Starry Sky Professional Directory 10
Chapter 10: Sudden Change (Please collect!)
June 29, 2024
Chapter 10: Sudden Change (Please collect!)
The glorious Jiang Mansion.
Villa, training ground.
Fang Xing had worked here a few times with Liu Wei, unfortunately without seeing Bai Lianyi.
Perhaps that time was just a coincidence.
Even so, Fang Xing was happy to take Gu Yun’s orders.
After all, while Uncle Gu wasn’t as skilled as Xia Long, his occasional guidance was far better than Fang Xing’s self-taught efforts.
What’s more, there was an excellent training partner.
Bang! Bang!
Two figures crisscrossed on the open ground, silver gauntlets and a wooden sword clashing repeatedly, producing a dense series of sounds.
After a long while, Gu Yun stopped, flicking her wooden sword: “No, you’re improving too fast. It hasn’t been that long, and even with my gravity suit on, I can’t beat you…”
She narrowed her eyes slightly, like a little fox: “Did your father’s teaching really make you this strong? No…if he were that good, he would have applied to be a teacher or a private instructor, and wouldn’t be patrolling the streets miserably every day…Come on, let’s fight again with the gravity suit off!”
“I’m a few years older than you…this gravity suit is top-notch training equipment, let’s keep it on.”
Fang Xing felt a little ashamed.
He was two or three years older than her, yet he could only fight her to a draw with the gravity suit set at double gravity.
‘I need to work harder…why can’t I add points to my stats? Terrible!’
“No, I can’t beat you, how can I achieve ‘defeat without killing,’ and subdue the demonic nature? The gravity suit has to be turned off…” Gu Yun obviously couldn’t hear Fang Xing’s thoughts, instead answering seriously.
Cultivating the Demon Blade requires a weaker opponent, allowing her to easily control their life and death, thus achieving ‘defeat without killing’ at the most dangerous moment through unwavering will, thereby subduing the demonic nature.
The Demon Blade’s realm of subduing the demonic nature is incredibly precious. Once achieved, cultivating the Ghost God Blade would be a smooth path.
Even, according to rumors, subduing the demonic nature is very helpful for understanding several demonic Dao realms!
Otherwise, Uncle Gu wouldn’t have chosen this sword technique for his daughter and invested so many resources.
After their sparring, Fang Xing bid farewell to Gu Yun and left the glorious Jiang Mansion.
‘Uncle Gu wasn’t here this time, no guidance, a little disappointing…’
He took the maglev train, passing through the city center, gazing at the dazzling lights outside, secretly deciding to return to his “dog kennel” to continue training.
Now that the Great Dragon Stake had upgraded, this skill truly is the most suitable martial art for someone in the Flesh Refinement stage, the daily progress was astonishing.
He only needed to invest time in training to rapidly improve his martial arts level.
‘Then, let’s see how Gu Yun handles me?’
‘I can selectively show off some skills at school, making Xia Long look at me differently, maybe even get a scholarship!’
Fang Xing was quite complacent.
“Happiness Garden Community Station arriving, please hold on tight, and exit in an orderly manner…”
A smooth mechanical voice sounded in his ear.
Fang Xing got off the train and walked towards his apartment building.
Suddenly!
Boom!
An explosion sounded!
“Huh? What’s going on?”
Fang Xing stood still, a little bewildered, but still reacted instinctively as a martial artist, immediately adjusting his basic nano protective suit to full body coverage.
After the sonic boom, a wave of fire and intense heat followed.
He saw…
A ball of fire exploded in the distance, countless plumes of smoke billowing.
Reinforced concrete buildings were shattered, countless mechanical debris flew wildly…intermingled with human remains.
The world seemed to have paused for a moment, then quickly restarted.
Roars and curses echoed around.
Bang!
Before Fang Xing could react, he felt a tremendous impact, sending him flying backward.
“What the…”
His chest was tight, but thankfully not too painful.
Looking down, he saw a concrete component the size of a human head falling near his feet.
“A piece of concrete from the explosion?”
“That speed and force…I couldn’t have stopped it…If I wasn’t wearing the protective suit, I would be dead?”
Fang Xing’s expression was still somewhat dazed.
In his past life as a salaryman, although it was hard work, he had never experienced such a life-or-death situation.
Not only him, but even the original owner had no relevant memories.
“Help…help…”
A moan came from beside him.
Fang Xing mechanically turned his head and saw a young man.
The man seemed to be half-lying on the ground, his chest pierced by several steel bars, clearly also a victim of the explosion.
“I…”
He just stepped forward to help, when he saw that the young man’s lower body was gone…
‘He’s already…dead.’
‘No, if he enters a medical pod immediately, replacing his lower body entirely with a bionic or mechanical structure, he might…might still be saved!’
