In the end of the world, I become an immortal alone

"The third one, easy peasy."

Zheng Shiduo clapped his hands and exited the narrow room.

Wang Jixuan lowered his head and went inside, burning the Mimic Bladebeast and the ‘human skin’, staring at the constantly flickering flames.

They were currently still on the forty-sixth level, at the edge of the Pleasure Capital's territory, in a slum made up of abandoned shipping containers.

Under the dim light of the surrounding street lamps, those figures lay and sat calmly and powerlessly inside and outside their ‘home doors’.

They weren't curious about what had happened here.

Wan Xiaoqi squatted in front of several emaciated children, took out the emergency rations from her body and handed them over. These children wanted to grab them, but as if thinking of something, they trembled and retracted their hands.

Lin Bo, who was guarding beside them, sighed and said in a low voice, "It's useless, they don't dare to eat without the permission of the gang."

"Why?" Wan Xiaoqi's voice was trembling slightly.

"Because, the lower city is outside of order, it is an appendage of the fortress, the fortress's blood bank."

Zheng Shiduo curled his lips and muttered, strolling forward with his hands behind his back, muttering dismissively:

"In order to produce more supplies, the fortress must cultivate low-cost labor."

"Because of the existence of the lower city, the fortress has enough miners who risk being attacked by Bladebeasts to mine and transport resources in the outer expansion area. The middle city then uses these natural resources to manufacture guns, ammunition, to protect the fortress and support the front lines."

"Is this the right thing to do? Definitely not. But if the fortress doesn't do this, is there enough firepower? It's likely to be insufficient. The average firepower of the fortress's defense area and the fortress's internal volume are a complex calculation formula."

"Fortress 76 belongs to the upper-middle level of the civilized ecosystem, with consistently high civilization index… because most other fortresses are even worse than here."

"Many fortresses on the verge of collapse have already begun to use extreme measures."

"Xiaoqi, you don't need to feel guilty about this. You will also face the threat of Bladebeast deaths in the future. Your life is because your parents are desperately fighting on the front lines, and you will also embark on this path in the future… Lingtong's logistics team needs to replenish several members every year due to personnel losses. You should also pay more attention, usually enjoy yourself in time, find a few boyfriends or girlfriends or something."

Zheng Shiduo smiled, squinting.

This was a rare 'normal' remark he could make.

Wan Xiaoqi asked, "Then can't the middle city allocate some supplies down?"

"No."

Zheng Shiduo said calmly:

"No matter how fancy the lower city is, it is only a basic added value, but the middle city is the central pillar of the fortress. Without the lower city, this fortress can still operate normally by relying on the middle city, supporting and protecting hundreds of thousands of people, but the supplies sent out will be greatly reduced."

"But…"

"Alright, get up quickly. The first time I saw a similar scene, I blamed myself for half a month and even vowed to make a change."

Zheng Shiduo curled his lips and raised his eyebrows:

"Later, I realized that I was just too naive… We killed three Mimic Bladebeasts, I don't know if the other Mimic Bladebeasts are hiding."

"There shouldn't be any communication between them."

Wang Daoshi, who had already cleaned up the corpses and traces, beckoned from the side:

"The last two Bladebeasts didn't even notice us coming."

"There should still be some on the forty-sixth level."

"Keep searching, we need to move faster. Besides finding these Bladebeasts, the most important thing is to find the passage they used to enter the fortress."

"Understood!"

"Yes!"

Zheng Shiduo and Wan Xiaoqi agreed.

Before leaving, Wan Xiaoqi still put two bags of emergency rations in a corner, looked down for a while, and then turned her head and quickly followed Wang Jixuan's back.

…

Fortress Third Level, Spirit Energy Home.

Wei Linzheng was sitting quietly under the spotlight.

His dry old face showed a kind of oily luster under the sunlight.

He was meditating.

This was a way for him to feel the boundary between ‘real’ and ‘illusory’. Every time after meditating, Wei Linzheng's understanding of spirit energy would improve a tiny bit.

Similarly, daily meditation was the most important thing for him, and he didn't want to be disturbed by anyone.

Today, there was an ignorant fellow…

"Commissioner! Commissioner!"

Bang bang bang!

"Hmm?"

Wei Linzheng frowned and opened his eyes, looking at the rash middle-aged man in front of him, deciding to wait for him to say what the emergency was before giving appropriate punishment.

"What's wrong?"

"Commissioner! The Mimic Bladebeasts we locked on to before, three of them have been killed! The spirit energy signal has disappeared!"

Wei Linzheng's furrowed brow gradually relaxed: "Who is down there?"

