The Oriole's Basic Demeanor

Whirr--

The transport plane's engine noise was mostly muffled by the soundproofing materials, leaving only a whimper.

Wang Jixuan gathered everyone in front of him.

Inside this transport plane, the Buddha Hall Squad, the Peak Maid Group, and over a dozen Half-Human Mechs led by Black Shell were crammed around the holographic map.

Having suffered a setback last time, the Daoist had adjusted his strategy this time, deploying the most advanced aerial transport vehicles in the human world to keep his main fighting force together.

As he made his move, the entire war machine of the D5 Comprehensive War Zone was already in full swing.

There were also two special powerhouses inside the cabin.

The Fifth Spiritual Practitioner, carrying her stone tablet, had come along personally;

Shen Qionglin was also on her first field mission, wearing her self-made Psionic Combat Suit.

"I'll briefly explain what's going on," Wang Jixuan said.

He casually summoned his longsword and pointed at the Snow Mountain Base on the map:

"You should all be familiar with this place. We got stuck here for a long time last time.

"Today's objective and mission are different. The military from the D2 Comprehensive War Zone will directly assist us.

"Because of this, we have three objectives.

"First, to assist the D2 Comprehensive War Zone with their defense mission, and subsequently help Xiang Lin Tian control the entire D2 military and government. That's a later matter.

"Second, Old Sophie, the Fourth Spiritual Practitioner, might be hiding inside the Snow Mountain Base. That guy... has become demonic. I'm the one who did it, and it's highly likely he's using Demonic Qi to awaken the mummified corpses in his Spire Tower.

"We need to find the Spire Tower that Old Sophie moved, and ideally, seize Old Sophie's Core Circuit... I don't know what form this Core Circuit takes.

"Third, try to eliminate the active forces of both the Blade Beast and the Psionic Capital factions.

"Peony, please explain the chaotic situation over there."

"Yes!"

Peony, who had already changed into the 'Invisible' full-coverage armor, seriously joined the conversation.

"The situation near the Snow Mountain Base is currently extremely complex.

"Two King-Class Blade Beasts will arrive near the Snow Mountain Base in one hour and fifty minutes. Their targets are not yet fully determined, but we suspect they are looking for Old Sophie.

"According to the Fifth Spiritual Practitioner's testimony, if Old Sophie's Core Circuit is destroyed, the dormant Pillar-Class Blade Beast will awaken prematurely. This holds a true crisis, and we cannot directly share this intelligence with the Psionic Capital.

"I will now introduce the confirmed number of enemy S-Class Psionicists and their current locations..."

Peony easily took control of the communication flow.

Wang Jixuan hurried to a corner, sat down next to Shen Qionglin, facing the Fifth Spiritual Practitioner.

"Do you need me to put away your stone tablet?"

"No need," the Fifth Spiritual Practitioner said leisurely. "I have a portable Subspace. My current power allows me to open it freely, so I've stored the tablet inside."

Shen Qionglin chuckled, "Tsk, a Subspace within a Subspace."

Daoist Wang nodded and said seriously, "I'm going to break through first. Shout if you have any problems. This time, we'll land at the Fortress closest to the Snow Mountain Base. The D5 Half-Human Mech units will be stationed there as soon as possible."

"Don't worry," the Fifth said leisurely. "As long as I can get closer to that area, I can sense if Old Sophie is there. If Old Sophie isn't there, we'll just turn back."

"Mm," the Daoist sighed. "The important thing is that we can't let the Pillar-Class Blade Beast awaken now."

"Don't worry, I'll handle it," the Fifth waved her hand dismissively.

Her palm-sized face perfectly embodied the meaning of nonchalance.

Wang Jixuan took out two pills and swallowed them.

It had been a relatively short time since he last took pills, and the effectiveness of the pills that improved aptitude would be limited. However, after being tempered by the great formation, the aptitude of this Dao Body had already reached the upper-middle tier.

There wasn't much room for further improvement; the foundation was already set.

Since there was still an hour and a half before they arrived, he could directly break through to the Core Formation Realm. This would strengthen the combat power of his War Puppets and give his main body stronger combat capabilities.

Soon, a faint azure light flickered around Wang Jixuan.

The Fifth's eyes lit up as she stared at Wang Jixuan, trying to sense the mysterious changes within him and learn something.

Shen Qionglin had already passed this stage.

She had tried, but without Wang Jixuan's guidance, she couldn't learn it at all and would easily injure herself.

Deep Sea received the combat mission while already on a high-speed fighter jet heading to the D2 Comprehensive War Zone.

The high-speed fighter jet sacrificed stealth for speed and payload capacity. It was the main aerial firepower unit for bombing Blade Beasts, with dozens of different models.

Deep Sea looked at the instructions in front of him, somewhat bewildered.

He already knew that over a dozen high-speed aircraft were departing from different areas simultaneously, heading towards a Fortress in D2.

But...

Weren't their relations with D2 quite tense?

