Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

It was the kind of nothingness where you could see nothing if you closed your eyes. In this nothingness that seemed both infinite and tiny, a red-haired, red-eyed man was shouting loudly.

The Red Emperor...

His bright red hair and scarlet eyes evoked mixed feelings in Ji Qiuming.

The image of the Red Emperor fits the popular imagination: red hair, red eyes, arrogant and evil. But for Ji Qiuming, who is a rebellious ghost, his feelings are too complicated.

Since ancient times, rebellious ghosts have mainly evolved towards 'the ability to suppress emotions' and 'emotional indifference'. Ji Qiuming was even praised by Ji Fenming as the most successfully evolved rebellious ghost, a born rebellious ghost... But in reality, the progenitor was an existence that endlessly proclaimed his own personality and characteristics.

So, is there a theory that... the true evolutionary direction of the Reverse Demon should be to become infinitely emotional?

If each generation of Rebellious Demons evolves in this direction, and each generation becomes more sensitive than the last, it will be easier for them to unleash their racial talents, making it easier for them to reach their power spikes and resulting in better effects. Wouldn't this kind of evolution, which focuses on unleashing their racial talents, be more reasonable?

In fact, it's the complete opposite.

Instead of developing their racial talents, the Rebellious Demons' evolutionary path has been one of constant suppression, running counter to the Red Emperor, their progenitor.

The cause of this phenomenon is, of course, human beings.

After understanding this point, Ji Qiuming understood Ji Fenming even more... the oppression of the alien races. It wasn't just reflected in major aspects; traces of oppression were present in every corner of life. If they didn't adapt, they would be like those magical beasts that degenerated into ordinary animals. But while magical beasts could survive even after degenerating into ordinary animals, alien races, unable to disguise themselves as humans, were doomed.

A few random thoughts flashed through Ji Qiuming's mind. He looked up at his ancestor, the Red Emperor.

The other person crossed their arms, their red hair flowing, clearly dissatisfied with Ji Qiuming's way of life.

This Red Emperor was also a man who acted swiftly and decisively, willing to be killed by Ye Jiaofang rather than betray Ji Chaoge. Unfortunately, Ji Chaoge not only saw through him, but also realized long ago that there was a limit to how rebellious ghosts could act, so she decided not to become a rebellious ghost.

To someone like him, Ji Qiuming's life was undoubtedly uninteresting. Hence, the soul-searching question: What are you living for?

...Perhaps there was also a hint of mockery in it. Ji Qiuming's body was about to belong to him, much like a transmigrator who had read about the original owner's tragic life and then made a few remarks and resolved to help the original owner live a decent life.

"I don't know... but here you go."

The word "indifferent" is no longer sufficient to describe Ji Qiuming's reaction; he actually reacted this way in the face of being about to be possessed.

"You really are..."

Hearing this answer, the Red Emperor cast a glance at him. He spoke, but when it came to actually using an adjective to describe Ji Qiuming, he fell silent... It seemed that there was no word that truly matched Ji Qiuming, a person so empty that no words could be found to describe him.

The Red Emperor had one more thing to say: remembering that Ji Qiuming was his descendant, he was willing to fulfill one of his unfulfilled wishes. But with just that one sentence, he realized... it was unnecessary. Ji Qiuming had no wishes, nor would he need him to fulfill them. Perhaps, even if he did have a wish, it was beyond his ability to complete.

"Alright... then, goodbye forever, Ji Qiuming."

The Red Emperor suddenly transformed into a giant, scarlet maw and swallowed Ji Qiuming whole.

In reality... the Red Emperor opened his eyes, his pupils a startling crimson, a look of rage on his face as he gazed westward... towards the Doomsday Base, the place where Ji Chaoge was.

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With Fu Feihan's addition, Mu Nandong's group's travel efficiency was obviously much higher. Fortunately, they were originally located in the western part of the City of Truth. If their initial location had been in the easternmost part of the City of Truth, then no matter how many ideas Mu Nandong had, it would have been impossible for him to choose to cross the entire City of Truth to reach the Doomsday Base.

