vstars Chapter 152 Distance? I only look at the coordinates.
Chapter 152 Distance? I only look at the coordinates.
A wisp of pungent blue smoke rose from the tablet computer in Lin Zhen's hand. The screen flickered twice and then turned completely black, becoming a piece of scrap metal.
The villa's lobby was so cold that even your breath would condense into frost.
Lin Zhen swallowed hard, his saliva tinged with blood. His palms were covered in slippery, cold sweat, and he could barely grip the grip of his specially made sidearm.
This has caused a huge uproar.
An hour ago, Old Li in the capital issued the highest order: the entire Chinese government would implement a policy of absolute obedience to Lu Yuan. If he wanted to kill, they would hand him the knife; if he wanted to exterminate an entire clan, they would dig a pit.
An hour later, Zhou Ming, the director of the Third Division of the Tianjian Bureau headquarters, personally pressed the highest-authority physical gate to cut off all signals to Panlong Mountain, cooperating with the Xuanmen Tianji Pavilion to commit murder and robbery.
This isn't courting death.
This is like someone who doesn't want to die quickly enough, so they insist on dragging the entire capital down with them.
"Mr. Lu... Mr. Lu."
Lin Zhen tried to stand up straight, but the muscles in his legs were shaking uncontrollably.
"Jiangzhou is 1,200 kilometers from the capital. Even the military's supersonic fighter jets would take at least an hour and a half. Zhou Ming is hiding in the Tianjian Bureau's fortress 1,000 meters underground in the capital, where there is a nuclear-level defense system."
Lin Zhen forced himself to finish what he had to say.
He wasn't trying to protect Zhou Ming. He was afraid that Lu Yuan's trip would raze half of Beijing to the ground. That place was the center of power in China; a single move there could have far-reaching consequences.
Lu Yuan stood in the center of the hall.
He didn't look at Lin Zhen, but instead turned his head to glance in the direction of the bedroom on the second floor.
The medicinal power of the Extreme Flame Dragon Marrow has completely neutralized the cold poison of the Nine Yin Profound Meridians. Lu Qingxue's body is now like a spiritual energy nuclear reactor that has been forcibly locked.
If even the slightest hint of their presence is leaked, the mutated beasts lurking deep in the mountains and forests, as well as the ancient martial arts masters who have been stuck at their bottlenecks for decades and are about to die of old age, will rush towards Jiangzhou like sharks smelling blood.
"Ye Qingcheng".
Lu Yuan spoke.
"Your subordinate is here."
Ye Qingcheng walked in from outside, carrying a long sword. A few drops of Xu Changqing's disciple's blood were stained on her white clothes, and the golden true essence on the sword blade had not completely dissipated.
"For the past seven days, you have stayed on the second floor without leaving your side."
Lu Yuan's voice was completely flat.
"Anyone who comes within three meters of the bedroom, whether they're from the Bureau of Natural Resources or some remnant of the Ancient Martial Arts Alliance, will be killed on the spot."
"Yes, ma'am."
Ye Qingcheng bowed her head and accepted the order. Her fear and awe of Lu Yuan were now ingrained in her very bones. Let alone ordering her to kill people, she wouldn't even blink an eye if she were ordered to attack an aircraft carrier.
Lu Yuan's gaze then returned to Lin Zhen.
"You will stay at the villa for the next seven days."
Lu Yuan pointed to the burnt tablet in Lin Zhen's hand.
"Use your highest authority to cut off all signal networks within a ten-mile radius of Panlong Mountain. If a drone with a camera flies in, I'll shove you into the barrel of this gun."
The hairs on Lin Zhen's back stood on end.
He nodded repeatedly, not daring to utter a single "no".
After giving these instructions, Lu Yuan lifted his foot and walked towards the villa's gate.
"Mr. Lu, how are you getting there?"
Lin Zhen couldn't help but ask a question.
Jiangzhou Airport is now completely sealed off; not even a bird can fly out. Even if Lu Yuan could withstand a nuclear bomb with his own body, could he possibly fly to Beijing on his own?
Lu Yuan stopped in his tracks.
He glanced back at Lin Zhen. His gaze was as indifferent as if he were looking at a roadside stone.
"Distance is a concept designed for mortals like you who rely on transportation."
Lu Yuan raised his right hand.
Her slender, fair fingers seemingly casually drew a line in mid-air.
