Eunuch, do you really know these martial arts?

"Now try to stop it."

Yang Zhan's voice echoed in the training room.

stop.

For the first three seconds, nothing happened.

The node continues to vibrate slightly due to inertia.

Until the amplitude of the vibration begins to decrease.

"We did it!" Su Qing exclaimed excitedly.

On the monitoring screen, the activity curve has approached zero.

Jiang Nian opened his eyes, his forehead covered in sweat but his eyes were bright.

“This is just the first step.” Yang Zhan’s face didn’t show much joy. “You tell it to stop, and it stops. But what if an external signal makes it move? Who will it listen to?”

This sentence caused the temperature in the training room to drop a few degrees.

Yang Zhan looked at Old Qin outside the observation window: "Old Qin, can you simulate the signal frequency band of that spacecraft?"

Old Qin's voice came through the loudspeaker, "Give me five minutes."

Taking this opportunity, Jiang Nian stretched his somewhat stiff fingers.

"Instructor Yang, what would happen if the deep nodes were truly controlled by external signals?"

"The five internal organs correspond to the five emotions."

Yang Zhan sat down cross-legged opposite him. "The liver governs anger, the spleen governs thought, and the kidneys govern fear. If these points get out of control, the corresponding emotions may be amplified."

He paused for a moment: "If the organization's technology is really that sophisticated, they may not want to control your body, but rather your emotions."

Jiang Nian frowned: "Is it easier to be caught when emotions are out of control?"

"Easier to be induced."

Yang Zhan corrected, "Angry people lose their judgment, fearful people subconsciously run away, and overthinking people hesitate. In battle, any emotional fluctuation is a weakness."

At this moment, Old Qin's voice rang out again: "Ready? Jiang Nian's jammer is currently off, right?"

“Yes.” Jiang Nian glanced at the device on his chest; all the indicator lights were off.

"Okay, let's begin."

The familiar resonance sensation came from the liver area once again.

The liver nodes in Jiang Nian's body responded almost immediately.

The vibration amplitude instantly returned to its previous level and then began to increase again.

"The synchronization rate is still rising!" The operator's voice sounded a little tense.

Jiang Nian immediately used his wood-attribute true energy to suppress it.

But the effect was worse than before.

With the support of external signals, the liver nodes showed a significantly enhanced resistance.

Jiang Nian needed to use twice the strength of his internal force to barely bring it back to a stationary state.

"Stop the simulation," Yang Zhan ordered.

The resonance sensation disappeared.

Jiang Nian, panting, looked at Yang Zhan: "What if the signal strength is 100%?"

"You can't control it."

Yang Zhan spoke frankly, "Unless you use a meridian-sealing needle to completely sever it."

"What about after the jammer is optimized?"

"Ask Lao Qin."

Old Qin had already pushed the door open and entered, holding the latest design drawings in his hand.

"We have readjusted the frequency coverage."

He handed the tablet to Jiang Nian and said, "Look here, three new low-frequency transmission units have been added, specifically targeting the deep nodes of the five internal organs."

"How's the effect?"

"Theoretically, with the help of your own internal energy suppression, you can keep the synchronization rate below 15%." Old Qin paused.

"But this is a theoretical value. The actual effect will depend on the situation on site tomorrow."

"enough."

Jiang Nian said, "I can resist the 15% traction."

Yang Zhan stared at him: "Are you sure?"

“Confirmed.” Jiang Nian stood up. “Instructor Yang, I need practical training. Just sitting here isn’t enough.”

Yang Zhan checked the time.

"Li Su, Wang Chuang," he called towards the door.

The two immediately pushed the door open and came in.

"Let's have a go at Consultant Jiang's game."

Yang Zhan said, "We won't use internal energy, just pure techniques. The key is to distract him and test his control over the marked nodes while he's distracted."

A larger space was cleared out in the center of the training room.

Jiang Nian took off his jamming vest, revealing that he was only wearing a regular combat uniform.

Li Su and Wang Chuang stood on either side of each other.

"Advisor Jiang, I apologize for the offense." Li Su clasped his hands in a fist and palm salute.

"Come anyway."

Jiang Nian got into position.

Wang Chuang was the first to make a move.

Instead of attacking directly, he moved quickly around Jiang Nian, his footsteps creating a whistling sound to disrupt her.

At the same time, Li Su approached from the front, delivering a straight punch aimed directly at his face.

It was a very basic team effort, but the timing was excellent.

Jiang Nian dodged Li Su's fist by sidestepping, while simultaneously parrying a whip kick from Wang Chuang coming from the side with his left hand.

Old Qin activated the analog signal outside the observation window.

The resonance sensation in the liver node came again!

Jiang Nian paused slightly.

It was during this pause that Li Su's change of tactics was already underway.

The straight punch transformed into a palm strike, aimed at Jiang Nian's wrist!
"drink!"

Jiang Nian growled, forcibly splitting his attention in two.

