Light Fortress
Chapter 360 - 51 Warning

Chapter 360: Chapter 51 Warning

In a prison monitoring room with "Wind Eye" authority, Bai Lu stared at the screen, somewhat excited.

The man in the white Judge’s robe leaned back on a desk nearby, with his arms folded, a helpless expression on his face. Bai Chen rarely saw his sister this serious...

"Such a big living person, are you afraid he’d run away or something?"

"It’s not about whether he runs away or not."

Bai Lu shook her head.

"I’ve heard about the deal you made with Han Dang," Bai Chen frowned. "There’s no need to go to such lengths on his account... The Bai Family doesn’t need to act according to Zhu Wang’s whims."

"Of course it’s not because of Han Dang." Bai Lu scoffed.

She had thought long and hard, unsure of how to describe her current thoughts to her brother...

Wanting to see Gu Shen again wasn’t because she wanted to negotiate anything on behalf of the Bai Family.

It was because the shadowy figure she saw in "Thorny Dreams" continued to linger in her mind... and she wanted an answer about that figure.

"Gu Shen is now at the entrance of Snow Forbidden City, and I want to see him."

She spoke only these words, then grabbed her coat, preparing to leave the monitoring room.

But Bai Chen reached out and grabbed his sister’s arm.

"Gu Shen just had a meal with the Li Family..."

Bai Chen spoke with a headache, "The Li Family wouldn’t allow anything to happen to him at this time. If you go to see him, what about Uncle Gao from the Li Family? His Spiritual Perception is among the top three in Changye, able to cover most of the Snow Forbidden City."

Bai Lu couldn’t help but laugh and cry.

Did her brother think she was going to personally beat up the kid?

Well... she did seem to have that idea.

The fight on Ninghe Bridge that hadn’t finished was truly a regret.

If she saw him again, it was indeed very likely to turn into a direct confrontation!

"Isn’t that what you’re here for..." Bai Lu chuckled slyly, "I just want to have a chat with Gu Shen. Why don’t you step in, help me hold off Uncle Gao from the Li Family?"

Bai Chen was speechless, ultimately just letting out a soft sigh.

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Outside the gates of Snow Forbidden City, the night was deep.

The lofty ancient city, with its red bricks and white tiles covered in falling snow, looked dim in the distant night where the lights remained bright, but the surrounding silence made it seem especially desolate.

Uncle Gao drove away with Li Qingsui.

Gu Shen walked towards the city... He didn’t plan on returning to Hidden Dragon Temple, at least not while the Challenger was still around. He wouldn’t go back.

Going back meant facing a whole host of troubles.

He had neither the energy nor the inclination to deal with the incessant stream of visitors.

The Spiritual Link was still severed... Chu Ling seemed to be contemplating alone.

This was interesting.

Turns out that "Extraordinary Essence" also wanted some quiet time now and then.

The long night in Changye.

A youth walked through the streets and alleys.

The wind blew by.

The Chi Huo between the youth’s brows suddenly ignited, becoming the only light in the dark night.

Gu Shen raised his head.

In the distance was the city wall of Snow Forbidden City’s inner city, covered in snow dust on the towering stone walls... In the light of the flames, one could vaguely see, atop the city wall, a figure had appeared out of thin air.

That person seemed to blend in with the wind and snow.

If not for "Chi Huo" igniting on its own... even if someone passed by, they would not take the slightest notice.

He had been waiting here all along.

The man in a clean, gray-black suit, with cold, detached eyes reflected in his gold-framed glasses, sat on the centuries-old Snow Forbidden City wall as if a child beholding a vista, his posture akin to a mischievous child, with elbows propped on the wall and a snow-dusted briefcase beside him.

If he dangled his legs.

It would indeed look very much like a child.

But he did not.

As a result, the posture seemed very tense and poised to spring... like a leopard hidden in the night, ready to pounce at any time!

Han Dang spoke expressionlessly.

"Long time no see, S-class."

He greeted.

An unfriendly greeting.

Gu Shen’s expression didn’t change much, just a slight frown as he coldly asked, "Have we met before?"

Before leaving, Senior Sister Luo had hypnotized Han Dang, and all memories related to the Da Teng City mission had been erased.

Gu Shen did not believe that Han Dang now had the ability to undo the work of "Wind Eye."

Hearing this response... Han Dang smiled.

This question was indeed a trap, and Gu Shen didn’t fall for it... But whether he fell for it or not was no longer important because some things can be affirmed to have happened without the need for memory.

Han Dang firmly believed that a part of his memory had been erased.

He must have met Gu Shen somewhere before.

"Gu Shen... How about we change the location and talk again?"

Han Dang lightly leaped down from the city wall.

In an instant.

His spiritual power rippled out—

The "Truth Domain" unfolded in a flash!

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The moment Gu Shen saw Han Dang, he knew what would happen next.

He retreated at the first opportunity, but Han Dang’s psychic force was faster, sweeping him up in an instant... This was a huge gap in brute strength, and Gu Shen could not refuse being pulled into Han Dang’s dream.

However.

As for being drawn into the "Truth Domain," he felt no panic.

After all... this wasn’t his first time.

Gu Shen took a deep breath.

He stood amidst the overwhelming darkness, feeling his consciousness being pulled bit by bit into the "Dream"... Unlike the time at the orphanage, he could clearly feel his own power.

Though he was pulled into a dream.

