242: Chapter 242 Qinglian Saves Her Mother, Adam Issues Global Mandate for Lin Yuan

As soon as Lin Yuan finished speaking.

The Mental Spike on Wang Xue's shoulder suddenly lit up with black veins.

They burrowed from her collarbone toward her neck.

Wang Xue gripped the armrests of the electric chair tightly, blood seeping from the corners of her mouth.

She didn't scream.

Baring her teeth, she only cursed once.

"Adam, that old dog."

Su Muxue stepped forward.

A cold-condensing needle pierced the edge of the spike's body.

Absolute Zero was deployed.

Frost crept along Wang Xue's shoulder and neck; the black veins were frozen for half an inch, then suddenly burrowed deeper into her flesh.

The monitor shrieked.

Liu Qing's voice rang out.

"Mental Energy fluctuation exceeds safety threshold."

Su Muxue stared at the screen, her speech accelerating.

"There is residual Mental Energy inside the spike."

"It is backlashing against Wang Xue's mental sea."

In the adjacent sealed chamber.

Jiang Yun pressed her palm against the reinforced glass.

Staring at the blood at the corner of Wang Xue's mouth, for the first time, she lost that air of a Capital observer.

Wang Ya stood outside the door.

Ripples of water spread out beneath her feet.

Water lines clung to the cracks of the sealed chamber door; as soon as Wang Xue lost control, the entire chamber would be flooded instantly.

Su Muxue continued to lower the temperature.

The layer of ice thickened.

But the black veins didn't stop.

Instead, they burrowed deeper along her nerves.

Wang Xue's body jerked violently.

Her forehead hit the back of the chair.

She left dents in the armrests from her grip.

"I can't suppress it."

Su Muxue bit out these three words.

Sweat, rarely seen, seeped from her forehead.

Everyone on Level B3 went quiet for a moment.

A low-frequency echo emanated from the Mental Spike.

It wasn't a sound.

Yet it made everyone's head feel heavy.

Images flashed before Wang Xue's eyes.

The inner ring of the Capital.

A white experimental ward.

Eleven-year-old Jiang Yun was delirious with fever, her arms restrained, fourteen tubes of blood drawn one after another.

Adam stood outside the glass.

He didn't hold his daughter.

He only looked at the data.

Jiang Yun saw it too.

Separated by the glass, her lips moved.

"Father..."

The words "won't" that followed were not spoken.

The black veins surged again.

A muffled groan was pressed from Wang Xue's throat.

The lights in the sealed chamber flickered twice.

The electric chair locked automatically.

The elevator door opened.

Lin Motong walked out holding a tattered teddy bear.

She stood before the surveillance screen, black and red hues surfacing in the depths of her eyes.

"The spike is biting her."

Lin Yuan pushed the door and entered the sealed chamber.

Su Muxue immediately raised her hand.

"The mental contamination will backlash."

Lin Yuan glanced at her.

"Move aside."

Su Muxue paused for a second and stepped aside.

Wang Ya didn't stop him.

She only let the water lines wrap around Wang Xue's wrists to prevent her from hurting anyone.

Lin Yuan walked to the electric chair.

Wang Xue looked up at him, blood still hanging from the corner of her mouth.

"Don't act like some big shot."

"When I curse men, I usually curse the ones saving me too."

Lin Yuan reached out and pressed the shoulder bone near the Mental Spike.

The black veins, as if finding a new exit, crawled up along his fingertips.

The tablet in Su Xiaonuan's hand sounded an alarm.

Liu Qing's voice was a bit faster for the first time.

"Master's Mental Energy fluctuation is being invaded."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen stood straight.

Qin Yumo frowned.

Lin Yuan didn't let go.

He pressed down with his Mental Energy.

The black veins stopped.

In the next second, they were forced back into the body of the spike.

The monitoring curve, from a red peak, was slowly flattened.

Su Xiaonuan stared at the screen, her breathing halting for a beat.

Liu Qing's hands typing on the keyboard also paused.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen looked at the curve, her eyes darkening.

One must know, that Mental Energy came from Adam.

In the Capital's emergency team, Adam's name was no less than a god.

Wang Xue's pupils dilated.

She was the closest.

In that instant, she felt as if she saw a black sea.

Deep.

Cold.

Boundless.

Lin Yuan let go.

The black veins retreated into the spike's body and remained still for the moment.

Su Muxue checked immediately.

"The residual Mental Energy has been suppressed."

She looked at the spike.

"But the spike is still there."

"As long as Adam reconnects, she will be locked again."

Next door, Jiang Yun suddenly spoke.

"My Green Lotus Fire can purify mental contamination."

Everyone looked at her.

The water area beneath Wang Ya's feet expanded by half a step.

"If you dare harbor any crooked intentions."

"I'll drown you first."

Jiang Yun didn't talk back.

She looked at Wang Xue.

"I want to save my mom."

Level B3 went quiet again.

