Chapter 535: 532, Three days later, out of customs_1
In these days, Su Yu spent his time in a secret room in the headquarters of the nuclear war, conducting intensive cultivation to strengthen his cultivation base and eliminate magical backlash.
He had consumed a significant amount of magic power in his remote assault on Elbert Peak and the Skuru base, which almost brought him back down to the peak of the Sixth Order. During his intensive cultivation, several times, he almost suffered a magic power collapse, which threatened to reduce his cultivation base.
Luckily, Su Yu still had the last three bottles of Master Grade Energy Elixir in his necklace, and these energy elixirs were very beneficial in stabilizing his cultivation base and eliminating the magic power backlash within his body.
When his magic power was on the verge of collapse, Su Yu drank all three bottles of Energy Elixir in one gulp, effectively stabilizing his magic power environment and successfully navigating this cultivation base crisis.
By now, Su Yu had completely consumed the forty to fifty bottles of Master Grade elixirs that he had accumulated in the past, and he had to enter the game once again to complete tasks and acquire a new batch of elixirs.
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Three days later, on November 1st:
After three days of intensive cultivation, Su Yu had completely recovered from the magic backlash and walked out of the cultivation room with a relaxed demeanor.
This nuclear war headquarters had now become a command sub-division for the relevant departments. Xue Wenli had led her staff here three days earlier to provide strategic guidance for the purges in various countries.
In the command room of the nuclear war headquarters, Xue Wenli received a message from her subordinates: “Sister Xue, Su Yu has come out of the cultivation room. Do you want to go see him?”
“What, Su Yu is out?” Xue Wenli’s eyes lit up.
She grabbed her blue military coat and quickly sprinted out of the command room.
Su Yu’s cultivation location was a secret warehouse on the second underground floor of the nuclear war headquarters experimental building, originally used to store nuclear fuel.
He had just left the warehouse when he saw Xue Wenli running down the stairs in a hurry.
While running, she shouted, “Su Yu, you finally came out! How’s your recovery?”
“Very good, basically fully recovered.” Su Yu smiled.
After coming down the stairs, Xue Wenli strode over to Su Yu and surveyed him from head to toe, just like observing a panda.
“Good thing you’re back! Everyone was worried about your magical backlash…But now you seem less and less like a human!”
In the process of his advancement to the Sanctuary and Legendary ranks, Su Yu had gone through a transformative rebirth several times. Externally, he still looked the same, but internally, he was no longer like an ordinary human. Every organ, every blood vessel, even every cell in his body was undergoing a process of spiritualization and evolution towards a higher level of life.
Su Yu smiled faintly, “No matter what I become, I will always be human.”
“By the way,” Su Yu changed the subject, “how have the seniors’ plans been going while I’ve been resting?”
“It’s been going well.” Xue Wenli nodded, her arms crossed, “Those 16 countries that oppose us have all gone through a round of purges, and the surrender factions that were hiding in these countries have all been dealt with.”
“We couldn’t touch these countries under the framework of the United Government, but now it’s a blessing in disguise that we’ve managed to purge some of the parasites among humanity.”
“As long as it’s going well,” Su Yu sighed with relief.
“What about you?” Xue Wenli blinked, looking at him, “What are you going to do in the next period?”
Xue Wenli also made a gesture of invitation, leading Su Yu to the command room on the ground level.
“I…” As they walked, Su Yu replied, “I plan to go back to the game to do some hidden missions, to gather some gold elixirs and life-saving tools…Do you have a gaming helm in the nuclear war headquarters?”
“Yes.” Xue Wenli smiled in response, “We destroyed about 2 million gaming helmets of the 16 enemy countries. We brought 500,000 helmets from the first batch and stored them in the nuclear war center’s warehouse.”
“And we also brought a bunch of high-strength compound helmets for you and the Great Monks, I’ll have the logistics personnel get you one from the warehouse later.”
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
By the time they finished talking, they had already reached the first underground level.
She took out her walkie-talkie and gave two orders to her subordinates. Then, she turned to Su Yu, “The town next to the nuclear war headquarters has many mansions left by former military officers. I’ll send you the address of one of them later. You can log in to the game there and rest as well.”
“Alright.” Su Yu didn’t refuse.
In reality, wherever he logged into the game made no difference to him; he didn’t care about the location.
The two of them chatted as they arrived at the command room, where Xue Wenli poured him a cup of Tie Guan Yin tea.
At the moment, Su Yu’s gaming helmet hadn’t arrived yet, so with nothing to do, he asked Xue Wenli about recent events in the game.
While most of Xue Wenli’s energy was spent dealing with matters in reality, she was also very aware of major developments in the game.
“In terms of the game…” Xue Wenli sat on the sofa opposite Su Yu, tapping her chin with her finger, “Your pet cat has recovered its strength to the Seventh Order, and even participated in the battle at the Dragon Shadow Post (A key strategic location for the Panda Empire), aiding the Pandamen to retreat from the invading Mantis Demon forces. However, it has now returned to the Goldfinch Empire.”
“As for your girlfriend…oh no, your friend Tina Garcia, she’s currently preparing to break through to the Seventh Order. She’s set many tasks for players to collect various breakthrough materials. Now, all the breakthrough materials are ready, and she’s about to begin the breakthrough process.”
Su Yu nodded, “Well, that’s reasonably fast.”
He hadn’t logged in to the game for ten days, which equated to four months in game time. Indeed, many significant events had taken place in the game during that period.
Meanwhile, he also asked, “What about the game plot? How far along is it now?”
Xue Wenli took a sip of her tea and replied,
“Of course the game plot is still at war. Humans, Elves, Orcs, Dwarves… the joint forces of eight races have landed on Mantis Demon plateau and are now attacking the Panda Empire, which is just below the plateau. Right now, both sides are embroiled in bitter combat, each side restraining and pulling on the other. It doesn’t seem like either side is on the brink of defeat, but if any was, it would probably be the Panda Empire that is slightly disadvantaged… Su Yu, your helmet is here.”
While Xue Wenli was speaking, a logistics soldier walked into the command room carrying a well-packaged cardboard box.
“Thank you for your hard work!” Xue Wenli saluted the soldier and took the box, turning around to place it in Su Yu’s hands.
Su Yu took the box.
The box was very heavy, and both Xue Wenli and the logistics personnel had difficulty handling it. However, it was a different story in Su Yu’s hands. He didn’t even feel the weight of the helmet, almost like it was no heavier than a feather.
“Well, Wenli, you get back to your work. I’m off to log into the game.” Su Yu bid Xue Wenli goodbye.
“Alright,” Xue Wenli nodded with a smile, “let me know if you need anything.”