At 9:00 PM, the fighter jet piloted by Chen Xu had just landed at the airport of the Dungeon Preparation Base.
Since Wei Qian and the others were not free, and only Chen Xu had received an invitation to this meeting, Chen Xu had to fly the fighter jet to the Military Academy himself.
Fortunately, the jet had an auxiliary flight mode that Fuxi could take over for auto-pilot.
With the jet's speed, he originally could have arrived at the Military Academy around 8:00 PM, but Chen Xu insisted on trying his hand at it personally.
He experimented while pulling up the jet's operation manual.
After several attempts, Chen Xu was having a great time.
However, those strange flight maneuvers and trajectories terrified the ground monitoring personnel, who thought some kind of accident had occurred with the aircraft.
After the anomaly was reported, Fuxi took complete control of the fighter jet and locked out manual operation.
Alarms continued to sound.
"Warning! Warning! Please undergo C-type fighter jet flight training and pass the assessment before flying alone!"
Chen Xu curled his lip, adjusted his seat, and lay back, remaining there until he reached the Military Academy base.
After getting off the plane, Chen Xu hurried toward the Dungeon Preparation Base.
Just as he reached the entrance, he saw a streak of sword-light flash across the sky; it was Ye Bufan flying on his sword.
"Little Friend Chen, we meet again." In mid-air, Ye Bufan put away his spirit sword, stepped through the void, and landed on the ground, cupping his fists toward Chen Xu.
"Senior Ye." Chen Xu returned the gesture and then asked, "Is it not an issue for you to fly directly on your sword like that?"
"Hahaha." Ye Bufan understood what Chen Xu meant and laughed loudly. "Little Friend Chen, you can also fly through the air or travel by mount. It just so happens that you often ride a bone dragon, do you not?"
"Senior Ye, does Daxia allow such displays of supernatural power on Blue Star?"
"People like you and me, who have been given titles by Daxia for propaganda purposes, are allowed to show supernatural powers. Because we have been pushed to the forefront, the people of Daxia know us.
Therefore, our supernatural powers will not cause panic. When the world sees Ye Bufan's sword, they will only think I am going to slay demons and exorcise evil, which actually puts their minds at ease."
"I see. Thank you for the guidance, Senior Ye."
Ye Bufan waved his hand. "It is hardly guidance. This information is all in Fuxi's database. I imagine Little Friend Chen has been too busy lately to find the time to look into it."
"It has been a bit much indeed. The Mohai situation just wrapped up, and then I had to rush to Linghai. Even late at night, I am called in for a meeting."
Ye Bufan's words hit home for Chen Xu.
Since finishing his studies with Akhan and going to Immortal Island for support, things had come one after another.
He could enter dungeons on the offensive or build new cities on the defensive, and he even had tasks under the sea.
They said that when the sky falls, the tall ones would hold it up. He had only changed classes a short while ago, yet there were so many matters to attend to.
But on second thought, the fact that he was called to this meeting already showed that he, Chen Xu, was being treated as part of Daxia's high-level circles. Even if he was not high-level in status, he was high-level in combat power. It turned out that he was the 'tall one' now.
"Linghai? Does that mean the news about the Sea God came from your intel, Little Friend Chen?"
"I was just helping the academy collect data. The Sea God was the result of Fuxi's analysis."
After some idle chatter, the two entered the base together. When they reached the meeting room, they found that there were not many people yet; most had likely not arrived.
"You came at the right time." Seeing Chen Xu enter the meeting room, Xia Qiming gestured for him to come over.
Chen Xu was puzzled. It was not yet time for the meeting, so why was he being called over?
Walking up to Xia Qiming, he was about to ask when he saw Xia Qiming reach into his pocket with his left hand and pull out a sphere.
"Take this."
Chen Xu caught it. "What is this?"
"A large storage ball. Inside are the corpses of all the fish Daxia currently possesses. Except for some fry that were not slaughtered, everything that could be fished out of the other secret realms has been taken.
Currently, the only one with significant combat power underwater is likely your giant Kun. Therefore, Daxia has killed all the fish in the secret realms and given them all to you for transformation."
Hearing this, Chen Xu probed into the storage ball with his mental strength and perceived a mountain made of fish corpses, estimated to be over a hundred meters high. Many of the fish eyes were wide open, flickering with an eerie light.
"Why do these fish feel like they have such heavy resentment?"
"Oh, it is probably because they were caught by draining the water."
Chen Xu could not figure out what that had to do with anything, but Xia Qiming had already turned to talk to others, so it was not convenient to disturb him further.
Thus, he threw the storage ball into the Necrotic Kingdom and had Kunpeng take it to dump the fish corpses into the Inverted Sea.
Kunpeng bit the storage ball and sank into the depths of the Inverted Sea. Then, with a slight exertion of force, it crushed the ball. Instantly, tons of fish corpses surged out, and bubbles rose once again in the Inverted Sea.
