Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 325 - 290: Border Town

Chapter 325: Chapter 290: Border Town

The wind carried a wave of scorching heat.

Wu Xiaode sat on the back of a venomous giant scorpion, surveying the junction of the blue sky and the sandy sea.

"Let’s go this way—we should be able to cross the national border before nightfall, no mistakes."

He pointed in a direction and said.

Shen Feixue sat not far behind him, hesitatingly said, "Little Wu, you threw away all our electronic devices, how are you figuring out our direction?"

Wu Xiaode waved his hand and said, "Just trust me all right—stop pining for your phone and laptop, you should know that the enemy could easily track us through them."

Shen Feixue gave a bitter smile and said, "I understand, of course. I’ve actually tried to escape before, but I always end up getting lost each time I leave the city."

"Lost?" Wu Xiaode said in surprise.

"Yes, it’s a bit like being caught in a loop—I always think I’ve escaped, but I end up standing before the gates of Jiangdong City each time," said Shen Feixue.

Ulysses whispered into Wu Xiaode’s ear:

"It’s that curse’s power, but I’ve already solved that problem for her."

Wu Xiaode nodded slightly.

What kind of divine being was secretly cursing Shen Feixue?

This matter was somewhat strange.

However, they needed to hurry and escape from Dongsheng Country, so this issue had to be pressed down for now.

Recalling the battle in Jiangdong County and the ruined temple with the female ghost he had encountered in the Death Realm, Wu Xiaode could not help but sigh.

—Thank goodness I brought four types of Demon God’s power with me, along with my Death Skill and the title of "Heavenly Ghost," which barely saved Shen Feixue.

Otherwise, anyone else would’ve had no choice but death.

"Miss Shen, who exactly did you anger? Why do they insist on killing you?"

Wu Xiaode asked curiously.

"Mainly because my technological innovations weren’t well-received in Dongsheng Country, and it pushed their limits."

"Can you elaborate?"

"Dongsheng Country—well," Shen Feixue pondered for a moment before saying, "This country is a stronghold of the Conservative Faction, who have handed all societal functions over to artificial intelligence and robots, maintaining a fixed operational mechanism in society and eliminating any invention or discovery that might threaten the societal structure—"

"This is to uphold the Conservative Faction’s ideal: to maintain an ’absolutely fair’ human society."

"So, the ones trying to kill you are actually the AIs that maintain Dongsheng Country’s operations," Wu Xiaode said, crossing his arms.

"Yes, it’s them," Shen Feixue admitted.

No wonder those combat mechas were so formidable...

They even deployed nuclear weapons...

"Besides the Conservative Faction, there must be other forces in the world," Wu Xiaode said.

Shen Feixue smiled and said, "Daoist, you may have been out of touch for a long time. Besides the Conservative Faction, there’s also the Reformist Faction, which includes 17 countries."

"The Reformist Faction adheres to the principle of ’supremacy of truth,’ daring to try all new technologies and sciences with the goal of advancing human civilization to its utmost limits."

"What exactly did you research that made the AI of Dongsheng Country decide to eliminate you?" Wu Xiaode asked curiously.

"At first, they welcomed me because I was researching the latest Mobile Battle Armor technology," Shen Feixue said.

"Aren’t they opposed to all new technologies?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Except for weapon science—weapons are key to maintaining national stability and are welcomed by the robots," Shen Feixue said.

Seeming to know what Wu Xiaode was about to ask, she continued:

"If I had been researching the conventional technologies of exoskeleton dynamics, mechanical, and biomechanical Mobile Battle Armor, Dongsheng Country would naturally have treated me like a distinguished guest, but one day, I suddenly had an inspiration and made a breakthrough in technology—"

"I thought, why not create a Biological Mecha made of flesh and blood?"

Wu Xiaode listened quietly to these words, and for some reason, a wave of fear suddenly washed over him.

Flesh and blood... Biological Mecha?

Shen Feixue, talking about her profession, became confident and spoke incessantly:

"Monsters, like humans, have complex structures of balance and skeletons. If we could use their bodies to create half-flesh, half-mechanical Biological Mechas, they would indeed be stronger, more flexible, and able to withstand all sorts of firepower than mere exoskeletal individual mechas."

"Wait a minute! You just mentioned—monsters?" Wu Xiaode said.

"Yes, I’m talking about those monsters," Shen Feixue admitted.

Wu Xiaode nodded and did not continue to ask.

To continue asking would be to give himself away.

He had been in this world only twice, each for an extremely brief period, and still didn’t know what these so-called monsters were.

—What exactly had this world encountered?

"Rester," he said quietly.

"I am here, master," the voice of Rester echoed from the Void.

"Go find out what kind of threats from monsters this world is facing."

"Yes."

The invisible Evil Ghost king left the giant scorpion and vanished in an instant.

—Having learned from his venture into the Death World, Wu Xiaode now always surrounded himself with Silent Demon Mist.

...

An hour later.

The giant scorpion halted at the edge of a place that was half oasis and half desert.

There was a small town—

A real small town, not like the exaggerated ones in Dongsheng Country before.

"We really made it to the border town of Wusi Country, we’re safe now."