Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

Internal and external security basically depends on these puppets.

The exterior is well-maintained, with all kinds of infrastructure readily available.

Even when energy supply is sufficient, various lights can illuminate the interior of the mine at night as if it were daytime.

The interior is no longer as simple as it used to be; the walls of the entire mine are covered with runes.

These runes not only suppress internal radiation and prevent potential leaks, but also further purify the air.

Deep within the mine, in a cave meticulously reinforced and modified by Cui Ming, stands a massive energy core.

This is a masterpiece that Cui Ming completed over a month through continuous self-purification and adjustment.

This giant energy core was built by Cui Ming by combining massive amounts of purified uranium ore with complex runes and suppression structures.

The core is large and stable, with a faint blue glow flowing across its surface.

Its interior contains unimaginable amounts of energy.

This core component currently not only fully meets all the energy needs of the mine.

This includes lighting, hot water supply, the operation of experimental equipment, and the energy source for all the puppets inside and outside the mine...

Even so, it still seemed to handle this giant energy core with ease.

What's even more interesting is that... the creatures in the vicinity, under Xuan Su's influence, also directly sided with Cui Ming.

As things stand, within a ten-kilometer radius of this mine, anything that can be accessed by air or land will be exposed to Cui Ming's view.

Cui Ming also discovered this after completing the creation of the giant energy core.

In the process of successfully purifying massive amounts of radiation and transforming it into a stable energy core, Cui Ming's own abilities were also significantly honed and enhanced.

He also gained a more systematic and profound understanding of one of his core powers—the Dan Shi.

After repeated experiments and summaries, he divided the application of Dan Shi into three stages.

The first stage is the moment when one successfully learns the Dan Shi technique.

At this stage, the effects of Cui Ming's own Dan Shi power began to manifest.

Its characteristics manifest as a strange affinity that can subtly erode the mind of the target, reducing their vigilance and hostility.

This is precisely the key to Cui Ming's ability to establish an initial spiritual connection with his target.

In other words, when the target finds Cui Ming inexplicably kind and approachable, or even develops a liking for him, he has already unknowingly been affected by the power of the pill's devouring.

At this moment, the power of Dan Shi does not have direct destructive power; its core function is to establish a mental connection channel dominated by Cui Ming.

Once Cui Ming reaches the second stage...

After mastering the Dan Shi technique.

At this moment, Cui Ming was also able to precisely control the power of Dan Shi, and could decide the life or death of a person who had been affected by Dan Shi in an instant.

Upon reaching this stage, Cui Ming could now control the power of Dan Shi, which originally only served as a mental distraction, at will, to the point of complete mastery.

If Cui Ming wanted, he could make anyone poisoned by his pill die anywhere, at any time.

He can also use the power of Dan Shi to precisely block the target's seven meridians and eight channels, making them instantly stiff and unable to move like a puppet.

It can also trigger the Dan Shi eruption in an instant, shattering the target's meridians and causing them to die in agony.

Furthermore, if a large amount of Dan Shi power is injected into the target's body, it will amplify the target's senses and create the illusion of time displacement and slowed-down time.

By maximizing mental torment such as pain and fear, as well as physical pain, the target can be kept in a state of constant awareness.

To endure this torture that far exceeds the limits without falling into a coma, until the complete mental or physical collapse.

As for the third stage, Cui Ming is still exploring it, but he already has two clear directions to try.

However, now is not the time to try.

The top priority at present remains to make full use of existing resources to promote infrastructure development and technological advancement.

Cui Ming's primary goal is to completely transform this mine, which possesses a giant energy core, into Tang Sect's exclusive power plant.

His plan is to focus on one step at a time, and first modernize and upgrade all the facilities within the Tang Clan.

To ensure that the Tang Clan has a solid foundation for self-preservation and future development in this chaotic world.

After that, Cui Mingcai will consider gradually expanding the energy core and infrastructure outwards to benefit the alliance and even a wider region.

With the completion of the underground highway connecting Tangmen and the mine, the energy transmission channel has been opened.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cui Ming launched a large-scale construction project in Tangmen, leading the construction of a series of basic public facilities.

The first step was to lay lines in all important areas of the Tang Clan and install lighting systems powered by the energy core, so that the Tang Clan would no longer be dark at night.

Subsequently, he planned and built a centralized system for pure and hot water, using electricity to heat it, which improved the daily living conditions of his disciples.

A material storage center, maintained by puppet regimes, was also established, utilizing electricity to implement refrigeration technology for storing food and medicine, thus reducing losses.

He then directed the disciples of the Craftsmanship Hall to successfully connect the energy pipeline buried beneath the Earth Vein Highway to the giant core of the mine.

The official road was extended into the interior of the Tang Clan, and from then on, stable and clean electrical energy began to be continuously supplied to the Tang Clan.

The arrival of electricity brought about earth-shattering changes to the Tang Clan.

This also further enhanced the Tang Sect's ability to fight on its home turf. Unlike the exoskeleton armor outside, almost every inner disciple of the Tang Sect has a specially customized Xuanji Armor.

Once this mysterious armor is used, it becomes completely bound to the user, making it impossible for others to use it. In fact, repeated violent attempts may even result in the user being bound and sealed in place.

