373: Chapter 374 The Invisible Security Team Goes Online, Capitalists Are Overjoyed! Tianhai City Is About to Undergo a Major Cleanup!

Instructor Su Qing looked at the chip in her hand and didn't ask any unnecessary questions.

She nodded, turned around, and left, her figure quickly disappearing into the shadows of the base.

The entire Base D-3 began to operate at her command.

Shi Gu and Annihilation, the two newly arrived security guards, were scanned by her cold gaze and immediately understood what to do, following the Personal Guards out of the base at top speed.

Former deacons of the Church of Calamity had now become the executioners clearing out their own ranks.

Zhang Wei watched this scene and shrunk his neck, not daring to speak out of turn.

The weather in Tianhai City was about to change tonight.

He sensibly held onto that Storage Ring and dove headfirst into his Alchemy Workshop to start inventorying the spoils.

Lin Qi put the two-ton backpack in a corner and went straight back to his room to rest.

The night passed in silence.

The next morning, Instructor Su Qing stood at Lin Qi's door, her expression somewhat weary, but her eyes remained sharp.

"Everything has been cleaned up; a total of one hundred and thirty-seven people, not a single one escaped the net."

Her voice was very low, yet every word was crystal clear.

"The Federation side might make some noise; I'll handle the follow-up."

Lin Qi walked out of the room and nodded.

"Good work."

Without saying more, he walked straight toward the Modification Workshop at the back of the base.

Zhang Wei, sporting two dark circles under his eyes, was excitedly directing several engineering robots to count the resources in Abyssal Fang's Storage Ring. Seeing Lin Qi approach, he immediately scurried over.

"Boss, we're rich! Really rich! That guy Abyssal Fang's net worth is too immense! Just those Space-type Metals alone could sell for a sky-high price on the black market!"

Lin Qi ignored him and pointed to the severely deformed black backpack in the corner.

"Take the things out from inside."

Zhang Wei froze for a moment, only then noticing the backpack that was taller than a person. He walked over, struggled to undo the buckles, and pulled the opening wide.

"What kind of stuff did you pack in here?"

He muttered while reaching inside to pull something out.

The next second, he froze entirely.

He couldn't move it.

The tactile sensation was like reaching into an iron ingot compressed to the extreme.

Lin Qi walked over, lifted the two-ton backpack with one hand, and gave it a shake over the open space in the center of the workshop.

*Boom!*

Six huge, ash-colored mineral bricks smashed heavily onto the ground, and the entire workshop shook with them.

Zhang Wei was startled. Looking at those six unremarkable-looking bricks, his face was full of question marks.

"This is the... dirt you brought back from the Rotten Wood Forest? What can it do?"

Lin Qi didn't explain. He took out the translucent fragment that had dropped from Abyssal Fang from his pocket.

"Watch closely."

He casually tossed the fragment containing the core rules of space onto the pile of mineral bricks, then extended his right hand, pressing down virtually above them.

Dao Source activated.

An invisible force field enveloped the six Law-sediment Mineral Bricks and the space fragment.

Zhang Wei's eyes widened.

The translucent fragment began to decompose silently beneath Lin Qi's palm, turning into hundreds of millions of tiny points of light.

Immediately after, the six huge mineral bricks also began to vibrate, and layers of gray-white powder peeled off the surface, merging into that field of light points.

There were no violent energy fluctuations, no blinding light.

The entire process was terrifyingly quiet.

Zhang Wei could feel the air in the workshop becoming viscous. His Money Can Communicate with Gods talent completely failed at this moment; he couldn't perceive anything, but his physical instinct told him that what was happening before him far exceeded his range of cognition.

Lin Qi's expression was calm; the Dao Source was performing a brand-new experiment.

He shattered Abyssal Fang's space Law fragment, analyzed its essence of concealment and folding, and then forcibly kneaded it into the Law sediment from beneath the Rotten Wood Forest.

The dissolution attribute of the Law of Decay, combined with the concealment attribute of the Law of Space—the two underwent a miraculous reaction under the violent kneading of the Dao Source.

A few minutes later, the field of light points contracted and condensed, finally becoming a small pile of metallic powder weighing about a dozen kilograms, emitting a faint Chaos-colored luster.

The six two-ton mineral bricks had vanished.

"This is purification?"

Zhang Wei's throat felt a bit dry.

"In a way."

Lin Qi replied casually. He walked over to the batch of Special Alloys provided by the Federal Military Department, grabbed a handful of the freshly purified Chaos Powder, and sprinkled it evenly over an alloy ingot.

Then, with his fingers joined like a blade, he began to carve directly onto the alloy ingot.

His fingers were so fast they became a phantom. Countless complex circuits flashed and disappeared on the alloy surface as the Chaos Powder perfectly merged into it.

Zhang Wei's eyes were fixed.

