Chapter 690 - 660: The Military’s Preparations

Of course, Xinghai Squad wasn’t the only one to see improvements over the past two hours.

At that moment, in an outpost nearest to the Trap District, Zuo Wenya stood before a window, silently gazing into the distance.

Though the area was dense with green foliage, his gaze seemed to penetrate every obstacle, as if he could see everything happening within the Trap District.

"I’m back. It’s your turn to go absorb Blood Bags and raise your strength." Just then, the door to the room was pushed open, and a Divine Demon Realm expert in a military uniform strode in.

If Lin Xinghai and his team were here, they would have instantly recognized the man as Chen Yushi, whom they had rescued earlier.

However, compared to when they had rescued him, not only had he fully recovered, but his aura was also far more powerful.

"Huh? You broke through?" Zuo Wenya shot Chen Yushi a glance, his voice tinged with surprise.

"Yes! Blood Bags are truly amazing. In less than a day, I’ve already re-cultivated to the Marrow Tempering Realm Late Stage. The next time I go out, I might even be able to reach the Peak of the Marrow Tempering Realm," Chen Yushi said, his face wreathed in smiles.

After all, even for experts at the Divine Demon Realm, re-cultivating the Marrow Tempering Realm was no simple task. Under normal circumstances, completely re-cultivating the entire Realm would take anywhere from six months to a year.

In truth, the ones who benefited most from the appearance of the Blood Bags weren’t the cadets, but the Divine Demon Realm experts stationed in the core region.

After all, they had been the first to discover the Blood Bags, which were most numerous in the core region. With their power, they could easily hunt Abyssal Creatures.

As a result, their gains were far beyond what any ordinary cadet could hope to match.

With the help of these Blood Bags, re-cultivating the Marrow Tempering Realm became much easier. The fastest among them, another Divine Demon Realm expert, had already reached the Peak of the Marrow Tempering Realm.

If he could maintain this pace, he could complete the entire re-cultivation process in a single day.

"Congratulations, then," Zuo Wenya said, cupping his hands.

At this, Chen Yushi looked at him with some confusion. "If I remember correctly, you already broke through to the Marrow Tempering Realm Middle Stage during the day. The number of Blood Bags skyrocketed tonight, so how come you haven’t made any progress? You’re a member of the Seed Plan, aren’t you? To be chosen for that, your talent should be better than ours."

Hearing this, Zuo Wenya just smiled. "It’s precisely because the number of Blood Bags multiplied after nightfall that I changed my cultivation plan. I decided to focus on advancing to the Divine Demon Realm Late Stage first. Re-cultivating the Marrow Tempering Realm can wait."

"Besides, I’m still a long way from breaking through to the next major Realm. And the power boost from re-cultivating the Marrow Tempering Realm is far less than we initially anticipated."

"Initially, everyone assumed that after re-cultivating the Marrow Tempering Realm, our strength would be comparable to that of a Fourth Level Mutated Zombie."

"However, once we actually began the process, we discovered the reality was not so rosy. We had already reached the Divine Demon Realm and fully formed our Divine Demon Bodies, so re-cultivating the Marrow Tempering Realm provides no additional benefit to them."

"Thus, the only enhancement the Marrow Tempering Realm stage gives us is an increase in Blood Qi Power."

"But that only boosts our stamina. If it weren’t for Lin Xinghai providing a Secret Technique like the Life-Sacrificing Strike, an increase in Blood Qi Power would have very little impact on combat at our Level."

"What’s more, the Marrow Tempering Realm is a foundational stage. Its most important function is to build that base."

"And this foundation directly affects the results of body reshaping in the Body Shaping Realm."

"The physical strength achieved in the Body Shaping Realm, in turn, influences the power amplification during the Divine Demon Realm stage."

"You could say that cultivation is a chain of interconnected links. We missed one of those links, and even if we go back to patch it up, it can’t compare to having cultivated step-by-step from the very beginning."

Zuo Wenya’s words left Chen Yushi both dejected and quite surprised.

"If I remember correctly, didn’t you just break through to the Divine Demon Realm Middle Stage a short while ago? How can you be ready to break through again so soon?" Chen Yushi asked.

"Haha! For that, I have my direct disciple to thank. You know he created the Life-Sacrificing Strike Secret Technique, right? The military rewarded him with ten kilograms of Creation Essence Liquid, and he gave three of them to me." As he spoke, a look of immense pride spread across Zuo Wenya’s face.

This time, it was Chen Yushi’s turn to be stunned. Three kilograms of Creation Essence Liquid was an absolutely immense fortune, even for experts at the Divine Demon Realm.

"By the way, how are the preparations coming along for you at the Military Department? I imagine they’re quite substantial by now," Zuo Wenya asked.

"Our enemy is the Abyssal Plane. No amount of preparation can ever be called ’sufficient.’ We can only say that it’s going... okay. Of course, we’re still short on time. I just hope they don’t launch their plan too soon," Chen Yushi said, shaking his head.

Zuo Wenya’s eyebrows twitched slightly upon hearing this. "That’s not what I heard. You should have already collected enough Mutated Zombie corpses to mass-produce Rare and Legendary Level Mechas, right?"

"That part is true. Based on our current reserves, we have enough materials to produce 200 Legendary Level Mechas and 3,000 Rare Level Mechas. The problem is, building them takes time."

"Legendary Level Mechas, in particular, can’t be rushed. Even with all our military factories operating at full capacity, it would take at least six months to build all 200 of them. None of this can be converted into immediate combat strength," Chen Yushi explained.

"Then what about the ’God Creation Plan’? Our entire operation today revolved around it. The military won’t screw up this trump card, will you?" Zuo Wenya pressed him.

The so-called God Creation Plan was a plan to mass-produce experts at the Divine Demon Realm.

The plan hadn’t existed initially. It was only after the appearance of the Blood Bags today that the general staff urgently formulated it.

Mass-producing Divine Demon Realm experts would have been an unthinkable notion in the past. After all, the probability of breaking through to the Divine Demon Realm was abysmally low.

But after Lin Xinghai shattered the old Rules, everyone rediscovered the cultivation method for the Marrow Tempering Realm, and with it, they finally saw a glimmer of hope.

After all, the most difficult part of advancing from the Marrow Tempering Realm to the Divine Demon Realm was breaking through the bottleneck. Countless people had been stuck there, unable to progress.

And the most crucial factor for shattering that bottleneck was the abundance of one’s Blood Qi Power.

Many people were unable to breach this bottleneck simply because they lacked sufficient Blood Qi Power. Now that re-cultivating the Marrow Tempering Realm could increase that power, they instantly saw a new path forward.

Furthermore, while re-cultivating the Marrow Tempering Realm, their Blood Qi Power would get a boost with every Small Realm they advanced.

Under these circumstances, it meant they wouldn’t necessarily need to completely finish re-cultivating the Marrow Tempering Realm.

For those at the Peak of the Body Shaping Realm, who were already on the verge of a breakthrough, it was highly likely that just re-cultivating a single Small Realm would provide enough of a boost to their Blood Qi Power to push them over the edge successfully.