20demayo Chapter 84 No More Pretense
Chapter 84 No More Pretense
Jiangnan Base City, the highest military command center.
Crimson warning lights flashed wildly beneath the massive alloy dome.
"Drip—drip—drip—"
The highest-level distress signal across the entire frequency band, accompanied by electronic noise, instantly shattered the atmosphere inside the command center.
"Report: A top-level SSS-class urgent telegram has arrived from the seventh defense line in the east."
The communications soldier's voice trembled, and he almost lost his grip on the headset.
"The defenses... are about to collapse!"
boom!
The entire command center felt as if all the oxygen had been sucked out, and the hearts of all the senior generals clenched for a moment.
The screen switches.
Thousands of miles away, in the heart of the inland region, lies an ancient base city.
Inside a quiet and secluded courtyard house.
Three elderly men, all with white hair and beards and wearing worn-out training clothes, were sitting around a stone table.
They were the true pillars of stability in the previous generation of China, and the last remaining "King-level" old monsters in the martial arts world.
Once, with their iron fists, they carved out a living space for humanity in this wasteland.
"Buzz—"
The highly encrypted communicator on the stone table displayed horrific images from the East China Sea front.
Gale-force winds, torrential rain, and that terrifying, colossal shadow that blots out the sky.
The three Heavenly Kings stared intently at the screen.
silence.
Dead silence.
After a long while, the one-armed old king sitting in the first seat slowly closed his eyes and let out a desolate sigh.
"A higher dimension descends... that is a dimensional power that transcends the comprehension of ordinary martial arts."
"We are getting old."
Another veteran star shakily stretched out his calloused hand, picked up the leftover tea on the table, but couldn't bring it to his lips, spilling the tea all over the floor.
"When qi and blood are depleted, the meridians become exhausted."
"If it were thirty years ago, I would risk my life to go to the East China Sea and tear a piece of that beast's flesh off."
"But now... we have the will to kill the traitors, but we are powerless to reverse the situation!"
The three once invincible Heavenly Kings could only shake their heads helplessly in the face of this otherworldly power.
The tide of time rolls ever onward, and this world no longer belongs to these martial artists of the old era.
……
At the same time.
On the large playground of the First Military High School in Jiangnan Base City.
Tens of thousands of teachers, students, high-ranking military officials, and media reporters carrying cameras and microphones were all stunned.
The giant holographic projection screen in mid-air has been forcibly taken over by the highest authorities of the military at some point.
The footage of the return test that was playing was suddenly switched to a live satellite broadcast of the East China Sea defense line.
"What's going on? What... what kind of monster is that?!"
Screams erupted from the crowd.
All I could see on that huge screen was...
Crimson seawater poured into the sky.
A phantom of a dragon, over a thousand feet long and radiating endless black energy and resentment, was coiled in the center of the storm.
Even through the screen, the cold and brutal pressure of the high-dimensional gods and demons still made tens of thousands of mortals on the playground feel suffocated, and many of them even collapsed to their knees with their legs weak.
At the very front of the crowd.
Lin Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, wearing a faded school uniform.
His face remained calm, without the slightest sign of panic.
He simply raised his head slightly, gazing at the raging phantom of the dragon on the screen.
"Buzz—"
No one noticed.
A vast and boundless divine sense of the [Dao Integration Realm] emanated from Lin Yuan, spreading out like an invisible, all-encompassing net in an instant!
In the blink of an eye, they traversed thousands of mountains and rivers, reaching the shores of the East China Sea.
"This aura... I knew it."
Lin Yuan's divine sense pierced through the violent lightning surrounding the illusory dragon and reached its very essence.
Within that dark mass of resentment.
Lin Yuan smelled a familiar scent.
"cause and effect."
Lin Yuan sighed helplessly.
He saw it clearly.
That wasn't some wild, otherworldly beast at all.
The phantom of that dragon was entwined with the grief of losing his son and the hatred of annihilating his family that even the waters of the four seas could not wash away, as felt by Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea.
"Pull out the dragon's tendons and kill Ao Bing."
