Chapter 445: Cao Dezhi's Opportunity (Please subscribe!!! words long chapter)

"Has the commander met my father?" Xu Yuan looked at Zhang Huanyun and asked.

Zhang Huanyun is the captain of the Blood God Legion, and he has been the captain for no shorter time than Cao Dezhi, at least sixty years.

He actually knew his father Xu Zhi?

Xu Yuan was also a little surprised.

Because before Zhang Huanyun entered the Blood God Legion, his father Xu Zhi was definitely not born yet.

In other words, Xu Zhi has been to the Blood God Legion?
Although Xu Yuan did not explicitly ask Xu Shengqun, if his father had really been here, or if Xu Shengqun really knew this, then when Xu Shengqun knew that Xu Yuan was coming here, he should have told him.

"Of course I know him. Your father studied in the Blood God Legion's research institute for a period of time. During that time, he made key advances in many of our research projects." The director of the institute stepped forward and explained.

A gleam of light flashed in Xu Yuan's eyes.

Did my father really come here?

“Unfortunately, your father did not have a rich knowledge reserve at that time, and he was initially valued by our Blood God Legion. He left after serving here for the minimum number of years. Later, he became famous in the Spirit Pagoda and gradually became the deputy director of the institute.” Zhang Shaoyuan, the director of the institute, said with emotion.

Xu Yuan suddenly realized.

My father did not come to the Blood God Legion because he was researching any special project.

It's just that I had no place to make a name for myself in the early days, so I don't know how I learned about the existence of the Blood God Legion, came here, and successfully joined the research institute. With the information here, I quickly accumulated original knowledge and enriched myself.

“Your father was unable to cultivate soul power, and his reserves were not much, but he was able to maximize what he knew. He studied a lot of information in the institute and provided us with a lot of development directions, especially the heavy ion ray technology that is still being developed in our institute. He was the original proposer of it.” Zhang Shaoyuan exclaimed.

Even after more than 20 years, they have not yet realized the direction they originally envisioned. However, Xu Zhi took only one year to develop the theory from scratch and completed the verification.

"Heavy ion rays?" Xu Yuan looked at the dean in surprise.

"This is a type of ray that can directly penetrate defenses. It is absolutely a top threat to any life form. Unfortunately, your father left early. He was in a hurry to leave after completing the verification of the theory. We have been developing along his route since then, and we are still one step away from actually manufacturing this heavy ion ray soul guide."

Xu Yuan could hear from the dean's tone a kind of admiration for his father.

In fact, Zhang Shaoyuan was able to become the dean because he was Xu Zhi's assistant. He was not originally a scientific research student, but a serious control-type combat soul master. He was sent by the group to protect Xu Zhi's safety, and also to assist Xu Zhi in solving some research that required soul power.

As the two got along with each other, Xu Zhi discovered Zhang Shaoyuan's creativity and gradually helped Zhang Shaoyuan establish some basic research thinking. After years of influence, Zhang Shaoyuan gradually developed outstanding research talents.

The most important thing is that he participated in the entire research process of the heavy ion ray theory developed by Xu Zhi. He was able to take over this project seamlessly, and then gradually made contributions. With his soul power, he also reached the Titled Douluo. With his identity and merits as a three-character battle armor master, he naturally became the new dean.

"Penetrating defense." Xu Yuan knew this technique, which only appeared a few times in the original work.

I don’t know if there is some defect or something, but this technology seems to have only been used once or twice.

"In theory, it can penetrate any defense, but there are also many theoretical flaws, so we don't plan to publicize it. We will only use it ourselves, so that we can achieve unexpected results. Of course, these can only be considered after this soul-guided weapon is completely manufactured." Zhang Shaoyuan did not explain the principle in detail, but told Xu Yuan that if he was interested, he could go to the research institute to learn more.

"Okay, Xu Yuan, tell me about your thinking behind the improved soul guide weapon this time. Also, how do you think we can maximize the effect of this improvement?"

Zhang Huanyun motioned Xu Yuan to come forward and explain.

Xu Yuan walked forward slowly and thought carefully before speaking.

