257: Chapter 257 Adam enters, first goes through security.

The next morning.

Snow pressed against the outer walls of the Cloud Top Palace.

The searchlight at the main guard post swept across the snow, revealing a middle-aged man.

He was walking on foot.

An old-fashioned military overcoat.

Black combat boots.

He was holding a thermos in his hand.

No guards.

No firearms.

No fluctuation of Superpowers.

The guard team raised their guns.

"Stop!"

The man stood outside the cordon, unscrewed the lid of the cup, and steam puffed out.

He took a sip of water.

"My name is Adam."

"I'm here to see Lin Yuan."

The guard post fell into dead silence.

Three seconds later.

The alarm sounded.

Tang Qiqi rubbed her eyes and rushed to B2, her voice exploding across the entire channel.

"Holy shit! A boss-level enemy is delivering a package to our door?"

"Shields at 100%!"

Electric arcs spread across the outer walls of Tiangong No. 1.

The steel alloy rolling shutters fell layer by layer.

Su Xiaonuan stood in the master control room, holding a tablet, her voice faster than usual.

"Qin Yumo, Grandmaster Ling Suzhen, prepare to defend the main gate of the Inner Circle."

"Su Muxue, Wang Ya, provide long-range support."

"Lin Motong, stand by."

Liu Qing synchronized the footage to Wang Xue's villa.

She saw the man on the screen, and her expression sank.

Jiang Yun stood beside her, the Green Lotus Fire flickering in her palm.

"It's him."

The master control room became even quieter.

Lin Yuan sat in the main seat.

He looked at the man standing alone in the snow on the screen.

"Since he dares to come alone."

"Then let him in."

Su Xiaonuan looked up.

"Boss Lin?"

Lin Yuan stood up.

"After all, guests should be welcomed."

...

The first gate opened.

Adam took off his military overcoat and handed it to the inspector.

The guard didn't take it.

The muzzle of his gun was still pointed at him.

Adam placed the military overcoat in the iron tray and set down the thermos.

"It's goji berry water inside."

The scanner swept over him three times.

No weapons.

No toxins.

No external devices.

The Superpower detector was blank.

Liu Qing judged that it was likely because his level was too high to be detected.

The outer circle team member in charge of the inspection had sweat on his forehead, his finger pressed on the trigger.

Adam glanced at him.

"No need to be nervous."

"I'm not here to start a war today."

The team member didn't lower his gun.

Adam didn't rush him either.

He stepped into the disinfection channel.

White mist sprayed down.

The supreme ruler of the capital was accepting an inspection at the gate of Tiangong No. 1 just like an ordinary laborer.

A few survivors in the outer circle watched secretly from a distance.

Su Xiaonuan stood at the end of the channel.

She hadn't been this nervous in a long time.

But she didn't retreat.

"Mr. Adam, please come this way."

Adam nodded.

"Sorry to trouble you, Housekeeper Su."

Su Xiaonuan's eyes flickered.

He had even investigated who she was.

Adam followed Su Xiaonuan through the outer circle labor zone.

In front of the cafeteria window, the line was arranged according to contribution points.

The disabled were assigned to the registration desk, tool inventory, and disinfection teams.

A new notice was hanging on the wall.

[Long Dabiao, died in battle.]

[Compensation level: Highest.]

[Those who die for Tiangong No. 1, Lin Yuan will provide for their families.]

Adam stopped.

He looked at it for a long time.

Several laborers kept their heads down as they worked.

No one approached.

No one knelt just because he stopped.

Adam spoke.

"The capital has preserved the lifestyle from before the apocalypse."

"But here, you have left a way for the bottom layer to survive."

Su Xiaonuan said coldly: "This is Boss Lin's rule."

Adam nodded.

"I know."

Su Xiaonuan continued forward.

Her palms were sweaty.

But her steps didn't falter.

...

Inner Circle reception room.

Lin Yuan sat in the main seat.

Qin Yumo held her twin blades, standing behind him to his right.

Su Muxue's fingertips were frozen.

Water ripples spread under Wang Ya's feet.

Lin Motong held her teddy bear, her black and red eyes staring at Adam.

Anar stood behind her, her four wings tucked in, like a quiet weapon.

Lin Yuan's words had changed Su Xiaonuan's original strategic deployment.

But even if Adam was dangerous, they would still stand by Lin Yuan's side.

After Adam entered the room, he didn't sit down.

He looked at Lin Yuan.

"Lin Yuan."

"You are the only variable I have ever seen."

No one spoke in the reception room.

Adam pulled out a chair on his own and sat down.

"The development of Tiangong No. 1 has already exceeded the capital's projections."

"I am abandoning the attempt to incorporate you by force."

