210: Chapter 210 Transoceanic Dimensional Reduction Strike! A Slap Shatters the Federation's Grand Administrator

Underground core base in Area 11.

The surviving members of The Black Knights were frantically packing supplies.

Mech parts, ammo crates, and medical kits were being loaded onto heavy transport trucks in batches.

The entire bomb shelter was filled with hurried footsteps and shouts.

Lelouch stood before the command table on the high platform, tapping rapidly on the tactical keyboard.

"Kaname Ohgi, is the first batch of the decoy transport team ready?"

Lelouch asked without looking up.

Kaname Ohgi ran over, dripping with sweat, clutching a walkie-talkie in his hand.

"Ready! Fifteen old transport planes have started their engines, all fully loaded with sandbags and scrap metal. The flight path is set to break through to the west, flying straight to the high seas. As soon as they take off, the radar of those five hundred warships of the Britannia Empire will definitely capture the signal."

"Very good."

Lelouch pushed the map onto the main screen. "Have them take off one by one every ten minutes to stretch out the distance between the evacuation units. We need to give Charles an illusion, making him think we are fleeing on a large scale. He definitely won't be willing to let these 'important targets' escape; the main fleet will definitely follow and press toward the strait."

Kaname Ohgi nodded vigorously and turned to run and make arrangements.

Yu Feng leaned against the command table, toying with a pure gold lighter in his hand.

"You've put a lot of effort into this act."

Yu Feng pocketed the lighter. "Those people from the Britannia Empire are used to being arrogant; seeing their prey running away, they will definitely pounce and bite without a second thought."

Lelouch turned around.

"The trap has been set. The next step is to go to the Chinese Federation to find a new blood bag. I had the logistics team prepare a stealth assault craft; it should be able to fly to the outskirts of the Forbidden City in Luoyang in about three hours."

Yu Feng sneered.

"Three hours? That's way too late."

He reached back and pulled the dark golden [teleportation staff] out of his Portable Space.

The gem at the top of the staff radiated intense spatial fluctuations.

"Why take a crappy plane? I hate wasting time on travel."

Yu Feng turned to look at Kallen, who was standing to the side, and reached out to wrap his arm around her slender waist, pulling her into his embrace.

Kallen let out a small cry, her cheeks slightly flushed, but she didn't resist at all, leaning against Yu Feng's broad chest.

Kaguya Sumeragi, standing on the other side, saw this and immediately crowded over, unwilling to be outdone. She hugged Yu Feng's other arm tightly, pressing most of her body against him.

"I want to go too!"

Kaguya Sumeragi lifted her chin, her tone extremely proactive. "I'm very familiar with those eunuchs in the Chinese Federation; I can help you identify them!"

"Fine, I'll take you along."

Yu Feng pinched Kaguya Sumeragi's cheek.

Lelouch watched this scene of him holding one in each arm, his eyelid twitching.

"Get ready."

Yu Feng gripped the staff tightly, S-Rank Divine Power instantly flooding into it. "I'll let you experience what a physical trans-oceanic crossing is."

Dark golden light erupted within the bomb shelter.

The formidable spatial rules directly distorted the surrounding physical coordinates.

With a flash of light, the figures of Yu Feng, Kallen, Kaguya Sumeragi, and Lelouch vanished into thin air, without even stirring a breeze.

At the same time.

Thousands of kilometers away, the capital of the Chinese Federation, the Forbidden City in Luoyang.

Inside the magnificent assembly hall, golden dragon-coiled pillars reached straight to the dome.

The air was filled with the scent of expensive incense.

The Grand Eunuch Gao Hai was dressed in an extremely elaborate and luxurious official uniform, half-reclining on a large sandalwood armchair.

He held a jade teacup in his hand, leisurely skimming the foam.

Standing below in the hall were four or five trusted eunuchs, also dressed in official uniforms.

"Grand Eunuch, the news from Area 11 has been confirmed."