"First of all, the benefits of this technology are obvious. We can use the power of the abyss to strengthen ourselves. This can be regarded as the price the abyss pays for invading us. However, there are advantages and disadvantages. That is, the star power converted by the soul-guided weapons after absorbing the energy of the abyss creatures cannot actually be used directly to activate the magic array inside them."

After changing the internal magic circle and replacing the part that utilized the energy of the abyss with the part that converted the power of the stars, there was not enough space inside the soul guide weapon.

Unless it is manufactured with the production standards of a higher-level soul guide, the overall cost will be one level higher, possibly doubled or even multiplied.

Therefore, if one wants the soul guide to be able to utilize that part of the star power, one has to research a new system, which is the magic array for utilizing the star power.

This is just like when the Blood God Legion developed the soul guide array to target the abyss energy. It is a brand new beginning and requires an enormous amount of work.

Even with experience, development can be easier, but the consumption will only be more, not less, because the power of the stars is of a higher nature. After all, it involves the universe, which cannot be directly contacted and verified, and the difficulty of research is doubled.

"Of course, we can also choose to convert only a small part. After all, I heard that a lot of energy is wasted when using soul-guided weapons. It would be better to thoroughly study the technology of diversion and conversion and only convert the wasted energy into star power. These need to be handed over to the seniors of the research institute to help improve them."

Xu Yuan looked at Zhang Shaoyuan.

Zhang Shaoyuan had no objection.

"Don't worry, since you have already developed this technology to such a mature level, it's just a matter of improving some minor details. We will naturally complete it as soon as possible."

"It has to be quick!" Xu Yuan said seriously.

Must be fast?
Zhang Shaoyuan looked at Xu Yuan in confusion.

Others also had many doubts, but Xue Yi and Zhang Huanyun seemed to be thinking about something.

"Based on my observations during this month of entering the Abyss Channel, and Jiang Wuyue's analysis based on past experience, the Abyss Tide should be about to erupt. The exact time cannot be determined, but it should be this month, or even just half a month away."

Xu Yuan explained to Zhang Shaoyuan.

"what?"

Zhang Shaoyuan was shocked.

He looked at Xue Yi and Zhang Huanyun, and realized from their expressions that what Xu Yuan said might be true. His heart sank suddenly, and he felt tremendous pressure.

"So, you hope that this kind of soul-guided weapon can be issued before then?"

"It's not about distributing it, but about completing the replacement and upgrading the soul weapons of all soldiers with at least enough merit!"

"What? This is impossible!" Zhang Shaoyuan was shocked.

Although merits are very precious and the soldiers would like to split them into two, they will never be stingy in upgrading their weapons. In fact, the reason why they are stingy in using merits is that they are saving the merits for upgrading and repairing weapons.

Therefore, whenever there is a need to update the technology of soul-guided weapons or more advanced technology comes out, the soldiers with enough merit to update the weapons will definitely account for half of the legion.

"Why not?" Xu Yuan looked at Zhang Shaoyun and said calmly, "I can solve any forging problem. How about this? Even if it's not a perfected technology, I'll just hand it over to you as a half-step upgrade for all soldiers. After the abyss tide passes, you can further improve the technology and complete the subsequent upgrade for the soldiers."

Zhang Shaoyuan frowned.

Of course he understood the meaning of the half-step change that Xu Yuan mentioned.

Let the soldiers experience the benefits of this technology first.

Especially in the face of the abyss tide, this technology can be utilized to the maximum extent.

"Captain, what do you think?" Zhang Shaoyuan looked at Zhang Huanyun and asked.

Zhang Huanyun and Xue Yi looked at each other and nodded in tacit understanding.

"Do as Xu Yuan said. All soul guide production departments in your research institute must thoroughly understand the formation of this technology, formulate a soul guide weapon replacement plan, and update all the old versions of soul guide weapons in the barracks."

"As for merits?" Zhang Huanyun paused, then continued in a deep voice: "For this upgrade, merits are no longer needed."

"What?" Zhang Shaoyun didn't react for a moment.

No need for merit?

Free upgrade?

Xue Yi Cao Dezhi also spoke at this moment and stood on Zhang Huanyun's side.

