Enforcer Manual
Chapter 793 - 791: It’s Impossible to Cultivate - 1

Chapter 793: Chapter 791: It’s Impossible to Cultivate - 1

Song Lan was in an exceptionally good mood today.

Not only because he had finally finished watching "Diago’s Wonderful Adventure," but also because, starting from today, he no longer had to worry about others in his sleep and could fully enjoy the comfort and pleasure sleep brings.

With the departure of the RT4 mechanical legion, the source of the mechanical virus had also been effectively curbed.

The "King" said they returned to their base, which is located high above where even the United Government could not detect, where the mechanical legion built their homeland far from human habitation.

To celebrate, he had made three dishes and a soup today.

All were dishes that Lu Xiang liked to eat.

Lu Xiang got home very late at night, having just finished a high-level meeting of the Bug Swarm at the landfill, establishing the strategic policy of the Bug Swarm in the Misty Archipelago.

Xinyue, as the ambassador of the Bug Swarm, would now be stationed in the Misty Archipelago for a long time, maintaining the daily work of the Bug Swarm.

In the meantime, they also held a remote video conference through holographic projection with the Barrosa Group, Lunar Eclipse Sect, the Rebel Army led by Kunka, and the newly re-empowered Atlantis royal family, deciding to follow the example of The Seventeenth District and the Twelfth Neutral Country, which had broken away from the control of the United Government, to turn the new Atlantis into a commercial city focusing on maritime trade.

This meant that the locals could freely enjoy different beliefs.

Mechanics, Spiritual Energy, and genetic evolution; they could always find a path suitable for themselves.

And only now did Lu Xiang understand the initial strategic policy of Song Lan.

It seemed he had long transcended the limitations of factions and combined these three different paths. Looking at future development trends, single developmental models would eventually be phased out, and people would welcome a new era of great integration. With the help of the Barrosa Group and Lunar Eclipse Sect, the Bug Swarm in the Misty Archipelago began evolving in different directions.

Hybrids.

That was the name Song Lan gave to these post-fusion products.

Everyone was satisfied with the name; they felt that it was already a significant improvement that Song Lan hadn’t brought out the "Invincible Universe series" when naming them. People’s expectations for Song Lan’s naming skills had reached an unbelievably low point.

Only Lu Xiang knew that Medea and the others had ultimately overestimated Song Lan.

She had browsed the alternative names on Song Lan’s mobile phone, knowing that if "Hybrid" had been rejected, he would have resorted to his ultimate naming method.

"By the way, the Bug Swarm has also made an unexpected gain."

Lu Xiang picked up a piece of potato with delight, nothing was more pleasing than coming home after a late meeting and being able to eat hot and steamy dry pot potatoes right away, "They discovered an anchored sea monster while searching the outer seas, and inside the sea monster’s belly were the fleeing high-level councilors and the treacherous rescuers."

According to the analysis of biologist Medea, after the demise of the Tide Master, the creatures created by It also fell into a weakened state, which directly led to the high-level councilors suffering the consequences of their actions, trapped at sea.

Despite the hard-fighting rescuers in the belly of the sea monster when the Bug Swarm found them, the oceanic combat environment severely hindered their movements, and in less than half an hour, the high-level councilors raised the white flag.

Lu Xiang did not issue an order to pursue the high-level councilors; it was no different from finding money on the road.

"The Counter-Intelligence Department is very interested in the high-level councilors. They hope to extradite these traitors back to The First Region; the ’Emperor’ is in charge of escorting them back to The Seventeenth District," Lu Xiang continued.

The Counter-Intelligence Department believed they could pry more out of these people’s mouths about the Consciousness Aggregate.

After capturing these deserters and bringing them ashore, the Bug Swarm had already conducted a round of interrogations, but unfortunately, they knew nothing.

The destination of their journey was Atlantis, and it was only after seeing the Tide Master that they would receive subsequent arrangements. It’s not hard to see that the Consciousness Aggregate put much stock in the Tide Master, even making It their proxy at one point, but the high-level councilors managed to miss out yet again.

In the end, they didn’t even see the face of the Tide Master before they were marooned at sea.

The Consciousness Aggregate never passed on any new instructions to them.

"The Counter-Intelligence Department is in a hurry to bring them back to The First Region, not only to interrogate them about the Consciousness Aggregate but also to extract company and family secrets from the questioning, as these people were absolute leaders within their companies and families," explained Lu Xiang.

The Chairperson of the Council had learned enough from the failed coup and decided to slowly consolidate power into his own hands through the Counter-Intelligence Department and Military Intelligence Section Seven.

Intelligence experts have many ways to make them talk.

Song Lan had no interest in politics and deserters, his attention keenly caught on a detail related to them, "The Seventeenth District? Does the Review Meeting still plan to use The Seventeenth District as a transit point?"

Had these people learned nothing?

