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Chapter 314 Think on the bright side
"boom!"

Just as Lin Lie and Lin Yu were communicating across realms, a deafening explosion suddenly came from ahead.

Lin Lie looked up and saw the base built against the mountain in front of him shaking violently.

The massive iceberg began to crack from the inside, and countless icy mists burst forth from the mountain, shooting out amidst loud noises and flames, transforming into blizzards mixed with hard ice fragments that swept rapidly in all directions.

"call--"

A cold wind howled past, sweeping over Lin Lie's body and stirring up the scale-like pale purple protective shield.

Without a doubt, this was an explosion caused by explosives planted by terrorists in the base!

However, this appears to be only the first wave of explosions, and its power was not particularly strong. Apart from the cracks on the surface of the mountain, the iceberg and the internal structure of the base were not completely destroyed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the eco-terrorists, led by Alan Jonah, withdrew from the base.

But at the base gate, they encountered Dr. Mark, who had come looking for his wife and daughter.

Without any hesitation, all the soldiers raised their rifles and aimed them at the arrogant man in front of them.

Facing so many dark gun barrels, it would be a lie to say Mark wasn't afraid, but for his wife and daughter, he gritted his teeth, raised his pistol, and shouted under the cover of the nearby cover:

"Emma! McGrady! Are you guys okay?"

"Let them go! Come at me if you have a problem!"

Upon hearing Mark's anxious shout, Dr. Emma, ​​who was being protected by the others, had a very complicated expression on her face.

Beside her, Alan Jonah frowned, lowered the muzzle of his gun expressionlessly, and whispered, "Emma, ​​if you don't want us to hurt him, then you'd better convince your brave ex-husband as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, I can't guarantee that my men won't accidentally fire..."

Dr. Emma remained silent for a moment after hearing this, then gently pushed aside the soldier in front of her and walked to the front of the crowd under Mark's incredulous gaze.

"Mark, you can go now!"

"……what?"

"Go away, I don't want to hurt you..."

Mark stared wide-eyed in disbelief at Dr. Emma, ​​who stood calmly before him.

"Emma, ​​what are you saying?"

"hurt me?"

"You're the one who's been kidnapped—"

As Mark was speaking, he suddenly couldn't continue.

He stared blankly at the familiar yet unfamiliar woman, and murmured as if he understood something:
“I know, it was you. You contacted Alan Jonah, you told them the location of Monarch's base, you orchestrated all of this—”

"You're not a hostage, you're one of them!"

Emma neither confirmed nor denied it, but simply looked at Mark calmly.

Jonah was getting impatient. He stared at Mark expressionlessly and said, "Get out of the way, Dr. Russell!"

“We’ve been at an impasse for too long. The base is about to collapse. I’m not going to gamble with my own people’s lives. So, I’m only giving you five seconds. Once the countdown is over, my men will riddle you with bullets.”

"The choice is yours: either continue blocking the way and die by my gun, or step aside now and we can all live in peace."

As he spoke, Jonah raised a hand, and all the soldiers loaded their guns, ready to pull the trigger without hesitation and kill Mark at their leader's command.

"Dad, let's go!"

Madison, concerned for his father, couldn't help but anxiously try to persuade him.

Mark silently looked at everyone, then finally lowered his arms dejectedly and quietly stepped aside.

"now it's right!"

Jonah waved his hand, and his companions quickly lowered their guns and rushed towards the Osprey helicopter outside the base.

Mark watched the group with a complicated expression, his heart filled with struggle, but he didn't make any real move until everyone, including Emma and Madison, boarded the helicopter.

"Dude, try to look on the bright side!"

A slightly comforting voice suddenly sounded from behind him, reaching his ears: "At least your wife only betrayed the organization, not you, right?"

"It's my ex-wife, we've been separated..."

Mark instinctively replied, then suddenly realized what he had done, hurriedly turned around and raised his gun, staring in horror at the figure that had appeared behind him at some unknown time.

"It is you!"

Once he could see the young man's appearance clearly, Mark breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his gun.

But the next second, he realized what was happening, his relaxed nerves tensed up again, and he stared at the young man in disbelief:
"Wait, who are you—no, you're actually real?"

"..."

Hearing Mark's slightly confused words, the young man, or rather Lin Lie, was slightly taken aback, then asked with amusement:
"if not?"

"This is Antarctica!"

Mark glanced at Lin Lie's clothes and said incredulously, "In an extreme temperature environment of over minus forty degrees Celsius, you can actually move around freely with just a single layer of clothing?"

Forty degrees below zero? Lin Lie understood immediately; no wonder Mark thought he was hallucinating…

As the protagonist of a system-based game, Lin Lie has extremely high resistance values ​​in many elements such as light, darkness, ice, and fire.