"This technology itself represents a brand new future, a future full of hope. Since it is a promising future, the time when this technology is born must be earth-shattering, so that all the soldiers of the Blood God Legion realize that we, the Blood God Legion, are no longer just defending against the abyss!"

Cao Dezhi's gaze swept over the other eight blood gods.

The eight blood gods saluted one after another.

"Blood Two is always ready!"

"Blood Three is always ready!"

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"Blood Nine is always ready!"

Cao Dezhi said in a deep voice: "This time, what we want is not to resist the abyss tide, but to win a great victory and annihilate all the abyss creatures!"

The nine Blood Gods exploded with their soul power at the same time, and the bloody aura filled the entire Blood God Camp, causing even the captain Zhang Huanyun to feel his scalp tingling.

Zhang Shaoyuan, two deputy regiment commanders and two division commanders were also infected.

The two commanders even took a step forward and expressed their attitudes as the blood gods finished speaking.

"Blood Master can fight!"

"The Divine Master is ready to fight!" Zhang Huanyun took a deep breath, looked at the two division commanders of the Nine Blood Gods, and said in a deep voice: "In this case, everyone in the Blood God Camp will be more tired and responsible for exploring the current situation in the abyss to ensure that they can make predictions in advance when the abyss tide comes. The two division commanders should also pay attention to the status of the soldiers and prepare for the upcoming war as soon as possible."

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After a long while, Zhang Huanyun finished talking about his series of arrangements. He looked around and said, "That's it for now. Anyone who has different opinions can raise them and we can discuss them together."

No one raised their hands.

No, someone stood up directly, it was Xu Yuan.

"Xu Yuan? What do you think?"

"I don't have any objections to your arrangement just now, Captain. I just have some suggestions."

"What advice?"

"Captain, do you still remember the principle behind the new soul-guided weapon I developed?"

"Of course I remember to isolate the abyss energy and use the power of the abyss energy returning to the abyss to drive the soul guide array, thereby absorbing the power of the stars."

"To be precise, it is the first half. The flow of abyss energy is the decision of the abyss itself, and the power consumed also comes from the abyss itself. They want to launch the abyss tide, and the energy will be spewed towards our Douluo Star. This is also the flow of energy. Secondly, after the abyss tide, the abyss energy will carry the vitality of heaven and earth back to the abyss, which is also the flow of energy."

After Xu Yuan's reminder, many people present also had a vague idea.

"I want to set up a large formation to cover the entire abyss passage and make full use of the process of abyss energy spurting out and returning. On the one hand, I can weaken the abyss at the initial stage of the tide and lay a good foundation for this war. On the other hand, I can maximize the opportunities brought by the abyss tide. Danger often represents opportunity, not just disaster."

After Xu Yuan finished speaking, Zhang Huanyun immediately asked: "The soul guide formation is quite different from the soul guide formation used to make soul guide tools. Have you developed a corresponding soul guide formation?"

"No, that's why I'm making this suggestion here. I hope everyone in the research institute can expand the soul guide array into a large soul guide array before then."

Zhang Shaoyuan's scalp felt a little numb.

The development of a soul guide formation is not that simple.

The amount of work involved.
Uncountable.

With just half a month to spare, and considering the time required to set up the formation, it was simply an impossible task.

"Dean, can you do it? You can leave the arrangement of the formation to me. Just give me one day." Xu Yuan looked at Zhang Shaoyuan and gave him some leniency.

Zhang Shaoyuan's eyes moved.

Arranged by Xu Yuan?

one day?
"Are you sure you know how much work it takes to set up a large formation?"

"I am clear about this." Xu Yuan smiled, took out his mecha and showed it to everyone, and activated the magic array inside the mecha: "Although the magic array inside my mecha is still a soul-guiding magic array, its complexity should not be inferior to a soul-guiding large array, right?"

Xu Yuan showed the inside of the mecha for a moment, then put it back into his body.

Everyone present was a big shot, so how could they not know what Xu Yuan had just demonstrated.

What is shocking is not that this mecha is made entirely of spiritual forging, but the core magic array inside this mecha, which is actually enough to be used to make battle armor!