Fang Xing’s mind raced, about to act to save the man, when a piercing sound suddenly came from his ears.
——Jiji!
Like countless cicadas, suddenly overlapping.
Or like various musical instruments, exploding in his mind at once.
He saw in the midst of the fire and smoke, strange limbs seemed to appear.
Even with the thick fog obscuring them, he could vaguely see that it was a huge creature three or four meters tall, with compound eyes and mouthparts similar to those of an insect.
No!
The blurry and hazy lines seemed to have a subtle curvature, unconsciously captivating him, making him want to see, want to study, want more…
“That’s…an Evil God’s minion?”
“No good, don’t look directly! Fortunately, the smoke is blocking my view, I didn’t see the mysterious patterns on its body clearly, otherwise, it would be troublesome…”
Fang Xing quickly lowered his head and, following the textbook, fled in the opposite direction.
He took one last look and found that the young man with only a torso left had already lost his breath.
‘It was that cicada sound! A sonic attack?’
‘I’m fine, I’m wearing a protective suit, even my ears are protected…but ordinary martial artists should be able to withstand it, at most a minor injury, but for someone seriously injured, that attack was fatal.’
Fang Xing had never felt the fragility of life as clearly as he did now!
Whoosh!
He accelerated wildly, his figure seeming to turn into streaks of afterimages.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
In the sky, piercing sonic booms appeared.
He suddenly looked up, his gaze catching the fiery trail of a missile.
Besides that, there seemed to be several figures, rushing against the flow, toward the location of the terrifying minion.
“Martial Artists!”
“Professionals!”
Someone in the fleeing crowd cheered.
Fang Xing did not stop, his fists clenched tightly: “I…”
Previous experiences, whether the ecstatic joy of gaining a cheat code, or the small pride of his breakthroughs in martial arts and the Great Dragon Stake, were all shattered at this moment.
“I swear…I will grasp my own destiny!”
“This kind of thing, this kind of helplessness, I don’t want to experience it again!”
…
Ten minutes later, Fang Xing arrived at school and saw Xia Long standing at the school gate, holding a giant sword like a headmaster, looking solemnly at the direction from which he had fled.
“Go to the classroom first, you know where the school shelter is, wait for the notice.”
Xia Long instructed seriously.
Fang Xing nodded.
He understood that in the nearby area, there was no safer place than Yucai High School.
This was not only because there were more than a dozen teachers at the fourth stage of Martial Dao or higher, but also because there was a high-level shelter here, reputed to be able to withstand even a high-ranking minion for over 48 hours!
There was some chaos on campus, but the situation was generally fine.
Fang Xing glanced around and saw many classmates, including Liu Wei.
“Quick, look at the Maple Leaf City official website, they’ve made an announcement!”
No one was in the mood for pleasantries, until a scream pierced the eardrums.
Everyone immediately went online to the Maple Leaf City official website.
[High-ranking minion—‘Moon Worm Beast’—eliminated!]
[The air raid alert is now lifted! The virtual space tunnel has been closed!]
[Various rescue operations are underway, please remain calm, and immediately contact the nearest security unit if you find anyone with abnormal mental state!]
The announcement was made just a dozen seconds ago.
Fang Xing’s eyes narrowed.
Extra-dimensional Evil Gods are the great enemy of the Blue Star Federation, and their war has lasted for hundreds of years!
These extra-dimensional Evil Gods control the ‘virtual space,’ capable of opening void tunnels, bypassing the Federation’s heavily fortified interstellar fortress defense lines, to deploy minions into the Federation’s inner territories!
Even with the Federation’s various methods, 99.99% of the attacks are intercepted, but there are still some that slip through the net.
The attack he just experienced was one of them.
‘Just a high-ranking minion?’
‘That probability is enough to buy a lottery ticket, after all, the original owner didn’t encounter one in his sixteen years of life.’
‘Should I move? Uh…forget the money issue, from the principle that two shells aren’t likely to land in the same crater, Happiness Garden Community is probably the safest place right now?’
He continued reading, discovering that the website footer had turned black and white.
[Casualty count for this attack: 134 deaths, 528 serious injuries, mental pollution assessment ongoing…]
[To quickly eliminate the ‘Moon Worm Beast,’ Professionals ‘Lin Jia’ and ‘Gu Renwang’ sacrificed their lives…]
Fang Xing fell silent.
‘…Gu Renwang?’
Looking at his picture, he couldn’t help but think of Gu Yun.
That man from the Gu family…
That man who didn’t earn much but wanted the best for his daughter…
That man who had guided him a few times…
Now reduced to a black and white memorial photo.
“Fate…”
Fang Xing’s lips were tightly pursed, his right hand reaching forward, only to grasp at empty air.
(End of Chapter)
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