168: Chapter 168 It's too late to hide it anymore, so let's lay the cards on the table.

Red dots on the holographic radar were jumping frantically.

Every urgent electronic beep sounded like the footsteps of the Grim Reaper echoing through the underground space.

Chen Yuan stared at the screen, which was almost entirely submerged in red.

He no longer wore that cynical smile; the gentle veneer he used to disguise himself as a businessman was completely torn away at this moment.

Game over.

The phase of hiding in an abandoned Pharmaceutical Factory, relying on 'brute force' and business tactics to develop slowly, had come to an end the instant the mecha took flight.

Chen Yuan unbuttoned his white lab coat with slow, deliberate movements.

This garment had once been his best prop for concealing his ambitions and the final fig leaf used to reassure his younger sister.

*Rip.*

Chen Yuan showed not a hint of nostalgia.

He tore off the white coat and tossed it aside like a rag onto the alloy floor covered in dust and engine oil.

As the white garment fell, it revealed a form-fitting black tactical vest underneath.

His muscle lines, so perfect they seemed carved from marble, radiated a suffocating masculine hormone under the cold blue lights.

"Boss, your trench coat."

Alice timely handed him a long, deep-black tactical trench coat.

It was woven from a blend of high-strength bulletproof fibers and biological nanomaterials, capable of not only resisting direct fire from large-caliber bullets but also absorbing the shockwaves from explosions to some extent.

Chen Yuan took the coat and draped it over himself in one fluid motion.

The hem of the coat cut a sharp arc through the air, stirring up a cold, forceful wind.

He adjusted his collar and buckled the tactical holster at his waist.

His pitch-black eyes instantly became as deep as an abyss.

Without the gold-rimmed glasses to shield them, his gaze no longer held the shrewdness of a merchant. Instead, it was replaced by the extreme calm and majesty of a hegemon who held the power of life and death.

Chen Yuan turned around.

His gaze pierced through the dim light, falling upon the small, trembling figure curled up in the corner.

Chen Nuo was clutching her knees tightly.

She buried her head in her arms, her shoulders twitching violently like a small beast that had lost its way in a storm.

Everything that had just happened was a nightmare that had completely overturned her worldview.

That terrifying five-meter-tall monster.

The massive hole smashed through the ceiling.

And now, those red dots on the radar screen representing the United States military.

All of this exceeded the cognitive limits of an ordinary female college student.

She thought she had come to find an inspirational brother who had successfully started a business abroad.

But now, this brother had turned into a "terrorist" that even the state machine had to dispatch special forces to annihilate.

Chen Yuan looked at his sister's pitiful state.

If it were before, he would have immediately walked over and comforted her with his gentlest voice, perhaps even concocting an even more absurd excuse to deceive her.

But he knew that was no longer possible.

Lies could no longer cover up the impending storm of blood and gore.

If Chen Nuo could not grow up quickly in this cruel world, then even if he could protect her for a moment, he could not protect her for a lifetime.

Chen Yuan strode over to Chen Nuo.

He did not squat down but instead looked down at her from above.

The killing intent he carried from a sea of corpses and mountains of blood made Chen Nuo instinctively shudder.

"Nuo Nuo."

Chen Yuan's voice was low and powerful, like a heavy hammer striking Chen Nuo's heart.

"Look up."

Chen Nuo sobbed, slowly and stiffly raising her head.

Her face was covered in tears, and in those eyes that were once clear, there was now only fear, confusion, and even a hint of estrangement toward Chen Yuan.

"Brother..."

Her voice shook terribly. "Did... did we do something wrong? Are the police coming to arrest you?"

"Police?"

Chen Yuan let out a cold laugh, as if he had heard the world's biggest joke.

"In this place, the police aren't even qualified to guard my gate."

He pointed at the massive hole above and at the sky outside, which was already filled with reconnaissance planes and armed helicopters.

"The ones coming for me now are The Pentagon's special forces and the CIA's ace agents."

"They aren't here to arrest me."

"They are here to kill me."

Chen Nuo's pupils dilated suddenly, and her face instantly turned as pale as paper.

"Wh... why?"

"Because I hold a power in my hands that they would do anything to obtain."

Chen Yuan's tone became incredibly cold; he decided not to hide anything anymore.

"The 'figure' you just saw is a real bio-mecha capable of tearing tanks apart with its bare hands."

"The three-meter-tall 'retired wrestler' you saw outside is a killing machine created by fusing human genes with the T-Virus."

"Even the smell you just caught is the strong acid I use to dissolve corpses."

Every word was like a knife, stabbing ruthlessly into Chen Nuo's fragile worldview.

She looked at Chen Yuan in disbelief.

Was this still the same brother who, back at the Jinghai Chen Family, was called a bastard to his face by their uncle but didn't dare say a word back?

Was this still the same brother who would run through a dozen streets in the rain to work odd jobs just to buy her a birthday present?

How could he have turned into such a... demon?

"Brother, you're lying to me..."

Chen Nuo's tears burst forth again. "Tell me none of this is true! Come back to the country with me, okay? We'll go beg Uncle, we'll hand all these things over, and we'll go back to live a peaceful life, okay?"

"Go back?"

The warmth in the depths of Chen Yuan's eyes dropped completely to freezing point.

"Go back to that dog-eat-dog Chen Family?"

"Go back to that cage where they could even drive my mother to her death just to climb the ladder?"

He suddenly bent down, his hands gripping Chen Nuo's shoulders tightly as he forced her up from the ground.

"Listen to me clearly, Chen Nuo!"

Chen Yuan's voice exploded in her ears like thunder.

"In this world, there is no such thing as a peaceful life!"

"Survival of the fittest is the only truth!"

"You think if we hand things over, they'll let us go?"

"No! They will only chew us up and won't even spit out the bone fragments!"

Chen Yuan's eyes held an almost insane paranoia.

He stared intently into Chen Nuo's fear-filled eyes.

"I, Chen Yuan, will never bow my head to anyone again in this life!"

"Since they think I'm a threat, since they think I'm a monster..."

"Then I will be that monster!"

"I will trample this land, and even this world, under my feet!"

Chen Yuan suddenly let go.

Chen Nuo stumbled back a few steps, leaning against the cold alloy wall.

She looked at the man before her, who was radiating an aura like a demon god, and the fear in her heart was gradually replaced by a more complex emotion.

It was shock.

And also a sense of looking up to the strong, originating from deep within her bloodline.

"Boss, the enemy special flight formation has entered the two-kilometer range above the manor."

The Red Queen's mechanical voice sounded in the underground space at the appropriate time.

"Estimated time to begin fast-roping is thirty seconds."

Chen Yuan ignored the Red Queen's warning.

He adjusted his black tactical gloves, making a crisp sound of leather rubbing.

Then, he walked up to his sister and extended his leather-gloved hand.

"Nuo Nuo, stand up."

Chen Yuan's voice was low and powerful, as if carrying an irresistible magic.

"Dry your tears."

"What you are about to see next..."

...is your brother's... true world."