Chapter 800 - The Ancients
Chapter 800: The Ancients
Meng Chao was overjoyed.
The “strengthened version” of the three basic force execution methods were the first seeds he had planted in the present world following his rebirth after the apocalypse. He had hoped to change the future.
He did not expect the seeds he had inadvertently planted would take root and germinate so quickly, blooming and bearing fruit.
Meng Chao did not feel that this was his credit.
Including the Reckless Bull Force, the three enhanced basic force execution methods were originally part of the Dragon City of his previous life. Countless powerhouses, warriors, and ordinary citizens had used their wounded bodies, unyielding willpower, and eternal burning hot blood… to irrigate the entities.
He was just a porter of the future, flapping the wings of a butterfly and bringing the “future” to the “now.”
Thinking of this, Meng Chao could not help but smile.
“Uncle Shao, there’s no need for medals.”
He sincerely said to Shao Zhengyang, “Whether it’s the three basic force execution methods or the Ultimate Style, they are not my creations but the contributions of countless people. I’m just standing on the shoulders of my predecessors and making some insignificant improvements.
“Hearing that the blood of nearly a million Red Dragon Army soldiers don’t have to die in vain, this news is the best reward. I don’t need any more rewards.”
Such a reply made Shao Zhengyang raise his eyebrows high.
The Red Dragon Army’s number one expert, known as the Thunder God, gazed at Meng Chao for a moment and laughed from the bottom of his heart.
“Old Lei, you’ve found the best successor,” he said to Lei Zongchao with great emotion.
“Meng Chao is not my successor. We are just like-minded partners on the path of transcendence.”
Lei Zongchao smiled faintly and changed the subject, “While Meng Chao is being polite, the reward that the military should give him can’t be any less. Even if he doesn’t push it toward the Ultimate Style and the three basic methods, it should be for mechanical martial arts.”
“Mechanical martial arts?”
Shao Zhengyang was slightly stunned.
Lei Zongchao did not explain. He just turned his joints and stiffly moved into several postures.
It was the killing technique that Meng Chao had developed based on the skeleton soldiers’ combat patterns in the memory fragments of his previous life.
After Lei Zongchao’s improvement, the original slightly-clumsy movements had been smoothly linked together.
There was also an additional sense of being unpredictable.
One would know if he was an expert once he made a move.
Although Lei Zongchao was wearing a bulky protective suit, he did not stir up any spirit energy.
Those simple few moves still made Shao Zhengyang’s eyes sparkle.
“This is… a martial arts specially developed for wearers of mechanical prosthetics!” He could tell at a glance.
As his mind raced, he instantly realized the great value of mechanical martial arts. “The Red Dragon Army has hundreds of years of battle experience, but the experienced veterans had to leave the army due to the lack of limbs. Even if we continue to fight with the mechanical prosthesis, there is still a gap between us and the natural limbs due to the failure of the rune machines and nerve connection technology. Therefore, we can’t exert 100% of our combat ability.
“This mechanical martial arts is simply a unique skill that is tailor-made for these disabled veterans and can allow them to return to their peak!
“Meng Chao, this was actually created by you?”
Shao Zhengyang looked at Meng Chao in disbelief.
Meng Chao’s face turned red for a moment and said, “It’s mainly Master Lei’s credit. I just… Occasionally, sparks would appear in my head.”
“Meng Chao, if you continue to be so humble, you’ll appear to be hypocritical. I’ve been thinking of developing a set of martial techniques for the people who wear the mechanical prosthetic limbs, but I’ve tried dozens of methods and all of them have reached a dead end. Your ‘spark’ has helped me to drill a hole in the dead end. You can’t deny this contribution!”
Lei Zongchao said with a smile, “Old Shao, is this mechanical martial arts worthy of the Red Dragon Army’s praise for Meng Chao?”
“Yes, of course!”
Shao Zhengyang nodded repeatedly. “If mechanical martial arts can be fully deployed, the Red Dragon Army will be equipped with at least three to four mechanical legions made up of disabled veterans. With their battle experience and the enhancement of mechanical martial arts and the rune prosthesis, they will definitely be the trump cards among the trump cards!
“With this, it will be worth it even if there are ten medals, let alone one medal.”
“Ten medals are too many. Meng Chao won’t be able to wear so many on his chest. Since we are all on the same side, let’s speak frankly!”
Lei Zongchao went straight to the point. “Old Shao, Meng Chao’s father is also a retired veteran of the Red Dragon Army. Their family’s Superstar Resource Recovery Company have always been a good partner with the Red Dragon Army, including Meng Chao himself. When they encounter missions from the Red Dragon Army, they will risk their lives and never refuse them. If Meng Chao had not woken up in time, the elites of the military, including ‘Railway Gun’ Long Feijun, might have perished in the depths of the jungle.
