Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

Unlike Darius's move, which cleared out almost an entire street.

The advantages of the Demon Warrior class are undeniable; this is indeed quite impressive.

Before anyone could react, Ying Qin Guan clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Wonderful! Wonderful!"

Nephalem almost burst out laughing.

That's...so mean.

This is something that thousands of people have said, but it's none of your business to say it!

Ying Qin Guan, you're quite the master of Yin and Yang!

Among those present, more or less everyone knew about Ying Qin Guan's swift killing of Darius. Even Kui, whose sources of information were almost nonexistent, knew of this matter, and upon hearing Ying Qin Guan's words, his expression became somewhat strange.

Silence fell over the arena. Darius's face darkened. Being instantly killed by Ying Qin Guan was something he least wanted to recall, and now he was being subjected to such sarcastic remarks...

No, to put it bluntly, if you lose, everything you do is wrong; if you win, everything you say sounds like mockery. If Ying Qin Guan praises you, it can be sarcastic; if he mocks you, that's even worse. If he doesn't say anything, it means he doesn't respect you. The principle of martial arts is always about fists, it's that simple.

So, what exactly was Ying Qin Guan thinking...?

—Of course he's being sarcastic. Do you think he would praise Darius? You're dreaming!

"Let's go." Finally, Nephalem spoke up. He considered himself the most normal one among them, so naturally he had to take on the responsibility. "That move made quite a commotion, and more zombies will be swarming us soon. Although it's not particularly dangerous, we didn't come here to fight monsters... Mr. Ten Commandments, let's go!"

After the Nephalem finished speaking, he leaped up and jumped onto the roof next to him. The Ten Commandments, whose bodies were wrapped in bandages, jumped up as well without saying a word.

"Well then, everyone, see you tonight. I hope you all stay safe."

The Nephalem brought its index and middle fingers together, tapped them on its temples, and swung them forward. After a few leaps, it disappeared in the blink of an eye, presumably heading to find the street where the Special Agent's Office was located.

"Then... let's go too."

Athos, whose body was covered in dark red stripes, spoke up, also jumping onto the roof and looking into the distance.

They all brought maps, but the two people who jumped onto the roof didn't. Nephalem didn't look at the map because he had already memorized it, and Athos didn't look at the map because their group was going to the palace, and the palace... was very conspicuous.

Ying Qin Guan and Kui both leaped onto the roof.

"Come with me."

Atoshe spoke succinctly and began parkour on the rooftop. Ying Qin Guan was very familiar with this and quite enjoyed the feeling of flying with the wind. Shen Xin could testify to this, as she had a painful memory of it.

The three men headed towards the palace.

-

Inside the makeshift research room, Mu Nandong looked away, his gaze fixed on the virus encased in a magical "light-proof box" under the microscope.

"That's weird, let me take another look."

After Mu Nandong moved aside, Shen Xin leaned over to take another look.

Inside the research room, numerous researchers waited for Mu Nandong to speak, though they all already had their own answers. But precisely because of this, they yearned for different conclusions and hoped to be convinced.

As for Shenxin... in their brief encounter, the researchers realized she was someone qualified to stand here. But that was all; they wouldn't pay her any more attention just because she was a loli.

"You seem to want me to reach a different conclusion, but unfortunately, you are right." Mu Nandong said coldly, "It's very similar to the Undying Worm Virus... but it's not."

Undead Worm Virus... This is a virus carried by the "Undead Worm" in Warcraft.

In ancient times, magical beasts were classified into different levels: low-level, medium-level, high-level, sacred beasts, and special beasts.

The terms "low," "medium," and "high" are self-explanatory and are based on combat strength. "Sacred Beast" actually refers to those who have transcended tribulations, or holy magical beasts. At that time, it was not yet discovered that holy magical beasts were unevolved ancestral alien races. "Special" actually refers to special alien races like the Gu Heart Demon, whose abilities and forms are unique and cannot be simply classified by level.

The Undying Worm is a special kind of magical beast; in modern terms, it would be considered a special alien race.

The Undying Worm begins as an egg, which cannot hatch under normal circumstances. However, if the egg is ingested, it can parasitize the organism—it's worth noting that the Undying Worm can only parasitize mammals, unlike the current zombie virus.

