Shu Rou's face also turned serious. Her fingers flew across the strange tablet, the data on the screen refreshing like a waterfall, but interspersed with more and more ominous black gibberish. "Brother Qin Xiao, Yi Yi is right. 'Yun Rou's' wide-area scanning is being severely interfered with. The opponent's counter-surveillance capabilities are extremely strong, like a layer of moving energy fog, making it impossible to pinpoint its location! We can only roughly determine that it is moving at high speed from the southwest of the city center, and its target... is most likely here!"
Long Aobing jumped up from the sofa, the gleaming short blade she had polished drawing a cold arc in her hand. She licked her lips, her phoenix eyes flashing with a mixture of excitement and seriousness: "Oh? Interesting, finally something decent has arrived. However, this aura... is indeed a bit off, it doesn't seem like that of a simple martial artist."
Qin Xiao walked to the window, gazing at the still bustling cityscape below. He knew that beneath the calm surface, a deadly crisis was rapidly approaching. Ye Chen's resurgence in fortune was no accident. That so-called "super signal source" was probably the real main course tonight.
"Is there a direct connection between this signal source and Ye Chen's improved fortune?" Qin Xiao asked.
"Yes! Absolutely!" Yun Yiyi answered urgently, "The system's preliminary judgment is that Ye Chen's luck has rebounded precisely because of the appearance of this signal source! There is a state similar to energy binding between them! It's as if... it's as if Ye Chen sacrificed his luck and life to this signal source in exchange for this last glimmer of hope!"
Sacrifice? Qin Xiao frowned slightly.
Just then!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Several muffled, almost inaudible impacts came simultaneously from several different directions of the apartment, followed by the faint sound of glass being cut by a special tool.
"They're here!" Long Aobing shouted, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit.
Shu Rou immediately tensed up: "Brother Qin Xiao! 'Yun Rou' has detected at least twelve high-energy individuals who have broken through the outer security and are infiltrating from three directions! They are well-equipped and highly professional; they are from 'Shadow'!"
Qin Xiao reacted swiftly: "Shu Rou, activate the apartment's highest-level defense mode to disrupt their communication and targeting systems! Ao Bing, I'll handle the front line. A quick victory is crucial; these are just pawns. Be careful, they might have other tricks up their sleeve! Yi Yi, continuously monitor the movements of that 'super signal source,' and report any unusual activity immediately!"
"clear!"
"Leave it to me!"
"Yes, host!"
Almost the instant Qin Xiao finished speaking, the reinforced glass window of the apartment suddenly slid open silently inward, and several dark figures flashed in like ghosts, their specially made silenced weapons pointing directly at the three people in the living room!
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" Several metallic spikes carrying the aura of death pierced through the air!
"Hmph! You're courting death!" Long Aobing sneered, her figure flashing like a ghost as she charged forward. The short blade in her hand flashed with a dazzling light under the lamplight, the clanging of metal echoing incessantly. Those specially made spikes, capable of piercing steel plates, were all deflected by her, some even rebounding back at an even faster speed!
"Pfft! Pfft!" The two black-clad assassins who had just rushed in didn't even have time to groan before they collapsed to the ground, clutching their throats, blood gushing out from between their fingers.
"Their goggles have infrared and low-light compensation. 'Yunrou' is trying to hack into their visual system and give them a 'surprise'!" Shurou said while rapidly operating the tablet. Sure enough, the movements of several "Shadow" members who were about to break in from other directions suddenly froze. It seemed that the scene in front of them had changed strangely. The beautiful woman in front of them turned into a hideous demon, while Qin Xiao transformed into a Buddha bathed in golden light.
Long Aobing pressed her advantage relentlessly, her figure flitting among the enemies like a butterfly flitting among flowers. Each flash of her short blade was accompanied by a shrill scream and the demise of a life. These "Shadow" elites, who would strike fear into the hearts of anyone outside, were as fragile as paper before her.
"Brother Qin Xiao, these 'Shadows' are powerful, but they seem... just so-so!" Shu Rou breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Long Aobing display his might, and even had the mood to make a little joke.
Qin Xiao, however, did not relax at all: "Don't be careless, this is just an appetizer."
Before he could finish speaking, Yun Yiyi screamed, "Host! That super signal source...it...it suddenly accelerated! And...'Yun Rou's' system is under severe impact! Its energy fluctuations are increasing dramatically! It...it seems to be devouring all the energy around it! Including...including the life energy of these 'Shadow' assassins!"
Almost simultaneously, a "Shadow" assassin who was about to die after being kicked away by Long Aobing suddenly twisted bizarrely in mid-air! His bones cracked like popping beans, then reassembled and regenerated according to an abnormal physical rule! Beneath his ashen skin, black blood vessels bulged like twisted earthworms, emitting a faint burnt smell.
"Ugh... Ahhh! Power! I feel it... Ascension! For the Dragon King! For... Eternity!" The assassin let out a roar that was not human, and a jet-black energy wave suddenly erupted from his body, carrying a nauseating aura of decay and madness. His previously broken ribs were visibly reforming at a speed that even became thicker!
Long Aobing was stunned. She could clearly feel that the sudden surge of power emanating from the other party had completely exceeded the human realm!
"What...what the hell is this?!" For the first time, Long Aobing's face showed a genuine expression of horror.
The tablet screen in Shu Rou's hand flickered and emitted a piercing alarm: "Brother Qin Xiao! 'Yun Rou' has detected... detected that the life characteristics of this 'Shadow' assassin are undergoing a fundamental mutation! His genetic sequence... is being forcibly rewritten by an unknown energy! And... and that super signal source that Yi Yi mentioned, it... it seems to have fused with Ye Chen's last life imprint, and... and a piece of 'Original System Core Fragment' that the system detected and marked as 'Absolutely Forbidden'!"
"A fragment of the Primordial System's core?!" Qin Xiao's pupils contracted sharply, his heart filled with shock and disbelief. For the first time, he realized how serious the situation was. That fool Ye Chen had actually violated the fundamental rules of the world!
The mutated "Shadow" assassin sprang to his feet, the high-grade floor tiles beneath his feet cracking inch by inch. He transformed into a black shadow carrying a stench, his speed more than twice as fast as before. He pounced on Long Aobing with a stench, letting out a beast-like roar: "You all must die! Become... sacrifices!"
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