Origin Player.

Chapter 776 The War Begins

—Secret Technique: Thousand Threads Prison.

Originating from Talent Sequence No. 256, Wind Judgment.

Manipulating the wind to create extremely sharp wind lines, enveloping the enemy without their knowledge. When activated, the target is as if imprisoned, with nowhere to escape.

The young man seemed to see the scene of the enemy being reduced to countless pieces of flesh. Although Luo Chengying had asked to be captured alive after the invitation failed, the enemy called "Air Speed ​​Killer" was extremely dangerous. If the enemy were to attack first, it would be like facing a ghost. He had no intention of sacrificing himself for the young master of the Luo family.

Whoosh whoosh!
Invisible threads rushed in from all directions.

Jiang He's eyes remained calm. Just as the "Thousand Threads Prison" was about to close, a violent wave rose around him, and the power of the secret technique, Wave Cannon, was unleashed. Visible ripples echoed, directly tearing the "Thousand Threads Prison" apart.

Attack techniques can now be easily applied to defense.

boom!
Jiang He stepped forward and pushed off the ground, causing the second wave cannon to explode on the sole of his shoe. The explosive impact was converted into kinetic energy, and the secret technique was applied in a different way once again. While shattering the ground, it propelled him forward.

Its fierce posture resembles that of a tiger or leopard.

The essence of exerting force is perfectly demonstrated in an instant.

A dazzling blade of light slashed before his eyes. For some reason, the young man's teeth chattered. The enemy's eyes seemed to have slaughtered millions of lives, so when it was his turn, he wouldn't be surprised.

"Die!" the youth roared, drawing his hidden blade and thrusting it out. The graceful movement lingered on the blade as he executed the Secret Technique: Soft Touch.

Ding!
The hidden blade and the short sword clashed.

But the latter quickly dissipated, leaving only a fleeting afterimage in sight after the swift strike.

The young man's head flew high into the air, the cut perfectly clean, blood gushing from his neck like fireworks. His face still bore traces of shock and anger, but his body had already begun to dry up. The vast difference in skill allowed Jiang He to even finish the blood-draining process.

Whoosh!
The moment he stopped, Jiang He unleashed a second strike.

In the vision of the Evolutionary Thinking, a bullet silently approached. The Secret Technique: Wave Blade extended an invisible blade, cleanly severing the bullet from front to back.

Through the communicator in his ear, Luo Yeli said, "1.2 kilometers away, the top floor of the apartment next to the park."

She hid in the gas station restroom, carefully observing the outside world.

Upon hearing this, Jiang He turned his head, a military officer's revolver appeared in his hand, bullets shot out from the muzzle, and after a breath, his figure disappeared from the spot, activating his spatial ability, the Space-Space Technique.

On the top floor of the apartment building, when the sniper saw the target slash the source energy bullet with his knife, he thought to himself, "Holy crap!" Before he could move his position, the guy codenamed Dijiang had already fired and disappeared.

boom!
The bullet shattered a section of the top-floor wall.

In fact, even the Source Force pistol struggles to maintain accuracy at distances exceeding one kilometer.

Jiang He crouched on the wall, pointed a finger, and the invisible tidal wave of the wave cannon engulfed the sniper.

boom!
The sniper retreated more than ten meters, smashing through the steel roof of the elevator shaft. He rolled to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, but he did not die. Small black insects swarmed out from under his clothes.

Talent Sequence 244: Insect Master. The insects secretly approach the target to achieve "precision guidance," which can force this D-level Source Power user's sniping skills to reach the level of a sniper master, second only to a sharpshooter.

The Black Insect Robe, a secret technique used by insects to spin silk and form cocoons to fill their bodies, possesses formidable defensive capabilities.

Kuroshio!

The sniper, blood trickling from the corner of his eye, didn't bother to get up. He stretched out his hands, and a huge swarm of black insects swept out, like a dark cloud.

boom!
Jiang He burst forward, releasing waves of energy from his mouth.

The secret technique, Death Sentence, spread outwards, causing countless black insects to explode and fall to the ground, densely packed like a thick carpet.

The sniper's face turned ashen, and he coughed up blood again. The wave cannon he had just encountered had destroyed his internal organs. He now felt it was absurd that two bright and one dark, three D-level Source Power users, were powerless against the E-level Di Jiang.

Wow!
The black insect corpses scattered all over the ground turned into dust, and poisonous needles shot out, making a "clanging" sound on Jiang He's body. His whole body turned black and deep, like the strongest steel, and every muscle was hardening.

