mysterious forerunner

Chapter 349: The Ineffectiveness of Thermal Weapons
This mysterious life form is very different from ordinary monsters. Senmoshaha used some unique ability on it, so that Zheng Tonghe could hold it in his hand like a secret object.

After this incident, Zhang Qingxiang originally thought that a second piece of pie had fallen from the sky, and his third battle of domination had been settled.

After some inquiries, it turned out that Zheng Tonghe had not reached the Domination Realm, nor even the Command Realm, but was only at the ninth level of the [Transcendent Realm].

However, in this era, most professionals are only at the Transcendent Realm, and many can only see the end of the "Ninth Level".

I didn't know that there was still control and domination behind it...

In their eyes, Zheng Tonghe and Zhang Qingxiang are both powerful men of the same level.

Because of their vision, they cannot see the gap between the ninth level and the domination level.

The reason why Senmoshaha did not raise Zheng Tonghe's rank in one go was, on the one hand, because after he "created" the [Five-Sandbox], it consumed a lot of energy. His thinking habits similar to those of the earthlings made him suddenly become cunning and reluctant to spend too much energy.

Second... Senmoshaha had vaguely realized that Zhang Cangxiong gave Zhang Qingxiang a head, enabling Zhang Qingxiang to win a battle to dominate.

Although Senmosaha was determined to succeed in this plan, he also had to be on guard, so he suppressed Zheng Tonghe's rank.

All the professionals infected by Senmoshaha were caught by Zhang Qingxiang in one fell swoop, but Zhang Qingxiang knew this elephant lord-level strong man very well. He was as "stingy" and "vindictive" as the people on Earth, and he would never let it go.

And Senmoshaha’s real title in the secret world is: Appetite!
His most important power is all factors related to desire.

Therefore, for intelligent life, Senmosaha is almost impossible to be completely guarded against.

It will be cleaned up this time, but as desires continue to grow in people's hearts, He will have a second, third, fourth... countless opportunities to invade the earth!
Not to mention the current Zhang Qingxiang, even the most powerful people in the secret world cannot stop Sen Moshaha.

Zhang Qingxiang no longer worried about the future, but instead examined his biggest gain from this incident: the Five-Man Sandbox!
The one who gained the most was undoubtedly Elder Bai, who defeated Elder Xu.

But Zhang Qingxiang felt that his gains would not be worse than Elder Bai's, it was just that outsiders did not know the inside story.

Base No. 2 was part of Zhang Qingxiang's plan from the very beginning.

When this base was built, most of the pioneers were from Elder Bai's group, so Zhang Qingxiang secretly manipulated and changed the formation arrangement here.

The formation firmly locked the [Five-Sandbox].

This special mysterious life form opened a portal to a secret world in the huge spherical building in the center of Base No. 2.

In fact, if a normal high-level professional had not been infected by Senmoshaha's power, he would have had some doubts as long as he stood in front of this door:

This door is not an ordinary energy door, but one that grows from a black substance with purple patterns.

If you touch it with your hand, you can even feel the toughness and elasticity of organic life.

This door is an organ of [Five Sons Sandbox].

Similarly, the [Secret World Shelter] it opens is also an organ.

The difference is that the gate organ has a physical body, while the secret world shelter organ is a void organ composed of energy.

The last time Zhang Qingxiang met Zheng Tonghe, he held the [Five-Child Sandbox] in his hand for a long time. He secretly used [No. 074] to conduct a thorough analysis of this mysterious life and found out several of its weaknesses.

Afterwards, Zhang Qingxiang modified the formation diagram of Base No. 2, and Elder Bai instructed the builders to secretly transform the entire formation.

All the early formation information of the entire Secret Security Bureau came from Zhang Qingxiang.

It can be said that no matter whether it is the formation experts on Elder Xu or Elder Bai's side, their ancestor is Zhang Qingxiang.

Zhang Qingxiang made some moves, but Elder Xu was completely unable to detect it.

After Zhang Qingxiang improved this formation, it not only locked the [Five-Seed Sandbox] in the base, preventing the mysterious pollution from overflowing from the base when Zheng Tonghe got into trouble, but also "hooked" the [Five-Seed Sandbox] firmly, making it unable to move and unable to escape to the secret world.