Sizzle!
The sickening sound of ripping fabric echoed through the villa's hall.
A black crack, half a meter wide, was forcibly torn open in the air. The edges of the crack flickered with chilling, eerie blue arcs of electricity. It was the void turbulence created by the forced violation of the laws of space.
A violent suction force surged from the crack, sending several pieces of mahogany furniture in the hall flying and crashing into the invisible barrier, shattering into pieces.
With his hands in his pockets and wearing faded canvas shoes, Lu Yuan stepped into the void rift that could swallow even light.
The crack closed up quickly.
The hall fell silent once more.
Lin Zhen's mouth was agape, his jaw agape as if it had been dislocated.
Tearing space apart.
Crossing the void.
His mind was buzzing. To hell with supersonic fighters, to hell with physical defenses. Faced with absolute divine intervention, the geographical barriers that modern technology prides itself on are less than a piece of waste paper.
......
Beijing.
One thousand meters underground, the headquarters of the Celestial Surveillance Bureau has three top-secret fortresses.
The walls here are all made of an ultra-high-strength alloy mixed with extraterrestrial meteorite iron. Let alone conventional bunker buster bombs, even if a nuclear bomb with a yield of ten megatons exploded overhead, this place could withstand it for at least six months.
Zhou Ming sat in a genuine leather office chair.
He had just changed out of his trousers and thrown the coffee-soaked pair into the trash can in the corner.
The air conditioner was blowing warm air at a constant temperature, but he still felt a chill seeping into his bones.
Lu Yuan's face in the video call, and the words "I'll take your life before dawn," were like the tongue of a venomous snake, repeatedly rubbing against his eardrums.
"Director, it's been confirmed. Xu Changqing's life tablet is broken. The Tianji Pavilion is in complete chaos."
The adjutant pushed open the heavy soundproof door and strode to the desk to report.
The adjutant was a middle-aged man in his early thirties, dressed in a crisp black uniform, with a newly developed electromagnetic pulse gun hanging from his waist.
Zhou Ming took a cigar out of the drawer and held it between his fingers.
He tried three times before he finally managed to light the cigar.
"Didn't those idiots at the S.H.I.E.L.D. say that the high-energy radiation point in the East China Sea is an ancient relic? Didn't they say that three nuclear submarines and S-class assassins from the Dark Web are lying in ambush down there?!"
Zhou Ming took a deep drag on his cigar, the smoke making him cough violently.
"Not only did he survive the water pressure at a depth of 800 meters, he also returned to Jiangzhou without a trace. Is this intelligence work some kind of idiot?!"
The adjutant lowered his head, not daring to respond.
Zhou Ming took a few deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down.
"It's alright. Even if he's not dead, he's just bluffing."
Zhou Ming pressed the half-smoked cigar into the ashtray and crushed it forcefully.
"The straight-line distance from Jiangzhou to the capital is 1,200 kilometers. Even if he can mobilize aircraft from the Jiangnan Military Region, without the headquarters' identification code, they can't even enter the capital's air defense identification zone."
Zhou Ming stood up and walked to the electronic screen on the wall that occupied half of the wall.
The screen displays a diagram of the entire fortress's defensive structure.
"Activate the 'Black Tortoise' defense system."
Zhou Ming issued the order.
"Seal physical gates one through four. Deploy one hundred internal guards, all equipped with specially made anti-qi armor, and station them at the elevator shafts and ventilation openings. Anyone without my iris authorization will be killed on sight."
The adjutant immediately entered instructions on his personal tactical terminal.
"Director, should we contact Mr. Li?" the adjutant asked cautiously.
"Contact me my ass!"
Zhou Ming slammed his hand on the desk.
"That old codger, Li, has been terrified of Lu Yuan. He keeps yelling about absolute obedience. He doesn't understand at all. We hold the trump card given to us by the Sirius Star Region. As long as we hold out for these two weeks, once the interdimensional teleportation array is fully activated, not only will Lu Yuan be affected, but the laws of the entire Earth will be rewritten!"
A glint of insane greed flashed in Zhou Ming's eyes.
He pulled open the bottom drawer and took out a black lead metal box.
Inside the box was a mysterious copper piece the size of a fingernail. The star pattern on the surface of the copper piece was faintly glowing.
