Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 74 Refining the Golden Spirit
In the village.

After hearing Squidward's persuasive words, all the team members, including Xie Shen, looked puzzled.

Obviously.

No one present believed what Squidward said.

Squidward didn't care about this.

He glanced at Xie Shen and the others, and said meaningfully: "You don't believe it, right?"

"Then wait."

"Anyway, with the resurrection spell, no one will die. We can always see that day."

After saying this, Squidward said no more.

He focused all his attention on the game console in his hand.

After Squidward left, Xie Shen and his team members wandered around the village called "Rome in the Mirror".

I don’t know why.

The village is always surrounded by extremely thick fog.

——This fog is not a supernatural phenomenon, but simply small water droplets condensed from water vapor.

Due to the heavy fog, Xie Shen and others did not dare to explore the outskirts of the village.

After staying in the village for a while, everyone stopped practicing the Tortoise Breathing Technique and woke up one after another in the thalamus core.

In the water.

The moment they woke up, all the team members looked at Xue Guoer who was holding Xie Shen in their arms in tacit understanding.

After feeling everyone's gaze, Xue Guoer immediately let go of Xie Shen as if she had been electrocuted.

She blushed.

Perhaps out of shyness, she was the first to swim out of the huge glass cube a few seconds later.

Xie Shen and others followed closely behind.

"Pity."

In the laboratory.

Seeing that everyone had returned safely, Li Xiu concluded: "We were unable to find a way to completely destroy the thalamus core from the inner world this time. As a result, we can only continue to hide in the spiritual light formation, and we can forget about counterattacking the tower prison for the time being."

After Xie Shen heard this, he said, "There is no need to rush to counterattack the prison."

"I want to know now: Is everything that the octopus head said true?"

"Will there really be more monsters invading the real world in the future?"

"And the 'it' mentioned by the octopus head is the unspeakable creature. Will it really come into reality?"

"Not sure." Li Xiu shook his head and said, "All this can only be verified by time."

"Then."

"Just in case."

"To prevent everything the octopus head said from becoming true."

"I plan to make preparations for both scenarios later."

Li Xiu continued, "First, on the technological side: I will apply to the top management to invest more resources in the development of white mist, and try to update all weapons and equipment, as well as mechas and prosthetic limbs."

"Then on the cultivation side: In addition to helping Xie Shen cultivate the five elements of spiritual energy, we also have to find a way to allow the other cultivators to break through to the late stage of Qi training, or even the foundation-building stage, as soon as possible."

"In short, let's focus on both cultivation and technology!"

...

In order to break through to the Jindan stage as quickly as possible to cope with possible crises.

After Xie Shen left the inner world, he has been staying in seclusion in the secret room, just to cultivate the golden spiritual energy from the flying sword.

at the same time.

Li Xiuze kept sending people to various parts of the world to look for herbaceous plants that were over 500 years old and could be used to nourish the earth's spiritual energy, as well as woody plants that were over 1000 years old and could be used to nourish the wood's spiritual energy.

time flies.

In a blink of an eye, Xie Shen had been secluded in the secret room for nearly half a year.

At the beginning of the next year, when the Spring Festival was approaching, Li Xiu took the initiative to find Xie Shen and brought good news.

Surface human base.

Outside the secret room.

Li Xiu said to Xie Shen, "I have already gotten the tree you asked me to find that is over 1000 years old."

“We found three in total this time.”

"Two of them are spruce trees, dating from 938 and 1023."

"Then there was another locust tree, but something went wrong when it was transplanted, and it died."

"So I won't say much."

Li Xiu continued, "Then there are the herbs you asked for, which are over 500 years old."

"Compared to trees, herbaceous plants are much easier to find."

"I had people find several Welwitschia plants in the Namibian Desert in Africa and transplant them to the base. Most of them are about 500-600 years old."

"Sure, sure!" Xie Shen said with a hint of excitement, "What about the 'Strange Fire'? That thing is also very important. Did you ask someone to get it?"

"We're already working on it." Li Xiu said calmly, "The fuel used to cultivate the 'Strange Fire' in the base is natural gas."