Zhang Qingxiang stood in front of the door and observed it carefully again.

Director Zhang will not underestimate Senmoshaha. [Five-in-one Sandbox] is his opponent's masterpiece. No matter how careful he is in dealing with it, he will not go overboard.

Zhang Qingxiang made some reinforcements to the formation of the base and was busy for a full fourteen hours to ensure that he would not be swallowed by the [Five-Child Sandbox] after entering the [Secret Realm Shelter]. Only then did he step into the door.

Zhang Qingxiang's perspective is different from that of other professionals. Through the [Five Sons Sandbox], he can see more of Senmoshaha's "abilities".

There are many things we can learn from.

Up to now, all the formations and secret techniques that Zhang Qingxiang has performed came from his memories of his previous life.

This "bonus" is rapidly weakening as Zhang Qingxiang's rank approaches the [True God Realm].

After becoming a true god, the memories of the previous life will most likely be of no help.

All Zhang Qingxiang knew about the [True God Realm] in his previous life was “hearsay”.

There is no way to determine whether the news is true or false.

This time, facing the [Five-Sandbox], Zhang Qingxiang fully demonstrated his abilities in formation.

After all, this thing is the proud work of an elephant master-level expert!

Observing this "work" gave Zhang Qingxiang great inspiration!

The Elephant Lord level is basically equal to the True God realm.

Zhang Qingxiang got a glimpse of the mystery of the [True God Realm] from it.

Countless associations instantly emerged in my mind, and inspiring ideas kept popping up like bubbles in boiling water.

It is still difficult to determine whether these gains can eventually be transformed into results, but there is no doubt that Zhang Qingxiang has found a "path".

In the future, Zhang Qingxiang will definitely be able to create several new secret techniques!

Zhang Qingxiang stayed in the [Secret World Shelter] for a full five days.

After coming out, his whole aura changed subtly.

"Seal off this place. No one is allowed to enter except me!"

This mysterious life form is worth Zhang Qingxiang's repeated contemplation.

But not allowing others to enter is for their own good. If anyone except Zhang Qingxiang came in, they would most likely be infected without realizing it.

When Zhang Qingxiang said he wanted to "block the place", he really meant it. He personally set up another layer of formation. I'm afraid no one except him could open it in this era.

Zhang Qingxiang estimated that once he was promoted to the third level of the [Domination Realm], he would be able to transform this mysterious life form, shield it from Senmoshaha's infection, and truly turn Base No. 2 into an outpost!
Even now, Zhang Qingxiang actually has the ability to open the second void organ of the [Five Sons Sandbox] - that is, the second secret world shelter.

But it is not opened in the secret world, but transformed into a secret object similar to the [Void Storage Grid].

Zhang Qingxiang can carry it with him, which not only provides him with an almost unlimited storage space, but he can also use the spatial relationship between these "organs" to move between them at will.

In other words, no matter where Zhang Qingxiang is, he can "teleport" back to the "gate" or the first secret world shelter.

But Zhang Qingxiang rejected this tempting approach.

I am still afraid of Senmoshaha. I am afraid of losing myself.

Most of the people in Base No. 2 have been evacuated, and Elder Bai has dispatched a 200-man action team to garrison there.

It not only guards the base but also watches over the pioneer groups from other countries in the mysterious prison.

The mysterious prison at Base No. 2 is overcrowded!
During the five days that Zhang Qingxiang was in the [Five Sons Sandbox], all countries were furious.

North America is the largest.

They have been very angry and have been protesting non-stop.

You have detained so many of our elite professionals. This is a major WJ accident!

They even issued various threats.

You, China, don’t want to be an enemy of the whole world, right?

But no matter how they jump up and down, China remains as stable as a rock. With all the Tai Chi rhetoric, there is no actual action.

In fact, because Zhang Qingxiang did not come out, even Elder Bai from the Secret Security Bureau did not dare to make a decision easily.

Da Ying wanted to negotiate with Director Zhang through Charles, but Charles couldn't contact Zhang Qingxiang either.