Along the way, they encountered the Cleaners left behind by Ji Chaoge several times... The further west they went, the more Cleaners they encountered. Eventually, even with Fu Feihan's strength, he had to start looking for ways to avoid combat. On his own, fighting his way through wouldn't be too difficult. But with Mu Nandong by his side, these Cleaners seemed to have an automatic aggro mechanism; as soon as a fight broke out here, Cleaners from other areas would automatically swarm around them...

Even though Fu Feihan tried his best to control himself and hardly made any noise, the situation did not improve.

Mu Nandong was thus even more convinced of his guess... The three of them continued on their way, overcoming numerous obstacles, and finally embarked on the only road leading to the doomsday base.

And coincidentally... a major battle is taking place here.

Himura Tanzaku fought three opponents single-handedly, showing no signs of weakness and even subtly suppressing the three. However, he wasn't as relaxed as he appeared; as mentioned before, his margin for error was too low.

When Fu Feihan arrived, he didn't even understand why the two groups were fighting at first. Mu Nandong, on the other hand, immediately came to a conclusion... but he was wrong, mistakenly believing that Hishimura Tan's race was different.

Although the judgments of Munan Dong, Ed, Darius, and others were all wrong, in terms of the situation on the field, these incorrect judgments would not have any impact.

"Should I join the war?!"

Fu Feihan suddenly drew his weapon, his face solemn. The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, and the oppressive feeling brought by Himura Tan's cherry blossoms were too astonishing.

Fu Feihan's question was directed at Mu Nandong, indicating that this operation was clearly under his command. But before Mu Nandong could speak, Hishimura Tan's slightly cold voice rang out.

"It's like stirring up a hornet's nest! They're coming one after another... Let's see who can get through today!"

In an instant, a gust of wind swept through, and Hiyoma Tan's escape from the battlefield... But he wasn't there to strike a pose or say a few trash words; instead, he spun around and rushed towards Fu Feihan, intending to drag Fu Feihan into the battle as well... He wanted to take on four at once!

Fu Feihan had no choice but to raise his sword to meet the enemy. The three top-tier fighters behind him followed suit, and the five of them fought back and forth, locked in a fierce battle!

Facing four opponents, including four top-tier fighters, Himura Dan's situation should have put her at a disadvantage. However, these four were not even considered top-tier among the top-tier fighters, and with Himura Dan's fighting spirit surging and her momentum growing stronger with each battle, she managed to suppress them all for a time!

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Where is it used?

hum-

It was the sound of the mana source resuming its supply, and with that crisp hum, part of the doomsday base lit up again.

Ji Chaoge adjusted the range of influence of the anti-separation force field. In reality, the Doomsday Base was essentially under his control. Ideally, he would have completely opened up the anti-separation force field, turning this military's ultimate fortress into his own. However, manipulating the anti-separation force field took time. Selecting and covering it was fine, but carefully removing a section to prevent it from being covered was a technical challenge. If he accidentally removed too much, the alchemical equipment outside the Doomsday Base would also be restored, which was something Ji Chaoge didn't want. Therefore, he chose a more conservative approach, only opening up a portion of the Doomsday Base.

The advantage of this approach is that external forces cannot use alchemical equipment to attack the doomsday base, and the time required is relatively short—from God's perspective, Mu Nandong is not far from the doomsday base. If the situation were to drag on any longer, Mu Nandong might transform into a Hollywood special forces king and blow up the doomsday core with a single shot. However, Ji Chaoge's move has eliminated this possibility.

The downsides are also obvious. In terms of military equipment, the doomsday base clearly has the most. If none of it is used, the doomsday base will suffer the biggest losses. However, the doomsday base is quite large, and there must still be many military personnel remaining. If it were fully restored, who knows what kind of trouble it might cause? Ji Chaoge wouldn't take that risk... He also didn't believe anyone could overcome all those obstacles to reach the doomsday base. If someone did manage to overcome them, then the firearms within the doomsday base would likely be ineffective in achieving a decisive victory.

Of course, the focus right now isn't on those things, but on the apocalypse.

The apocalypse can be used again.

Ji Chaoge quickly cracked the password and security door—he had done this several times before, and now doing it again was even easier for him.

Ji Fenming's heart was pounding... The apocalypse, the most powerful weapon in history. Ji Chaoge had once done a simple calculation for Ji Fenming when he had nothing to do—although Ji Fenming couldn't understand it at all, he understood Ji Chaoge's conclusion.

