Chapter 148 The Real Difficulty

"The resonance issue... I believe that you, Old Lei, would not lie to us." Miao Yun looked at Lei Wanqing, "But if you say that Yu Cang upgraded my soul card... I don't believe it."

She has been studying this soul card for several months since she discovered it, and she has spent a lot of effort to finally summarize it into this dimensional power.

During this process, she also drew on the research of many others. Currently, there are only a few people researching the void attribute. According to their current research progress, it is definitely impossible to upgrade this card in a short period of time.

Today can be considered the debut of this soul card, which means that Yu Cang has definitely never come into contact with this soul card before. The time he spent studying it was only yesterday. In such a short time, it was not easy to study this soul card thoroughly, so how could he possibly upgrade it?

And not to mention this, the batch of dimensional power sent to the military district for use these days all have her resonance lock. This is the most advanced encryption method. Even if those old guys of the same level come, it will take a while to crack it, right?

What's more, if someone touched her resonance lock at such a close distance, she should have sensed it, but she didn't feel anything at all yesterday. This was a bit too weird.

It is impossible and shouldn't be that Yu Cang is so much higher than his own level!

"You can't help but believe it." Jiang Shan chuckled. "Are you talking about the resonance lock issue? Miao Yun, you must be getting old and confused. When I checked yesterday, there wasn't a trace of a resonance lock on that card at all... It wouldn't be possible to crack it so cleanly if it were simply cracked. So, you must have made too many soul cards recently and forgot to add a resonance lock to one of them."

"Is that so?" Miao Yun frowned slightly.

It seems... this is the only reasonable explanation.

After all, my workload was indeed quite heavy some time ago, so a little omission is probably normal.

Thinking of this, Miao Yun's brows relaxed slightly and his body relaxed a little.

"Ah...it's true that the new generation pushes the old generation forward." Miao Yun smiled and shook her head. "It's also good to see such a good seedling in our Yan Country."

"Speaking of which, I checked Yu Cang's information after I returned yesterday." Jiang Shan took over the conversation. "When he was in the Imperial Capital, although his performance was quite impressive, he was just an average genius. It was only after he returned to the Ancient Capital and settled down for half a year that his talents began to show."

At this point, Jiang Shan paused, his tone becoming pointed, "It seems that the incident back then had a significant impact on us Xiao Yu."

Lei Wanqing watched the broadcast footage unfold. The Ancient Capital team was already in the latter stages of their advance. "There's definitely an impact, but I've noticed that Yu Cang is quite stubborn. I heard from Ren Zheng that after returning to Ancient Capital, Yu Cang even refused Ren Zheng's offer of help. It was only after he had achieved success that he used Ren Zheng's help to get into Ancient Capital University. I hear he's even planning to return to the college league and personally give Duan Feng a slap in the face."

Qiu Zhong's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but praise, "Good boy, you don't give up on yourself, and you don't rely on your status. Whether it's talent or vision, you are first-class among your peers that I know."

Logically speaking, although Ren Zheng could not leave the ancient capital and rarely communicated with others to avoid suspicion after obtaining the myth, his influence as a country guardian was here after all. If he took action and stood on Yu Cang's side, even if there was a country guardian of the same level standing on the side of the "Four Major Families", he would definitely give in in the end.

What's more, even if Ren Zheng has been inactive for many years, he is now the principal of the ancient capital. Over the years, there are countless students who have benefited from his kindness. His actual influence will only be more exaggerated... It's just that Ren Zheng's identity is sensitive after all, so he often does not deliberately use this influence.

But after reading Yu Cang's information, they knew that as long as Yu Cang spoke, Ren Zheng would never let this matter end hastily. But since they had not heard of this matter, it meant that Yu Cang really did not say a word.

They guessed correctly, Yu Cang really didn't want to trouble Ren Zheng.

In fact, logically speaking, there is no very close relationship between Yu Cang and Ren Zheng. It's just that Ren Zheng always felt that he owed Yu Cang something, and Yu Cang never accepted Ren Zheng's compensation. He even went to another city for college, which made their relationship become what it is now.

How to say it, Yu Cang did it on purpose at the beginning. After all, he was still young when his parents disappeared, and without the relationship of his parents, Ren Zheng and he were strangers. Once he accepted Ren Zheng's compensation, it would definitely weaken the "favor" that Ren Zheng owed him.

Yu Cang, who was helpless at the time and had the soul of an adult, would definitely not let this happen, so he never accepted what Ren Zheng did for him.

On the other hand, as a time traveler and with a good education from his parents, Yu Cang is indeed very confident that he can survive in this world on his own. In addition, he has a good impression of the old man Ren Zheng and does not want him to use his influence for him. Therefore, no matter what happens, looking for Ren Zheng will not be Yu Cang's first choice.

