Sequence Wars: The Mythical Age is Created by Me

Chapter 105 Connecting the Earth's Veins, Act Two: "The Rise of the Gods in Yunmeng Marsh"

"Xu Xiao'er" is still being transformed and altered, with endless glimmers of light emanating from the pools and mountain streams around her.

Under this atmosphere of divine light, all the monsters bowed their heads, including the newly enlightened one-legged mountain demon and Feng Xi, who all knelt on the ground.

Contrary to Gu Mingyun and the others' expectations that Xu Xiao'er would be besieged by monsters, the monsters had become incredibly docile.

"Squeak~"

Several urgent and piercing cries came from above the mountain stream. It was the gregarious Blood-Crying Maple Demons. The Savage Mountain Demons that were originally with them had been found by Jiang Fan and brought back to fight Xu Xiao'er.

However, the two top-tier demonic beasts and a group of level-three demonic transformation monsters turned to look at them at the same time, which immediately silenced the dozen or so Maple Ghosts, who cautiously floated down from above the mountain stream.

It wouldn't be good if these monsters disturbed this human.

Jiang Fan, watching from outside the screen, was also somewhat surprised. If Feng Gui had found this place, wouldn't that mean this was the real mountain range?

The native demons of Wushan are capable of sensing the mountains, because they became spirits by absorbing the essence of the mountains.

The enlightened demons are different; they are essentially forced to grow faster than expected, and are directly bound to the Mountain Spirit, with little connection to the Wushan Mountain itself.

[A horde of demons has arrived, revealing the earth's ley lines. You can activate these ley lines by consuming 40000 points of natural spiritual energy.]

[To activate the ley lines, the game character "Yin Panqing" must be located in the dragon's lair to complete the corresponding quest.]

[After activating the ley lines, you can obtain a fixed 5,000 points of natural spiritual energy daily, and the "Mountain Spirit" phenomenon can manifest here.]

[The "Mountain Spirit" Phenomenon: The soil is fertile, the vegetation is lush and vibrant, and the earth's energy rises in a pale blue or pale purple hue. Observation of the Qi:]

A spiritual spring flows underground, its waters naturally dissolving cinnabar and mica. The spring water itself possesses the power to neutralize the toxicity of cinnabar, making it a true blessed land.

The area is surrounded by mountains, with two mountains acting as guardians, and the stream meanders in nine directions. At the water's mouth, a small hill locks in the vital energy, preventing it from dissipating.

Mountains are the dragon veins, and also the weather of a place.

He never imagined that the mountain spirit's temple should have been built on this so-called dragon's lair.

Jiang Fan looked at the remaining natural spiritual energy, which was more than enough, and decided to insert the card to call "Yin Panqing" over so that she could complete the task at the dragon's lair.

With these monsters guarding Xu Xiao'er's transformation, there's no fear of outsiders entering.

However, when Jiang Fan decided to investigate, he did indeed discover a suspicious figure. He had previously observed these people who had entered the mountain a second time; they seemed to be the captain of the [Yuanhong] team, whose strength was average, but he had forgotten their names.

He immediately zoomed in to see what the person intended to do.

At this moment, Liu Ye was extremely cautious, and any slight movement would make him nervous. The road leading down was rugged and winding, and they had not realized how deep the ravine was when they went up the mountain path.

The reason Liu Ye came to rescue Xu Xiao'er was naturally because he had developed a liking for her; the way he looked at her under the sky full of black feathers was truly amazing.

At the same time, Liu Ye was also worried that they would be punished if they went back like this. Although it was Xuan Fang who took the initiative to come in, he also vaguely understood Xu Xiao'er's position above.

If he were lucky enough to rescue her, he might be able to advance his career further. He didn't need to win her heart; he would be overjoyed if he could just leave an impression on her.

But the deeper Liu Ye went, the more he felt something was off; it seemed like he was going around in circles.

But he was clearly going downhill the whole time?

Could it be that we've fallen into a monster's illusion?

Liu Ye did indeed feel this way; the marks on his shoulder felt slightly hot, likely due to some kind of hallucination.

Without further hesitation, he was preparing to unleash his "qualitative transformation technique," the Hundred-Step Flying Sword, when he heard a chilling chewing sound.

Liu Ye followed the sound and saw a short figure appear in the white mist ahead. The figure was vaguely beautiful and was tearing something apart.

He forced himself to move forward despite his fear, and saw a blackened humanoid monster dismembering a white ape with its arms.

"A white ape?"

What's going on?

Before Liu Ye could react, he saw the black-haired monster turn and stare at him. He was so frightened that his soul almost left his body. He ran away without looking back, not even having time to grip the sword in his hand, and threw it to the spot.

At this moment, all his beautiful imaginations vanished, and immense fear spread through his heart.

