CHAPTER 54: 54, HIT THE JACKPOT

Jingyun County.

Command Center.

"In my personal opinion, the mutant poisonous mosquito isn’t that formidable."

These words from Yang Fan came through the communication channel.

The crowd present had subtle expressions on their faces.

The highest-ranking commander present, Commander Ma Lide, glanced at the large screen on the right, appearing somewhat dazed.

On the large screen.

A ten-second clip was playing repeatedly.

This was the video footage that the intelligence personnel of the Great Xia Kingdom had managed to obtain from the Jin Kongque Kingdom.

The videographer was a soldier from Jin Kongque Kingdom who participated in the operation.

He happened to witness the rampage of the mutant poisonous mosquitoes and captured a segment with the camera on his helmet.

A small black dot could be seen swiftly darting toward a burly superpower user built like a bear.

The superpower user’s speed couldn’t match that of the mutant poisonous mosquito, nor could his reaction, and he could only watch helplessly as the mutant poisonous mosquito collided with him.

"Ah~"

A scream of agony.

A fist-sized black boil instantly appeared on the neck of the burly superpower user.

The boil then ruptured and festered, with a large amount of inky black pus, nearly as dark as ink, flowing down rapidly.

The body of the burly superpower user shook, then fell directly to the ground.

Undoubtedly, this was an extremely potent and special toxin.

The existing medical system on Canglan Star had no explanation for why the toxin acted so quickly.

In the following seconds.

The mutant poisonous mosquito swooped into the territory as if it were uninhabited, and every instance it flew across the air, it would take down a superpower user or an ordinary soldier.

The group of superpower users from Jin Kongque Kingdom, initially brimming with confidence to hunt the mutant creatures.

They were instantly devastated by this one-sided massacre.

The videographer let out a scream of horror, frightened, and turned to flee.

The video ended there.

Commander Ma retracted his gaze, thinking secretly, "Is the mutant poisonous mosquito really not formidable?"

The Kongque People certainly wouldn’t think so.

The superpower users killed by the mutant poisonous mosquito wouldn’t think so either.

Commander Ma further ordered, "Notify the cleanup team to immediately head to Mr. Ghost’s location and bring back the corpse of the mutant poisonous mosquito."

"Yes!"

The commander paused for a moment, then added, "This is the first mutant poisonous mosquito corpse in the Great Xia Kingdom, and likely the first in the world, so Major Jiang must be careful."

"Yes!"

The soldiers present all knew that the significance of the first one was not merely as a trophy.

It held a very important meaning as well.

*

In the mountains.

Yang Fan sat atop a 30-meter tall tree, with a strange intuition in his heart.

That was—the tragedy in Jingyun County in the Dream Realm would likely never happen again.

He smiled slightly, "Saving one life exceeds building a seven-level pagoda, how many pagodas does it equate to with me saving tens of thousands of people this time?"

"Hoo~"

The cold wind swept past.

The branches swayed slightly.

Yang Fan took out a bag of beef jerky, put a piece in his mouth, and chewed it slowly, treating it as a post-battle snack.

Meanwhile, he observed the situation in Jingyun County through the eyes of a Great Tit.

A long line of military vehicles could be seen, fully loaded with county civilians, forming a convoy heading towards the highway outside the county.

This was clearly an emergency evacuation convoy.

Yang Fan gently nodded, "The official efficiency is quite high, isn’t it?"

He then opened a can of ice-cold cola, took a big gulp, and exhaled, "Refreshing!"

He finished the can of cola, muttering, "I wonder how many more years it will take for the Great Xia people to return to the days of freely enjoying cola?"

A year ago, buying a can of cola in the supermarket only cost three yuan.

A year later, although there were still colas for sale on the Great Xia Business Communication website, they had already become limited items, with prices soaring to twenty yuan.

With a hint of melancholy, Yang Fan slightly activated his Vajra Superpower, and his right hand instantly turned a faint gold.

The empty can seemed to transform into soft plasticine, which he easily kneaded.

A few seconds later.

The can became a small aluminum pellet.

Yang Fan glanced down at it and muttered, "I seem to be becoming more and more non-human."

He raised his right hand, aimed at a rock a hundred meters away, and hurled the aluminum pellet with force.

"Whoosh~"

Accompanied by the sound of the air tearing.

The aluminum pellet flashed across the hundred-meter distance like lightning, embedding itself deeply into the rock with a "bang."

Yang Fan nodded lightly, "Not bad, this also counts as an attack method."

Take a handful of stone pellets, or iron pellets, and fling them out in a "scattered petals" style, the impact should be quite substantial.

