79: Capture alive, traitor, scheme

Fang Yun emerged silently from behind the shelves, like a 'ghost peeking out'.

Various top-tier Fifth Order prosthetics all over his body collectively granted Fang Yun powerful physical abilities.

In the time-slowed state, Fang Yun's maximum speed, enhanced by the prosthetics, could reach hundreds of meters per second.

Of course, 'second' here refers to Fang Yun's subjective time.

However, viewed from the perspective of a normal person, Fang Yun's maximum speed could reach a terrifying tens of thousands of meters per second!

In other words, Fang Yun's current maximum movement speed can reach nearly one ten-thousandth the speed of light!

This is a very terrifying thing.

But fortunately, even if the same prosthetics were installed on a normal person, that person's maximum movement speed would absolutely not be as fast as Fang Yun's.

Because a normal person needs to consider many factors when moving, including but not limited to: physical strength, air resistance, relativistic effects, etc.

For Fang Yun, this block-shaped person, physical strength is just an information entry in his digitized body, it doesn't truly represent the strength of his body.

Fang Yun's digitized body is essentially a law integration entity; the strength of his body can be considered infinitely large.

As for factors like air resistance and relativistic effects, as long as Fang Yun hasn't installed corresponding modules or plugins, he will use them when beneficial and directly ignore them in a specific way when harmful.

Therefore, Fang Yun's speed can reach a terrifying one ten-thousandth the speed of light.

"Excellent, another patch applied. The golden finger's strength has improved another level. Hooray."

If moving at maximum speed, the sonic boom and air currents generated by Fang Yun's movement would directly crush the leader of the Black Hand settlement into a pulp.

"Eh? At this point, readers might ask: Author, author, didn't you say you already ignored factors like air resistance and relativistic effects? Why would there still be sonic booms and air currents?"

"The answer is: This is part of 'a specific way'. (This is all part of the plan.jpg)"

"In short, this book is probably, or should be, a feel-good novel, so just go with my settings. (Dog head)"

To avoid 'accidentally' crushing the leader of the Black Hand settlement, Fang Yun could only leisurely stroll towards him.

Fang Yun walked forward, feeling the incredibly clear yet non-existent air resistance.

From Fang Yun's subjective perspective, his current speed was about 2 meters per second.

From a normal person's perspective, Fang Yun's current speed was about 150 meters per second.

Void Walker slowed down the flow of time, making the entire room seem like it was in slow motion.

The leader of the Black Hand settlement was completely unaware of Fang Yun's actions.

He sat in his chair, eyes vacant, as if deep in thought, the communication device in front of him flickering with a faint light.

Fang Yun's arrival stirred the air, creating a gust of wind.

Just as the leader of the Black Hand settlement noticed this strange airflow and snapped out of his thoughts,

Fang Yun's mind subtly moved, using Human Intelligence Ascension to instantly paralyze his nervous system, rendering him unable to move.

At the same time, Fang Yun quickly used his Hacker ability to block the room's signal transmission capabilities, preventing him from sending any information outside.

Then, Fang Yun shattered the joints of his limbs.

Finally, Fang Yun deactivated Void Walker, and the flow of time in the entire world immediately returned to normal.

From the perspective of the leader of the Black Hand settlement, it was like this:

He was thinking about double-crossing that Buckle Family traitor later when a strange airflow suddenly appeared in the secret room, which should have been calm and windless. Before he could react, his vision blurred, and a person appeared in front of him. Then, his entire body became rigid and unable to move, while a continuous pain radiated from the joints of his limbs.

Looking at Fang Yun in front of him, the leader of the Black Hand settlement roared internally:

"How could he arrive so quickly?!"

"I'm not reconciled!"

"It was only a little bit more, the railcar escaping the stronghold was about to start completely!"

Fang Yun saw the unwillingness and anger in the eyes of the leader of the Black Hand settlement, but his heart did not waver in the slightest.

Except for the people he recognized, everyone else was just an NPC in Fang Yun's eyes.

At least, that's what Fang Yun thought at the moment.

Fang Yun calmly looked at the leader of the Black Hand settlement.

