145: Chapter 145 So you, Penglai, have a backup plan? What a joke!

Shi Yao attacked Song Yiqing,

but Song Yiqing's swords were pointed at Zhe Ningchuan and the other two.

Everyone present felt that the situation was utterly bizarre,

and the atmosphere became exceptionally awkward.

*Cough, cough, cough, cough—*

Song Yiqing coughed lightly a few times, and then, under everyone's gaze, 'quietly' maneuvered his three Flying Swords to leave.

Zhe Ningchuan looked at the Flying Swords and said indifferently,

"Mr. Song, do you think we are Penglai's hidden trump cards?"

"Hahahaha,"

Song Yiqing laughed loudly with his hands behind his back,

"What kind of talk is that? I was just letting my swords move a bit to suit the mood!"

"Mm!"

"That's right! Don't pay it any mind, don't pay it any mind."

As he spoke, he slowly turned around, while his heart was constantly muttering,

*Could I really have misjudged?*

*That shouldn't be the case, right?*

*Could it really be a coincidence?*

Song Yiqing kept whispering to himself, feeling so awkward he could curl his toes into the ground.

But for Shi Yao, who had attacked him yet failed to land a hit,

he was extremely panicked.

"You!! How do you still have strength left!"

"Heh,"

Song Yiqing smiled faintly, took the dagger that was pinched by his Protective Golden Light, and without hesitation, plunged it into Shi Yao's neck.

"You think only Penglai has a trump card? What a joke!"

...

In the bullet chat area,

[Pfft! Hahahaha! Lord Song's attempt to save face is absolutely killing me with laughter!]

[I bet he's thought Zhe Ningchuan and the others were problematic from the very beginning!! That's why he was about to slash those three the moment he was about to be ambushed!]

[The result is almost a huge blunder!]

[I'm dying of laughter! Dying of laughter!! If those swords had actually fallen, it would have been a massive misunderstanding!]

[It was supposed to be a life-and-death crisis, but it turned into a comedy skit!]

[Too funny, this is truly entertaining!]

...

Inside the board of directors of the Xue Group,

Wei Chengjun's expression instantly darkened.

Even without asking, Xue Heng could roughly judge by observing the other's expression that Ding Sixing and Shi Yao were his methods.

But he hadn't expected that they would all come to nothing.

For a moment, he couldn't help but feel a bit panicked in his heart.

Could Song Yiqing and his group really resolve the Second Forbidden Zone?

Furthermore, the words Lu Ziliang had just spoken gave Xue Heng a faint feeling,

that Penglai seemed to be truly panicking.

All sorts of grand methods were being deployed.

And now the authorities were exerting their foundation, frantically shelling Penglai.

If not for the fact that the power of the forbidden zone was truly special, Penglai would have been destroyed countless times by this bombardment alone.

Could it be that humanity really won't lose?

Xue Heng was thinking secretly in his heart, but then Wei Chengjun suddenly turned around and said in a rather eerie tone,

"You think humanity will win, don't you?"

"Ah????"

Xue Heng's body jolted, feeling as if his inner thoughts had been eavesdropped on.

He felt an inexplicable sense of nervousness, but his years in the business world had long ago trained him to maintain a face devoid of micro-expressions.

He immediately spoke up,

"No, they cannot win!"

"Exactly!"

Wei Chengjun's originally calm emotions could no longer be stabilized.

"Humanity absolutely cannot win!! That is a certainty! It was so fifteen years ago,"

"And it remains so today!!"

Xue Heng nodded repeatedly in agreement, not daring to offer any rebuttal.

At that moment, Xue Heng noticed Wen Xiuya was calling him. He answered the phone in confusion.

When he heard the content from within, he said in surprise,

"Are you sure?"

"..."

"Good, I understand. Continue what you're doing. You must ensure this experiment is a grand success!"

After Xue Heng finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

Noticing Wei Chengjun's questioning and doubtful gaze, he immediately spoke up,

"Elder Wei, it's like this. The Particle Fluctuations in the Fifth Forbidden Zone are becoming increasingly intense."

"At the same time, we have detected a type of particle there that has never appeared before."

"The researchers currently stationed at the Fifth Forbidden Zone have already performed a series of collection tasks."

"From the composition analysis, this particle has a high similarity to the Qi carried by cultivators, but it is also somewhat different."

"Oh?"

Wei Chengjun's brow furrowed again, as if he had associated this with something rather unfavorable. He then said,

"Hehehe, humanity cannot possibly win. A new game is about to begin!"

"A new game?"

Xue Heng was beyond surprised, but Wei Chengjun offered no explanation for this matter.

It was as if he were saying 'heaven's secrets must not be revealed'!

Once Xue Heng realized this, he stopped asking and suppressed those thoughts.

At the same time, a thought became further solidified in his heart:

'Humanity will surely lose!'

...

On the live stream screen, following Shi Yao's death,

the situation began to reverse in an instant.

The situation with the Buddha statue collapsed in a moment,

followed by Lin Tianyi and the others staring wolfishly at Ding Sixing.

At this time, the fat man grinned and said with a chuckle,

"Hehehe, skinny boy, next Lord Pang will let you know why the flowers are so red!!"

As the words fell,

the group swarmed forward,

but in the next second,

*Bang!!!*

Wang Xianzhi struck the ground with her sword, carving out a trench. She scanned the crowd coldly.

"No one is allowed to come over. I will kill him personally!"

"It's not..."

The fat man wanted to say there's strength in numbers, but thinking that the person before him was a pure martial fanatic, if he said such words, he might get a beating.

So he simply suppressed that thought.

At this time, Song Yiqing directly shouted,

"Don't worry about her, we're going down first!"

Before his voice had even faded, the fat man noticed that Song Yiqing was already sprinting in one direction.

"Lord Song!! You're not playing fair!"

The fat man's face showed urgency as he quickly followed.

However, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Zhe Ningchuan's face undergoing some subtle change.

'Was it an illusion?'

The fat man frowned, but seeing Song Yiqing open the passage, he didn't have time to think and entered directly.

Lin Tianyi and the others had the same idea.

Only, after Song Yiqing and the others had entered one by one,

Suddenly!

Zhe Ningchuan halted his steps, reached out with his left hand, and chanted a bizarre incantation.

In the next second, the door to the passage suddenly slammed shut!

*Boom!*

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