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Chapter 183: [182] Knowledge is also combat power

Since the moment Cheng Han asked, "Are you interested in joining me?" the others actually had no choice.

Du Shancheng, the deputy lieutenant of the First Battle Group, was the first to shout, "Cheng Han, our battle group will join you!"

If they were unwilling, it meant they would be unable to enjoy Cheng Han's secret techniques, and as a result, the battle group's performance would be greatly surpassed.

Others naturally understood this reasoning and expressed their opinions one after another.

"Cheng Han, the Third Battle Group is in too!"

"Count the Fifth Battle Group in!"

Tiefeng, the deputy lieutenant of the Second Battle Group, sighed silently and accepted the current situation.

There was no other way.

After all, the Second Battle Group couldn't have internal strife in front of so many people, right?

Moreover, if they really obtained the fastest clearing honor, the battle merit points the Second Battle Group would receive would be unimaginably rich, worth giving it a try!

And so...

The five battle groups reached a consensus.

Cheng Han then transformed into the leader of this mission.

Du Shancheng approached and his tone faintly carried a sense of seeking approval, "Cheng Han, should we start exterminating the virtual insects now?"

Cheng Han thought for a moment and said, "Let me add another layer of protection for all of you."

He took out another black seed from the flower basket and threw it to his deputy lieutenant, Tiefeng, saying, "Activate it with your mental power."

Tiefeng was a bit confused, but still followed the instructions and began to input his mental power into the seed.

Others entered observation mode.

Everyone was curious about the endless means of this genius youth.

"Poof!"

They only heard a light sound.

The black seed exploded.

Thousands of black, slender vines suddenly burst out and pounced on Tiefeng from all directions.

Tiefeng's face twitched, and he instinctively had the urge to dodge, but he thought that Cheng Han wouldn't harm him, so he forcibly suppressed the impulse.

In an instant...

The vines attached to Tiefeng's black armor and formed a tightly woven layer of vine armor on its surface.

Tiefeng lowered his head and glanced, sounding a bit surprised, "Looks pretty good!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

With just a seed, it could transform into a suit of armor that looked quite good and had decent defensive power. This kind of method was indeed extraordinary.

Cheng Han's mouth twitched.

The means I researched, and all I get is the evaluation of "looks pretty good"? Forget it, let me show you what it's really capable of.

He looked at Du Shancheng and shouted, "Give Tiefeng a punch!"

Tiefeng's old face twitched again.

What kind of trick is this?

Du Shancheng's face brightened, and he decisively punched Tiefeng.

"Hoo!"

The wind of the fist howled, indicating the tremendous power and force behind it.

If hit by this punch, there would definitely be dire consequences.

Just at this moment...

The vine armor on Tiefeng's body suddenly sprouted a large number of vines. Some formed a cushioning layer, blocking the fist, while others attacked Dushancheng.

Dushancheng was startled and quickly retracted his fist, taking a few steps back.

The vines automatically retracted and returned to their original form as vine armor.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

My goodness!

This suit of armor can actually counterattack automatically? What kind of amazing technique is this?

Cheng Han explained, "The vine armor can withstand several close-range attacks. In an emergency, it might be able to save your lives."

Tiefeng touched the armor and admitted, "Several people in this team have mastered the Qingyin talisman, but only you have mastered it to such an extent."

No one had any objections.

Because it was indeed true.

Cheng Han began distributing seeds, saying, "Each of you take one seed. If your vine armor runs out, come find me for a refill."

Everyone was very enthusiastic and immediately activated the seeds.

After all, the previous test had proven that this was something that could truly save their lives. No one was foolish enough to refuse it.

Soon...

The warriors, divided into teams, dispersed into the various passages, carefully searching for the whereabouts of the phantom insects.

The mission had officially begun.

*

Five minutes later...

The first battle broke out.

"Wu~"

A sharp scream from a short spear suddenly shattered the tranquility within the Lingye handle.

Ten seconds later...

Two warriors carried over a grotesque insect corpse.

Cheng Han saw a phantom insect with his own eyes for the first time.

This creature was about the size of an adult and resembled a locust from another dimension, except it didn't have wings on its back and couldn't fly.

What left a deep impression was that the head of the phantom insect was somewhat like a human skull, with yellow hair scattered on the top and a pair of emerald green pupils.

This peculiar feature of "blond hair and green eyes" made Cheng Han secretly mutter "Satyr."

The other parts were quite disgusting. The mouth, or rather mouthparts, opened at an astonishing angle, and its sharp teeth were stained with wood chips left behind by gnawing on the banyan tree.

Although the wood in the Lingye handle was relatively soft, it was still harder than rock.

And these sharp mouthparts were the greatest threat of the phantom insect.

One of the warriors excitedly said, "We deliberately walked twenty meters away before throwing the spear, easily killing this phantom insect."

"The ridiculous phantom insect thought its camouflage had successfully deceived us, but little did it know that we spotted it from a distance."

Another soldier sincerely said, "The beauty of 'heart follows appearance' can only be truly understood through personal experience. It is incredibly useful."

The two chatted for a while and then went back to work.

Cheng Han took out a tool called the "Devouring Insect Hook" and activated the spiritual pattern with his mental power. He lightly swung it towards the insect corpse.

"Splat! Splat!"

The ground quickly sprouted large brown roots, wrapping the insect corpse inside and forming a sphere.

