Swallowed Star

This Beast Tide really was the work of the Black and White Clown. The Blood Demon Wolf had already been influenced by their leader. It had held back several waves of the Beast Tide in the mountains and forests, then combined them to attack the base.

After realizing all this, Ma Tianxing took a deep breath. Seeing that more than four hours had passed since Lin Chenxing had gone to rest, he got up, went to the lounge, and knocked on the door.

At the sound of the knock, the snoring inside stopped at once, followed by a rustling noise.

Once Lin Chenxing had gotten dressed, the door opened. He rubbed his eyes, patted his cheeks, and yawned. "Director Ma, did something happen?"

Ma Tianxing handed Lin Chenxing the documents he was holding.

Lin Chenxing took them and began to read carefully.

When he saw the information about the Black and White Clown's leader, Lin Chenxing couldn't help giving a wry smile. "With strength like that, why target a little place like ours?"

Ma Tianxing told Lin Chenxing what he had worked out earlier. "A single War God can defend a settlement with a population of over a hundred thousand. Their so-called Number Five is an Advanced Battle General, and a Psychic Master who has few equals among Martial Artists of the same level. That means their boss has probably reached the War God level, so he must be preparing to establish his own forces."

"But from the way they act, I don't think they're good people," Lin Chenxing grumbled.

Ma Tianxing shook his head. "There's no absolute standard for good and evil. If he treats the people under his rule well, how can we call him a bad person? Maybe he's just ruthless toward those who aren't his own. But whether he's good or bad, we have to start preparing right away. While they still probably don't know that those two died here, we need to finish all our defensive works."

Lin Chenxing thought it over, then nodded. "Actually, I had an idea during this Beast Tide. I was able to control the bamboo back then, and I've been cultivating it in the same spot ever since. Could we transplant it outside our walls and form a Bamboo Forest? Then the weaker monsters wouldn't be able to get in."

Ma Tianxing rubbed his chin. "It might work, but I doubt we can grow a Bamboo Forest quickly. It's a good long-term plan, but it won't have an effect in the short term. It probably won't do much against the Black and White Clown's next attack."

A faint smile appeared on Lin Chenxing's lips. "I can make the bamboo stop growing for now and maximize the Bamboo Root's ability to reproduce. If we provide enough nutrients, I estimate we can form a Bamboo Forest three to four meters wide around the outside of the wall within a month."

Ma Tianxing's face brightened, and his tone grew more upbeat. "That would be great. Within a month, as long as Old Gao and Old He recover, Tianwen recovers, and Old Guo breaks through to Advanced Battle General, we'll have a much better chance of getting through this crisis."

Lin Chenxing only nodded. He rubbed his aching muscles as he walked over to his seat and plopped down.

"Let me see how much damage this battle did to our base." Lin Chenxing began flipping through the documents on the desk.

Ma Tianxing said solemnly, "There's no need. I'll tell you directly. In this Beast Tide, we lost six Advanced Warriors and thirteen Intermediate Warriors. Three Junior Battle Generals suffered serious or minor injuries, along with seventeen Advanced Warriors and eleven Intermediate Warriors. Our losses were considerable. But thanks to this battle, apart from Old Guo, two Junior Battle Generals said they could soon break through to Intermediate Battle General, and eight Advanced Warriors said they could reach Junior Battle General. Overall, our strength is a little greater than before."

"In this battle, we collected four Advanced Beast General monster corpses, twelve Intermediate Beast General monster corpses, thirty-seven Junior Beast General monster corpses, and 1,363 sets of Beast Soldier-grade materials."

"We should also thank Tianwen for all his efforts this time. He used up every last bit of his mental power. Doctor Mao estimates it'll take three or four days for him to recover to seventy or eighty percent. Thanks to him, we took out almost all the Beast Soldiers. Otherwise, our casualties would've been even worse."

"Still, these gains are nothing compared to the documents we got from the Black and White Clown. Besides an introduction to Psychic Masters and some basic information about the current situation, they also contain quite a bit of cultivation experience. It should help us train more Martial Artists."

At this, Lin Chenxing's spirits lifted. He immediately looked through the documents again.

A large section of the documents described an auxiliary cultivation method called the Guidance Technique. Combined with the incomplete Guidance Technique they had obtained from Number Forty-One, it left Lin Chenxing astonished. More and more details seemed familiar to him.

Then he came across a section introducing some of Huaxia's strongest figures.

Thunder God, Advanced War God, of mixed Huaxia and Tianzhu descent. He had practiced yoga under his father's tutelage and achieved considerable success in it. He was also passionate about Huaxia martial arts, earning him the nickname "Thunder Madman."

Hong, Advanced War God, formerly a Killer. He had carried out many missions with almost no chance of survival, escaping certain death time and again and successfully completing each mission.

Those two entries completely awakened the memories in Lin Chenxing's mind.

Lin Chenxing's head suddenly began to ache. He clutched both sides of it, his face contorted in pain.

Seeing Lin Chenxing suffering, Ma Tianxing hurried over to ask if he felt unwell and whether he should call a doctor.

Lin Chenxing managed to raise one hand. "I'm fine. I just didn't get enough rest. I'll go lie down for a while."

Ma Tianxing looked worried as he told Lin Chenxing, "If anything happens, call me right away. I'll be in your office."

Lin Chenxing returned to the lounge and lay down on the bed. With his eyes closed, he massaged his temples and began to examine the memories that had just suddenly resurfaced.

Swallowed Star. So this was the world of Swallowed Star. That meant he finally had a future he could use as a reference again.

But why hadn't hearing the name Thunder Madman in Martial Artist circles stirred his memories before? He had no idea.

Lin Chenxing was pleasantly surprised, but the book he had read hadn't said much about the Great Nirvana Period. It had usually passed over it in just a few brief lines.

The Great Nirvana Period. Counting from the year 2013, it lasted eight years, ending in 2021. It was only September 2016 now. He had to make it through the next four-plus years, and use the contents of the book he had read to plan anew. He had to break through to Planetary Level as soon as possible—ideally, he would become one of the councilors.

Lin Chenxing began to set this goal for himself.