In the end of the world, I become an immortal alone

The aircraft shuttled across the dunes;

Countless mechanical spiders crawled densely into a dozen underground tunnels;

Explosions echoed constantly throughout the desert;

Human soldiers poured military-grade products into the passages, ranging from one hundred to two hundred meters deep, using various methods, while technicians continuously linked new drone swarms to the control terminals in their hands.

The extermination battlefield was divided into three layers.

The outer perimeter forces were responsible for blasting apart any new tunnels that might appear underground. The main firepower points in the center waited to eliminate the Bladebeast swarms charging out from underground. The entrances and exits of the dozen or so tunnels were the most dangerous combat zones, serving as the primary battlefield for the drones.

Daoist Wang sat comfortably in the command vehicle, carefully observing the battlefield and closely watching the human commanders.

These were all unprecedented experiences.

Dongfang Zhenghong's eyes were calm and profound, without any emotional fluctuations, as he continuously issued accurate combat commands.

Wu Man sat in a wheelchair, pushed by Zhou Zhengde to Dongfang Zhenghong's side.

Dongfang Zhenghong asked, "Are you ready?"

"Yes," Wu Man nodded lightly.

"Activate the amplifier, adjust the wavebands, and determine the underground propagation range."

"Amplifier operating normally."

"Underground pathways confirmed."

Dongfang Zhenghong looked at Wu Man, his voice softening slightly, and said, "Try to get them to come out as much as possible."

Daoist Wang had already checked his backpack, arranging as many miniature high-explosive mines as possible in his armored vest.

Stuffing these things into the Bladebeasts' mouths had a pretty good killing effect.

Wu Man put on the helmet handed to him by a technician, took several deep breaths, and slowly closed his eyes, a touch of sacredness appearing on his otherwise handsome young face.

He interlaced his fingers, as if in prayer, and a soft hum emanated from his nose.

Wang Ji Xuan immediately felt the spiritual energy fluctuations blooming from Wu Man's body.

Within a few minutes, shouts erupted from the surroundings.

"The underground insect swarms have begun to move!"

"Marked swarms 13 to 16, and 23 to 28, are moving! That's one-sixth of the total Bladebeast swarm, charging along the pre-planned routes!"

Images of dozens of moving Bladebeast swarms appeared on the projection screen, rolling or crawling through stable tunnels three to four meters in diameter.

Outside the command vehicle, the desert was filled with smoke and fire as pre-laid mines were triggered and the human army began a barrage of fire.

The earth trembled slightly, and the collapse of sand and gravel appeared on many dunes.

The sound of explosions came a while later, the shockwaves turning into gusts of wind.

A few minutes later, a total of seven to eight thousand Bladebeasts successively burst out of the ground, encountering a frontal assault from the long-awaited human firepower network!

This kind of Bladebeast swarm, small in number and emerging sporadically, was simply providing the soldiers with opportunities to rack up kills.

Dongfang Zhenghong remained calm, staring at the sand table in front of him, not even glancing at the light and shadows outside.

About a dozen minutes later.

A report sounded in the command vehicle: "The first wave of Bladebeasts has been annihilated."

"Replenish the firepower of all units," Dongfang Zhenghong ordered again, then turned to look at Wu Man.

Wu Man nodded: "I can transmit messages again, probably three more times, before I fall into a coma."

"Rest for a quarter of an hour," Dongfang Zhenghong picked up the intercom and ordered, "Prepare for a quarter of an hour."

"Wu Man?"

"Sir!"

Wu Man immediately turned his head, the electric wheelchair automatically turning halfway, looking at Wang Ji Xuan in the rear corner.

Daoist Wang beckoned, and Wu Man immediately leaned closer.

"What is it, sir?" Wu Man asked somewhat nervously.

Wang Ji Xuan thought for a moment, asked a nearby technician for a piece of white paper, and wrote a series of syllables on it.

This was the An Shen Mantra, which could help ordinary people fall asleep peacefully and relieve stress. For spiritual energy users of Wu Man's type (classified as psychokinetic spiritual energy users), chanting this mantra could rapidly dissipate their fatigue and quickly restore their mental strength.

"Read and burn immediately."

Wang Ji Xuan instructed:

"Exclusive technology, do not spread it."

Wu Man immediately looked to the left and right, and the surrounding soldiers turned away simultaneously. Only Zhou Zhengde leaned over for a few glances.

Soon, Wu Man took a lighter, burned the paper, closed his eyes, and his lips moved. When he opened his eyes again, a glimmer appeared in his eyes, and a faint fluctuation surrounded him. The mottled aura within his body was slightly depleted.

Strands of spiritual energy surrounded him, even more lively.