Thus far, every operation requiring a passage through The Seventeenth District had ended in failure.

Princess Lieyang escaped, resulting in the Twelfth Neutral Country’s exit from the Covenant Nation, no longer under the control of the United Government.

Aishi of the Esinvig Army also escaped and later went on to participate directly in the ambush of "Wild Bone."

Not to mention the "Rat," now making waves in the Neutral Country, who, according to recent news from the Neutral Country, has essentially become the second-in-command of the Esinvig Army.

"I said before that there might be a traitor within the Review Meeting, didn’t I?" Song Lan said; this was the intuition of a great detective.

When the top echelons of the United Government opted for a retro-style walk during the transportation of Rebel Army officers, he realized that there must be a mole among them.

Facts proved that there was more than one mole, with even the Secretary-General leading a coup.

But now it seemed to Song Lan that the mole in the Review Meeting had not yet been fully uncovered, "How do they plan to deal with these traitors this time, walk them back to The First Region?"

He could only be thankful that he didn’t work in those departments; otherwise, he probably would have had an aneurysm from dealing with undercover agents.

"Don’t worry, this time they have arranged a transfer. Two Six Stars rescuers are in charge of personally escorting them."

Six Stars rescuers?

If this had been in the past, such a lineup could indeed have been intimidating, but as the versions updated, even the "Emperor," who was known as The Strongest Six Stars rescuer, was struggling to keep up.

Looking at the "Emperor’s" track record in Silvermoon Harbor and Atlantis, the only notable name was King Zeruo; the rest he had taken down were just priests from the Tidal Church.

Song Lan had observed their fighting style through Diago...

And it felt inferior to Chai Ke.

That was his assessment of those priests.

While they were playing with their fancy spellcasting movements, the cold and ruthless Chai Ke would probably have already blown their heads off with a single shot.

Lu Xiang didn’t notice the subtle change in Song Lan’s expression. Her gaze was fixed on the three dishes and one soup on the table; she continued, "The person in charge of this escort mission is an acquaintance of yours. This is the first mission since ’Yaku Barrier’ was promoted to a Six Stars rescuer."

"Damn, doesn’t that mean it’s as if only one Six Stars rescuer has come?"

Song Lan blurted out.

Among Six Stars rescuers, the strongest and weakest were publicly acknowledged.

The reason "Yaku Barrier" was promoted to Six Stars wasn’t that his strength was recognized by everyone but because he had made himself familiar in a key battle.

In other words, he relied not on his actual abilities but on networking and social skills.

That was the assessment of Jasmine, a seasoned Six Stars rescuer, and the credibility was very high.

This escort mission hadn’t even started and already had all the makings of a failure.

"What? Haven’t you guided him in cultivation before?"

Lu Xiang teased with a half-smile, "Your health cultivation method."

"Well, that method has some drawbacks."

"Oh? What drawbacks?"

"It’s difficult to see results in the short term."

As the saying goes, cultivation is a lifetime’s work. True cultivators are all about the late game. Considering the average lifespan of a Six Stars rescuer, he believed that Comrade ’Yaku Barrier’ would certainly shine in fifty to sixty years. It just wasn’t the time yet.

"Is this how you grew strong? Although you appear to be in your twenties, have you actually been cultivating for centuries?"

Lu Xiang suddenly asked.

Her suspicion was based on solid ground.

In one’s twenties, a time when physical and mental energies should be at their peak, Song Lan would often complain to her about his back pain.

Moreover, he seemed to have a deep understanding of events before the third war. Most people who had lived through the third war had passed the age of a hundred and had long since withdrawn from the spotlight, making them rare to see nowadays.

"Impossible."

Song Lan immediately denied it, and he had decisive evidence, "Because it’s impossible for me to cultivate."

Running just 1000 meters could leave him exhausted; how could he embark on cultivation?

His unique health cultivation method had only one move: basking in the sun whenever the weather was good.

"That’s true."

Lu Xiang momentarily had nothing to rebut, finding it hard to picture Song Lan diligently cultivating from dawn to dusk.

"Moreover, I recently took a close look at my assets, and found only the salary of Law Enforcers."

With the emergence of creatures like little δ, he also wondered if he had lived through the Dark Ages.

But the problem was, he had no idea what he had been thinking at the time; he hadn’t saved a penny.

By the current rate, to afford a house and retire, he’d have to work for about six or seven more years—and that’s if the housing prices stayed the same and didn’t skyrocket.

However, the arrival of the Ragus Foundation in The Seventeenth Region had also brought him bad news.

With the economic recovery and booming development of The Seventeenth Region, housing prices in all regions had recently shot up. When he passed by the real estate agency and saw the price per square meter, he nearly passed out.

This meant that his working time had just been extended by 3-5 years!

"Old Lu, speaking of which, I might as well ask when do we get a raise?"