Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 463 Previous Generation

Song Shi stood by the shuttle's hatch.

A more subtle point is that after Yue Shengfei was beaten to a state of exhaustion, no one came to visit him again within three days.

Or to describe it more rigorously, there are no heavyweight figures like the "current Twelve Heavens" coming, and those who come are the former Twelve Heavens, the Twelve Heavens candidates, and the Twelve Heavens candidates' candidates.

Taking into account the impact of being a border inspector and not wanting to destroy too many places, Song Shi simply lived in the block that he and Yue Shengfei razed that day, waiting for the arrival of various forces. After three days, the altitude of the block ruins dropped by an average of 5.7 meters.

Then it was finally quiet.

With this little free time, Song Shi took a shuttle and wandered aimlessly over Douqu City.

"The martial arts culture in Douqu City is quite intense."

Song Shi casually looked down at the city. There were huge screen advertisements everywhere, such as "Steroids used by the Monkey King!", "Fighting/shooting/close-range cold weapons/memory teaching chips! Help you transform yourself in seconds!", "After swallowing a golden elixir, you will realize that your fate is not determined by heaven! The new internal turbo engine of the 'Golden Elixir' series——"

The spokespersons all have the temperament of experts, boasting about the superiority of the products while casually breaking steel armor and catching bullets with their bare hands. Song Shi even saw Yue Shengfei's face in a promotional video for a new Gauss firearm.

Under the dazzling giant screen projection, there are street fights everywhere. Most of them just find an open space and put up a circle of fences. People sign up on the spot and go on stage. After confirming that both sides are not carrying hot weapons, they start fighting with all their might.

Generally, no life or death warrant is signed.

If you are lucky, strong and famous, you will have a chance to become a member of the Wu Zong - another way to say "Wu Zong" in Canglu Province is to be independent of the world and transcend the mundane world.

Not to mention the generous resources and guidance, even the lowest-level members have a prominent status.

"But these people don't stand much of a chance." Song Shi took a look around and commented, "Martial Sect has a strong preference for psychic powers. No matter how good ordinary cyborgs are at fighting, they are unlikely to be in their eyes. Lapis Lazuli, what do you think?"

Anthony was in charge of coordinating various parties and had gone to clean up the final work. The only one left by his side was Lapis Lazuli.

"Improved Psychic Supremacy." Lapis Lazuli replied, "I can't give a wrong evaluation of this, but their ideas are not perfect."

"If they are pure psychic, non-corporate psychics, excluding those who have reached the Transcendence path and other paths, some of the psychics who are good at defense, even if they are at the second level, Mastery, a large-caliber thermal weapon can effectively kill them."

"If we replace it with more powerful airborne weapons, coordinate with ground special forces, prepare countermeasures and plans, and integrate information technology control, there is a high probability that we can quickly suppress it."

"But prosthetics are not, uh, a shortcut. They are just a tool, a means of enhancement." Lapis Lazuli said slowly: "I have indeed seen cases of psykers who were addicted to the strength of their prosthetics and neglected their psykers, but we can never use a minority of cases to replace the majority."

"The upper limit of conventional technology is indeed not as high as that of psychic power, but how many psychics can reach the third ring and above?"

"That makes sense." Song Shi nodded, then shook his head: "But you overlooked one point."

"When a Fifth Ring wants to do something, the only one who can stop it completely is another Fifth Ring."

"I can't agree with all of them." Lapis Lazuli said, "For example, the 'Heavenly Principle Tribulation Fire' of the Pan-Eastern Continental Union can restrain a fifth ring when it rains the calamity fire."

"In the ancient era of cold weapons, a second-ring psychic could be invincible and sweep across the battlefield, but now even a third-ring psychic cannot dominate a high-intensity battlefield on his own." Lapis Lazuli said calmly.

"In the ancient times of cold weapons, there was no [sublimation] and [true spirit] of spiritual energy, let alone [throne of God]." Song Shi looked into the sky: "No matter the overall development at the level of productivity, the pure and supreme power is only spiritual energy." Lapis Lazuli remained silent.

On the giant screen on the exterior wall of a building not far away, Wu Zong’s promotional video began to be replayed again.

The core elements are "martial arts", "psychic power", "strength", and the newly added element of "glorious and righteous path" compared to when they were still in the East Land.

Compared to the Beiting Defense Front, Wu Zong's recruitment standards are more stringent, which means that although their number of members is small, their bottom line is much higher than the former. This can be seen from the "seeds" and "twelve heavens" who are also potential new generations.

There are nearly three times more "seeds" than "Twelve Heavens". This is certainly because the Beiting Defense Front has a larger territory and a larger population, but the strict standards for recruiting new members cannot be ignored.

"One is a political system, and the other is a group of psychics." Lapis Lazuli made a judgment: "Wu Zong is relying on probability theory."

Song Shi was stunned for a moment, and looked at the intelligent machine strangely: "Why don't you just say they are gambling?"

"The next 'Grand Marshal' will be bet on, with the supreme martial arts peak, sweeping across the world, proving the long-cherished wish of the martial arts sect for generations, the strongest spiritual power among the strong." Song Shi sighed: "But, all I can say is that the future is promising."

"——What do you think, Lu Danshu?"

Song Shi raised the corner of his mouth and looked to the side.

To the side of the shuttle, on the top of a building hundreds of meters high, a young woman with short hair stood up at some point.

She stood with one foot on the water tank, in a relaxed posture, wearing a windbreaker and sports pants, like a climber who had gotten up early to prepare for the climb.

The high-altitude air flow suddenly rolled, and the black hair danced in the wind, revealing a lazy face.

"How come I heard someone criticizing Wu Zong right after I got here—"

She stretched out her tone, raised her eyebrows, and looked at the shuttle: "Oh, I was wrong, it's not just a person, there's also an omnic."

She raised her index finger and pressed it forward: "Talking about others behind their backs is not a good habit."

"How come I didn't know you still cared about this?"

Song Shi let go of the hand that was holding the cabin door and stood in the strong wind.

"Don't say you know me so well. It's possible that you read my file." Lu Danshu put his left hand on his knee and smiled faintly: "But there is one thing you said just now that is indeed correct. Wuzong is indeed gambling."

"My master, the vice-patriarch you mentioned, told me personally that he couldn't beat the Grand Marshal."

Lu Danshu sighed deeply, "After so many years, the Beiting Defense Line has three fifth-ring psychics. On the other hand, our Wuzong cannot match the previous generation in quality or quantity. If this continues, I think Wuzong will be finished sooner or later."

Song Shi also laughed: "Previous generation?"

Lu Danshu met the young man's gaze and said with a smile, "The previous generation."

(End of this chapter)