10: When you enter the chat group, you call me Xiao Gu, and when you leave the chat group, you call me Chief Gu.

To facilitate his actions, Gu Yanci used the points he had just acquired to exchange for some world currency in the Group Mall and rented a half-old domestic car.

He settled the somewhat timid Jiang Ruoxue in the back seat, gently fastening her seatbelt.

The black cat, meanwhile, quietly curled up in the girl's arms, warily observing everything inside the car.

"Hold on tight, we're going to check out that cave you mentioned now," Gu Yanci said, starting the car.

He merged into the city traffic, heading towards the suburbs.

The vehicle drove steadily.

However, just as they were about to pass an intersection, an unexpected change occurred!

A heavy-duty truck, fully loaded with sand and gravel, weighing over a hundred tons, like an unbridled steel beast, ignored the red light, emitted a piercing roar, and charged directly towards their small car!

The car's stereo was still playing: "Life, can you please let me off this one time..."

Gu Yanci's pupils suddenly contracted, and his adrenaline surged instantly!

He violently swerved the steering wheel to the right, attempting to avoid the fatal collision.

But the truck seemed to have a tracking device; its front swung, and it also changed direction, locking onto them relentlessly!

Damn it!

Gu Yanci cursed inwardly; he never imagined that the waters of Yunlai City ran so deep.

In broad daylight, they dared to use such a method to murder him, an imperial envoy from the Imperial Capital!

It was too late.

And in the face of absolute mass and speed, any struggle was futile.

Bang—!

Amidst a deafening roar, the small car was crushed like paper by the truck.

A violent explosion ignited a ball of orange-red flames, and thick black smoke shot tens of meters into the sky.

Gu Yanci and the girl Jiang Ruoxue, along with the black cat, were instantly incinerated, dying on the spot.

Almost at the same time, within the Multiverse Chat Group, a cold system announcement popped up.

"Ding! Detected that group member 'Supreme Drum Beater - Gu Yanci's' life signs have disappeared, confirmed dead."

"Old Day Witness - Lin Moyan: What?! How could this be!"

"Throne Interpreter - Su Qingyuan: Such a calamity in the mortal world? The Heavenly Dao of this realm is unjust!"

"Future Heavenly Emperor - Huang: ...Dead?"

The group members were shocked.

A living member, just a moment ago, was chatting in the group, saying he had found a great opportunity.

But the next moment, it turned into a cold death notification.

Due to the suddenness of the incident and the special nature of the world, the system's crisis warning and rescue missions failed to trigger.

Just then, in the endless sea of concepts, the eternally still Gu Jianghan's will rippled almost imperceptibly.

His "gaze" penetrated infinite dimensions and world barriers, landing on that small universe of Blue Star.

He saw the still burning flames.

"Interesting," a detached voice sounded on the conceptual level.

The next moment, the time law of the entire universe reversed.

At that intersection, the soaring flames and thick smoke rolled back, re-condensing into gasoline and air.

Shattered metal fragments and charred remains flew backward, piecing themselves together, reverting to an intact car and truck.

The piercing crash sound was erased, and time was like a videotape played in reverse, returning to the moment Gu Yanci had just gotten into the car with Jiang Ruoxue, about to start it.

"Warning! Detected that causality has been forcibly altered by an unknown great power! Abnormal temporal regression detected! Error! Unable to parse! System logic unit conflict..."

The chat group AI issued a series of chaotic alerts.

Clearly, this act of resurrection, beyond its comprehension, had caused it to malfunction.

Inside the car, Gu Yanci was about to turn the key when an indescribable sense of déjà vu flashed through his mind.

It was as if he had just experienced a terrible nightmare.

He shook his head, attributing it to being too tired.

Just then, a private message from the group leader popped up.

"Old Days Ruler - Gu Jianghan" sent you a message: Be careful of a big 'accident' when you go out.

Gu Yanci was startled at first, then overjoyed.

The Great Group Leader actually cares about him? And wishes him good luck?

But when he looked at the message more closely, the joy on his face instantly froze, and a fine layer of cold sweat seeped from his forehead.

He saw clearly that it wasn't "good luck" ( Change of fortune), but "collision" ( Good Luck).

Collision... with a big truck ( Dayun Truck)?

The smile on Gu Yanci's face stiffened, replaced by a deathly pallor.

The group leader's warning of a "collision" ( Good Luck), like a key, instantly opened a forcibly sealed gate deep within his mind.

Boom—!

The excruciating pain of being crushed by a hundred-ton truck, the scorching heat of being engulfed by flames, Jiang Ruoxue's last, abruptly cut-off scream... all the death memories of the "previous cycle" rushed through him like the fiercest tide, instantly overwhelming his reason.

His hands, gripping the steering wheel, trembled.

Not out of fear, but out of a thunderous rage that rose from his very bones, a feeling of his reverse scale being touched!