If the eggs of the Undying Worm hatch inside the body of a mammal, it will quietly devour the mammal's spine and then replace the creature's spine with itself. The time required varies depending on the form of the creature. For example, it takes a very long time to become the spine of some large magical beasts. Sometimes the magical beast dies of old age before the Undying Worm has finished replacing it, so it is not truly immortal.

After the replacement is complete, the Undead Worm becomes completely symbiotic with the creature. Creatures with the Undead Worm's spine can recover quickly after being injured, with an exaggerated level of healing, even approaching the forbidden spell "God's Blessing". It is no exaggeration to say that it can bring the dead back to life. Except for the spine and brain, any injury is not fatal to the Undead Worm's host - including even the heart.

Does the immortal worm come at a price? Of course it does: it consumes the host's lifespan. If that were all, the immortal worm eggs would be a good thing; who cares about lifespan when they're about to die? But the problem is that after the immortal worm becomes a spinal cord, it releases a virus called the immortal worm virus.

Before the Undying Worm Virus was discovered, Undying Worm Eggs were renowned throughout the continent as a noble reward, and only the most loyal and courageous warriors under the king could obtain them... until the Undying Worm Virus was discovered.

The effects of the immortal worm virus are simple... This virus is transported to the brain through the spinal cord, and once the immortal worm virus reaches a certain level in the brain, the immortal worm will take over and become the true master of this body.

Chapter Twenty-Five: Handshake

The immortal worm possesses intelligence comparable to that of a normal human, and its previous close coexistence with its host has taught it how to mimic the host. Therefore, by the time humans discovered the immortal worm virus, much had already happened. However, the immortal worm didn't cause any major disaster, because the immortal worm... simply wanted to "live."

After this body dies, the immortal worm will transform into eggs, waiting for the next generation of hosts. At any time and in any place, there will be people who crave this power.

Many alchemists have entertained wild ideas, hoping to pit the Undead Worms against the Primordial Aliens to see who has the greater power to control them. But this is basically wishful thinking. First, the Undead Worms are extremely difficult to cultivate and are very few in number. Second, even if they were controlled by the Primordial Aliens, it would only be occasional; the Primordial Aliens mostly do their own thing, while the Undead Worms can truly kill you.

However, this has been retained as a research direction. Although it has many shortcomings now, it may still have a chance in the future. From a group perspective, the danger of the Undead is much smaller than that of the alien race, which is a ticking time bomb.

—Incidentally, the use of immortal insects has now been banned, at least according to UN law, which prohibits countries from privately raising immortal insects.

How to raise immortal insects? It's simple. Just find any vertebrate to raise. After the animal dies, the immortal insect eggs will be released. It is definitely possible to raise them.

Closer to home.

The zombie virus, in terms of shape, looks very similar to the immortal worm virus, but it is not exactly the same.

“A mutated immortal worm virus.” The researcher named Lan Xiu spoke up, and said in a low voice, “We can almost be certain of this conclusion... but this mutation is a bit too exaggerated.”

—That's right. At least with the Undying Worm Virus, people still looked human, but now they've turned into zombies...

Whether or not it turns people into zombies is secondary; it can all be interpreted as the undead worm controlling the host's body. If this really is a mutated undead worm virus, then the most outrageous thing is its ability to spread and the leap in its transmission routes.

The fake immortal worm virus: It can only infect one at a time, takes a long time to generate a spine, and has the dual weakness of a brain and spine. The worm eggs are very fragile. If you dare to attack them, you will die. They know you are going to devour them and are all on guard against you.

The true immortal insect virus: it can spread through air, water, and bodily fluids at will. With an incubation period of only three hours, there is simply no time to seek effective treatment. Its transmission capacity is explosive, capable of destroying a modern city in just a few days. Only top-tier martial artists dare to enter the city. It has extremely strong vitality, can survive in the air for more than five days, and cannot be killed by boiling water at 100 degrees Celsius.

This cannot be explained simply by adding a "plus".

Mu Nandong said something that sounded completely useless.

"This place is very far from the capital of the Black Dragon Empire."

It was too far away for them to get back in just three hours. And what they obtained was unlikely to remain in the hands of a single agent.

Moreover, it cannot be completely confirmed that this is definitely the mutated undead worm virus developed by the Black Dragon Empire. The alchemists' meticulousness does not allow them to obtain information so casually. At the very least, they need to transport some original undead worm virus from other places and observe it for a period of time before they can obtain further information.

