Chapitre 52: Lu Han
Amelia came out of seclusion and found Blake doing push ups in the modified training rood. She had modified the equipment to be heavier and the floor to be sturdy. Standing by the door, she saw him running on a treadmill. Amelia was not able to modify the mechanical equipment such as the electrical treadmill so she didn't have it.
As he runs in full speed, his vest is hugging his body because of the sweat. She swallowed and left the spot feeling her chicks heating up. Fanning herself, she went to the training grounds to blow off some steam.
Winter has made the soldiers very lazy to train outside. Amelia took out a wooden saber and started training. She is training by herself in the place covered in snow. The training grounds are out of the way so she is not being stared at by the base residents.
Amelia came back to take a shower and found Blake drinking tea in the sitting room reading a book. She must have been practicing her saber technique for hours. But because it is winter she didn't pay attention to the time.
"Amelia."
"Blake."
Blake turned to look at her training clothes with interest. From his expression a complicated light flashed in his large eyes. "We need to talk." He finally said after a while.
"Okay. I am wet. I'll go take a shower now." She left.
Blake has not thought about what does this mean for their agreement now that his way of cultivation is so unique. When Amelia sat in front of him she studied him for a while before speaking.
"You want to leave?" She asked him calmly. Blake is surprised by the sharp intuition of the little girl.
"I have been going to the mountains near the base these couple of months but I want to go to other places to find more powerful opponents. I am ready to reach the refinement realm but I doubt it will be enough to hunt in the forests." He said apologetically. What kind of bodyguard abandons his post, but if he doesn't get stronger he will not be able to live up to his potential.
When Blake fights in the forests his body and weapon will be covered in a slaughter aura that accelerate his body speed and sharpen his weapon while healing his injuries at the same time. The battles are always so exhilarating and beneficial for his cultivation. Unlike other people's cultivation that is done by sitting cross legged and meditating, his cultivation is done during the battle.
His cultivation is done by absorbing the slaughter aura when fighting. The more slaughter aura absorbed the faster the cultivation speed. The most crucial point is that Blade has finally found a method to make his body and mind to be extremely harmonious and he is filled with unprecedented happiness and tranquility.
He knows that the only reason he is this way is because of this little girl in front of him. She is his lucky star, not only did she drag him back from certain death but also got rid of his hidden death threat while uncovering this potential. The eyes he use to look at Amelia subconsciously soften and an incredibly warm feeling in his heart made him feel chocked up with a rush of emptions.
Amelia doesn't know of Blake's complicated thoughts and she took out a map and pointed at a location. "This is the province I flooded with level 9 to level 10 zombies back then to train my army. You can go there." She took a bottle of yellow pills with a pained expression. She also gave him two undead seeds and a few silver pills.
"What are these?" Blake asked her holding the undead seed in his hands. They look sinister and not at all like something that should be consumed at any point in time. Amelia saw his doubts and explained. "After you eat this pill, no matter if your bones are grinded and skin is peeled off you will come back to life if there is one blood still available."
Blake's eyes widened in shock and he looked at the pill in his hand. Alchemists are really capable of anything. "This is too precious to give it like this." He said with a deep voice but he didn't release the pills from his hand. Amelia laughed at the scene. The sound is pleasant to the ears making people's hearts very comfortable. Blake realized he is already used to the little sides that Amelia will show only when there's two of them, he suddenly felt reluctant to leave.
Having felt this sudden emotion, Blake wanted to slap himself. Since when did he get so indecisive? The general who led a thousand ships is suddenly defeated by a soft laugh from a little earthling. Shaking his head to sober up from the many thoughts, he stopped being pretentious and took the pills and thanked her.
"You are one of mine, my duty is to provide resources to ensure you are safe. Don't think too much about it, I'd really kick myself if I lost you while there's something to help preserve your life." She said to dispel his concerns but to Blake's ears it sounded like 'I do this for all my soldiers, you are not special so just accept it.' He lowered his head to hide the slight disappointment in his eyes. In truth he is also not sure what he wants her to say.
"You know what to do. Good luck." Amelia let him put these things along with the fasting pills in to a space ring. Blake has finally learnt the wonders of fasting pills which made him nostalgic when he used to drink nutrient solutions.