Charles enjoyed the adulation of his old boss for a few days, then was "abandoned" for a second time.

When Zhang Qingxiang came out of the [Five Sons Sandbox], he was immediately told: The situation is very serious!
Elder Bai called him immediately and told him: "The North Americans even threatened war!"

"Their four large ships have sailed to our outer seas."

"And our intelligence shows that their multiple military bases have indeed made combat preparations..."

Zhang Qingxiang held the phone and said calmly, "Leave it to me."

Elder Bai subconsciously felt something was wrong and asked hurriedly, "How are you going to deal with this? Don't be impulsive!"

Zhang Qingxiang said: "Third Grandfather, it's time to let the world know that in the mysterious era, the previous war model is simply impossible to deal with the real strong!"

"Stop messing around..." Elder Bai was anxious, but Zhang Qingxiang had already hung up the phone.

Elder Bai hurriedly called again, and the person who answered the phone was from Base No. 2: "Elder Bai, Director Zhang has left."

"He directly released a huge secret device, which turned into a flying machine and flew away. We..."

"I can't catch up, and I don't dare to catch up."

Elder Bai hung up the phone heavily, his face livid, and he kept saying, "Nonsense, nonsense, you're going to cause trouble!"

A confidential secretary who had been following him for many years couldn't help but say, "This Zhang Qingxiang...is out of control."

Elder Bai glared at him fiercely, and the confidential secretary immediately lowered his head and dared not speak anymore.

……

North Americans just pretend.

But this time it’s more similar.

They are not stupid. Starting a war between major powers at this time is aimed at destroying humanity.

However, the several islands and peninsulas around China have reached a climax.

Big Brother is finally taking action! Let's... wave our flags and cheer.

Zhang Qingxiang crossed the ocean and flew directly to North America.

Since the North Americans had already shown their intention, they of course turned on all their satellites and radars, and soon discovered the aircraft approaching their homeland.

In a combat command room in the basement of the Pentagon, a satellite image was cut in.

It is Zhang Qingxiang's [Steam Engine Core].

After the North Americans arrived mysteriously, they quickly established a new combat identification system, which immediately sounded an alarm and recognized that this was Zhang Qingxiang's large secret weapon.

"damn it!"

"This madman is coming towards us, what should we do?"

Several military commanders were unable to make a decision, so they immediately called the commander-in-chief on a dedicated line.

A few dozen minutes later, the commander-in-chief came to the combat command room in person.

"Sir, do you want to shoot him down with missiles?"

The commander-in-chief was also in a dilemma. He considered for half a minute and had not yet made a decision. On the satellite screen, Zhang Qingxiang's aircraft suddenly began to circle in place.

The black smoke emitted by the aircraft formed a line of English in the air.

Everyone was shocked. The meaning of that line of text was: Bomb me with your nuclear bombs.

"Is he...really crazy?"

The aircraft seemed to be worried that the other party would not receive the message, so it flew a little further, approaching 500 kilometers from the North American continent, then spewed black smoke and repeated the message.

Then we moved closer to 300 kilometers and repeated the process for the third time.

Then, the aircraft turned around and flew to the depths of the ocean, landing on an uninhabited island about 1,400 kilometers away. Then Zhang Qingxiang put away the [Steam Engine Core], pulled out a folding sun chair, sat down and began to bask in the sun! In the operations room, the North American executives understood: "He wants to prove to us that our most powerful weapon... is useless to him?"

"He wouldn't commit suicide, would he?"

The staff member suggested to the commander-in-chief: "Sir, do you want to ask the Chinese side for confirmation?"

The commander-in-chief thought for a moment and said, "Okay."

After communicating with China, the answer given by them was not surprising: we knew nothing about this.

You are free to choose the disposal method.

After Elder Bai spoke with Zhang Qingxiang on the phone, he immediately reported to his superiors.

It’s not that Uncle Bai San didn’t want to help conceal the matter, but the matter was too big and couldn’t be kept secret.

When he was reporting, he kept complaining about Zhang Qingxiang being "impulsive", "not listening to advice", and "acting on his own", but he also mixed in some remarks such as "wanting to take on independent responsibilities", "young and passionate", and "lack of experience".

