Chapter 125: Classmate, Interested In Joining The Military?
The next day, at ten o’clock in the evening.
The streets of Jinze City buzzed with noise as several trucks covered with thick cloth sped through, followed by several large troop transport vehicles, passing through the main road of Jinze City and heading straight to the mine location.
“Don’t run!”
On the other side of the street, Kong Jing, who was carrying out a mission to eliminate demonic creatures, chased out a sneaky little imp.
This demonic creature was only as big as an ordinary person’s thigh, shaped like a child, with limbs as thin as hemp stalks, running like a madman, giving off a frantic feeling.
It was called a naughty spirit.
True to its name, it was one that liked to cause trouble, whether in the countryside or the city; once this kind of demonic creature appeared, it wouldn’t hurt or kill people.
But it was just infuriating.
In the countryside, it frequently stole chickens and dogs, and liked to deliberately put the stolen items in the neighbor’s place, inciting quarrels between families.
In the city, at night it made noises upstairs and downstairs, simulating sounds to create conflict.
Once entangled by a naughty spirit, if one couldn’t stay calm and detect the problem early, but instead followed the conflict deeper and deeper, they would be possessed by it.
After affecting the mind, it would make people exhibit abnormal human-like behaviors, like beating one’s mother or selling one’s wife.
That was causing trouble.
The ancients had their style of causing trouble, and the modern era had its own; this demon developed various methods adapting to the changes of the times.
As a demonic creature, it actually didn’t have much difference in strength, so it was pointless to categorize it that way.
Some demonic creatures were weak, but hard to handle after causing disaster.
Some demonic creatures were powerful, but wouldn’t cause disaster.
And some demonic creatures, like this one, seemed harmless but had a significant impact on social atmosphere, though claiming they posed great harm wasn’t realistic either.
Moreover, this kind of demonic creature was hard to catch; it had no ability to harm people, but its evasion ability was even stronger than that of the Second Realm, making it hard for an average Second Realm practitioner to catch.
For example, Kong Jing, a martial artist who practiced leg techniques and had broken through the Divine Movement Pass, still couldn’t catch this demonic creature.
But it was at its end.
Using the corner of an alley, Kong Jing kicked off the wall, bounced left and right, then pounced straight at the naughty spirit that had just emerged from the street entrance like an eagle.
Bang!
At that moment, an explosive bullet hit the demonic creature, producing a brilliant spark explosion that blew off the naughty spirit’s upper body.
Bang!
As Kong Jing just landed, another explosive bullet blasted the demonic creature’s lower body, making it explode completely.
Explosive bullet!
Military!
His blood ran cold; he just stared at the passing vehicles, frozen in place, not daring to move.
Guns were not all the same.
These martial artists could actually get guns too, but their power was just standard firearms.
Then there was the Disinfection Bureau, which had relatively complete equipment against demonic creatures and could mobilize quite a few resources, but their firearms were also just standard models.
Even if they collected these weapons, on the crime of privately owning guns, it was ambiguous.
If it weighed enough, it was private possession; if not, it was just a toy.
After all, they were martial artists; those in the Dragon Gate Realm who practiced the Hardening Technique well could even block bullets.
But there was one kind of gun where possession was a serious crime, and ordinary people didn’t dare touch it.
Guns that could make bullets explode.
Only one department in all of Shenzhou was qualified to possess them.
The military’s guns!
And they were from the military region’s troops, the real deal for suppressing the Demon Realm!
No need to find the weaknesses or counters of demonic creatures; strictly following the concept of gunpowder exorcism, using bullets made of special metal that could trigger explosions after gunpowder ignition—as long as the quantity was sufficient, no demonic creature could survive.
The military didn’t stop, but Kong Jing saw an officer with insignia on his shoulder in the troop transport vehicle salute him; subconsciously, Kong Jing saluted back.
After the convoy passed, Kong Jing reacted.
Did they take him as an enthusiastic citizen or as a Disinfection Bureau member?
But no matter what, as long as they didn’t treat him as an enemy, it was fine.
……
“We’re here!”
At the periphery of the mine cave, Fan Tie, who received the signal, looked straight back and signaled the troops starting to encircle the mine area to spread out; soon, rows of troop transport vehicles drove into the mine, and rows of soldiers disembarked.