He ran along the mountain path he had come from, not daring to stop for a moment. Unexpectedly, he actually ran out of the fog and arrived at the place where he had parted ways with the main group.

Looking back, all he could see was the mountain mist, like a giant maw devouring his soul, making Liu Ye tremble with fear. At the same time, he felt an itch on his back and his whole body was burning hot.

After a pause, he completely lost the desire to find out more.

Seeing that the man had been frightened away by the one-legged mountain demon, Jiang Fan nodded.

This is the signature skill of this B-rank monster: "imitating human speech and bewitching laughter," which means it can bewitch people's minds and make them lose their senses. Those weaker than it will lose their minds and flee in panic.

Furthermore, the mountain demon cast a spell on this person, which was precisely its ability to "inflict illness by recording the name and causing serious disease."

Once they know a mortal's name, they can remotely bestow upon them chronic illnesses such as fever and heat, and skin ulcers.

The one-legged mandrill can transform into countless forms, bewitch people's minds, and also record names to bring disaster, and command tigers and leopards. It can be called a "mountain spirit".

These four top-tier demonic beasts are indeed all extraordinary in their own way.

As for the white ape, it seems to be a technique left behind by the sequencer named "Yue Nu". Legend has it that Yue Nu was able to obtain this sword technique through the teachings of a white ape.

Now, the white ape has also become part of her sequence ability.

Since it would be a good way to nourish the mandrill, Jiang Fan let it eat it.

Even without the "Monster vs. Human" resource event, Jiang Fan still didn't want any human casualties.

But while the death penalty may be avoided, punishment is inevitable. If one wishes to uncover the truth of Wushan, one must pay a heavy price.

Maintaining a high-class image is the best way to increase "faith and worship".

They will surely have even greater reverence for Wushan after they return.

Jiang Fan then turned his gaze to Xu Xiao'er in the pool. He hoped she would wake up soon, as he was curious to see how the people outside would react when they saw the completely different Xu Xiao'er.

More than three hours had passed since Xu Xiao'er's accident, and there were no more monsters around Wushan, so the group escaped safely.

Gu Mingyun informed the commanders as soon as she came out.

"You mean, she lost control and fell off the cliff?"

Director Xia looked at Xuan Fang and the others in disbelief, while the deputy director from Shancheng frowned deeply.

"Yes, her power went out of control. At first, she only destroyed our communication equipment, but later she even refused my suggestion to evacuate. I suspect that she deliberately concealed the fact that the sequence was out of control, which led to the failure of our operation."

Gu Mingyun's words made Xia Ling's eyes widen. She was about to step forward when her boyfriend pressed her down and gestured for her not to say anything more.

Xu Xiao'er did indeed lose control, nearly blowing up their escape route through the mountains, and she did choose to continue forward when she could have left.

Gu Mingyun's words were all true, although she only told part of the story, but she successfully distorted the truth.

At this point, coming out to defend herself would only make Xia Ling the fuse for the anger of those above. She has no factual basis and will only be used as a scapegoat.

Although Zhao Kuo was a theorist, he was indeed well-versed in military strategy. Moreover, when hundreds of thousands of Zhao's troops were besieged by Lord Wu'an, he was still able to organize forces to break out, which shows that Zhao Kuo himself was not so incompetent, but rather that his opponent was too strong.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo, who was chosen by him, also possessed this characteristic; he knew what he should and should not do at this time.

If there is a better opportunity to seek justice for Xu Xiao'er, then that will be the time for Xia Ling to stand up.

"That nine-headed bird was clearly already seriously injured, yet there are still so many powerful monsters in Wushan... Xu Xiao'er has disappeared, all the map equipment and collected samples have been lost, and the judgment of the number and strength of the monsters was completely wrong. The risk level of Wushan should be raised again."

Director Xia could only feel a deep sense of powerlessness. His support was gone, and the deadline given to him by his superiors was fast approaching. The situation was becoming increasingly unpredictable, and he was afraid that he would not be able to hold onto his position. He could only try his best to exonerate himself.

But he hadn't realized that Xu Xiao'er's disappearance was not just a matter of his own instability.

"This was caused by Captain Xuanfang's stubbornness and arrogance... You were lucky to survive."

Director Xia sighed and tried to comfort the team members, a tactic he often used to win them over.

Meanwhile, in the mountain city on the other side, the deputy director of Rongcheng was pale-faced, and they had a vague feeling that a great disaster was about to befall them.

"I'll report the situation here first. You'll be acting as captain for now, Captain Gu."

The special operations team cooperates with local authorities. Although nominally under local jurisdiction, they are directly under the command of the Hong family. He currently holds a high official rank, so this assignment is not in accordance with procedure, but it is not a big problem.