"Because you truly have the ability to protect Wang Xue's small world, and you also have the ability to protect the spark in Jiang Xiaowan's womb."

Lin Yuan's expression didn't change.

"Did you run all the way here from the capital just to compliment me?"

"No."

Adam placed the thermos on the edge of the table.

"I am here to correct a mistake."

Liu Qing recorded remotely.

Feng Qingwu sat in front of the side screen, her pen pausing for a moment.

Zhao Dingshan and Feng Sanhai were both listening remotely.

Adam continued: "The capital relies on my own strength to maintain the lifestyle from before the apocalypse."

"Clean streets."

"Stable electricity."

"Clean water sources."

He paused.

"But that is just a specimen of the old world."

Lieutenant Colonel Liu Zheng cursed in a low voice on the remote channel.

"If those people in the capital heard this, their faces would swell up."

Zhao Dingshan didn't respond.

Adam looked at Lin Yuan.

"Cloud Top Palace is cruel."

"But it can regenerate itself, it can expand, it can rebuild order."

"You are better adapted to the apocalypse than the capital."

As these words fell, Su Xiaonuan's pen stopped.

She looked at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan tapped the table.

"You are not here to correct a mistake."

"You realized that the capital can no longer swallow me."

Adam was silent for three seconds.

"Yes."

Just as he finished speaking, footsteps came from outside the door.

Wang Xue pushed the door and entered.

Jiang Yun followed behind her.

Wang Xue stared at Adam.

"So you were able to experiment on your daughter back then?"

Jiang Yun's Green Lotus Fire surged in her palm.

"Tell me."

"What exactly am I?"

Qin Yumo raised her twin blades slightly.

Lin Yuan raised his hand.

The next second.

The Green Lotus Fire slammed into Adam's chest.

The lining of his military overcoat was burned through on the spot.

His flesh was charred black.

Adam sat in the chair, not dodging.

Nor blocking.

Jiang Yun's eyes were red, and the flames were still burning.

Adam looked down at his chest.

"Superpowers are not just simple evolution."

"It is a form of genetic assimilation."

The reception room quieted down.

Su Muxue raised her eyes.

Adam continued: "The fertility of Espers will decline."

"The more powerful the Esper, the closer they are to being non-human."

"Above S-rank, theoretically, they no longer possess the ability to reproduce stably."

Wang Xue's expression changed.

The water ripples under Wang Ya's feet stopped.

Lin Motong tilted her head.

She understood half of it.

Adam looked at Jiang Yun.

"You inherited the genes of me and Wang Xue."

"Your Superpower must be S+."

"I experimented on you to find antibodies that could immunize humans against extinction."

Jiang Yun's flames flickered.

"So I deserved to be cut open and studied by you?"

Adam didn't defend himself.

"I am willing to be the sinner of the whole family."

"I am also willing to be the sinner of all humanity."

"It's just that I failed in the end."

Wang Xue raised her hand and slapped him.

Slap.

Adam's face turned to the side.

Wang Xue stared at him.

"You are truly fucking great!"

Adam didn't fight back.

"When Jiang Xiaowan was pregnant, I thought it was a coincidence."

"Or perhaps, you were cuckolded."

"So I wanted to bring her back to the capital."

"After Captain Han Xue became pregnant, the coincidence disappeared."

"You, Lin Yuan, combined with non-Esper women, might be another path for human continuation."

Just then.

Liu Qing's voice cut in.

"Master, high-altitude, high-speed targets have appeared in the direction of the coast."

"At the same time, three squads have landed on the northern coastline of Jiangcheng."

The screen switched.

On the black sea surface, several low-noise landing craft were docking.

White combat suits.

Cross-shaped crystal core pendants.

The Holy Court of the United States.

Two fighter jets at high altitude lowered their altitude and were cutting toward the Cloud Top Palace.

Tang Qiqi cursed in B2.

"Did the bird-men come back for after-sales service?"

Lin Yuan looked at Adam.

"Did you bring them?"

Adam looked at the screen.

"No."

The scene changed the next second.

As the landing team stepped onto the tidal flat, red markers suddenly lit up on the ground.

Rocket artillery fired in unison from a distance.

Behind the coastline, an ambush position shed its camouflage.

Guns and artillery sealed off the retreat.

A blue-white electromagnetic beam in the sky pierced through the fuselage of a plane.

The first fighter jet dragged flames and plunged into the sea.

The second fighter jet turned sharply.

Higher up, an anti-aircraft missile locked onto the tail flame.

Boom!

The night sky lit up.

The landing craft were torn apart by the firepower net.

The Holy Court assault team didn't last three minutes.

Adam picked up his thermos, his voice carrying coldness for the first time.

"How the Dragon Country struggles internally is the Dragon Country's business."

"If others reach their hands in."

"Then chop them off."