"Are you going to miss me?" She asked him with their noses almost touching. Amelia had floated up so she is face to face. She didn't want to miss anything from his expression. Blake hurriedly moved away from her.
"Why are you so close?" He asked with displeasure.
"I'm just asking." Amelia said poking his chest. "Don't marry a zombie outside, they are very beautiful after they reach level 7 but they are still going to lust after your delicious meat and superior blood." Amelia said with a smirk seeing this handsome man getting uncomfortable from her words.
"I won't." After thinking about it he hesitantly said to her "You too." Hearing him said this, Amelia became stunned and then grinned nodding in response. "If you turn into a zombie I'll keep you. Others I won't bother." She blinked at him.
Blake's heart beat quickened hearing her words, the expression and words are serious even with a grin. His ears kept ringing with the line 'I'll keep you' 'I'll keep you' He suddenly want to run away from this girl's insistent teasing.
"But to be safe, give me some of your blood essence to resuscitate you by burning your contaminated body to smithereens." She gave him a small glass before making a bloodthirsty statement. Blake mentally face palmed, this violent girl...
He left as if he had been waiting for her to come out of seclusion. It took almost five months for Amelia to come out of the seclusion. Her level had initially reversed from level three to level one of qi refining realm but after she reconstructed her meridians and channeled she then started cultivation drawing in the superior qi from inside the space.
She managed to reach level 7 of qi refining realm in these 5 months and she is very happy with this. After Blake left, she decided to meet with old Mo. She called him and the two of them had a conference call. She sat in her desk and looked at the old man with a raised eyebrow.
"I have already seen you work out with a wooden saber in the morning." He said.
This is because old Mo didn't show any surprise to be getting a call from her.
"So, the area of 120 km² has been cleared of all the zombies and shady people. We found around 7 small bases with in this space. Some used the previous villas, schools and even some clinics and malls. But they have all either joined our base or left the area." This surprised Amelia, she thought she had clean up these guys before.
"What are the numbers?"
"The recruited are around 12 000 including old and too young. Which reminds me. Our orphans have tripled in six months." Old Mo said in sadness.
"At least they are living well." Amelia said not at all moved. She is already giving a lot in a world where all everyone does is take. She wants these children to be her army of cultivators in the future. If the empire decided to play tricks on the planet to force them into an unfavorable position in the negotiations she will send these younglings to obliterate them and protect her home. But first they need to have a sense of belonging and attachment to this place, then a new round of brainwashing will begin.
"The base soldiers under the program you had asked are 19800. This is just because of all the recruiting city lords have been doing. Almost all the young people have joined the army since they promised to give them supernatural powers. The people in the factory are old people. The old home has also been getting more people leaving it to find work and live a better life outside."
This is because there are no luxuries in the old home and they have to sleep at a certain time everyday. After knowing the benefits of working for themselves and renting a flat outside, more and more of the old people left the old home because they were not that old to begin with."
"I see, it sounds like you schemed against them but I won't expose you." The good conditions of the old home suddenly became suffocating out of the blue? Amelia had chosen the old man as the director of the base because of his extensive experience.
It would be hypocritical of her to want Mo to handle things straightforwardly. If that was the case she would have hired a simpleton to manage the base instead.
Old man Mo is obviously guilty but he doesn't say anything on the topic. "The nine city lords have raised over 30 thousand soldiers each, give or take. The 15 in the inner base have around 15 to 20 thousand each. These are large numbers if you remember how pitiful the base was 5 months ago. The space and shadow city lords joined hands and went all over the country to recruit. They ignored the big bases and focused everywhere else and the results are obvious." Amelia understood.
The country has a very large population and most will die in the country side or in those small towns but if someone brought all these people back, millions will be saved. Humans are not the strongest species but they are tenacious as if addicted to the mystery they will survive with all their might....well most people would anyways.
"As the result, the gene activation machines have been on use the entire time and the Zhu twins have made several such machines currently we have 330. The strength of the army can not be compared with the speed your army is growing but with the recipe for cleansing potions the nine city lords soldiers are in decent shape."