"And now it has been burning for more than half a year."

"Okay, okay!" After hearing what Li Xiu said, Xie Shen hurriedly said, "Cultivating 'Strange Fire' is a slow process, don't rush it."

"Anyway, you just need to send someone to watch over it and make sure the fire doesn't go out."

"Yeah." Li Xiu responded and then said, "As for the other side of the inner world, I will occasionally send people over to gather intelligence."

"but"

"In that village, only the octopus head and the corpse collection are mentally normal. There is very little information that can be obtained."

“So our people went there several times, but didn’t get much.”

After briefly explaining the situation at the surface base, Li Xiu took his leave.

Xie Shen continued to stay in the secret room, meditating to cultivate the golden spiritual energy.

——So far, the golden spiritual energy contained in his body has begun to take shape, with a light yellow color and almost as thick as a hair.

When it becomes as thick as a finger and turns golden yellow, it is done.

...

Half a year and another half a year.

Soon, Xie Shen had been in seclusion in the surface base for a whole year.

During this period, in addition to Yang Sihui who often came to accompany him, monks such as Bu Tianran would also come to visit Xie Shen from time to time under the pretext of asking for advice.

Then there was Xue Guoer, a cyborg, who also came to disturb Xie Shen on her own initiative during this period, but was turned away every time.

And so it was, by the end of the year 6149.

The thalamic sentinels around the human base on the surface suddenly became unusually active without any warning.

every night.

These sentinels would spontaneously gather outside the spiritual light formation and rush towards the light shield formed by the formation like crazy.

And so on.

Whenever a sentry was strangled to death by the formation, a new sentry would immediately replace him the next second.

In just one night, the bodies of the sentinels piled up like a mountain.

It is shocking to look at it.

To maintain the spiritual light formation, it is necessary to continuously consume the "white mist".

And every time the formation is impacted by the thalamic sentinel, the consumption rate of the white mist will increase accordingly.

This causes the amount of white mist in human bases on the surface to decrease at a rate visible to the naked eye every day.

Li Xiu, the commander-in-chief of the base, finally couldn't hold it anymore.

He went to where Xie Shen was in seclusion to seek help.

"The base is under siege by Thalamus Sentinels?"

In the secret room.

After Xie Shen understood the general situation, he was stunned and said, "No way? Don't the thalamic core and thalamic sentinels have no intelligence?" "Could it be that someone is controlling them from behind?"

"Like a fake person?"

"Or maybe it's the 'it' in the octopus's mouth that's causing trouble?"

"I have sent someone to ask Octopus Head about this issue." Li Xiu replied: "According to him, the attack on our surface base by the Thalamus Sentinels was the work of the unspeakable creatures."

"And the intensity of these attacks will increase each time until our base is breached."

At this point, Li Xiu revealed the purpose of his visit: "I came to you just to ask how long it will take for you to come out of seclusion?"

"No more than half a year at most." Xie Shen replied: "My retreat has reached a critical moment now."

"It's okay to distract myself and talk to you guys occasionally."

"But if you leave the country early, all your previous efforts will be wasted."

"so."

Xie Shen was helpless: "In the next year, you have to figure out a way yourself! Anyway, you have to hold on no matter what!"

"Understood"

Outside the secret room.

After Li Xiu gave a brief response, he said goodbye and left in a hurry.

...

Over the next three months, everything happened just as Octopus Head had predicted: the Thalamus Sentinels that attacked the surface base became more and more powerful.

From the beginning there were hundreds.

to several thousand three months ago.

Today, the number of sentries attacking the base every night has reached tens of thousands.

Not only that.

In the recent attacks, a monster suspected to be a "leader-level" appeared - the super-giant thalamus core.

Its size is about 6 times that of an ordinary thalamus core.

At a glance.

It is densely packed with countless thalamic sentinels, and a rough estimate is that there are at least 2000 of them.

The appearance of the super-giant thalamic core seems to be some kind of signal.

In the following days, the surface base was never attacked again. It can even be said that not even a single thalamus sentinel appeared again.

Although the thalamic sentinels have been quiet for many days.