If there is enough energy, supplied instantly, and there is no need to consider overload issues, then in just half an hour, the apocalypse could sink the Enzhou Plate, causing a massive earthquake and tsunami that could affect the entire world, triggering plate displacement and volcanic eruptions. The subsequent series of climate changes would be enough to wipe out most of the world's life, not to mention rising sea levels, volcanic ash, strong radiation, biological mutations, toxic gases... If that really happens, even immortal insects might be affected.

In other words... in just half an hour, Doomsday could destroy the world and wipe out humanity, just as its name suggests, bringing "end of the world".

Of course, this was a way to fool the illiterate; Ji Chaoge disdained lying. But Ji Fenming couldn't hear the difficulties that Ji Chaoge had casually omitted—difficulties that were actually impossible to achieve: energy supply, overheating of the machine, explosion of magic circuits, energy reloading, insufficient attack frequency. Ji Chaoge didn't mention these problems at all, and Ji Fenming didn't understand them either. In his mind, the apocalypse had already become a divine weapon capable of ruling the world.

Therefore, Ji Fenming was especially excited when Ji Chaoge cracked the doomsday code.

Doomsday... Doomsday!

Back then, Ji Chaoge was defeated by it and Ying Qin Pass. Now that he controls the end of the world, is this also a form of revenge for Ji Chaoge?

Ji Chaoge moved incredibly fast, with pop-ups appearing and disappearing in a blur, leaving viewers breathless. Becoming the progenitor had many advantages; the previous Ji Chaoge didn't have this kind of dynamic vision.

Ji Chaoge appeared relaxed, as this wasn't the first time. She frequently visited the military's database and hacked into the Doomsday Control Database weekly; she was more familiar with it than with her own home. However, Ji Fenming, standing nearby, held his breath, afraid of disturbing Ji Chaoge.

"Verification complete"

Finally, Ji Chaoge stopped what he was doing. These four words foreshadowed the fall of the world, and the most powerful weapon in the world had fallen into his hands.

"Is it... is it done?!"

Ji Fenming was speechless; everything was going so smoothly that he could hardly believe it.

"It's done, of course. Does he/she even deserve to go back and forth with me?" Ji Chaoge chuckled lightly, his voice natural, without any disdain or arrogance. He was simply announcing the matter in an ordinary tone. Ji Fenming didn't know what Ji Chaoge meant by "he/she." Was it the security door and dynamic password made by military technicians, or the intelligent security program of the apocalypse itself, or both?

Ji Chaoge input a series of commands, and a huge roar came from below, a sign that the apocalypse was being activated... How could such a behemoth, over 400 meters long and weighing 150,000 tons, be silent when it was in operation?

"Charging..."

The large screen displayed text, but Ji Chaoge ignored it and entered another string of commands to import a piece of data that he had previously hidden in the magic network... It was the guidance system he had made for the apocalypse, which would also take some time, but it would probably be resolved by the time it was fully charged.

Ji Chaoge tapped a few keys on the keyboard and then brought up the world map.

The apocalyptic attack has a global reach, and Ji Chaoge's action of bringing up a world map is chilling.

"Big Brother..." Ji Fenming had actually guessed this scene long ago. After Ji Chaoge captured the Doomsday Base, he immediately began to work on breaking it, and he would definitely use the Doomsday weapon as soon as possible. But when this moment actually arrived, he still felt like he was in a dream. In fact, Ji Fenming had a big misunderstanding about the Doomsday weapon. Without the unlimited resource cheat, the actual deterrent power of the Doomsday weapon was not even as good as Wang Qiushui. No one would be stupid enough to gather their army or important figures together so that you could bombard them with one shot, let alone Cain, who was even more outrageous than Wang Qiushui.

Of course, there are many areas where "Doomsday" is far superior to "Wang Qiushui." For example, in terms of instilling public panic, "Wang Qiushui" can easily eliminate almost any high-ranking official. But it's difficult to truly shake the morale of a nation; ordinary people think very simply. "Anyway, she won't come to kill me," they think. "Doomsday is different; one shot from me and everyone here will die!"