"The normal people without any supernatural power had also been enlisted with the promise to get it someday if their contribution is recognized. Each of the ten districts has at least 15 to 30 thousand normal soldiers."
"Alright." Amelia is pleased with the outcome. "What about the battle companion pets?"
"That..so far only those with strong mental power can connect effortlessly with the robots so not many have been bought." Mo said with some regret.
"That's to be expected. I saw a new treadmill in my gym." Amelia said with a raised eyebrow.
"I almost forgot. There is a new shop. Zhu Lan is in charge of it, he sells all types of equipment including home electronics."
"Have a gym built in one of my buildings I will ensure the walls and windows are sturdy. And buy as many of the available gym equipment from them as needed to run the gym. Soldiers get a discount but they still need to pay for using the facilities. I'll also make several gravity chambers." Amelia said an Idea to make business.
"Alright I'll let your secretaries know." Old man Mo said.
The barrier can now be put up send someone to get the barrier disks tonight. Amelia turned off the call and left to check on them in the middle of an energy stone mine. She found them and the mine has long since dried up.
Amelia is not startled by this scene because she knows there is a mineral vein underneath her feet. With the worls upgrade, more ore will appear here in the future.
Where there were five balls now lay five palm size shining discs. She took them and teleported to her home. She also wants to see how to put them up.
"Leader." Someone knocked and Zhu Li and Zhu Lan waited for her outside.
Zhu Li is a supernatural information sponge that has high cognition. Her IQ must be at an astonishing level. Her brother can always understand her theory and bring corresponding calculations to bring her bright ideas to life. Together they are an untouchable mechanical engineering team that will only bring miracle alive.
"Hello. Do we have everything we need for this?" Amelia asked.
"Yes we have everything." Zhu Li said while her brother didn't approach her at all but is focused on the five identical barrier disks with eyes that seems focused.
They traveled by teleportation and put the disks in a formation all around an area of 120 km² Zhu Li and Zhu Lan showed her how to do it. Amelia had been concerned about the number of gates into the territory but the siblings assured her.
The gates will be created and a city will be built there to help monitor and control it. Currently only the five positions where the disks are located can there be gates. But this is good.
Amelia gave the twins for their hard work just now payment in the form of mines. One space stone mine and two energy stone mines. She has plenty she can afford to be generous.
"These are the locations of your mines." She gave them the coordinates. Amelia called her secretaries. With Bai leading the rest she asked them to sit.
"The barrier to shield our territory from the rest of the world is up." Whe they activated the barrier, a bright blue shield had appeared up high in the sky and everyone paid attention.
But after waiting for hald a day and seeing the shield can also disappear form sight, they all went back to their wirk with an 'oh' expression. Supernatural powers exist, a superior smart bracelets with a complex teleportation inscription that will sent ited form one account to the next exist, the Jiangkang base members are not easily surprised now.
"Leader, I don't understand." Ah Han said with confusion. Amelia explained the barrier to them and gave them the layout of the territory. The many resources that need to be mined as soon as possible as well as the arrangements she had with the 15 generals.
"What I need is for you to post the advertisement for mining jobs. If no one is willing to take it for now it is okay there's no hurry. Discuss with the 15 on how you can help them."
"I want the other structures prepared for construction with sufficient materials and laborator. Infact, organize the buildings for residents before hiring."
"Get the system fir renting land and paying the landlord with grain to be implemented to increase our food situation and get to costruct small counties but the layout better be morden and good looking. I just need high city walls to guard against the beats in the mountains." These all sound like a long term plan but Amelia didn't care.
"We will do our best leader. The zombies and zombie animals have been completely eliminated from the territory but those mutated beasts are still around so try to be careful when mining."
"Whatever you end up designing for the five gates made it spectacular. It must be beautiful and sturdy. Don't disappoint me." She gave them some resources for the 15 when they need more mystic fruits to grow the army.
After the secretaries left she decided to go see the central base. In the novel, the grandfather died 2 years in the apocalypse. When the grandmother reunited with Liang Mei she encouraged her to send her to a brothel.
The grandmother also had a good wind spirit root and got chummy with a noble man in the B base who was an extended family member of the Wei family. Amelia has a way to ensure her spirit root never awakens and her husband doesn't die for her to be so glamorous in the future.
