Chapter 90 His rage will burn the world!
In the northwestern Gobi Desert, the night is cool and still.
The smell of gunpowder and blood had not yet dissipated in the makeshift camp.
Lu Zhanting sat on an ammunition box, wiping his rifle with a blank expression.
The movements were precise, mechanical, and carried an almost ritualistic solemnity.
The cold touch of the gun barrel calmed his boiling blood slightly.
The surviving team members kept their distance from him and dared not approach him.
They all knew that after the battle, the battalion commander was a lone wolf who needed to be alone.
Suddenly, Lu Zhanting stopped wiping the gun barrel.
He pressed his hand sharply to his chest.
There, the pocket that Su Wanqing had sewn for him was emitting a burning pain.
That wasn't warmth, it was burning.
Immediately afterwards, a violent palpitation gripped him, as if his heart had been crushed by an invisible giant hand.
His face turned deathly pale instantly, and he stopped breathing.
Something happened.
Something happened to his nightly!
This thought was like a black thunderbolt that cleaved through reason.
Almost simultaneously, a communications soldier ran over in a panic, forgetting even to salute.
"Reporting, Battalion Commander! A top-secret, encrypted telegram from the capital!"
Lu Zhanting snatched the telegram.
There was only one line of text above.
Every word burned into his eyes.
"Wan Qing has gone missing. She has been attacked by multiple forces and taken away by the overseas organization 'Ark of Life,' and is suspected to have gone to sea."
boom.
Something exploded in Lu Zhanting's mind.
In an instant, the world lost its sound and color, leaving only boundless, cold darkness.
The communications soldier looked at him in horror.
He saw the simmering, murderous aura around Lu Zhanting suddenly expand and explode.
That was no longer the aura of a human.
It was a ferocious beast from hell, its most primal and pure killing intent revealed after its scales were ripped off while it was still alive.
The temperature in the camp suddenly plummeted.
"Battalion Commander..." The communications soldier's voice trembled uncontrollably.
Lu Zhanting ignored him.
He slowly stood up and tossed the cleaned rifle to his deputy.
"The data has been taken back; mission accomplished."
His voice was terrifyingly calm, devoid of any emotion, like ice that had frozen everything.
After saying that, he didn't look at anyone again and strode towards the military jeep with a full tank of gas next to the camp.
"Battalion Commander! Where are you going?" His deputy caught up with him.
Lu Zhanting did not turn around.
He opened the car door, got in, and started the engine.
"Go kill someone."
The engine roared like a wild beast, and the jeep transformed into a black arrow, rushing into the darkness of the vast Gobi Desert, leaving behind only horror and dust.
This is a pursuit without end.
Lu Zhanting didn't know how long he had been driving.
One day, or one day and one night.
Time has lost its meaning.
His world consisted only of the narrow road ahead pierced by headlights and the ceaseless roar of engines.
When the fuel gauge was empty, he would appear like a ghost at a remote border post, ordering the other party to refuel within one minute with the highest authority, and then speed away, leaving no room for anyone to ask questions.
Hunger and exhaustion had long since numbed me.
He maintained his bodily functions at a minimum level only with the bottle of pills left by Su Wanqing in his pocket.
With each pill he swallowed, the familiar scent of the medicine, carrying her fragrance, felt as if a piece of his heart was being ripped out.
Scenes of him and her kept replaying in his mind.
Her stubborn gaze when we first met, her gentle silhouette in the kitchen, her peaceful face as she slept in his arms.
He promised to protect her for the rest of his life.
Now, however, he has plunged her into the deepest danger.
Boundless regret and anger repeatedly tore at his soul.
His eyes were bloodshot, his knuckles were pale from gripping the steering wheel too hard, and the veins on the back of his hands were bulging.
We need to hurry.
Faster!
Wait for me, Wanwan.
Please wait for me.
When that nearly broken-down jeep, covered in dust from the journey, rushed into the capital in a suicidal manner, and finally came to an abrupt stop in front of the Yan family's headquarters building, the guards at the gate were unable to react at all.
The car door opened.
A figure stepped down.
The man exuded a terrifying aura of death; his camouflage uniform was torn to shreds by the wind and sand, and his face and body were covered in dried blood and dust.