But in this process, I was able to see and perceive everything.

He sat at the interrogation table.

The pale light shone down from above, and this time, Gu Shen fell into a state of extreme calm.

He calmly looked at the shackles on his hands and feet, then raised his head to look at the man in a suit sitting at the other end of the table.

"Click."

A familiar action.

Han Dang habitually snapped his fingers.

A bucket of cold water was poured down, directly onto Gu Shen’s soul... However, something unexpected happened to Han Dang.

The accused was soaking wet, yet his face did not show any sign of pain.

He just calmly stared back at him.

From start to finish, Gu Shen’s expression did not change at all.

Han Dang frowned.

After the dousing with cold water, Gu Shen should have felt a piercing pain that reached to his spirit, waking him up instantly.

No reaction?

Within the "Truth Domain"... this was an unprecedented situation.

"Thank you, I’m quite awake."

Cold severity was faintly hidden in Gu Shen’s voice.

He indeed felt the frigidness that struck at his soul, but it was neutralized by Chi Huo in an instant... The Chi Huo, which had just feasted at Divine Temple Mountain, had stored too much Extraordinary Essence without an outlet for release. As he was subjected to a Spiritual Attack, from the moment he entered the "Truth Domain," this Extraordinary Essence began to be consumed.

"You should be aware of where you are now, right?" Han Dang snapped his fingers again, and the light above the interrogation room suddenly converged into a beam of intense, condensed light, enveloping Gu Shen within it.

The soul was burning fiercely.

Yet, the Gu Shen sitting at the interrogation table, his expression changed slightly.

He wanted to remain silent.

But from the depths, a force descended, compelling him to speak.

"This is... the Truth Domain."

Gu Shen spoke deliberately, complying with the rules of the "Truth Domain," answering Han Dang’s question and feeling the burning on his soul lessen significantly.

He quietly digested the essence within Chi Huo while observing the rather small "interrogation room."

Is this the Spiritual Domain of the Deep Sea Eleventh Layer?

"Clearly, we have met before." Han Dang spoke again softly, "What exactly happened in Da Teng City?"

This time.

Gu Shen fell silent.

The force of the "Truth Domain"’s rules descended again, attempting to force him to speak.

However, everything in this world operates on the principle of equivalent exchange... Enduring pain and choosing silence are both choices that violate the rules. Making such choices theoretically requires burning a sufficient amount of Extraordinary Essence.

Han Dang waited a few seconds but did not get a response.

He was slightly surprised, then he realized what Gu Shen was doing... He wanted to burn Extraordinary Essence to defy the rules within the "Truth Domain"?

Han Dang shifted to a more relaxed posture and lightly tapped his fingertips on the table.

He didn’t even increase the mental pressure; instead, he waited like the "boiling frog" approach, waiting for Gu Shen to be unable to resist and then give up the struggle... This was indeed very interesting.

"Every mortal has their limits; the wise know their own strength," Han Dang said with a smile, "In front of someone far stronger than oneself... one must always bow, right? Gu Shen?"

Unexpectedly.

No sooner had he finished speaking than he got a response.

"I very much agree with that."

Gu Shen struggled to speak, managing to conjure up a smile, "Do you agree?"

Han Dang was taken aback.

Washed by the rules of "Truth," Gu Shen bypassed the previous question and instead raised his own, speaking with great difficulty each word.

"If you have been guarding before the ’Wind Eye,’ then you should know... when I left the Snow Forbidden City, those eyes became ineffective..."

A foreboding feeling swept through Han Dang.

Since Gu Shen returned to Changye, he had been using the "Wind Eye" to watch Gu Shen’s every move... Only tonight, there was a brief disconnection, and Han Dang’s authority over the "Wind Eye" was limited, only freely deployable in certain areas.

Through data investigation in the deep water area, he learned that Gu Shen had left the Snow Forbidden City.

So he waited here for Gu Shen’s return.

"Senior Brother Xiao Han, for some things, one really needs... to use their brain," Gu Shen chided as he brought up his shackled hands, which clanked loudly, and he pointed to his forehead with the tip of his finger, "Guess, with whom did I go out for a ride?"

The five major families?

Tonight Gong Zi, Mu Nan, Bai Lu appeared...

Wait a minute!

A petite and fragile girl flickered through Han Dang’s mind... More precisely, he thought of the tall man who would definitely be following her.

It’s said that this man’s Spiritual Power could cover half of the Snow Forbidden City.

Then everything that happened here...

And the next moment!

"BOOM!"

The sound of a shattering mirror!

The "interrogation room" was directly shattered by an external force, turning into countless pieces, exploding into fragments.

Back to reality.

Gu Shen’s handcuffs and ankle shackles all broke.

He let out a deep breath, having endured some pain within the "Truth Domain"... but it was still within a tolerable range.

"You’re a bit slow, aren’t you? It wasn’t on purpose, was it?" Gu Shen murmured softly.

He looked over to the other side, where Han Dang was a lot worse off, his face pale as paper, bloodless, the hands that held his briefcase shaking violently.

The dream shattered.

Han Dang’s mind fell into disarray.

He felt throbbing pains in his head, and at the same time, a chilling, clear voice echoed in his ear.

Coming from the uncle who had already driven far from the Snow Forbidden City.

"Han Dang... don’t set your sights on Gu Shen."

"This time, it’s just a warning."

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(More to come tonight!)