The Fantasy Steel Gene endowed Jiang He with formidable defensive capabilities.

boom!
A single knee strike shattered the sniper's head and the rooftop house simultaneously, sending billowing smoke and dust flying off the roof and triggering a deafening explosion.

Jiang He pierced the heart of the headless corpse with a single slash.

The third D-grade blood essence has been extracted.

[Body type: E+ → D-]
The bones reassembled amidst the minute cracks, the blood became somewhat viscous, the internal organs became more resilient and active, and all the scars on Jiang He's face faded away. Even though her original charm was still sealed, her magnificent and perfect appearance was still on display.

"There is still one spot left for a living being's gene at the E-level stage."

"Looks like I need to make my presence felt."

Through the communicator, Luo Yeli suddenly whispered, "Come quickly, I've held off the enemy."

"Hold on."

Whoosh!
Jiang He activated the Void Transformation Technique and disappeared.

……

“I will not hurt you, Miss Night Fox, but please leave with me, or announce your withdrawal from the succession war now.”

In front of the gas station restroom, the silver-haired girl crossed her arms and frowned. Beneath her fitted red and white school uniform, her toes were tapping nervously. In the midst of her second awakening, she had to admit that she had become some kind of useless person.

"I remember you were a student in Class 5B."

"You should recognize my bodyguard as the Airspeed Killer by now."

Across from him, the handsome young man suppressed his anxiety, nodded and smiled, "A renowned assassin capable of killing B-level experts is undoubtedly a top-tier figure in the industry. I am only an F-level assassin, so I probably won't be able to go back."

“But Miss Yeli, you might as well think about this: the Luo family will never allow a half-blood to become the head of the family. Since that’s the case, you only have the status of a direct descendant, so why should you be able to participate in the succession war?”

Luo Yeli tapped her forehead with her slender white fingers, her tone growing colder as she said, "I originally thought the elders planned to back out if I succeeded, but now it seems they never intended for me to live to the end."

The handsome young man shrugged and said, "Going back on your word would undermine the succession system. Besides, why pay such a high price when you can avoid it? You won't make it to the end, but as long as you pledge allegiance to Young Master Chengying..."

Luo Yeli suddenly interrupted, coldly saying, "I'll trouble you to kill him, Dijiang."

Whoosh!
Luo Yeli's coat disappeared.

Out of a sense of responsibility to his employer, the jacket bore the ouroboros symbol.

Jiang He appeared suddenly and cleaved the handsome young man's body in mid-air. The speed was so fast that the latter didn't even have time to be terrified. Wisps of blood mist disappeared on the blade.

Luo Yeli asked curiously, "What will happen if I agree to his request?"

The tone of his "Please wait a moment" was completely different from usual.

Jiang He calmly said, "I probably really will kill you."

The reason for choosing Luo Yeli as the target of the main quest ② is that this guy is weak and easy to stand out. However, when she loses her eligibility to compete, her original charm of ten points is undoubtedly more suitable to be stored in the Immortal Chapter. After killing her, he will absorb her blood and some extraordinary factors will be integrated into the projection body. When he returns to his true body, he can naturally use the Time Ring to recreate it.

Luo Yeli didn't know if the other party was joking.

Theoretically, there shouldn't be such a ruthless person.

But she didn't seem to have seen the other person smile, so she couldn't tell.

Jiang He turned around and, in order to fix the hidden danger, praised him without reservation, "Persistence is a good habit. This guy is right. The Luo family probably hopes you die on the battlefield. Don't run around then."

Luo Yeli suddenly froze on the spot, not because of the malice of certain people in the Luo family, but because of the unimaginably beautiful face of the person in front of her. She instinctively wanted to touch her hair, but then stiffly put her hand down. Without thinking, anyone who saw her and the other person and judged them by their beauty would basically give the same answer.

"This is outrageous, you bastard," Luo Yeli sighed.

Jiang He glanced at the mirror in the bathroom, raised his hand, and with a single stroke, replicated the winding scar once more.

He had said before that this face was troublesome.

As for the pain caused by the knife wound, Jiang He was used to it, just like eating sweet tofu pudding for breakfast, only experiencing some slight discomfort.

Luo Yeli walked out of the restroom somewhat dejectedly and headed straight for the bulletproof off-road vehicle. She admitted that she had failed in her best area.

"What a terrible day."

……

As dusk fell, the afterglow spread across the land.

The bulletproof SUV arrived at a lakeside. Luo Yeli parked the car in the garage and then led Jiang He onto the speedboat.