The order from above was for them to take over command of the fortress defenses upon arrival at the D2 fortress, ensuring that there would be no risks for our important personnel when they arrived later.

Deep Sea immediately felt conflicted.

Would D2 cooperate?

If they didn't cooperate, would our side forcibly bombard them?

Because they had departed in such a hurry, his maintenance team and most of his equipment were on later flights. He was only wearing the specialized gear for psionicists.

This is probably going to be a tough fight.

Deep Sea mused, then skillfully set up a communication channel, using Ling Tong's Half-Human Mech Group as the skeleton and bringing the other half-human mechs participating in the operation into the channel.

"I will be in command for the upcoming battle,"

Deep Sea said quickly:

"You should have already received the mission objectives. This is likely going to be a tough fight, and we might face anti-air weapons later. Keep your attention at a high level at all times, and stay close to the catapults."

"Understood."

"Got it."

"Brother Deep Sea, are you done with your vacation? How's sister-in-law doing lately?"

"Don't rub salt in Brother Deep Sea's wound! Even if sister-in-law were eighteen meters tall, she'd still be graceful and alluring."

"Spiritual love, how magnificent!"

Deep Sea's face was full of helplessness as he chuckled and cursed on the communication channel, "All of you pay attention. If you keep chatting nonsense, I won't introduce you to Black Shell if the opportunity arises in the future."

"No way, brother! Brother Hai, you're my real brother!"

"I'll add to that, Brother Hai is my actual uncle!"

Someone chuckled, "I'm quite envious of Little Ling Tong. Because she's dating Black Shell, her stats are better than eighty percent of the modified old bros. I wonder if Brother Black Shell is interested in cheating."

"Still 'brother'! You're thirty-two!"

"Hahaha!"

Zzzt.

Ling Tong's voice suddenly rang out, "I can help introduce you."

"Holy crap, you're here!"

"Huh? Ling Tong, you're participating in the battle too?"

"I just finished my promotional cycle," Ling Tong said with a light tone, unfazed by their teasing. "There's a combat mission here, so I applied to join the fight."

A younger female voice chuckled, "Exactly, it's not because she thinks Black Shell might show up this time."

"Hey? You guys are saying, the important personnel we're supposed to protect, as mentioned in the mission briefing, might be Black Shell?"

"Don't spout nonsense!"

Deep Sea quickly reminded them:

"Check your gear, stop the idle chatter. We're about to enter D2's border line as the first batch."

"Understood."

"Everyone get in the zone!"

"Smash those psionicists' brains!"

Deep Sea looked at the radar interface in front of him, continuing to worry about the path ahead.

Soon, Brother Deep Sea discovered that his worries were unnecessary.

D2 Comprehensive War Zone's fighter jets proactively contacted them and provided escort on their flanks. Deep Sea quickly received the identity authentication of a [Special Invited Military Commander of D2 Comprehensive War Zone].

D2, this old psionic region, showed no hostility whatsoever.

When they arrived at the 'Yellow Sun Plateau 022 Fortress' near Snow Mountain Base, the commander there quickly stepped forward and transferred command of the area by binding it to Deep Sea's operation.

Sixteen half-human mechs quickly assembled here.

When Ling Tong arrived, their half-human mech group was finally complete.

As transport planes landed and took off, Deep Sea's equipment and supply teams, along with hundreds of high-level mechanical bodies, were quickly in position. The entire fortress's garrison was now under smooth command.

When everything was ready on their side, a large transport plane landed on the surface airport.

Deep Sea led his team forward to greet them and soon saw familiar faces.

Buddha Hall Squad;

Peak Maid Group;

The third-generation mechs team led by Black Shell Instructor.

Deep Sea did a quick calculation, feeling that this combat power was more than enough to sneak attack the largest branches of the 13th Institute...

"Where's Teacher Wang?" Deep Sea peered into the transport plane.

Peony smiled at the cabin door, "We'll have to wait a bit, the officer is still improving himself."

Black Shell muttered, "There's a distinguished guest inside too. Don't be too shocked when you meet them later."

"A distinguished guest? Who?"

"The ancestor of psionicists," Zheng Shiduo chuckled.

A burst of azure light suddenly flickered inside the cabin.

Wang Jixuan opened his eyes, and a surge of energy erupted from his brow, shooting straight towards the ceiling. The surrounding spiritual energy was first pushed away by this surge, then rapidly converged back towards him, drawing in vast amounts of spiritual energy from a wider area, surging towards Wang Jixuan.

Right in front of Fifth, the amount of 'psionic energy' within Wang Jixuan officially entered the A-class!

And Wang Jixuan's Primordial Soul power, which was already somewhat capable of fighting above his level, significantly improved at this moment, continuing to lead his Dao Body cultivation.

The energy fluctuations within the cabin quickly subsided.

Wang Jixuan stood up comfortably, his spiritual sense expanding, now capable of reaching seven to eight kilometers.

It wasn't a big deal, really.

It was a natural breakthrough, very ordinary, with no danger, and the improvements were all within expectations.