This was the source of his confidence in betraying Elder Li and cutting off the Panlong Mountain signal behind headquarters' back. The Shield Consortium promised him resources he couldn't refuse; if he could use the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion to hold off or kill Lu Yuan's sister, he could obtain a spot to enter the Sirius Star Region and even gain hundreds of years of lifespan.
"By the time he flies to the capital, it'll be too late. Does he really think this fortress a thousand meters underground is made of paper?"
Zhou Ming sneered.
The voice just fell.
The electronic screen that occupied half the wall suddenly flashed with a blinding amount of static.
Immediately afterwards, all the defense structure diagrams on the screen disappeared, leaving only a deathly blackness.
"What happened? Where's the backup power?"
Zhou Ming suddenly turned his head and stared intently at his adjutant.
The adjutant frantically tapped on the tactical terminal, a fine layer of sweat beading on his forehead.
"Chief, it's not a power supply problem. It's...it's that the spatial coordinate parameters are messed up!"
The adjutant's voice was filled with undisguised terror.
"The pressure sensors outside the fortress show that physical gates one through four have not been damaged by external force. But... but something has bypassed all the physical defenses and appeared in the corridor on our floor!"
Zhou Ming's pupils contracted violently.
He instinctively took half a step back, his back hitting the leather seat.
Bypass physical defenses directly?
What the hell is this ghost story?
Before he could react...
The explosion-proof door in the office area, which is half a meter thick and requires double passwords and iris verification, emitted a chilling melting sound.
There was no explosion or fire.
There was also no harsh cutting sound.
That alloy door, strong enough to withstand a direct hit from an armor-piercing bullet, was like a block of butter in an oven. Starting from the middle, it rapidly melted into a pool of molten metal, which spilled all over the floor.
The pungent smell of burnt metal instantly filled the entire office.
The motion-sensor lights in the corridor all went out the moment the door melted.
in the dark.
A series of extremely slow footsteps came in.
clack.
clack.
The rubber soles of the canvas shoes stepped on the molten metal on the ground, without even a wisp of smoke rising.
Lu Yuan emerged from the darkness.
He was still wearing that white shirt. Not a speck of dust was on him. It was as if he hadn't just crossed 1,200 kilometers of turbulent void, but had simply gone downstairs to the convenience store to buy a pack of cigarettes.
Zhou Ming felt as if his heart was being squeezed tightly by an invisible hand.
The blood was flowing backwards in my veins, and my scalp felt like it was about to burst open.
"you......"
Zhou Ming pointed at Lu Yuan, hissing like a broken bellows, unable to utter a complete sentence.
The adjutant was, after all, a professionally trained bodyguard.
The moment he saw Lu Yuan's face, without any hesitation, he drew the electromagnetic pulse gun from his waist, aimed it at Lu Yuan's forehead, and pulled the trigger.
Sizzle—!
A blue pulse beam, powerful enough to instantly disable the electronic systems of an armored vehicle and thoroughly cook a person's internal organs, shot straight toward Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan didn't even lift his eyelids.
He simply took one step forward.
The blue pulse beam, about half a foot from his brow, seemed to have struck an invisible mirror, reflecting directly onto the ceiling beside him.
boom!
A large hole was blasted in the ventilation duct in the ceiling, and rubble and dust fell down.
The adjutant wanted to fire a second shot.
Lu Yuan's gaze swept over them.
The laws of heaven and earth during the Mahayana stage include water control.
The adjutant's finger on the trigger froze.
He felt as if the blood, gastric juices, and even the moisture in his eyes were being forcibly stripped away by an irresistible force in that instant.
Visibly, the adjutant's crisp uniform quickly deflated.
His skin clung tightly to his bones like withered tree bark, his eyeballs sunken into their sockets, and in just two seconds, he became a desiccated corpse devoid of any moisture.
Clang.
The electromagnetic pulse gun fell to the ground.
The dried corpse fell straight backward, crashing to the ground and breaking into pieces without a single drop of blood flowing out.
Zhou Ming watched this scene unfold.
His bladder completely lost control. A warm liquid flowed down his thighs, soaking the carpet.
He finally understood why Old Li had issued such a ruthless and inhumane order to obey.
This is not human.
This is a calamity disguised in human skin.
"Mr. Lu... Mr. Lu! Please don't kill me!"
Zhou Ming knelt down with a thud. His knees slammed heavily on the carpet; he couldn't even muster the thought of resisting.