The amplification effect of this mecha is simply unimaginable.

It is definitely stronger than the two-word battle armor.

The meeting continued, and after the specific distribution of tasks was discussed, Xu Yuan left the Blood God Camp.

Not long after leaving, Xu Yuan was caught up by Cao Dezhi on the road.

"General Xueyi." Xu Yuan saluted.

"There's no need to be so formal. I was also your teacher's captain before. There's no need for us to be so distant."

Cao Dezhi is a genius of the same era as Yun Ming. He was also a member of the Shrek Seven Devils at that time, and also the leader of that generation of the Shrek Seven Devils. It's just that Yun Ming is more outstanding and is the soul of that generation of the Shrek Seven Devils.

However, Cao Dezhi's talent is evident from the fact that he can serve as captain.

At that time, Cao Dezhi definitely surpassed Yun Ming in leadership and comprehensive abilities.

In this world where strength is everything, if one can surpass others in comprehensive ability, it obviously means that there is not much difference in real strength.

"Senior." Xu Yuan thought about it and tried calling him.

Cao Dezhi smiled with satisfaction.

Unlike other high-ranking members of the Tang Sect, he had no intention of mentioning the Tang Sect, let alone lamenting that it was a pity that Xu Yuan did not join the Tang Sect.

"By the way, did you have something to say to me just now?" Cao Dezhi said.

"I need some help from you, senior." Xu Yuan did not hide it. This was the reason why he called Cao Dezhi out.

"Help?" Cao Dezhi frowned and said in a precautionary tone: "First of all, I can't leave the Blood God Legion. It's hard for me to guarantee you anything outside the legion."

"It's either about things outside the legion or about the abyss." Xu Yuan said.

"About the abyss?" Cao Dezhi breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it's about dealing with the abyss, I can help.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Senior, you should have also practiced my teacher's seven forbidden techniques, right?" Xu Yuan said.

Cao Dezhi's eyes narrowed.

He looked at Xu Yuan and said in a deep voice, "Not bad."

Xu Yuan thought to himself, as expected.

Cao Dezhi had entered the abyss many times, but he was not discovered by the abyss. In addition, he was the captain of Yunming at the time, so Xu Yuan came up with this guess.

Now that he had received affirmation, he continued speaking.

"What I want you to help me with is actually related to the new soul-guided weapon I developed."

Cao Dezhi was confused.

"What direct relationship does the soul-guided weapon you developed have with my mastery of the Seven Forbidden Techniques?"

"Yes!" Xu Yuan said, "The key to the effectiveness of the new soul-guided weapon is still one of my soul skills, but this soul skill of mine needs someone to maintain it. Senior, you have mastered the Seven Forbidden Techniques and are very powerful, so you are the best candidate."

"Maintain your soul skills?"

"I opened up an illusion space and perfected it to the point where it was almost a real space, but it was still an illusory space. With this, I was able to achieve many energy conversion steps in the new soul-guided weapon."

Xu Yuan looked at Cao Dezhi and told him the key to his new soul-guided weapon.

The core magic array in soul-guided weapons is equally important, but the real key transformation still relies on the dream space.

"So, once your soul skills collapse, the new soul guide weapons will be useless?" Cao Dezhi looked at Xu Yuan with a fixed gaze and asked in a deep voice.

Xu Yuan nodded.

"Yes, so this illusion space still needs you, senior, to maintain it best."

Cao Dezhi's face changed.

He wondered whether many of the measures passed at this meeting needed to be revised.

Ultimately, he did not decide to reconvene the meeting immediately.

"Take me to see your illusion space first."

As he spoke, he grabbed Xu Yuan and quickly headed towards the direction of the abyss passage.

Xu Yuan's qi and blood surged out, forming a protective shield outside his body to prevent him from being hit by the strong airflow.

This newly constructed dream space has no direct connection with Xu Yuan, and handing it over to Cao Dezhi for control will not affect Xu Yuan.

The most important thing is that Xu Yuan couldn't just say directly that he wanted to incite Cao Dezhi to rebel.

Just give him one chance.

A chance for him to discover the truth for himself.

(End of this chapter)