Pseudo Stargate!

Chapter 204: Pseudo Stargate!

"Qian is Heaven, Kun is Earth, thus Qiankun often refers to Heaven and Earth. In the Cultivation World, it is used to describe the concept of 'Space'."

Wang Jixuan had just sensed a spatial fluctuation similar to a teleportation formation. Less than ten seconds later, Peony's slightly urgent alarm came through his earpiece:

"Red Snake is under attack!"

"Commander! Unusual energy fluctuations were suddenly detected near the Red Snake convoy. Bio-radar suddenly found hundreds... no, thousands of targets!"

"These targets are split into two small groups attacking Red Snake, with the majority heading towards the Agricultural Fortress tens of kilometers away!"

Daoist Wang looked at the Soul-Capturing Talisman flying back to him.

Perhaps, the Beast Speaker's memories held some clues.

"Have the planes land. We need to leave here first."

Daoist Wang did not issue unauthorized commands; more professional individuals handled such matters.

Although he was worried about Red Snake's safety, he clearly remembered that Fu Jian had hidden some combat power with Red Snake to deal with potential sneak attacks.

A certain Second Generation Mecha, recently revived by the Crane Origin Pill, was hiding among Red Snake's convoy, leading a group of Autonomous Mechs.

If no King-Class Blade Beasts teleported there later, and Red Snake desperately fled, they should be able to hold out until reinforcements arrived.

Moreover, this was deep within the D5 Faction's territory, so their own reinforcements would arrive sooner.

Two transport planes adjusted their engine angles and descended rapidly.

Before they had fully landed, Peony delivered two more pieces of bad news.

"Commander, Blade Beast Swarms at all directions of the border have rioted. They've started attacking our defense lines like madmen."

"In our direction, those three King-Class Blade Beasts have begun accelerating. They've abandoned most of their swarm and are leading a small group of High-Tier and Mid-tier Blade Beasts, moving at high speed towards this area through underground passages."

Wang Jixuan immediately said, "Map out their advance route and find the intersection point."

As the transport planes were about to land, Wang Jixuan leaped into one with a swift stride.

By the time he returned to his seat, Peony had already marked the intersection area of the three King-Class Blade Beasts' advance routes on the map.

The marked area was over two hundred kilometers away.

It perfectly matched the location where Wang Jixuan had previously sensed spatial fluctuations!

"Commander, urgent dispatch from Commander Fu Jian."

"Mm," Wang Jixuan replied. Peony had already connected the call.

Fu Jian stood before a wall of screens, his mechanical face showing a hint of solemnity as he spoke slowly, "Your operation has begun to show results. The King-Class Evangelist has not appeared, which is within our expectations. Retreat immediately and establish a defense line. Do not take any rash actions."

Wang Jixuan directly asked, "When will the reinforcements reach Red Snake?"

"They are being deployed. Oriole Highland Fortress No. 39 is facing a significant threat, and nearby firepower is being prioritized to support that fortress."

Fu Jian then asked, "You contacted me suddenly because you wanted to ask if Blade Beasts possess spatial teleportation technology? Or do Spiritual Practitioners have this technology?"

"Yes, don't forget how the Blade Beasts arrived on this planet – the Stargate."

Wang Jixuan shook the Soul-Capturing Talisman in his hand: "If I get any intelligence later, I will report it to you. Please provide as much support to Red Snake as possible. I cannot get there in time. Furthermore, we cannot retreat now."

"Cannot retreat?" Fu Jian asked back, frowning.

"The King-Class Evangelist is most likely in this area."

Wang Jixuan pointed to the flashing red light on the map.

He spoke quickly, "The Beast Speaker was attacked, and the King-Class Evangelist's escape route was towards this direction. I just sensed strong spatial fluctuations here. It's highly probable that a large facility belonging to the Blade Beasts is hidden here. Those three King-Class Blade Beasts are all converging on this area. It's hard to guarantee they aren't heading for a teleportation array to directly transport themselves into our territory. Therefore, for safety's sake, we must go there!"

Fu Jian immediately said, "Understood. Black Shell will lead a team to investigate. You return."