"I don't know!"

"Wouldn't you investigate before coming to report to me?" Wei Linzheng's voice gradually turned cold.

The visitor's forehead was beaded with cold sweat, and he said quickly:

"Commissioner! We are all being watched closely now! Before, when we said we wanted to support the battle in the desert, we were rejected by the Defense Force, and everyone's actions are completely restricted… However, how can they find the Mimic Bladebeasts? Thinking about the intelligence that headquarters gave us earlier, Black Storm has the ability to identify Mimic Bladebeasts…"

Wei Linzheng narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is that E-level spirit energy user down there? Interesting."

He thought carefully, his body floated up, his feet landed, he put his hands behind his back and moved forward, and said slowly:

"Gather everyone, and choose an opportunity to issue a Mimic Bladebeast attack alarm to the fortress, in order to legally obtain intervention rights."

"I will go with Feng Bangjie to stop the half-human mecha. You choose three or four C-level spirit energy users with outstanding abilities to send down to eliminate the Mimic Bladebeasts and capture Black Storm alive, so that we can seize a bargaining chip."

"Remember, eliminating the Mimic Bladebeasts comes first. This is our job, even when dealing with E-level spirit energy users, you can't be careless… This is a very interesting sample. If you can't capture them alive, you must let them collect enough cells. All related dead people should be made to look like they were controlled by Mimic Bladebeasts."

The middle-aged man shouted loudly: "Yes! Commissioner!"

"Pay attention to the volume. Spirit energy users must maintain elegance. Always remember that we are all-round evolution."

…

At the same time;

The fourth Mimic Bladebeast was found in the Silver Party's territory on the forty-sixth level.

With the help of Lin Bolin Yong, they had already checked everywhere on the forty-sixth level, and according to the previous rules, they could go directly to the forty-eighth level.

— During the process of exploring the forty-sixth level, Wang Daoshi's spiritual sense had already vertically checked the forty-seventh level.

"Let's go directly to the bottom level, I'll check the forty-eighth level at the same time."

Wang Daoshi explained:

"I feel that the probability of the last few Bladebeasts being on the forty-ninth level is relatively high, and the fortress's defense loophole may also be in the deepest part of the underground."

"Yes!"

"Boss," Zheng Shiduo asked softly from the back of the car, "How exactly did you find them?"

"I… have a telepathic connection with the Bladebeasts, similar to the one between prey and hunter."

Wang Daoshi made up casually, and solemnly reiterated in his heart that they cultivators didn't have the saying of 'not lying'.

Zheng Shiduo leaned back, his eyes full of admiration, and tactfully didn't ask any more questions.

There was also a Black Gang convoy escorting them nearby. After entering the forty-ninth level, the Purge Department sent out several armored vehicles. Lin Bolin Yong transformed from a driver into a follower, carrying backpacks and guns beside him.

Wang Jixuan carefully sensed everywhere, and put his spiritual sense to the maximum.

Zheng Shiduo looked at Lin Bolin Yong and muttered with a grin: "You guys, brothers?"

"Yes," Lin Bo replied with a full voice, "Next to each other in a test tube! Same nursery room, same nursery home, same soldier training academy!"

Zheng Shiduo winked: "Hehe, usually brothers, answering an emergency at night?"

"Uh," Lin Bo quickly explained, "We are not that kind of relationship! We strictly follow the normal breeding values advocated by the fortress, and we are all sufficiently interested in women with reproductive capabilities."

Wan Xiaoqi complained from the side: "Captain Zheng, what are you doing? Don't tease them!"

"Hahaha!" Zheng Shiduo clicked his tongue, "I can't help it when I see a handsome guy."

Wang Daoshi suddenly said: "Stop the car."

Zheng Shiduo's face turned pale. He thought he had been too lewd and was about to be kicked out by the boss!

Fortunately…

Wang Jixuan got up and jumped out of the armored vehicle, frowning and staring at a residential area.

Wang Jixuan was very familiar with this place.

Every time he set off from the wooden house to sneak attack the Black Fire Gang's territory, he would pass by here. This place was considered the edge of the Wanlijin Gang's territory, and he could see several men and women sewing clothes under the lights in front of the door.

What made Wang Jixuan frown was the faint fluctuations that appeared on these people.

Demonic energy.

Humans faintly infected by demonic energy?

Wang Jixuan made a gesture: "Xiaoqi, request to transfer more troops over, at least three hundred people."

"Understood! Xiaoqi will get it done!"