"The community is on an island in the middle of the lake, with at least several hundred households. The location is not very convenient, but it is relatively quiet. There are cinemas, clinics and other facilities, but it is a bit too automated."

Luo Yeli complained about the shortcomings of the Lake Island Community. The main reason she chose to live here when she was a child was for safety when going out at night. Later, she made a deal with her half-sister and no longer needed to worry about these things, but she had already gotten used to living here.

"The Tianqi Satellite Monitoring Area?" Jiang He asked.

Luo Yeli nodded and said, "The more expensive the neighborhood in the fortress city, the higher the Apocalypse's authority. Places like the one in the middle of the lake have armed helicopters under Apocalypse's control on standby."

Jiang He declined to comment, but the elite class within the fortress city displayed a high degree of vigilance in their daily lives.

"Those who fear the source power should be wary of the vampires."

Luo Yeli looked at Jiang He in surprise and said, "The latter, there are even vampires in the Taiko. Vampires with pure bloodlines are no different from ordinary people in normal times, and they also have various ways to avoid detection. The largest vampire organization in the fortress is the Poker Club. Relying on the Security Bureau, it is estimated that they will never be able to catch a few official members."

The lake surface shimmered.

The speedboat docked at the makeshift harbor, lining up with the other speedboats. The two men disembarked and headed towards the villa.

Jiang He fiddled with the communicator the whole way.

As a major platoon leader in the Night Special Forces Brigade, his appointment letter indicated that the internal network and military merit system were not limited to killing; there was also great potential in the field of scientific research.

Jiang He compiled three alchemical bullet formulas and handed them over. One of them was the City-Burning Explosive Bullet he had obtained before, something that had been phased out by the Heroic Era.

"Three cards should be within the safe threshold and will not attract unnecessary attention."

The three alchemical bullet formulas were reported to come from a vampire baron genius encountered at the Guanzhuang Town Hospital. His vampire beast power was highly similar to that of the Red Knight. The inside story was left to the testing team to speculate freely, and it wouldn't be a big deal if they found out.

The test was passed in just 15 minutes.

Jiang He received six C-level military merits.

"Are there vending machines on the island in the middle of the lake at night?"

Luo Yeli glanced at the communicator and asked in surprise, "Where did you earn your military merits?" "How I spend them is the question."

"The vending machines of the Night Brigade are only set up at the Night Base. As a major, you can spend three D-level military merits to apply for an airdrop."

Jiang He selected a target and spent five C-level military merits to buy a forbidden item. This item originated from the extraordinary solid that might be released when a high-level source power user dies. It was not a Tarot-level forbidden item and was not considered extremely rare.

With the remaining seven D-level military merits, he purchased one hundred D-level source energy bullets, usable by both sniper rifles and large-caliber revolvers.

“You don’t seem to have any taboos,” Jiang He said.

Luo Yeli snorted and said, "It's only because the Black Night Special Forces Brigade is directly under the President that no one would sell something like this that concerns strength. Moreover, the Black Night Brigade only sells it to insiders. The appointment stripe is written in black and white. Once you die in battle, the forbidden item will not be inherited by your offspring as an estate, but will be recycled."

Luo Yeli roughly guessed what Jiang He had bought and couldn't help but feel a little envious. The Luo family hadn't given her anything forbidden; such items commanded huge premiums on the market, and it was difficult to find a suitable type. Her sister had once given her one, but her lover had taken it back after losing it.

At the entrance of the villa, the silver-haired girl used facial recognition to pass through.

Jiang He was waiting for the airdrop at the door when a woman with tea-colored hair, roughly twenty-four or twenty-five years old, came out from next door, dragging a suitcase. She was strikingly beautiful, with a beauty mark at the corner of her eye. She was wearing a blue knitted sweater that accentuated the captivating contours of her breasts. Although she wore her hair in a mature updo, she still retained a touch of youthful innocence.

The beautiful young woman walked past the villa entrance and saw Jiang He with a somewhat surprised expression. She asked, "Are you Miss Ye Li's boyfriend?"

"No, it's just a physical relationship," Jiang He said calmly. "You're Luo Yeli's older sister, right?"

The beautiful young woman covered her mouth and chuckled, her charm flowing naturally. She smiled and said, "I wouldn't dare to claim any connection with the Luo family. I'm Miss Ye Li's neighbor. You can just call me Yue Ju, young man."

Jiang He remained noncommittal.
The person in front of me is Luo Yeli's older sister. As the first ancestor of the vampire clan, her one-quarter vampire bloodline is as conspicuous as the beauty mark at the corner of her eye.

