Chapter 391 Operation Begins
The silver-masked assistant looked at Ying Lingyun with a posture of waiting for instructions.
Just as the young researcher I encountered in the secret outpost of the Humanitarian Affairs Bureau described, according to various sources, the Humanitarian Affairs Bureau, from its top brass to its back office, excessively relied on Ying Lingyun, granting him extremely vast authority. Even the news of the Humanitarian Affairs Bureau's main outpost being invaded seemed to have reached his ears immediately, allowing him to decide how to proceed.
Ying Lingyun is now the de facto head of the Humanitarian Affairs Department.
Upon receiving the report of the intrusion, Ying Lingyun's dazed and frantic expression instantly turned into indifferent calm.
"Invasion?" he said. "Our independent reality space has the power of the Divine Seal Fragment as a firewall, and we have absorbed the lessons learned from the invasion of the previous independent reality space. Even the Great Impermanence cannot invade this place."
“However… if the Great Impermanence also uses the power of the Divine Seal Fragment, then things will be a different story. The invading party is most likely Fazheng, who provided us with the Divine Seal Fragment. He has both the motive and the power. The actions of the Humanity Division and me have indeed exceeded his limit of tolerance, and I knew this day would come.”
The silver-masked figure beside him reminded him, "Even if the righteous also possess the power of the Divine Seal Fragments, they shouldn't be able to invade our independent reality space, because most of the technology they use to utilize the power of the Divine Seal Fragments is fed back from us, and in many aspects, they are lagging behind us."
“So there might be other Great Impermanence involved in this matter,” another silver-masked figure said thoughtfully. “...The possibility of Divine Illumination is very high.”
"According to the intelligence we have secretly gathered, although Shenzhao's research progress on the Divine Seal fragments is different from ours, its depth is no less than ours. Perhaps we can use the Divine Seal fragments to do some things that even we cannot imagine."
The last silver-masked man added, "I'm afraid Zhuang Cheng was also involved in this. I heard he's become the Great Impermanence. Judging from his past behavior and personality, he wouldn't miss the opportunity to save his friend."
Ying Lingyun said expressionlessly, "So, in other words, we'll have to face attacks from three Great Impermanences simultaneously this time?"
“Not just that. Fazheng is cautious by nature; he'll treat every fragment of the divine seal we possess as a Great Impermanence-level combatant… so we'll probably have to face four Great Impermanences simultaneously.” One of the silver-masked figures said, “The fourth Great Impermanence shouldn't be Jian Feixian; Fazheng will most likely assign him to guard the rear. If we exclude the three elusive individuals—Old Fist God, Willow Shadow, and Wheel King—the fourth Great Impermanence should be either the Divination Master or Fate Turbidity…”
"The Divination Master never personally intervenes in matters. The fourth Great Impermanence should be the Turbid Life, and its target is most likely our technical data," said another person wearing a silver mask.
Ying Lingyun muttered to himself, "Even if our independent reality space is breached, it will automatically recover. Shenzhao must maintain the invasion channel from the rear. Zhuang Cheng and Mingzhuo certainly won't give up their positions as the main attackers, so Fazheng will be responsible for blocking the retreat route..."
In such a short period of time, they managed to figure out the configuration of all our main combat forces through analysis and communication alone, and even analyzed with incredible precision who was at the front and who was at the rear!
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. We have no idea what tricks Ying Lingyun has up his sleeve, but he's almost exposed everything about us.
“But… something still doesn’t feel right. Even with the technical support of Divine Illumination, I still don’t think they can break through the firewall of this independent reality space…” Ying Lingyun frowned deeply. “There must be some crucial point that we haven’t seen… what vulnerability have we overlooked…”
“Don’t rush to think about this kind of thing. We can wait until after the fact to analyze it and then delve into it.” One of the silver-masked men looked at Ying Lingyun. “What do we do now? Even if Fazheng blocks our way out, we still have ways to get out unscathed.”
"The problem is that once you lose the Humanitarian Division, you won't have the resources to revive Silvermoon. We 'possible clones' don't care, but you can't accept that, right?"
Another silver-masked figure said, "There are still ten minutes until the enemy completes their invasion. Shall we initiate the Silver Moon's resurrection ritual first?"
"...No, you can't!" Ying Lingyun stared intently at Chang'an, whose body was shifting inside the cylindrical glass container. "This material can only be used once. I must be in the absolute best condition before consuming it. I cannot allow the slightest mistake..."
The last silver-masked figure said, "Now hurry up and start the resurrection ritual. We still have a 97% or higher chance of successfully resurrecting the real Silver Moon."
"If you cling to that remaining less than three percent chance of failure and refuse to let go, our final success rate will only drop to zero."
Ying Lingyun closed his eyes, and the three silver masks looked at him coldly, like machines.
A few seconds later, Ying Lingyun suddenly burst into hysterical laughter.
“Yes, the real test always comes unexpectedly, giving no time to be fully prepared…” A ruthless determination flashed in his eyes. “In that case, let’s make a final push in the last ten minutes!”
