Chapter 188: Chapter 104: Return to Blue Star (Fourth Update)

After saying goodbye to Zuo Xiping,

Su Jie returned to his own mansion and released the Thousand-Handed Centipede.

The moment it emerged, the Thousand-Handed Centipede sensed something and immediately turned its insect eyes towards the Heavenly Poison Treasure Wood Tree Fruit that Su Jie held in his left hand.

Szzz!

In the next second, the Thousand-Handed Centipede excitedly stood upright, all its corpse hands waving, clinging tightly to Su Jie’s arm, its open mouth fixated on the Heavenly Poison Treasure Wood Tree Fruit.

Were it not for the lack of an order from Su Jie, it would have already pounced to snatch the fruit and feast on it.

Meanwhile, perhaps due to the presence of the poisonous insect, the Heavenly Poison Treasure Wood Tree Fruit underwent a change.

The outer peel automatically shed, revealing the true core inside.

Glorious radiance blossomed as the dense mesh of patterns on the core, resembling contorted insects, appeared to be crawling.

“Eat it, this is what I’ve prepared for you,” Su Jie said.

With a loosened hand, Su Jie dropped the Heavenly Poison Treasure Wood Tree Fruit into the gaping mouth of the Thousand-Handed Centipede.

The Thousand-Handed Centipede didn’t even chew, swallowing the Heavenly Poison Treasure Wood Tree Fruit whole.

As the Heavenly Poison Treasure Wood Tree Fruit was ingested, layers of dark golden light illuminated the abdomen of the Thousand-Handed Centipede.

Its insect shell grew increasingly glossy and shiny, and although its body size didn’t expand, there were lines resembling insect veins spreading across the shell, like an innate ancient scripture, primitive and profound, mysterious and unfathomable.

Under its influence, the gleam of sentience in the eyes of the Thousand-Handed Centipede grew more pronounced than before.

“Xiao Qian, whether I can continue to enjoy life’s luxuries depends on you, so you better advance sooner rather than later!” Su Jie said, touching the Thousand-Handed Centipede’s head, full of expectation and eagerness.

Thinking all this, Su Jie took out the Ancient Mirror, opened the teleportation gate, and stepped through.

…….

Blue Star Zen Country!

In the Underground Poisonous Insects Cultivation Base of Fumen Breeding Farm, with Su Jie’s return, each of the poisonous insects there sensed the arrival of the Thousand-Handed Centipede, and they scurried about in a panic, trying to flee from this dangerous fellow.

“One, two…”

Su Jie counted the inventory inside one by one.

As the remittance from Tianyuan Hair Growth Liquid came in, the breeding scale in the Mande Region further expanded.

The quantity of Low-Grade Poisonous Insects here also increased as a result, many of them not merely Low Grade, but even having advanced to Low Grade One Refining, were not few in number.

If not for the fact that Su Jie had previously reinforced the Formation here, using quite a few Array Maps, they really wouldn’t have been able to stop these poisonous insects from breaking out and escaping, which would have been earth-shattering news.

“Go ahead, these low-grade poisonous insects are all yours,” Su Jie said.

Having been impatiently waiting for this moment, the Thousand-Handed Centipede immediately set off at full speed, pouncing on one Low-Grade Poisonous Insect after another, indulging in a feast, enjoying an all-you-can-eat buffet of insects.

At forty meters in size, the Thousand-Handed Centipede was enormously huge, and its appetite and digestive capacity were terrifying.

Although there were many insects in the Underground Poisonous Insects Cultivation Base, it wouldn’t be enough to satisfy it for more than a few days.

Three days later.

The Thousand-Handed Centipede, having devoured all the poisonous insects, grew to a length of 45 meters,

“Not much longer now, I wonder what two new abilities will emerge when the time comes.”

Being a Lifebound Poisonous Insect, Su Jie roughly estimated the time for the Thousand-Handed Centipede’s advancement in Spirit Refining wouldn’t be far off.