Wan Xiaoqi agreed crisply, took out the miniature terminal she carried with her, and quickly sent a message to Sister Wan at the supply station, applying for permission to use some of the battle mechs.

Wang Jixuan led Lin Bo forward, climbed over the winding and simple metal stairs, and stopped in front of a middle-aged woman.

"Auntie?"

Lin Bo smiled and greeted her:

"What kind of work do you do?"

The woman looked timidly at the handsome young man from the security team, raised the thread basket in her hand, but didn't answer anything.

Lin Bo was about to speak, but Wang Daoshi raised his hand and pressed on his shoulder.

'Let this poor Daoist do it himself.'

Wang Jixuan took out a few Pleasure Coins from his pocket and said with a smile: "Auntie, I'm asking about something."

"Please sit down."

The woman hurriedly wanted to give up her seat.

"No, no, Auntie, you sit."

Wang Jixuan waved his hand and asked with a smile:

“We are investigating a fugitive who escaped from Midtown. Have you seen anyone acting suspiciously lately? Or anyone who has changed drastically? Cosmetic surgery is very advanced now; they can change a person's face and body.”

The woman looked at the few Joy Coins.

Wang Jixuan pressed a Joy Coin into the wire basket in front of her.

The woman immediately smiled: “Suspicious people, I have seen some recently. The Cleansing Squad soldiers, they often drive around patrolling, and occasionally give us snacks and medicine. They are all pretty good.”

Wang Jixuan shook his head with a smile and placed two more Joy Coins in her wire basket.

“If you're talking about someone who suddenly changed their temper, there is one, but I'm afraid to say it, it might cause us trouble.”

A total of six Joy Coins appeared in her wire basket.

The woman glanced left and right and whispered:

“Actually, it's just been these past two days, near the Sixth Distillery over there, two people with supposed superpowers came. Those guys are amazing! Not only can they levitate, but they can also put people to sleep instantly. If someone is sick, they get healed when they go to them!

“Yesterday, they wanted to worship some Ancient Goddess Guli, saying it could bring blessings and make us forget our pain.

“I went to watch for a while, but then I remembered I had water boiling at home, so I hurried back… It's quite strange over there. In the past two days, many people have gone crazy, kissing and worshipping the drawings engraved on the metal plates.

“The big brothers who manage our street have also gone to watch, and two of them believe in them now!

“It's… pretty scary!”

Lin Bo asked: “Then why didn't you report it to the Cleansing Squad?”

“We wouldn't dare talk to them. Besides, this kind of thing isn't uncommon. Many people claim to be some god or some great person, trying to scam us for food and drink, but it's all fake.”

Wang Jixuan gently raised his eyebrows and said slowly: “Can you point us to the direction of that distillery?”

“It's over there, but please don't tell them I told you…”

“Thank you.”

Daoist Wang looked in the direction the woman pointed, his spiritual sense temporarily returning to his body, and then approaching and spreading in that direction.

Such dense demonic energy.

One strong, one weak.

It doesn't seem as simple as ordinary Mimic Blade Beasts.

Which means…

A Core a bit higher than a basic Blade Beast?

Wang Jixuan looked at Lin Bo: “Bring people over later, I'll go scout ahead first.”

Lin Bo was about to speak, but Wang Jixuan had already taken the club bag from his hand, jumped over a dozen meters to the roof, and disappeared in a few leaps.

The woman shivered: “Oh my god! He, he, he!”

“You didn't see anything, you didn't hear anything, and you've never seen us.”

Lin Bo took out a communicator from his coat pocket, brought up a photo, handed it to the woman, and threatened her in a low voice:

“Wanlijin's boss, Black Scale Bro, has eaten with me.”

“U-understand,” the woman stammered, wanting to return the Joy Coins.

“Just keep them. Spend them in two months, otherwise you might get into big trouble.”

“Yes, yes.”

Lin Bo glanced at the tin house behind the woman. There were two pairs of children's shoes inside, mixed among several pairs of adult shoes and boots, so he left with peace of mind.

On the other side, Wang Jixuan had already landed in front of a tavern with the sign 'Flaming Red Serpent'.

Behind the tavern was the distillery.

The source of the demonic energy was in the basement of the tavern.

Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense had already detected that there were about sixty or seventy people in the basement, very close to the location of the two demonic energies.

If it were him two months ago, he would probably have already pulled out his pistol and grabbed a high-explosive;

But now…

He took out a few Joy Coins from his pocket, adjusted his Law Enforcement Team uniform, lowered his hat, put his hands behind his back, kicked the door open, and unleashed his magnetic voice.

“Upper City Law Enforcement Team, routine inspection!”