68: Thank you, treasure-hunting mouse.

At the War Emperor's Mausoleum, on that Deadman's Plaza filled with death and chaos...

After Lin Tian performed a 'hero saves the beauty' feat that was nothing short of miraculous, with the force of a thunderbolt, he did not immediately revel in the joy of victory, nor did he pay attention to the various Prodigies around him who had long been scared witless and were as silent as cicadas in winter.

He simply looked calmly at the two stunning young women, still shaken and pale, and in his heart, he instantly established his upcoming course of action.

"Bai Feng..."

He muttered softly to himself, his voice devoid of emotion.

"The one who plotted against me, this grudge, must be repaid."

"That arm of god on him, and the ultimate Legacy in this War Emperor's Mausoleum..."

He paused, and a curve of his lips, full of the domineering greed of a "fated villain," appeared.

"—I want it all."

...Meanwhile, outside the War Emperor's Mausoleum, in Kunlun City, within the tense Joint Monitoring Center that gathered all the world's top powers.

As the "meme" concentration inside the War Emperor's Mausoleum reached an extremely terrifying threshold, all Heavenly Eye drone monitoring Systems that had penetrated deep into the ruins, after a violent signal interference, simultaneously plunged into complete darkness!

The global live broadcast was forced... to interrupt!

The true situation inside the ruins, filled with blood and slaughter, became a complete mystery.

This sudden turn of events instantly made the hearts of all the big shots present leap into their throats! Especially the Elders of the Long Family and Shennong Group, whose faces were grave and eyes filled with unconcealed worry.

However, in this atmosphere filled with worry and solemnity, the acting Elder of the North America "Holy Mountain" organization, after an initial moment of shock, slowly revealed a cruel sneer on his face, full of schadenfreude.

He looked at the Long Family Clan Chief, Long Zhanye, whose face was already ashen, and slowly spoke in a sarcastic, Yin and Yang tone, full of mockery:

"Oh dear, Clan Chief Long, what a pity."

"I was hoping to enjoy the supreme bearing of your Young Master, 'one man suppressing a generation,' through the live broadcast."

"Now it seems the signal is interrupted, and something significant must have happened inside. Could it be that your Long Family's 'Number Zero,' who was praised to the heavens, has... messed up?"

He paused, deliberately raising his voice so that everyone from all surrounding powers could hear clearly.

"After all, that's the 'War Emperor's Mausoleum'! The 'meme' pollution inside is even recorded in our 'Holy Mountain' ancient texts as the 'curse of god'! No matter how high your 'Number Zero's' talent, he's still just a fifteen-year-old boy. With an unstable mind, perhaps at this very moment, he has already been polluted into a mad demon who only knows slaughter, and was... purified by our 'Holy Mountain's' ace, Adam, in passing, hehe..."

These malicious "poisonous blessings" made the Long Family members furious, their fists clenched!

However, just as this "Holy Mountain" Elder was about to continue his schadenfreude-filled performance, enjoying the pleasure of suppressing his old rival—

Buzz—!

The emergency teleportation backup spatial gate in the monitoring center, made of special alloy, suddenly lit up with a violent white light without warning!

Immediately after, a figure, covered in injuries, raggedly dressed, with an extremely weak aura, and utterly disheveled, fell heavily out of the spatial gate, as if spat out from another dimension like garbage!

It was... the ultimate ace of the "Holy Mountain" organization, Adam!

"Adam?! How did you get out?!"

The smile on the "Holy Mountain" Elder's face instantly froze! His expression changed drastically, and he hurried forward to help him up, asking anxiously, "What exactly happened inside?! Where are the others? Where's Bai Feng? Where's Simba?!"

Adam lifted his face, which had lost all color and pride, and looked at his Elder. His eyes, hidden beneath the Holy Light, were filled with endless humiliation and... a hint of fear.

He slowly replied in a hoarse, dreamlike voice:

"All... all defeated."

"Bai Feng... Simba... Saint of Heavenly Wings... everyone was completely crushed by that monster in the most overwhelming way..."

"And I..."

He paused, a smile uglier than a cry appearing on his face.

"—I was... expelled by him with a single move, like swatting an annoying fly."

These words were like an invisible, deafening slap, fiercely striking the face of the "Holy Mountain" Elder who had just been gloating!

His wrinkled old face instantly turned to stone, his expression utterly priceless!

A "lightning-fast face-slap from the outside," truly a stroke of genius, thus... unfolded!

...Just as the outside world fell into a dead silence due to Adam's pathetic escape.

In the deepest part of the War Emperor's Mausoleum.

Bai Feng, the "mine-stepping vanguard" and "pathfinding sapper," after paying the heavy price of several elite members of his team being severely injured, relied on the Heaven-Defying advantage of the "arm of god" which granted immunity to pollution, and the unique "exclusive intelligence" he possessed.

Finally, after overcoming countless hardships, he found the ultimate goal of his journey!

—That "central server," hidden behind countless spatial fault lines, constructed from an unknown, indestructible black alloy, seemingly the crystallization of the wisdom of an entire ancient civilization!

"Found it! Finally... found it!"

Bai Feng looked at this magnificent creation before him, a thousand meters tall, its surface shimmering with countless data streams like a brilliant galaxy, filled with endless mystery and majesty. For the first time, an uncontrollable, heartfelt ecstasy appeared on his jade-like face!

He knew, the War Emperor's most powerful Legacy!

The highest control core of the entire War Emperor's Mausoleum ruins!

Even... the ultimate secret of why that incomparably glorious "Pangu Imperial Dynasty" perished overnight!

All of it was stored... within here!

As long as, as long as he could crack its ultimate authority!

He, Bai Feng, would become the sole and ultimate... victor of this "War Emperor's Mausoleum" journey!

He would surpass that damnable Lin Tian in one fell swoop, becoming the most dazzling new star of this era!

He suppressed his heart, which was pounding violently with ecstasy, and slowly extended his "arm of god," shimmering with a warm jade-like glow, preparing to begin the final step of... authority cracking!

However, just as his fingertips were about to touch the cold, data-stream-flashing outer wall of the server—

A lazy voice, full of playfulness and mockery, as if it had been waiting there for a long time, echoed leisurely behind him like a ghost...

"Bai Feng."

"Thank you, you... keen-scented 'treasure-hunting rat.'"

"—For leading the way for me."

Who's there?!

Bai Feng's body suddenly stiffened!

His face, filled with ecstasy and excitement, instantly froze!

An extreme chill, enough to freeze the Soul, shot from his tailbone straight to the crown of his head!

He slowly, inch by inch, turned his head in an extremely rigid posture.

Only to see Lin Tian, at some unknown point, had silently appeared behind him.

He wore a pristine white robe, immaculate, and on his face was that characteristic, devilish smile, as if everything was under his control.

He looked at Bai Feng and continued, in a tone full of "approval" and "mockery":

"Now."

"You can... willingly hand over your rather good 'arm of god,' and this Legacy you painstakingly found..."

He paused, slowly extending his hand.

"—Hand it over."

The "oriole" appeared!

A grand finale of ultimate interception, meticulously planned and perfectly executed by the protagonist behind the scenes...

At this moment, it was officially... unveiled!