Given the production speed of Low-Grade Poisonous Insects here, in at most another month, the quantity of insects in this place would be enough to satisfy the Thousand-Handed Centipede’s advancement.

Su Jie was now looking forward to the fifth Spirit Refining with immense anticipation, feeling that time was passing far too slowly.

However, since he had returned, there wasn’t much happening at Ghost Ridge Palace for the time being.

So, Su Jie planned to stay on Blue Star for a while to see how the development of the arms and ammunition was coming along.

After leaving the Fumen Breeding Farm, Su Jie didn’t return to his private luxury estate in Mande City, but instead went to a Jieke Security training base.

This place was originally a base for the Mande United Army. After the collapse of the Mande United Army, it was requisitioned by Jieke Security and underwent large-scale expansion.

Now, this base was the largest of Jieke Security in the Mande Region, housing eight thousand members of Jieke Security.

Before he even got close, the patrol sentries noticed the car driven by Su Jie.

“Commander.”

Upon seeing Su Jie, those soldiers who were previously on high alert immediately straightened their bodies and saluted.

“Don’t notify the people inside. I want to go in alone and take a look,” Su Jie said as he waved his hand, showed his credentials, then changed into a military uniform and entered the military camp alone for a secret inspection of Jieke Security’s training achievements.

After crossing two more lines of defense, when Su Jie entered the base, the training inside was in full swing.

Some soldiers were engaged in physical training, taking off their shirts to reveal toned bodies, working in pairs carrying wooden logs.

Some soldiers were fully equipped with weapons and ammunition, carrying plenty of ammo and rations, participating in armed cross-country training.

Others were traversing various obstacles–climbing walls, crossing high nets, crawling through mud under barbed wire.

Some were involved in live-fire shooting training, with the sound of gunfire ringing nonstop.

The instructors training these Jieke Security personnel were elite soldiers retired from various countries, attracted by high salaries.

Under excellent welfare and benefits, neither the instructors nor the soldiers had any complaints; the former were able to earn satisfying pay.

As for the latter, the arrival of Jieke Company changed their lives, and their training was undertaken with an even more diligent spirit.

After touring the training facilities, some soldiers finally noticed Su Jie, and the military camp was instantly abuzz.

In the Mande Region, Su Jie’s reputation far exceeded that of Ghost Ridge Palace.

While Ghost Ridge Palace had Elders and a Sect Master, in the Mande Region, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Su Jie was the unrivaled king.

Upon receiving the news, Liu Yingying, who was working in Mande City, also hurried over.

“Yingying, you’ve developed the troops quite well!” Su Jie was the first to speak, noting that even in his absence, Liu Yingying had not neglected the development of Jieke Security’s strength.

Liu Yingying shook her head and said, “I’m only responsible for providing the funds. The training is all managed by the instructors, even the purchase of weaponry.”

“Take me to the armory to see what you’ve bought recently,” Su Jie said, surrounded by soldiers. He asked them to continue their training while he, accompanied by a few officers and Liu Yingying, headed for the armory.

As heavy doors were opened one after another, the cold machinery of war was revealed in Su Jie’s view.

Main battle tanks, armed helicopters, infantry fighting vehicles, military trucks, combat engineering vehicles, grenade launchers, mortars, and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns lay quietly on high-strength reinforced concrete floors, exuding a deadly threat that only human beings from Blue Star could understand.

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Apart from these war vehicles and artillery, there was an even greater number of light weapons.

Rifles, especially the cheap and abundant AKs, numbered over a hundred thousand alone, with rocket launchers, machine guns, land mines, and the like in abundance.

In another section of the warehouse was the ammunition depot, with shells of various calibers stored upright–almost too many to see the end at a glance.

Modern warfare is a matter of logistics, so it was natural to have a surplus of weaponry and ammunition.

Judging from the stock in the armory, even if a war involving tens of thousands erupted and persisted for years, these supplies would be sufficient to endure.