221: Zhang Kaiyuan Chess and Card City is desertified

At the same time, outside Kaiyuan Casino City in Myanmar.

Lin Mo stood at the edge of a dense tropical rainforest, a muddy path beneath his feet.

The air was thick with humidity and the scent of decaying plants.

Before him lay a complex of brightly lit buildings, sprawling like a giant beast in the night.

—Kaiyuan Casino City, one of Lin Tianhe's key strongholds in Northern Myanmar and a node in his vast network of evil.

Nie Xiaoqian's cold voice echoed in his consciousness:

"My Lord, target locked. This place is filled with resentment and deep blood karma.

This is the lair of his minions, a hub of information."

Lin Mo's eyes were as cold as ancient ice.

"Then... let's start here."

"Clean it up."

"Leave no one."

He stepped forward, walking towards the opulent casino entrance, which shimmered with the light of temptation and sin.

His bare feet trod silently in the mud.

Slaughter! Feast! Begin!

At the entrance, two tattooed thugs, smoking and with vicious looks in their eyes, were about to step forward and interrogate him.

Pfft! Pfft! Two soft sounds, like ripe watermelons being punctured.

The two men's heads exploded simultaneously! Red and white matter splattered onto the neon sign! Their bodies collapsed.

In the casino hall, the roulette wheel spun, the dice cup rattled, and gamblers cheered wildly.

The next second! The areas around several gambling tables near the entrance were swept clean as if by an invisible scythe!

Heads rolled like ripe fruit! Blood spurted meters high from severed necks!

Screams were instantly cut short by the silence of death!

Dong Xiaowan's paper figures moved through the crowd like specters, paper blades slicing through, bringing forth showers of blood!

In the VIP room, inside the thick bulletproof glass, several big bosses were discussing "business."

Outside the glass, Nie Xiaoqian's figure materialized, her fingertip lightly tapping.

Crack! The supposedly bulletproof glass instantly covered in a spiderweb of cracks, then shattered with a roar!

Before the people inside could react, the chilling Netherwater surged in, instantly freezing them into ice sculptures, only for them to explode into icy powder the next second!

In the underground prison, the iron cage area where countless "piglets" were held. Heavy iron locks silently snapped.

The guards watched in horror as their companions' bodies were twisted into pretzels by an unseen force, or impaled against the wall by ice shards that appeared out of thin air.

The cage doors opened, but the "piglets" inside, seeing the blood and dismembered bodies on the floor, felt only deeper fear.

In the organ harvesting room, the "doctor's" scalpel suddenly turned, precisely plunging into his own temple.

The assistant next to him had his mouth and nose covered by a paper figure that appeared out of thin air, suffocating him to death.

Beneath the cold shadowless lamp, only blood and deathly silence remained.

In the monitoring center, all screens instantly went static, then exploded one after another!

Amidst the sparks, the people inside were instantly frozen by the Netherwater, turning into ice sculptures.

Silent! Efficient! Cruel!

Nie Xiaoqian's Netherwater froze everything!

Dong Xiaowan's paper figures tore through space!

Wherever they passed, only exploding blood mist, frozen remains, and scattered paper scraps were left!

Lin Mo walked through the heart of this human hell as if strolling through a leisurely garden.

With each person killed, each place eradicated, a cold energy converged deep within his consciousness.

[Brain Quantum gained: 50]

[Gained: 80]

[Gained: 120]

[Gained: 200 (Boss-level)]

...The energy accumulated wildly! Like boiling magma, it roared in his sea of consciousness!

When the last armed leader, a Southeast Asian boxing champion he had hired with a hefty sum, was infused with Nie Xiaoqian's Netherwater through his seven orifices, frozen into an ice block from the inside out, and then exploded.

The entire massive Kaiyuan Casino City fell into complete silence.

Not a single living soul remained.

Only an intensely thick, unyielding smell of blood and corpses strewn everywhere.

[Cleanup complete! Total Brain Quantum gained: 8520 points!]

[Conditions met! Ghost Servant: Dilireba can be unlocked! Cost: 3000 Brain Quantum points!]

"Unlock!"

Buzz—!

The ground beneath Lin Mo's feet shook violently!

A vast, desolate, terrifying aura, as if from an ancient desert, descended with a roar!

Centered on Lin Mo!

Visible earthy yellow ripples spread rapidly like waves!

Wherever they passed!

Desertification!

Lush tropical plants instantly withered! Turned yellow! And became ashes!

The moist soil lost all its water! Cracked! Turned to sand!

Solid concrete ground disintegrated! Weathered! Became grit!

In just a few breaths!

The once verdant, humid, and sultry casino complex!

Along with the land beneath it!

For several kilometers in every direction!

Completely transformed into a dead, scorching desert!

Yellow sand filled the sky! Heat waves distorted the air!

The massive casino buildings, like the skeletal remains of a giant beast drained of its marrow, were rapidly buried by the wind and sand!

Only twisted metal frames stubbornly poked out of the dunes, testifying to past sins.

In the wind and sand, a tall, sexy, exotically beautiful figure slowly materialized.

Healthy wheat-colored skin, eyes as deep as the starry sky, and fiery red wavy hair like burning desert flames.

She wore a light golden sari, her bare feet treading on the scorching yellow sand as if on level ground.

It was—Dilireba!

She looked at Lin Mo, knelt on one knee, her voice carrying the heat and submission of the desert:

"My Lord... Dilireba, awaits your command."

Her appearance seemed to give this artificial desert a soul; the yellow sand flowed around her like a docile pet.

Lin Mo stood atop a dune, the desert burying countless sins beneath his feet.

His gaze turned towards the deeper reaches of Northern Myanmar, in the direction where Lin Tianhe might be hiding.

"Lin Tianhe..."

"It's your turn."