The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

The Jiuli Base is located in a small courtyard at No. 101, Fifth Street, Zone 1.

The afternoon sun shone directly down from above, making the ground in the yard scorching hot.

Wu You sat on the stone bench with his eyes closed, and invisible spiritual energy surged from the depths of his consciousness, operating in a specific way.

At this time.

buzz-

Wu You, who was practicing the Sword Control Technique with his eyes closed, moved his head. His silver eyes went from being half-closed to being fully open, and the speed at which the starlight flowed within them changed from the slow speed during cultivation to normal.

He looked at the mobile terminal in his left hand: a message had arrived.

Open the message.

The sender was someone Wu You hadn't expected.

It was Liu Musheng, the director of the Dayun City Investigation Bureau, the one we encountered during the last operation to cleanse the furnace, whose hair was slightly thinning.

Wu You was also a little curious: Why did he send him a message?

I began to read the message carefully.

Liu Musheng: Comrade Wu You, there's something I must apologize to you for. I learned about the talisman sword you left behind from several comrades, and I was very curious about it, so I gave it to a friend of mine at the research institute—

. . .

After reading the message, Wu You understood the cause and effect.

It turned out that Liu Musheng had noticed the talisman swords that he had left for each of the Silver Badge Torchbearers during the Purification Operation.

Liu Musheng was very curious as to why such a small talisman sword could unleash power reaching the seventh rank, so he sent it to a researcher friend of his at the Dongling Research Institute.

After his researcher friend conducted a preliminary study on the talisman sword, he felt that it had great potential and could provide important insights for the development of standard weapons for the Torchbearers.

However, Liu Musheng's researcher friend had many questions about the talisman sword and hoped to add Wu You as a friend, or if he had time, meet him to discuss the talisman sword.

This time, Liu Musheng sent a message to ask for Wu You's opinion: could Wu You's number be revealed to his researcher friend?

At the same time, Wu You also thought of the two white coats he had seen through the sword talisman.

They were indeed from the Dongling Research Institute.

He slightly opened his silver eyes, pondered for a moment, and then sent a single word: "Okay."

His creation, development, and subsequent promotion of the new swordsmanship were likely inseparable from the help and support of the Dongling Research Institute.

Now that the talisman sword has attracted the attention of the research institute, we might as well take this opportunity to make contact with the people at the institute and prepare for what's to come.

And to be honest, Wu You was also quite curious about what the researchers at the institute had come up with in their study of the talisman sword, and whether it could have any significant implications for the development of standard weapons.

buzz-

Liu Musheng replied to the message very quickly.

Liu Musheng: Thank you.

Wu You replied with "You're welcome," then closed his eyes again and continued practicing his sword control technique.

御剑术（大成）（720/10000）→御剑术（大成）（730/10000）→御剑术（大成）（740/10000）……

The numbers on the Sword Codex panel jumped slowly.

. . . . . .

Time flies.

The bright red sun slowly moved from directly overhead to the distant horizon, then gradually sank below the horizon, changing from dazzling white to warm orange, then from warm orange to dark red, and finally swallowed by the horizon, leaving only a faint purple afterglow that had not yet faded.

Then the sky darkened, the moon rose, and starlight fell.

The lingering warmth in the courtyard was dissipated by the night breeze, replaced by a coolness that belongs to the night.

Wu You finally opened his eyes.

His silver eyes gleamed faintly in the night, and the starlight deep within his pupils was even more pronounced against the dark background.

He glanced at the Sword Manual panel.

Sword Control Technique (Mastery) (3800/10000).

After practicing for half a day, the proficiency of the sword control technique only increased by a little over three thousand points, still more than six thousand points away from perfection.

However, Wu You was not going to continue cultivating. He had something more important to do now.

He looked up at the bright moon hanging high in the sky and said, "That's about it."

Then, Wu You's figure disappeared into the courtyard.

Only the moonlight fell on the empty stone bench, making it appear white.

. . . . . .

Passing through the portal in the center of the base, Wu You's figure reappeared in that space that was always shrouded in darkness.

After glancing at the information screen next to the portal and confirming that the Dark Mist Tide had passed for the day, Wu You didn't hesitate and headed into the A-level danger zone outside the Deep Dark Domain stronghold.

A dozen minutes later, Wu You looked at the gray-black fog wall in front of him.

Within the thick, dark fog, a massive figure, as large as a mountain, could be seen appearing and disappearing.

At the same time, some strange roars could be heard.

Clearly, this is a corpse species that has reached the ninth rank.

Seeing this, Wu You couldn't help but marvel at his good fortune: Did he actually get an extra reward today?

A faint smile involuntarily curved the corners of his lips: "In the dark fog, there should be no sound."

Then, without hesitation, he plunged headfirst into the gray-black fog wall.

The moment his figure was swallowed by the fog, the dark fog in that area suddenly surged and then scattered in all directions.

A massive, silvery-white figure, nearly a thousand meters tall and shimmering with starlight, appeared from below in the cleared dark fog!

The silver-white giant's pure eyes, like two miniature stars, also looked down at the enormous figure rapidly receding from the area:

"A new round of harvesting has begun."

. . . . . .

(Due to some unforeseen circumstances, Lao Yue originally wanted to take a day off today, but considering that so many great writers are still waiting, and having only gotten home late at night, Lao Yue decided to write a bit more and post it as soon as possible.)

(But I didn't expect it to be so late by the time I finished writing this, I'm really sorry.)

(Finally, here's the third update for today. Thank you all for your support.)