With such an incident occurring, Director Xia, as the commander-in-chief, naturally had to report it quickly.

Upon hearing this, Gu Mingyun's face lit up with joy. This was the result she wanted. Sure enough, once that girl left, everything would come back to normal.

But when she turned to look at her teammates, their faces remained expressionless. Only the Alchemist, the Feng Shui Master, and Changsun Sheng nodded to her.

Although the [Xuanfang] once again belonged to him, it could never be returned.

However, the reaction from the Hong family of Tiannanmen far exceeded everyone's expectations.

"What did you say? Xu Xiao'er has disappeared? Who arranged for her to go to Wushan? Wasn't this incident supposed to be handled by Tianwen and Chixiao?"

The four questions on the other end of the phone completely baffled Director Xia. He felt a surge of irritation rising from his neck to his ears; he hadn't been questioned like this in a long time.

But the other party was the action director of Hongfu, who was three levels higher than him, so naturally he didn't dare to cause trouble.

"Yes, that's how it is..."

Director Xia answered the questions one by one, conveyed Gu Mingyun's meaning, and even implied that Xu Xiao'er was the one who caused the problem, and that it was not impossible for her to have betrayed him.

But his words had absolutely no effect.

"Sun Chang'an from Shancheng sent Xuanfang? Tell him that after this operation, he doesn't need to return to Shancheng; he should come directly to Kyoto to see me."

The deep male voice reached Director Xia's ears, and the latter felt that the other party's emotions were like thunderclouds about to bring a storm.

With a thud, Deputy Director Sun's legs went weak and he sat back down on the bench.

He never imagined that a simple favor would cost him his position as deputy director.

"Also, I have Su Jianyuan and Tang Jingyu immediately take the entire [Tianwen] and [Chixiao] teams to Wushan to find Xu Xiao'er, alive or dead. I authorize Su Jianyuan to use the [Huo] sealed relic in his possession, and at the same time authorize Tang Jingyu to use the [Chixiao] sword without restriction. The authorization document will be generated on your desk in one minute."

The action director's tone was urgent and cold, with a slight tremor. Xu Xiao'er was one of the key individuals being cultivated nationwide, even ranking above the "Sky Eye" project and on par with the "Opening Heaven" project, which was being built with the full support of the nation.

It is the core of the nation's future efforts to build globally competitive organizations. It is a Chinese deity that can rival the gods of mainstream mythologies such as Norse mythology, Egyptian mythology, Greek mythology, Mesopotamian mythology, and the three religions of Abraham (i.e., Christianity, Judaism, and Islam). In terms of importance, it is no less than a nuclear missile launcher in the nuclear weapons era.

The fact that such a seed of mythology has been lost in Wushan, and remains out of control, is an immeasurable loss to the entire country.

"And—Xia Zhiyuan, no matter how this matter ends, you will have to accept the organization's investigation and serve on the western demon front for half a month."

The action director practically roared these words, making Xia Zhiyuan's ears ring.

"Why is this happening? I, I..."

Director Xia felt that he had not committed such a crime. The Demon Front was a large-scale resurgence that broke out in Kunlun. No mythological sequence was generated, but the conditions were harsh. It was a kind of punishment for those within the organization who had a sequence.

"Your command ability is truly worrying. With [Tianwen] and [Chixiao] in your hands, you still managed to make the Xu family's daughter disappear. Xu Xiao'er... is the most likely candidate to become the first national treasure of the mythical sequence in China."

That last sentence plunged Director Xia into an icy abyss. He seemed to realize how serious the matter was; this matter seemed even more important than resolving Wushan itself.

Mythological sequence, that's a mythological sequence.

"Finally, keep this quiet. All non-special-level personnel who know about this should be quarantined, their communication devices confiscated after inspection, and Xu Xiao'er suspended from her captaincy. She is required to return to the Observatory for investigation upon seeing this message. Understand?"

After the operations director finished speaking, he hung up the phone immediately.

Everyone in the tent was stunned. Even Xuan Fang himself didn't know Xu Xiao'er was so important, and Gu Mingyun felt dizzy and lightheaded.

Director Xia, like the other two deputy directors, was pale, but he didn't stop. They only needed to wait half a month before the demons appeared.

If the thread could be found, perhaps this punishment wouldn't have happened.

Meanwhile, Jiang Fan in Tianhai City was leisurely enjoying his evening tea, looking at the words on the screen.

The Wushan Mountains have reached their fourth complete transformation.

All birds, beasts, insects, and mountain spirits are subject to the commands of the mountain spirit.

The ancient waterways that slumbered beneath the mountains have awakened.

The waters of Wushan are converging into Yunmeng.

The status of the Yunmengze water system map has changed from "dried up" to "revived".

[Act Two – The Rise of the Gods in Yunmengze – officially begins.]

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