“The monster civilization is doomed. What’s next is how to deal with the spoils of war. There’s no reason that the cake of developing the Hidden Mist Domain and the monster base camp should be monopolized by any force. Young men like Meng Chao who have made great contributions and high-quality enterprises like Superstar Resource Recover Company should also be involved, right?”
“Of course. The military has never planned to monopolize the spoils. Superstar Resource Recovery Company is the Red Dragon Army’s strategic partner. As long as there’s a chance, the first thing we consider is Superstar Resource.”
Shao Zhengyang said with bright eyes, “The biggest obstacle in the distribution of the spoils of war and the subsequent development plan of the Hidden Mist Domain is not us, but the nine mega corporations. Everybody knows how big their appetite is. No, to be more precise, nobody knows how big their appetite is. I’m afraid that even they themselves don’t know.
“However, since you are here in person, Old Lei, I believe that the nine mega corporations will have to make some concessions. The military and Superstar Resource Recovery Company will certainly have a lot of opportunities to collaborate with each other!”
Meng Chao’s thoughts were running fast, and he suddenly realized something.
It turned out that Lei Zongchao had dragged his burnt body to the depths of the Hidden Mist Domain not only to find the truth about the death of his former lover, Jin Qianxi.
More importantly, it was to coordinate the relationship between the Red Dragon Army and the mega corporations, to ensure that the legacy of the monster civilization can be distributed and used effectively in a fair, just, and open manner as far as possible, and to ensure that Dragon City’s civilization in the post Monster War era can still stay together and grow steadily.
Indeed, in the face of astronomical cultivation resources and ancient mysterious forces, only the legendary Battle God was qualified to suppress the restless forces.
“Human beings can only share hardships, not wealth. There have been too many experiences and lessons since ancient times. For Dragon City, the monster civilization’s legacy is a windfall, but it is also very likely to become a hot potato or a source of trouble. I hope that all of us can have enough rationality and wisdom to control our desires and ambitions!”
Lei Zongchao sighed and waved his hand. “Let’s go. Old Shao, Old Wu, bring us down to take a look. I heard that you discovered something amazing in the depths of the ultimate nest of the monster civilization?”
Shao Zhengyang and Wu Haibo looked at each other.
One of them was the number one expert of the Red Dragon Army who had been through hundreds of battles.
The other was a senior researcher of the Relic Research Institute. He had once seen countless bizarre scenes in the primordial ruins under the transcendental tower.
However, there was still a look of confusion on their faces, as well as the fear hidden behind their confusion.
“Yes, this place isn’t as simple as the lair of the monster civilization. The so-called ‘genetic factory’is only a small part of the entire ruins. We have discovered something even more astonishing deep in the ruins. It’s very likely that it points to…”
Wu Hai Bo paused for a moment and took a deep breath before continuing, “It points to the birth of the Earth civilization and the secret of our transmigration.”
After several days of work, the humans found four passageways around the lair of the monster civilization.
The most spacious one had a diameter of more than 50 meters and could allow apocalyptic beasts that were more than 100 meters long to crawl forward.
The narrowest one that Meng Chao and lei zongchao took was more than 10 meters in diameter. It was like a corridor of a giant’s palace.
The downward-sloping passage was shrouded in a layer of faint mist all day long. Just after walking for more than 10 meters, it cut off the light and sound on the ground. It was as if they had entered a strange and unpredictable foreign land.
Although there were no lighting facilities in the interior of the passage, the curved walls around it emitted natural and gentle light. It was as if they were covered with fluorescent stalactites, allowing Meng Chao to see every detail clearly through the mist.
Meng Chao saw that the curved walls were smooth and delicate. They were definitely not naturally cracked crevices.
However, the surface was covered with layers of folds. In many places, there were small bumps that looked like goosebumps. They were even like stalactites, secreting crystal clear mucus.
He reached out his finger and gently stroked it. Meng Chao was certain that this was not any rock, metal, spirit ore, or monster bones that he was familiar with.
It was a carbon-based material that was similar to a fossil but retained a weak activity.
And when he narrowed his eyes and tried to figure out the folds that covered the rock walls, he discovered that many of the folds were in line with the planar structure of the spiritual magnetic field. They were similar to the many spirit patterns in the primordial ruin beneath the transcendence tower.
The same spiritual magnetic field could be constructed by Earthlings through the spirit veins in the human body, turning it into a unique skill that could destroy the world.
“Our Relic Research Institute named the primordial ruin at the bottom of the transcendence tower in the center of Dragon City as ‘ruin No. 1’. This is naturally ‘ruin No. 2’.”
Wu Haibo introduced, “Based on the large amount of relics and information we excavated from the two ruins, we can preliminarily conclude that the builders of the two ruins belong to the same civilization — temporarily known as the primordial civilization.
“The individual of the archaic civilization is the ‘archaic human race’, or ‘ancient people’for short.
“The ‘Crystal Person’that we found in ruin No. 1, who predicted that the Earthlings would cross over to another world, is an ‘ancient person’