"The third one, quite easy."
Zheng Shiduo patted his hands and exited the narrow room.
Wang Jixuan bowed his head as he entered, burning the Mimic Blade Beast and ’Human Skin,’ watching the flas flicker continuously.
They were still on the forty-sixth floor, at the edge of Joyful City’s territory, in a slum made of piled-up discarded containers.
In the dim light of the surrounding street lamps, those figures lay and sat calmly and weakly inside and outside their ’hos.’
They were not curious about what had happened here.
Wan Xiaoqi squatted in front of several emaciated children, took out the ergency food from his person, and handed it over. The children reached out to grab it, then seed to rember sothing and shrank back trembling.
Lin Bo, who stood by, sighed and said softly, "It’s useless; without the gang’s permission, they won’t dare to eat it."
"Why?" Wan Xiaoqi’s voice trembled slightly.
"Because, the Lower City is beyond order; it’s an annex to the Fortress, a blood bank for the Fortress."
Zheng Shiduo curled his lips and muttered dismissively as he strolled forward with his hands behind his back:
"The Fortress, in order to produce more materials, must cultivate low-cost labor."
"Because of the existence of the Lower City, the Fortress has enough miners, facing the threat of Blade Beast attacks, to expand mining and transport operations. The Middle City then manufactures these natural resources into firearms and ammunition to protect the Fortress and support the front lines."
"Is this right? Definitely not. But would the Fortress have sufficient firepower if it didn’t do this? It’s very likely it wouldn’t. The balance between the average firepower across the Fortress’s defensive areas and its internal capacity is a complex formula."
"Fortress 76 belongs to the upper-middle category of civil fortresses, consistently scoring high on the civilization index... because most other fortresses are even worse than here."
"Many fortresses at the brink of collapse have already begun using extre asures."
"Xiaoqi, you don’t have to feel guilty about this; you will also face death threats from Blade Beasts in the future, and your life is dependent on your parents fighting on the front lines, and you will walk this path soday... Lingtong’s logistics team needs to replenish a few mbers every year due to casualties, so you should take care to have fun on ti and find a few boyfriends or girlfriends."
Zheng Shiduo smiled with narrowed eyes.
This was his rarely heard ’normal’ speech.
Wan Xiaoqi asked, "Then can’t the Middle City spare so materials for here?"
"No," Zheng Shiduo replied calmly:
"No matter how much the Lower City flounders, it’s just a value addition on the basis, but the Middle City is the central pillar of the Fortress. Without the Lower City, this Fortress can still operate normally with the Middle City, sustaining and protecting hundreds of thousands of people, though the outbound shipnt of materials would be significantly reduced."
"But..."
"Alright, let’s get going; the first ti I saw a similar scene, I blad myself for half a month and swore to make a change."
Zheng Shiduo scoffed and raised his eyebrows:
"Later, I just realized I was being too naive... We’ve killed three Mimic Blade Beasts, and I don’t know if the others are hiding."
"They probably don’t communicate with each other."
Daoist Wang, who had already cleaned up the bodies and traces, called out from the side:
"The last two Blade Beasts didn’t notice us coming."
"There should still be so on the forty-sixth floor."
"Continue searching; we need to move even faster, not just to find these Blade Beasts but most importantly to find out their entry route into the Fortress."
"Understood!"
"Yes!"
Zheng Shiduo and Wan Xiaoqi responded in unison.
Before leaving, Wan Xiaoqi still placed two bags of ergency food in the corner, looked down for a while, then turned to quickly follow Wang Jixuan’s retreating figure.
...
Third floor of the Fortress, Spiritual Ability House.
Wei Linzheng sat quietly under the LED light.
His gaunt old face, under the illumination, showed a kind of oily gleam.
He was ditating.
This was a thod that allowed him to sense the boundary between ’reality’ and ’illusion’; each ditation session slightly enhanced his understanding of Spiritual Energy.
Similarly, ditating every day was his most important affair, and he did not want anyone to disturb him.
Today, there was an inconsiderate fellow...
"Special Commissioner! Special Commissioner!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Hmm?"
Wei Linzheng frowned and opened his eyes to look at this reckless middle-aged man, deciding to let him speak about the ergency before deciding on an appropriate punishnt.
"What is it?"
"Special Commissioner! The Mimic Blade Beasts we had previously locked on to, three have already been eliminated! The Spiritual Ability Signal is gone!"
Wei Linzheng’s furrowed brows gradually relaxed: "Who’s down there?"
"Don’t know!"
"Can’t you investigate a bit before coming to report to ?" Wei Linzheng’s voice grew colder.
The man’s forehead broke out in cold sweat as he quickly replied:
"Special Commissioner! We are being closely watched! Earlier, when we said we wanted to support the fighting in the desert, it was also dismissed by the Defense Army, our movents are completely restricted... However, how could they find the Mimic Blade Beasts? Considering the intelligence previously given to us by the headquarters, Black Storm has the ability to identify Mimic Blade Beasts..."
Wei Linzheng narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is that E-Level Spiritual Ability User down there? Interesting."
He mulled over the situation, his body levitating slightly before his feet touched down and he strode forward with his hands behind his back, speaking slowly:
"Everyone assemble; when opportunity strikes, issue a Mimic Blade Beast attack alert to legally gain intervention authority."
"I will block the Half-human cha with Feng Bangjie; you send three or four C-Level Spiritual Ability Users with excellent abilities to eliminate the Mimic Blade Beasts and capture Black Storm alive, thus securing a bargaining chip for us."
"Rember, prioritizing the elimination of the Mimic Blade Beasts is our primary job, even when dealing with an E-Level Spiritual Ability User, do not be negligent... This is a very interesting specin; if we can’t capture it alive, ensure sufficient cells are collected and stage all related deaths as being controlled by the Mimic Blade Beasts."
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