Wu Man's 'slight' excitement did not last long, and he immediately realized something.

This was a brand new spiritual energy development path.

The young man gazed at the handsome face before him, a touch of emotion in his eyes, and whispered, "Thank you, sir, I will guard this secret with my life."

"No need to be so solemn, just a little trick... When using this ability for the second time, you can imagine yourself as one of them."

Wang Ji Xuan suggested:

"You can try not to issue commands, but... send out a cry for help."

"A cry for help?" Confusion filled Wu Man's eyes.

Wang Ji Xuan folded his arms and said with a smile, "Is it difficult to understand? These basic Bladebeasts can't distinguish where the commands they receive are coming from, so if you change the commands you issue to cries for help, it's like a general-level Bladebeast is crying for help, and the basic Bladebeasts should be more eager to come out and die."

"Okay," Wu Man responded, "I understand."

A moment later, Wu Man made a praying gesture again, and the signal light on his helmet flashed rapidly.

'Help... me...'

The desert was quiet for a few minutes.

Then, several technicians in the command vehicle shouted simultaneously:

"12, 34, 56, 36, 15... many are charging towards the surface!"

"All six tunnels are filled with Bladebeasts! All thirty-five non-core beast swarms are moving!"

"Bladebeast swarm riot!"

"Energy fluctuations are appearing in the underground cavity where the Young King Insect is located! It has awakened!"

Outside the command vehicle, the fire and shockwaves of various explosions flashed densely!

Wang Ji Xuan thought carefully, took out a talisman from his left hand, folded it, and walked behind the young man.

He had barely stood still for a dozen seconds.

'Goo--goo--'

A familiar mental call.

This call carried a trace of weakness, obviously the Young King Insect's previous long-range attack on Ling Tong had greatly depleted it.

Wu Man's face suddenly turned pale, and a stinging sensation appeared on his forehead.

A large hand pressed on Wu Man's shoulder, and a cool aura flowed into his forehead. Wu Man felt warm all over, and the blurred and torn images that appeared before his eyes were instantly shattered.

The technician quickly reported!

"Some beast swarms are starting to retreat underground!"

"Two-thirds of the beast swarms are turning back! Should we pursue!"

Dongfang Zhenghong shouted: "Pour on the firepower!"

With the same killing power, underground firepower is far more expensive than surface firepower.

Wu Man said, "I can do it one more time."

He immediately closed his eyes, and a strand of sound entered his ears. Wu Man followed these syllables, constantly opening and closing his lips, and a light blue glow appeared around him.

'Goo--goo--'

The technician next to him shouted: "Bladebeast swarms are erupting again!"

"Cover with firepower!"

Two minutes later, the Young King Insect issued an overall command again, and some Bladebeast swarms retreated again.

Daoist Wang narrowed his eyes.

He also became ruthless, took out a handkerchief from his upper pocket, opened it, and there was a set of silver needles he had refined overnight.

If Wu Man couldn't hold on later, he would directly use the silver needles to stimulate Wu Man back, opening a temporary 'nourishing spirit with qi' pathway for Wu Man!

Based on the mottled aura within Wu Man's body, coupled with his assistance, he could exhaust that Young King Insect to death!

Today, he would let the Young King Insect see the comprehensiveness of the sect's number one genius in a thousand years!

"Uh," Zhou Zhengde looked at the silver needles in Daoist Wang's hand and whispered, "The energy index of the Young King Insect is constantly decreasing. Now there are only the core beast swarms around it underground... How about, playing it safe?"

Only then did Daoist Wang put away the silver needles and patted Wu Man's shoulder.

"Good job."

Wu Man showed a slight smile: "Yes, thank you, sir."

Zhou Zhengde and Dongfang Zhenghong breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Wang Ji Xuan walked back to the corner, calmly sat down, and under Wu Man's misdirection, the Bladebeast swarms continued to charge to the surface, and human firepower was easily reaping them.

Dongfang Zhenghong looked at Wang Ji Xuan and muttered softly, "Zhengde, I'm starting to understand your feelings."

"What?"

"An alien treasure," the commander shook his head, then focused on the sand table in front of him, accurately allocating each unit of firepower.

After a 'fierce battle' for more than half an hour.

Eighty percent of the individuals in this Bladebeast swarm charged to the surface, and the desert was covered with a layer of black severed limbs and wreckage.

The ferocious Bladebeasts, on this morning, had become lambs in a slaughterhouse.

......

Tzz.

Wang Jixuan, who was resting with his eyes closed, heard Ling Tong's voice in his headset.

"My unit is ready to attack. Patch me into the assault team channel."

The voices of Red Serpent and Deep Sea sounded simultaneously.