A temperature of minus forty degrees Celsius might be fatal to ordinary humans, but it's nothing compared to him; at most, it can only be described as cool.

"To be honest, I really want to answer your questions one by one."

Lin Lie shrugged and said, "However, this is really not a good place to talk—just look, that iceberg over there is about to completely collapse!"

As he spoke, he turned to look at the base and iceberg not far away.

Mark was startled and quickly followed his gaze, and sure enough, he saw that the reinforced mountain was cracking.

Huge cracks were spreading rapidly across the mountainside at a visible speed, and bursts of fire mixed with icy mist from the cracks were spewing out, triggering a chain reaction that could be described as a natural disaster.

"boom!"

The next second, an even more magnificent explosion came from underground.

The foundation of the base was completely destroyed by the second explosion. Bright flames burst forth beneath the ice, and the earth trembled with a rumble. The millennia-old ice beneath their feet, as hard as steel, cracked open, the fissures meandering like serpents, completely unleashing the terrifying flames brewing beneath the ice.

"Damn it, run!"

Seeing this, Mark looked terrified, grabbed Lin Lie without hesitation, and turned to run away.

Lin Lie blinked, looking at the old man who hadn't forgotten to take him with him when he ran away, with some surprise.

After a moment's thought, he didn't refuse. Instead, he started walking, following Mark leisurely, and said with a calm smile, "Don't be nervous, Dr. Mark!"

"At the current rate of spread, you can run another 62 meters at most and be completely out of the blast radius!"

Mark, of course, didn't take in a single word of Lin Lie's meter-precise judgment.

He didn't believe anyone could make such an accurate judgment in such a short time, so he ignored these words and continued to drag Lin Lie along as they ran.

He only stopped when he was completely out of the base area and stood in front of an Osprey helicopter parked outside the base.

Turning around, Base 32 was now engulfed in collapsing icebergs and exploding flames. Fine ice mist rose like dust, carrying smoke and rising into the sky.

From a distance, it looked like a flag proclaiming victory by those ecoterrorists, making Mark's feelings extremely complicated.

"Building such a magnificent building often requires decades of effort, but destroying it only takes a few seconds..."

Lin Lie gazed at the collapsed base and sighed, then turned to Mark and chuckled, "Dr. Mark, I've never liked owing favors."

"Since you saved me while fleeing for your own life, I can make an exception and agree to do one thing for you."

"Tell me, what do you want?"

Mark glanced at Lin Lie strangely, then shook his head and said, "That's inexplicable..."

“I know you may possess some amazing abilities, like that little girl in Monarch who could communicate telepathically with Titans.”

"But such abilities are utterly insignificant in the face of true power!"

"That's hard to say!" Lin Lie said noncommittally, then smiled and encouraged, "Opportunity knocks but once, and I'm not the kind of person who makes promises easily."

"Before considering my abilities, why don't you try making a request first? What if I can do it?"

“Really?” Mark glanced at him and said, “I want to win Emma back, and you think you can do that?”

Lin Lie's smile froze, then he shook his head and said, "That won't work. You have to work hard for this yourself. At most, I can provide material support, like helping you regain your youthful vigor..."

Mark's face darkened, and he decisively said, "No, I don't need it!"

“Then let’s choose another one.” Lin Lie looked up at the Osprey helicopter that had already taken off and chuckled. “Right now, your wife and daughter haven’t left Antarctica yet.”

"If you ask, I can help keep them here. What do you think?"

Mark was taken aback by this and instinctively asked, "How can I keep it?"

"Keep it like this!"

Lin Lie waved his hand, and his aura suddenly changed.

In an instant, a clear, melodious, yet sharp sound of a sword echoed throughout the heavens and earth.

The space in front of Lin Lie suddenly distorted, and dazzling silver rays burst forth from it, like a galaxy breaking free from its restraints, transforming into a lightning-fast torrent of silver light that shot out.

Upon closer inspection, these objects that make up the torrent of silver light are actually flying swords of different shapes.

Among them were greatswords as thick as a door panel, as well as slender and long rapiers, and soft swords as thin as cicada wings...

In an instant, hundreds of flying swords of different shapes silently hovered behind Lin Lie.

Each sword, gleaming with its own sharpness, surrounded Lin Lie, its tip trembling slightly as it pointed towards the sky!
The imposing and chilling sword formation swept over him, causing Mark's pupils to shrink to their limit. He stared in astonishment and bewilderment at Lin Lie, who seemed to have descended from the heavens like a sword god. He was so shocked that he was speechless.

Just then, a jet-black, eight-sided Han sword suddenly flew out and hovered at Lin Lie's feet.

He stepped onto the flying sword, glanced at Mark who was still in shock beside him, and said with a light laugh:

"If you don't answer, then I'll take that as a yes!"

(End of this chapter)