CHAPTER 493: CHAPTER 484: THE EERIE HEART PALPITATION, BAI YAN GOES INTO RETREAT!

As the T-2 virus gradually spread, the Biochemical Plane completely became Bai Yan’s training ground and backyard.

Overlooking the whole Biochemical Plane, Hua Xia had already established a close cooperation with Wanyan Company, maintaining a friendly attitude towards the powerful and mysterious Demon Warriors.

This is a force much stronger than the umbrella formula, and the wisest choice was not to offend it.

Bai Yan also instructed Zhang Kailei to take numerous precautions in the cooperation to ensure his absolute control over the Biochemical Plane.

Apart from a handful of human survivors, zombies have already spread across the globe.

To Bai Yan, these zombies were walking sources of Demon Power, waiting to be harvested by him.

Even the appearance of the T-2 virus was part of a breeding plan, treating the entire planet as a garden for breeding hosts, continuously providing Demon Power for Bai Yan.

Bai Yan had even pondered over it more than once.

By doing this, have I essentially conquered the entire Biochemical Plane?

In a sense, Bai Yan should be in control of life and death in this plane, at least holding the life and death of all hosts and humans in the plane.

But why is there always some inexplicable palpitation in Bai Yan’s heart, accompanied by a faint fear?

This feeling of heart palpitation is somewhat unnerving.

"Strange... Did I overlook something?"

Bai Yan muttered to himself.

Out of caution, for six whole months, half a year, Bai Yan did not leave the Hive Base and stayed deep underground.

He proclaimed to the outside world that he was in seclusion!

All affairs were handled by Zhang Kailei and Qin Jiuluo, while Li Xu was stationed in Hua Xia to deal with the cooperation between the two parties.

Bai Yan was very cautious, constantly and carefully deducing where the mistake might be.

Yet, even with Bai Yan’s formidable power, he was unable to accurately deduce a result or answer.

Only that inexplicable palpitation and fear in his heart never dissipated.

This feeling seemed to be an innate instinct.

It was constantly stimulating Bai Yan, keeping his nerves taut.

Whereas people like Zhang Kailei and Qin Jiuluo did not have such feelings.

A full half-year passed, and all affairs in the Biochemical Plane, including the stance of the Hua Xia nation, were slowly progressing according to Bai Yan’s expected layout.

During this half year, apart from deducing the inexplicable palpitation in his heart, Bai Yan spent most of his time dealing with some peculiar affairs of the Hive and comprehending the Dragon Vein Nine Styles technique.

Fortunately, the first style of the Dragon Vein Nine Styles had finally been grasped by Bai Yan.

Having been in the Biochemical Plane for a full year, and coupled with two months of time in the Main Plane, the first style of the Dragon Vein Nine Styles had taken Bai Yan fourteen months of comprehension.

Despite Bai Yan’s astonishing Talent, he could not help but feel stunned and exhausted.

This damn thing!

It truly is not a Cultivation Technique meant for mortals to comprehend, the Dragon Vein Nine Styles is indeed worthy of the name of an Ancient Chinese Immortal Technique!

The first style of the Dragon Vein Nine Styles embodies the transformation of all things, ever-changing, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, emphasizing a subtle and profound mastery of power and speed.

This first style is called the "Subtle and Profound Mastery Style."

A common strike, no matter how sophisticated the skill or Cultivation Technique, cannot alter the variations of force and speed.

But the first style of the Dragon Vein Nine Styles, the "Subtle and Profound Mastery Style," allows one to freely control the variations of force and speed, which can be as fast as surpassing the speed of light or as slow as the end of the world.

The first style of the Dragon Vein Nine Styles not only tests the master’s ability to control power and speed but is also crucial for learning the even more powerful subsequent styles.

If one cannot even master the fast and slow, how can one master the more powerful Dragon Vein Nine Styles? How can one master the moves that can sever time and the Void, containing the supreme rule and formidable power!

This first style seems simple and pure, merely about the mastery of force and speed.

