You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

It's in!

This seemingly unsolvable steel fortress was torn open by Chen Yang in the most inconspicuous way.

The mine's interior is extremely spacious and complex, transformed into a labyrinthine multi-layered structure. Thick ventilation ducts coil around the top of the rock walls like giant snakes, and the roar of machinery, the occasional piercing alarms, and commands and shouts in a mixture of languages ​​fill the air.

Guards, researchers in white coats or work clothes, and laborers carrying supplies move back and forth in the crisscrossing, dappled alleyways.

confusion!

This is exactly what Chen Yang needs.

He kept his head down, his pace neither fast nor slow, but his eyes, like an invisible scanner, quickly memorized the paths, signs, and the general routines of the personnel. No one showed any particular interest in a lone, silent "new face." Here, the lower-ranking guards seemed to be highly mobile, or belonged to different squads led by different bosses, and didn't know each other well.

He followed a group of people carrying buckets full of nutrient paste inside.

These people muttered, "We'll have to serve those pigs again," as they walked towards the passage leading to the innermost prison area.

The further you go in, the stronger the pungent smell of disinfectant mixed with chemicals becomes, and a sense of despair and oppression permeates the air.

Behind the heavy alloy doors, faint sobs or painful groans could be heard. The corridor was lined with individual cells equipped with high-voltage electric fences; behind the iron bars were pairs of eyes—some numb, some terrified—all of them young women!

The food delivery team made a brief stop at a guard post around a corner.

While pretending to help the person next to him with the heavy rice bucket, Chen Yang quickly scanned the desperate Eastern faces behind the iron bars.

His heart sank slightly; there were more than he had expected! Most of them were extremely weak, with bruises and needle marks visible on their bodies.

Suddenly, his gaze froze on the window of a cell on the right, which was further inside.

A girl huddled in a corner. Her face was pale, her hair was disheveled, and her prison clothes were somewhat torn.

Although she looked extremely haggard, her eyebrows and eyes, especially the fierce stubbornness between her brows, were remarkably similar to the photo of Lei Ting that Lei Zhenyue had sent her! But at this moment, that stubbornness was almost completely suppressed by deep fear and helplessness.

It's her!
The food delivery team was quickly urged to move forward and distribute food.

Chen Yang suppressed his urge to act immediately and waited patiently.

The opportunity arose when the group returned to the vicinity of Lei Ting's cell to prepare for distribution. The escorting guard went to the corner to smoke and chat with his companion at the watchpoint, his view temporarily obstructed by a pillar!
Chen Yang moved with lightning speed!

He cleverly used his body to cover the observation port on the small door of the cell, and with a flick of his wrist, a thin strand of energy instantly cut off the power connection to the cell door's access control.

With a very slight "snap," the red light on the iron gate went out instantly!

"Hey! What are you doing?!"

A local worker serving food nearby seemed to notice Chen Yang's unusual behavior and scolded him in accented English.

Chen Yang roared back in extremely rude English with a heavy local accent.

"Damn it! Didn't you see the door's stuck?! Kick it for me!"

He kicked the sturdy iron door hard, making a loud thud.

This action, in fact, dispelled the laborer's doubts—in such places, it was all too common for guards to beat and smash things. The laborer rolled his eyes and continued with his work.

Taking advantage of the vibration and loud noise from kicking the door, Chen Yang flicked his fingers on the unlocking interface a few times like a butterfly flitting among flowers. A surge of pure spiritual energy instantly simulated the backup mechanical lock cylinder after the power was cut off. With a soft "click", the heavy door of the cell was silently pulled open, just enough for one person to squeeze through!
Chen Yang slipped inside in a flash and then quickly closed the door slightly from the inside.

The entire process was carried out smoothly, amidst the echoes of the loud noise and the guards' casual conversation.

Inside the cell, the sudden intrusion of the "guard" made Lei Ting, who was huddled up, raise her head abruptly like a startled deer. She instinctively shrank even closer to the corner of the wall, her eyes filled with horror and despair, her cracked lips trembling.

"What...what are you going to do?!"

Chen Yang immediately squatted down, lifted the bottom edge of his mask to reveal half of his face, and quickly spoke in a low, urgent voice in Chinese.

"Don't be afraid! I'm here to save you! Lei Zhenyue sent me!"

"Dad... Dad?"

