mchenry-crisis.org Chapter 273 Emergency Meeting
Chapter 273 Emergency Meeting
Song Chen leaned back in his seat and glanced through the porthole at the lingering silvery-white halo in the distant sky.
The circular hole in the clouds is slowly spreading and disappearing.
He looked away and reopened the system panel.
Qi and Blood: 180000.
Mental power: 63000.
The Eternal Body has been activated.
Void Travel is now activated.
He stretched his shoulders, feeling a full and stable sense of strength within him.
He had a feeling that if they fought that underwater battle in Tianhai again now, Cangyuan would not be able to escape alive.
He even felt that if Ogsa, the wolf king from the Arctic battlefield, were standing in front of him, he wouldn't be too difficult to deal with.
When he was at the fourth level, even the image of the Sirius King seemed like an insurmountable behemoth to him.
He now possesses 180,000 units of Qi and blood, a Star Core-level physical body, the ability to traverse the void, and the Grandmaster-level Seven Heavenly Thunder Slashes and Nine Heavenly Thunder.
If Sirius King Augsar were still alive, standing before him, he wouldn't need nuclear weapons, support, or any tricks; he could simply kill him one by one.
He turned off the system panel, thought for a moment, and said to the cockpit, "Back to Beijing."
Han Duo's voice returned to its military brevity: "Yes, expected to arrive in an hour and a half."
The spaceship accelerated again, its exhaust leaving a pale blue arc in the night sky.
Then Song Chen clicked into the combat skills section. The feeling of being infused with starlight outside was too intense for him to take a closer look at the two new abilities he had just acquired.
Two dark gold icons have appeared in the system.
The icon for Eternal Body is a silver core surrounded by star rings, while the icon for Void Travel is three folded spatial rifts.
The current status is indicated below the icon, but the format is completely different from what he is used to.
Previously, when learning S-rank and A-rank skills such as Heavenly Thunder Seven Slashes, Soaring Flight, and Eye of Illusion, the proficiency level was fixed at five levels: Beginner, Proficient, Master, Advanced, and Grandmaster.
Each stage has a clear progress bar; you can increase your progress by defeating enemies and training.
However, the labels below these two icons are no longer for proficiency.
Below the Eternal Body is written: First Layer.
Below the Void Shuttle is written: First Layer.
Each level is followed by a gray upgrade button, with the conditions required for the upgrade listed next to the button.
Song Chen clicked on the description of the Eternal Body's levels, and a piece of text popped up in the system, with dark gold font slowly spreading out on the panel.
[Eternal Body - First Layer]
Next level: Eternal Body - Second Level
Upgrade requirement: 3 million kill points
Second-level effect: Self-healing speed is increased to three times that of the first level, severed limbs can regenerate within a breath, and physical fitness is three times stronger.
Song Chen stared at the "3 million kill points" for several seconds, and then he clicked on the description of the Void Travel level.
[Void Travel - First Level]
Next level: Void Travel - Level 2
Upgrade requirement: 3 million kill points
Second-level effect: Maximum distance increased to 10,000 kilometers.
Another 300 million.
Song Chen closed the system panel and rubbed his temples.
After killing for so long, I only accumulated a little over 200 million kill points.
He thought this number was already outrageous, considering that Japan only managed to raise a little over 100 million throughout the entire war.
However, looking at the upgrade price of Star Core level skills now, 200 million is just the starting price.
Upgrading the Eternal Body and Void Travel to the second level alone would cost 600 million, not even counting other Star Core-level products.
He suddenly realized something: the previous proficiency system was based on standards below S-level, and could be gradually advanced through combat experience and system pills.
But the core level is completely different; it doesn't have proficiency, only levels.
There is no transition between levels; you either accumulate enough kill points to level up directly, or you remain stuck at the current level.
This means that the improvement of a star core's capabilities is not gradual, but rather a leap.
The differences between each level are significant, but each upgrade requires a huge sum of money.
He didn't dwell on the matter for too long.
In any case, the Eternal Body and Void Travel of the first level are enough for now. His physical body's passive self-healing and spatial jump, combined with his original attack system, are more than enough to deal with the upcoming battles.
As for accumulating kill points, you'll naturally accumulate them by killing more.
He turned off the system panel and looked up at the cockpit.
"Han Duo".
"Yes." Han Duo turned his head from the driver's seat.
Did you record me when I broke through just now?
"It was recorded. The spaceship's observation system recorded the entire process, from when you left the cabin to when the starlight dissipated, a total of twelve minutes. Data on psionic fluctuations, spectral analysis, and changes in the energy field were all collected simultaneously."
"it is good."
Han Duo didn't ask any further questions.
The spacecraft continued flying northwest along its course.
A few streaks of silvery light still lingered in the night sky outside the porthole. These were traces left in the upper atmosphere after the starlight pillars dissipated, and they might not completely disappear for several more hours.
An hour later, the spacecraft entered the airspace over Beijing.
From above, the entire city resembles a luminous circuit board cut into a regular grid. The lights in the inner city are dense like a galaxy, while the lights in the residential areas of the outer city are sparser. Searchlights on the city walls sweep across the night sky, creating intersecting beams of light.
The spacecraft entered the parliament's dedicated airspace directly, and the duty officer at the Shangjing Tower had already received Han Duo's advance application for entry.
The control tower immediately cleared the entire approach route, and two escort fighters joined the approach from the flank, escorting the spacecraft to land on the dedicated helipad on the top floor of the Capitol Building.
The ground crew on the tarmac, dressed in dark blue uniforms, stood in a row in the cold wind.
As Song Chen stepped off the gangway, the ground crew leader quickly came up to him and saluted.
"Vice-Minister Song, the Speaker's office has received your arrival notice. Would you like a lounge arranged for you?"
Song Chen waved his hand: "Go directly to the main meeting hall of the parliament and notify all members to convene an emergency meeting."
The ground crew leader was taken aback. He knew about the emergency meeting procedure, of course, but it was usually initiated by the speaker or deputy speaker.
However, he didn't ask any questions, snapped to attention, turned around, and ran to the communications room.
Song Chen strode towards the main building of the Parliament House.
Han Duo followed two steps behind him, holding an encrypted computer containing all the breakthrough footage recorded by the spaceship's observation system.
As Song Chen approached, the staff on both sides of the corridor instinctively stepped aside to make way for him.
The holographic communication system in the conference room was ready within four minutes.
Song Chen was the first to arrive, and he stood directly at the podium.
Han Duo connected the computer to the main projection system and adjusted the image.
Holographic projections lit up the twelve seats in the conference room one after another. Most of them were from other places, and the holographic images projected them onto their respective seats.
Zhou Wangyue was the third to be brought in. His holographic image appeared in seat 003, and he saw Song Chen standing at the podium. He looked puzzled but didn't say anything.
All twelve seats were lit up within eight minutes.
Some people were dressed in formal attire and sitting in their offices, while others were dressed in combat uniforms and connecting to the front-line command post.
Each member of parliament looked on with varying degrees of doubt; this was the first time Song Chen had suddenly convened an emergency meeting.
The last one to connect was Speaker Li Qingcang. His holographic image appeared on the chief speaker's seat. He glanced at Song Chen, said nothing, and simply nodded slightly.
"Song Chen," Zhou Wangyue spoke first.
"You called an emergency meeting? What's going on?"