The effect of the Devouring Insect Hook is to activate the devouring mechanism of the Divine Banyan, allowing it to recycle the energy from the insect corpse.

The Divine Banyan can also use this to record how many virtual insects the Black Armor Army has killed. The Profound Palace can extract relevant information and judge the performance of the subordinates in the Small Spirit Realm.

By the way, Cheng Han didn't need to kill the insects himself for this cleaning task.

He had two tasks: constantly using secret techniques to help everyone find virtual insects, and handling the corpses.

After about ten seconds, the roots retracted.

There was nothing left in the original spot.

The insect corpse was gone.

Cheng Han put away the Devouring Insect Hook and muttered, "Very interesting."

The efficient absorption of energy by the Divine Banyan taught him a lot.

*

As the various battle groups advanced, they constantly encountered virtual insects. The sound of spears whistling filled the air, and more and more insect corpses were sent over.

Cheng Han became slightly busier.

But compared to others, he was still quite idle. He even had plenty of spare time to play around.

For example...

After a while, two other soldiers each brought over an insect corpse.

They witnessed with their own eyes that Cheng Han didn't use the Devouring Insect Hook at all. He just snapped his fingers, and the ground was covered in a large number of roots that submerged the insect corpses.

Cheng Han caught a glimpse of the surprised expressions of the two soldiers and explained, "The Devouring Insect Hook is a method of communicating with the Divine Banyan. It's easy to simulate with the Qingyan symbol."

The two soldiers glanced at each other, filled with admiration in their hearts.

Is it really easy to simulate?

Maybe not!

For all these years, why has no one else been able to do it?

Another example...

Cheng Han found a plant called the Night Glow Succulent, and it produced several seeds. He crushed one of them, and countless dust particles scattered.

In just half a breath's time, the passage transformed into a new world—a fluorescent world. Every cave wall, every spiral pillar, shimmered and glowed.

The soldiers had never seen such a fantastical scene before, and they exclaimed in astonishment.

Cheng Han smiled with satisfaction and muttered, "Compared to the other two symbols I've learned, the Qingyan symbol is much more interesting."

Soon.

The soldiers discovered that the genius teenager was not just playing around.

All the virtual insects in the fluorescent area were in a strange state. They seemed to have turned into blind creatures unable to see anything. Upon hearing the footsteps of the soldiers, they would blindly run around like headless flies.

Du Shancheng, the deputy lieutenant of the First Battle Group, took the opportunity while delivering the corpses to curiously inquire, "How did the insects become like this?"

Cheng Han casually replied, "The reason why virtual insects have night vision is because they feed on some nocturnal plants. By using this point, we can disrupt their vision."

Du Shancheng felt slightly surprised, "So that's how it is."

Cheng Han smiled and said, "Knowledge is also a form of combat power."

Du Shancheng pondered.

After returning, Du Shancheng exclaimed, "I understand now. Cheng Han can flexibly apply the knowledge he has learned to create various uses for the Qingyan Talisman."

Du Shancheng looked at a senior squad leader and said, "Lao Niu, since you have mastered the Qingyan Talisman, I think you can also develop some new abilities like Cheng Han."

Lao Niu's old face remained expressionless, "Knowing and doing are two different things."

Du Shancheng was puzzled, "Why? It seems like Cheng Han easily figured it out."

Lao Niu felt a little embarrassed, "I saw Cheng Han sitting in the Beigu Valley for a whole day and easily comprehending the Qingyan Talisman. Do you know how many difficulties are involved?"

This guy asked a series of questions with an imposing manner, "How do virtual insects absorb nocturnal elements? How do they use it to transform their vision? How exactly should night vision be used to disrupt the visual perception of virtual insects?"

"I just listed a few questions off the top of my head, and I came up with more than a dozen. I'll give you one day. Can you answer one of these questions?"

Du Shancheng opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't say the words "I think Cheng Han easily researched it."

*

One hour later.

Tiefeng personally carried two insect corpses over.

After watching the insect corpses being disposed of, he couldn't help but ask, "So far, how many virtual insects have the five battle groups killed in total?"

Cheng Han reported a number, "Fifty-eight."

Tiefeng was surprised, "Only two hours have passed, and you've killed so many?"

Cheng Han blinked, "Is that a lot?"

In his heart, he felt that the efficiency of these people was really not high. If he went all out, he could kill two hundred in two hours.

Tiefeng asked, "Do you know how many insects were killed at most in a day for the task of clearing virtual insects in the past?"

Cheng Han shook his head.

Tiefeng cursed, "At most, fucking one hundred and fifty insects. Today, following your method, two hours is enough to surpass what used to take half a day."

Cheng Han endured and swallowed the words "The previous teams were so weak."

Tiefeng was excited, "According to your method, it seems that Tai'an Xiaolingjing has a great chance of taking the lead."

Cheng Han nodded lightly, muttering to himself, "If other Xiaolingjing are also this useless, then there's no problem with taking first place this time."

*

Another hour passed.

The number of insect corpses brought by everyone had clearly decreased significantly.

Cheng Han carefully sensed the movements in the distance and timely issued a warning, "Everyone be careful, the insect swarm has sensed danger and has gathered. There will be warrior-level virtual insects ahead!"

Thank you, Boss Xie, for the reward!

(End of this chapter)