Without wasting time she left the base behind and drove to the closest gate which is coincidentally at the hotel where she has stayed all those days before.
The base has made arrangements to have people guarding the five entrances. She used her key which is in a form of a small card. The card comes in contact with the barrier and opens a gap for her to pass through.
Finally out of the base, she took out her hover car and drove away in great speed. The model of the car is just like a sport car and since Amelia doesn't really know cars, all she knows is it's power which can reach 300 km per hour.
Amelia has just thought about building a race track. People love gambling she would make a fortune with hovering vehicles like this one.
A flock of large zombie birds rushed towards her speeding car making her speechless on how do they plan on catching up. As she thought like this a bird 4 times larger than the other birds appeared in front of her car.
Amelia opened the lights. They have concentrated light beams that turned the bird into crisp burnt turkey. The light doesn't cook, it burns holes into a the giant bird directly.
Amelia evaded the falling bird and drove towards the central base. When she is four town away, she saw a convoy. She restrained her aura and changed the rest of her appearance. She now looks like a young man with a thin figure, bright brown eyes and clean appearance. He looks like a scholar.
He took out his jeep from before the end a travel bag but instead of women's clothing and sanitary napkins he took out men's clothes, deodorants and food. His voice is manly and soothing.
"Hi, my name is Lu Han, I am 17 years old and I like fruit loops with vanilla milk." Such a good manly voice, touching his flat chest Amelia is happy she looks good as this man.
She soon reached the convoy. It has three large trucks, four armored vehicles belonging to the army and many small cars following behind.
The night soon arrived and they took residence inside a large clothing store. Many people went to the cook. His jeep also stopped and he got out and went inside the same store.
He didn't manage to entere the store before being stopped in the entrance. "Who are you?" The soldier by the door asked.
"I am the president of Jiang middle school's art and performance council." He gave his hand to shake his own. "You can call me Lu Han."
The soldier didn't hold his hand but gave him and un impressed look. Lu Han awkwardly took back his hand.
"What do you want?"
"I want to rest upstairs." Amelia who is now Lu Han glanced at the first floor of the large place.
"I was told not to let outsiders enter here." The soldier said in a no nonsense tone ?making Lu Han's lips twitch.
"May I ask to speak with whomever is in charge?" He aske the soldier with a smile. He seems like an easy person to get along with.
"I'm in charge, who are you and what do you want?" A tall man with and unfriendly eyes appeared next to the soldier. This young man is full of arrogance as he rejected Amelia without cause after a glance. Lu Hang felt this is amusing and decided to teach this young man the saying of notcrying until one sees the cofin.
"I want to enter and rest here." Lu Han retreated his smile and answered.
"You are not welcome here." The young man said. His name is Qing and is the young master of the family that is in charge of the central base.
"Alright. When the mutated plant come, don't ask for my help." Lu Han yawned and turned around to leave.
"What do you mean?" Qing Yue frowned.
"There is a floral shop upstairs with a few high level plants that will probably kill all of you in your sleep." Such words spoken with a nonchalant tone makes people want to putch Lu Han.
"Now that I have given you valuable information, can I...." before he even finished his statement, the door is shut closed in his face. Lu Han paused and turned to look for another place.
He just didn't want to keep vigil all the time if he is by himself he will have to pay attention to many things. Most importantly there is no one around to flirt with using his new male ap
Breaking into an ofice in the mall he took out a cleaning spell and the place became clean. After taking out a sleeping bag, a single sheet and a compressed blanket. What Amelia/Lu Han is wondering is why are the people from the central base out and about in the middle of winter?
After taking a fasting pill he fell asleep. In the middle of the night a strong floral scent permeated the air the sleeping people fell unconscious.
One by one they stood up and walked towards a certain direction but a group of high level supernatural power users opened the the door first and the sound of fighting came from the room.
It turns out the young man told the men to see the situation first so at night they fought and the plant overpowered them and was about to devour the lot of them when they ended up running away.
"Nock, nock." Lu Hang is fast asleep even if the there is someone knocking from the door. He had put a sturdy pace lock on the entire room before sleeping.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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