great-warnovel Chapter 287 Yang Jian and Nezha's Return
Chapter 287 Yang Jian and Nezha's Return
Qin Wuyi pressed Qin Zheng's military tag against the corner of the map and circled Chang'an with his brush.
"Let's go to the seventh gate first."
Before Qin Wangshan could answer, battle reports from the northern Kunlun front flooded the conference channel.
Twelve secret realms shattered simultaneously, three patrol teams lost contact, and the coverage area of the Northern Leyline shrank by six kilometers.
New coordinates are still being added.
Qin Wangshan pulled up the troop strength chart for the war zone, with Chang'an and Kunlun each occupying half of the screen.
"The heavy armored brigade has been transferred to Chang'an. What about the northern front?"
Zhao Leiguang stood by the door and did some calculations.
"Should we split it in half, and issue one track to each side?"
Wen Yue closed the crossbow case.
"You can dismantle it too. Place the shield in Chang'an, and the people in Kunlun."
"Then Dun should apply for compensation for emotional distress."
The alarm switched to the base channel.
Two golden channels split open above the tarmac. Just as the anti-aircraft drone completed its lock-on, a three-pointed, double-edged sword fell from one of the channels.
The blade rod was inserted into the tarmac, causing the ground to sink two feet.
Yang Jian stepped onto the ground beside the hilt of his sword, his armor covered in grayish-green dust.
In another passage, two flaming wheels rushed into the warning net.
Nezha dodged the first drone to the side, while the second one was hit by the wheel rim and its rotor flew into the maintenance area.
He landed, put away his wheel, and looked up at the wreckage.
"It blocked my way first."
The duty officer arrived with a list of damages.
"It executes alert procedures."
"Then it is very dutiful."
"Please also fulfill your responsibilities in providing compensation."
Nezha turned to look for Yang Jian.
Yang Jian had already drawn his three-pointed double-edged sword and stepped into the elevator leading to the tactics room.
Nezha followed him in, and a layer of Kunlun soil fell from the sole of his boot.
The cleaning robot chased after the ladder door, its robotic arm holding a mop, but it couldn't catch up.
After Yang Jian entered, he placed a rubbing next to the landscape painting.
"Kunlun underground has opened."
Lu Yan glanced at the scratches on his nail plates.
Beast blood remained in the wound, and gray-green dust particles were drilling inward along the metal's texture, suppressed on the surface by Yang Jian's divinity.
Which floor?
"Below Jade Void Palace lies the Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts."
Yang Jian marked each of the twelve broken secret realms on the map.
"The cave is sealed with thousands of ferocious beasts. For every ten feet the seal cracks open, the northern border loses a section of the earth's protective veins."
"Last night we opened up three zhang (approximately 10 meters), and today we've reached seven zhang (approximately 33 meters)."
Qin Wangshan opened the casualty report for the northern front.
"Can you reseal it?"
"The entrance can be blocked, but the earth's veins cannot be repaired."
Nezha sat on the corner of the table and untied a section of the Hun Tian Ling (a magical ribbon).
The end of the red silk ribbon was stained with grayish-green patches, and corrosion holes appeared on the lid as soon as the sealed box was brought near.
"There were three obstacles blocking the way on the outside, I pushed them back into formation."
Zhao Leiguang became interested.
"You're going to put it back down logically?"
"The first one took two rounds, the second one took one round."
"What about the third one?"
"After watching the first two, I went back by myself."
Nezha stuffed the Hun Tian Ling into the isolation box.
"They still recognize the orders of the Chinese military, and the divine miasma has blocked the deep passages."
"After the Wind and Fire Wheels went in for half a quarter of an hour, scales began to grow on their axles, and the Hun Tian Ling (a type of sash) also became tainted."
Su Yunqing took the isolation box and gave Nezha a follow-up examination.
Just as Nezha was about to pull his hand away, Yao Guang's Gift stood in front of him.
"Sit still."
"I'm not hurt."
"There are three dental arches on the right shoulder."
Nezha looked down at the seam between his nails, then moved to another chair and sat down.
Zhao Leiguang lowered his voice.
"Even the gods govern this rule?"
Shen Xinglin nodded.
Su Yunqing turned to Zhao Leiguang, who immediately shut up.
Yang Jian's pioneering work.
Half of the lotus-patterned lamp base remains on the paper; only four of the nine lotus petals are depicted, and there are burn marks in the center.
"I have been to Yuxu Palace."
"The old man who lives in the palace gave me this picture."
"The Nine Lotus Lantern was lost in the Heavenly Well of the Sea of Ashes. Its flames can dispel miasma and also illuminate external objects that descend in the name of the gods."
Lu Yan placed the rubbing onto the landscape painting.
The Void Plate disassembles the lotus pattern structure, and three engraved lines at the bottom of the lamp base extend outwards, respectively aligning with Kunlun, Chang'an, and the East Sea.
The landscape map then raised three military formation axes.
The Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts occupies the northern position, the Chang'an Armory is located on the central axis, and the Bronze Pillar of the East Sea presses down on the southern end.