In the past, although Lin Qi was fast when creating Law Creatures, at least his movements could be seen clearly; now, they were completely invisible.

With every stroke, the physical rules of the alloy were being rewritten.

In less than ten minutes, a brand-new Law Creature appeared before the two of them.

Its appearance was that of a sleek cheetah, deep dark gray all over, with no luster on its surface, as if it could absorb all surrounding light.

"Done."

Lin Qi clapped his hands.

Zhang Wei leaned in and circled this new creation twice, his brow furrowing.

"This thing doesn't seem to be anything special?"

He used his Alchemist class perception to probe it. There were no Law fluctuations on this cheetah, and even its energy reaction was so weak it could be ignored; it felt like an ordinary metal sculpture.

Just then, that puddle of dark purple sludge in the corner of the workshop wriggled and crawled over.

Rift, a Void Creature, was extremely sensitive to any Law fluctuations, especially those of the space category.

Usually, when a new Law Creature was born, it would be the first to scurry over and rub against it.

But this time, it wriggled past the dark gray cheetah at a distance of less than half a meter and stopped in front of an ordinary model Patrol Dog, seemingly wondering why there was no new toy today.

It didn't notice the cheetah's existence at all.

Zhang Wei's breath hitched for a beat, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Lin Qi.

"Boss! It can turn invisible?"

"Silence."

Lin Qi corrected him.

"It won't emit any fluctuations that can be perceived by the System or Law. From the perspective of rules, it is just a rock, a speck of dust."

Zhang Wei's eyes burned bright.

He wasn't a combatant, but his businessman's brain realized the value of this thing in 0.01 seconds.

Undetectable.

Perfect infiltration, perfect assassination, perfect reconnaissance.

The so-called special forces of the Federal Military would be no different from the blind in front of this thing.

"The rent must be increased tenfold! No! Twentyfold!"

Zhang Wei trembled with excitement, pacing back and forth on the spot.

"We can't rent it out according to the old model! This has to be a special supply! Exclusive to top VIP customers! Charged by the hour! No, by the minute!"

Looking at the fat man who had fallen into a state of capitalist ecstasy, Lin Qi didn't disturb him and directly made the decision.

"For the Silent-type, build fifteen first. Five will stay to be incorporated into the D-3 internal guard core, responsible for the defense of the most critical areas. As for the other ten, you decide."

"Understood!"

Zhang Wei patted his chest in guarantee.

"I will definitely squeeze every bit of value out of them! I'll have those big Families crying and screaming to send us money!"

An announcement came from outside the workshop.

"Report, a special liaison from the Federal Military Department requests a meeting."

Zhang Wei's eyes lit up, he rubbed his hands, and a profiteer's smile appeared on his face.

"Boss, watch me."

He walked out quickly and returned a few minutes later leading a middle-aged school-level officer in a crisp military uniform with a serious expression.

When the officer saw Lin Qi, he first gave a standard military salute.

"Mr. Lin Qi, I represent the Tianhai City Garrison Command, here to discuss the daily affairs of Base D-3's defense zone coordination."

He spoke in a businesslike manner, but curiosity and wariness were hidden in his eyes. It was impossible for the military not to know whose handiwork last night's Great Purge in Tianhai City was.

Zhang Wei approached with a chuckle, directly interrupting the other's official jargon.

"Oh, Colonel Wang, the coordination is easy to discuss. Our D-3 has always supported Federal work. However, we've just happened to develop some new things. I wonder if the military would be interested?"

As he spoke, he opened the personal terminal on his wrist and played a video he had just recorded.

In the footage, that dark gray cheetah silently passed through over a dozen infrared and Law detection nets at the outermost perimeter of D-3 without triggering any alarms, then easily circled behind Shi Gu and gave his armor a light pat with its claw.

The bald, burly man in the video, a fourth-turn tank powerhouse, was so startled he jumped on the spot, his face looking like he'd seen a ghost.

Colonel Wang's breathing became rapid as he stared fixedly at the cheetah on the screen, his eyes nearly popping out.

Zhang Wei turned off the video, his face full of calculation.

"Colonel Wang, our new security guard's professional ability is alright, isn't it?"

Colonel Wang swallowed hard and looked away with difficulty.

"Mr. Zhang... this... how much does it sell for?"

Lin Qi watched from the side without speaking.

Under the coverage of his Dao Source, Base D-3 was already a Domain independent of the System. With this batch of Silent-type Law Creatures, the range and depth of this Domain's dominance were further broadened and solidified.

At this time, Instructor Su Qing's figure appeared at the workshop door again. She walked to Lin Qi's side and handed over a report.

"All known hidden dangers in Tianhai City have been uprooted, and the Federation side has been appeased. For a short time, this place will be impregnable."

Lin Qi took the report without even looking at it, his gaze piercing through the workshop walls toward the distant north.