To put it bluntly, Ren Zheng with the myth is equivalent to the "strategic weapon" of Yan State. Although Yan State will usually be very indulgent towards Ren Zheng, if he goes too far or reveals any dangerous tendencies... then the myth soul card will be taken back with just a transfer order from the association.

Yu Cang was not sure what the criteria were, and he didn't want to gamble with Old Man Ren's achievements, so when he dropped out of school in the imperial capital, he didn't ask Ren Zheng for help at all. He even spoke very harshly at the time, blocking Ren Zheng's idea of ​​taking action secretly.

Yu Cang didn't understand politics, but just thinking about it, he knew that if Ren Zheng really stood behind him and confronted the families in the imperial capital head-on, no matter whether they were right or not, or how the matter was finally resolved, it would definitely be a deduction in the eyes of the association's top management.

Although the final result is likely to be that the imperial capital surrenders, influence, like favors, is a consumable commodity that will be gone after a while of use... Ren Zheng's influence should be left to the old man himself.

After all, Yu Cang saw that Ren Zheng had a lot of things he wanted to do but hadn't done yet, and he didn't seem like the kind of person who would really be content.

The old guys present were all shrewd people. Although they didn't expect that Yu Cang had mastered this trick of playing hard to get when he was young, they had naturally guessed what he was thinking when he treated Ren Zheng later.

For people of their status, they have seen talented young people before. Even the peerless genius who was famous in Yan Country, who had a burst of inspiration at the age of fourteen, created a legendary soul card, and almost created a system, didn't he end up being mediocre?

There are too many people in Yan Country, and the thing they have the most is geniuses.

So in their opinion, talent is secondary, and young people like Yu Cang who are loyal and have good character are their favorites.

Therefore, Qiu Chong could speak out without reservation and praise Cang.

On the side, Wang Manxiao also nodded secretly.

Yu Cang is indeed such a person, otherwise he would not have allowed Wang Hui to have any contact with him in the first place.

"Manxiao, you have to pay attention to this matter." Qiu Zhong said, "Comrade Yu Cang is the future genius of our Yan Country. Now he is willing to work hard on his own, which is a good thing. He doesn't want to trouble the elders, which is also a good thing. But we, as elders, can't really let Yu Cang be bullied all the time, don't you think?"

"Do you need to tell me this? Of course I know!" Wang Manxiao glared.

However, he didn't say much.

Although he was not much different from these old men in terms of status, he was far behind them in terms of seniority, and it was indeed his fault that he did not do this well.

But... it seems like these old guys want to stretch their muscles. Yesterday they just said they could help, but now... they have started to regard themselves as elders.

It’s just right, it’s a good opportunity, so why not lend it?

Thinking of this, Wang Manxiao felt a little sad.

He really didn't expect that he could now rely on Yu Cang's power... It was obvious that half a year ago, he was just a young boy.

Alas, I wish my brat could learn from others and make me proud.

Well... I'll go back and put pressure on the so-called four major families!

"Come to think of it, it seems like I haven't seen that fellow Ren Zheng for quite some time." Jiang Shan tutted his words, "Ever since that old fellow got the myth, he refuses to come out no matter how hard we try... Sigh, being a guardian of the country is like being in prison. I'd rather not have that myth."

"Other people are aware of this. Do you think everyone is the same as you?" Lei Wanqing snorted.

Before Ren Zheng, there had not been a national guardian qualified to use "Candle" for a long time.

There are already few people who can resonate with the light and dark attributes, not to mention that the requirements for strength and character are so high.

If this continues, in order to prevent this myth from being naturally damaged, Yan State may have no choice but to send it back to the place where the real dragon died... Fortunately, Ren Zheng appeared.

"Alright, stop chatting." Miao Yun interrupted the conversation. "Watch the live broadcast carefully. The other team is almost clearing the level."

"...There's no suspense." Jiang Shan sighed. "This project doesn't have a Legendary level. Although the epic level density is set very high, that only makes it more difficult for other teams. The Ancient Capital team can still handle it easily."

Originally they wanted to add multiple legendary games to this project, but after thinking about it, they decided not to.

No one can deal with just one Legendary One, adding so many is a bit too much.

What's more, after the density of epic wild beasts is increased, the difficulty is actually no different from joining the legendary game, but it can give these teams more room for operation so that their way of survival will not be directly blocked.

After completing two projects yesterday, they actually already had a rough idea of ​​what was going on.

Other teams might not know if they have any hidden abilities that would allow them to shine in group combat, but the ancient capital team... they don't need to hide their abilities, the abilities they have demonstrated are enough to crush them.

