The surrounding stone walls were slippery and the area was cramped and confined. Just thinking about staying here was unbearable. He never expected that Xu Yuehuai could endure it and even escape on his own. His courage and ability were truly admirable.
Xu Yuehuai smiled faintly, "It's all in the past, nothing to mention."
“I am stronger than any of them now, and I have made those who hurt me pay the price in my own way.”
"If I encounter any aliens who are hostile to me in the future, they should be the ones hiding."
As she spoke, she came to the simple stone bed.
She crouched down and pressed her fingers against the ground beneath the stone bed.
Suddenly, after a low hum, a stone slab shifted slightly, revealing a very hidden space underneath.
The body was desiccated and emitted no smell; it lay there quietly, motionless.
"What you've hidden is actually a corpse!" Wang Mang was extremely surprised.
“This person is no ordinary corpse; his physique is special,” Xu Yuehuai explained. “His body is made of precious stones. If I can grasp the secrets behind this, I could probably help rewrite the fate of countless people!”
Wang Mang exclaimed, "So that's how it is! Let's take him back and study him more thoroughly!"
He left, picked up the body, and walked outside.
Xu Yuehuai followed along, returning the way they came.
Just as they were about to leave, their pursuers were close behind them like shadows.
Where do you think you're going?
"Young lady, you go first! I'll cover your retreat!" Wang Mang stood in front of Xu Yuehuai, raised his large axe, and prepared to fight.
Xu Yuehuai replied, "Now I have completely mastered the power within me, enough to deal with these threats. You should leave first, I will find you soon."
Although Wang Mang didn't want her to face it alone, he understood that Xu Yuehuai's strength was now vastly different from before, far surpassing his own. Reluctantly, he nodded in agreement and continued carrying the corpse, quickly moving away.
Xu Yuehuai, looking at the pursuing troops still surging towards them, fearlessly shouted, "Come on!"
Holding a long sword, Xu Yuehuai swiftly moved among the enemies, attacking them relentlessly.
The aliens tried to activate the formation, but Xu Yuehuai unleashed a sword aura imbued with divine power, and they fell instantly, causing the formation to collapse in a flash.
"You actually managed to break our formation?" The alien was incredulous and tried to draw the formation again.
Xu Yuehuai's sword appeared beside the other's neck in the next moment. "Go back and tell your leader that it's wishful thinking to try and bind me again. You'd better put away your delusional ideas!"
Then, she went on a killing spree, slaughtering everyone in front of her until only one person remained, so that he could go back and report the news.
"Witch! You are a witch!" The man staggered and ran away quickly.
Xu Yuehuai coldly sheathed her sword, not even glancing at the corpse on the ground. With a flash, she moved swiftly forward to find Wang Mang.
"Wow! You're amazing, girl! It's only been a quarter of an hour and you've already taken care of all those people!" Wang Mang gave Xu Yuehuai a thumbs up.
"Hmm. Those guys were just small fry; they couldn't even last a few moves against me. I think their leader used them to test my strength. Luckily, I didn't use my full power just now, otherwise, I would have been in danger once they figured out how to deal with me." Xu Yuehuai remained alert and vigilant.
Wang Mang couldn't help but praise, "My dear sister, you truly deserve to be called the most intelligent and courageous woman in the four kingdoms!"
Xu Yuehuai smiled slightly, but felt somewhat lost.
After all, her actions left no trace, yet she was discovered by the other party, which proves that she was already within their monitoring range.
She doesn't yet know exactly how wide that scope is.
Isn't this a case of the enemy being in the dark while we are in the light?
Upon returning to his residence, Wang Mang placed the body on a low table.
"What's so special about this corpse? Let me take a look."
Wang Mang eagerly unwrapped the cloth covering the corpse, only to find a skeleton pieced together from precious stones and bones.
"This is too strange. Can a person really live if it's made like this?"
“But didn’t he live until I killed him?” Xu Yuehuai said from the side.
"Is it because he's lucky?" Wang Mang frowned, still not understanding why people could live off other external things.
“What you’re saying is indeed very possible.” Xu Yuehua pondered. If the old man really survived by chance, then countless people may have died before him.
If the human body were to be successfully modified using the gemstone, countless innocent people would need to be used as stepping stones, and Xu Yuehuai was absolutely unwilling to conduct the experiment.
"It seems that the only thing we can do is find the places on his body where he has lethal weapons, so as to avoid encountering someone like him again and being injured by that person." Xu Yuehuai gave up on finding a way to modify the human body.
“Good! I’ll help you remove these useless things.” Wang Mang took out a dagger and made a few cuts on the corpse. Soon, the bones and the stone frame separated.
Wang Mang was always skilled with a sword, after all, he had lived alone in the jungle for decades.
"If I'm not mistaken, these gemstone limbs contain some miniature triggers that can gather the power accumulated in the gemstones into a massive force, and then, with a certain special movement, unleash an attack in an instant!" Xu Yuehuai finally found a clue after working for most of the day.
"In that case, could we install this miniature actuator on our weapons?" Wang Mang's eyes lit up.
Xu Yuehua nodded, "This is the direction I'll be researching next. I need more materials, could you go and buy a batch for me?"
She took out her token, "Take this, go to the bank and get ten thousand taels."
Wang Mang took the token and immediately went out to carry out his mission.
But a short while later, Wang Mang returned to his residence.
"What's wrong? Did you forget something?" Xu Yuehuai looked at his hurried appearance and felt that something was wrong.
"No, it's not that, it's that this token is invalid." Wang Mang handed over the token.
"What?" This is the token that Qi Guze gave her, which grants her supreme power in banks all over the four countries!
Could it be... that Qi Guze personally revoked the rights associated with this token?
Xu Yuehuai felt a sudden pain in her chest, her breath caught in her throat, and the fingertips gripping the token gradually turned white.
"Since this token is useless, take this hairpin and go to the temporary residence of my Tianxiang Tower faction. Ask them to transfer the silver, as much as they have."
"yes."
Wang Mang left again, not returning until the morning of the next day.
"I only have five thousand taels left." Wang Mang took out the silver notes, which were only a small stack.
"This little bit?" Xu Yuehuai hadn't seen this much money in many years.
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