Building a sect from scratch.

"We can do this. However, the results will be less than ideal, and certainly won't be comparable to some of the videos that Sect Leader Fang has seen..."

...The leader bluntly stated.

Fang Xianyu nodded: "I have that in mind. As long as we can demonstrate that our overall strength is no less than that of the naturally intelligent alien races, that will be enough."

She knew in her heart that proposing a military exercise at the last minute was completely unreasonable; she would have been willing to give them even an extra week to prepare.

But time waits for no one.

Firstly, the timing couldn't be more perfect. It just so happens that many sects and forces are sending people to participate in free trade through the Fu Lu Shou Merchant Guild. A group of people from Quanxian Royal City also came to negotiate with her about the "exchange student" project between Taiyin Sect and Quanxian Royal City. Furthermore, she even managed to persuade several dragons from the Kunlun Hill Dragon Clan, each representing a different force, to come over. Don't forget, although Pingjun is now the partner of Yinglong King, her children are all with Taishui Dragon King!
Secondly, the dragon race is a very proud race. Their arrival was just a whim, and they can't possibly stay here for long—they wouldn't be comfortable here! Humans wouldn't like living in the territory of monkeys either, would they? To the dragon race, humans are uncivilized "monkeys," so we need to find an opportunity to quickly make them take the Taiyin Sect seriously before discussing anything else. Military exercises are the perfect excuse!
Besides...

Such an unreasonable demand would be impossible to fulfill for any other force, but for...!
As expected, once the top leader spoke, the others stopped raising objections to "whether to do it or not" and instead began to worry about "how to do it".

Although the General Staff Secretary had always known about the cooperation between China and the other world of Guixu, he wasn't in charge of it and therefore wasn't very familiar with its development progress. So he asked, "It's been so long, has TNT (trinitrotoluene) been produced yet? If you're looking for a good image, you should be able to whip up a few high-yield weapons overnight, right?"

Ma Lou, who was also in the meeting, hurriedly stood up, nervously rubbing the sweat from his palms. He said awkwardly, "Not yet. We've only just replicated the 'lead chamber process,' and can barely stably produce sulfuric acid. The original plan was to open at least one industrial line for the stable production of trinitrotoluene within six months, so... we weren't in a rush to conduct experiments..."

The General Staff Secretary frowned: "It's been so long, and you still haven't figured it out? I remember this technology shouldn't be that complicated, right?"

Ma Lou panicked even more, stammering as he explained, "This, this, this isn't actually a technical issue. It's mainly because we've been researching psionic applications and considering developing weapons from a psionic perspective, so we haven't given it a high priority..."

The General Staff Secretary then realized that his attitude might be misunderstood, and quickly tried his best to put on a kind expression, waving his hand to explain: "Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing, little rabbit, don't be nervous. I'm not targeting you. I just don't know much about the progress of our research in the Ruins of Return!"

Ma Lou secretly breathed a sigh of relief, swallowed hard, and said with a flushed face, "Our progress is actually not bad, because we're not completely copying Blue Star's technology, but rather researching and developing psionic energy, so it seems a bit slow... However, we've already made a breakthrough in positioning and tracking technology, but the various high-destructive technologies we've been studying in the Void Realm are still based on a relatively outdated explosive principle. We're still looking for alternative paths, so the design of the heavy artillery has been shelved..."

At this moment, Gong Cheng, whose in-game ID was 【Backstabber Gong Giant】, stood up and half-explained and half-reported: "The main problem is that many guns, cannons, or thermal weapons on Earth, and some necessary designs for heavy thermal weapons, are not necessary in the Guixu Realm. For example, fuse design, temperature control design during launch, circuit design for positioning and tracking, etc. At the same time, we also have to consider the objective existence of spiritual energy in the Guixu Realm, which may make it easier to detonate psionic weapons based on the principle of gathering spiritual energy. Safe storage is also a problem that needs to be considered, which is why our laboratory's progress has been limited."

The General Staff Secretary nodded in sudden realization: "Oh, I see. It seems that without understanding the actual situation, it is indeed difficult to give reasonable advice."

Upon hearing the General Staff Secretary's words, Aunt Wang had a sudden inspiration. She looked up at the senior leader and suggested, "What you said makes sense. Why don't we notify everyone temporarily and try to get the rabbits engaged in various research projects and those with higher cultivation levels in the Guixu Realm to come over and brainstorm? Maybe we can come up with better ideas!"

The senior leader glanced at his watch and nodded: "It's a good idea. Pass it on now." As soon as he finished speaking, the entire conference room sprang into action. Aunt Wang turned on her computer and started sending the notification to everyone in the group chat, while others relayed the message to their familiar colleagues.

However, just as everyone was about to make their move, Fang Xianyu, who had been silent until now, suddenly said, "I'll be the one to notify those in the game."

After he finished speaking, a huge message pop-up appeared in the view of all the key members of the China project team who were playing the game—

[The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) project team is holding an emergency confidential meeting. Please proceed to Conference Room XXX on the Xth floor of Building X as soon as possible.]

This message pop-up cannot even be closed; it can only be moved to the side!
The Jade Emperor, who was teaming up with Wu Ke to complete daily tasks and run dungeons, was startled by the pop-up window. Then, because his vision was blocked, he was ripped open in the stomach by a Nine Nether Demon in the dungeon.

With a cry of "Holy crap!", the Jade Emperor performed a magic trick that made his health bar disappear right in front of Wu Ke, collapsing to the ground. He didn't even have time to put away his expensively commissioned magical weapon—a flashy sword—before it crashed to the ground with a thud.

"Not a buddy!?"

Wu Ke was completely stunned. He and the Jade Emperor were long-term, fixed teammates, and he had never encountered this situation before!

He stared dumbfounded at the Jade Emperor, now gray in the squad, and then at the three Netherworld Demons charging towards him, feeling utterly terrified.

"Dude, are you kidding me?! You can't be this ripped off like this, can you?!"

The Jade Emperor was on the verge of tears, and yelled in the team channel: "Sorry, damn it! I got scammed too! I'm about to be taken to a meeting! Before you die, grab my wife! She's worth a lot of money!"

After saying that, he logged off without giving Wu Ke a chance to react.

"Are you just going to let someone else look after your wife like that, buddy?!"

Wu Ke couldn't help but complain, but still, with brotherly affection and quick reflexes, he managed to put the flashy sword into his system inventory before being beaten to death.

After he finished doing all this, he was beaten to death. Enraged, he couldn't help but send a private message to the Jade Emperor complaining: "Brother, you put your heart in my shoes, and you kick me into the ditch?! Are you even human?!" (End of Chapter)