CHAPTER 55: 55. THE EMBARRASSED JIN KONGQUE PEOPLE, THE 2ND FUSION SUPERPOWER

At this moment.

Lahar, the External Affairs Officer of the Jin Kongque Kingdom, saw that Minister Zhang of Great Xia remained silent and came up with an idea.

This guy babbled on, "Minister Zhang, I believe you’ve already heard the news.

"Yesterday, a terribly mutated poisonous mosquito appeared in our Luluchalaka Province.

"Brave Jin Kongque Soldiers fought valiantly and at some cost, managed to drive away the mutated mosquito.

"Now that the mosquito disaster is sweeping the globe, the Jin Kongque Kingdom is the only country with experience in dealing with the mutated mosquitoes, making this information immeasurably valuable.

"If the Great Xia Kingdom obtains this information, then your country could better..."

Minister Zhang couldn’t stand it any longer and coughed forcefully, interrupting the other’s words.

"Ahem!"

Lahar was stunned for a moment.

Minister Zhang turned to an assistant and instructed, "Go and retrieve the information sent by the Jiuzhou Legion."

The assistant immediately responded, "Yes!"

Lahar was bewildered, "What information?"

This guy began to talk to himself, "Minister Zhang, I hope you understand that the information of the Jin Kongque Kingdom is unique, and our country does not accept any exchange of information..."

Before he could finish.

The words stopped abruptly.

Lahar clearly saw that Minister Zhang was holding a tablet, displaying a photo of a poisonous mosquito.

The Jin Kongque official quickly noticed that the mosquito in the photo seemed different from ordinary poisonous mosquitoes.

Ordinary poisonous mosquitoes are entirely dark brown, with only one pair of wings on their back.

This mosquito was obviously different, with two pairs of wings on its back, giving off a metallic luster.

Minister Zhang looked at the other party’s dumbfounded expression and smiled, asking, "Minister Lahar, does your country have high-definition photos of the mutated mosquito?"

Lahar instinctively wanted to say, "Of course, we do."

Exaggerating and blowing up to tenfold is a typical trait of the Kongque People.

But as he stared at the picture, a bad premonition flashed through his mind, and he swallowed his words back.

The Jin Kongque Kingdom indeed does not have clear pictures.

The mutated mosquito’s speed is simply too fast, though the cameras captured it, even the clearest one seemed blurry when enlarged.

Minister Zhang then smiled, "Minister Lahar, this is a high-definition photo of the mutated mosquito."

Lahar put on a skeptical expression, "Is that so?"

Minister Zhang said slowly, "Two hours ago, a superpower user from Great Xia killed a mutated mosquito, the first in the world to be killed."

A flash of shock crossed Lahar’s eyes, and he blurted out, "That’s impossible?!"

Minister Zhang didn’t argue with the other party and continued speaking to himself, "The Great Xia Kingdom has decided to send the detailed information about the mutated mosquitoes to all countries globally, free of charge."

He deliberately emphasized the "free of charge" phrase.

This was clearly in response to the Jin Kongque People earlier mentioning "for free."

For Great Xia, exchanging information to gain reputation, thereby uniting more countries, is a worthwhile deal.

Besides, Great Xia is the world’s strongest industrial nation with a vast reserve resource pool, not lacking in material exchanges.

The Great Xia People would absolutely not behave as disgracefully as the Jin Kongque People.

Lahar immediately became anxious, "Great Xia People can’t do this!"

Minister Zhang was secretly delighted but maintained a serious demeanor as he questioned, "Why not?"

He pointed to the mosquito picture again, "Does Great Xia need to consult the Jin Kongque Kingdom on how to handle the mutated mosquito information?"

Lahar was extremely embarrassed and a bit tongue-tied, "I mean... Sorry, I didn’t mean that."

Minister Zhang abruptly ended the conversation, "Minister Lahar, if your country wishes to purchase drones, please directly contact the Great Xia Import and Export Company."

The Great Xia Import and Export Company was established after Great Xia entered a comprehensive state of emergency.

All imports and exports of supplies are entirely controlled by this company.

Lahar’s face darkened slightly, "Understood, I understand."

After a few more awkward exchanges.

The communication was cut off.

The assistant, having held back for a long time, couldn’t help but say, "The Jin Kongque People are truly shameless."

He continued indignantly, "During the last global emergency meeting, our country was willing to supply drones to the world at discounted prices, but the Carmenia Federation sabotaged it.

"I remember the Jin Kongque Kingdom was the most vocal, criticizing Great Xia right behind the Carmenia Federation, and yet they have the face to come and buy drones, even asking for a 40% discount."

Minister Zhang chuckled indifferently, "The Kongque People have that kind of character, seeing small gains and forgetting greater virtues, and feeling disadvantaged if they don’t get a bargain."

This high-ranking official paused before saying a widely recognized sentence, "It’s a very peculiar nation."

The assistant nodded in agreement, "Indeed."

Minister Zhang sighed, "The top hopes to unite countries, giving up some benefits to establish a Human Alliance to face future disasters together.

"Now there’s significant resistance, and the response from many countries is not enthusiastic; it seems the top plans to give up."

The assistant didn’t mind, "I think it should’ve been abandoned long ago."

Minister Zhang switched the topic, "From the current situation, drones can effectively combat the mosquito swarms, and our drones are going to sell well."

The assistant was quite pleased, "The Carmenia Federation has been trying various means to obstruct the export of our drones, but their efforts will fail."

The mosquito swarms, when gathered, can control other creatures with the "buzzing" sound of their wings flapping.

The tragedy in the Jin Kongque Kingdom happened for this reason.

