200: Chapter 200 Nanjiang Water Plant Explosion, Lin Yuan Leads Little Gods to Clear the Area

Inside the server room, the humming of the servers could not drown out the sound of Liu Qing's rapid breathing.

Lin Yuan shifted his gaze away from the red dot on the screen.

He reached out and zipped up the slightly open zipper on her back.

"Report any unusual activity immediately."

Liu Qing's body stiffened for a moment, and her ears turned red enough to drip blood.

She nodded vigorously, her voice so soft it seemed to be swept away by the fan.

"Yes, Master."

Lin Yuan turned and walked out of the server room, simultaneously issuing orders through his wrist communicator.

"Qin Yumo, meet at the entrance in five minutes. We are going to the Nanjiang Water Plant."

"Understood." Qin Yumo's voice was crisp and decisive.

On the other end of the communicator, Captain Han Xue, who had just finished training, felt her heart skip a beat.

She glanced at her arms, sore from high-intensity training, and remembered how Su Xiaonuan's petite figure had forced the capital city officers to bow their heads in the square earlier.

Power.

And... position.

Captain Han Xue gritted her teeth and pressed the call button.

"Mr... Lin." Her voice carried a deliberately suppressed urgency. "I request to accompany you."

The channel was silent for a second.

Captain Han Xue continued, "I did my internship at the South Suburbs branch in the Nanjiang district. I am familiar with the terrain around the water plant. I can drive and prepare tactical plans."

Tang Qiqi's laughter, distorted by electronic static, cut in.

"Oh, is Officer Judy Rabbit trying to get back into her old line of work?"

Su Xiaonuan's voice rang out quickly.

"Captain Han's proposal is very professional."

With those words, Captain Han Xue clenched her fists.

She knew that Su Xiaonuan had seen through her little scheme. But Su Xiaonuan had still paved the way for her because it was useful to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan's voice came through. "Fine."

Five minutes later, the black george patton was parked at the gate of the Inner Circle.

Qin Yumo, dressed in tactical gear, leaned against the car door.

Captain Han Xue had changed into a tight-fitting black tactical suit. The rabbit tail behind her was secured so it wouldn't sway around.

In the corner, Zhou Niannian was whispering something to Lu Xixi.

When Lin Yuan's gaze fell on Zhou Niannian, he said, "Zhou Niannian is coming with us."

Zhou Heng's expression changed instantly. He reached out almost instinctively, shielding his daughter behind him.

"Niannian cannot go! She is just a child!"

Zhou Heng knew what Lin Yuan's words meant at Tiangong No. 1. He and his daughter had certainly benefited, but he could not let his daughter take risks.

Jiang Xiaowan, who had come out to see them off, witnessed this scene. Being pregnant herself, she understood this feeling better than anyone.

Just as she was about to speak up to persuade them, a hand gently pulled her back. It was Feng Qingwu.

"Sister," Feng Qingwu whispered in her ear, "don't say anything."

Jiang Xiaowan was stunned, then realized what was going on. She snorted coldly and said nothing more.

Lin Yuan stopped and looked at Zhou Heng, who was blocking his path.

"Do you think you can protect her for a lifetime?"

Zhou Heng gritted his teeth. "As long as I am alive, I will protect her!"

"And what about after you die?" Lin Yuan's voice was cold. "Let her hide in a corner, waiting for someone to share a bowl of leftover porridge? Or be dragged into a dark room to be traded for a few biscuits? Or perhaps become someone else's food?"

Zhou Heng's body trembled.

Lin Yuan took a step forward. The sense of oppression, forged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, pressed directly onto Zhou Heng's shoulders.

"I can make her a deity that forces the entire city to kneel."

"And you? You can only hold her and die together."

Captain Han Xue stepped forward. "Zhou Heng." Her voice was very low. "You are also from a military background. If you don't train your abilities, they will always just be luck. Your current protection isn't protecting her; it's locking her back in a cage."

Zhou Heng looked up abruptly. This sentence struck a chord with him.

Zhou Niannian poked her head out from behind him and took the initiative to hold her father's trembling hand. "Daddy."

The little girl's eyes were clear. And very firm. "I'm not afraid."

She looked up at Lin Yuan. "Uncle Lin, I dreamed last night that there were many little black snakes in the water. They were biting people. The water smelled awful."

Zhou Heng looked at his daughter. All his persistence collapsed bit by bit at this moment. He finally let go and took half a step back. Then he lowered his head to Lin Yuan.

Captain Han Xue opened the car door. "I will protect her."

Before departing, Captain Han Xue handed a communicator to Zhou Heng. "While I am away, you are responsible for the outer circle patrol team."

Zhou Heng took it blankly, his eyes full of gratitude. He thought this was trust, not knowing that this was merely a bargaining chip for Captain Han Xue to clear a space for herself and prepare to return fully to the table at Tiangong No. 1.

