Chapter 81: Demon Disaster – 6K Subscription Request, Second Update Around 6 AM

【Yun Guang City】

Wang Wu had never heard of this place in any fantasy works from his hometown, but judging by how outrageous the things produced by this city are, it might already be no worse than that blue fatty.

And… how should I put it, despite being a bit odd, Yun Guang City still seems to be… uh, a very proper city.

Specifically, all the rules and regulations are very complete, just like the modern society of Wang Wu's hometown—no, perhaps even more complete than that.

But in such a city that appears to have perfectly complete regulations, there is a Jitian Jingang Sect, and the sect's techniques just don't add up; they keep shouting "Kill kill kill kill kill" at every turn.

And there's that assassin brother who argues with his master in the group all day; he's truly the world's number one assassin, and even his own master Qin Xiang can't guarantee that he'll reliably defeat the opponent.

It's just strange, I don't even know how to put it; anyway, it's quite odd, but… how to say, it also feels quite normal.

At that moment, Wang Wu snapped out of his daze, heard the female demons' questions at his ear, looked at the three demons, and said, "Ah, this?"

Wang Wu took the spherical fortress secret base capsule from the box, held it in his hand and examined it.

"This is a magical artifact that can create a house," he said after thinking for a moment, "Just inside this little thing, as long as you throw it out, it can turn into a house."

"And even in a place like this, it can still create one," Wang Wu recalled the manual as he spoke, and tossed the capsule onto the ground.

Bang—!

A light sound rang, smoke billowed. Immediately, a circular lid appeared before the demons' eyes.

Wang Wu walked over, pulled the lid open, looked down, and a descending ladder appeared before him.

"Uh."

The ladder surprised him a bit, because he had expected that opening the lid would reveal an elevator or something else.

Then, Wang Wu looked up at the three approaching female demons and said, "Going down from here leads into that house."

Having said that, he was the first to jump down.

Although there was a ladder, Wang Wu didn't climb, because the passage down was shallow, only about three meters.

At his hometown, that height would likely cause a fracture if jumped from directly, but here or at the assassin brother's hometown it was clearly no big deal.

Moreover, this is meant for children to play with; it couldn't be designed at a height that would injure them.

Stepping under the lid, his view instantly opened to a vast space, about one hundred fifty square meters, with stairs on both sides leading downstairs, and a central lift that seemed to serve all floors.

Each floor of the spherical fortress secret base is five hundred square meters, with three floors in total; of course, the layout and facilities of each floor can be customized via the control console on the first floor.

If a larger area or additional functional modules are desired, one can set the requirements on the console and send it back to the factory for upgrade.

Round‑trip shipping is free, but of course the upgrade itself is not free.

"Wow, it's so big inside, so bright, and so clean!!"

At that moment, the three female demons also jumped down, and upon seeing the interior of the spherical fortress secret base, they exclaimed in amazement.

"Are human houses always like this?" Zhu San Niang was the most shocked among the three demons, because she had seen a bit of the world.

Below Changya Mountain there is a human village; when she was a minor leader on Changya Mountain, she had taken subordinates to the human society to collect rent—or tribute. But the scene before her today was completely different from the human houses she had seen before.

She used to think that the warm and clean houses built of wood and stone in those human villages were already sufficient, but compared with what she saw today, they seemed so ordinary.

She didn't know what material the floor was made of, but stepping on it felt very comfortable and even warm.

Not only the floor, the surrounding air temperature was equally pleasant—neither cold nor hot, like bathing in spring sunshine.

"Ha ha, go pick a room," Wang Wu said with a laugh, then walked to one side of the hall, waved his hand, and a control console descended from the ceiling before him.

"Welcome to San Shui Toy Company's 1952 Childhood Camping Set, I am your camping steward Xiao Shui. Dear user, please choose your nickname."

A mechanical female voice sounded, instantly causing the three demons that had just rushed out to turn their heads.

"This is a spirit vessel," Wang Wu introduced, though he didn't know if the three could understand, but it was indeed similar to the spirit vessels in xianxia novels.

"Are you sure you want to set your personal nickname to 'Spirit Vessel'?"

"No," Wang Wu replied immediately, "Wang Wu."

"Confirm… alright, Wang Wu, please enter how Xiao Shui should address you; you may also freely enter Xiao Shui's name. Note that this product is for all ages and does not support naming with sensitive terms."