Tang Qiqi whispered in the channel: "Let her try..."

Su Xiaonuan ignored her.

Lin Yuan looked at Jiang Yun.

"Come in."

The airtight door opened.

Jiang Yun walked into the sealed chamber.

Qin Yumo stood on her left.

Su Muxue stood on her right.

Wang Ya's water lines clung to the ground, wrapping around her feet by three inches.

Jiang Yun raised her hand.

The Green Lotus Fire was not released externally.

Instead, it thinned into a single thread.

Su Muxue used ice sealing to protect Wang Xue's shoulder and neck nerves, leaving a very narrow ice gap.

The Green Lotus Fire burrowed into the Mental Spike along the ice gap.

The black veins contracted immediately upon meeting the fire.

Wang Xue's shoulder trembled.

She stared fixedly at Jiang Yun.

Sweat broke out on Jiang Yun's forehead, but her hand did not shake.

Lin Motong walked to the door, holding her teddy bear.

"Auntie, bear with it."

Wang Xue was stunned for half a second.

Then she laughed and scolded.

"Little thing, your mouth is quite sweet."

Jiang Yun's eyes flickered.

Auntie.

This title was more real than all the documents in the Capital.

The Green Lotus Fire continued to burn inward.

The black veins retreated inch by inch into the core of the spike.

Su Muxue reported the numbers.

"Contamination residue is thirty percent."

"Ten percent."

"The last wisp."

Jiang Yun's face turned pale.

Having only eaten nutrient paste these past few days, her Superpower consumption was very fast.

Wang Ya raised her hand.

A drop of water fell onto Jiang Yun's wrist bone.

It wasn't an attack.

It was just to stabilize her overheating pulse.

Jiang Yun glanced at her, not saying thanks.

Wang Ya didn't ask for it either.

"Cleared."

Su Muxue said.

Lin Yuan reached out again.

He grasped the body of the spike.

Su Muxue sealed the nerves with ice.

Jiang Yun's Green Lotus Fire protected the edge of the mental sea.

All three exerted force simultaneously.

Hiss.

The Mental Spike was pulled out.

The short black spike fell into the storage box.

The box lid snapped shut.

Wang Xue pitched forward.

Jiang Yun reached out to support her.

Wang Xue leaned on her daughter's shoulder, her breathing erratic for a few seconds.

She raised her hand.

She touched Jiang Yun's face.

This time, Jiang Yun did not dodge.

Wang Xue's voice lowered.

"Back then, Mommy didn't take you away."

"I'm sorry."

Jiang Yun's eyes turned red.

Wang Xue looked at her.

"This time, Mommy will use everything to exchange for your safety."

Jiang Yun opened her mouth.

No sound came out.

Wang Xue turned to look at Lin Yuan.

"I can open the access permissions to my Small World."

"The premise is that you ensure the safety of me and Jiang Yun."

Lin Yuan was not surprised.

"Fine."

Wang Xue stared at him.

"I am not submitting."

Lin Yuan said indifferently: "As you wish."

Wang Xue shut her mouth.

Jiang Yun supported Wang Xue, standing by her side.

She didn't return to the adjacent sealed chamber.

Su Xiaonuan looked at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan nodded.

"Let them live in the same building as Grandmaster Ling Suzhen for now."

Wang Ya glanced at Jiang Yun.

"What if she acts up?"

Lin Yuan said: "You handle it."

Wang Ya nodded.

Jiang Yun did not refute.

Just then.

The main screen suddenly lit up.

It was not the Capital's private channel.

It was a global public frequency band.

This frequency band had been in a silent state since the apocalypse.

Screens filled with static noise connected simultaneously.

Great Bear Base.

Southwest Mountain City.

United States Shelter.

Euro-Continental Underground City.

Countless channels flooded into the Tiangong No. 1 main system like a tide.

Liu Qing reported.

"The other party did not invade."

"He is broadcasting publicly."

In the center of the screen.

Adam's silhouette appeared.

This time, he no longer concealed his voice.

"Global survivors."

"I am Adam."

"After the twelfth Red Moon, the God of End will descend."

"By then, all Superpowers will fail."

"Humanity's existing bases will collapse amidst the Zombie Horde."

Channels from various places began to flicker.

Some people questioned.

Some people inquired.

Some people remained silent.

Adam continued.

"Currently, there are two keys to salvation."

"The fetus in Jiang Xiaowan's womb."

"Wang Xue's Small World."

"These two keys are currently being privately detained by Lin Yuan, the leader of the Cloud Top Palace in Jiang City."

Adam's voice spread across all channels.

"I call upon global survivors to petition the Cloud Top Palace."

"This is not a war."

"This is humanity saving itself."

Su Xiaonuan gripped the tablet tightly.

At the edge of the screen, external communication requests flooded in.

[Great Bear Base requests a call.]

[Southwest Mountain City requests a call.]

[Euro-Continental Underground City requests a call.]

[United States Joint Fleet requests a call.]