"But, speaking of which," Qiu Zhong said thoughtfully, "this Mechanical deck doesn't seem to have a very high ceiling... Sigh, even though I know it's unlikely to have both, I'm still a little greedy."

Now it seems that the advantage of the mechanical department is that it can make the best use of free time and rest time, and inflict the greatest damage with the least mental stress.

Although this is very powerful, if you go any higher... it's a bit lacking.

Although it seems that the mechanical system has a very strong suppression power at the epic level, both the Thunder Iron Roar and the Killing Star lack effective killing power against the legendary wild beasts. This cannot be solved by simply increasing the energy. After all, pure machinery has a power limit.

It can be said that unless this system undergoes another reform, it will be impossible to produce a legendary mechanical soul card.

And with just a little calculation, you can know that even if there is a legendary mechanical soul card, the soul energy consumption will be an astronomical figure.

Although free time is unlimited, the capacity of the deck is limited. It is impossible for you to have an entire deck filled with soul cards that store soul energy.

The current soul energy consumption is already terrifying. Although Yu Cang has alleviated this shortcoming by extracting energy from the desolate crystal, but——

It is true that epic-level reactive armor can consume epic-level wild crystals at will. The stock of wild crystals at this level is already overflowing. But for legendary-level armor... there won't be so many wild crystals of the same level for you to consume.

By then, it would probably take several people's decks to provide a soul card master with the ability to use the legendary soul card... This would be more convenient than directly summoning the legendary soul card.

Without appropriate top-level combat power, this system will ultimately be incomplete.

Jiang Shan looked at Lei Wanqing expectantly: "Well, Old Lei, is there anything else hidden in your ancient capital?"

"Well..." Lei Wanqing chuckled. Just as everyone's expectations were rising, he shook his head and said, "No, the current Mechanical Department is only at the epic level at most."

"Is that so... That's normal. After all, Yu Cang is still young." Miao Yun smiled. "It's inevitable that a new system is a little rudimentary. It's impossible to cover everything at once. Give Yu Cang some more time."

"That's true... Besides, even if the Mechanical Department is a system that only serves low-level Soul Card Masters, I'm already very satisfied."

…

In the lobby

Everyone's expressions relaxed a lot.

Although they were shocked at first, they eventually got used to it.

Well, putting aside the idea of ​​competition, it’s actually quite satisfying to watch the Ancient Capital team advance all the way.

Isn’t this much more exciting than watching those movies?

In the scene, the carcasses of the desolate beasts were strewn along the path of the Second Company's advance. Although most of the desolate beasts had been shattered on the spot by the exaggerated firepower, due to the long distance they had traveled, some large pieces of the carcasses had escaped.

These corpses piled up on the road, hindering the team's progress, but the buffer barrier connected into a wall was unfolded in front of the team, directly creating a bloody path in this sea of ​​corpses.

In fact, not many wild beasts can cross the fire network and rush to the barrier. Now it seems that the biggest function of these barriers is to push away the corpses.

Finally, the team arrived at the center of the Glowing Crystal Sea.

In the center of a crystal, a huge crack was split there, with countless light prisms crisscrossing in it, forming a very large space channel.

"Hmm?" Wan Quan, who was secretly directing the attack, raised his eyebrows. "This level isn't passed down through the generations? ...That's good, it saves a lot of trouble."

In the second half of the journey, he was always nervous, fearing that a legendary wild beast would suddenly appear from somewhere and directly destroy their formation.

But fortunately, his worries seemed unnecessary.

Seeing that the entrance to the space channel was just around the corner, he no longer hesitated and directed the team to enter in an orderly manner, completing the project.

"It seems that this project is not difficult." Yu Cang nodded.

"It's just not difficult for us." Lin Yunqing smiled.

The next team to enter the project is Didu.

Yu Cang watched patiently.

The performance of the imperial capital this time was acceptable and commendable. Of course, it was definitely far inferior to the ancient capital.

With the intelligence gathered by the ancient capital, the imperial capital's response strategy was obviously very targeted, and various preparations were made as soon as they entered.

But unfortunately, the imperial capital still underestimated the upper limit of mental pressure imposed by the Phantom Crystal Sea.

You know, many abilities of the Light and Shadow Destruction deck will increase the mental stress of the soul card master to an extremely high level in a short period of time. At this moment, in the Phantom Crystal Sea... let alone other things, just the means of activating the maximum mass self-destruction is now difficult to use.

But the imperial capital is the imperial capital after all. Even though many conditions are restricted, it can still fight back and forth with these epic wild beasts. A light marching formation maintained by many people is deployed, and countless sacrificial spears are suspended in the air. For a moment, it can actually suppress the wild beasts steadily.