"Alright, Wang Wu. Welcome, Wang Wu."

After the series of operations, Wang Wu was essentially registered. When he received the box, the item was already bound to Wang Wu, and its owner transferred from Qin Xiang to Wang Wu.

Therefore, others cannot take this item, and without his permission they cannot open the spherical fortress's main door.

Since its name includes 'fortress', its defensive strength needs no further explanation.

After all, which child wouldn't love a secret base with off‑the‑charts defense that can be opened on any surface, entered at any time, and returned to at any time?

Additionally, this spherical fortress is mobile.

It can move on the ground as well as underground. When moving underground, it activates 'Stealth Mode', evading detection by most instruments.

Uh, yes, this truly is a children's toy designed to military specifications… uh, entertainment facility.

While stealthily moving underground, it can also deploy a concealed camera, allowing the operator to view the surface via a periscope screen in the control room—essentially a land submarine.

It is said to be for children, but in reality adults buy it for themselves even more.

Moreover, although it's called 'underground stealth', you cannot discover it by digging a few feet, because when it enters underground cruising mode it shrinks to a very tiny size and carries camouflage, making it hard to spot with the naked eye.

As for the interior of the fortress, its area does not shrink, because it uses hyperspace technology.

Wang Wu didn't know what this 'hyperspace technology' actually was, only that the manual mentioned it many times.

But he thought it might be the same spatial technology as the world's Space Ring. He wondered if this world had similar pocket dwellings; Wang Wu believed they probably existed.

After all, ordinary people can easily purchase various spatial devices, so there should be no reason such a spatial residence wouldn't exist.

"Shu Niang! Second Sister! Third Sister!"

After completing his registration, Wang Wu called out again, and the several female demons exploring around heard it and immediately ran back, asking Wang Wu:

"What's up, Wu Lang?"

"Come over here and register," Wang Wu waved his hand to them, indicating they should come over.

With Wang Wu's help, the female demons quickly completed registration. Afterwards, the demons were led by the camping steward Xiao Shui to tour the rooms on the various floors.

The camping steward's AI is a low‑level strong AI, meaning it possesses advanced intelligence but lacks self‑awareness.

The first level of the spherical fortress contains a living room, a kitchen, a huge lounge and entertainment hall, and a medical room for temporarily treating minor injuries children sustain while exploring outdoors.

The second level is an activity area and training hall; nothing special, it can be used for cultivation and sparring practice.

The third level is a storage room for food, water, and other items. The spherical fortress can extract drinking water from the air, so water supply is essentially not a concern.

The energy core of the spherical fortress is also on the third level: a 1950s‑era free‑energy reactor. Wang Wu has no idea what a free‑energy reactor is, but he instantly knows it's impressive.

It can produce its own drinking water and has an internal circulation system, while also possessing extremely strong concealment and protection capabilities.

Undoubtedly, this is a gift tailor‑made for Wang Wu, albeit a bit dated, since the world over at Assassin Brother's side is already in the year 2030.

This makes Wang Wu feel deeply grateful to his master, almost impulsively wanting to send his master a red envelope of a thousand coins.

But he restrains the impulse—not because he doesn't want to give, but because he truly has little money now.

After touring and testing the fortress's functions, then conducting a real‑combat drill on the second‑floor training ground, the four monsters, still exhilarated, finally left Wang Wu's spherical fortress reluctantly after a full three days.

As for the middle period, they never emerged even once.

When they did emerge, Wang Wu felt his legs wobble—not that he was incapable, but the intensity of the past few days was simply too high.

Because it wasn't just sparring; there were genuine real‑combat drills. Yet now the three female monsters are completely beyond his reach, so Wang Wu is mostly training their combat techniques.

It's not… uh, never mind, it doesn't matter.

The heavy hatch‑style doors swing outward; Wang Wu climbs the ladder to the ground, and immediately the three women jump out from below.

After the four monsters have all left the spherical fortress, the opened hatch slowly closes on its own. Wang Wu turns to the women, smiles and asks, "Want to try the function Little Water mentioned?"

The three women hurriedly nod, so Wang Wu snaps his fingers.

In an instant, Zhu San Niang disappears. After a moment, the previously closed hatch reopens, and Zhu San Niang crawls out from inside.