He crawled backward on his hands and feet until his back hit the cold wall.
"My uncle is a high-ranking official in the Astronomical Bureau! I have what you want!"
Zhou Ming screamed like a madman, trying to grasp at the last straw.
Lu Yuan walked to his desk.
He pulled out a chair and sat down quite naturally. His fingers tapped lightly twice on the smooth tabletop.
"What I want?"
Lu Yuan looked at Zhou Ming's face, which was contorted with extreme fear.
"You're a piece of trash who climbed up the ladder through nepotism, you can't even understand how to gnaw on your own master's bones. What do you have that I want?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ming thought there was hope.
He scrambled to the desk, gripping the edge tightly with both hands.
"Your father! Your biological father!"
Zhou Ming's features scrunched up with excitement.
"Twenty years ago, the Wang and Ye families of the capital joined forces to imprison your biological father in the stagnant, icy pool at the very bottom of the Heavenly Prison! It's a forbidden area where even a martial artist at the Divine Realm would be melted into dust if they went in!"
Zhou Ming swallowed hard, staring intently into Lu Yuan's eyes.
"I'll take you there as long as you don't kill me! Only my iris and my access permissions can open the physical gate to the stagnant, icy pool!"
Lu Yuan looked at Zhou Ming.
I stared at it for a full ten seconds.
Then, a mocking smile appeared on his lips.
"If you went to tell stories under the overpass, you might make a fortune."
Lu Yuan's voice was cold and devoid of any warmth.
"Do you think I don't know about the filth hidden at the bottom of that stagnant, cold pool? My biological father isn't there at all."
Zhou Ming was stunned.
His mouth was slightly open, and the light and shadow in his eyes flickered violently. The faint sound of wind coming from the surrounding ventilation ducts was completely sucked away in that instant.
"How...how could you possibly know...that's top secret, File Zero..."
Lu Yuan was too lazy to say anything more.
He stretched out his right hand and made a grabbing motion towards Zhou Ming's head from a distance.
The divine consciousness of the Mahayana stage, the soul-searching technique.
The overwhelming mental power was like a brutal iron hammer, directly shattering Zhou Ming's mental defenses.
A vast and chaotic jumble of memories flashed rapidly through Lu Yuan's mind.
Transaction records of Tianji Pavilion.
Darknet financial transactions of the S.H.I.E.L.D. consortium.
There is also a very secretive scene.
In the scene, Zhou Ming stands on the edge of a huge underground cave. In the center of the cave is a cold pool filled with churning black, stagnant water.
At the bottom of the icy pool, a gigantic monster lurked in the shadows.
The monster was tightly bound by ancient, cold iron chains as thick as a child's arm. Each chain was covered with yellow talismans that emitted a putrid stench.
The key is.
There was a fragment embedded in the monster's forehead, made of the exact same material as the [Mysterious Copper Piece]!
Lu Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.
He originally thought that the Wang and Ye families were just raising a mutated Yin corpse in a stagnant, cold pool.
But now it seems...
That Yin Corpse was actually another core array eye of the Blood River Sect's interdimensional teleportation array in the Sirius Star Region!
The S.H.I.E.L.D. is causing trouble in the Ruins of the East China Sea.
Tianji Pavilion launched a strong attack on Panlong Mountain.
These are all just gimmicks on the surface.
Their real purpose was to use these commotions to stall Lu Yuan, so that Zhou Ming could fully activate the array core within the Yin corpse underground in the capital.
The countdown isn't just half a month.
If this corpse isn't dealt with, the vanguard of the Sirius Star Region will arrive directly at the power center of the capital in three days at most.
Lu Yuan withdrew his divine sense.
Zhou Ming's body slumped onto the carpet like a lump of mud. His cerebral cortex had been completely smoothed out, turning him into a vegetable who needed to rely on instinct to breathe.
Lu Yuan stood up.
He glanced at the open lead metal box in the desk drawer.
The star array pattern on the mysterious bronze plate inside was flashing with a blood-red light at an extremely eerie frequency.
It's like echoing something deep underground.
"Dead water, icy pool".
Lu Yuan held the copper piece in his hand, the cold metallic sensation traveling through his fingertips.
He walked to the melted door and glanced at the private elevator deep in the corridor that led 1,500 meters underground.
Since these ants have washed their necks so clean.
They'll dig up the entire foundation of the capital city and let it bask in the sun.