Just as he uttered those words, the connection between me and the thermal energy markers within Chang'an's body was finally strengthened by the power of the fragments of the Divine Seal of Divine Illumination to a level sufficient to transmit power.
At the same time, my perception of the independent reality space has expanded further. Not just this laboratory, but now I can perceive every corner of the independent reality space. This place is just like the secret Humanitarian Division outpost from last time, with a large number of researchers and guards. At this moment, a sharp alarm is sounding inside this main outpost, and everyone is taking refuge in fear.
"The last ten minutes?"
I made my voice resound throughout the Humanitarian Affairs headquarters.
Ying Lingyun's expression changed drastically, and she suddenly looked up.
"I won't give you that time."
Along with my words, a sea of fire suddenly erupted, centered on the laboratory where Ying Lingyun was located, instantly turning the Humanitarian Division's headquarters into a living hell.
A large number of researchers and guards were instantly reduced to ashes, along with countless pieces of equipment and materials that were shattered and destroyed in the flames.
In the next instant, a powerful and mysterious force unfolded, enveloping the Humanitarian Division's headquarters. This was the same reset power as Dr. Silver Mask's; all the dead and damaged objects instantly revived and returned to their original forms, as if a movie had been rewound. Perhaps due to the support of the Humanitarian Division's vast resources, and because I couldn't currently dedicate too much power to the headquarters, this inexplicably powerful restart force was temporarily unable to withstand my attacks.
But it doesn't matter. For me, the act of throwing the flames in is the goal itself; causing destruction is secondary.
As the center of the restarting power, Ying Lingyun and the three silver masks did not die immediately in the sea of fire. Ying Lingyun's gaze seemed to follow the clue of the flames, locking onto me outside the independent reality space, and then he uttered a voice that was faintly tinged with madness: "This flame, it's you... I understand, it was you! You implanted a mark in the body of the Silver Moon Incarnation, and even I didn't detect it..."
“His name is Chang’an, don’t forget it next time. This is my friend, and also your son’s name,” I said. “Ying Lingyun, I’m here to kill you.”
"Zhuang Cheng——"
Ying Lingyun laughed in anger, then made a gesture towards the air. I don't know what he did, but just as I was about to unleash more flames, my senses were cut off. The scenes inside the independent reality space instantly vanished from my consciousness.
However, the connection to that place has not been severed. Through the act of launching flames on a massive scale along the connection just now, the connection has been expanded countless times, far exceeding the extent that would have been achieved in ten minutes.
I stood in the forest clearing and looked at Fazheng and Shenzhao not far away. The latter seemed to have sensed that I had succeeded, nodded to me, and then stretched out his palm toward the center of the formation.
At the center of the formation, a thin beam of light rose from the ground, stopping its extension at a height of ten meters, like a needle of light stuck in the ground.
"—Operation begins."
As the organizer of the offensive in this battle, Fa Zheng issued the order without hesitation.
The vertical rays of light stretched out to both sides, transforming into a beam of white light that formed a "door" about five meters wide.
Without hesitation, Mingzhuo charged forward, his body disappearing into one side of the white light but not emerging from the other, clearly having entered an independent reality space outside of the real world. I was a beat slower, but I followed closely behind, rushing into the white light as well.
A white light filled my vision, then faded, and the scenery before me transformed into the Humanitarian Division's headquarters, engulfed in flames. This was one of the passageways, and behind it was a portal formed by the white light.
The Black Impermanence brought by Mingzhuo also entered this passage one after another. As soon as they entered, they dispersed and began to carry out their missions, scavenging technical data inside the Humanitarian Affairs Bureau's headquarters.
The members of the Humanitarian Affairs Department obviously didn't care about anything else and hurriedly fled and hid.
Mingzhuo glanced at the fleeing members of the Humanity Division in the distance; their bodies had all exploded out of thin air, only to be brought back to life by the power of restart.
"A trivial skill."
With a casual remark, Ming Zhuo shattered the bodies of the Humanity Division members in the distance once more. This time, none of them came back to life.
I tried to sense other parts of the Humanitarian Division's headquarters through the sea of fire, but I could only sense vague information and couldn't transmit the flames. It seems the force that severed my senses has now spread throughout the Humanitarian Division.
However, after the initial unfolding of the inferno, I had thoroughly explored and memorized the terrain of the Humanitarian Division's main base, and also discerned my current location. The inability to use fire teleportation didn't matter; I could simply move directly to Ying Lingyun's location.
Ignoring all obstacles in my path, I smashed through the ceiling and walls in one go, moving to the laboratory where Ying Lingyun had just been via the shortest straight path.
Ying Lingyun was no longer here; Chang'an had also vanished, hidden inside a cylindrical glass container in the distance.
What's here?
Mingzhuo moved over like a ghost, looking left and right with his hands behind his back, then seemed to notice something new: "Oh? Where is this..."
"Please stay away from me. Don't you have anything to do?" I said.
"What did you say? Who wants to follow you? I just..."
Before Mingzhuo could finish speaking, a huge surge of magical power suddenly rose from outside the room and attacked us.
(End of this chapter)
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