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Chapter 254. Diplomat vs. Agent of the Void God (2)

The young man in the white coat bowed slightly, a gentle smile playing on his lips:

"It is an honor to have the opportunity to exchange ideas with Your Excellency, the Outlaw."

Wen Yu remained silent, his slender fingers making a light stroke in the air.

In an instant, countless schools of fish shimmering with a ghostly blue fluorescence poured out from his sleeve.

The translucent spirit fish swayed their tail fins, drawing dazzling trails in the air, and surged towards the man in the white coat like a tide.

Lin Xin'an calmly raised his hands and formed a hand seal with his fingertips.

His clear voice echoed in the air:
"God of Spirits, grant me authority!"

In an instant, an invisible torrent of spirit broke through the barrier of consciousness, a dense chorus of thoughts echoed in his mind, and the power of the psychic god penetrated his heart, laying bare Wen Yu's long-buried memories before him—

The burning mansion cast flickering firelight on my retina, and the ashes kicked up by the falling charred beams seemed to float right up to my nose.

Amid the child's heart-wrenching cries, he saw young Wen Yu huddled in a corner, his pupils reflecting the shadows that swirled and blotted out the night sky.

The film of memory is stuck at a certain frame.

Against the backdrop of the pitch-black night sky, the colossal creature slowly opened its amber-colored vertical pupils. Its breath stirred a storm in Lin Xin'an's sea of ​​consciousness, each syllable sending shivers down his spine:

"From this day forward..."

"You are the agent of nothingness..."

In the instant that scene flashed by, Lin Xin'an quickly formed an incantation and shouted in his mind:
"Confusing the truth!"

"Om————"

The white ring of truth, which belongs to the category of confusing truth, spirals open, and Wen Yu only feels that the memories in his mind are melting under the bright halo, like thin ice under the sun.

At the same time, a sticky and unfamiliar awareness was creeping up his nerve endings into his cerebral cortex, where it took root and grew—

The burning mansion twisted and deformed in the void, and the faces of his parents blurred and faded like ink stains. The scales of the giant Kun, which had been entrenched deep in his memory, were peeling off piece by piece, turning into scattered specks of light.

In the final, fixed gaze of the amber-colored vertical pupils, Wen Yu heard a mournful cry from the depths of his consciousness, like shattered glass.

"Om————"

In the lingering echo of the white ring's vibration, the countless fish swimming in the sky suddenly froze.

Those azure spirits first solidified into ice crystal-like sculptures, and then silently melted away like a summer mist.

Wen Yu staggered and knelt on the ground, digging his fingers deep into his hair as if trying to dig out the memories that were being reconstructed from his skull.

Lin Xin quietly looked at the young man on the ground. The blind therapist behind him walked up, gently patted his shoulder, and smiled:

"Well done, Dr. Lin."

The gray-clad youth on the ground lowered his hand, raised his head blankly, looked around, and then said helplessly:
"Where...where am I?"

He glanced at the girl with short, ear-length hair in front of him. Her eyes were covered with a white cloth, and her face was delicate and calm. Her fragile appearance made people feel approachable.

"Excuse me... where is this place?"

The blind monk smiled shyly, then reached out and touched his head, saying in a weak voice:

"It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Tantai Hui, and you can call me—Master Blind Master."

An invisible spiritual force surged forth, and Wen Yu's blank expression returned to normal for a moment, though it seemed tinged with a hint of dazedness. He slowly said:

"Yes, Master Blind."

The blind teacher smiled shyly, then raised his head, his eyes, hidden under the white cloth, seemed to be full of spirit as he looked at the entire base.

There, amidst the ruins, a lame old father huddled in a corner, clutching his young child tightly, staring in terror at the uninvited guests. The blind man waved his hand dismissively and said coldly:

"Search the base, capture the gifted individuals alive, put them in bags, and transport them back to the Haidu Industrial Park. The rest of the people are not a problem."

She smiled shyly and said:
"When the wind blows in a moment, it will sweep over and massacre the base, leaving no survivors."

More than ten dark figures silently walked toward the base behind the blind teacher.

Immediately afterwards, rustling sounds came from the desolate woods, and shadowy figures emerged from behind the pile of rocks—hundreds and thousands of puppets surged out from all directions, flooding the ruins like a tide.

The blind master's frail figure stood before a vast army; a top-tier control system of her stature was an army in itself.

Lin Xin'an's gaze swept over the shivering grandfather and grandson in the ruins, and he stood silently behind her.

Those puppets ignored the civilians, because when Feng Shiman's raging winds passed by, these flesh and blood bodies would turn into a sky full of blood mist, just like Zhenbei City, which had become a meat grinder.

The frail girl before him was the most ruthless and powerful person he had ever seen. She was truly vicious and heartless, treating human life as worthless.

Normally, killing so many people would cause a person's Dao heart to waver, but it didn't.

There are many ruthless people in the world, but someone like her who treats killing as naturally as breathing is both chilling and awe-inspiring.

Lin Xin'an took a deep breath and slowly moved away, distancing himself from the beast.

Neither of them noticed that a silver-haired AI with a worried expression appeared on a screen inside the building next to them.

His sky-blue eyes swept across Wen Yu's blank and dazed face through the glass door, and he frowned slightly. Then, with a "whoosh," the artificial intelligence disappeared into a flurry of snowflakes on the screen.

……

Haidu, Flood Control Office.

Jiang Jianxin sat on a bench by the door, borrowed a goji berry tea bag from Yin Ju, and brewed it in a teacup while watching the sunrise.

She originally intended to take Zuo Siquan back to the flood control office, but it seems the journalist's faith had an overpowering effect.

She flew halfway up her sword, still 800 meters in the air, when Zuo Siquan woke up.

The daydreamer first cried out in terror as she saw the earth shrinking beneath her feet, but then calmed down after realizing it was on her sword.

Jiang Jianxin told her that he wanted her to come back to the flood control office with him.

But Zuo Siquan refused, because she was very worried about the Dream Pavilion.

Jiang Jianxin couldn't force her best friend to stay because she held a high position in another faction and still had important matters to attend to.

So she gave Zuo Siquan some instructions, then gave her some medicine before letting her leave.

She returned to the flood control office alone, and before she even reached the camp, she saw that the trending topics list had been updated:

#Suspected Incident at Hope Base#
#Where is the War Alliance headed?#
Remembering her intuition that she might have a chance to change jobs, Jiang Jianxin was so excited that she couldn't sleep, so she simply moved a stool out to drink tea.

Yin Ju sat in his office tent without sleeping. It wasn't because he was excited, but simply because he hadn't finished dealing with the flood control office's affairs and couldn't sleep at all.

So the two of them, one sitting inside and the other outside, stayed up all night.

As dawn approached, Jiang Jianxin was drinking tea when his phone suddenly vibrated.

She unlocked her screen and saw an unfamiliar blue notification in the notification bar:

The software [Encounter] requests a call.

　Waaah, I've lost so much hair on my head. My friend said she'd take me out to relax, but I just got back. I only had time to update this chapter. I'm writing the other chapter now, and I'll update it for everyone later. I'll still update once a day tomorrow as usual.

　　(End of this chapter)