Gou Zai Gaowu Shijie Cheng Shen

Chapter 125 Water Monkey

night.

On the rooftop.

Xu Feng felt a slight coolness as the night wind, carrying a slightly fishy smell, blew around him.

The sweltering summer in the dimensional world has finally faded, and the signs of autumn are beginning to emerge from all directions.

Swish!
As soon as Xu Feng had a thought, the two throwing knives in front of him suddenly flew to the sides.

Then, as if they had each gained consciousness, they flew shakily in the air.

One draws a circle in mid-air, and the other draws a square in mid-air.

Although the drawing is very ugly, at least it already has the appearance of "doing two things at once" as described in the first level of "Refining the Heart".

Compared to before, he could control five throwing knives at the same time.

However, this control is more like an integrated control system.

There is no difference between controlling five handles and controlling one handle.

Moving forward and backward simultaneously doesn't allow for more precise maneuvers.

For example, you can control one of the throwing knives to move forward while the other four throw knives circle around behind you.

Now, these two throwing knives, which seem to have their own consciousness, are showing even more possibilities.

Just imagine it for a moment.

If he could control every throwing knife so freely in the future, as if they had their own consciousness.

Then, facing his enemies would be like being besieged by a group of people, each of whom would be extremely "insidious".

The scene was absolutely beautiful.

And so, with a calm and focused mind, Xu Feng followed suit and copied the model.

And so they kept repeating this action.

until a certain moment.

Xu Feng opened his eyes in surprise.

"board."

Escape to Heaven - Novice (38/200)

Heart Training - Beginner (3/200)

Mental Storm - Beginner
(55/200)

After several days of hard work, I have finally mastered all three secret techniques.

"call--"

Xu Feng let out a long breath and completely relaxed.

The next thing is simple.

Just focus on the liver!

Silent all night.

After waking up in the morning, Xu Feng, full of energy, prepared a sumptuous breakfast for the mother and daughter.

In addition to soy milk and eggs, Hsu Feng also made a bowl of river fish and lean pork congee.

Because there were many aquatic creature corpses in the Chishui River during the great battle.

These fleshy and bloody things appeared in the market in large quantities, and the price was as cheap as cabbage.

So in the past few days, almost every household has been eating river delicacies and gnawing on animal meat.

Without missing a single meal.

Even Xiao Dan's blood and qi levels have recently improved significantly, greatly making up for her congenital deficiencies.

Simultaneously.

Thanks to the growth of his mental strength, Xu Feng now sleeps for very short periods of time.

It only takes four hours to recover to a perfect state, which gives me a lot more time to cultivate.

This was the ability he had dreamed of for countless years in his previous life.

Now, however, it is easily attainable.

After breakfast.

Xu Feng packed some simple clothes and set off.

Today they are leading a team out of the city for a week-long maintenance mission.

Traveling back and forth between the repair shop and the base every day is simply too inefficient.

Therefore, the military repair department organized four large-scale repair teams.

The plan is to maintain and repair all 19 antenna base stations and 8 communication stations surrounding the base in one go.

As Xu Feng is now the chief engineer, although he doesn't need to do the repairs himself, he still has to be there as an "expert" to oversee the team.

Therefore, he was put in charge of leading the team on the west side.

Old Chen, the original group leader, became his deputy.

but.

Ever since witnessing Xu Feng's abilities that night, Old Chen has been calling him "Engineer Xu" so affectionately.

There was not the slightest bit of reluctance.

When Xu Feng arrived at the meeting point, he realized that the team was quite large and impressive.

Including the guards, engineers, maintenance assistants, and construction workers, the entire team consisted of 27 people.

In addition, there are 11 other vehicles in the convoy.

It includes trucks and cranes carrying some basic equipment and replacement parts, as well as fuel and electric dual-energy vehicles and escort jeeps.

The guard team also changed from a novice warrior team like the Wind and Fire Squad to a warrior squad led by a high-ranking warrior.

The general's name was "Sun Qian," and she was a rare female general.

She has a cool and aloof appearance, and her beautiful features. Her long, light purple hair is tied into a ponytail with a black silk ribbon.

Her hair fell to her waist and swayed gently with her movements, and she carried a black and gold spear on her back.

A black leather belt cinched her waist, dividing her dark red combat uniform in two and perfectly accentuating her shapely waistline.

Her appearance immediately caught the eye of all the men in the group.

But when they saw the cold expression on her face, many people felt a chill and looked away.

"Captain Sun, everyone has arrived."

This is our newly appointed chief engineer of the military repair department, Xu Feng, Engineer Xu.

Old Chen greeted him with a smile.

Xu Feng quickly stepped forward and extended his hand: "Hello, Captain Sun."

