Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 236 Launch
"Hurry up! Everyone else has already flown over and you haven't launched yet!"

The Jade Emperor urged them on, even making a special announcement on the world channel: "Our Chang'an Bombing Art Troupe is about to test the waters with a rocket launcher! The rest of you troupes should activate your protective shields and hold your ground first. Don't be reckless, or you might get hit by friendly fire!"

Soon, the most experienced lab technician, Ma Lou, began adjusting the angle of the rocket launcher.

Thanks to the experience gained from various daily tasks and occasional group activities, Ma Lou in the laboratory has finally achieved Qi Induction. Although he is still several levels away from Foundation Establishment, launching a rocket cannon is no problem.

"The one in front is too late, I'll take out the one behind. Once it's launched, you guys activate the shields. These two NPCs don't look like easy targets!"

Ma Lou, from the laboratory, spoke as he channeled spiritual energy into the spirit-guiding opening.

Since the Truth II rocket launcher uses psionic propulsion, it no longer has the exaggerated recoil of the first generation.

The laboratory building staggered slightly, and then Truth II shuddered and soared into the sky.

Upon seeing this, the Ziwei Sect elder flying at the forefront frowned slightly and first unleashed a lightning strike at the unknown magic weapon, but unexpectedly, he couldn't even stop the magic weapon's momentum in the slightest!
His expression changed, and he quickly dodged.

But the Tushan elder who followed was not so lucky.

Although she didn't know what it was, her intuition was frantically warning her, and an unprecedented panic welled up in her heart—she clearly felt that she had no way to avoid it, that it was coming for her, and that she absolutely could not escape!
The magical artifact arrived so quickly that Elder Tushan had no time to think. In the face of danger, she spat out her inner core and mobilized all her demonic power to completely envelop herself, as if she were wearing a thick outer shell. This outer shell was entirely supported and operated by her golden core!
This subconscious reaction happened in just a few seconds. Elder Tushan had just turned pale and shut down all five senses in order to protect his heart meridian as much as possible when he heard a loud bang.

Even the Yin Immortal, who was far away within the Ziwei Sect's protective array, stared in shock at the intense white light and was speechless!

Blue-purple and yellow-white light flashed alternately, emitting a light even more exaggerated than the brightest stone. Huge smoke and a strange burning smell even drifted to players who were still far away!
Even more outrageous, the Ziwei Sect elder, who was not originally the target of the rocket launcher, was also shaken by the aftershocks of the rocket explosion and could hardly maintain his balance in mid-air!
That's a Nascent Soul stage cultivator! One of the elders of the Ziwei Sect!

However, Elder Tushan, who was the target, has completely disappeared!

The players who had been observing the situation were discussing it animatedly: "Dead? Even if he's dead, shouldn't there be a corpse?"

"Could it have vaporized?"

"Impossible! It couldn't possibly have that much power!"

"How is that impossible! The boss from that limited-time battlefield last time also vaporized!"

"But the one last time was only at the Nascent Soul stage, right? This one's already at the Deity Transformation stage, he won't die so easily, will he?"

"It's hard to say. Even those who have reached the Nascent Soul stage are still cultivators. Aren't they all just mortals who haven't become immortals?"

"I don't think he's dead," Ma Lou, who was in the lab firing the rocket launcher, said in the discussion. "Anyway, I didn't get a kill notification, so he's probably escaped!"

One player got frustrated: "How are we supposed to fight this? We can't just keep failing to kill every NPC that comes along, can we? We only have so many rocket launchers, what will we do when we run out?"

"Don't rush, we got quite a lot from the last batch we ate!"

"You've had plenty, but we haven't gotten any!"

"You have a percentage of points shared in the military alliance, so why can't you eat it?!" "What can you do with those few points? I want a big one! A big one!"

"Oh dear, that was just the advance team. There are probably many more to come. Don't worry!"

As everyone chattered amongst themselves, a sharp-eyed player pointed at the receding figure on the horizon and shouted, "Hey, look! That NPC ran away! He's such a coward!"

In the team chat, everyone started complaining: "Holy crap, why are all the Ziwei Sect members so cowardly?!"

"Really are!"

"How are we supposed to fight this?! Even the boss is such a coward!"

The Jade Emperor was getting impatient. He privately messaged Wang Ergou and asked, "Brother Gou, what do you think? Should we just try attacking their protective mountain formation?"

Wang Ergou hesitated for a moment: "Wait a minute. Someone went to ask how to break the prisoner's mountain-protecting formation, and many people are having lunch right now. Let's wait at least ten minutes to let everyone finish eating."

The Jade Emperor replied, "That doesn't conflict. Anyway, we still have plenty of rocket launchers. We can fire a couple to test the waters. What if that barrier is broken in no time?"

After hearing what the Jade Emperor said, Wang Ergou thought it made sense and replied, "Alright, then you try it out a couple of times first!"

The Jade Emperor immediately became excited and roared into the group microphone, "Brothers! Bring up my Italian cannon! Our group has been assigned a task! Let's fire a couple of shots at their mountain-protecting formation's barrier to make a sound!"

"Don't change your gender! Call me sister!"

As Ma Lou from the lab spoke, he rolled his eyes and turned to move the rocket launcher.

The 24k gold thigh (referring to a powerful, influential figure) cannot be offended. After all, while other players know how to use rocket launchers, they lack experience with firing angles and rely on the lab's Ma Lou. So, the Jade Emperor quickly corrected him, waving his arms and saying, "Alright, alright, sisters! Let's give the other side a couple of Italian cannon shots!"

The range of the mountain-protecting formation is several miles away from the Chang'an Third Regiment where the Jade Emperor is located. It is more than enough even for the pre-modified rocket launcher Truth-1, let alone Truth-2.

Several players huddled together, excitedly touching and poking at each other. Soon, they had lined up five or six rocket launchers, ready to fire.

The Jade Emperor quickly said, "Hey, hey, let's give out two to test the waters first! Don't waste them! There's a limit to how many of these there are! Every one we can save is a good one!"

One player complained: "Good grief, why are you saving it? Anyone who didn't know better would think you're a dog game planner!"

The Jade Emperor explained, "No, Chang'an only received about a hundred, which is indeed not abundant. Moreover, the laboratory also said that there are no more, because the production cost of the second-generation 107 is higher. Each shell has to be custom-made by hand, which is very inefficient. There aren't many in total!"

"Then go to the forums and curse the dog planners! Let the dog planners give us more data, or if that doesn't work, do some behind-the-scenes manipulation to get more! It's just a bunch of data! The drop rate of Xuanjing in JX13 has inflated to five times, so what's wrong with giving 'Ten Continents Chronicles' a few times more data?"

"Hmph, dream on! If the game designers were willing to listen to player feedback, would they be so stingy as to only release a few thousand slots?"

"Look, the developers used to only release a few dozen or a hundred slots, but now! Thousands! Isn't this the result of our hard work and criticism? If we keep criticizing, maybe we'll even get it into open beta!"

(End of this chapter)