The ancients watched me play the Starry Sky Railway

Chapter 132 Entering the Mist

"Hey, I have to say, little Sanyue has learned it really well. Her tone of voice is exactly the same as Yukong's." Li Shimin couldn't help but laughed out loud.

"General Jingyuan and Bu Taibu are very good at employing people. They will take advantage of every opportunity to get the wool." Empress Changsun felt sorry for Xiao Sanyue.

Is it appropriate for you to treat such a lovely girl like a beast of burden?

"I want to see what kind of compensation Jing Yuan can give us in the end. If it's too low, it will be unfair to them for all their hard work along the way."

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Fu Xuan: "Rest assured, you are a surprise force. There is no need to confront the enemy head-on. The time to use surprise is now! Everyone, please follow me."

"Without saying much, they followed Fu Xuan to a high platform and saw a huge alchemy furnace surrounded by mist in the distance."

"Everyone, do you see that over there?" Fu Xuan said, pointing to the alchemy furnace.

"What a huge furnace! It's still smoking!" Tingyun exclaimed in surprise.

"This is where ancient alchemists expounded their celestial principles. They built furnaces here, drawing on the power of Jianmu (wooden pillars), transforming their fantasies into reality. Because of the constant plume of smoke rising from the furnace, it earned the name 'Cloud and Mist Purple Mansion.' While elegant in name, it's a deadly place in military strategy. As long as the furnace smolders and the clouds linger, we cannot approach."

After listening to Fu Xuan's explanation, Walter began to understand: "Is this the reason why the Cloud Cavalry Army lost control and became possessed by demons?"

"That's right." Fu Xuan nodded gently. "The Medicine King's secret teachings have been mixed into the mist that permeates the cave, including elixirs that induce the Demonic Yin Body. Unless they can hold their breath and march, the Cloud Cavalry will collapse without a fight. No one knows when a comrade will fall into the Demonic Yin Body. What better way to undermine an army's morale than suspicion?"

"Can't we use a gas mask?" asked March Seven.

"No. Although the Immortal Ship doesn't have gas masks, it does have something similar. The principle is similar, using various filter materials to absorb particulate matter and harmful gases in the air."

"But conventional anti-toxic devices are useless against this pill, as it is not inherently harmful."

"It's possible to customize a device that can absorb the medicinal powder, but it would take at least two to three days from design to large-scale deployment. I can't wait that long."

Fu Xuan shook his head.

"A gas mask isn't some magical weapon that, once worn, protects against all the toxic substances in the universe. If it were truly that effective, it would be practically a concept."

"So, the Cloud Riders' initial assault was just a cover. Taibu used the Cloud Riders' main force to draw the enemy's attention, while we went to extinguish the alchemy furnace and stop the smoke." Walter had already guessed Fu Xuan's plan.

"Why not let the Jin people try?" Xing was quite curious.

"The so-called golden men are those large iron lumps that other civilizations call robots."

"The Jin people wouldn't be so poisonous as to develop a demonic body, right?"

"Yes, why not use the golden men? Those golden men are big and powerful... although not as good as Beloberg's creation engine." Liu Che slapped his thigh and became excited.

When he was in Beloberg, he was deeply attracted by those iron lumps.

You can tell at a glance that these iron lumps don’t need to eat, so mom doesn’t have to worry about his logistics anymore!

Guys like Sang Hongyang would no longer point at him and yell at him in the hall, saying that the domestic logistics were insufficient!

The most important thing is that those iron lumps are simply invincible on the battlefield!

...It's a pity that he didn't have any. Although those craftsmen had a burst of inspiration and made some interesting things, they were still a long way from making these moving iron lumps.

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"Are you really unaware or are you pretending not to know?" Fu Xuan looked at Xing as if he were a fool. "The anti-organic equation that Emperor Rupert derived back then still exists. The mastermind behind this hasn't been revealed yet, but the possibility that he possesses the anti-organic equation cannot be ruled out. Naturally, we can't allow the Jin people to mobilize on a large scale."

"Anti-organic equation? Emperor Rupert? Two more words that I can't understand at all... Military advisor, do you understand?" Liu Bei was like a curious baby, asking Zhuge Liang from time to time.

"My lord, I'm only slightly clever." Zhuge Liang gestured with his fingertips to the universe. "I'm not so smart as to infer the meaning of a word simply by hearing it. However, I suspect that anti-organic equation may be related to mechanical creations like the Jin Man."

"Emperor Rupert, what a great title. Could he be the emperor of some planet?" Guan Yu guessed, stroking his beard.

"I'm afraid it's more than that." Zhuge Liang shook his head. "Just a single anti-organic equation has caused the Immortal Boat to feel like it's facing a formidable enemy. Its power is probably far beyond our imagination."

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"Xing still doesn't know anything about Emperor Rupert, but she knows she came up with a bad idea, so she can only scratch her head to hide her embarrassment."

"Her and Sanyueqi's proposals were both rejected, and Fu Xuan doesn't want to wait any longer. It seems they have no choice but to be tools... I just hope the rewards from Xianzhou are good enough in the end."

"Fu Xuan: "Then I'll leave it to you all. As soon as the furnace is extinguished and the smoke clears, I will come immediately."

"My feeling is... the Xianzhou people can solve the problem of the Medicine King's secret teachings, but it will take a little effort. Now that there are a group of kind-hearted people like Xing, and they will be rewarded in the end anyway, why not use them? At most, I can say a few good words to praise them."

Xiao He looked like he didn't know what to say.

"Hehehe, as long as Jingyuan gives you a good enough reward in the end, isn't that enough? It's reasonable." Liu Bang laughed.

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"A group of people entered the fog and turned around to find Tingyun following them."

"Eh? Miss Tingyun? Why are you still following us? The fog is already very thick here." Sanyueqi panicked. "It's my fault. Miss Tingyun didn't say much all the way. I actually forgot about you."

"Thank you for your concern. I'm fine." Tingyun smiled softly, "Who told the general to order me to follow you? I dare not disobey military orders."

"Human lives are at stake." Walter hurriedly advised, "Miss Tingyun, you should go back. We will explain to the general."

"That's not necessary," Tingyun said with a smile, not regarding this place as a dangerous place at all. "Hey, I've been traversing the universe a lot. Although I'm quite old, I only have a dozen or so years of experience. I'm sure all of you benefactors have lived longer than me."

"The implication is that she is still very young and doesn't need to worry about falling into a demonic body even if she enters this thick fog."