feng left the War God Palace Elite Camp and transferred to the China Military Academy."
"If he hadn't gone to Kirishima, he would never have run into Hachihata..."
The protagonist's fate took a sharp turn from there.
After careful consideration, Zhong Guohong assigned Zhu Xi to lead the class that Luo Feng from the Military Academy was in to Wudao Island for practical training.
With Little White watching from the shadows, everyone's lives were as safe as a rock.
Xiao Bai's combat strength is comparable to that of a peak ninth-tier Hengxing expert.
After swallowing the 88 Tower, it can not only remotely control the Meteorite Star, but also fully manage the systems inside the tower.
Previously, Chung Kwok-hung had already replicated the Meteorite Star and casually had Xiaobai also devour the replica of the 88 Tower.
Hu Yanbo can withdraw the money he left at the Universe Bank at any time.
Holding the treasure bowl in his hand, he can make a copy of whatever he wants on the spot.
That's why he didn't care at all about the little inheritance Huyanbo left to Luo Feng.
She had already made up her mind—to follow Luo Feng, wait for him to get the treasure, and then secretly replicate it. This way, she could profit without harming anyone. Why do something as foolish as killing the goose that lays the golden eggs?
The following morning, Zhu Xi led his team to board fighter planes and flew directly to Kirishima.
The result was as expected: Luo Feng obtained the heart of the thousand-year-old willow tree as promised.
After taking it, his cultivation level jumped to the peak of the God of War.
He became a disciple of Huyan Bo and officially took over the legacy of the Meteorite Star.
As soon as Luo Feng stepped out of the misty island's barrier, Zhu Xi greeted him and asked, "How was the harvest?"
"Vice Principal, please accept these." He handed over a dozen wooden crystals—if Zhu Xi hadn't intervened in time, he wouldn't have been able to snatch that willow heart at all.
"Keep it for yourself." Zhu Xi waved his hand. Mu Ya Jing? Zhong Guohong had already tossed him five hundred.
The wealthy and powerful Zhong Guohong had already provided each of Zhu Xi, Jia Yi, and others with a spatial ring; he had them consume the heart of a thousand-year-old willow tree and the heart of ten-thousand-year-old willow water; and he also stuffed each of them with five hundred wooden crystals.
Today, both Zhu Xi and Jia Yi are firmly seated at the peak of the ninth level of planetary rank.
The small amount of wood crystals that Luo Feng took out was nothing in his eyes.
Seeing Zhu Xi refuse, Luo Feng paused for two seconds, then turned around and gave one to each of his classmates.
Zhu Xi wondered: Why did Zhong Guohong treat Luo Feng differently? But he never asked.
He silently speculated that it was simply due to old neighborly affection and friendship from when they were classmates—back in the Sunshine Community, the two families' children had even played football together.
"Vice Principal, where to next?" Luo Feng was eager to return home. Having received the true teachings of Meteorite Star, his mind was filled with those earth-shattering secret techniques, and he wished he could immediately go into seclusion.
"Let's head back home," Zhu Xi replied with a smile.
The fighter jets took off, swept through the sea of clouds, and landed at the Jiangnan base.
With personal guidance from Baba Tower, Luo Feng made rapid progress.
Zhong Guohong, on the other hand, found himself with plenty of free time and stayed at home in the Sunshine Community, never leaving his house.
Sometimes I contemplate the methods of cultivation in the current universe, and sometimes I accompany Teacher Jiang and others to study the "True Scripture of Yin and Yang".
Jiang Fang, Zhao Ruo, and Liu Ting watched a lot of documentaries, and their clothing styles changed every day. Today it was a retro cheongsam, tomorrow a cyberpunk jacket, and the day after tomorrow a nomadic long dress.
Wherever the butcher's squad went, monsters fell to the ground in droves.
Lightning cannons, miniature reactors, and new fighter jets have been put into production and deployed one after another.
An average person's arm strength is around 200 kilograms; a novice warrior can easily break 1,000 kilograms with a single arm.
Forklifts and cranes in the factory have gradually stopped working – carrying steel beams by hand and moving machine tools by hand has become the norm, and efficiency is much higher than before.
Wherever the Butcher's Brigade recaptured, they deployed lightning cannons and rapid-fire machine guns.
All weapons are driven by intelligent programs, automatically identifying, locking onto, and destroying monsters that enter their firing range.
In less than a year, apart from a few large primeval forests, not a single beast general-level monster could be seen in the entire territory of China.
At the edge of the forest, rings of lightning cannons stood ready, ready to blast any beast-general-level monster that stepped out of the forest boundary into charred remains in an instant.
The lightning cannon, which Xiaobai improved himself, is powerful enough to kill a king-level monster.
Three hundred and sixty intelligent satellites provide round-the-clock surveillance of the Earth, and the information center can instantly detect any outbreak of beast tides in any region; fighter jets equipped with lightning cannons can cover the entire territory of China within half an hour.
Thunder Martial Arts School, Extreme Martial Arts School... and even the HR Alliance have all withdrawn from China due to their living space being completely compressed.
The colossal machine took off, and Zhu Xi led Luo Feng through the metal corridor and pushed open the door to a cabin.
"Vice Principal?" Luo Feng asked, looking puzzled.
"Luo Feng, have you been wondering why I've been taking such good care of you?" Zhu Xi's lips curled slightly.
"Mm," he nodded in response.
"Zhong Guohong, do you recognize him?" Zhu Xi asked.
"He's my next-door neighbor and also my classmate in high school," Luo Feng answered readily.
"Then do you know who is the strongest on Earth today?" Zhu Xi asked another question.
"Isn't it Lin?" Luo Feng pondered for a moment.
"Lin Zao is no longer number one. I, Jia Yi... Li Dawei, have all firmly surpassed him." Zhu Xi's tone was calm, but every word was firm.
"So now, who is the strongest on Earth?" Luo Feng blurted out.
"Your neighbor and classmate—Zhong Guohong," Zhu Xi said directly.
"He's stronger than you?" Luo Feng's pupils contracted slightly.
"This is something only you and I know. By the way, what do you think of the Xingyi Five Elements Fist taught at the Military Academy?" Zhu Xi changed the subject.
"Quite solid skills," Luo Feng said truthfully.
"How does it compare to the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade?"
"More or less," he answered without hesitation.