162: Chapter 162 Zhenyuan Army Headquarters, Looking Down on People

A figure in a pure black windbreaker moved through the steel jungle like a ghost.

Su Chen wore that grimacing ghost mask on his face.

He was extremely fast, crossing over a hundred meters with every silent step.

Half an hour later, Su Chen stopped.

Ahead lay a vast steel fortress, crouching in the night like a prehistoric beast.

The Great Xia Zhenyuan Army, Supreme Headquarters stationed in the capital!

The fifty-meter-high special alloy outer wall shimmered with a cold luster.

The walls were densely packed with heavy Spiritual Pressure anti-aircraft cannons.

Infrared laser nets wove into a death zone.

The security was incredibly tight; not even a fly could fly in.

Su Chen stood in the shadows and slowly took off the ghost mask.

This was the absolute main base of the Great Xia military.

Forcing his way in while wearing a mask would only attract unnecessary concentrated fire from the entire army.

He wasn't here to kill tonight.

Su Chen reached out and touched the rusty iron ring in his inner pocket.

Eighteen years ago, his parents accepted a top-secret mission at this headquarters, went into the wilderness, and never returned.

The official cause of death was "encountered a beast tide, died in the line of duty."

But now, this ring containing the "Origin of the Pirate World" completely overturned that ridiculous conclusion!

The truth was hidden in the deepest part of the fortress before him, in that unredacted, original top-secret file!

Su Chen put the mask away and took a deep breath of the cold air.

He completely suppressed and retracted his surging Qi and blood—the power of a Tier 3 Martial Master—deep into his bone marrow.

He looked like an ordinary civilian without any cultivation.

"Tap." Su Chen took a step.

He walked out of the shadows and headed straight for the security gates at the main entrance of the headquarters.

"Halt!" "Who goes there!"

As soon as Su Chen approached the cordon, a harsh, thunderous shout rang out.

"Clatter!" On both sides of the gate, two full rows of elite Zhenyuan Army soldiers instantly raised the high-level Spiritual Pressure rifles in their hands.

A dozen pitch-black gun barrels, with infrared laser sights, locked onto Su Chen's forehead and heart! The Killing Intent was palpable!

Su Chen did not stop and continued walking forward.

"Scan identity!" the lead sergeant roared.

A blinding blue laser descended from the top of the gate, tightly enveloping Su Chen from head to toe.

On the detection screen next to them, data flickered rapidly.

"Beep—!" Two seconds later, the machine emitted an extremely piercing alarm!

"No Spiritual Pressure fluctuations detected in the target!"

"Spiritual Pressure value is zero!"

"Judgment result: Civilian with no cultivation!"

Hearing the machine's broadcast, all the soldiers present were stunned and looked at each other.

A civilian without even any Spiritual Pressure? What was he doing running to the Zhenyuan Army Supreme Headquarters in the middle of the night? Had he grown tired of living?

"What are you all doing! The alarm has been going off non-stop, what happened!"

Just then, the alloy door of the guardroom was kicked open impatiently.

A young man in a crisp major's uniform walked out, frowning.

He wore the Family crest of one of the capital's noble families on his chest.

This noble major had been leisurely drinking tea inside.

Annoyed by the alarm, he was full of irritation and rage.

"Report, Major! A civilian with no Spiritual Pressure is approaching the gate!" the sergeant immediately saluted and reported.

"A civilian?" The noble major walked to the gate and looked Su Chen up and down.

Looking at Su Chen's ordinary black casual clothes and the faint, calm aura on his body, the corner of the major's mouth immediately curled into an extremely disdainful sneer.

"Damn, what bad luck, running into a beggar in the middle of the night!"

The major covered his nose in disgust, as if shooing away a stinking stray dog.

"How did this trash get into the military control zone? Are the outer patrols blind!"

He pointed at Su Chen and shouted arrogantly: "Get lost! Get out of my sight immediately! This is the Great Xia's highest military secret zone! It's not a place for low-class civilians like you to come begging!"

Facing the major's frantic abuse, the expression on Su Chen's face did not change in the slightest.

He didn't even look at the major.

"I'm here to check a file." Su Chen's tone was calm, as if he were stating a trivial matter.

He took a step, continuing to walk toward the security gate.

"Check a file? Hahaha!"

The major laughed wildly, as if he had heard a huge joke.

"You, a piece of trash without even any Spiritual Pressure, want to check files at the Supreme Headquarters? Do you think this is your Family's junk recycling station!"

Seeing that Su Chen had no intention of stopping, the smile on the major's face vanished instantly.

Replacing it was a murderous intent that was cruel to the extreme.

"You ungrateful wretch! Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish today!"

"Shing!" The major suddenly drew the special high-level Spiritual Pressure pistol from his waist!

He strode out of the gate and jammed the black gun barrel right against Su Chen's forehead!

Less than an inch from Su Chen's skin! The Spiritual Pressure light on the muzzle flickered madly, ready to spit out a fatal tongue of fire at any moment.

"This is my last warning!" The major gritted his teeth, his spit almost spraying onto Su Chen's face.

"Take one more step, and I will execute you on the spot for treason!"

The dozens of elite soldiers around looked at each other.

But since their superior had given the order, they could only tighten their grips on their rifles, their fingers resting on the triggers.

The atmosphere instantly dropped to freezing point! Tense and ready to explode!

Facing the gun barrel pressed against his forehead, Su Chen stopped.