Seeing that the other party didn't believe her, Yueju teased, "Young man, you're quite suspicious."

Jiang He glanced at him; he was really taking advantage of her kindness.

"Just look at your suitcase and you'll know. Luo Yeli said her sister is going to the south soon, and the fourth branch of the Luo family has inherited the art of puppetry. There seem to be quite a few things in your suitcase that could reveal your identity."

Lianji, or rather Luo Yueju, was trembling violently inside, but her expression remained perfectly composed, showing a hint of unease.

Lovers! Lovers! Lovers!

This is her lover, a forbidden tarot object that should have been lost.

The face she saw when she turned her head as the A-level puppet was destroyed haunted her dreams and she would never forget it in this lifetime. Even now, the scars on the other person's face could not hide them.

Unexpectedly, after the "lover" woke up, he became a member of Night Fox's team, probably a member of the commander's squad. The identities of the Midnight Squad members who died at the time could be found anywhere.

Luo Yueju tucked her brown hair into a bun and said softly but helplessly, "Alright, I am indeed Ye Li's older sister."

"Unfortunately, for some reason, I did not inherit my mother's silver hair, which should have been taken for granted."

Luo Yueju chuckled softly, "Night Fox naturally suspected my identity, but I am a puppeteer and have no intention of revealing my true form to her, lest I want to turn her into a puppet to accompany me forever, hehehe..."

Jiang He raised an eyebrow and warned, "Don't speak too intimately with someone you don't know well."

He was just waiting for the airdrop.

Luo Yueju stepped forward with a smile, her mature yet youthful charm quite alluring. She slowly took Jiang He's wrist and placed it in front of her.

"Can you feel it? My heart is pounding."

"I don't want Yeli to know about this. I know what to do next. I'm willing to have your baby."

Jiang He: “…”

Go against Tiangang.

Before he could even threaten her, the beautiful young woman had already submitted willingly, which made him wonder if he was the prey.

Luo Yueju asked cautiously, "Did I scare you?"

Jiang He calmly said, "The key to puppetry lies in the spirit. I know a little about this, so be careful not to overdo it."

As a master alchemist, his main focus is on combat puppets. If someone takes a liking to this body and wants to create a puppet, the outcome might be somewhat different after they take action.

Luo Yueju didn't speak, but simply raised her head and stood on tiptoe to show her sincerity.

Jiang He frowned slightly. For women of childbearing age with a natural charm of nine points or higher, the Immortal Pig Body was of course the first choice. He didn't mind the others too much, but the other party's absorption was like a dust collector, which inevitably made people feel a little uncomfortable.

Boo!
Luo Yueju stepped back, wiped her mouth with her index finger, and smiled sincerely, "That's great, you're not the aloof type."

Jiang He seemed to be deep in thought.

Suddenly, Lilith's teasing voice rang in his ears, "Aren't you yourself a kind of immortal pig body?"

"Loli, I really have to control you."

boom!
The villa door opened, and the silver-haired girl stepped out, asking with some confusion, "Dijiang, Sister Yueju, do you know each other?"

In the cultural class at the Post-Apocalyptic Academy,
Old-time anthropologist Edward Hall divided areas or distances into four categories: public distance, social distance, personal distance, and intimate distance.

Each distance corresponds to a specific relationship; if strangers enter into intimate distance, it will cause resentment.

The two of them are clearly exceeding social distancing.

Luo Yueju waved her hand and said with a charming smile, "Don't be nervous, Miss Yeli. I did know Dijiang before. He doesn't seem like a wanderer from beyond the Great Wall. You should have guessed that, right?"

Luo Yeli remained silent.

She once suspected that Yueju was her older sister, but her hair color and the stolen blood test samples both indicated otherwise.

"Please leave. Although we usually get along well, today has already been a terrible day for me, and I don't want any more trouble."

Luo Yueju nodded politely and took her leave.

If the younger sister goes to the battlefield with her lover, then she doesn't need to protect herself. During the gas station attack, her puppet was also present. That puppet was neither the attacker, nor a passerby, nor even a person, but rather the bulletproof SUV.

With the power of "air speed killers," even in the most dangerous situations, the two have room to retreat; they are simply deserters.

As her beautiful figure disappeared into the distance, Luo Yeli said with dissatisfaction, "Why do you always associate with dangerous women?"

Jiang He did not answer. A red and blue box fell from the sky, with a parachute attached to its top.

The airdrop crate was opened, revealing a dark red necklace inside.

