Light Fortress
Chapter 248 - 224: Unboxing

Chapter 248: Chapter 224: Unboxing

Time in the underground secret tunnel had become very lengthy.

Each second felt like an entire century.

Lu Nanzhi finally spoke.

"Fine... I agree with you."

The voice sounded calm, but in reality, every word was trembling.

She had no choice.

Even if she didn’t believe a single word the "Angel Envoy" said... a machine that had abandoned everything just to complete its mission, why would it care about keeping its promises?

But similarly, lies that are unnecessary for the mission are also superfluous to them.

Lu Nanzhi was very clear that killing her was the ultimate goal of the "Angel Envoy" tonight, they had come all the way from Central Continent just to shatter the tense situation caused by the Awakening Bill, as for people unconnected with the bill, indeed there was no need to kill them.

To kill or not to kill.

The survival of these people depended on her attitude.

Perhaps ten years ago... Old Lu was also faced with the same choice, and the fact that she and Nan Jin were able to grow up, to become adults, was already the result of the choice Old Lu had made.

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"Estimated time for ’Shuang Chuan’ to reach the domain boundary is three minutes."

"Zhou Jiren will need another five minutes."

Chu Ling was reporting the real-time position updates.

In the state of spiritual link, Gu Shen calmly watched the standoff before him. He didn’t interfere or make a sound, instead trying to minimize his presence as much as possible. From the moment the "Angel Envoy" Qin Ye appeared, the operation interface that emerged in front of his retina had never stopped.

He had a preliminary conjecture about Qin Ye’s mysterious domain ability that enveloped five thousand meters.

There was no problem with the previous route they had taken.

Despite walking a straight line, they were ultimately pulled back to the starting point - this could only be a result of domain influence—

Chu Ling had two calculations for a result, one was that the domain possessed visual guidance errors, and the second was the actual extension of a certain space.

The former was similar to the great fog on Yuan Dan Street.

The latter, however, was terrifying.

If space could be distorted, did that also mean... that this was a domain that could never be fully traversed?

Five thousand meters might as well be fifty thousand or five hundred thousand meters, as long as Qin Ye could maintain the consumption of his Extraordinary Essence, then no matter how much they ran for their lives, it would be impossible to escape the bounds of the domain.

In such a situation, running away was completely meaningless.

Any form, any meaning of progression, was just in vain.

But one thing was very important.

Qin Ye was just an "Angel Envoy"; the intelligence stated that each "Angel Envoy" had a token, and without using that token, the Divine Power they possessed was very limited. This domain should be the characteristic of his own Extraordinary Ability, not the Divine Gifted Power.

Therefore... the Divine Miracles he could perform also had a limit.

Gu Shen guessed that within the domain, the amount of Extraordinary Essence Qin Ye had to consume to influence different people was different.

His group was very weak.

He could arbitrarily lengthen or shorten the distance of a certain stretch of the road.

But to influence a Transcendent of the Titled Level, that was a different story... the difference in power between them was like heaven and earth. This should be a fortunate situation amidst the misfortune; although they could not escape the domain, if they could delay until the teacher and "Shuang Chuan" entered the domain, there might still be a chance of being saved.

Delay.

That was what they needed now.

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After Gu Shen had made up his mind, the madam had already handed over the bronze box.

"Opening the box is very simple, enter the password, insert the key..."

"The password is..."

The six-digit password was reported by her.

Gu Shen did not know whether the password reported by the madam was correct, but he knew that the bronze box’s coating was mixed with a large amount of logic-resistant materials, which was the last constraint imposed by Mr. Lu Cheng.

If someone tried to force it open by violence,

then... their Extraordinary Power, upon contact with the logic-defying material, would be eroded.

Just as the black dot devours everything.

The secret of the bronze box was enveloped in "poison"; those who sought to peek at the secret without permission would be consumed by the poison!

Qin Ye held the key, calmly scrutinizing the bronze box that had been delivered before him.

After Lu Nanzhi released her grip,

the small box, containing all of Lion Awakening’s technology and capable of overcoming the Federation Government’s research predicament, floated before him.

The digits of the six dials were slowly turned to the correct positions.

Next, all that was needed was to insert the key to open the box.

Qin Ye did not proceed immediately.

When he had killed Lu Cheng years ago, he found the key, then scoured the entire mansion but did not find the box... Lu Cheng’s spirit was destroyed too quickly, even though they had only met once in combat, and he had successfully eliminated the target.

But the man had still left a deep impression on him.

This was a very "cunning" man.

If this was the box containing Lion Awakening’s technology, it could not be opened that easily.

"You, come,"

Qin Ye beckoned to Gu Shen, who blankly opened his palm, and the key floating in the air drifted towards Gu Shen’s hold.

"... Me?"

Gu Shen feigned astonishment as thoughts rapidly churned within him.

Qin Ye was suspecting a trick with the box and was letting him open it to avoid any mishap.

Indeed cautious enough.

However, from this perspective, the previous promise of "release" was nothing but nonsense.

In fact, Gu Shen had never believed a word from the Angel Envoy’s mouth.

The tremors coming from the ground had already proved how fierce the battle in Lion Alley was. The Angel Envoys of the Source Tower simply did not care for mercy when it came to human lives.

Once the box was opened, the lives of him and his companions would be left to fate.

But if the logic-defying material could be drawn towards Qin Ye,

creating a "point of order collapse",

then... perhaps there was a chance to turn the tables!

Yet if this gamble failed, the ensuing wrath of Qin Ye would be boundless.

The Angel Envoys were just hypocritical machines behind masks. If a confrontation was inevitable, their anger would no longer matter... What was important was that he needed to buy time for the teacher and Shuang Chuan’s support. These most crucial minutes of his life, every second seemed so unbearably long.

Should he take the gamble?

Should he take the gamble?

Behind him stood his sister-instructor and lady, perhaps even more lives hanging in the balance. The decision rested in his hands, and he only had a few seconds to make it.

In this silent moment, the whole world was deathly still.

He could even hear the thumping of his own heartbeat.

Gu Shen took a deep breath, caught the key, and in the moment he brushed past, he saw the complex look in his lady’s eyes.

That look was filled with layers of meaning.

The wind from the Underground Secret Tunnel blew harshly, as sharp as a knife, scraping against Gu Shen’s cheek.

He slowly approached the bronze box and then inserted the key into the lock...

With a "sizzle",

the sound of the wind in the Underground Secret Tunnel suddenly became shrill.

A cold glint explosively burst out of the darkness.

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