Chapter 1846: Chapter 90: Rapid Progress
Like a trip taken on a whim, Zhang Xiaoman and Lin Sisi got married.
This wedding had no audience, no guests, only the sweet time the two of them spent together. Though that time was short, for them it was already enough.
Zhang Xiaoman rarely gave himself a vacation. He spent seven days taking Lin Sisi to the various Planets he had been to, crossing different universes and witnessing all kinds of wonderful scenery.
Relying on the power of the Death Omen Star, he personally used a Constant Star to forge a necklace for her, naming it Blazing Kiss, representing his deep, burning love.
Lin Sisi said it was the best gift she had ever received in her life, and also the happiest seven days she had ever had.
But Zhang Xiaoman felt that what he had given her was still not enough. It was only because of time constraints that he had to shift his attention to other matters.
He secretly made up his mind in his heart that when all this was over, he would definitely make it up to her with a grand wedding, letting the entire universe sparkle for her.
After finishing all this, Zhang Xiaoman returned once more to the plan for dealing with the Great Fusion.
He allocated the drones he had captured: apart from a portion left inside the Death Omen Star to serve as its combat unit, the rest were dispatched by him to the various Planets he managed, to guard the surrounding security.
Especially on the Phantom Spirit Clan’s side, where they were facing the currently most troublesome Insect Race. Just that small number of Star Guard was far from enough; a large number of drones had to be deployed to curb the endlessly expanding Insects.
In addition, to address the drones’ inefficient command capabilities, Zhang Xiaoman gathered the think tank within the organization. After three consecutive days of discussion and simulations, they finally settled on a special plan, codenamed Hive.
The main goal of the Hive plan was to improve drone combat effectiveness in battle through manual command.
For the drones currently in Zhang Xiaoman’s hands to actually function, the Death Omen Star had to be relied on to send commands. But the Death Omen Star’s own consciousness was limited by his Ability and had not been well developed, so it could not excellently complete this task.
Besides, what Zhang Xiaoman needed to face now were rescue operations across multiple worlds, not only Water Blue Star, but also the Phantom Spirit Clan, Guleng Star, the Divine Ancient Continent, and even Erin Star in the Second Universe.
On top of that, he wasn’t sure whether other Planets in the future would need help, so this kind of multithreaded operation simply couldn’t be commanded by a single Death Omen Star.
Most importantly, because the Death Omen Star was too huge, Zhang Xiaoman had no way to transfer it into the First Universe through the Original Realm, and could only leave it in the Second Universe.
Separated by a whole universe, even the Hive consciousness of the drones couldn’t be controlled across the void. He needed to set up a Mother Nest in the First Universe to command the drones.
So given the current situation, Zhang Xiaoman came up with this plan: he would recruit all kinds of talent specifically for this, making them the drones’ Commanders.
Don’t underestimate Human wisdom. Previously, when drones had no one commanding them, their basic combat plan was only one line: just charge up and bite till it’s done.
But with Human Clan Commanders, the drones could execute all kinds of tactical offensive plans, using environmental advantages, numerical advantages, and other variable factors to formulate battle strategies—something a drone Mother Nest simply could not do.
So once this plan was rolled out, it immediately became the target that the Star Alliance would fully deploy around in the coming period. As the organization’s leader, Zhang Xiaoman handed it over to Ye Yunxiu to take charge of, while he himself entered seclusion to improve his Strength.
Ever since he obtained a large amount of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in the Plague Relics last time, he had never had the chance to use them. Among them, there was a Spiritual Medicine called Yunling Immortal Ganoderma that could greatly raise his cultivation in a short period of time.
At the same time, Blue White Clothes had also given him an even more precious Spiritual Wisdom Nine Extreme Flower, a flower that could rapidly increase his upper limit of Spiritual Power with no side effects at all.
Moreover, the Spiritual Wisdom Nine Extreme Flower had another trait: the higher the territory upper limit of the user at the moment of consumption, the greater the benefit it brought.
Of course, there were restrictions: this flower could only be taken once in a lifetime by any one person, and its effectiveness was also strictly limited by cultivation realm. The greatest effect of the medicine was when the user’s Strength was around the Lower Transcendent level; going above or failing to reach that level would both affect the improvement to Strength.
Unfortunately, because the flower had been stored for too long, it was about to lose its potency. Zhang Xiaoman had to take it within two years, which was why he was in such a hurry to go into seclusion.
Before taking this flower, he had to improve his Strength as quickly as possible. The more his Strength increased, the greater the benefits he would gain after taking the flower.
According to Zhang Xiaoman’s plan, he intended to first eat the Yunling Immortal Ganoderma to raise his own Strength, then continuously absorb Energy through the Spirit-controlling True Technique, temporarily boosting his Ability upper limit to a level beyond his current tier. After that, he would take the Spiritual Wisdom Nine Extreme Flower in this Status to ensure he obtained the maximum benefit.
The Spirit-controlling True Technique could temporarily raise one’s Ability upper limit by absorbing others’ Spiritual Power. The Duration was one hour, with a cooling time of ten minutes, and this Status could be stacked.
