146: One finger kill! Jing's terrifying power!

Whoosh.

Whoosh. Whoosh.

In the corridor, everyone turned around simultaneously.

A mere minion, not even wearing a Black Mask.

A survivor who barely made it out alive from a Secret Realm mission.

What right did he have to step into the core of the Apocalypse Society?

Lin Yuan’s body stiffened.

Oh no.

He had become the center of attention.

What was an undercover agent most afraid of? This kind of sudden special attention.

Was Tian Shu's brain fried? Or did he just like to see others embarrassed?

Lin Yuan was frantically complaining internally, but on his face, he forced out an expression uglier than crying.

He hunched his shoulders and bowed his back, looking both flattered and terrified.

He trotted behind Night Crow, looking exactly like a country bumpkin scared out of his wits.

Night Crow dragged his injured leg, limping.

He could feel the gazes of his colleagues behind him, but he said nothing, just silently followed behind Tian Shu.

The group walked through the long corridor and entered a gate at the base of the spire.

“Click.”

The gate closed behind them, cutting off everything from the outside.

This was not a luxurious conference room; it was more like a command center.

The room was circular, and in the center was a three-dimensional sand table, reproducing the entire terrain of Jiangcheng with miniature models.

Above the sand table, countless light-blue data floated, forming a real-time dynamic map of the city’s power grid, waterways, transportation, and even network signals.

And at the center of all these data streams, a scaled-down spire of the same proportion stood silently.

Lin Yuan lowered his head, quickly scanning everything with the corner of his eye.

His Electromagnetic Induction had already spread out the moment he stepped into this place.

In this room, there were no monitors, no listening devices, yet an energy field permeated it.

This energy field distorted space, blocking Lin Yuan’s detection.

No wonder the Dragon Shield Bureau couldn't find this place.

This was practically an independent dimension built within the real world.

Just then.

Jing spoke.

“Among us.”

His voice had a penetrating quality, echoing in everyone’s ears.

“There is a rat from the Dragon Shield Bureau.”

One sentence.

The atmosphere in the entire room became heavy.

Lin Yuan’s heart skipped a beat!

It’s happening!

His entire body was tense, seemingly with his head lowered, but the power of thunder and lightning within him had already begun to circulate, ready to unleash his strongest attack at any moment.

He had cranked his Electromagnetic Induction to maximum power!

He calculated frantically.

The exit was behind him, fifteen meters away. The alloy gate was over thirty centimeters thick and could not be broken through by conventional means.

Including himself, there were nineteen people in the room.

Jing’s strength was unfathomable, his threat Rank unknown.

Tian Shu, Heavenly Scorpion, Tian Ge, and two other silver-masked envoys whose code names were unknown, were at least B-rank Experts.

Night Crow was a C-rank Peak assassin, but he was severely injured.

Odds of success?

Extremely slim.

If he detonated the energy circuits in this room, creating a huge explosion, he might find a small opportunity amidst the chaos.

At Lin Yuan’s fingertips, an electric arc began to subtly extend towards the energy circuits within the wall.

“Hehe…”

A few dry laughs broke the silence.

It was Heavenly Scorpion.

He crossed his arms, turning his mask towards Tian Shu, with a strong hint of mockery.

“Tian Shu, you led the team, and it was completely wiped out. Your people were turned by the Dragon Shield Bureau. It seems your position as the ‘Head of the Big Dipper’ should be moved.”

Under Tian Shu’s mask, no reaction could be seen.

He just stood there quietly.

Jing’s mask slowly rotated.

The smooth mirror surface scanned each person in turn.

It scanned Heavenly Scorpion, who was watching the show with his arms crossed.

It scanned Tian Ge, who remained silent.

It scanned Lin Yuan, who looked bewildered.

It scanned the silent Tian Shu.

Lin Yuan felt like his breath had stopped.

The moment he was ‘looked’ at by that mirror, he felt as if he had been seen through from the inside out.

So strong!

This guy named “Jing” was either an A-Rank Expert or very close to it!

Finally.

Jing’s gaze stopped.

It was aimed at Heavenly Scorpion, who had just provoked him.

“Heavenly Scorpion.”

Jing uttered two words.

Heavenly Scorpion was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: “Lord Jing, you don’t think it’s me, do you? I’ve shed more blood for the Apocalypse Society than this useless subordinate has ever seen!”

Jing said nothing more.

He just raised a finger.

He gently, effortlessly, pointed at Heavenly Scorpion from a distance.

“Puff.”

A soft sound.

Heavenly Scorpion’s wild laughter ceased abruptly.

In the center of his silver scorpion mask, a finger-sized circular hole appeared.

Black, empty.

Heavenly Scorpion’s body swayed, then he fell straight backward.

“Bang.”

The sound of the corpse hitting the ground was the only sound in the room.

He’s dead.

A B-rank Expert, a silver-masked envoy of the Apocalypse Society, died just like that, without even a last word or a single act of resistance.

Lin Yuan’s electric light retracted into his body.

The electric arc that was just about to probe into the energy circuits was also forcibly cut off by him.

A layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

What kind of attack was that?

It wasn’t physical, it wasn’t energy; it was closer to eradication at the conceptual level.

His plan of “detonating the entire room and dying together” now seemed like a huge joke.

The room was silent.

The remaining two silver-masked envoys and Night Crow were taut.

Fear spread.

After dealing with Heavenly Scorpion, Jing turned around and faced the central sand table.

“The Dragon Shield Bureau’s response is faster than we anticipated.”

“The ‘Apocalypse Plan’ originally scheduled for seven days later must be moved up.”

He reached out and gently swiped above the sand table.

The three-dimensional model of Jiangcheng enlarged, and crisscrossing red lines lit up from deep underground, finally converging on the spire model in the city center.

“The Tower of Apocalypse will activate in three hours.”

“It will draw out the Earth Vein Spiritual Qi beneath the city and resonate with the ionosphere in the sky, forming a massive energy field.”

“The energy field will serve as a carrier, spreading the ‘evolutionary spores’ we cultivated throughout the city, forcibly stimulating the life potential of every Mortal.”

“Those who can endure will Awaken and become citizens of the new world; those who cannot will be devoured by their potential and become fodder for evolution.”

“Simply put, this is a great culling.”

Lin Yuan’s scalp tingled as he listened.

A forced culling covering the entire city, with the lives of Mortals as the stake?

These madmen!

Jing’s voice continued.

“Tian Ge, you are responsible for the east of the city, ensuring the stability of the ‘Shock’ node.”

“Tian Ji, you are responsible for the west of the city, presiding over the ‘Joy’ position.”

“...”

He quickly assigned tasks, and each silver-masked envoy bowed to receive their orders, not daring to show the slightest dissent.

Soon, only Jing, Tian Shu, Night Crow, and Lin Yuan remained in the room.

Jing’s gaze fell on Tian Shu.

“Tian Shu, you will guard the main tower core with me.”

“Yes.” Tian Shu bowed.

Jing said nothing more, turning and walking towards the deepest part of the spire, leaving only one sentence.

“Begin execution.”