Tens of thousands of people in a small town were controlled by the mosquito swarm, spontaneously walking into the streets and tragically becoming fodder for the mosquitoes.

But drones are electronic mechanical devices, without a nervous system or brain, naturally immune to this problem.

The assistant had another idea, "Minister, I think the role of superpower users will become increasingly significant."

Minister Zhang emphatically nodded, "If it wasn’t for Mr. Ghost’s intervention this time, we might really have had to buy information from the Jin Kongque Kingdom with our noses pinched."

The assistant sighed, "Mr. Ghost appearing in Great Xia is truly the kingdom’s good fortune."

*

Half an hour later.

Lahar learned through official channels the offer from the Great Xia People.

The guy angrily shouted, "A 50% markup over the market price? The Great Xia people’s hearts are really dark!"

The subordinate looked fearful: "Minister, the Great Xia people expressed that the orders have already been scheduled for three years later.

"If the Jin Kongque Kingdom wants to get drones at market price, they can patiently wait for three years.

"If they want priority supply, they must pay the full amount plus a 50% extra premium, only then will Great Xia arrange the factory for expedited production."

Lahar cursed furiously: "Damn Great Xia people, this is blatant robbery, why doesn’t the Celestial God send them to Hell?!"

The subordinate lowered his head and said nothing.

He knew very well that during the last global emergency meeting, Jin Kongque pushed to embarrass Great Xia, which was clearly Great Xia’s payback.

Lahar grumbled: "Great Xia people keep calling for Canglan people to unite, but they ended up stabbing our country, it’s shameless!"

The subordinate continued his inner monologue: "Great Xia people are not fools; their methods have always been flexible. Great Xia has probably given up the plan to form a Human Alliance."

Lahar angrily waved his hand: "At the next global meeting, I will represent Jin Kongque Kingdom and expose the hypocrisy of Great Xia people."

The subordinate scoffed to himself: "If Great Xia people care about you, I’ll consider myself a loser!"

The thought occurred to the guy: "Right, the situation is getting worse, should I find a way to leave Jin Kongque Kingdom?"

As a Jin Kongque person, he knew more than anyone else how far behind the country was in dealing with the Poisonous Mosquito disaster compared to Great Xia.

According to reports from various provinces, the number of people bitten to death by Poisonous Mosquitoes daily is no less than a thousand.

But the actual situation is only worse.

The subordinate sighed inwardly: "If only I could acquire Great Xia citizenship, I’ve heard that Great Xia has established a very comprehensive defensive system to tackle the Poisonous Mosquito disaster."

Unfortunately, due to historical reasons, the two countries have deep-rooted conflicts, and Jin Kongque people have always been very hostile to Great Xia.

Great Xia people also wouldn’t want to accept a citizenship application from Jin Kongque people.

*

Afternoon.

Around Jingyun County.

Yang Fan struck "gold" again.

He followed a stream formed by melting snow and unexpectedly discovered a deeply hidden underground cave.

At about twenty meters deep in the ground, there turned out to be a fairly large underground lake.

Due to the high temperature inside the cave, the lake surface didn’t freeze, and it was floating with more than thirty million Poisonous Mosquito eggs.

This is the largest gathering of Poisonous Mosquito eggs he has discovered so far.

The Soul Stealing Wisp instantly absorbed as much as 12.2 points of Spiritual Source Value, with accumulated Spiritual Source Value subsequently soaring to 22.1 points.

Unfortunately, no mutated Poisonous Mosquito was found within the cave.

Nevertheless.

Yang Fan was still extremely happy.

He looked at the Soul Stealing Wisp and silently uttered, "Fuse Light Spirit Superpower and Gale Superpower!"

"Buzz!"

The wisp’s body trembled slightly.

Yang Fan felt a scalding hot stream rise within him, which didn’t feel uncomfortable, and a coolness floated through his mind.

After more than ten seconds.

The strange sensations subsided.

The attribute panel emerged.

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[Attributes]

Physical Value: 18.4

Spirit Value: 18.9

[Superpower]

Vajra: Activated, Middle grade Physical Superpower, current Evolution Level at 1%.

Spirit Concealment: Activated, Low grade Mixed Superpower, current Evolution Level at 1%.

Wind Spirit: Activated, Low grade Mixed Superpower, current Evolution Level at 3%.

[Energy]

Spiritual Source Value: 7.1

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A new superpower emerged - Wind Spirit.

Yang Fan almost thought he was seeing things: "Two physical Element superpowers, how did they fuse into one Hybrid Element superpower?"

This is simply defying logic!

Aside from this.

The fusion also increased the Physical Value by 2.5 points, with the Spirit Value being impacted as well, rising by a full 0.5 points, more than expected.

The familiar hunger came again.

Yang Fan furrowed his brows while eating.

He felt a weird discomfort all over, yet couldn’t say exactly what was wrong.

He sensed it carefully for a while and gradually found an answer in his heart: "Could it be that the rapid rise in attributes is causing my body and soul not to adapt yet?"

Within just a day.

The Physical Value soared over 10 points, which indeed was exaggerated.

Yang Fan mused: "The stomach needs time to digest food, and the body should also need time to digest the suddenly increased attributes."

He made a decision in his heart: "For the next few days, I can only do minimum attribute points allocation, no more reckless points increase."

Yang Fan chewed on chocolate, his heart moved slightly, and he tentatively activated the Wind Spirit superpower.

The next moment.

He felt a lightness all over, his feet leaving the ground, and his entire body slowly floated towards the top of the cave.

He floated to the cave roof, walking upside down on the rock face without the slightest discomfort, almost no different from walking on flat ground.

Yang Fan marveled: "It can actually counteract gravity, I think the superpower should be renamed to ’Anti-Gravity’."