Ji Chaoge is a master at manipulating psychology, and with the demi-humans as his inside agents, he can coordinate an attack from both inside and outside, release some false information, and manipulate the situation to turn a city into a ghost town filled with panic.

The most powerful moment of the apocalypse is before it is unleashed.

Of course, these are things to consider in the next strategic step. Right now, Ji Chaoge only wants to do one thing, which is...

"Brother, where do you plan to use this first shot?"

Chapter Forty: That's Why

Ji Fenming's voice was easy to understand, like a primary school student hearing their homeroom teacher say "next week is the spring outing," who was secretly thrilled but pretended to be calm and put on an expression that said, "I know, that's fine."

He tried his best to remain calm, but so far it seemed to have failed. Fortunately, Ji Chaoge wouldn't laugh at him.

Ji Chaoge replied lazily, "Where do you think we should aim for?"

Ji Fenming's expression turned serious, taking this as a test from Ji Chaoge—he was quite self-aware and naturally didn't really think that Ji Chaoge needed to consider other people's ideas.

"As for where to call, there are quite a few options, for example... here."

Ji Fenming stretched out his hand and pointed to a city on the large map that was relatively close to the City of Truth.

—Don't be fooled by the fact that everyone in the City of Truth is currently holed up in their buildings like cowards. It's because very few people truly understand the situation. If everyone had a godlike perspective, knowing that Ji Chaoge is an alien race and that the City of Truth is his first step towards world domination, then even if the number of Cleaners increased tenfold, it wouldn't be enough to suppress the riots in the City of Truth. In that case, Ji Chaoge would never have a chance to control the city.

Therefore, taking down Fengsan Province in one fell swoop would give them a long breathing space, allowing Ji Chaoge to use it to control the City of Truth. This is the most legitimate and most benevolent suggestion.

“Not bad…” Ji Chaoge pulled out a pipe from somewhere, took a light puff, and then asked, “Besides this, what else?”

"And... here!" Ji Fenming pointed to another location on the large map. This was the UN military headquarters, the world police elected by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. What their headquarters symbolized was self-evident. It's worth mentioning that Shenzhou-9 is currently based here.

"If attacking Fengsan Province is about gaining short-term benefits, then attacking here is about gaining long-term benefits. Without the military's main base, the UN's violent agencies will be paralyzed. This will provoke a fierce counterattack from them, but such a counterattack is like a novel written without an outline, based solely on a sudden burst of inspiration. It will collapse on its own in no time. Of course, this is not irreparable. But as I said, it takes time, and what you need most right now, brother, is time."

“That’s a good choice too…” Ji Chaoge tapped her pipe lightly, her tone unchanged, and asked, “Anything else?”

"And..." This question caught Ji Fenming off guard. He hesitated for a moment, then pointed to two areas, namely the capitals of Qiyao and Bingning.

"From a military perspective, there is no place more important than these two locations. So, considering other options, I think... we should attack these two places."

Ji Fenming was on the verge of a breakdown. He didn't understand military affairs. He spoke fluently about Fengsan Province, but when he got to the military headquarters, he started to make some small mistakes. If Ji Chaoge pressed him for more information, he could only say something as meaningless as "Just attack these two places."

To be fair, although he didn't quite understand, the places he pointed to were all fairly accurate. If it weren't for someone else, Ji Chaoge's first choice would also have been Fengsan Province. But his second choice wouldn't have been the military headquarters; he had planted the Shenzhou-9 time bomb there, and he was waiting for it to take effect. Moreover, this attack could easily target Jieluo Province, which is next to Chaos Province. Chaos Province has many demi-humans and is relatively the least hostile region to other races; Ji Chaoge has far too many places he can control.

However, Ji Chaoge will not attack Fengsan Province, much less Jieluo Province; his first choice is only one.

"I want to hit here."

Ji Chaoge pointed to an area, and Ji Fenming looked over. It was about 8,000 kilometers away from the City of Truth. There was no city, no special buildings, it was just a completely wild area.

Why attack here...?

Ji Fenming knew that Ji Chaoge must have his reasons, so he did not lose his composure too much.

"There is an airplane flying."

"...?" Ji Fenming looked puzzled, then felt a sudden shock. "That person is up there?"