The george patton drove out of Cloud Top Palace. The mountain road after the snow was slippery. Captain Han Xue gripped the steering wheel, her palms slightly sweaty.

In the rearview mirror, Lin Yuan was resting with his eyes closed. She only glanced once before immediately withdrawing her gaze. A few seconds later, she couldn't help but look again.

Lin Yuan didn't open his eyes. "Watch the road."

Captain Han Xue's spine stiffened. "Yes."

Qin Yumo sat in the passenger seat, the corners of her mouth twitching. She didn't laugh out loud.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the Nanjiang Water Plant.

The tall perimeter wall was topped with electric fencing, and a dozen guards stood on the wall, smoking cigarettes and wearing a motley assortment of gear.

Seeing the george patton stop, the man in the lead, who had a scar on his face, spat on the ground.

"Damn it, another one who doesn't know their place."

A lackey beside him said obsequiously, "Brother Liu, it's that Lin Yuan. I've seen him at the South Suburb Military District."

"Lin Yuan?" Scarface Liu sneered, walked to the edge of the wall, unzipped his pants, and took a leak in the direction of the car.

The crowd below the wall burst into laughter.

"I was wondering who it was! When that old geezer Director Li Wenhui was here, he had to politely call me Brother Liu whenever he saw me!"

Scarface Liu shook himself, pulled up his pants, and shouted arrogantly, "I'm the one in charge here now!"

He stomped his foot, and an earthen wall rose from the ground, blocking the front of the car.

"My brothers and I are guarding this water plant so that the hundreds of thousands of survivors in Jiang City have clean water to drink! We are doing a good deed!"

In the back seat, Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes. He ignored the clamor on the wall and just patted Zhou Niannian's head, his voice gentle. "Niannian, those uncles are too noisy. Make them be quiet, okay?"

"Okay."

Just then. Boom—! A violent explosion erupted from the pump room at the heart of the water plant! Flames shot into the sky.

Scarface Liu's expression changed. "Damn it, what's going on?"

The next second. Five black shadows emerged from the broken window on the second floor. They were as fast as ghosts running along the wall.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Several kunai sliced through the air, precisely piercing the throats of several guards on the wall.

"Ninjas!" Scarface Liu was shocked and furious. He clasped his hands together and roared, "Stone Armor Technique!"

However, those ninjas moved extremely fast in the plant area, which was riddled with standing water and pipes. They were like fish in water, not engaging him directly at all.

The guards' rifles fired, but the bullets hitting the ninjas only kicked up sparks, unable to even hinder their movements.

"B-rank Superpower, Lord Nakamura. Finish this quickly, execute Plan B!"

Inside the car, Lin Yuan placed a yellow B-rank crystal core into Zhou Niannian's small hand. "Begin."

Zhou Niannian took a deep breath and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, her pupils had turned pure white, devoid of any emotion, like the statue of a deity.

An invisible domain, with her at the center, instantly enveloped a radius of two hundred meters.

Thud! The ninja who was preparing to use a Water Release technique to sneak away seemed to have all his strength instantly drained. He fell straight down from the three-meter-high water pipe and smashed into the sewage pool.

On the wall, the heavy stone armor that Scarface Liu had just half-condensed shattered with a "crack," crumbling into dust on the spot. Because he had exerted too much force, he lost his balance and almost twisted his waist.

The entire world, all Superpowers, ninjutsu, and energy fluctuations, were forcibly cleared to zero at this moment. The world went quiet.

The car door opened. Qin Yumo stepped out. Possessing an S-rank Superpower, she still retained eighty percent of her combat power.

But in this vacuum period where everyone else had become an ordinary person, this Valkyrie was the only deity!

Her figure was like a hunting cheetah, so fast that only an afterimage remained. In the "Silence Domain," her two straight blades carved out the coldest, most efficient arcs of death.

Those five elite ninjas realized with horror that the ninjutsu and chakra they prided themselves on had vanished! They were like venomous snakes with their fangs pulled, reduced to chickens waiting to be slaughtered in front of Qin Yumo.

In less than thirty seconds. The heads of the four Genin flew into the air.

The B-rank Chunin leader, Nakamura, had seven or eight ribs broken by a single kick from Qin Yumo, and he hit the wall like a tattered sack before sliding down.

Qin Yumo stepped forward, placing a foot on his chest, and pressed the tip of her blade against his throat.

Lin Yuan, holding Zhou Niannian's hand, walked slowly off the car. Watching this scene of absolute domination, he confirmed that Zhou Niannian's system was equally effective against the ninjas' "chakra."

Just as he was about to have Qin Yumo keep him alive for interrogation, Nakamura, who was being stepped on, suddenly coughed up a mouthful of black blood, a weird, ferocious smile appearing on his face. "Cough... cough... it's too late..."