"I can help," Wang Jixuan said. "The underground situation is complex, and it would take your probes a long time to figure it out. Moreover... if we find this teleportation gate, supporting Red Snake and Fortress No. 39 will be much faster. This area is only two hundred kilometers away."

The hesitation in Fu Jian's eyes lasted only three seconds.

"Alright, I accept your suggestion. However, you will obey Black Shell's orders from now on."

"No problem, I definitely won't act recklessly."

Wang Jixuan made a gesture and ended the communication himself.

Without him needing to say anything, the transport plane formation had already received orders. They immediately changed direction, leading this massive fleet towards the area marked by Peony.

Wang Jixuan removed his helmet.

He let out a soft breath, sat in his seat, closed his eyes, and meditated, his spiritual sense spreading far and wide.

There was no time to count the benefits he gained from the death of the Beast Speaker; he had to utilize the unique function of his spiritual sense now.

He could clearly see the crowded Blade Beasts in the underground passage, also converging on that area.

This confirmed his guess.

Peony reported the situation on Red Snake's side from time to time. Red Snake's condition was already critical.

The Blood Refining Asura Array Wang Jixuan had previously set up had consumed over three thousand Crystal Cores in total.

This battle today had completely proven the value of this Grand Formation.

Not only could the Buddha Hall Squad completely suppress the Beast Speaker, whose soul was on the verge of collapse, and resist the Beast Speaker's Mental Shock with Buddha's Light, but Red Snake, having absorbed the final essence of the Grand Formation, also displayed extraordinary combat power. Cooperating with the surrounding Mechs, she withstood the siege of dozens of Beast God Faction Psionicists, fighting and retreating.

Wang Jixuan glanced at the great battle on Red Snake's side a few times and casually turned off the video.

Watching more would only be a distraction.

Distant water could not quench a nearby fire. By opening up the situation here, he could also put pressure on the Blade Beasts and alleviate the pressure on Red Snake's side.

On Red Snake's side, the human forces' firepower support had arrived.

The first batch of Mechs and Half-Human Mechs delivered by air—originally a reserve force for the front lines—would reach Red Snake's location in about ten minutes.

Wang Jixuan focused on searching underground, having quickly reviewed the Soul-Capturing Talisman in his hand.

The incomplete memories of the Beast Speaker did not leave much useful information, only fragments of conversations with King-Class Blade Beasts.

They mentioned a 'Pseudo Stargate'.

That seemed to be the culprit behind this wave of spatial fluctuations.

Peony focused on gathering information from various sources and quickly relayed it to Wang Jixuan.

Daoist Wang, who had returned from below, made Peony feel very familiar, warm, and gentle, without the coldness and pressure from before.

Peony liked Commander like this now.

"The first batch to be teleported were Beast God Faction Psionicists and several hundred Evangelists; most of them rushed towards that Fortress."

"Later, a large number of Blade Beasts appeared, all High-Tier Blade Beasts, their numbers continuously increasing. There were over a thousand now... and it's grown to two thousand... their main attack is focused on that Agricultural Fortress..."

Ten minutes later.

"Red Snake is heavily wounded, and our first batch of reinforcements has arrived, engaging in fierce firefights."

Peony reported quickly from the side:

"A large number of Special Winged Dragons have been spotted in the air, nearly a dozen, divided into six groups, flying towards us from the depths of the Blade Beast occupied territory. Our side has dispatched more fighter jets for support."

"The Space Fortress is deploying twelve Nuclear Bombs to intercept the three King-Class Blade Beasts heading this way, as well as the Blade Beast Swarms rioting in various locations. However, they also warned that weapon-grade nuclear materials are severely insufficient, and they can't sustain this scale of battle support for too long."

"Commander, Officer Ling Tong has achieved results. Target One, a King-Class Blade Beast, was heavily wounded and fled underground. Our side is organizing Drilling Nuclear Bombs for bombardment."

"Instructor Black Shell is mobilizing the Half-Human Mech Group to advance and support us."

"Terror Mechs from the rear have moved forward to take over suppressing this King-Class Blade Beast... They say we need more power on our side."