"Really, it really works! Wu Lang!!"

The emerging San Niang looks at Wang Wu with a face full of surprise.

"Ha ha." Wang Wu laughs, then looks at Wu Er Niang and Shu Niang and says:

"Er Niang, Shu Niang, try going back on your own?"

The two women nod, and immediately they also vanish before Wang Wu.

Then the same procedure repeats as with the newly emerged Zhu San Niang: hatch closes, the two women disappear, hatch opens, the two women crawl out.

"Wow!!!"

Awe, pure awe. Even Wang Wu can only express awe.

This thing, this thing is just too fierce.

As long as you register inside the spherical fortress, the residents can, after the fortress is deployed, be instantly teleported back to it from anywhere within a fifty‑kilometre radius.

At the same time, as the parent—or rather, the highest‑permission holder of the fortress—Wang Wu can arbitrarily revoke other users' permissions and forcibly send them back to the fortress.

This is commonly called the "Children's Lock".

"What the hell, this isn't a children's toy at all, this is… damn it, this is the strongest hideout in this chaotic demon‑infested forest!!"

As for what happens if you exceed the teleportation range, the answer is you won't exceed it; once you go beyond, you are instantly teleported back to the fortress.

However, when the fortress is in an undeployed state, its return function cannot be used. In other words, when the fortress reverts to a capsule, no one can stay inside; any sentient being will be forced out.

They will be forcibly ejected outside the fortress; whether the outside is safe is a bit beyond the scope, since the fortress is essentially a children's camping toy and doesn't need to provide that many, that comprehensive functions.

Still, that's already incredibly powerful, especially for the current Wang Wu, who also intends to test its "stealth function".

Because this is Wang Gu Lin, if this device can move freely here and remain undetected by anything, it would mean…

This thing will become his greatest reliance for a fairly long stretch ahead.

Thinking that, Wang Wu looks at the women beside him.

"I'm going to pilot this thing out." Wang Wu tells them, "I want to test whether, if this thing leaves the protection of my Demon‑Subduing Circle, it can still run rampant outside."

"You stay in the cave first…"

"We'll go with you." Shu Niang interrupts.

"No!" Wang Wu immediately refuses.

"If Wu Lang gets into trouble, do you think we'd just stay here?" Zhu San Niang asks Wang Wu.

"Yeah, Wu Lang." Wu Er Niang also nods, "We'll go together. Even if something really happens, we can die together—how wonderful."

"And moreover…" Wu Er Niang continues, "Why don't you try engraving the Vajra Demon‑Subduing Array onto this spherical… fortress?"

"Huh?"

Wang Wu is stunned, then suddenly realizes:

"Oh?"

"Why not give it a try?"

The now‑realized Wang Wu's expression brightens; he rushes to Wu Er Niang, scoops her into his arms, then plants a fierce kiss while saying, "I truly love you!! Er Niang!! You're so clever! Ha ha!!"

Then, back inside the spherical fortress, the three women follow down, and Wang Wu bites his finger again, beginning to scribble on the fortress walls.

"Detected Vajra Demon‑Subduing Array; apply it to the defense system to augment the Vajra Demon‑Subduing Array?"

At this moment, Little Water's voice sounds again. Wang Wu is first taken aback, then his face lights up with joy.

"Quick! Quick!!"

The spherical fortress comes with a built‑in defense system that can recognize certain cultivation techniques; not only can it release them through the defense system, it can also greatly amplify the effects of some functional techniques.

Although its manufacture date is 1952, its database has been continuously updated, and the software likewise.

And Wang Wu's entire suite of Ultimate Heaven Vajra Sect techniques is included therein.

This thing offers thirty‑year free warranty, lifetime maintenance and updates. It also supports second‑hand trade; second‑hand users enjoy the same rights as first‑hand users.

Of course, the thirty‑year free warranty is not included.

In the lounge there is an elevator that leads directly to the control room and also connects straight to the third‑floor storage.

Bringing the three women to the control room, they have, with Little Water's help over the past few days, gradually become familiar with the fortress's various functions; although they haven't activated the fortress yet, they roughly know what to do.

"Number One Shu Niang, take position!"

"Number Two Wu Er Niang, take position!"

"Number Three Zhu San Niang, take position!"

"Commander Wang Wu, take position!!"