"Originally, I thought you were a cautious and prudent person who followed the path of 'lying low'."

"Now it seems I overestimated you."

"Although the camouflage level of the secret passage entrance was indeed high, reaching the Fifth Order standard, what you didn't know is that Fifth Order is just the threshold to meet me."

"Furthermore, after arriving in the secret room, you didn't even keep your gun at hand. This alone is enough to show you weren't cautious enough."

"The greedy nature of a Nightwalker and your unwillingness to accept defeat dragged down your steps, preventing you from coming to the secret room and implementing your escape plan immediately."

"Although even if you had done so, you still wouldn't have been able to escape my pursuit."

"In summary, you are just a slightly unusual ordinary Nightwalker leader."

In the not-so-large secret room, only Fang Yun's voice echoed continuously.

With each sentence Fang Yun spoke, the eyes of the leader of the Black Hand settlement dimmed a little more.

Until the Black Hand leader heard Fang Yun's summary of him, his eyes completely turned gray and lifeless.

"San'er, have you given up? Aren't you going to struggle a bit more?"

The leader of the Black Hand settlement, San'er, widened his eyes in surprise.

"How did you know my name is San'er? I should never have revealed my real name?!"

Fang Yun smiled slightly.

"No need to be surprised. I am a very powerful Hacker, so it's not strange that I can know your real name from your memory database, is it?"

San'er was silent for a few seconds, then gave a bitter smile:

"I already tried my best to overestimate your Hacker skills, but I didn't expect my knowledge to still be so limited."

Fang Yun was not deceived by San'er's words; instead, he focused on his personal operating system.

"It seems you haven't given up hope of survival."

"'Come quickly and save me, or you won't have a good end either.'"

"Who is this message being sent to? It should be the Buckle Family traitor."

"Unfortunately, the permissions of your personal operating system are now in my hands, so your struggle can only be in vain."

"Putting aside whether you can successfully send the message, even if you could, this secret room has already been signal-shielded by me."

"Muda muda muda, your struggle is destined to be futile."

After hearing Fang Yun's words, San'er finally completely accepted his fate.

"Alright. It seems I can't escape death."

"Now, I have only one request, and that is for you to send that traitor from the Buckle Family to the Nether as well, to accompany me on my way."

"That traitor is named Kotou."

"Other than that, I have nothing more to say. Come on, give me a quick death!"

Fang Yun ignored San'er's words and quietly began recording a video.

Then, following the memories in San'er's personal database, Fang Yun walked to a control panel.

"This is your means of escape? A high-speed electromagnetic railcar? I'm a little curious how you managed to get something like this."

San'er was already prepared to meet his end, but upon hearing Fang Yun's words, he couldn't help but be stunned:

"At a time like this, you're actually concerned about this?"

Fang Yun chuckled.

"Hehe. Steamed bun, you don't support it?"

"My whole life, Fang Yun has acted as he pleased, why would I need to explain to others."

"Then I ask you, where does the railcar lead?"

San'er, who saw no hope of survival, still wanted to struggle, but couldn't find a point to start, and could only feel willing but powerless.

Facing Fang Yun's inquiry, San'er honestly replied:

"It leads to the back of the valley. After getting out, driving the car parked there will take you to a safe house on the outskirts of a Badlands town."

Fang Yun looked back at San'er.

"You'd better be telling the truth."

San'er's mouth curved into a smile.

"Heh. As the old saying goes, when a man is about to die, his words are good."

"Besides, if I were lying and you found out, I would definitely suffer."

"In this situation, I'm not an idiot, so I'm definitely telling the truth."

"In fact, the place I agreed to exchange goods with Kotou is that safe house."

Fang Yun used Hacker technology to shut down the railcar's startup process, and after hearing San'er's words, he raised an eyebrow.

"Is that so? Then I'll believe you for now."

"Since it's a safe house, there should be some supplies or money inside. I'll know if you were telling the truth after I have Karl send someone over for a field investigation."

"Now, you can shut up. I'll tell you when to speak, and then you speak."

San'er, unable to move, immediately closed his mouth, indicating he had no objections.