But it is such a pure and refined technique that can rightfully be called an Immortal Technique!

After successfully comprehending the first technique, Bai Yan tried out the power of the first of the Dragon Vein Nine Techniques in the practice room of the Hive Base.

The Dragon Vein Nine Techniques can manifest as sword techniques, knife techniques, staff techniques, or indeed, anything in the world; it is a mastery of power without a specific form of expression.

Bai Yan took a deep breath, raised his hand to take up the Dragon Vein Long Sword, and slashed down without a hint of Demon Power. The result was a sharp and piercing Sword Qi that "pfft" shot out, nearly penetrating the entire underground Hive Base!

Consider this, the subterranean expanse of the Hive covered about 5,000 square meters, quite spacious!

A casual sword stroke, devoid of any energy yet containing the understanding and mastery of the first technique, was able to harness the force of heaven and earth to unleash Sword Qi, instantly piercing through the base constructed of special alloy!

The sheer power of just the first of the Dragon Vein Nine Techniques was terrifying to the extreme!

This move, indeed, was no less powerful than a full-force strike from an SS-level expert; if Bai Yan exerted his full power at his peak, he could even instantly kill SSS-level experts!

However, this attempt also plunged the entire Hive Base into chaos for three days, resulting in a significant loss of Demon Energy Points and many precious instruments for Bai Yan.

Naturally, Bai Yan was quite distressed about it.

Enough of that.

For future attempts, he would definitely find a spacious location and never again try out techniques at home!

After six months of comprehension and deduction, Bai Yan left the practice room.

He found Zhang Kailei, got the business report for the period, and then Bai Yan opened his virtual panel to check the Demon Energy Points he had accumulated during this time.

Demon Energy: 536 million!

The Hive Base could provide Bai Yan with over eighty million, nearly ninety million Demon Energy Points every month!

Including the 170 million Demon Energy Points Bai Yan had saved before his retreat, his current total was: 700 million!

Such a figure would have been unthinkable for Bai Yan while he was in the Main Plane!

Thinking back, he used to save up Demon Energy for months, joyous over obtaining merely tens of thousands of points from a single sacrifice.

Exterminating the Liu Family Martial Arts Sect once brought great joy with the resulting Demon Energy Points.

Bai Yan looked at the terrifying amount of Demon Energy Points he now possessed, raised his eyebrows slightly, and smiled faintly.

His heart no longer felt the same excitement.

After all, Bai Yan had reached a new height of normalcy; although hundreds of millions of Demon Energy Points were a lot, they were still not enough to build the Demon Army that he wanted as an immediate force.

During these six months, the Hive Base not only provided Bai Yan with a massive amount of Demon Energy.

Simultaneously, under the arrangements of Zhang Kailei and Qin Jiuluo, the number of Demon Servants under Bai Yan successfully broke through three hundred thousand!

Among them, combat personnel were as high as two hundred thousand!

It could be said that in the millions of Raccoon City’s population, a small half were his Demon Servants, the rest being ordinary humans under the management of Wanyan Company.

In this half a year, Zhang Kailei managed the domestic affairs of Raccoon City, while Qin Jiuluo was responsible for the training of the troops.

At the same time, both handled the selection of talents and job placements within their respective jurisdictions.

The past six months had provided them with rich experience in management and combat.

Although neither could be considered a once-in-a-lifetime genius at this time, they possessed a great general’s aura and strategy on par with Xun Yu.

Three days later.

"Half a year has passed with nothing happening, maybe I was overthinking things back then?"

Bai Yan sat on the high platform of the conference room, holding a stack of documents, somewhat distracted.

Bai Yan still remembered that feeling of heart palpitation.

After all, it is only with caution that one can navigate safely through years.

"Master? What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Qin Jiuluo and the others sat at a lower position to Bai Yan, looking at him with puzzled and concerned expressions.

"It’s nothing, let’s continue with the meeting."

Bai Yan waved his hand and, with a frown, suppressed the hint of gloom deep in his heart.