As for where the immortal worm virus, which is explicitly banned by the United Nations, comes from... normally, there's no need to ask that question.

But before that...

Shenxin raised the small blackboard.

"It depends on what clues those martial artists can find in the city."

-

"Is this the palace? It doesn't seem like much."

Ying Qin Guan and his two companions arrived outside the palace of the Ang Empire.

Although Ying Qin Guan had never been to the imperial palace, the storytellers of Southern Qin often told tales of protagonists or supporting characters infiltrating the palace to cause trouble. The imperial palace they described was always magnificent and extremely luxurious, but seeing it now, he was somewhat disappointed.

The palace of Southern Qin is indeed quite luxurious, but the style of luxury is different. Ang is a small country, and with the recent virus outbreak, and Ying Qin Guan has been in Qiyao for more than a year and has seen a lot of the world, it would be strange if he thought it was beautiful at first glance.

Of all the groups, they were responsible for the largest area. However, there were only three of them, and these three... were practically clueless. So when the tasks were assigned, they were basically given a hint: "You guys just need to clear out the palace area, take care of the primordial monsters and the stronger zombies. If you need to find anything, you can wait for everyone to come over."

The implication... that's the implication.

It's really inconvenient to say it directly. How can I put it? Would it be appropriate to say that the three of you are good at nothing but fighting and can only go in and unleash your power while waiting for others to arrive? It wouldn't be appropriate.

So you can only give a hint, and usually, one out of three people needs to understand that hint.

but!

If it's that Ying Qin Pass...

If it were that Kui who had never received any education and didn't understand social etiquette...

"It's not very well built, but it's certainly huge." Ying Qin Guan leaped to a high point, taking in the surrounding scenery. "Ah... how am I supposed to find it? Do I have to search them one by one?"

“A quick clean-up will suffice.” Atossa finally couldn’t stand it any longer and said calmly, “With the combined strength of the three of us, unless we are blessed by fate, we will not be able to find what we want. Just clean up what’s here.”

"Is that so?" Ying Qin Guan thought for a moment and said, "Wouldn't it be more efficient if we split up?"

This shows how disorganized and undisciplined martial artists are; they've just been divided into groups, and they immediately want to split up and fight amongst themselves.

But after Ying Qin Guan finished speaking, he immediately felt it was inappropriate, so he said, "Wait, let's forget it. I'm afraid something will happen to you if we separate."

These words were naturally spoken to Atuoshe; Ying Qin Guan certainly didn't think that Kui and he would be in trouble.

Atuoshe looked at him calmly. Ying Qin realized he had misspoke. He wasn't being sarcastic; he genuinely thought so. So he blurted it out unconsciously. Why did he say that? Because in his eyes...

So-called top-tier martial artists are nothing more than "weaklings" who need protection.

"Speaking of which, Darius seemed quite insecure about losing to you. It doesn't seem like it was an accident; it was probably something like him not playing well..."

Athosher extended his right hand. "Now is not the time to act, but since you've said that, we can't do nothing, so..."

He raised his head slightly and said, "Shake hands with me."

Chapter Twenty-Six: The Battle of Wits

'Literary debate'.

For martial artists, combat can be divided into verbal and physical battles.

The intellectual combat among martial arts practitioners differs from the traditional concept of intellectual combat. The "martial arts combat" of martial arts practitioners is self-explanatory; each fights independently, and the winner is determined by overall strength. So... what is "intellectual combat"?

Generally speaking, it's about competing on hard power in a certain field.

For example, if you stand still and I punch you, and you punch me back, and we see who can't take it anymore, that's a contest of resilience and punching power. All that talk about fighting spirit and flashes of inspiration is bullshit. It all comes down to physical fitness. If you can do it, you can do it; if you can't, you can't.

This kind of battle is called a 'literary duel'.

In situations where physical confrontation is inconvenient, martial arts practitioners resort to verbal duels to determine the victor.

Just like now, Athosya extended an invitation.

He prioritized the bigger picture and chose a strategy of reasoning over force. If it were someone as lawless as Ed, he would have definitely attacked without regard for anything else.

However, he still sent a signal to Ying Qin Pass to challenge them to war, in a situation where even a war of words was not appropriate... In short, he considered the overall situation, but not entirely.

And Ying Qin Guan... naturally never refuses.