"Understood."

Wang Jixuan responded and was about to speak when his eyebrows suddenly twitched violently.

"All fighter jets, ascend and evade! There's an attack from below!"

"Yes!"

Peony directly issued the command on the command network using Wang Zheng's authority.

The fighter jet formation immediately ascended.

Dense, dark green light spheres suddenly floated up from the ground ahead.

High-Tier Blade Beast attacks!

They covered the sky and obscured the sun. These light spheres had extremely strong corrosive properties.

Dealing with them was also simple.

A large number of fighter jets released jamming smoke, and drones surrounded the manned fighter jets, intercepting the green light spheres that could penetrate the smoke layer.

Even so, explosions and flames began to appear in the sky.

About one-tenth of the fighter jet formation was directly destroyed, or so damaged that they had to make emergency landings.

Zheng Shiduo's voice came through the helmet's earpiece:

"Holy crap! Look at the radar! The area ahead! Damn it! We've found their nest!"

Their two transport planes flew side-by-side. At this moment, the radar interface in front of Wang Jixuan also displayed clearly.

Ahead, a truncated mountain appeared. The entire mountain had been hollowed out, with numerous tunnels dug by Drill Worms. Inside the tunnels were dense Mid-tier and High-Tier Blade Beasts.

These Blade Beasts seemed to be waiting for an opportunity, surging out of the ground to charge at the human attackers.

Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense had not yet been able to focus on this area, but soon...

A comet fell from the sky!

Dozens of drill bombs streaked from behind the aircraft swarm, half of them heading for the dead-end mountain.

Among these drill bombs, one missile's warhead was an unconventional weapon!

Ten seconds later, the missile swarm struck the dead-end mountain.

The high-performance warhead caused continuous localized collapses in the mountain, and the red dots within significantly decreased.

Another half a minute later.

Accompanied by a powerful electromagnetic shock, the lights inside the transport plane flickered unstably. The middle section of the dead-end mountain in front collapsed noticeably, the mountain body shattering amidst violent shaking. Waves of energy surged out from the fissures in the earth.

A large-yield nuclear bomb detonated underground!

On the bio-radar interface, red dots disappeared one after another, and countless blade beast tunnels in the ground collapsed.

The dead-end mountain was reduced to three isolated peaks!

The aircraft swarm soared high above, heading towards the flashing red area ahead.

Wang Jixuan suddenly felt a pressure.

This surprise attack, whether in direction or overall decision-making, was actually his doing.

The resources consumed by each missile were painstakingly saved, bit by bit, from the rations of the fortress residents.

While the missile volley was spectacular, the post-battle accounting would be even more shocking.

Wang Jixuan felt like giving himself another shot of the Heavenly Gate Secret Technique.

If they missed their target later, they would inevitably be surrounded and attacked by blade beasts when they retreated...

Hmm?

A spatial distortion!

Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense detected a distinct spatial distortion at its edge!

This distortion appeared about five hundred meters underground.

As the transport plane sped forward, Wang Jixuan rapidly extended his spiritual sense deeper underground.

He saw it!

Five kilometers ahead, at a depth of eight hundred meters, was a massive hemispherical space.

A cauldron with a diameter of three kilometers was inverted underground.

Around the perimeter of this space lay numerous special blade beasts emitting blue light, which was used to mask them from human radar detection.

But Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense was a skill beyond the comprehension of blade beasts and spiritual practitioners!

It could roam freely, seeing everything clearly!

In the center of the sphere was a huge stone hall. Around it were dozens of passages, with large numbers of blade beasts surging forward through each one. General-Class and Sub-King-Class beasts were queuing up behind them.

In the center of the stone hall stood a grand gate, and a King-Class Evangelist was standing right in front of it!

Swarms of blade beasts rushed into the gate's light membrane and disappeared.

Found it!

Wang Jixuan breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed Peony's arm beside him, and pointed at the map, saying quickly:

"Mark this area! The teleportation gate is down there, eight hundred meters underground! Have them send some nukes!"

"Yes!"

Peony immediately synchronized the information with Fu Jian.