But I didn't expect it.

Sun Qian merely frowned at Xu Feng, showing no intention of exchanging pleasantries.

She completely ignored Xu Feng's hand: "You're the head of the Military Repair Department? How does your Military Repair Department coordinate everything?"
Since we agreed to leave at 9:15, why were some people 10 minutes late?

The woman's words instantly silenced the entire group.

The terrifying aura emanating from that high-ranking general caused everyone to turn pale and exchange bewildered glances.

Xu Feng awkwardly withdrew his hand, suddenly missing the Wind and Fire Squad.

Although Xiao Mu has a sharp tongue, at least she doesn't have such low emotional intelligence.

"What are you looking at! I'm talking to you!"

Sun Qian glanced coldly at a young maintenance assistant in the team.

The young man was so frightened by her glare that he immediately backed away.

Seeing this, everyone felt a chill.

Compared to ordinary people, high-ranking warriors are like a giant beast with immense pressure.

In truth, he was no longer human.

Everyone saw the young man's reaction, but no one laughed at him.

Even Old Chen was taken aback by this aggressive demeanor.

He couldn't help but shrink his neck, and was about to frown and explain.

But then Xu Feng stepped forward, blocking Sun Qian's view, and said with a light laugh:
"I'm so sorry, something came up at the last minute, so I'm a little late."

"I'm sorry I dragged everyone down. This won't happen again. Please don't be angry, Captain Sun."

Sun Qian frowned and glanced at him, then at the maintenance assistant.

at last.

Perhaps out of consideration for Xu Feng's identity, she turned and walked towards the lead vehicle:
"Once we're in the wild, I'll be responsible for your lives, so you must follow my orders in all actions!"

Anyone who dares disobey orders will face consequences; don't blame me for turning my back on you. Move out!

boom!
As she spoke, she slapped the roof of the car, making a dull thud.

Everyone instinctively flinched.

boom!
The entire convoy immediately roared to life, and Old Chen gave everyone a wink.

Everyone quickly climbed into their pre-assigned seats, behaving as obediently as quails.

The young assistant, pale-faced, walked up to Xu Feng and said gratefully, "Thank you so much, Engineer Xu."

Xu Feng smiled and patted the young man on the shoulder.

It was as if I was seeing myself right after graduating from university: "It's okay, everyone has unexpected things to do sometimes, get on the bus quickly."

"Okay!" The repair assistant immediately smiled gratefully, turned around, and got into the car.

soon.

The convoy then set off in a grand and imposing manner.

After the war.

The wilderness area surrounding the base was noticeably quieter.

The convoy traveled for half a day without encountering a single mutated creature. Therefore...

Around 2 p.m. that day.

The team finally arrived safely near the first severely damaged base station antenna.

At Xu Feng's command, everyone immediately took on their respective duties and began the repair work.

The next three days.

The entire team was working non-stop in the field.

After finishing work each day, I would crawl into my tent to sleep, and when I woke up, I would start working again.

That martial arts squad rarely showed up.

They spend most of their time wandering around in the woods; it's unclear whether they're genuinely guarding the area or just slacking off.

Until the afternoon of the fifth day.

When the team was inspecting the seventh antenna base station, they finally encountered their first attack.

This attack did not occur in the woods.

Instead, it was located on the banks of a small river not far from the base station.

then.

Two engineers and three maintenance assistants were washing up by the river.

As a result, they were attacked by a mutated creature that sprang out of the river, dragging one of the maintenance assistants into the water.

By the time Sun Qian and the others arrived, the man had already vanished without a trace.

Now, everyone was forbidden from approaching the water, and all water-fetching work was carried out by the martial arts team.

But the strange thing is.

After the person was changed.

The mutated creature in the river never showed its face again, as if it knew the difference between a martial artist and an engineer.

But that evening...

Because they were wary of the creatures in the river, the group moved their camp to a place far away from the riverbank.

The result was unexpected.

When they woke up, there was still one worker missing from the camp.

This incident suddenly created a tense atmosphere within the team.

"All the monitors are working properly? All life detectors are showing no results?"

Sun Qian unleashed a furious rage at one of her teammates.

The team member, pale-faced, held up the testing equipment and, after a long pause, managed to stammer, "No, no results, Captain, I—"

Sun Qian took a deep breath, turned around, and kicked a large tree in the forest that was as thick as two people could hug, snapping it in half.

The tumbling tree trunk was sent flying dozens of meters, sweeping down an entire grove of trees in the distance.

This scene terrified everyone in the camp, turning them all pale.

"Captain Sun, everyone is already very panicked."

Please try to control your emotions.