Lei Ting's eyes widened instantly, and an unbelievable light suddenly burst forth from her previously lifeless pupils, a light that instantly brought life to her haggard face.

"Time is of the essence, listen up!"

Chen Yang spoke very quickly.

"I have a way to get you out of here right now! But don't resist!"

He stretched out his right hand, his five fingers spread, and there seemed to be faint spatial ripples spreading out from his palm.

This is the temporary passageway he opened to the Sumeru space within his body.

"Trust me! Relax! It only takes a moment!"

Lei Ting stared intently into Chen Yang's eyes, which held the same reassuring power that her father possessed.

She nodded without hesitation.

"I believe!"

This was the last straw they grasped in despair!
Chen Yang had a sudden thought.

A gentle yet irresistible spatial suction force instantly enveloped Lei Ting! Almost simultaneously, her body, like a pebble thrown into water, was sucked into the ripples spreading in Chen Yang's palm and vanished completely! In the cramped cell, only Chen Yang remained!
Success! The first and most crucial goal has been achieved!
However, before Chen Yang could even breathe a sigh of relief, Lei Ting's anxious voice rang out deep within his consciousness.

"Brother Chen! Wait! Don't just save me! Please! Save them... They are all compatriots who were captured with me... There are many others..."

Lei Ting's voice was full of pleading, almost tearful.

"If they find out I'm gone... they'll all be blamed... they'll suffer a fate worse than death..."

Chen Yang's consciousness swept across the Sumeru space.

Lei Ting was standing at the edge of a chaotic space, anxiously calling out to him, her face covered in tears and pleading.

"I know them!"

They are innocent! Brother Chen... I beg you... we can't just stand by and watch them die... Father said we should be upright martial artists, with principles of right and wrong! If we leave, what will we leave them with? Hell! A fate worse than death!

Chen Yang fell silent. Lei Ting's words struck him like a hammer blow.

He certainly knew what abandoning the others meant, but he also knew that it was almost impossible to leave quietly with so many people!

"This is too difficult, Lei Ting!"

Chen Yang's voice rang directly in her mind, tinged with solemnity.

"Taking you away is already taking a huge risk!"

The area is heavily guarded, and the cells are scattered! To rescue them, we must break down the doors!
If even the slightest alarm is triggered, or multiple people disappear simultaneously, we'll be discovered immediately! Not only will we be unable to save others, but we'll also be in danger ourselves!

"Then let's find a way to avoid triggering the alarm!"

Lei Ting's stubbornness seemed to be ignited, and she shouted desperately.

"Brother Chen, I know you're amazing!"
There must be a way!
They are also a father's children, they also have families... Please... at least try! If it really doesn't work... then... then I'd rather stay and die with them!

Her eyes were resolute, and tears welled up in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.

She actually tried to rush out!

Looking into her fierce eyes, which were just like those of a living Yama, Chen Yang felt a deep stirring within him.

He recalled the devastation of the attack on the Jianghe Group, the crisis of gene-based drugs flooding the restaurant, and Liu Yu's silent figure, suppressing a storm of emotions... This damned world!
"……it is good!"

Chen Yang gritted his teeth, a sharp glint of determination flashing in his eyes.

"But I need your absolute cooperation! From now on, obey my orders!"

The plan formed instantly in Chen Yang's mind—it had to be fast! It had to be silent! It had to interfere with all possible detection equipment!

He pushed open the cell door again and slipped out. At that moment, the food delivery team outside was walking towards the next cell with their backs to him, and the guards were still facing away. A perfect window of opportunity!

Chen Yang's divine sense spread out instantly, like countless invisible threads.

The entire structure of the prison, the hidden circuits in the walls, the location of the surveillance cameras, and even the subtle fluctuations in the light within the space were all clearly visible in his mind!

"Congeal!"

Chen Yang silently chanted in his heart. A massive amount of spiritual power was instantly unleashed! No longer a wisp of energy, but rather a surge like an invisible tide, precisely covering the entire prison area!
The Secret of Time – **Local Time Freeze & Visual Afterimage Reversal**!

This is not a true reversal of time, but rather Chen Yang applying his terrifying understanding of the rules of time to the receivers of all optical surveillance and specific sensors within the prison area!
On the monitor screens behind those cameras, the images displayed at this moment—the corridors of the prison area, the doors to the cells, the footsteps of the guards on patrol, the outstretched hands of prisoners, even the movement of light and shadow—were all playing like a videotape in reverse! The scenes that should have been moving forward were being played back in a bizarre reverse direction!

