My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit-Chapter 269 - 253: New Elder, Decayed Angel

He silently continued to watch, and then realized that this was indeed the Super Iron Curtain he knew about.

After all, that slogan "bring capital democracy" to the whole cosmos was right there, and this was still a civilization with several planetary colonies...

Hmm...

Xue Dili seemed to understand why the coordinates of this thing were broadcast to the entire cosmos.

He originally intended to attract the Interstellar Corps, but it seemed that over a month later, something even more significant had arrived...

"Do you agree?" came the voice of another Apostle.

"Forget it, it's a tough nut to crack." Xue Dili dispersed the intelligence formed by Black Mist from in front of him, then silently retreated to stand behind the others.

The other Apostles didn't say much and continued their discussions. Not long after, another Apostle seemed to take over this civilization, though the spoils, originally shared amongst the witnesses, no longer included Xue Dili.

He did not contest this, merely observing the rules in silence.

The following information was largely meaningless; the things they discussed openly were often of little importance, while the truly valuable intelligence required an information exchange or a price to be paid.

Of course, someone wanted to chat with Xue Dili about the "orchard" matter. One Apostle wanted to sell his subordinate's orchard to him, with the price being the upfront turnover of 8 fruits, and only after repaying the loan of 8 fruits would he reap the harvest himself.

Xue Dili: "..."

Your villain organization even dabbles in loan businesses, huh?

Eventually, the free trading session ended.

Xue Dili opened his eyes. It was still in the deep of night, with the streetlight outside emitting a gentle glow.

"Super Iron Curtain..." Xue Dili silently recited the name.

Then, he immediately entered the Consciousness Space, activated the Modifier, set up a five-layer Barrier around himself, and in the most high-profile manner opened a Teleportation Gate to the Super Iron Curtain, unrestrainedly unleashing the Modifier's functions.

Afterward, before the World Consciousness could react, he instantly exited and interrupted the teleportation, simultaneously using the Modifier to scramble the surrounding spatial coordinates.

Having done all this, Xue Dili breathed a sigh of relief. His intention was merely to remind the World Consciousness of the Super Iron Curtain by flaunting the Modifier's permissions in the most brazen manner, forcibly awakening the consciousness of that world.

At most, this was just a way to trip up the Apostle from the Black Mist Council who was soon to arrive, ensuring they couldn't ambush and elbow the World Consciousness but would have to face a fully alert, seemingly angry, peak-state World Consciousness.

As for the Super Iron Curtain...

In this civilization that advocates the law of the jungle, you can't only advocate it when you're strong yourself.

Even after doing all this, Xue Dili still felt unsafe, fearing that his coordinates might be traced back. So, he used the Modifier again to unleash countless space-disrupting Techniques before finally exiting the five-layer Barrier.

"When the time comes, let's see the result of the grand battle between that Apostle and the peak World Consciousness," Xue Dili said.

In general, Apostles would ambush the World Consciousness, but under the current situation where Xue Dili forcibly awakened the World Consciousness, he was genuinely curious whether the World Consciousness of the Super Iron Curtain could elbow a victory over an Apostle.

If it won, it would at least prove the World Consciousness's local combat capabilities were strong. If it failed under these circumstances, then Xue Dili would have no choice but to set up even stronger defenses on Earth.

The Black Mist Council's meeting time was once every "Divine Lord Day," which Xue Dili roughly calculated, was about 7 days in Earth time.

The Apostle might not even set off by the next Divine Lord Day, probably requiring a bit more time.

He felt that simply the World Consciousness wasn't enough to ensure safety, so he again took out the Interstellar Corps' message board and wrote this intelligence on it.

Hoping the people from the Interstellar Corps would pay attention to the intelligence he left behind, it would be best if they could get lucky and ambush an Apostle there.

He glanced at the time; it was 3 AM.

He went straight to sleep; today, four little lolis were coming home, and he had spent the afternoon looking at a few children's beds online, spending a considerable amount of time to craft a few for them, and cleaning out two storage rooms for them to rest in.

In the evening, he still had to engage in a battle of wits with the people from the Black Mist Council, and he felt exhausted from the whole day's activities.

...

At the next morning's break of dawn, after finishing breakfast, Xue Dili left home, as he had to go to school to return the leave slip to the department head and because he had been skipping classes for more than a week again this time.

The children's aunt at home should be able to manage. If not, just play some cartoons for them; anything but Sea Tiger would do.

As for what the Old Demon Emperor said, it would take a few months to accelerate those two children's transformation into brilliant strategists...

Don't mention kids in their early twenties; ask a genuine university student to learn for only a few months and then traverse over with just knowledge, and they'd likely struggle to even manage a lowly official post.

Whatever they could learn would be it, Xue Dili could only teach them historical lessons, the usage of Dragon Slaying Techniques, and download some simulation strategy single-player games for them to study. Ultimately, how much they learned depended on themselves.