The three semi-mechanical armors detached from the surface combat armors and entered the underground-only armors, which were more than three meters tall.

First, a large number of drones cleared the way;

Then, one after another, soldiers wearing full-coverage powered armor that could adapt to the Blade Beast passages, carrying various individual high-firepower weapons, entered the Blade Beast tunnels.

Following them were the three semi-mechanical armors: Ling Tong, Red Serpent, and Deep Sea.

Red Serpent exclaimed, "This youth version of the Beast Speaker is so useful! I can't even imagine how powerful a real Beast Speaker would be, and… why don't they use this ability to help us?"

"The Beast Speaker's ability would be regarded as a betrayal by the King-level Blade Beasts," Deep Sea said quickly. "That would trigger the awakening of the main beast swarm. I saw a report that said Wu Man's ability is only regarded as a General-level Blade Beast."

"Alright," Red Serpent said with a light 'tsk'. "Tong Tong, why are you carrying a cold weapon?"

Ling Tong said, "Newly equipped. Still testing it."

"Can this thing be useful?" Red Serpent clicked his tongue dismissively. "I have more faith in the destruction cannon on my mechanical arm!"

"It should be effective in narrow terrain," Ling Tong replied with some uncertainty.

The three semi-mechanical armors chatted there, while more than a dozen logistics members from the three teams listened honestly.

The sound of an explosion came from the headset.

Daoist Wang raised his eyebrows slightly. He felt a violent psionic fluctuation.

On the large screen in the command vehicle, it could be seen that the number of assault team members was decreasing rapidly, updating data every ten seconds, decreasing by ten to twenty people.

This final assault on the young Queen Insect had begun!

Fighting underground, in the passages carved out by the Blade Beasts, the human side did not have any advantage.

Dongfang Zhenghong had now stopped giving orders. The commander of the assault team was now the semi-mechanical armor Deep Sea.

Wang Jixuan, on the other hand, could hear firsthand news. Red Serpent's voice was a bit exaggerated, Ling Tong's was calm and composed from beginning to end, and Deep Sea's was very steady.

They began to act as the tip of the spear for the vanguard team, quickly advancing forward and clashing with small groups of mid-level Blade Beasts.

Red Serpent suddenly swore, "What the hell! What is that new weapon of yours!"

Ling Tong said coolly, "Follow me, provide covering fire."

"Provide her with covering fire!"

"Why didn't you notify me about the updated equipment!" Red Serpent shouted through gritted teeth. "I want that greatsword that can release shockwaves too! Uh, psionic energy, crystal cores! Crystal core weapon! I want one too! Ling Tong, can you let me use it for a bit! I'll definitely return it to you after I use it! Wow! I want one too! Honey! Think of a way!"

Deep Sea also said, "Incredible, crossfire cover, let her charge into the beast swarm!"

Hearing this, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Daoist Wang's mouth.

He seemed to be able to see Ling Tong dancing with her sword in the beast swarm.

That's right, mecha.

He could make an enlarged version of the greatsword, carrying more crystal cores, adapted for mecha use.

He would make two mecha versions for her when he got back!

Working as a logistics officer wasn't bad either. Watching his own combat girl use the weapons he made to kill enemies was actually quite fulfilling.

However, Daoist Wang's smile faded.

With Ling Tong's extraordinary performance, the underground advance was smooth, but some minor problems still arose later.

"The young Queen Insect has opened a mental interference field! Don't get close, the anti-interference patches we're using don't work against this level of mental interference!"

Deep Sea's voice immediately appeared in the command vehicle:

"Commander, we need psionic users, psionic users who can resist mental interference."

"These accompanying psionic users can't handle it."

"Only three hundred meters left to the cavity where the young Queen Insect is located. We need to send the tactical nuke over, but they have reinforced the rock layer ahead, and we can't blast it open with firepower. There are also some Blade Beasts blocking the way, and the unmanned spiders can't get through."

Dongfang Zhenghong thought slightly, "Is Team Leader Zheng okay? He's the most powerful psionic user we have here. The frontline battle is very intense, and we can't temporarily transfer other psionic users from the war zone."

Deep Sea said, "Let him try. If it doesn't work, we can only force our way through, or open a passage from another direction and try to complete the construction within a day."

"Will the young Queen Insect recover?" Dongfang Zhenghong asked worriedly.

"Cough…"

Just as Daoist Wang was about to speak, Zhou Zhengde next to him pounced on him and covered Daoist Wang's mouth.

Dongfang Zhenghong turned his head to look over, Zhou Zhengde looked at Dongfang Zhenghong with a smile.

"We made an agreement, Uncle. You absolutely can't let him do such a dangerous job!"