Chapter 3 More Late Night Updates, 12, 17, 20

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In the blink of an eye, a month and a half had passed, and it was mid-December.

With the joint efforts of the Pioneers and the Jindalai Army, the peninsula weathered a difficult period and finally ushered in the dawn.

In fact, as early as half a month ago, at the beginning of December, everyone had already seen hope.

It was on December 3rd that Jiang Xiao and his team cleared nearly a hundred meters of the dividing line and emptied the spatial doors that had bloomed on it. And on December 4th, Pioneer Team Seven rushed to the battlefield again, finding that the cleared dividing line was still clean, and no spatial doors bloomed again at night.

From that moment on, Jiang Xiao knew that the most dangerous time had passed, and this mission would be successfully completed.

Obviously, the period of frequent dimensional space appearances had passed. After another half month of consolidation, the soldiers held their advantage, and by December 16th, the Jindalai territory was quiet, safe, and stable.

At this point, Jiang Xiao and others were no longer just destroying dimensional spaces, but also started doing what they could, such as "dumping garbage."

With such a large-scale spatial bloom, one could imagine how deeply those flower-type Star Beasts had polluted the area.

Whether it was the Rose of Sharon or the Lily of the Valley, their Star Techniques were too special and too threatening, which led to the instructions issued by the Jindalai side.

The soldiers also followed the instructions to gather all the flower beast corpses together, but they were not allowed to bury or burn them. Instead, they had to dump them into a dimensional space to ensure that they did not pollute the Earth's environment and to ensure that no more accidents occurred.

Han Jiangxue transformed into a member of the "Transportation Company."

Of course, she didn't know any Gates of Paradise, but she could teleport...

When the soldiers were transporting back and forth in trucks, under Jiang Xiao's instruction, Han Jiangxue had the soldiers pile up the flower-type Star Beast corpses. With one Dark Void Teleportation, a "small mountain" would be transported to the designated spatial door.

Then, the Jindalai soldiers who used wind-type Star Techniques would blow the flower beasts back into the spatial door.

This scene also made Jiang Xiao think a lot. Did the appearance of dimensional space doors also provide a place for the garbage produced by humans on Earth?

Anyway, once this lower dimension was closed, it would be completely disconnected from Earth. It seemed like a "foolproof" thing?

Whether during or after the war, Pioneer Team Seven's performance was extremely eye-catching. Through practical actions, they gained the gratitude and admiration of the grassroots soldiers, and also won the praise of the high-level leaders of the Jindalai side.

Jiang Xiao and others worked so hard, partly because of their identities and that they were carrying out a mission. On the other hand, Jiang Xiao really had some ulterior motives. He wanted a medal!

Jiang Xiao also wanted all the members of this team to receive medals, which could be considered a good start to the military careers of the other three!

From October 25th to December 16th, in more than 50 days, Team Seven worked diligently, fighting bravely for forty days, and spending the remaining ten days on post-war work.

During this period, two major events occurred.

The first major event: Xia Yan broke through the early stage of the Star River Realm and entered the middle stage!

A long-term, regular, and arduous combat career allowed Xia Yan to finally touch the threshold of the middle stage of the Star River Realm and step into it.

Moreover, this was completed when Jiang Xiao was pouring Star Power into her. She had not yet entered the transformed Calamity Shadow Ruins to cultivate.

The second major event was the Calamity Shadow Ruins that Jiang Xiao had transformed.

Facts proved that he really could do it!

In the latter half of the mission, the situation on the peninsula was no longer critical, and Jiang Xiao could also work on his own little plan.

Xia Yan had seen such a scene countless times. Jiang Xiao flung out five rays of Counter-Current Light from his body, connecting them to five flower-type Star Beasts respectively, frantically absorbing their Star Power, and then reaching out a hand to frantically pour Star Power into his Calamity Shadow Ruins.

Under Xia Yan's protection, Jiang Xiao successfully completed the transformation of the Calamity Shadow Ruins.

When Xia Yan first stepped into the Calamity Shadow Ruins, the dense air, like flowing water, almost suffocated her.

And Star Power was not like air, which could circulate quickly.

Dense and viscous Star Power would float in fixed locations, like clouds without color, only vague shapes.

In the end, it was with the help of Xia Yan's Frost Wind Star Technique that the dense Star Power was blown away to all parts of the Calamity Shadow Ruins.

How big was the Calamity Shadow Ruins?

As big as half a football field!

To what extent had Jiang Xiao transformed it? How much effort had he put in?

But for Jiang Xiao, all of this was worth it. Not to mention anything else, even if you didn't cultivate in this environment, you would still benefit greatly from "soaking" in it for a month or two, right?

If you had to count it, Jiang Xiao's complete graduation from the One Star Three Skills could also be considered a major event. Ever since the "Vice-Appearance" skill was upgraded to the highest Starry Sky quality, Xia Yan's hard days had come...

Han Jiangxue was a little better off, after all, she and Jiang Xiao were not in the same group, but Xia Yan was deeply affected.

The highest quality Vice-Appearance skill allowed Jiang Xiao to transform into any human-like creature he wanted within the range of plus or minus 10 of his height.

Until the end, Jiang Xiao still couldn't perform seventy-two transformations and couldn't transform into a mosquito or a butterfly. In terms of transformation, there couldn't be any qualitative difference from himself.

But Jiang Xiao could completely transform into another person.

Imitation and change were completely two different things!

When you disguise yourself, what is the highest evaluation people give to your skill?

Lifelike!

Words such as "lifelike" and "deceptive" are almost the highest evaluation for disguise.