As Xue Dili was leaving, Little Dragon Lady seemed to be encouraged by other kids to come to the doorstep to bid farewell to Xue Dili.

"Goodbye, Daddy..." Little Dragon Lady waved her hand at Xue Dili.

At that moment, Xue Dili thought having this unlucky child wasn't so bad after all, appreciating the emotional value provided.

"And my cowardice." Little Dragon Lady added.

Xue Dili: "..."

Wait a minute, something's not right here.

All along the way to school, Xue Dili kept reciting the words Little Dragon Lady had said to him. He had a sense of familiarity with this phrase, as if he had heard it somewhere before, and when Little Dragon Lady said it, he got goosebumps all over.

He took out his phone and searched for this phrase.

Then his face turned dark in an instant — it was a famous line from the 'patricide to prove the Dao,' and for this line to come from Little Dragon Lady's mouth...

Xue Dili set down his bicycle and noticed that there was a supermarket right next to the parking spot.

"Do you have Seven Wolves belts?" he asked the supermarket staff.

"Yes, sir, we do. The belts and apparel section is over there, where you'll find Seven Wolves belts," the staff member replied.

Xue Dili quietly replaced his belt with a Seven Wolves one, preparing to give his daughter a big surprise at home.

...

The morning classes went by quickly.

Now, Xue Dili's hype had likely decreased quite a bit, at least he no longer felt like he was being watched like a monkey by his classmates.

Moreover, since he rarely came to school now, even people from the same class weren't very familiar with him. Many didn't recognize him when he entered the classroom wearing a mask.

In class, his aunt sent a message on WeChat.

Blossoms and Wealth: Planning to buy some clothes for the kids, do you want to check the styles?

Xue: No need, just buy whatever you think is good.

His family wasn't short on money, so buying things casually wasn't a problem. After all, shopping was part of life, and relying entirely on Xue Dili's Fantasy Manifestation didn't really fit his artistic intuition anyway.

Xue Dili looked at his phone while glancing at the countdown number in the Consciousness Space.

The next traveler was arriving soon. He checked the time, this class was about to end too.

This time, Xue Dili was prepared, as with the last time when the Old Demon Emperor reached an understanding with him, and getting along afterward was quite pleasant.

In the end, the Old Demon Emperor went to another world to unite it. He aimed to make his mark in a world filled with beast-eared maidens, applying everything he learned on Earth in that world.

Someday in the future, he would return to his homeland with his true "subjects" and teach those war-mongering barbarians a harsh lesson.

The Old Demon Emperor's explanation of a race more warlike and bloodthirsty than you, yet more cultured and striving for peace, is to create a world brimming with martial virtue.

This time, Xue Dili even started to get curious about who the new traveler might be.

Every time it felt like a scratch-off lottery ticket, not knowing if the next draw would be a big prize or a "thank you for participating."

Hopefully, a true master would come, preferably a Tier Six master, so he could straightaway storm the Black Mist Council with the master and show them how he could burn the Parliament to ashes.

Even someone Tier Five or above would do. Xue Dili could attempt to ambush an Apostle near the Super Iron Curtain and see if he could take them down instantly with surprise and intelligence.

As the countdown reached zero, suddenly, a putrid stench filled the air.

Xue Dili frowned, immediately understanding the source of the stench.

It was the foul odor of decaying bodies. At this level, the corpse was likely crawling with maggots.

Undead? Again with the undead?

Or was it one of those rotting undead, a kind of loathsome butcher, or perhaps a creature that kills with plague?

Xue Dili quickly found the source of the decay — it was an angel, suspended and pierced through by rusted chains, hanging from a pillar...

That was the only word that came to his mind.

This was a creature resembling the stereotypical "angel," yet her entire body was decaying.

Rusted chains pierced through her shoulder blades, her heart, her abdomen, and her whole body had rotted to a great extent, leaving few areas barely uncorrupted, hinting at her original appearance.

She slightly lifted her head. One side of her face still faintly resembled a young lady's, while the other was a repulsive, decayed mess of rotten flesh.

Through her decayed, gaping chest, one could see her insides were empty, her organs and internal parts seemingly disappearing with slow rot.

Xue Dili instantly discerned her identity from her features.

A species resembling angels from stereotypes, a girl, undergoing endless torture, seemingly tortured to death.

No... one can't just judge by appearances and assume she was a girl. Maybe her species had more attractive males than females, or perhaps they aged to look like adolescents.

In the world of beast-eared maidens, boys didn't start losing their "effeminate" look until after they turned twenty, no longer resembling youths from Nanliang.

The main point was, her manner of death...

One wing had become a skeleton covered with sticky rotten flesh, while the other had some disgusting decayed feathers.

Yet her strength is... Tier Zero...

Same as a normal person's strength.