A trusted eunuch lowered his voice to report the situation. "The Black Knights have had their foundation shattered by the Britannia Empire. That guy called ZERO actually sent a secret telegram asking us for aid, wanting to borrow a few naval ports along the southeast coast as a foothold."

Gao Hai sneered twice and slammed his teacup onto the table.

"A bunch of stray dogs, daring to come here to beg for food."

He pulled a gold-stamped secret letter from his sleeve and threw it on the table.

"Prince Schneizel of the Britannia Empire sent someone to deliver this secret order the day before yesterday. As long as we can capture ZERO and his core cadres alive and deliver them to the Britannia Empire's homeland, Charles is willing to grant us hereditary peerages as dukes, plus permanent mining rights to three overseas rich mines."

The eunuchs below listened, their eyes lighting up.

"Grand Eunuch, you are wise! This is practically a deal that fell from the sky!"

Gao Hai proudly adjusted his sleeves.

"Reply to ZERO immediately. Tell him we are opening our doors wide and are willing to provide a top-tier welcome banquet. As soon as they land, ambush them with three thousand Imperial Guards in the banquet hall. I want to make sure they never return."

Outside the hall, the heavy vermilion doors were tightly shut.

The leader of the Imperial Guards, Xingke Li, gripped the sword at his waist and stood below the steps.

His hearing was excellent; the conspiracy inside the hall reached his ears without missing a word.

Xingke Li gritted his teeth, the veins on the back of his hand gripping the sword bulging.

These eunuchs, who were a plague to the country and the people, actually wanted to treat the righteous warriors resisting the Britannia Empire as bargaining chips to exchange for glory and wealth.

They had disgraced the Chinese Federation completely!

He wished he could rush in right now and chop off Gao Hai's head with one sword stroke.

But he couldn't.

The thirteen-year-old Empress Tianzi Jiang Lihua was still under house arrest in the deep palace by these eunuchs.

As long as he dared to make a move, the Empress would lose her life immediately.

Xingke Li could only suppress his anger, standing in place without moving.

Inside the hall, Gao Hai was preparing to continue arranging the details of the capture.

Suddenly, the air in the center of the hall emitted an extremely harsh tearing sound.

A blinding dark golden pillar of light descended from the sky, slamming hard onto the marble floor tiles.

Violent spatial currents swept through the hall, overturning several sandalwood tables and chairs.

Expensive porcelain shattered into pieces.

The light dissipated.

Yu Feng stood in the center of the hall with one hand in his pocket.

To his left stood the red-haired Kallen, and to his right stood Kaguya Sumeragi in a kimono.

Lelouch stood behind them, wearing a black cloak and a mask.

Gao Hai shuddered in fear, rolling off the armchair.

"Who are you! How did you get in here!"

Gao Hai let out a pig-like shriek.

The trusted eunuchs were so scared they scrambled and crawled, hiding behind the pillars.

Kaguya Sumeragi poked her head out from behind Yu Feng and pointed at Gao Hai on the ground.

"Lord Yu Feng, that old eunuch dressed the most gaudily is Gao Hai. All the military and political power of the Chinese Federation is in his hands."

Yu Feng exhaled a smoke ring and looked Gao Hai up and down.

"Dressed like an opera singer. Are you the one in charge here?"

Gao Hai looked at the four strangers who had appeared out of thin air, especially the masked Lelouch, and immediately realized.

"ZERO! You are ZERO! How dare you barge directly into the Forbidden City!"

Gao Hai scrambled toward the console behind him and slapped the red, highest-level alarm button.

A harsh alarm sounded instantly throughout the hall.

"Someone come! Protect me! Hack these assassins into mincemeat for me!"

Boom!

The side doors of the hall were violently kicked open.

Ten pitch-black "Steel Skull" mechs, wielding heavy chainswords, charged into the hall with heavy footsteps.

These were the Federation's latest melee-specialized models, specifically responsible for protecting the core safety of the eunuch clique.

The ten mechs formed a semi-encirclement, their chainswords roaring deafeningly as they lunged directly at the four of them.

Kallen instinctively reached to draw the pistol at her waist.