The guards' footsteps were retreating, the iron gate that had just been opened was eerily closing automatically on the screen, and a prisoner's food bowl that was about to be thrown was eerily flying back into her hand... Everything was flowing backwards!

However, Chen Yang's figure at this moment formed a very faint, blurry "pixel band" in the surveillance footage, like an image afterimage, which overlapped and confused with the background image of the time reversal, making it difficult to identify!

This level of interference was extremely taxing on mental energy, and Chen Yang immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

But he didn't stop moving at all!
It was as if he had a million clones! Chen Yang's figure became blurry and uncertain, leaving behind several almost inseparable afterimages in the narrow passage!

"break!"

He swept past the doors of each target cell like a whirlwind! His right index finger, imbued with indestructible, condensed spiritual power, precisely pierced the access control area of ​​each cell! Not through brute force, but with an extremely skillful technique, he instantly penetrated the outer shell and used his spiritual power to break open the specific locking device inside!

Click! Click! Click! Click...

A series of faint, almost imperceptible sounds, like ice shattering, rang out! The locks on seven or eight cells were broken almost simultaneously!

"Open the door!"

Chen Yang's voice was like a decree, exploding directly in the minds of those bewildered prisoners!
The imprisoned girls, filled with fear and uncertainty, were stunned when they saw their cell doors open silently and heard a strange, low shout. They were first taken aback, then burst into disbelief and ecstasy! The instinct for survival overwhelmed everything!
Chen Yang's afterimage flashed as he moved at breakneck speed, and he waved his hand!

The suction force is back! The power of the spatial passage precisely covers every open cell!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh...

One figure after another vanished like phantoms! In just three or four breaths! All the terrified women in all the target cells were forcibly pulled into the Sumeru Space! The passageway instantly became empty!

As the last person disappeared into the spatial ripples, Chen Yang's figure solidified, appearing at the door of Lei Ting's former cell.

He abruptly withdrew the massive and intricate spiritual energy binding, and the monitoring screen instantly returned to "normal" playback!
The corridor was empty, except for the open cell door that swayed slightly in the monitor. But because this "swaying" image was forcibly connected to the timeline of a previous "normal" scene, it would at most be regarded as a brief "frame skipping" or "device flickering" on the monitor screen!
Chen Yang suppressed the waves of dizziness in his mind, and with a sway, he disappeared completely from the passage!
Almost simultaneously, a guard who was smoking around the corner seemed to think he had just seen things a little too clearly, and subconsciously looked back... There was no one there, only a few half-open cell doors swaying in the light and shadow.

He scratched his head, yawned, and turned back.

Within the chaotic space of Sumeru.

Chen Yang appeared.

The scene before them was even more crowded than the crowded prison cell—dozens of women in tattered prison clothes huddled together in panic, staring blankly at the chaotic and empty environment and the sudden appearance of Chen Yang and Lei Ting.

"Brother Chen!!"

Lei Ting rushed over excitedly, tears glistening in her eyes.

The other women, as if they had found their pillar of support, looked at Chen Yang with immense fear and bewilderment after surviving the ordeal.

"Quiet!"

Chen Yang gave a low shout, his voice carrying an undeniable authority that instantly quelled the situation.

His gaze swept over the women, scrutinizing them.

Most of them were terrified and weak, but a few had a hidden resilience and a burning flame of hatred burning deep in their eyes, in addition to fear.

Just then, ripples appeared in the space, and the figure of a woman dressed in elegant palace attire, with a cool and aloof temperament like the moon, and a hint of languid etherealness between her brows, quietly emerged. It was Li Rou.

Her gaze swept over the crowded space with a hint of surprise, lingering for a moment on a few girls with unusual eyes, before turning to Chen Yang and curving her lips into a meaningful smile.

"Tsk tsk... Little Chen, you went out for a trip... and brought back a whole army of women for me?"

Li Rou's voice carried a hint of lazy laughter, but her eyes flashed with joy.

"Oh? Their potential isn't bad at all! Interesting! Especially that one over there in the blue stripes... and that one in the corner with the red hair tie... their innate talent is remarkable, and their affinity for fire is quite good... Hmm, that green-eyed girl has a naturally refined soul... Not bad, not bad, these are promising talents!" (End of Chapter)