Luo Yeli's expression changed. If nothing unexpected happened, this should be the 99th forbidden item, the Dark Red Scorpion Queen, which originated from a dead A-level mutant. The necklace extracted from it can cover the wearer with a layer of flesh armor, providing defense against attacks from D-level source power users. The attack power of the four scorpion tails is also considerable.

"For me?"

"Several C-level military merits are not enough to buy the equipment I need."

Jiang He turned and went inside. If he were assigned to the front lines, bullets would not discriminate, and without some key defenses, he could hardly guarantee that the enemy would not be injured. A stray bullet could even be fatal, and among the seven candidates from the Luo family, there was no more suitable choice.

Luo Yeli was a little at a loss. Apart from her sister, this was the first time anyone had given her something so practical.

……

The next day.

Bulletproof off-road vehicles arrive at the Doomsday Academy.

"Why is it so hard to drive today? Is it my problem or the car's problem?"

The silver-haired girl got off the bus, a look of suspicion appearing on her pretty face.

"gone."

Jiang He carried an empty schoolbag, which contained a few packs of cigarettes and fruit wine. As for the academic textbooks, she had memorized them all last night. Tianyan was even more outstanding in her studies.

The two walked along the college road. The news that the president of the student council was on sick leave sparked a lot of discussion among the students. The Yan family did not allow the master of the forbidden object, the sun, to go to the front line.

When Jiang He entered Class 5A of the teaching building, she didn't attract much attention. As the eldest daughter of the Luo family, it was perfectly normal for her to be assigned a private bodyguard to the front lines. She would probably drop out of school after the war.

Class A has a total of forty students. The class monitor is a short-haired young man named Yuan Liang. For the past five years, he has been gentle and consistent, winning the trust of his classmates. He is also an E-level Source Power user.

"During this war assessment, I will try my best to take care of the students who need time to adjust. If you encounter any difficulties, please come to me in time."

"Class monitor, don't push yourself too hard. Your talent, Heart Drum, isn't really suited for head-on combat."

"Just use the secret technique, Requiem, to soothe them."

Yuan Liang shook his head; he didn't want anyone to die.

Boom!
A red-haired youth kicked the door open, followed by a dark-skinned giant over two meters tall. He glanced at Yuan Liang and sneered, "Stop being so fussy. I'll wait until you wet your pants on the battlefield."

"Bullfighting, what's wrong with you? Can't you have some manners?"

"Sister Wood is still as temperamental as ever."

At the very front of the class, a tall girl with a wooden body stood up and spoke eloquently. There were thirty E-level Source Power users in the fifth grade, which averaged out to only five per class, making her the most invisible and highest-ranking.

The classroom was noisy. Jiang He pulled up a chair and sat down next to Luo Yeli. A subtle gaze came from him; it was Zihua, who had noticed him climbing the dormitory wall yesterday.

"All quiet."

The supervisor of Class A walked in and immediately turned on the projector.

"The day after tomorrow, the fifth grade will form a company and head to the front line."

"In fact, the war has already begun, and the enemy is the Tucson family and the Valota family of the Gangro clan, both of whom are dukes."

"According to the military headquarters' notification, the objective of this war is to seize Majui County, south of Jinyang Lake. The First Division of the Tongchuan Army will be the main force in the battle, along with two auxiliary divisions, with an initial mobilization force of about 30,000 men."

"As shown in the map, which I believe is familiar to everyone, the Tongchuan Military Headquarters launched a trident offensive, with the three main regiments of the First Division as the spearhead, successively capturing Chousang Village, Mujia Village, and Lüjiapo Village around Majui County."
"Once we take Majui County, Jinyang Lake and the surrounding river system will all fall into our hands. Next year, we may even have a chance to use it as a springboard to attack the vampire city of the Gangro clan."

"Class A has been assigned to the Iron Wall Company of the Third Battalion of the Third Regiment of the First Division. It is expected that five eight-man squads will be deployed together to the trench positions north of Lüjiapo Village for preliminary defensive operations."

"The street fighting in Majui County has begun. The western flank assault does not require student participation, so you will not be under too much pressure."

The supervisor of Class A said solemnly, "Try to adapt, try to come back alive. I don't expect you to become war heroes. Two days is a very short time, so speed up your preparations."

The classroom was filled with noise. The purpose of the Doomsday Academy was to serve the war and cultivate talent. After five years of subtle influence, most of the students had developed a warlike mentality.

The supervisor of Class A sighed silently, but this year might be very different from the past. Some rumors said that the vampires had realized the involvement of the Doomsday Academy. Recently, the vampire spies have been using all sorts of strange methods and are all of excellent quality.

(End of this chapter)