Yu Feng raised his hand to stop her.

"Let me handle it; they're just piles of scrap metal."

Yu Feng stood in place without moving a step.

He raised his right hand, and S-Rank [Divine Power] erupted without reservation.

A terrifying physical shockwave, invisible to the naked eye, swept outward with Yu Feng as the center.

The three "Steel Skull" mechs charging at the front were lifted off the ground the instant they made contact with the shockwave, their tens of tons of body weight sent flying.

The special alloy armor on their chests was crushed into a huge dent by the invisible, immense force.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The ten mechs didn't even last a second; all were sent flying by this brutal force.

They slammed heavily into the surrounding walls and dragon-coiled pillars.

The mechs' mechanical arms snapped, their power cores shut down on the spot, and electric sparks flashed wildly among the scrap metal.

Outside the hall.

Xingke Li heard the alarm and the loud crash and could no longer hold back.

He drew his longsword, kicked open the main door of the hall, and rushed in.

"Protect the hall!"

Xingke Li roared.

But as soon as he crossed the threshold, his gaze fell on the scrapped mechs covering the floor, and he froze instantly.

He hadn't seen them use any heavy weapons at all, yet over a dozen top-tier guard mechs had already turned into scrap metal.

Xingke Li gritted his teeth, forcing himself to withstand the suffocating pressure inside the hall. He gripped the sword hilt with both hands and aimed the blade at Yu Feng, who stood in the center.

"No matter who you are, drop your weapons and surrender immediately!"

Xingke Li shouted sternly.

Yu Feng turned his head, his gaze falling on Xingke Li.

"Are you that Xingke Li?"

Yu Feng didn't even move.

He simply merged his mental power into his divine might, locked onto Xingke Li, and pressed down hard.

Boom!

Xingke Li felt as if an invisible mountain had slammed down on top of his head.

His proud, super-strong constitution completely failed in the face of this absolute hierarchical suppression.

His bones let out an extremely harsh creaking sound, and his muscles spasmed wildly from the excessive exertion.

Cold sweat instantly soaked Xingke Li's back.

He tried his best to stand straight, but his knees went weak uncontrollably.

Thud.

Xingke Li dropped to one knee heavily on the marble tiles. He couldn't even lift the sword in his hand and had to plant the tip of the blade into the ground to desperately support his body.

"Not bad martial arts strength, but it's a pity you chose the wrong master."

Yu Feng withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at him.

Gao Hai hid behind the desk, watching his strongest trump cards get wiped out in seconds, terrified and panicked.

But he still refused to admit defeat, shouting with a fierce but hollow bluster.

"You dare touch me! I hold the deployment orders for millions of the Chinese Federation's troops! I have thousands of resource depots overseas! If you kill me, none of you will leave Luoyang City today! The Imperial Guards outside will raze this place to the ground immediately!"

Yu Feng laughed at that.

He strode forward with long steps, walking right up to Gao Hai.

He grabbed the man by the collar, hoisting the high eunuch up from the ground with brute force.

Slap!

Yu Feng backhanded him with a solid, resounding slap, landing directly on Gao Hai's powder-caked face.

The crisp sound of the slap echoed through the great hall.

Half of Gao Hai's face instantly swelled up like a pig's head, and he spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with shattered teeth.

Yu Feng released his grip, letting Gao Hai drop to the floor like a dead dog.

Then, he raised his right foot and pressed the sole of his military boot hard against Gao Hai's distorted face, grinding it down with force.

"Old man, have you not figured out the situation yet?"

Yu Feng looked down at him, his tone filled with undisguised arrogance.

"I didn't travel all this way just to negotiate with you eunuchs about borrowing grain."

"I am here to take over everything."

Gao Hai was pinned underfoot, the bones of his face emitting a teeth-gritting grinding sound.

He clawed desperately at Yu Feng's military boot, but couldn't budge it even an inch.

"You... you are acting like a bandit! The various warlords of the Chinese Federation will never let you get away with this!"

