79: Lin Xiaotian's true identity

"B Sector has fallen! Repeat, B Sector has fallen!"

"The target is breaching the final defense line. Estimated arrival at the control room in thirty seconds..."

Listening to the panicked shouts from the intercom,

Lin Qingcang smashed the control panel in front of him with a punch, letting out a hysterical roar.

"Useless! All of you are useless!"

"Initiate self-destruct sequence! He must not—"

The next moment,

"Boom!"

A deafening crash suddenly interrupted his command.

The twenty-centimeter thick alloy door vibrated violently, an exaggerated deformation bulging in its center.

Accompanied by a teeth-grinding metallic tearing sound, it was ripped open like scrap paper.

Su Lei strode in.

"We meet again, General."

Lin Qingcang staggered backward, his back hitting the control panel.

He instinctively reached for the battle blade at his waist, but his right hand trembled, unable to draw it.

The scenes from the monitors kept replaying in his mind.

Despite being a Fourth-Order Martial Master, at this moment, he couldn't muster an ounce of courage to fight.

Facing him directly, he truly realized how terrifying this man was.

"Now..."

Su Lei slowly approached him, his voice terrifyingly calm.

"Tell me everything you know, without missing a single word."

The air solidified at this moment.

Lin Qingcang's back was instantly drenched in cold sweat; he could even hear his own pounding heart.

"Let me tell you everything."

A deep voice suddenly came from the shadows.

From the darkness in the corner of the control room, a tall figure slowly emerged.

Su Lei's head snapped around, his pupils contracting sharply.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Western Military Region... Lin Xiaotian!

The man who, half an hour ago, was still at the command center hundreds of kilometers away, now stood before him, a strange smile on his lips.

"This is impossible."

Su Lei's muscles instantly tensed, his combat instincts putting him on high alert.

Even Lin Qingcang looked incredulous, his lips trembling: "Com-Commander? When did you..."

Su Lei's Mental Energy quickly swept through every corner of the underground base.

A familiar blue energy lingered in the deepest room.

He suddenly realized something.

"To traverse hundreds of kilometers in such a short moment... only a spatial rift can achieve that."

"It seems you were the mastermind behind the Pyramid incident."

"Indeed." Lin Xiaotian nodded frankly.

Su Lei frowned slightly, his tone growing cold.

"As the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Military Region, secretly researching Yao Beast experimental subjects, controlling them to attack your own people..."

"What exactly are you thinking?"

"To eliminate the weak, of course."

Lin Xiaotian's tone was calm, as if stating the most normal thing.

"Only those who survive the beast tide have value; it's a pity that PX-1 was useless and couldn't accomplish anything."

Su Lei's face was ashen, his finger joints cracking.

"Do you have any humanity left?"

"Humanity?" Lin Xiaotian shook his head slightly, "I certainly don't have such a thing."

"I merely inherited this fellow's memories and transformed my appearance into his."

"The real Lin Xiaotian died last year."

Su Lei's pupils constricted, "What exactly are you...? What do you want to do?"

Lin Xiaotian said unhurriedly: "If by your human standards, I should be considered a Yao Beast."

"As for my purpose?"

"Although your human individuals are generally weak, you can establish a fascinating social system."

"Passing down knowledge of Martial Dao and science through generations, constantly improving and growing... This is more efficient than any Yao Beast race."

"After absorbing Lin Xiaotian's memories and understanding your human situation, I decided to make good use of this identity."

"A single word, a single gesture, can make tens of thousands of people go through fire and water for you."

"Power, truly a marvelous thing..."

The air in the control room seemed to solidify into a physical entity.

Lin Qingcang collapsed to the ground, the back of his military uniform soaked with cold sweat, his lips trembling but unable to utter a sound.

Su Lei felt a tingling sensation in his fingertips; this wasn't fear, but the body's primal reaction to extreme danger. Yao Beasts are the highest Rank of threat humans have encountered so far.

Each one possesses terrifying power capable of easily destroying a city.

And this creature before him not only perfectly disguised itself as a human but also climbed step by step to the Peak of military power?

"What is your purpose, exactly?" Su Lei's voice was squeezed out through gritted teeth.

"A hundred years ago, the first catastrophe descended."

Its voice no longer mimicked Lin Xiaotian's steady tone, but carried a non-human echo, like countless voices overlapping, sending shivers down the spine.

"Spiritual Qi revived, Yao Beasts ran rampant, and humanity was forced onto the path of Martial Dao."

"And now, the second catastrophe is about to arrive."

"Before that, I must make ample preparations."

Su Lei's back tensed, instinctively sensing danger.

But he didn't retreat; instead, he slightly lowered his stance, his muscles tensed like steel, ready to erupt at any moment.

"You have no idea what we are about to face."

Lin Xiaotian raised his hand, fingers splayed, and in an instant, a holographic image appeared in the air—

The sky was torn by countless dark crack, like a shattered mirror.

The earth collapsed with a roar, skyscrapers toppling like paper.

Even more terrifying were the things that poured out of the crack—

Blurry shadows twisted and writhed, coalescing into indescribable monsters. Wherever they passed, life withered, and even plants instantly turned to ash.

After the image disappeared, the control room fell into a deathly silence, with only hurried breathing remaining.

"This is the future I glimpsed from a certain Secret Realm."

Lin Xiaotian's voice rarely carried a hint of fluctuation, like some kind of... emotion akin to fear.

"Last month, the abnormal energy readings at the bottom of the Pacific, the sudden appearance of black ice crystals in the Arctic Circle... Federal high-ranking officials noticed it long ago, but they chose to deceive themselves."

"At that time, things a hundred times more terrifying than Yao Beasts will appear."

Su Lei's temples throbbed.

He had indeed seen similar classified reports, but they were all categorized as "natural phenomena" and even deliberately suppressed by certain high-ranking officials.

"So your solution is to experiment on living humans?"

Su Lei sneered, his eyes burning with anger, "Forcibly fusing human and Yao Beast genes to create monsters like PX-1?"

Lin Xiaotian's lips curved into a strange arc.

"Don't you humans also experiment on animals? The strong prey on the weak; this is a Law of the Universe."

"The PX plan was indeed crude." He admitted frankly, his tone terrifyingly calm.

"But there isn't much time. Warriors cultivated through conventional means simply won't have enough time to grow."

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