The aircraft swarm began to circle. They dared not descend directly, but instead deployed drones and various bombs.

To eliminate the King-Class Evangelist, this assault aircraft swarm carried a large number of high-lethality weapons, which were now perfect for the task.

After waiting for about seven or eight minutes.

Several stealth bombers flew over from high altitude. They were a flight formation dispatched by the Space Carrier, and they dropped seven drill missiles.

Among these seven missiles, six were decoys and one was real, with only one containing a nuclear warhead.

The assault aircraft swarm immediately evaded to the left and right, avoiding the tragedy of aircraft destruction caused by strong electromagnetic interference.

Dense sonic booms erupted from the mountain forest below.

Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense saw:

A group of strangely shaped blade beasts appeared in the mountain forest. They opened their six blade limbs, and tadpole-like symbols lit up on their bodies. Simultaneously, they fired their own blade limbs towards the sky.

The blade limbs blotted out the sun and the sky, filling the vision with blade light. They were incredibly fast, enveloped in dense psionic energy.

A new anti-air measure evolved by the blade beasts?

The seven missiles had nowhere to dodge. Their bodies were covered in blade limbs, which exploded in mid-air. The seven missiles disintegrated on the spot.

Wang Jixuan's Dao Heart tightened.

He had thought the nuclear bomb, which was supposed to be sent underground for detonation, would detonate in the air.

As a mid-tier mecha technician awaiting verification, Wang Jixuan had common sense. If a nuclear bomb detonated in the air, the high temperatures and powerful shockwaves would cause casualties over a vast area.

He had the X Armor, and the Peak Maid Group and Buddha Hall Squad should also be fine, but the assault mecha fleet would likely be destroyed.

Fortunately, the nuclear bomb only plummeted towards the mountains and forests below. The missile booster exploded, but the nuclear warhead did not detonate.

The nuclear bomb's safety.

Sizzle!

Several holographic projections simultaneously appeared before Wang Jixuan.

Fu Jian, stationed at General Headquarters, Black Shell on a nearby transport plane, and the Buddha Hall Squad on the adjacent aircraft.

Fu Jian frowned and asked, "Is the intelligence confirmed? The teleportation gate is underground in this area?"

"I've already provided coordinates accurate to the meter."

Wang Jixuan said quickly:

"Do we need to assault and deliver the nuclear bomb down there?"

"Black Shell," Fu Jian said in a low voice, "at all costs. Also, Wang Zheng is not to participate in the upcoming battle; retreat as soon as possible."

"I refuse. We have Wu Man."

Wang Jixuan immediately summoned his flying sword:

"I have a way to deliver the nuclear bomb down there from a distance and destroy this teleportation gate, but I'm not sure if a nuclear bomb can destroy this thing.

"There are many restrictions on the gate, similar to those used by Spiritual Practitioners, and many of them haven't been activated yet.

"This involves space; a distorted space has appeared around it... Perhaps, we can only clear out the Blade Beasts near the teleportation gate. My suggestion is, first send me to the ground, give me a nuclear bomb, and I can try to send the nuclear bomb down to see the effect, using this sword.

"Also, I've discovered a large amount of extremely precious mineral deposits below, and I want to try and collect them if conditions permit."

-- The last sentence was a fabrication by Wang Jixuan. He hadn't had time to scan the vicinity with his spiritual sense. The only thing that truly caught his eye was that large gate.

Fu Jian said, "Black Shell, you have command."

He directly hung up the communication, not saying more to Wang Jixuan.

Daoist Wang turned to look at Black Shell, a smile forming on his lips.

"Understood. Together."

Black Shell clicked his tongue, then turned and roared at the top of his lungs:

"All troops! Provide full firepower support to our area! Accelerate the advance of the second echelon!

"All Half-Human Mechs in my unit! Use your best armor! Don't lose to our newly unsealed Advanced Mechs!

"I'll give you thirty seconds to write your wills! Keep your identification tags with you; don't make it harder for the brothers who will collect the bodies!

"In three minutes! My unit will launch an assault below! Kill these Blade Beast idiots!"