Gao Hai shrieked incoherently.

Lelouch stepped forward, pulled a thick stack of documents from under his black cloak, and slapped them directly onto Gao Hai's blood-stained face.

The papers scattered, white pages with black text covering the floor.

"This is the ledger provided by Lady Kaguya Sumeragi."

Lelouch's voice echoed through the hall. "It clearly records every transaction you eunuchs have made over the past five years, selling the Chinese Federation's mineral resources to the Britannia Empire and illegally trading military mech parts. It even includes the coordinates of your overseas money laundering accounts."

Lelouch looked down at Gao Hai.

"Using the blood and sweat of the Chinese Federation to feed the appetite of the Britannia Empire. You vampires were sentenced to death long ago."

The few eunuchs hiding behind the pillars were paralyzed with fear upon hearing the contents of the ledger, collapsing to the ground and kowtowing frantically for mercy.

"Spare us, heroes! We'll give you all the money! We'll hand over all military power!"

Yu Feng found it annoying.

"So noisy."

Yu Feng shifted his focus slightly, and the terrifying mental pressure from his S-Rank Divine Power instantly spread outward.

An invisible wave swept across the entire hall.

The eunuchs kowtowing for mercy didn't even have time to scream; their eyes rolled back, and they collapsed, fainting instantly and falling completely silent.

Yu Feng moved his foot away and wiped the blood off his sole onto a nearby tablecloth with an expression of disgust.

Li Xingke, who was kneeling at the entrance of the great hall, had witnessed the entire scene.

The cancerous eunuch faction that had weighed down the Chinese Federation for over a decade—a problem even he had been helpless to solve—had been thoroughly crushed by this man in just a few short minutes, in the most brutal and unreasonable way possible.

Not only did Li Xingke feel no hostility, but a surge of uncontrollable exhilaration rose in his heart.

The deadlock that had plagued him for years had actually been broken by an outsider using pure force.

Yu Feng snapped his fingers, lifting the mental pressure he had placed on Li Xingke.

Li Xingke felt the mountain on his back vanish instantly.

He gasped for air, leaning on his sword as he struggled to stand up.

"I didn't kill you just now because you're still somewhat useful."

Yu Feng walked up to Li Xingke, his gaze extremely aggressive. "Loyalty is a good thing, but don't waste it on trash. Now, take me to see the Empress."

Li Xingke did not hesitate; he sheathed his sword and knelt on one knee, performing a military salute.

"Xingke is willing to serve you! This way, please!"

He stood up and strode ahead to lead the way.

Deep within the Forbidden City lay the secluded palace where the Empress was kept under house arrest.

The entire corridor was terrifyingly quiet.

Li Xingke walked in the lead, drawing his sword to force back the eunuch guards along the way who were still unaware of what had happened.

"Get lost! All of you, get out!"

Li Xingke roared.

Seeing the murderous commander of the Imperial Guards, the guards dropped their weapons and fled in panic.

The group arrived before the main entrance of the sleeping quarters.

It was a special alloy door built specifically to imprison the Empress.

It was a full half-meter thick, its surface covered in dense rows of red electronic keyholes, with alarm lights flashing wildly.

Li Xingke frowned and turned to look at Lelouch.

"The password for this door was held by that Gao Hai from earlier. If we force it open, the internal self-destruct sequence will release poison gas. We need to find a technician to crack it..."

Before he could finish speaking.

Yu Feng walked right up and shoved Li Xingke aside.

"Crack it, my ass. Waste of time."

Yu Feng pressed both hands directly onto the half-meter-thick special alloy door panel.

He unleashed his S-Rank Divine Power without reservation, the terrifying physical force pouring through his arms and into the door.

Creak! Crack!

The indestructible alloy door emitted a horrific sound of twisting metal.

Yu Feng locked his fingers into the gap of the door and tore his arms violently to the sides.

Boom!

Dozens of heavy electronic locks snapped instantly, sending sparks flying everywhere.

The half-meter-thick blast door was ripped into two pieces, the heavy metal wreckage slamming onto the corridor floor and creating two large craters.