The highest quality Vice-Appearance Star Technique had already broken away from the category of "lifelike" and reached the level of "is."

This was no longer a fake, this was real...

When Xia Yan saw another Xia Yan wielding a giant blade and killing enemies recklessly, Xia Yan fell into deep distress, almost to the point of self-denial:

Am I the fake one?

Why is she as hot-tempered, agile, and sharp-eyed as me?

From head to toe, from habits to small movements, from eyelashes to fingernails...

The most terrifying thing was that Jiang Xiao's timbre was exactly the same as Xia Yan's. The words he spoke, the tone and posture, really made Xia Yan collapse.

Xia Yan aggrievedly discovered that "Jiang Yan" spoke better than herself, with a playful laugh and scolding, carrying a heroic spirit and unique arrogance, simply a perfect Star Warrior.

Xia Yan hid a secret in her heart. Her idol had become herself, or rather, had become "Jiang Yan."

Xia Yan was completely educated by Jiang Xiao. Two identical people, with completely consistent hardware facilities, but in terms of software facilities, "Jiang Yan" was the top-notch version of Xia Yan.

Every move, every smile, every action, every expression... Even if Jiang Yan didn't do anything, just standing there, that powerful aura seemed to make Xia Yan see her top-notch state.

Harboring grievances, envy, admiration, annoyance, and other complex emotions, Xia Yan played the "one cry, two闹, three hangings" game with Jiang Yan. Since then, Jiang Yan had never appeared again, and Jiang Xiao had never dared to be wanton again...

Unfortunately, even if the height could be changed within plus or minus 10, and the body shape could be greatly changed, Jiang Xiao still couldn't transform into a perfect Erwei.

The 182cm Jiang Xiao hadn't grown taller for a long time, which was very annoying...

Becoming a 192cm Erwei seemed majestic and heroic enough in the eyes of outsiders, but compared to the genuine one, it was undoubtedly a weak chicken.

Although Jiang Xiao promised not to stimulate Xia Yan again and not to transform into Jiang Yan, his voice also made Xia Yan unbearable.

In the middle of the battle, suddenly hearing a voice from Xia Shan Hai behind him, who could stand it?

The first time Xia Yan heard her old man say "Very good! Worthy of being my daughter!" Xia Yan, who was stepping on the corpse of a Lily of the Valley and preparing to bend down to take the Star Beads, was so frightened that she almost fell into the Lily of the Valley's arms...

On December 18th, Pioneer Team Seven successfully completed their mission and returned to the base camp.

If nothing unexpected happened, this was the way home.

In this military camp, Jiang Xiao and others saw some special faces, which made him confirm once again that they were finally going home.

Those special faces were children, each holding a bouquet of flowers.

There was no award platform, and there was no ceremony.

The Jiang Xiao quartet simply and skillfully teleported back here, walked into the central military tent. As expected, Chen Qidao's order to return was issued at the same time, and Jiang Xiao and others were the first to return.

The moment everyone entered the military tent, they heard several languages they couldn't understand.

Then, a few little guys, holding flowers, ran over, scaring Jiang Xiao. He thought they were disguised as Roses of Sharon...

How could there be children in the military camp!?

Was he kidding?

There was no way, they had been carrying out missions here for too long, and they were suspicious of everything they saw. Gu Shian even had a conditioned reflex, and his eyes immediately turned into double pupils, breaking the illusion without saying a word.

The result, of course, was that he didn't succeed, because they were genuine human children.

They timidly raised their hands, holding the flowers, and handed them up.

Han Jiangxue didn't move, her eyes searching for Chen Qidao, while Jiang Xiao squatted down directly, took the flowers with a smile, and gently rubbed the child's head.

Gu Shian and Xia Yan took the flowers one after another, while the little boy standing in front of Han Jiangxue pouted, almost crying, stubbornly raising his head and holding the flowers up.

"Take them." Jiang Xiao reached out and tugged at Han Jiangxue's trousers leg, and said.

Han Jiangxue hesitated for a moment, then bent down and took the flowers.

Chen Qidao walked into the camp, saw this scene, and said with a smile: "They originally wanted to invite us to hold some celebration banquets, but the teams still have missions to carry out, so I refused. You have completed the mission very well. How the two sides communicate and exchange information later is a matter for the higher-ups, so we will not participate."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Chen Qidao nodded with satisfaction: "Rest for a while. Be on time to board the plane at 3:00 p.m."

The quartet found a corner and sat down.

As teams of pioneers returned, Jiang Xiao saw the children offering flowers again and again, expressing their gratitude, and also saw the reaction of each pioneer soldier to this.

Very rarely, such a heart-warming scene occurred in this serious military camp.

Children are always innocent, pure, and lovely, and they can always knock on the defenses of people's hearts.

The captain of Pioneer Team Two, Qian Baiwan, had the biggest reaction. It could be seen that he was also a free and easy person, probably a "problem youth" like Jiang Xiao.

Qian Baiwan not only took the bouquet of flowers, but also directly picked up the child and threw him into the sky: "Yahoo!"

Although Chen Qidao wanted to scold Qian Baiwan, he stopped himself when he heard the child's happy laughter.

Jiang Xiao turned his head to look at Han Jiangxue and asked softly, "Don't you like children?"

Han Jiangxue glanced at Jiang Xiao and said, "Having you is headache enough."

"Pfft... Hahaha..." Xia Yan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Han Jiangxue glared at Xia Yan unhappily and explained to Jiang Xiao: "I've been fighting here for almost two months, and I'm too wary."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and murmured softly, "That's good, that's good..."

Han Jiangxue: ???