281: Chapter 281 A Connection Between Tycoons, A Gamble with Your Life? You Don't Deserve It

High-dimensional blue light exploded at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, the blinding glare filling the entire holographic projection screen.

European underground bunker.

Regional President Hans stared at the big screen, his gold-rimmed glasses reflecting blue spots of light. His face stiffened for a second before he sneered, convinced that this was just some sound and light special effects used to cover up the pathetic retreat of Lu Chen's side.

"Lu Chen, stop pretending to be calm."

Regional President Hans approached the camera with his wine glass, his tone full of playfulness.

"No matter what kind of light show you put on, the laws of physics are right here. Forcefully cut the power, and they die. Cut the network, and they die. You have no choice but to obediently back out."

Jiangcheng Underground Main Control Room.

Lu Chen sat in his spacious executive chair and took a puff of his cigarette, the pale blue smoke slowly dispersing in front of him.

Lu Chen reached out his finger and gently tapped the ash against the edge of the ashtray.

"You people do business and always like to put human lives on the scale."

Lu Chen's tone was completely devoid of emotion.

"Unfortunately, your way of playing doesn't work with me."

Regional President Hans smiled disdainfully, feeling that victory was in his grasp. He believed the Chinese man opposite him was just putting on a brave face, and that Lu Chen could do nothing but spout a few harsh words.

"Say whatever you want."

Regional President Hans took a sip of red wine.

"The countdown is still running. As long as your people dare to touch even the edge of that machine tool, the whole world will see the footage of you massacring scientists. You cannot afford the consequences."

Lu Chen completely ignored Regional President Hans on the screen and reached out to press the red communication microphone on the desk.

"Da Biao, back up ten meters."

Lu Chen issued the command.

"Don't block my people from digging the foundation."

The bottom of the Arctic Ocean.

Hearing the voice in his earpiece, Da Biao immediately raised his massive mechanical right arm and made a tactical gesture.

"All units! Fall back ten meters! Clear the area!"

Da Biao roared in his rough voice.

Fifty Cangqiong Mechas simultaneously activated their miniature back vector thrusters. Their massive black bodies waded through ankle-deep seawater, retreating heavily and stamping deep pits into the ruined vault floor, completely clearing the area around the machine tool and the rows of hibernation pods.

European underground bunker.

Regional President Hans looked at the footage on the monitor and burst out laughing.

"Digging a foundation?"

Regional President Hans shook his head, his face full of disdain.

"Eight hundred meters under the sea, you're going to dig..."

Regional President Hans's words caught in his throat, and he could not say another word.

Jiangcheng Main Control Room.

With a thought, Lu Chen directly summoned the system panel.

With the previous global free-shopping spree combined with the off-the-charts production capacity of the heavy industry base, his tech points had just finished an astonishing round of settlement. Looking at the massive string of numbers in his balance column, he directly locked onto the high-dimensional blueprint section of the mall.

[Consumed 10 million tech points. Redeemed Epic-grade Blueprint: Material Molecular Microscopic Reconstruction Chamber.]

[Redemption successful. Access point locked: Space-based Punisher Satellite Array.]

The system notification sound flashed through his mind.

"Wu Dong, open all ports and authorize that satellite in the sky."

Lu Chen tossed aside the microphone.

Wu Dong slammed the enter key like a reflex, and the permission unlock progress bar was instantly filled.

Space, Low Earth Orbit.

A Space-based Punisher, disguised as an ordinary communication satellite, slowly unfolded its deep-gray metal energy-focusing wing panels on both sides. Its massive energy-focusing lens spun frantically, and a dazzling silver beam of light burst forth from the center of the lens.

The silver light pierced through Earth's atmosphere at the speed of light. Completely ignoring clouds and gravity, it plunged straight toward the surface of the Arctic Ocean.

Eight hundred meters deep in the ocean.

Da Biao had just led his men back to a safe distance.

Above the dark seawater, a blinding silver beam of light suddenly crashed down. Ignoring the resistance of the water, the beam pierced straight through the ruined vault whose roof had been ripped open by Da Biao.

The beam of light enveloped the entire underground hall with absolute precision.

The giant machine tool at the very center and the thousands of translucent cryo-pods around it were all bathed in the silver light.