He grinned, "In the future, if someone gets on my nerves, I’ll smash their glass from a few hundred meters away, and they won’t even be able to identify a suspect when they report it."

Yang Fan looked up at the sky, his gaze capturing a small black dot, and was momentarily stunned.

"Falcon!"

He blurted out, his face filled with sheer delight.

Back in Linjiang City, I searched everywhere for a falcon but couldn’t find one.

Now, by chance, I’ve found a falcon in the wilderness of Jingyun County.

Yang Fan quickly communicated with a great tit and commanded, "You, go be the bait!"

"Chirp!"

The great tit responded with a hint of reluctance.

Yang Fan tempted it, "Don’t worry, there’s no danger. There’ll be good food afterward."

"Chirp!"

The great tit reluctantly agreed.

A minute later.

The falcon swooped down rapidly from the sky, targeting the great tit.

Just as it was about to succeed, the great tit mysteriously vanished.

The falcon was left dumbfounded.

But it couldn’t change direction in time and had to flap its wings hard to slow down.

At the same time.

A figure appeared, locking eyes with the falcon.

A struggle flickered in the falcon’s eyes, then it showed complete submission.

Success!

Yang Fan laughed happily, "This will cut down my return time significantly."

For him, the night owl acted at night, and the falcon during the day, allowing for round-the-clock travel in the future.

"Coo!"

The falcon called out, curiously eyeing its master.

Yang Fan watched the falcon and unhesitatingly added 0.2 points to it.

Spiritual Source Value was ample, so he didn’t mind this little bit.

The accumulated Spiritual Source Value dropped to 9.9 points.

The falcon flapped its wings once and began to transform.

Its feathers changed, faintly glimmering, and its muscles became more powerful.

Yang Fan focused intently for a moment and was greatly pleased, "It seems to have awakened a hint of superpower potential!"

This hint of potential was precisely in the realm of vision.

He reached out to stroke the falcon’s head and laughed, "I just saved tens of thousands of people, maybe this is good karma returning to me."

Soon.

The falcon’s transformation ceased.

Its body had clearly become much stronger, and its pair of hawk eyes became extremely deep, faintly emitting a subtle glow.

"Coo!"

The falcon called out several times in succession.

Yang Fan quickly took out a pile of fish chunks and began feeding the falcon.

After a hearty meal, the falcon soared into the sky.

Yang Fan immediately activated his Spirit Concealment Superpower, linking to the falcon’s eyes.

As he observed the ground, he praised, "This ability is impressive!"

At a distance of six kilometers, the falcon could actually see the texture of a small stone on the ground.

This was undoubtedly a very useful ability.

In the future, when encountering enemies or mutated creatures, the falcon could rely on its sharp vision to spot them first.

Yang Fan truly felt like he had struck it lucky, "In the future, even from several communities away, I could spy on girls bathing."

Of course.

This was just a joke.

He wasn’t that bored.

Yang Fan thought for a moment and gave it a name, "Since it can see a needle on the ground, let’s simply call it ’Needle Eye’."

"Coo!"

The falcon eagerly responded.

*

Shangjing City.

Great Xia Foreign Affairs Department.

An international video conference was underway.

One party was naturally the Great Xia People.

The other party comprised officials from the Jin Kongque Kingdom.

The highest-ranking official from the Jin Kongque Kingdom greeted warmly, "Minister Zhang, I’m very pleased to meet you!"

The "Minister Zhang" he referred to was the head of Great Xia’s foreign affairs.

Minister Zhang replied coolly, "Minister Lahar, hello!"

Lahar wasted no time, "Minister Zhang, our country plans to procure a batch of drones from yours. Due to the large procurement volume, we hope your side can supply them at a 40% discount."

Minister Zhang’s eyes flashed, quietly cursing "insatiable" under his breath.

For countries with friendly relations with Great Xia, drones were usually supplied at 80% of the market price.

The Jin Kongque People’s appetite was indeed big, starting at a 60% discount.

Lahar then offered a condition, "Our country is willing to provide the precious data on the mutated poisonous mosquitoes to the Great Xia Kingdom for free."

The word "free" was deliberately emphasized.

Minister Zhang grew increasingly displeased.

Currently, Great Xia’s drones were in strong demand globally, and the Jin Kongque Kingdom wanted to purchase a batch at a super low price, evidently trying to get a bargain.

Yet, this guy dared to offer some data, proclaiming it "precious" and "free," as if implying that Great Xia was getting a huge deal.

Shameless!