148: Chapter 148, Bureau 749: Everyone stand up! Salute to the Boss!

Dead silence.

A deathly silence.

Outside the entire temporary headquarters, thousands of fully armed soldiers and those Bureau 749 experts who usually looked down on everyone were now as if frozen by a spell, staring blankly at the young man standing on the sand dune, casually flicking cigarette ash.

The visual impact of that sky-blotting frost Dragon just now was simply too great.

That was a legendary Divine Beast!

It was actually treated as a... Didi Premier by this young man?

And looking at him, he even seemed to find the ride uncomfortable?

"Ahem..."

The first to react was the old general with two gold stars on his shoulders.

After all, he was a veteran of many battles with a resilient psychological state.

He took a deep breath, straightened his military uniform, and strode toward Su Yang.

Behind him, the old man from Bureau 749 wearing glasses also regained his senses and hurriedly followed, though his legs were still trembling slightly.

"Su... Consultant Su?"

Walking up to Su Yang, the old general subconsciously gave a standard military salute.

"I am the head of the Southwest Military Region, Zhao Jianguo."

"Just now... that was..."

Zhao Jianguo pointed to the sky; although the ice Dragon had disappeared, he felt that the Dragon's prestige still lingered in the air.

"Oh, that's my pet, called Little White Strip."

Su Yang made up a story on the fly.

"It usually likes to eat some ice cream or something. It was starving just now, so it came out for some fresh air."

"P-Pet?"

The old man from Bureau 749 behind him almost choked.

What kind of goddamn pet eats ice cream!

That was a true Dragon with the aura of a half-step Demon King!

What on earth was this young man's background? He could even subdue such a Divine Beast?

"Consultant Su, I am the Deputy Director of Bureau 749, Li Changfeng."

The old man suppressed the stormy waves in his heart and asked respectfully:

"The explosion inside just now... and the dissipation of the thunderstorm clouds... was it..."

"Yeah, it's settled."

Su Yang nodded nonchalantly.

"There was a big guy inside with a bad morning temper, trying to do some human sacrifice."

"I didn't like the look of it, so I gave it heart bypass surgery."

"By the way..."

Su Yang pointed to the Skeleton Mountain in the distance that had already half-collapsed.

"I helped it tear down its house too, to prevent it from coming out to harm people later."

Li Changfeng Upon hearing this, hurriedly took out a specialized magnetic field detector.

Beep beep beep!

The needle on the instrument actually stopped steadily in the green zone!

The magnetic field of "Death Valley," which had troubled the military for decades and swallowed the lives of countless expedition members, had actually... disappeared?!

"A miracle... this is a miracle!"

Li Changfeng's hands were shaking with excitement, looking at Su Yang as if he were looking at a living True God.

"Consultant Su! You have performed a great service!"

"This is a Grade A... no, this is definitely an S-grade extraordinary merit!"

"By your own strength, you have quelled the lightning disaster of the Kunlun Mountains!"

"Attention, everyone!"

General Zhao Jianguo suddenly shouted.

"Stand at attention!"

Swish!

Thousands of soldiers straightened their backs in unison, the sound of rifle butts hitting the ground echoing through the clouds.

"Salute... the hero!"

Whoosh—!

Thousands of hands were raised in unison.

"Since the matter is settled, I'll be heading out."

"By the way, General Zhao."

Su Yang suddenly remembered something and pointed to Wang Kai and Master Zhang, who were still on the ground playing dead.

"These two are suspected of colluding with foreign forces, damaging cultural relics, and illegally trespassing into a military restricted zone."

"Please detain them first."

"Especially that blonde guy."

A mischievous smile curled at the corner of Su Yang's mouth.

"He hasn't given me the half of his Family fortune he owes me yet."

"If he dares to renege on the debt..."

Su Yang snapped his fingers.

Zzzt!

A golden arc of electricity danced at his fingertips.

Wang Kai, who was still pretending to be unconscious, instantly jumped up like a spring.

"I'll give it! I'll give it!"

"I'll call my dad right now! Even if I have to sell the house and car, I'll get it together for you!"

Wang Kai was truly terrified.

A ruthless person who dared to ride a Dragon and blow up a mountain—if he really wanted to kill him, it would probably only take the flick of a finger.

Money can be earned again if it's gone, but if your life is gone, it's really gone!

"That's more like it."

Su Yang nodded with satisfaction.

"Mary, give him the account number."

"After receiving the money, leave him a pair of underwear and let him walk back himself."

"Got it, Boss!"

Mary pulled out her phone with a grin; her practiced manner showed she clearly did this kind of "extortion" often.

...

Half an hour later.

Su Yang declined General Zhao's kind offer to send a special plane for escort and also refused Li Changfeng's invitation to take him to the bureau for a commendation meeting.

What a joke.

Go to the bureau?

Wouldn't that mean having to explain all his secrets clearly?

He had too many secrets; it was better to maintain a bit of mystery.

"Consultant Su, you're leaving just like that?"

Li Changfeng reluctantly held onto Su Yang's car door.

"Then... the thing under the Thunder Pool..."

He was referring to the seed Su Yang had taken.

Although he hadn't seen it, according to the instruments, the energy core there had indeed disappeared.

"Oh, you mean that."

Su Yang looked candid.

"That was a Demon Source; I blew it up."

"Not even a speck of dust left."

"Bl-Blew it up?" Li Changfeng's heart ached intensely.

That was the best sample for studying ancient lightning techniques!

"What? You want to taste being struck by lightning too?"

Su Yang raised an eyebrow.

"No, no, no! Good job blowing it up! Splendidly done!"

Li Changfeng shook his head hurriedly.

"Alright, I'm off."

Su Yang waved his hand, and the mercedes-benz g-class roared and sped away.

Leaving behind a group of big shots still stunned in the wind and that unlucky fellow Wang Kai, who had already started calling to sell off Family assets.

In the car.

Reba looked at the scenery rapidly receding outside the window and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Boss, we're going next?"

"Back to Jiangzhou?"

"No rush."

Su Yang leaned back in his seat, resting with his eyes closed.

This trip to Kunlun, though perilous, had yielded great rewards.

Not only had he subdued the Ice Chi, upgraded Chu Ling, and obtained the [thunder-guiding divine needle] and [thunder god storage ring], but more importantly, that mysterious [Nirvana Seed].

He needed to find a quiet place to properly digest these spoils of war.

And...

Su Yang stroked his chin.

"That Wang Kai said just now he's from the Capital's Wang Family?"

"Mary, look into this Wang Family."

"I heard their ancestors were Tomb Raiders; there should be quite a few good things in their storehouse, right?"

Mary's eyes lit up as she drove.

"Boss, you mean..."

"Since he's giving me half his Family fortune, shouldn't I personally go to inspect it?"

A "kindly" smile curled at the corner of Su Yang's mouth.

"What if he tries to fool me with fakes?"

"Besides, since we've come to the Kunlun Mountains, how can we just fight a monster and leave?"

"I heard the scenery at the nearby Queen Mother of the West's Jade Lake is quite good, and it produces a kind of... Spirit Fruit called Flat Peach?"

"It just so happens everyone has worked hard these past few days."

"Let's go, I'll take you for some team building!"

"Target—Jade Lake!"