198: Chapter 198 Great Xia Unsheathes its Sword to Repel the Japanese Invaders

The morning mist had yet to disperse, and a thin layer of chilling autumn dew condensed on the bluestone slabs of Taiping Old Street.

On the second-floor balcony of Lins Funeral Shop, Lin Ye casually tossed the military-encrypted tablet onto a rattan chair.

The intelligence regarding the global supernatural revival stirred a long-lost excitement deep within his heart.

He pushed open the glass sliding door and walked back into the bedroom.

On that heaven and earth yin-yang joyous bed, which had cost a fortune, Leng Yue and Frost Star were still deeply immersed in sleep and breath regulation.

Lin Ye lightened his footsteps, tucked in the corners of the blanket that had slipped off for them, and turned to walk down the stairs.

In the first-floor lobby, the air was permeated with a faint scent of post-rain earth, mixed with the pure fragrance of Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao tea.

As soon as Lin Ye stepped down the last step, he saw Helena standing in front of the golden-thread nanmu tea table.

Today, she had changed into the black slim-fit tactical trench coat that Lin Ye had picked out for her at the mall a few days ago, paired with a simple white turtleneck sweater inside, and a pair of impeccably tailored straight-leg suit trousers on the lower half.

This outfit caused her to put away a bit of her alluring charm, adding a capable aura of a high-end female secretary and a cold, glamorous bodyguard.

"Boss, you're awake."

Hearing the footsteps, Helena immediately turned around.

A trace of joy flashed across her ice-blue eyes.

She was holding an exquisite purple clay teapot in her hand; although her movements were somewhat unfamiliar, she was attentively pouring tea into a teacup.

"In the West, I only learned how to brew coffee. The tea ceremony of Great Xia is truly too profound. I watched online videos last night and learned for half the night, and I don't know if the taste of the brewed tea suits your palate."

Helena held the teacup in both hands and presented it to Lin Ye, her tone carrying a hint of apprehension, terrified that she wouldn't do this small task well.

Lin Ye took the teacup, not putting on the cold expression of an exploiter as he used to.

He pulled out a chair and sat down, gently blowing away the floating leaves on the tea soup and taking a sip.

"The water temperature is a bit too high; Dahongpao cannot be scalded to death with boiling water. However, for your first time brewing, being able to bring out seventy to eighty percent of the tea fragrance counts as you having pretty good comprehension."

Lin Ye put down the teacup, raised his head, and looked gently at the foreign nun before him.

"What are you standing for? Sit." He pointed to the chair opposite him.

Helena was slightly stunned, hesitantly clutching the hem of her trench coat.

"Jingle bell—"

Just as the two of them were enjoying this rare leisure morning tea, the dedicated-line mobile phone Lin Ye placed on the table vibrated frantically.

The screen displayed the encrypted code of Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan of the Second Division of The Ninth Bureau.

Lin Ye pressed the speakerphone button.

"Lin Ye! Did you watch the morning news?"

Chu Hongyan's voice came through the earpiece, carrying an excited and sharp aura.

"I just woke up to drink tea, when would I have time to look at the news? What, did The Ninth Bureau send me another embroidered banner?"

Lin Ye replied leisurely.

"No! The military of Great Xia has flipped out!"

Chu Hongyan's speaking speed was extremely fast, and in the background sound, piercing air defense alarm sounds and fighter jet roars could still be heard.

"Didn't you wipe out the monsters on that amaterasu of Sakura Country last night, along with their chaebols?"

"Those high-ranking Onmyoji of Sakura Country were driven mad with anger! They chartered three special planes overnight, under the banner of welcoming back national treasures and international humanitarian rescue, bringing a large group of so-called top Onmyoji and god-favored shrine maidens, attempting to forcefully enter the airspace of Great Xia, specifically naming and demanding to land at Jiangzhou Airport to come and settle accounts with you!"

Hearing this, the corners of Lin Ye's mouth curled into a sneer: "Yo, these peers who live pretty days move quite fast. Then where are they now? Have they reached the airspace above Jiangzhou?"

"Reach my ass!"

On the other end of the phone, Chu Hongyan did not hide her satisfaction at all.

"Director General Chen Zhan took over supreme command last night. Regarding Sakura Country's shameless act of attempting to infiltrate Great Xia by taking advantage of supernatural incidents, the Director General's response was only four words—Go fuck it!"

"Just half an hour ago, Sakura Country's special aircraft formation just approached the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone, and the Eastern Theater Command of Great Xia directly scrambled twelve of the newest [Xuanniao-20] stealth fighter jets!"

"On the ground, The Ninth Bureau's Tiangang spiritual energy air defense missiles deployed along the coast have all locked onto the target!"

Chu Hongyan took a deep breath, her voice sonorous and powerful:

"The military directly broadcasted via the international public channel in plain text: The airspace of Great Xia is forbidden to demons and evil! Any unauthorized foreign aircraft carrying extraordinary powers that dares to cross even half a step beyond the thunderpond will be shot down on the spot, and no second warning will ever be given!"

Hearing these words, even Helena at the side couldn't help but gasp a breath of cold air.

Directly mobilizing military force and spiritual energy missiles to lock onto another country's delegation?

Such an uncompromising and merciless diplomatic means was almost unimaginable in the Western extraordinary world.

The spine of the Great Xia official was far harder than she recognized.

"Well done."

Lin Ye patted the table and couldn't help exclaiming in praise.

This was the backbone that Great Xia ought to have.

How they fussed around domestically usually was their own family's business; when facing foreign enemies, regardless of what gods or demons you were, within the range of artillery fire was truth.

"What about those Onmyoji from Sakura Country? Did they wet their pants?" Lin Ye teased.

"How would they still dare to fly forward."

Chu Hongyan sneered.

"As soon as the fighter jets' fire control radar locked on, those three special planes were so scared they turned around right there in mid-air, and now they are circling above the high seas."

"However, according to our intelligence, they haven't returned yet. It seems they are secretly contacting extraordinary forces of other countries, attempting to pressure Great Xia through international public opinion or other underhanded tricks."

"Lin Ye, Sakura Country was blocked by the official side this time, but this is only the beginning."

"With the global supernatural revival, this blessed land of Great Xia has already been targeted by too many eyes."

Chu Hongyan's tone turned solemn again.

"Soldiers come, we block with generals; water comes, we earth covers. If they dare to sneak in through smuggling routes, the basement of Lins Funeral Shop always welcomes them to come for reform-through-labor."

Lin Ye hung up the phone.

At the same time.

The other side of the Earth.

Eagle Country Federation, Washington D.C., five hundred meters underground the Pentagon.

This was the highest-level extraordinary power research center of Eagle Country.

Headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Inside the huge circular conference room, the lights were dim.

Over a dozen military bosses with general stars hanging on their shoulders, as well as several mysterious figures in suits and leather shoes representing the top chaebols behind Eagle Country, were sitting around the long table.

On the giant holographic projection screen directly in front of the conference room, a blurry video captured by satellites was playing on a loop.

The background of the video was Taiping Old Street in Jiangzhou of Great Xia.

In the footage, three crosses of holy light representing demigod-level powerhouses of the Western Holy See were forcibly suppressed.

Immediately following, a hundreds-of-feet-long giant dragon condensed entirely from golden-red flames soared into the sky, crushing the three Cardinals fiercely into the ground with an unstoppable, crushing posture!

The screen froze on that golden-light giant dragon and the young man with his hands in his pockets below!