A few monsters sat at the control stations in the control room, calling out one by one.

It seemed a bit embarrassing; after all, only children would be this childish.

But neither Wang Wu nor the three female monsters felt that way; their mood at this moment was sheer excitement, an unparalleled excitement.

After the four took their positions, a screen appeared before each of them, displaying the cave outside where they lived.

As commander, Wang Wu rotated the camera to survey the surroundings; he suddenly discovered that after everyone entered the fortress, the spot in the cave's living room where the fortress hatch had been was now empty.

But that was normal; after all, the thing could move, and its size shrank upon entering stealth mode, so it being invisible was expected.

"Wow! We can't see the door we came in through!!" At that moment, a shout came from Shu Niang's side.

The camera in front of her was not the same as the one Wang Wu was viewing; Wang Wu hadn't turned his camera at that moment, but the screen before her was showing Wang Wu's bedroom.

With four control stations, there couldn't be only one camera. Of course, Wang Wu's position as the highest officer granted him the highest permissions, after all he was the commander.

"Of course we can't see it; we've all entered, so the door must have vanished," Zhu San Niang said beside them. "We're in stealth mode; if it were so easy for anyone to see, it wouldn't be called stealth."

"Zhu San Niang is right," Wang Wu nodded, agreeing with her.

Then he pulled the control lever and shouted crisply, "Deploy!!"

It was now seven a. m., and the Wang Gu Lin today was more restless than the day Wang Wu returned.

All around, eerie wails and shouts could be heard, and occasionally the muffled sound of bones snapping and being chewed.

Something was feeding; it might be devouring beasts in the Wang Gu Lin, or perhaps humans.

Or perhaps its own kind.

In the forest, massive silhouettes occasionally passed by, breaking huge trees and clearing a vast clearing.

But not all giants behaved so; some were enormous yet like illusory bubbles, their massive bodies treading the forest without affecting the trees.

Only after they passed did the plants and trees in their wake wither and turn black.

Wang Wu was already operating the moving fortress out of the cave; up to now they had encountered no danger and had not been detected by anything.

Even without the defense‑system‑enhanced Vajra Demon-Subduing Array, it was already enough for Wang Wu and his party to rest easy, and now that this Vajra Demon-Subduing Array had been released after being reinforced by the fortress defense system, its effect was beyond words.

Of course, the formation still required Wang Wu to charge it with Geng Metal Qi.

"This is, this is…"

Seeing the scene on the camera, Wu Er Niang's expression grew solemn.

She was the most senior monster among the three in the Wang Gu Lin region, so she naturally knew the area better than the mouse girl, who had taken shape less than ten years ago, and Zhu San Niang, who had arrived only fifty years ago.

"This is a Demonic Calamity," Wu Er Niang said, looking at the screen.

Then she turned to Wang Wu: "Wu Lang, I'm afraid we can no longer live here."

"Huh?" Seeing the expression on Wu Er Niang's face, Wang Wu naturally understood the seriousness of her words.

He nodded and replied, "I know. Isn't this the new cave dwelling we just acquired? I'll take another walk outside, then bring all our belongings in, and we'll leave."

"Hmm," Wu Er Niang nodded, though the worry on her face remained: "But, but this Demonic Calamity…"

She turned her head to the screen, murmuring, "It's my first time seeing such a wide‑scale Demonic Calamity."

"Even the calamity a hundred years ago never produced something this huge. This is probably, this is probably…"

"Those human villages are probably going to suffer too," Zhu San Niang added to the conversation.

"Yikes, they'll have it rough," Shu Niang interjected.

"We can trust them," Wang Wu said, not worried about the humans. "I was with them a few days ago; they've already sensed something's wrong here, and the first imperial troops have already arrived."

"But…" At this point, a trace of worry appeared on his face. "I'm worried about Yuan Er now; she lives in the mountains—what if those humans and their troops charge in?"

Saying that, he looked at the female monsters, hesitated a moment, and said, "I think…"

"Wu Lang, go then," Zhu San Niang said with a smile, nodding. "Wu Lang, if you hadn't spoken, I would have sent you anyway. Though we're all scared of her, she is still…"

"Hmm," Wang Wu nodded, then pulled the control lever.

"First go back and pack our things, then we'll head into the mountain."

(End of Chapter)