One half continued to deal with the attack, while the other half mobilized internal energy to suppress the liver node.

He blocked Li Su's grab with his right hand, took a half step back with his left foot, and narrowly avoided Wang Chuang's second sweeping kick.

What is the synchronization rate?

Yang Zhan asked Old Qin, who was observing outside the window.

"Twenty-two percent!"

Qin Lao reported, "His self-control decreased when he was distracted."

"Continue," Yang Zhan ordered, "Increase the attack frequency."

Li Su and Wang Chuang immediately quickened their pace.

Punches and kicks rained down like raindrops.

Jiang Nian could sense that the vibrations of the liver nodes were trying to infect other nodes, and specific resonance patterns began to spread along the labeling network.

"The spleen nodes have been activated!" Old Qin exclaimed.

Jiang Nian immediately felt a surge of inexplicable irritation.

The spleen governs thought.

His thinking began to become sluggish.

"Advisor Jiang, watch out!"

Li Su's reminder came a beat too late.

Wang Chuang's side kick landed squarely on Jiang Nian's left ribs.

Jiang Nian grunted and took three steps back before regaining his balance.

"stop."

Analog signal cutoff.

Jiang Nian knelt on one knee, panting heavily, sweat dripping from his chin onto the floor.

"The synchronization rate peaked at 41 percent."

Old Qin's voice was somewhat heavy, "After the spleen nodes were activated, a chain reaction occurred."

Su Qing rushed in, holding a medical scanner in her hand.

"Teacher Jiang, are you alright?"

"fine."

Jiang Nian waved his hand and looked at Yang Zhan, "It's more difficult than I imagined."

"Because you're mistaken."

Yang Zhan walked up to him and said, "You think controlling the marker nodes is like controlling your hands and feet, one command, one action. But it's not."

He crouched down and looked Jiang Nian in the eye: "Just as you can't command your heart to stop beating right now, you can't completely command these nodes either."

"What should I do?"

“Cooperate,” Yang Zhan said. “Don’t treat them as enemies, treat them as allies. You give them the direction, and they will carry it out on their own.”

Jiang Nian frowned: "But they respond to external signals."

"So you need to make them trust you more, rather than trusting external signals."

Yang Zhan stood up. "Continue training. This time, try a different approach. Use your internal energy to provide them with a more comfortable vibration path."

Yang Zhan gestured to Old Qin, "Old Qin, let's do another simulated signal. Jiang Nian, this time don't resist, you guide it."

Jiang Nian closed her eyes again.

The analog signal is restarted.

This time, instead of forcibly suppressing the vibration of the liver node, he used wood-attribute true energy to construct a channel around the node.

Initially, the vibrations of the liver nodes instinctively gravitate towards the frequency of external signals.

But Jiang Nian patiently maintained the passage, repeatedly massaging the area around the node with his true energy.

Change has happened.

The node begins to distribute traffic.

Some vibrations still respond to external signals, but others begin to flow along the channels constructed by Jiang Nian.

"The synchronization rate is decreasing!"

Old Qin's voice was filled with surprise.

Jiang Nian could feel that the guided energy flowing through the Heart Meridian did not cause any harm; on the contrary, it made her heart beat more strongly.

"That's enough," Yang Zhan said. "Remember this feeling."

"If we can't suppress it on the battlefield tomorrow, we'll guide it. We'll turn the energy of external signals into our own."

The training continued until 4 a.m.

Jiang Nian then tried guiding the spleen and kidney nodes.

The spleen belongs to the earth element, and earth generates metal, so it is guided to the lung meridian.

The kidneys belong to the water element, and water nourishes wood, thus guiding the energy back to the liver meridian.

A cycle is formed.

"A genius's idea."

After the training session, Master Qin couldn't help but exclaim, "Using your own body as a furnace and the enemy's strength as firewood. Yang Zhan, your internal martial arts have long had this theory, haven't they?"

“Yes,” Yang Zhan nodded. “It’s called leveraging external forces. But this is the first time it’s been used in a gene marker system.”

Jiang Nian was helped into a wheelchair by Su Qing, her body feeling like it was falling apart.

But he remained unusually clear-headed.

"Is the jammer optimized yet?" he asked Old Qin.

"Final testing is underway."

The commander arrived sometime earlier, his eyes bloodshot.

"I just received the latest report from the South China Sea Fleet." He walked into the training room, holding an encrypted tablet in his hand. "That aircraft has changed course."

"Which way?" Yang Zhan asked immediately.

"It's not directed at us."

Bai Yongxu handed the tablet to Jiang Nian, "It draws an arc along the edge of the East China Sea, and is now heading due north."

Jiang Nian looked at the trajectory graph on the screen.

The red line drew an elegant curve on the nautical chart.

“Mengang?” He frowned.

“It’s not a port.” Bai Yongxu zoomed in on the image. “It’s the high seas area fifty nautical miles outside the port.”