How come the person above couldn’t hear it?
She interrupted him without any hesitation: "Okay, stop playing tricks on me."

"You might as well think about it carefully. Are we too old-fashioned and preconceived?"

“This era is really different from the past.”

"Zhang Qingxiang is a kid who always keeps his word!"

Elder Bai was stunned by what was said.

……

Sixteen of the North American combat command room have gathered the top strategic and tactical staff.

There are also six top-level aides and advisers brought by His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.

No matter how many people got together, they couldn't figure out what Zhang Qingxiang and Hua Guo were trying to do!
But that kind of weapon cannot be used whenever you want, especially in peacetime. Everyone present knows what it means once it is used.

And the most important point is: what is the war for?
The fundamental purpose of war is profit.

What would you gain from using a nuclear bomb to attack Zhang Qingxiang?
The input-output ratio is totally unbalanced.

So the whole audience voted against it: “No, we can’t do this.”

"This lunatic is willing to sunbathe on an uninhabited island, whatever he wants."

"He just jumped across our coastline a few times, foolishly provoking us, and no other country saw it. If no one saw it, we can just pretend it never happened."

The commander-in-chief ordered, "Keep a close watch, and don't take any other action."

One general asked, "What if Zhang invades our border again?"

The commander-in-chief thought for a moment and said, "If he wants to come in, let him come in."

"He came to North America and didn't cause much damage in the first few times. He even helped us solve some problems and eliminated some tumors."

The general was speechless. Are all your politicians' bottom lines so flexible?
The commander-in-chief left with his staff.

In the war room, high-ranking and powerful generals also left one by one.

Everyone slowly came to their senses: Why should we be nervous? Even if Zhang Qingxiang is very powerful, how much damage can he really cause?

……

Zhang Qingxiang waited for a long time, but the attack he wanted did not come.

"These losers!"

After cursing, Director Zhang no longer sat back and waited, and released the [Steam Engine Core] and headed straight for an important military base in North America.

This military base does not have nuclear bombs but has some of the most advanced missiles in North America.

Dozens of minutes later, in the same operations room, the commander-in-chief and several generals watched on the screen as a certain important type of missile accurately hit Zhang Qingxiang.

Zhang Qingxiang was unharmed.

Dozens of missiles hit him, but Zhang Qingxiang was still full of energy and his clothes were intact!

The commander-in-chief was nervous.

If this madman can break into a heavily defended military base, he can also break into the White House!
"He, he..." The commander-in-chief was old and couldn't speak clearly. Now his lips were trembling: "What does he want to do?"

On the screen, Zhang Qingxiang left the military base, released the [Steam Turbine Core] and flew away in a swagger!
One of the staff officers suddenly realized: "This is a response to our threat of war!"

"He is telling us with his actions that, beneath the mystery, the way of war has changed!"

The staff officer cursed in his heart: I actually reminded you guys a long time ago!

He once led a research team that specifically studied the warfare patterns of the mysterious era and submitted a report.

The report points out that North Americans' war mentality needs to change.

For example, if a certain professional can control monsters such as "ghosts" on a large scale, thermal weapons will become useless.

However, the report was submitted but was not taken seriously.

On the contrary, he was investigated.

Because his research team spent a total of 30 million US dollars.

The higher-ups thought: Yes, everyone is eating up the funding, but you guys are going too far. Thirty million dollars, and you still come up with such an alarmist report?
Next, are you going to apply for another 300 million yuan in funding and then conduct further research on what kind of tactics are most suitable for the mysterious era?
Then give a report and tell us which professional is most suitable for which professional?
The commander-in-chief was silent for a long time, then said, "Call the big Ying people, their...what's their name..."

"Charles." The chief of staff reminded hurriedly.

"Yes, let them contact Charles immediately and ask Zhang Qingxiang what conditions he wants in order to release our people."

……

Charles' old boss burst into a swearing fit.

It's not you who are embarrassed, right?

You can't see the smug look on Charles' face!

Unfortunately, he did not have the courage and capital to fight to the death like Charles, so after a tantrum, he could only follow orders obediently.

Charles once again enjoyed the kneeling service of his old boss!