If even you can't stay calm and handle this, what are we supposed to do?

Upon seeing this, Xu Feng immediately stood up from in front of the antenna and spoke to Sun Qian.

Sun Qian glanced at him: "Just do your job!"

Xu Feng frowned, about to say something, when Old Chen tugged at his arm.

He shook his head slightly and ordered everyone to speed up, finish the antenna quickly, and leave as soon as possible.

Once they're away from the river, the monster shouldn't be able to ambush them so easily.

Thinking about this, Xu Feng also had some questions.

He slept very lightly last night.

After all that happened during the day, he was prepared to fight at any time.

But when he woke up in the morning, he did not sense any mutated creatures approaching the camp.

He simply couldn't understand how the other side had attacked them.
However, after being retorted by Xu Feng, Sun Qian, with a gloomy expression, led two martial artists directly to the riverbank.

However, after searching along the riverbank for a long time, they found no danger.

The mutated creature in the river seemed to possess extremely high intelligence, playing hide-and-seek with everyone, never showing itself.

Martial artists, naturally, cannot compare to mutated creatures underwater.

Therefore, Sun Qian had no choice but to give up.

When she returned to the camp.

The engineers at the camp are having dinner.

Seeing that the antenna had not been repaired yet, but everyone was still in the mood to eat, Sun Qian immediately became furious.

Old Chen had a sharper eye; when he saw Sun Qian and the others returning with their group, he quickly told everyone to get up and get to work.

Many people hadn't even finished their meals, yet they didn't dare say anything.

Everyone could feel the woman's burning anger.

No one dared to provoke her at this time.

That night.

Xu Feng simply didn't sleep.

After what happened during the day, Sun Qian and the entire martial arts team were on high alert.

They were almost always awake and on night duty.

But Xu Feng could hear it clearly.

Just in the early hours of the morning, a strange wailing sound was heard.

Everyone in the entire camp instantly fell into a deep sleep.

Even those who were awake, such as Sun Qian, were no exception.

Even Xu Feng felt his eyelids suddenly become heavy.

But then his mental energy suddenly jolted.

He suddenly regained consciousness.

Xu Feng then realized that some kind of hypnotic force was trying to put him to sleep!

"Enemy attack!!"

Xu Feng roared and shot out of the tent.

Without caring whether his guess was right or wrong, he unleashed a mental shockwave at a certain spot in the camp.

really.

Outside the outermost tent on the east side of the camp.

"Roar!"

Accompanied by a cry of pain.

A dark shadow was startled by Xu Feng's shout, whipped its tail, and ran towards the river without looking back.

Hearing Xu Feng's shout, everyone snapped out of their daze.

Sun Qian, in particular, was the quickest to regain consciousness.

Upon waking up, she grabbed the gun beside her and immediately chased after the river.

The others looked completely bewildered.

It wasn't until Xu Feng mentioned that everyone had been hypnotized that they felt a chill of fear.

Twenty minutes later, Sun Qian returned.

She was soaking wet and was carrying a huge creature that looked like an otter or a monkey.

"A mutated, spirit-type Water Ape. This creature is extremely rare. It can hypnotize people through its calls and launch a kind of mental attack."

Sun Qian dumped the body in the center of the camp.

She glanced at everyone, then looked at Xu Feng and said coldly, "So I'm wondering why you weren't hypnotized?"

Before Xu Feng could speak, Old Chen and the others quickly said, "Engineer Xu is a mentalist! This water monkey can't bewitch him!"

"That's right, we XCMG engineers are mentalists, and our strength is no weaker than yours!"

An engineer shouted.

"That's right!"

Many people in the group still didn't know what a mentalist was.

However, Sun Qian and the other martial artists were very clear about the meaning of this name, and their gazes toward Xu Feng subtly changed.

Xu Feng quickly waved his hand: "I am not a born mentalist. I was born by chance. My mental strength is very weak and my potential is very low."

I was hypnotized the night before, and I only managed to stay awake tonight by forcing myself to stay alert.

Sun Qian nodded, then her expression softened: "Alright, everyone, continue to rest. You can get up a little later tomorrow morning."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other with incredulous expressions.

After a moment of stunned silence, hearing Xu Feng's urging, everyone turned around and crawled back into the tent.

However, many people are still discussing the confusing legend of the "water monkey".

Xu Feng didn't pay much attention to the mutated creature, but was surprised that it could even perform mind control.

However, Xu Feng could sense it.

Starting that night, Sun Qian's attitude towards him changed quite a bit.

They no longer glared at him with hostility; their attitude softened considerably.

Even when speaking, he was no longer so domineering.

It seems this woman is one to treat people differently based on their status.

(End of this chapter)