Fan Tie walked over and saluted; after the man returned the salute, he waved his hand, and ranks of soldiers formed an encirclement, while the remaining soldiers pulled off the covers on the trucks, revealing the heavy weapons placed inside.
“No!”
Fan Tie panicked and waved his hand hurriedly, “Don’t do that, these things aren’t needed, absolutely don’t set them up!”
The officer asked puzzledly:
“What do you mean? Old Fan, we’ve arrived at the Demon Realm—should we not deploy formations and wait for casualties after the demonic creatures come out? I read the information; this place has too small an entrance, not good for deployment. I say, blow up half the mountain to enlarge the entrance, making it easier for us to bombard.”
Fan Tie said, “Did you read it all?”
“I read it all, including your report of slaying a snake demon, greatly reducing its pollution, leading to the Demon Realm clearing pollution right away—I saw that too.”
The officer said, “But the Demon Realm thing, no need for me to explain, right? Pollution isn’t that easy to remove; we still need to bomb first to control the pollution to a certain level.”
“No, Old Xu, you go in and take a look first.”
Fan Tie said, “Once you go in, you’ll know.”
The officer was stunned, looking at Fan Tie with some doubt; of course they knew each other—there weren’t many surviving Second Realm soldiers, and at this level, people took responsibility for their words.
“I’ll go down personally.”
The officer beckoned, leading a team of fully armed soldiers into the mine cave.
Not long after, he came back out with a strange expression, looking Fan Tie up and down, “No, isn’t this too weird? The place isn’t big, but pollution doesn’t clear that easily—how did it reduce to this extent?”
Without specialized instruments, he was a martial artist who had broken through the Soul Settling Pass, most sensitive to demonic creature pollution.
In this mine now, the pollution was nearly gone; if not for still seeing one or two demonic creatures wandering and keenly sensing the pollution still rising steadily, he would really think someone was pranking him.
Where was the Demon Realm?
Wasn’t this just a mine cave that spawned demonic creatures?
He knew that Ningjiang City’s Disinfection Bureau had cooperated with the garrison companies of two cities to temporarily hold off the Demon Realm, buying time for them to mobilize equipment.
Even the messages received along the way were shocking enough.
What Demon Realm temporarily stabilized, Demon Realm weakened, big demonic creature in the Demon Realm taken out…
He knew very well the strength of those two garrison companies—they definitely couldn’t do it.
So it had to be the Disinfection Bureau.
But he just sighed that the Disinfection Bureau had produced another capable person, not believing they could completely eliminate the Demon Realm’s pollution.
The so-called elimination was just the calm before the storm; once it rose again, it still needed solving—they had just bought enough time.
But after going in…
This was safer than a stabilized Demon Realm, even feeling like a place after martial artists were summoned for pioneering—seemed like in a few years, the pollution could be removed, and territory expanded.
“Where’s the person?”
The officer looked around and didn’t see the Disinfection Bureau Chief who came to support according to the intelligence.
“Cultivating.”
Fan Tie pointed to the mountaintop, then saw a series of afterimages flash by, laughing, “Coming down.”
Whoosh!
Just as the words fell, a person wearing a cap but with only a coat draped over the upper body landed on the ground.
Seeing the person arrive, the officer’s gaze sharpened first.
This qi and blood was stable, full of perfect roundedness and explosiveness—not only Second Realm, but many Mysterious Passes broken…
The notice said it was Ningjiang City’s Disinfection Bureau Chief.
The higher-ups there sent someone down to rectify the Disinfection Bureau’s chaos?
“Hello, I’m Xu Chengsui.”
Xu Chengsui saluted first, then extended his hand to the man.
“Li Ye.”
Li Ye slightly raised his head, smiling as he extended his hand too.
And this raise of the head made Xu Chengsui completely stunned.
The face under the cap was so youthful that the fuzz on it was visible.
A boy who hadn’t even grown hair yet!
Xu Chengsui subconsciously looked at Fan Tie.
Fan Tie chuckled, “Broke Six Passes, senior year Martial Arts Track.”
Xu Chengsui’s eyes widened, then he grabbed Li Ye’s hand tightly, “Classmate—no, brother! Interested in transferring to the military?”
Sorry, a bit late, poor schedule and fatigue caused me to crash. Will try to update more tonight, maybe until late night; everyone can check in the morning.