"It's time to tell Karl about this."

While monitoring San'er's actions using his Hacker ability, Fang Yun called out to Vavinia and the other two in the temporary team communication channel:

"Vavinia, Valentine, Toke. Come in and help me watch the leader of the Black Hand settlement."

"Oh, right. This is the video I just recorded, take a look."

With that, Fang Yun sent the recording to the temporary team communication channel.

After Vavinia and the other two came in and began supervising San'er, Fang Yun sent an encrypted communication request to Karl.

Soon, Karl connected the communication.

Fang Yun briefly explained the process of their actions to Karl, then asked:

"That's how things went."

"This encrypted communication channel I established won't be discovered or monitored."

"I'll bring San'er in, and Karl, you can talk to him yourself."

"After you're done talking, you just need to tell me the final decision and the next course of action."

Karl remained silent after watching the recording Fang Yun sent him.

Fang Yun shrugged.

"I know it's a sad thing that a traitor appeared in the Buckle Family."

"However, one must always look forward."

"I've brought San'er in, you guys talk."

...

After a few minutes of brief conversation, Karl had obtained all the information he needed.

After thinking for a moment, Karl issued the next course of action to Fang Yun and the other three:

"The First Assault Squad members should be fine, but to be safe, only the four of you need to know about San'er's existence."

"Fang Yun, can you use your Hacker ability to make San'er lose consciousness and go into hibernation?"

Fang Yun smiled slightly.

"No problem."

"OK. That makes things easier."

"First, Fang Yun will put San'er into a state of hibernation."

"Then, after San'er is settled, all four of you will return to the First Combat Squad."

"Next, if Glenn and the others ask you, you will say that when you encountered San'er, you killed him because he resisted."

"Finally, prioritize the extermination of the Black Hand settlement. After the Black Hand settlement is wiped out, then we will judge and punish Kotou."

"I will arrange for trustworthy people to keep an eye on Kotou to prevent him from noticing something is wrong and escaping early, or acting desperately."

"That's all."

"Understood." ×4

Fang Yun raised no objections to Karl's decision.

At this critical juncture of wiping out the remaining forces of the Black Hand settlement, suddenly informing the members of the Buckle Family that there was indeed a traitor in the family could lead to chaos in the extermination operation and Kotou's escape.

Hanging up the communication, Fang Yun explained Karl's decision in detail to Vavinia and the other two.

Vavinia and the other two shared Fang Yun's thoughts and agreed with Karl's course of action.

"Alright then, the next step is to act according to the instructions."

Hearing Fang Yun's words, Vavinia nodded without speaking.

Valentine clenched his fist and said with resentment:

"Kotou, the Buckle Family traitor, I will make him pay!"

Toke patted Valentine's shoulder and echoed:

"No matter who the traitor is, betraying the Buckle Family will definitely come at a price. Let's get started."

By this time, Fang Yun had already used his Hacker ability to put San'er's personal operating System into a state of hibernation.

"With my skills, I can make him sleep for as long as I want."

"To prevent him from dying from excessive bleeding, do you have any medical supplies like hemostatic bandages to wrap him up?"

"My medicine is too effective, I don't want to waste it on him."

Vavinia took out a roll of bandages from the pouch on her lower back.

"Bandages coated with hemostatic powder, this should be enough. Anyway, he's going to die eventually, as long as it keeps him alive a bit longer."

Fang Yun laughed upon hearing this.

"Hahaha. You have a point, let's use this bandage then."

"We'll leave after you finish bandaging him."

In a short while, Vavinia finished wrapping the bandage and stopped the bleeding.

Seeing this, Fang Yun stepped forward, lifted San'er onto the ground, and laid him flat.

"Although the ground is a bit cold, you'll be colder than the ground after a while, so just lie here for now."

After helping San'er lie flat on the ground, Fang Yun stood up.

"Let's go, return the way we came through the secret passage."

During the return trip, Fang Yun still led the way, with Vavinia bringing up the rear.

The difference was that since the secret passage had already been checked, Fang Yun no longer needed to keep Eagle Vision Wolf Gaze active for danger detection.