The three originally separate coordinates were linked together by the same troop formation.
Lu Yan dragged the Kunlun Crack Coverage Area to the Chang'an layer.
After the northern position is lost, the Qian position will be missing in the sixteen directions outside the seventh gate.
The mobile sanctuary will then be able to take over the north side of the armory along the Kunlun ley lines, and the Northwest Stone Slab in Qin Zheng's hands will lose its balance.
The silver-masked man forced Qin Wuyi to go to Chang'an, but then opened the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave in Kunlun.
It doesn't want to open the door just once.
It was preparing to hand over the entire military axis to what was inside the gate.
Qin Wuyi stared at the two superimposed maps.
"The countdown for the seventh gate has already begun."
"My sister is still pressing down on the stone slab."
Lu Yan did not avoid his gaze.
"Only by obtaining the Nine Lotus Lantern can we verify the identities of those within the sect."
"If Kunlun is lost, Chang'an cannot be defended."
"First stabilize the situation in the north, then rescue Qin Zheng."
Qin Wuyi pressed down on the military tag.
He wanted people to come back alive; rushing into the seventh gate would only mean handing himself over to the Silver Mask.
The boundaries of heaven and earth can lock the battlefield, but they cannot reveal what lies hidden beneath the name of the gods.
The Nine Lotus Lantern can fill this gap.
He erased the red circle on Chang'an and re-encircled Kunlun.
"I need a lighting area."
"Gravity, coordinates, timing, and skill trajectories are all fixed."
"No one can change the laws of that place before the lights are lit."
Lu Yan incorporated the concept of defining the boundaries of heaven and earth into his battle plan.
His goal became clear as a result.
Yang Jian searched for lamps, Nezha gathered the ferocious beasts, and Qin Wuyi established a lamp-lighting position.
The first team was tasked with navigating through the miasma to locate the core of the pollution.
The Black Lotus Pure Land is used to sever the connection between the core and the earth's veins, while the Nine Lotus Treasure Lamp is reserved for identity verification and cannot be consumed prematurely.
Lin Chuxue raised her staff slightly.
Can miasma be burned?
Yang Jian looked at her professional data.
"Beast eggs will grow in the burned areas."
Lin Chuxue put the staff back beside her legs.
"Then use less fire and more blood explosion."
Wen Yue handed her a new lollipop.
"There's a big difference."
"Different names."
Qinwang Mountain connects to the Chang'an war zone.
Four engineering teams will add mechanical array bases outside the seventh gate, the Qinling terracotta warriors will be moved to the outer perimeter of the blockade, and all reflective equipment will be removed from the underground armory.
These arrangements can only be delayed.
For every half inch the seventh gate advances, the silver-masked man gains an additional section of military authority.
Qin Wangshan signed the action permit.
"The first squad is heading to Kunlun."
"Chang'an is being held back by the war zone."
"Retrieve the Nine Lotus Lantern within eleven hours and seal off the Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts."
"If the timeout is exceeded, the first batch of ferocious beasts will break through the earth's layers, and the northern defense line will be directly exposed to the enemy."
Zhao Leiguang fastened the double shields to the back frame.
"Several thousand, how many were in the first batch?"
Yang Jian gave a number.
"three hundred."
"good."
"300 Lord-level."
Zhao Leiguang checked the warranty date on the shield surface.
Nezha got up from the medical chair and fastened the Qiankun Ring again.
"The beasts are mine."
"They obey military orders, so I make them line up."
Yang Jian put away his three-pointed double-edged sword.
"I'll lead the way to the Ash Sea Heavenly Courtyard."
Lu Yan turned off the tactics screen.
"The core of the miasma belongs to me."
Qin Wuyi picked up the main board.
"The lampstand is mine."
The transport aircraft has entered the preheating process.
As everyone left the tactics room, the lotus-patterned rubbing on the table curled up at the corners.
A blue flame ignited on the paper, but it didn't touch the table; instead, it spread along the lotus pattern towards the center.
The warning equipment did not report any errors.
Yang Jian stopped in his tracks.
After the rubbing was burned, the ashes remained on the table and were not carried away by the vent.
The nine lotus petals unfolded one after another, reassembling into two lines of text.
The Nine Lotus Lantern has already been lit once.
The person who lit the lamp did not leave the courtyard of Jinhai.
Nezha picked up his Wind-Blowing Fire Wheels and looked down at the line of gray characters.
"What else did the old man who guarded the palace say?"
Yang Jian gripped the handle of the knife.
He said there was only one lamp in the courtyard.
Lu Yan picked up a small amount of ash, and the Void Disc provided the analysis results.
There was no divine essence of the Jade Void Palace within the ashes.
Hidden within is the spiral code used by the Mobile Sanctuary.
He looked up at the hangar door, which was already open.
"The flight route has been leaked."
At the end of the tarmac, the hatch of the Kunpeng transport plane is closing.
There was an extra person in the cockpit.
The man in the silver mask turned to the tactics room and raised his hand to activate the Kunlun route.