"Get out of the car!" he growled, his voice devoid of any emotion.

Jiang Ruoxue was startled by him.

She obediently hugged the black cat in her arms and followed Gu Yanci, quickly leaving the car that had become a death trap.

Gu Yanci led her, walking quickly into a large shopping mall nearby.

Under the cover of the crowd, he found a corner of a coffee shop and sat down.

After settling the still-shaken girl, Gu Yanci walked to an empty fire escape.

He took out an antique-looking black phone with no brand, and dialed a number.

The call was answered almost instantly.

A calm, authoritative voice came from the other end: "Yanci?"

"Chief, it's me," Gu Yanci's voice was as calm as water, but every word carried immense weight.

"I'm in Yunlai City, just experienced an 'attack,' they used a hundred-ton truck. I request... 'Heavenly Punishment' authority."

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone.

Those two seconds felt as if even the air had frozen.

Then, the voice of the man known to the world as "Chief No. 1" sounded again from the receiver, decisive and cold:

"Granted. In ten minutes, the Yunlai garrison will cooperate with you. All parasites, every single one, will be uprooted."

The call ended.

Just three minutes later, a piercing air raid siren echoed throughout Yunlai City!

Citizens rushed into the streets in panic, only to witness a scene they would never forget.

At every entrance and exit of the city, there were camouflage-painted armored vehicles and heavily armed soldiers.

Their steel torrent completely blocked all routes leaving Yunlai City.

In the sky, several armed helicopters hovered and roared, their massive rotors kicking up strong winds that made it hard to open one's eyes.

Squads of special forces, wearing black masks and carrying assault rifles, leaped from military trucks, swiftly rushing to various corners of the city.

An unprecedented anti-gang crackdown, without any warning, descended like a heavenly punishment!

In a luxurious villa in the suburbs, the gang leader "Brother Long," who had forcibly demolished the orphanage, was embracing a newly kept young model, celebrating the "accidental" removal of his thorn in the side.

Suddenly, the huge floor-to-ceiling window shattered with a "crash" as special forces soldiers descended from the sky!

Amidst the woman's piercing screams, Brother Long, who hadn't even reacted yet, was kicked over, his face pressed firmly onto the expensive mahogany table.

Beside him was the bottle of red wine, worth hundreds of thousands, that he had just opened.

Brother Long, accustomed to being arrogant and overbearing, thought he could get away with it this time, just like before.

He spat, his face becoming even more ferocious, and threatened: "Damn it, you little brat, you've got guts! I'll remember you! Once I get out of this, I'll kill your whole family..."

Before he could finish speaking, "Bang!" The special forces soldier showed no mercy, grabbed the hundred-thousand-yuan bottle of red wine, and smashed it over his head.

At the City Public Security Bureau building, the director, who was in cahoots with Brother Long, was scolding his subordinates, berating them for their inefficiency.

The office door was also kicked open.

A stern-faced officer, with a general's star on his shoulder, walked in with two guards.

The director was about to reprimand them, but after seeing the takeover order presented by the officer, stamped with a bright red national emblem and the seal of the Military Cabinet, the once high and mighty, influential Public Security Bureau director's face instantly turned ashen, he lost control of his bladder, his legs gave out, and he slumped into his chair.

Violent arrests were constantly unfolding in every corner of the city.

Corrupt officials were dragged out from dinner tables, lovers' beds, and secret clubs.

Their arrogance and disdain, when faced with the dark muzzles of guns, all transformed into the most humble fear and pleas.

And at the center of the storm, in the mall's coffee shop, Gu Yanci calmly stirred the coffee in his cup.

On his phone screen, Yunlai City Television was broadcasting an emergency news report, having interrupted all its regular programs.

Jiang Ruoxue bit her lip, her small face pale as she watched all of this.

She looked at the gentle older brother beside her, her eyes filled with incredulous awe.

This is the power of the nation... Gu Yanci sighed inwardly.

But he knew even more clearly that the prerequisite for him to wield this power was the group leader's lighthearted warning.

Otherwise, he would already be a handful of ashes at the intersection.

Compared to the group leader's mighty power, capable of turning the world upside down and reversing life and death, all of this was merely mortal means.

Just then, a brisk and capable major, in a crisp military uniform, walked quickly to him.

The officer, ignoring the astonished gazes of the surrounding customers, gave him a crisp, standard military salute.

"Report, Section Chief Gu! Phase one of the Yunlai City 'Heavenly Punishment' operation is complete! Chief No. 1 has ordered that temporary command of all departments in Yunlai City has been transferred to your hands! Please give your instructions!"

Gu Yanci swirled the coffee in his hand, chuckled softly, and nodded with satisfaction.

This bottom-tier existence in the chat group had revealed an unknown, domineering side.

Little comrade, in the chat group, you call me Little Gu.

Outside the chat group, what should you call me?