The outer disciples, on the other hand, received an enhanced version of the exoskeleton armor. With the addition of various weapons and armor from within the Tang Sect, along with jet propulsion devices and grappling hooks, the outer disciples' mobility was frighteningly high.

However, after the Tang Clan obtained the energy supply from the energy core.

Tang Clan disciples on their home turf can directly obtain a near-unlimited energy supply.

This energy supply can also be transformed into Qi through the Xuanji Armor and replenished into the bodies of Tang Sect inner disciples.

Therefore, once they fight on Tang Sect's home turf, the other Outcasts will face a group of players with unlimited firepower who ignore mana consumption.

Meanwhile, the Tang Clan was undertaking a major construction project.

Cui Ming also specially hired the escort team that had previously cooperated with Wan Jia.

From now on, the entire escort team will only serve the Tang Clan and Cui Ming's affairs.

Under Cui Ming's intervention and leadership, the escort team underwent a large-scale personnel adjustment and equipment upgrade, making its members an absolutely elite force.

The escort team mainly consisted of half-human puppets and human puppets.

The half-human puppet members are:

Gao Gen: Former member of Quanxing, now a member of Zhenxing. After undergoing special modifications, he retained most of his self-awareness, was deeply brainwashed, his life and death were under his control, and his cultivation level was astonishing.

Wolf: An extraordinary Japanese swordsman with superb swordsmanship. After having his memories extracted and being brainwashed and modified, he was affected in the final battle of Shonan. After his mutation and awakening, he became even more suitable for stealth assassination.

Kasumi: A Japanese ninja, skilled in infiltration and assassination. After being brainwashed and upgraded with new equipment, she became the team's top intelligence agent.

Taotie: Possesses multiple innate superpowers and has an astonishing ability to fuse and assimilate its body.

And several skilled individuals selected from the Quanxing sect who underwent transformation and brainwashing by Cui Ming.

The members of the puppet group are:

Eight-character mustache: A practitioner of soul-type cultivation techniques, the first generation of human puppet, completely lost his autonomy. After being modified by Cui Ming multiple times, his mental interference and soul-piercing abilities were enhanced.

Night Slayer: His innate ability is to control shadows. After modification, his ability to control shadows is combined with his puppets, making him even more unpredictable and difficult to defend against.

Thousand Faces: Created by Higanbana Shinobu Aoyama Yohei, it has fully inherited Higanbana Shinobu's ability to transform and disguise. Unfortunately, it can only replicate appearance and body shape at present. Cui Ming is still figuring out how to replicate its abilities.

Hundred Refinements: The most powerful puppet created by the elite loyalist of Higanbana, possessing both great talent in weapon crafting and Yin-Yang arts, and carrying four mechanical arms.

Bai Lian was one of the puppets that Cui Ming was quite satisfied with, because it could replicate most of Cui Ming's own methods to the greatest extent.

The command of this special team is led by Yone, who serves as the deputy commander.

The official commander is Wan Qian, who is mainly responsible for external liaison and mission coordination. He uses his connections in the martial arts world and his experience in escort agencies to provide cover and convenience for the team's operations.

This escort team, ostensibly led by Wan Qian, is entirely responsible to the Tang Clan and is merely affiliated with the Wan family's escort agency.

Even so, it made the Wanjia Escort Agency famous and brought them a steady stream of business.

Because when Cui Ming was building the Earth Vein Highway, there were still quite a few petty thugs or wandering bandits who wanted to take advantage of the situation.

Without exception, they were all annihilated by the escort team hired by Cui Ming.

Among them were many bandits who had established connections with officials in other provinces.

This made Wanjia instantly famous.

And now that Cui Ming has developed the energy core, he has so much time on his hands.

Cui Mingke has developed quite a few interesting gadgets.

First, Cui Ming finally developed the flying puppet.

It's important to understand that, even now, whoever controls the sky has absolute power, not to mention the future.

The air force is extremely important to Cui Ming, but what kind of aerial puppet to create has always been a major concern for him.

First, it must be a stealthy, silent aerial puppet capable of reconnaissance, and at critical moments, it must be able to fight to the death.

After careful observation, Cui Ming set his sights on bees in nature.

First of all, the size is just right. Whether carrying hidden weapons, poison needles, or bombs, the size is sufficient for Cui Ming.

Secondly, having wings makes flying in the air less abrupt.

The key is that a large-scale mobilization will not seem unusual to ordinary people; on the contrary, they will actively avoid it.

As for the bee puppets, they require overly detailed production...

Cui Ming is least afraid of precision operations; manufacturing all kinds of mechanical arms of various sizes in the mine and the workshop is incredibly easy for him.

Chapter 116 A Comprehensive Look at the Ingenious Mechanisms (3k)

Since it's all part of my own business, I might as well use it.

Cui Ming made full use of the large number of mechanical arms in the mine and the Qiaogongtang, and began producing bionic weapons without stopping.

Tens of thousands of bionic soldier bees were quickly manufactured on this automated production line.

These puppets are smaller than ordinary bees, and their main body is made of an extremely thin and fragile metal with tiny hidden runes engraved on the surface.