Cool--

……

This time, Charles took advantage of the situation and dragged it out for another two days. His old boss was about to kneel down and kiss his shoes before Charles picked up the phone and dialed Zhang Qingxiang's number.

Charles was not completely procrastinating, but he was not sure whether he could contact Zhang Qingxiang in time.

Fortunately, this time the call was connected after a few rings.

"Hello, Charles."

Hearing this familiar voice, Charles breathed a sigh of relief.

This time, Zhang Qingxiang did not hesitate any longer and immediately told Charles about the incident. Then he said, "We are really sorry. After all, this happened during our cooperative project."

"How about this, we can release these people right away and you can take them back. But you need to ensure that these people cannot infect our personnel during the transfer process."

"We are willing to compensate you for your losses."

"Why don't you discuss it and see what kind of compensation you want, money or secret materials."

Charles felt very proud: You see, as soon as I took action, my good friend Zhang not only agreed to release the person, but also was willing to pay compensation.

Charles replied to Daying in a proud manner.

Daying and Beibei both breathed a sigh of relief.

We really can’t afford to lose thousands of elite professionals!

We like the Chinese people's attitude now. It is true that this happened on your territory. In order to cooperate with you, we signed a very harsh agreement. A large part of the various secret materials we obtained were handed over to you.

Now that something has happened you should indeed make compensation.

So they began to discuss what kind of compensation they should get.

"Let them return all the secret materials!"

Several North American staff officers clamored.

But gradually they began to feel something was wrong: Compensation? Do we really dare to ask for it?

Something happened to the Chinese Base No. 184, but they still have Base !
After receiving compensation from Zhang Qingxiang, do you still want to continue cooperation with Base 184?

This time we tore up the cooperation agreement with Base 184 and turned to cooperate with Zheng Tonghe. Zhang Qingxiang must be holding a grudge against us.

"cunning!"

"Too cunning."

A good move is to retreat in order to advance.

North America and Da Ying were in a state of distress. If they asked for compensation, they would lose a stable and large source of secret materials.

I am really unwilling to give up compensation voluntarily.

After all, it was your mistake that caused this loss.

However, North American intelligence channels soon discovered the reactions of other countries: "These spineless rubbish voluntarily gave up their demands for compensation."

"The most hateful thing is that a country in Eastern Europe not only gave up its demand for compensation, but also took the initiative to seek help from Zhang Qingxiang: they are willing to pay the price and ask Zhang Qingxiang to help them eliminate the mysterious infection on all members of the pioneer group!"

This is another reminder for North America and Britain. Thousands of people are severely infected. Even if we bring them back, are we sure we can clear their infection?
Da Ying was the first to back down, and asked Charles to contact Zhang Qingxiang again: "We are willing to give up compensation in exchange for your help in cleaning up all our infected people."

Zhang Qingxiang refused without hesitation, and did not even give Charles a chance to continue begging for favors. He directly threw a contract at him.

It was a contract signed between Zhang Qingxiang and other national construction companies to help clean up the infestation.

"We are friends, but if I give Da Ying a good deal out of your consideration, I won't be able to do business with other countries."

Zhang Qingxiang was very considerate: "Why don't you take the people back first and try to clean up the mess yourself."

Da Ying didn't dare to take the baby back because they were not sure.

But North America was stubborn and really took the people back.

They summoned all the high-level [doctors] in North America and worked for five full days, only to clear... three people.

“The infestation is too severe.”

The doctors were helpless: "And this infection is different from ordinary mysterious infections. It is more difficult to completely eradicate it."

The North Americans held out for another ten days, wanting to see if the cleanup could be sped up as the doctors gained more experience.

The process was indeed accelerated, and seven people were cleared out in ten days.

The North Americans gave up reluctantly, and Hughes was among the ten people eliminated.

"Let Hughes negotiate with Zhang Qingxiang and try to get a good price."

North Americans were extremely angry and felt that they had never suffered such humiliation in the 200 years since the founding of their country.

The commander-in-chief even met with Fan De'an in person and encouraged him: "We will increase our support for you. If you need anything, you can call me directly on my personal phone!"

"We desperately need a truly strong man!"

(End of this chapter)