"Let's go, you two. We'll use this place as a base and decide whether to act based on the situation."

Fifth pointed at Ling Tong, who was waiting outside the viewport, "Is that woman your spouse?"

"My intended spouse."

"Oho!" Fifth's eyes darted around, plotting something unknown.

Shen Qionglin was also thinking about whether she should go and greet Ling Tong to get acquainted. After all, she was a girl, and if she wanted to get topics, find technology, and obtain resources from Wang Zheng in the future, building a good relationship with Ling Tong would be more conducive to navigating social circles.

As for the upcoming battle...

Shen Qionglin actually didn't care much.

Core Formation Realm, where the Primordial Soul begins to transform, preparing for the condensation of a Golden Core.

The Core Formation Realm is divided into four stages: early, middle, late, and perfect. Wang Jixuan is naturally in the first stage. The fourth stage is the most critical, and whether one can condense a Golden Core is an important threshold in a cultivator's journey.

The path they are taking is the 'Golden Core Great Dao'.

Wang Jixuan greeted Deep Sea and the others, exchanged glances with Ling Tong for a few seconds, and without lingering on pleasantries, directly entered the temporary command center.

"What's the situation?"

"Meng Jin and the others haven't made a move yet."

Peony quickly took over the equipment here, displaying the new situation around Snow Mountain Base.

Two King-Class Blade Beasts, along with sixty thousand high-level Blade Beasts, will reach the underground of Snow Mountain Base in twenty minutes.

The good news is that the D2 Comprehensive War Zone is fully cooperating with their operation and has mobilized sufficient firepower. Once these two King-Class Blade Beasts reach the shallow surface, they can launch their offensive.

The bad news is...

Snow Mountain Base and the secret base are both built inside the mountain.

The King-Class Blade Beasts can directly attack these areas without appearing on the surface.

And D2 hasn't prepared enough high-performance drilling missiles yet. The Space Fortress is also actively mobilizing resources, and it will take some time for the supplies to arrive.

In terms of weaponry, D2 is indeed not as well-equipped as D5.

"The Psionic Capital has dispatched three more batches of psionicists. They're not hiding it anymore and are flying directly this way, but they're coming from the Arctic Circle, and their transport planes aren't performing well, so their assembly speed is slower. The psionicists from other locations aren't particularly strong."

Peony's lips curled in disdain:

"This is the current overall situation.

"D2 has mobilized enough surface firepower units, and various war zones and the Space Fortress are supporting this area.

"Meng Jin and other high-level psionicists are still near Rainbow Town; they haven't acted yet.

"The main force from the Psionic Capital is expected to arrive in two hours.

"In less than twenty minutes, Snow Mountain Base will be attacked by Blade Beasts."

Wang Jixuan nodded and asked, "Has the amount of Demonic Qi increased?"

"It has decreased by about thirty percent."

This is bad.

Wang Jixuan raised his hand to his forehead. At this level of Demonic Qi concentration, it would take a long time to dissipate naturally. Living beings entering the Demonic Qi-covered area would be corrupted by it, and upon death, their vengeful souls would become part of the Demonic Qi.

A thirty percent decrease in two to three hours...

Something must be absorbing the Demonic Qi!

The commander of the Fortress next to Deep Sea, a capable middle-aged female general, reported quickly, "The dark shadows at Snow Mountain Base are temporarily inactive!"

Wang Jixuan turned and shouted, "Fifth! Give me some crucial intel!"

Fifth Spiritual Practitioner responded impatiently, "I'm already sensing it. Also, I have a name. Call me by my name in formal situations."

"Alright, Wei... Shenme."

Wang Jixuan smiled.

"That's a good name. You'll be called Wei Shenme from now on."

"Hmph, you're really rude, you impolite fellow."

Number Five muttered, but she didn't care about such a small matter. She slowly closed her eyes, and colorful halos appeared behind her, interlocking like gears.

These were all the psionic energy circuits she had mastered.

They were still one to two hundred kilometers away from Snow Mountain Base, so Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense was naturally of no use.

Seeing that everyone was a bit nervous, he smiled and said, "Don't worry. We're just here to be the oriole, not the mantis. Meng Jin attacked us last time, so this time we must wait for him to make a move, and then we'll settle the score for his sneak attack."

As soon as he finished speaking, Number Five suddenly swore.

She used some kind of alien language.

"Old Sophie has turned black! He's underground at Snow Mountain Base. He teleported here using the coordinates I left behind!"

Number Five opened her eyes, and seven-colored pupils appeared in them.

"He's successfully awakened a group of spirit slaves using that demonic qi you created, and these spirit slaves have a strong desire to attack... They're waiting for those two King-Class Blade Beasts!

"I also sensed a fluctuation similar to a stargate! Wow, they're about to fight!"

Wang Jixuan blinked.

A pseudo stargate?

This meant... the blade beasts might come continuously, and the spirit slaves awakened by Old Sophie with demonic qi were mortal enemies with the blade beasts and spiritual practitioners who could never make peace...

This situation...

Was wonderful.