However, this suppression did not last long.

Because this project does not restrict advance preparation, most of the soul cards in the deck of each warrior of the Imperial Capital are already in critical state before entering the channel. Therefore, in the face of this front-end explosive power, the Imperial Capital is still able to handle the first half of the journey with ease.

When they were almost halfway through the journey and the first wave of soul cards from the imperial capital were almost used up... they suddenly became in a mess.

These epic wild beasts seemed to be endless. After you had finally killed one batch, the next batch would rush in without any interval, leaving you no time to breathe!

Without the critical state soul cards prepared in advance, in order to maintain high explosive power, they had to inject soul energy on the spot, but this was too inefficient. Compared with the overwhelming tide of wild beasts, the soul energy injection time that usually seemed short, only a few seconds, suddenly seemed so long.

Even though their company commander was trying his best to command and rotate the attacks to save time for the soldiers, he was still stretched to the limit.

Damn it, it seemed so easy when Wanquan was commanding just now, why is it so difficult when it comes to them!

Moreover, once they reached the second half of the journey, the density of wild beasts suddenly increased, even to a terrifying level, and the pitiful light detonation barrier could no longer withstand them.

This made He Qi, who was in the middle of it, a little dumbfounded.

This isn't right. When they were looking at the ancient capital just now, they didn't feel that the difficulty of the second half of the journey had increased...

Isn't it just rolling all the way...the speed is even getting faster.

But at this point, they had no time to think about it. The sympathetic explosion barrier disappeared layer by layer at an increasingly faster speed. When it reached the most dangerous moment, they could not even take care of maintaining two layers of sympathetic explosion barrier. They could only let one layer of sympathetic explosion barrier explode, which almost injured the soldiers on the periphery.

"No, we can't go on like this." The company commander gritted his teeth.

He guessed that the formation would need to be changed later, but he didn't expect it to be changed so early...it's only halfway through!

But now, if we don’t change, it’s too late.

"Activate the Chaos March Formation and activate the backup plan!"

At the command, everyone responded immediately. More than ten gray light balls rose above the battlefield and charged forward with a faint glow. For a moment, they were extremely powerful.

The Chaos March Formation, when combined with related soul cards, can also cause damage when charging, so charging the formation is not difficult.

However, the good times did not last long. After all, the Chaos March Formation required the constant activation of new Soul Cards to maintain, but as the journey progressed... the death cooldown of the warriors' decks could no longer keep up.

The Light and Shadow Sacrifice deck is designed very carefully. In normal battles, the death cooldown is enough to form a cycle, and there is no need to worry about the cooldown not keeping up, but now the pressure on the battlefield is too great.

In just a few blinks of an eye, the marching formations of the weaker teams began to become unstable. However, the surrounding wild beasts, who were watching eagerly, discovered this weakness in an instant and rushed forward like hungry tigers. Blood and flesh splattered everywhere. After several wild beasts were devoured by the rapid marching formation, finally one of them rushed in front of the soldiers.

Collapse can happen in just a moment.

It was visible to the naked eye that the light marching above the crystal sea was constantly being swallowed by the darkness. Now, due to limited mental pressure and the broken marching formation of the soldiers, they couldn't even self-destruct before being eliminated, and were immediately submerged in the beast tide.

squeak!

Squeak! Squeak!

The light disappeared in clusters.

He Qi ran with all his might. He knew the finish line was not far ahead, but as far as he could see, there was only darkness, endless, as if he would never reach the end.

"Come on, just a little bit more!"

He Qi clenched his teeth, his mental pressure was stretched to the limit. He threw out another card, and the gray light on the marching formation became a little firmer. But when he wanted to draw out another soul card, he found that there was no longer a usable card in the deck.

“How could it be…” He Qi’s eyes widened.

Before he could react, the gray ball of light in front of him was suddenly punctured like a bubble, and a huge leg came towards him. He Qi wanted to dodge, but his body had reached its limit, and it was too late in the rush.

Can't even see the end...?

Damn, is the gap really that big...

In a trance, He Qi turned around and found that he was the last light on the crystal sea.

...Well, I've been annoyed with this crappy deck for a long time.

boom!

As the limbs fell, He Qi was instantly teleported away.

The light disappeared.

…

In the hall

Seeing this result, many people hissed, obviously they did not expect it.

Although I guessed that the Imperial City would not be able to compare with the Ancient Capital...but this gap is too big!

He Qi, who persisted the longest, was still 500 meters away from the finish line.

Even with the ancient capital as a pathfinder... the imperial capital didn't even make it?

At this moment, they truly felt the true difficulty of this project.

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(End of this chapter)