Only his eyes shone like two burning will-o'-the-wisps.
He is a Shura who has returned to the human world.
Yan Yunfei and Lu Yao, who had been waiting there, froze on the spot when they saw him.
“Brother…” Lu Yao’s tears instantly burst forth. She had never seen her brother so disheveled, and so… terrifying.
Lu Zhanting's gaze swept over the two of them, and he uttered only one word.
"explain."
Yan Yunfei forced himself to look directly into those eyes and recounted everything that night in his fastest possible voice.
From the success of the press conference to the ambush in the parking lot.
From the "Eternal Life Society" disguised as guards to foreign mercenaries who suddenly appeared, armed with high-tech weapons.
"...Our people and the Longevity Society got into a fight, and the scene was extremely chaotic. I only heard those foreigners shouting 'Ark of Life' in English. By the time we got the situation under control, my sister-in-law... was already gone."
Yan Yunfei's voice was filled with pain and self-blame.
"Only one anesthetic needle was left at the scene. The analysis results showed that the drug inside could instantly block the bioelectric current in the meridians. It was most effective on people like my sister-in-law with a special constitution."
Lu Zhanting listened quietly, his face expressionless.
But Yan Yunfei knew that beneath that calm lay a volcano about to devour everything.
The air in the room was frozen and heavy because of his silence, making it hard to breathe.
"The Ark of Life..."
Lu Zhanting repeated the name in a low voice, the crimson killing intent in his eyes solidifying into a tangible form.
He slowly raised his head, his gaze passing over Yan Yunfei and landing on an elderly man who remained silent behind him.
Old Master Yan.
“Elder Yan,” Lu Zhanting’s voice was hoarse, like metal scraping against metal, “I need to use the highest level of authority for ‘Dragon Fang’.”
Dragon Tooth.
China's most mysterious special forces unit, a secret weapon never shown to anyone, belonging to the nation.
Every action it takes requires authorization from the highest level.
Old Master Yan looked at the elite soldier he had personally trained, and at the fury in his eyes that could burn the world to ashes, and nodded heavily.
"I'm authorizing you."
Permission granted.
Lu Zhanting immediately turned around and walked towards the huge electronic warfare map.
He was no longer an angry husband.
He is a cold, efficient war machine, born solely for killing.
He picked up the encrypted communicator and issued a series of short, deadly commands.
"Order the 'Dragon Fang' intelligence team to abandon all missions. Target: 'Ark of Life'. I want everything about them: their history, structure, funding, and personnel. Within 24 hours, I want the precise coordinates of their mothership or base."
"Order the technology department to hack into all military and commercial satellites worldwide and retrieve all flight records of the airspace around Beijing and the surrounding area on the night of the incident. Track that helicopter; even if it flies to hell, I need to know which rock it landed on."
"Order the action team to enter Level 1 combat readiness. Await coordinates and be ready to launch a saturation attack on any target in any country or location."
He turned to look at Yan Yunfei.
"Use all of the Yan family's overseas connections to investigate! Investigate all illegal vessels, private islands, and offshore platforms related to 'Ark of Life.' Report any suspicious activity immediately."
A series of orders were issued.
The entire massive state apparatus began to operate with unprecedented frenzy in response to the disappearance of one person.
Lu Zhanting walked to the side and took off his tattered camouflage uniform.
His bare upper body was covered with a mix of old and new scars, each one a medal of death.
He went into the bathroom and let the cold water wash away the blood and dirt, and also wash away the last trace of impure thoughts in his mind.
When he came out again, he had changed into a full-black special operations uniform, wearing military boots, and his body was covered with deadly weapons.
He is a drawn sword, ready to drink blood.
He walked to the door without turning back.
"Yaoyao, take care of yourself." His voice regained a trace of warmth, but it only made people feel colder. "Wait for me to bring your sister-in-law back."
After saying that, he opened the door and strode into the night.
Behind him, Yan Yunfei and Lu Yao watched his resolute back, knowing full well what was going on.
A war to the death, initiated by Lu Zhanting and targeting the entire "Ark of Life," has begun.
The world will be plunged into a bloody storm because of the disappearance of a woman.
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