"Ao Guang, Ao Guang, your pent-up resentment, having nowhere to vent in the world of Investiture of the Gods, has actually flowed along the gap where these parallel timelines intersect, transforming into a projection of resentment, and chasing after me to the present world of my Blue Star?"
Lin Yuan's gaze gradually turned cold and sharp.
In the pursuit of immortality and the Dao, the law of cause and effect is of utmost importance.
This mess was created by Lin Yuan himself in the world of Investiture of the Gods.
Now this karmic obstacle has crossed over from another realm, seeking to slaughter his Chinese territory and devour the lives of his homeland.
This cause and effect must naturally be severed by Lin Yuan himself!
"Old Sun."
Lin Yuan suddenly turned his head and looked at the high-ranking military officer beside him who had been responsible for protecting him.
"How far is this from the seventh line of defense in the East China Sea?"
Old Sun paused for a moment, then subconsciously glanced at the war zone map on his wristwatch.
"The straight-line distance is approximately 1,800 kilometers."
"Lin Yuan, why are you asking this...?"
Old Sun hadn't finished speaking.
A military clerk standing next to Old Sun suddenly changed his expression.
Although this clerk was not highly skilled, he was extremely perceptive.
Seeing Lin Yuan's eyes gradually turn cold, and recalling the terrifying strength he had just displayed in front of the test chamber, they instantly guessed what was going on.
"Lin Yuan, you mustn't!"
The clerk suddenly lunged forward, disregarding military discipline, and grabbed Lin Yuan's sleeve, his eyes bloodshot.
"I don't know what extraordinary inheritance you obtained in this secret realm."
"But that's a projection of a high-dimensional monster. Even our most elite psionic mech squadron couldn't last a second against it."
The clerk grabbed Lin Yuan, her tone urgent.
"You are the most precious spark that our Chinese nation, our entire human civilization, brought back from this catastrophe."
"With your talent and your current foundation, the military think tank has calculated that it won't be long before you break through the martial arts ceiling of China, and even the entire planet."
"As long as you live, there is still hope for humanity."
"The bigger picture... Lin Yuan, please consider the bigger picture!"
The clerk was on the verge of tears.
"Let's just hold on for now, survive. Once we've used all of humanity's resources to get you to that unbelievable level, then you can take your revenge!"
These words are a heartfelt lament, the most humble compromise made by a weak civilization in the face of a god-level disaster, in order to preserve its flame.
Upon hearing this, the surrounding principals and teachers also realized what was happening, their faces turning pale as they tried to dissuade him.
"Yes, Lin Yuan, you can't go and die!"
"As long as the green hills remain, there's always firewood to burn!"
He listened to these words of advice.
Lin Yuan felt no emotion whatsoever.
Unlike those hot-blooded teenagers, he didn't loudly refute them, nor did he spout any grand principles about protecting the country.
With a gentle flick of his sleeve, he shook off the clerk's hand.
Turning around, I looked at the clerk with tears streaming down her face, and at the terrified gazes around her.
He shook his head gently.
"The overall situation must be taken into consideration."
"only……"
"Okay, to put it simply."
What you just saw is not my full strength.
boom!
Upon hearing this, the entire room fell silent.
Not their full strength?!
Old Sun was jolted, as if struck by lightning.
He stared at Lin Yuan, his mind replaying the dark golden divine light that had broken through the barrier of a ninth-level Grandmaster before the test chamber exploded.
"Could it be... that he still has energy left?"
The thought startled him greatly.
That terrifying power that even the most advanced instruments couldn't withstand...
And this isn't even all of him?!
Just how well has he been hiding his true nature?!
What incredible dimensions did they touch within that mythical realm?!
"Mr. Lin... Mr. Lin Yuan!"
The way we address Old Sun has changed without us even realizing it.
"I understand. Since you possess such extraordinary abilities, then..."
Old Sun suddenly turned around and roared at his adjutant behind him.
"Quickly, contact the Space Command immediately."
"Bring over the most advanced 'Xuan Niao-9' hypersonic stealth fighter from the Jiangnan Military Region."
"Highest authority, clear all air routes along the way. Send Mr. Lin to the East China Sea front lines at top speed!"