But everyone knew that this was just the calm before the storm.

The big one is coming
late at night.

Xie Shen, who was in seclusion in the secret room, suddenly opened his eyes.

He said calmly, "Is it Chao Jing?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the voice of the man in a suit coming from outside the secret room.

"I haven't even said anything yet and you've already recognized it as me. That's great!"

"I heard the footsteps." Xie Shen asked curiously, "Why did you suddenly come to my place in the middle of the night? Did something happen?"

"Ah."

The man in the suit replied, "When it gets dark tonight, the giant thalamus core will appear again."

"And this time, it was accompanied by a lot of normal thalamic nuclei."

"More and more of those thalamus cores are gathering outside the base. They are a huge group of them."

“It felt like”

The man in the suit described it as: "It's like an army is gathering."

"If nothing unexpected happens, they should be launching a general attack."

"This should be their strongest attack wave."

"Then Li Xiu felt that we might not be able to stop them tonight, so he asked me to call you."

"This time, you really have to get out of seclusion."

The man in the suit stated the dangers, "Otherwise, once the base is lost, the thousand-year-old spruce trees and the 500-year-old centenary orchids will probably be destroyed as well."

"Okay, I see."

In the secret room.

Xie Shen's voice was heard slowly: "Step back two steps. I just refined the Golden Spirit Qi not long ago, and I can't control it freely yet. Be careful not to get hurt by me."

The golden spirit energy?
Hearing what Xie Shen said, the man in the suit instinctively took several steps back.

next second.

He only felt an extremely sharp aura suddenly emanating from the secret room where Xie Shen was in seclusion.

Accompanied by the appearance of a sharp aura, Xie Shen slowly walked out of the secret room.

I don’t know why.

At this moment, the man in the suit suddenly had an illusion: after Xie Shen came out of isolation, he looked like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath.

sharp.

And the momentum is unstoppable.

So he subconsciously said, "Xie Shen, why do I feel like you've become different after you came out of confinement?"

The man in the suit thought for a moment and said, "I have a feeling: it's as if countless swords are surrounding your whole body."

"If I get too close, I'll be hurt by those swords."

"Heh," Xie Shen chuckled when he heard what the man in the suit said.

As he walked out, he explained, "You are not mistaken. There are indeed countless swords surrounding my body."

"Or to be more precise."

"Those 'swords' are not real swords, but the golden spiritual energy that overflows from my body."

The man in the suit has also been trying to practice recently.

He has not yet crossed the threshold of cultivation, but through the influence of what he has seen and heard, he can now barely understand what Xie Shen says.

He looked thoughtful and said, "Then your strength should be much stronger than before your retreat, right?"

"That's for sure." While walking, Xie Shen suddenly got inspired and simply waved his hand to release several rays of golden spiritual energy.

under the night sky.

Countless golden spiritual energies gathered together and transformed into countless sharp swords shining with golden light.

Xie Shen waved his hand to the east, and the sharp sword also pointed to the east.

Xie Shen waved his hand again, and all the sharp swords gathered around him, forming a sword energy barrier around him.

Let’s not talk about how powerful this magical power is.

Just from the appearance point of view, the man in a suit present at the scene was already astonished.

And it's not just the man in the suit.

In the base.

Countless human soldiers, modified humans and monks also noticed the magical powers displayed by Xie Shen at this moment.

among them.

After recognizing Xie Shen's identity, some cultivators rushed forward and knelt down in front of Xie Shen without hesitation.

I only heard him shouting: "Disciple Tong Shuxin greets the Grand Ancestor!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the other cultivators present also reacted and knelt down on the ground one after another towards Xie Shen.

Suddenly, shouts rang out like a tsunami.
Under the gazes of countless people, Xie Shen waved his hand and directly summoned out his natal flying sword magic weapon that was nurtured in his purple mansion.

He stood on the flying sword and suspended himself in the air, then said to the man in the suit below: "Come on, take me to see the super-giant thalamus core."

"okay!"

After hearing what Xie Shen said, the man in the suit who was standing there in a daze quickly responded.

After a few seconds.

He trotted with Xie Shen towards the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)