He slowly raised his eyes, looking at the arrogant noble major in front of him.

In those deep, pitch-black eyes, there was not a shred of fear.

There wasn't even a ripple of anger.

It was as if he were looking at an insignificant ant barking by the roadside.

"Try firing that gun." Su Chen spat out the five words calmly.

"Do you really think I don't dare to?!" The major was completely enraged, his thumb slamming the safety of the pistol off!

In that one-thousandth of a second before he was about to pull the trigger!

Su Chen moved.

He didn't throw a punch to smash the major's head.

Because this was the military headquarters; killing a gatekeeper officer would trigger the entire fortress's highest defense System, which would only waste his time checking the files.

Su Chen reached his right hand into the inner pocket of his black windbreaker, very casually.

"Don't move! Take your hand out!" the major roared, his finger resting on the trigger.

Su Chen ignored him and turned his wrist.

From his pocket, he very casually pulled out a metal token that shimmered with a dark luster.

It was dark gold all over! Engraved with a lifelike Zhenyuan Divine Beast!

It was the ultimate trump card that Major General Lei Wuji had personally handed to him before leaving.

One of only ten in the entire Great Xia—the [black gold medal]!

Su Chen held the medal without even looking at the major.

"Slap!"

A sharp, crisp collision sound!

Su Chen went straight past the gun barrel and slapped this black gold medal heavily onto the highest-level military identity detection device next to him!

"What kind of piece of junk are you holding..." the major began to mock.

But the sound in his throat was instantly cut off!

His eyes, previously full of disdain, bulged out of their sockets!

Because, the moment the medal touched the instrument!

"Hum—!!!"

The detection System of the entire headquarters gate erupted with a deafening roar!

The glaring red light that had been flashing due to Su Chen's "no Spiritual Pressure" status vanished in a thousandth of a second!

In its place was an extremely brilliant, sacred, ultimate green glow representing the highest authority of the Great Xia military!

The green light shot into the sky, instantly illuminating the night sky of the entire plaza!

Following that, "Click! Click! Click!"

Accompanied by a series of heavy mechanical gear-turning sounds, the special alloy blast-proof door of the headquarters' main entrance, weighing hundreds of tons, actually slid open automatically to both sides!

All the outer infrared laser nets and Spiritual Pressure anti-aircraft cannons automatically unlocked at this moment! The barrels lowered.

The defense System was completely opened!

The next second, the AI voice broadcast of the military's main brain, which echoed throughout the headquarters plaza, roared out:

"Identity verification complete."

"Highest command, confirmed!"

"Headquarters SSS-level top-secret clearance, activated!"

"Welcome, Officer!!!"

Boom! This calm AI electronic voice sounded to everyone present like the explosion of a megaton nuclear weapon!

"SSS-level top-secret clearance?!"

"Welcome, Officer?!"

The noble major who was holding the pistol to Su Chen's forehead was like someone struck by lightning, completely frozen into a statue!

His mind went blank, his eyes fixed on the dark gold medal on the gate machine.

"Zhen... Zhenyuan black gold medal..."

"This is impossible... something only the few military gods of the headquarters have..."

"How could it be in this kid's hand?!"

"Clatter!" The high-level Spiritual Pressure pistol in the major's hand could no longer be held.

It fell directly onto the hard concrete floor.

Extreme fear, like a cold viper, instantly pierced through his entire body!

He had just pointed a gun at a top-secret officer who possessed a black gold medal?

He had just called a big shot with higher clearance than the base commander a beggar?!

"Thump!" The major's legs completely lost all strength.

His knees went soft, and he knelt heavily in front of Su Chen!

Shaking like a sieve, cold sweat instantly soaked his crisp military uniform.

"Off... Officer... I..." He opened his mouth, wanting to explain and beg for mercy, but found his throat so dry that he couldn't even utter a complete syllable.

It wasn't just him.

The dozens of fully armed elite Zhenyuan Army soldiers around, seeing the black gold medal and hearing the AI's highest-level notification, turned pale as paper!

"Shing!" Without any hesitation!

The dozens of soldiers, as if electrocuted, instantly retracted their rifles.

The movements were uniform, emitting a deafening sound of metal collision.

"Bang!" All the soldiers brought their legs together and stood straight.

They stood before the black-haired youth standing at the gate, who didn't have a shred of Spiritual Pressure on him.

With extreme solemnity and fanatical fervor, they gave the highest-standard military salute of the Great Xia!

"Greetings, Sir!!!"

The roar of dozens of elites echoed for a long time in front of the steel fortress in the night.

Facing this overwhelming salute and the noble officer trembling on his knees at his feet,

the expression on Su Chen's face still had no ripples.

No pride, no showing off.

He slowly reached out, took back the black gold medal from the detection device, and put it back in his pocket.

Su Chen lowered his head and glanced at the major kneeling on the ground, sweating profusely.

His tone was so calm it lacked any temperature.

"Now."

"May I go in."

The calm words carried an endless pressure that made people's Souls tremble.

"Y... Yes! Please, Officer!"

The major knelt on the ground, desperately banging his head against the hard floor, not daring to stop even when blood started to flow.

He quickly cleared the central passageway.

Su Chen didn't look at him again.

He put his hands back into his windbreaker pockets.

Under the awe-struck gazes of the elite soldiers on both sides, he stepped steadily through the gate.

Without any obstruction, he stepped into the depths of the most heavily guarded steel fortress in the Great Xia.