Da Biao's eyes widened. The mecha's sensors sounded alarms frantically; the radiation levels hadn't changed, and the temperature hadn't changed, but he could clearly feel an indescribable distortion occurring in the space before him.

Jiangcheng Main Control Room.

Wei Jianguo stared at the material scan, his mouth hanging open wide enough to fit a fist.

"Old Wu! Look at the floor data!"

Wei Jianguo pointed at the screen and shouted.

On Wu Dong's screen, massive streams of green data refreshed frantically. He stared intently at the jumping code.

"This isn't a physical severing of the cables."

Wu Dong's scalp tingled as his hands quickly switched to the control panel.

"The boss rewrote the underlying logic! He disconnected the machine tool and the life-support pods at the molecular level!"

The thick life-support conduits originally connected to the machine tool began to flicker with an eerie blue light. The blue light spread all the way along the conduits, melting directly into the special concrete floor of the vault.

The floor was also glowing. The entire foundation of the underground vault was being forcefully reconstructed by a high-dimensional energy net.

Wu Dong rapidly input the reconstruction commands into the matrix.

"Power supply protocol disconnected... Reconnecting."

Wu Dong reported loudly while pounding on the keyboard.

"The power supply systems of all cryo-pods have been forcefully modified into independent closed loops! No external plugs needed—they are now complete life-support systems on their own!"

European underground bunker.

A deafening red alarm suddenly blared through the hall.

Blinding red lights flashed continuously. A dozen technicians sat before their screens, frantically pounding on their keyboards, their hands shaking uncontrollably.

"Regional President! The underlying logic has been overwritten!"

The technical director shrieked, a crying tone creeping into his voice.

"The life-support pod power supply protocol has been forcefully modified into an independent closed loop! Our main control board has been kicked offline directly!"

Regional President Hans spun around and strode over to the console.

"What kind of nonsense are you talking?!"

Regional President Hans grabbed the technical director by his collar.

"How could physically connected plugs be overwritten by a network! If we pull the tubes, they will die instantly!"

"The tubes weren't pulled! The tubes and the floor have grown together!"

The technical director pointed at the molecular structure diagram on the screen, his face filled with despair.

"That silver light changed the molecular structure of the matter! The cryo-pods don't need power from the machine tool at all now!"

Regional President Hans let go, and the technical director collapsed back into his chair.

Regional President Hans turned to look at the big screen. In the footage, Da Biao's group of black mechas stood perfectly fine in place, while the scientists inside the cryo-pods remained asleep, their vital signs stable without the slightest fluctuation.

The leverage he had used to threaten Lu Chen, the deadlock he had thought was perfect, had now become completely meaningless.

Regional President Hans felt a chill rush from the soles of his feet straight to his head. He could not comprehend this method—it was completely beyond the realm of known human science. The trap he had meticulously laid and the blackmail he thought was foolproof were absolutely nothing in the face of this incomprehensible power. All his calculations were simply ignored by the other party, who didn't even bother to deal with him.

Jiangcheng Main Control Room.

Lu Chen leaned back in his chair, looking at Regional President Hans's completely blank face on the screen.

Lu Chen slowly blew out a ring of blue-gray smoke.

"When I want to take something, not even God can keep it."

Lu Chen spoke into the microphone, his tone devoid of any warmth.

"Who do you think you are, trying to gamble with your life at my table?"

Undersea vault.

The silver beam of light gradually shrank.

A thick net of blue light had already tightly enveloped every translucent cryo-pod and the giant industrial machine tool. The light net even extended all the way downward, cutting the entire five-meter-deep concrete foundation below into a single massive block.

The complex life-support conduits integrated with the floor, flickering with a stable blue light.

Looking at the massive glowing package before him, Da Biao grinned widely.

"Brothers, the job is done."

Da Biao stretched the metal joints of his mecha.

*Clack.*

On both sides of the Cangqiong Mecha's thick arms, two massive heavy-duty hydraulic shears quickly popped out.

Da Biao took heavy steps, heading straight for the massive block of foundation that had been cut out.

"Don't just stand there! Move!"

Da Biao roared in the channel.

"Today, we're packing everything up for the boss, wrapper and filling!"