He paused, then added, "It's exactly eighty nautical miles northeast of our pre-arranged ambush point."

"It is choosing its battlefield."

Yang Zhan sneered, "It seems the organization doesn't want to take action in the near seas either."

"It's in our favor."

General Zhao also came in. "In the high seas, we can mobilize more forces without worrying about international disputes."

"But we must also guard against their feints and diversions."

Bai Yongxu said, "The opening at the South China Sea base has been widened again. Thermal imaging shows that large equipment is moving inside."

He pulled up the latest satellite photos.

"The second one?" Jiang Nian asked.

“Possibly even larger.” Old Qin leaned closer to look at the photo, adjusting his glasses. “Look at the curve of the head; it’s more streamlined than the previous one.”

"Moreover, the surrounding thermal radiation patterns suggest that its propulsion system may be even more powerful."

"In other words, we may be facing more than one unit tomorrow," Yang Zhan concluded.

The atmosphere in the training room became tense once again.

"We'll meet them head-on," Jiang Nian said slowly. "No matter how many they come, we'll receive them."

Bai Yongxu looked at him: "How long can you maintain this condition?"

"I don't know," Jiang Nian said honestly, "but I'll hold on until I can't hold on any longer."

“Not enough.” Yang Zhan shook his head. “We need a more precise estimate. Lao Qin, based on Jiang Nian’s current data, simulate all possible scenarios for tomorrow and calculate his stamina.”

"Already doing it."

Old Qin brought up another interface, "Based on tonight's training data, assuming the jammer's effect is satisfactory, Jiang's internal energy consumption is calculated based on the average speed..."

He quickly entered the parameters.

A few seconds later, the results came out.

"In the best-case scenario, we can continue fighting for four hours. In the worst-case scenario..." Old Qin paused, "...no more than ninety minutes."

"Ninety minutes," Bai Yongxu repeated the number, "the length of a football match."

"But this is a life-or-death battle."

General Zhao said, "Ninety minutes is enough time to die many times over."

"Therefore, we must seize the initiative on the battlefield."

Yang Zhan walked to the nautical chart. "The ambush zone can't be set up with just one layer. The outer layer is for early warning, the middle layer is for interception, and the inner layer is the real trap."

He looked at Bai Yongxu: "I request to be transferred to the Hailong Squad."

"Hailong?" Jiang Nian had never heard of this designation.

"Underwater special forces directly under the base."

General Zhao explained, "There are twelve people in total, equipped with the latest individual underwater vehicles and combat systems. They are skilled in deep-sea infiltration and assault."

Bai Yongxu thought for a few seconds and said, "Approved. General Zhao, you will coordinate this personally."

"Yes."

"And air power."

Yang Zhan continued, "We need at least two anti-submarine aircraft on standby in the airspace, not for patrol, but for standby. If needed, they can arrive at the battlefield within five minutes."

"already arranged."

Bai Yongxu said, "Two frigates from the South China Sea Fleet will also maneuver outside the ambush zone to provide radar and sonar support."

"What about Jiang Nian's evacuation route?" Su Qing couldn't help but ask.

“Three layers.” Yang Zhan drew three lines on the nautical chart. “The first layer is within the ambush zone, where Li Su and Wang Chuang will be responsible for close protection. If the situation deteriorates, they will escort the person to the pre-designated emergency surfacing point.”

"On the second level, after surfacing, we will be picked up by speedboats on the sea and leave the battlefield at full speed."

"On the third level, the speedboat arrived to pick up the submarine, which then submerged and disappeared completely."

He looked at Jiang Nian: "Every step must be fast. The organization's underwater units are very fast; we can't give them a chance to encircle us."

Jiang Nian nodded: "Understood."

"Now, everyone go and rest."

"At the six-point operational meeting, I need to see the complete plan."

Everyone dispersed.

Jiang Nian was pushed back to the lounge.

This time, he didn't try that semi-sleep state, but actually lay down.

The body needs deep rest, even if it's just for two hours.

5:50 a.m.

Jiang Nian was awakened by a pre-set vibration.

The moment I opened my eyes, I was already fully conscious.

The bruises on my ribs are still painful, but they no longer affect my mobility.

The wounds on my arms and knees are healing better, and the edges of the scabs are starting to fall off naturally.

"The recovery speed is indeed accelerating," he muttered to himself.

Wash up and change clothes.

At six o'clock sharp, the oval-shaped long table in the operations conference room was full of people.

Bai Yongxu sat in the main seat, with General Zhao and several operations staff officers on his left, and Qin Lao, Dr. Fang, and other technical team members on his right.

Yang Zhan sat directly opposite Bai Yongxu, with Jiang Nian beside him.

"Let's begin." Bai Yongxu didn't waste any words.

General Zhao reported first: "The ambush area has been selected, and the Sea Dragon Squad is already en route to the area. They are expected to arrive in two hours and begin deployment." (End of Chapter)