After dealing with that, Chen Xu found a random seat and waited for the meeting to begin.
At 10:00 PM, Xia Qiming stepped onto the podium and began the meeting.
A Fuxi analysis report was projected into the air; it was the one generated by the Linghai Academy.
"Everyone, according to this report provided by the Linghai Academy and analyzed by Fuxi, the academy has already organized a collective judgment and ultimately determined the analysis results to be reliable.
Therefore, I have gathered you all here to find out who has the capability for long-term underwater combat. Daxia must determine if we have enough strength to take the initiative; if not, we can only continue to maintain a defensive posture."
Daxia did not actively pry into the private details of a professional's strength during ordinary times.
They would only give professionals a general strength rating. As for the composition of that strength—whether they used weapons or could split mountains with their bare hands—it was not within Daxia's focus.
But when major events occurred, such as this naga Sea God incident, they would inquire.
After Xia Qiming asked, only a few people raised their hands.
Chen Xu opened the Fuxi database to search for information on those who raised their hands. They were three water mages and one Soul Transformation cultivator with water and earth spiritual roots.
Those three water mages were actually triplet brothers, which was truly rare.
Seeing that the number of people who raised their hands was small and that they were all familiar faces, Xia Qiming and everyone present understood that taking the initiative was likely not feasible; they could only consider how to defend.
"In that case, Daxia will maintain a defensive posture for now. Among those present, who is willing to take a turn guarding the coastal areas?"
Next, Xia Qiming set up a rotation schedule for everyone present to take turns guarding different coastal cities.
The reason for the rotation was to leave time for people to clear dungeons or cultivate to improve themselves.
Therefore, each shift was tentatively set for a duration of one month.
"If there are no other objections, we will implement this according to the rotation schedule for now. Heavenly Crafts will also reinforce the coastal defense facilities. You may have Heavenly Crafts cooperate to build some amplification facilities based on your own professional advantages, with Daxia covering all costs."
With that, he dismissed the meeting.
Chen Xu covered his mouth and yawned, not because he was sleepy, but simply because he felt bored. This meeting had not really discussed much, only arranging a rotation schedule.
Feeling that it was quite dull, Chen Xu stood up, patted his backside, and prepared to leave.
Just as he stood up to walk toward the door, Xia Qiming's hand landed on his shoulder, pulling him toward the office.
"Teacher Xia, what is it now?"
"There is a separate plan for you. I need to consult your opinion."
"Huh? Then why was it not discussed at the meeting?"
"The meeting only discussed matters involving all participants, like the rotation, so that everyone would agree. This plan only involves you, so we will talk privately."
"What plan?"
"That Kun of yours seems to quite enjoy eating divine sacrificial vessels?"
Speaking of this, Chen Xu remembered that soul message full of joy and excitement from Kunpeng.
This was the first time Chen Xu had seen such pure happiness. It seemed that for Kunpeng, that altar was truly delicious.
"Yes, Kunpeng likes eating them quite a bit."
"Kunpeng? The name of that Kun? Heh, you certainly have no small ambitions, kid."
After laughing twice, Xia Qiming got straight to the point. "Since your Kun can swallow divine sacrificial vessels, Daxia hopes you will send it into the sea to clear out all the divine sacrificial vessels near the land along the coastlines.
Not just the East Continent where Daxia is located, but other continents as well. The fish corpses in that storage ball were provided to you to increase the number of Kuns."
Seeing that Chen Xu did not reply, Xia Qiming thought he was worried about the Bone Kun's safety and spoke again. "We are not forcing you to clear the divine sacrificial vessels. Your Kun's safety is the top priority. If you encounter trouble, you can just run."
"Oh, it's fine. There is no problem with this mission. Kunpeng really likes the taste of those altars anyway."
Chen Xu's silence just now was not because he was worried about the mission being troublesome; after all, he was very confident in the Bone Kun's strength. As long as it was not killed instantly, he would have time to withdraw it into the Necrotic Kingdom.
The reason he had been silent for a moment was because Kunpeng was currently floating on the Inverted Sea, its entire body glowing with a faint blue light. According to the records in his inherited knowledge, that should be divinity, or rather, divine power.
Although there was a concept in Daxia's traditions that eating something would supplement that part of oneself, the fact that Kunpeng had gained a bit of divine power after eating only two divine sacrificial vessels was truly exaggerated. If it ate a few more, would it be able to compete for the position of the Sea God?
"Very well. Let us call this the Greedy Kun Plan. Heavenly Crafts will designate a special small group to install instruments on your Kun to help locate the divine sacrificial vessels. You know the person in charge as well."
"I know them? Is it Elder Xia?"
"Yes, it is Master Xia Deliang."
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