The entire process of breaking the door took less than three seconds.

Li Xingke was stunned.

Is this really power a human can possess?

Yu Feng brushed the metal debris off his hands and strode over the ruins, entering the sleeping quarters.

The interior of the sleeping quarters was dim.

The air held a musty smell from years without sunlight.

On the large dragon bed, the bedding was raised into a small, trembling lump.

The thirteen-year-old puppet Empress, Jiang Lihua, was curled up in the farthest corner of the bed.

Hearing the massive explosion and the sound of tearing metal outside, she was pale with fright.

She thought the warlords outside had finally broken in and were coming to silence her, the useless Empress.

Jiang Lihua gripped the corner of the quilt tightly, her small body trembling like a sieve.

Yu Feng walked to the bedside, looking down at the trembling bundle of quilts.

He withdrew his violent killing intent, and his aura became calm and steady.

He reached out and yanked off the heavy quilt.

Jiang Lihua let out a terrified scream, covering her head with her hands and squeezing her eyes shut.

"Don't kill me... I don't know anything..." The little girl's voice was thick with tears.

Yu Feng said nothing; he simply reached out and pinched Jiang Lihua's tear-stained little cheek.

It felt very soft.

Jiang Lihua froze and cautiously opened her eyes.

What came into view was a tall man wearing a black trench coat.

There was no greed or malice in this man's eyes, like those of the eunuchs; there was only an irresistible sense of dominance.

Yu Feng slid his hands under her arms, lifted the thirteen-year-old girl out of the bedding, and sat her down on the edge of the bed.

He raised his broad palm and ruffled Jiang Lihua's hair.

"What are you crying for? I'm here to take over this place."

Yu Feng's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an absolute sense of oppression and security. "That group of old eunuchs who locked you in here have all been crushed by me."

Jiang Lihua stared blankly at Yu Feng, her brain completely unable to process what was happening.

Yu Feng bent down so his gaze was level with hers.

"From today on, this country belongs to me. No one will ever dare lock you in this dark, sunless cage again."

Yu Feng pinched her chin, his tone domineering. "Whoever makes you cry, I will pull out their bones one by one. Do you understand?"

These words were like a heavy hammer, shattering the psychological defenses Jiang Lihua had built up over years of living in constant fear.

From childhood, she had been nothing but a puppet to be manipulated.

No one truly cared if she lived or died; even Li Xingke could only watch helplessly from outside the door as she suffered.

But now, this man who had suddenly descended from the heavens had torn open the iron door that had locked her away for years, pulled her out of hell, and given her a promise of safety.

Jiang Lihua's eyes instantly turned red.

All her grievances, fear, and despair erupted in this moment.

"Waaaah—!"

The little girl let out a heart-wrenching cry and lunged forward, wrapping her arms tightly around Yu Feng's neck.

She wrapped her legs around Yu Feng's waist and buried her face into the crook of his neck.

Her tears and snot were smeared without reservation all over Yu Feng's expensive black trench coat.

She held on as tightly as possible, terrified that if she let go, this man would disappear.

The intense body heat and the overwhelming aura of masculinity radiating from Yu Feng became her only lifeline.

Yu Feng didn't push her away; he simply supported her back with one hand, letting her hang on him and cry until she had vented it all.

Kaguya Sumeragi, standing at the door, couldn't help but pout at the sight.

"That little girl, she sure acts fast."

Kaguya Sumeragi muttered under her breath.

Kallen shook her head helplessly.

Li Xingke looked at the Empress held in Yu Feng's arms, his own eyes welling up.

He stood outside the door and lowered his head deeply.

Lelouch stepped forward and stood beside Yu Feng.

"The headquarters has been taken."

Lelouch looked at the data on his terminal. "With Gao Hai dead, the eunuch faction is leaderless. As long as the Empress issues an imperial edict, combined with the cooperation of Li Xingke's Imperial Guards, we can take over the entire Chinese Federation's military-industrial system within a day."