Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 203 Please leave
Under normal circumstances, with so many LV4 or even LV5 giants here, where would Yu Tianlun, a mere LV3, have any say?
However, Yu Tianlun's identity is truly special.

He was once a Level 4 reincarnator, considered among the most powerful in the civilian reincarnation world. He even prevented the [Night Parade of One Hundred Demons] from spreading to the real world, and recently wiped out two major branches of the Bloodthirsty Team, demonstrating his incredible strength. Many believe that Yu Tianlun is likely to regain his strength and return to the Level 4 ranks. Because of this, the imperial court's attitude towards him has changed; after all, the court has always maintained a policy of appeasement and avoiding offense towards Level 4 reincarnators.

Long Mingzhang and Yu Tianlun had known each other for a long time, and he had always admired this man. He was highly self-disciplined in his cultivation, upright in character, and also quite accomplished in combat experience and strategy.

At this moment, Long Mingzhang sat at the head of the table, flanked by leaders of various reincarnation teams, high-ranking military officials, and government officials, including Imperial Commissioner Wen Jinsong.

In this situation, Long Mingzhang still felt compelled to offer a reminder: "Commander Yu, we have already made tactical arrangements. If you are going to make a recommendation, please consider it carefully."

This was his way of reminding Yu Tianlun to be careful what he said at this time.

Yu Tianlun glanced back, then turned back and said calmly, "Minister Long, what I'm about to say might seem a bit strange to you, but I recommend that Jiang Jin from our team join the advance team to rescue the board members of the Panshi Group."

These words were followed by a deathly silence.

Aside from the Bloodstained Team, most people's first reaction was: Who is Jiang Jin? Yu Tianlun recommended this person, so he should at least be a Level 3 Reincarnator, right? But in their memory, is there such a person among Level 3 Reincarnators? No, he's talking about the Nirvana Team? Has the Nirvana Team recruited a new Level 3 member?

"Commander Yu!" Blood Lord sneered, "Are you out of your mind? How dare you say such absurd things in front of Minister Long and Imperial Envoy Wen? Even if your Nirvana Team wants to gain credit, you shouldn't be so blinded by greed, right?"

"Blood Owl Commander!" Long Mingzhang said displeasedly, "Commander Yu was merely making a suggestion, why did you have to be so hurtful?"

Long Mingzhang's words clearly indicated his intention to save face for Yu Tianlun and demonstrate the court's current attitude towards him, showing that they were no longer condoning the Bloodthirsty Gang's actions against him. Of course, this stance was only directed at Yu Tianlun; as for Jiang Jin? Even Long Mingzhang didn't know who he was.

"Minister Long," Blood Lord said coldly, "It's not that I intend to slander you, but what Commander Yu said is utterly absurd. Jiang Jin is merely a Level 1 Reincarnator in his team, and he's only been a Reincarnator for less than two months!"

"Huh?" Long Mingzhang was also taken aback when he heard this. He looked at Yu Tianlun and asked, "Commander Yu... what Commander Xuexiao said just now, is it true?"

Commander Yu also felt a lot of pressure at this moment, but out of trust in Jiang Jin, he still gritted his teeth and said, "Yes."

As soon as he finished speaking, several snickers rang out in the conference room.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Hahahahaha..."

Mo Xiu directly mocked, "Li Ming from the old core is a reincarnator close to LV5, and Commander Yu recommends a LV1 reincarnator? Are you kidding me? Are you playing the joke of Nine-Headed Insect sending Benboerba to kill Tang Sanzang and his disciples?"

“Yes,” even the usually composed Ye Xiu said, “That’s right, Captain Yu, LV1 Reincarnators… most of them haven’t even mastered any rule-based professional skills, how could they possibly be comparable to the Reincarnators of the Old Core Organization…”

Imperial Commissioner Wen Jinsong shook his head as he watched this scene. However, he was merely a civil official and had limited understanding of reincarnators. In this regard, Long Mingzhang was the expert, so it was not appropriate for him to interfere. And since he remained silent, the other civil officials naturally did not speak up either.

Ye Xiu, after all, gave Yu Tianlun some face, and didn't continue the conversation.

Blood Lord suddenly chuckled, his voice chilling: "I think we could give him a try."

He squinted at Jiang Jin and said, "Young people should always have a chance to show their abilities."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then realized—the Blood Lord held a grudge against Jiang Jin and deliberately pushed him to his death! The feud between the Bloodthirsty Team and the Nirvana Team was common knowledge. However, they didn't know that the origin of everything was the large amount of resentment crystals possessed by Jiang Jin!

In Blood Lord's view, they must have used the resentment to shatter crystals and successfully comprehended the rules-based professional skills. They were so arrogant that they actually wanted to deal with the people of the old core.
Blood Lord even thought that Yu Tianlun might be plotting to monopolize the resentment crystal fragments and was deliberately encouraging Jiang Jin to his death! If that were the case, how could he not grant his wish?

"Who is Jiang Jin?" Long Mingzhang asked after scanning the area.

In Long Mingzhang's eyes, a Level 1 Reincarnator, even one skilled in witchcraft, was nothing more than an ant, easily annihilated with a flick of his wrist. However, Yu Tianlun's recommendation of this person might be somewhat special, so he planned to inquire first, at least to give Yu Tianlun some face.

Jiang Jin stepped forward, his expression calm, his gaze sweeping over everyone present.

"Minister Long, esteemed leaders, and officers," Jiang Jin said without flinching in front of so many powerful figures, "I am Jiang Jin, a reincarnator from the Nirvana Team."

"What is your profession?" Long Mingzhang asked.

"Hunter class, LV1 Blood Tracker"

"A hunter? Just like me," Long Mingzhang said. "Did you volunteer to go, or did Commander Yu want to give you a chance to prove yourself?"

Jiang Jin had indeed known for a long time that Long Mingzhang, like himself, was a hunter.

The difficulty of upgrading a hunter to LV5 is ridiculously high; there are only a handful of LV5 hunters in the entire country today.

"There aren't many reincarnators who choose the Hunter class, you certainly have insight." Long Mingzhang had always intended to mentor younger generations of Hunters, but the difficulty of leveling up in the Hunter class was too great. LV3 Hunters were extremely rare, and even among the few LV3 Hunters, very few could advance to LV4. In his opinion, Jiang Jin would probably only be able to advance to LV2 at most before he died, and there was almost no hope of advancing to LV3.

"But what makes you think you can join the advance team?"

Jiang Jin's voice wasn't loud, but every word was clear: "I do have some special advantages, but it's inconvenient to say them directly. However, I am aware of the strength of the Old Core Organization, and I am willing to join the vanguard and lead from the front. If I unfortunately die inside, I will have no regrets."

The conference room suddenly became quiet.

"Are you crazy?" A military general frowned. "You're going to your death for no reason. Are you trying to get your team a martyr's pension?"

Long Mingzhang also said in a deep voice, "Jiang Jin, you want to share the burden of the court, which is a good intention, but this is not the time to be reckless. You have only recently become a reincarnator and there are many things you do not yet understand. You should cherish your life and not let your family suffer the loss of their child."

In truth, given Long Mingzhang's personality, his ability to speak so amiably was already a great show of respect for Yu Tianlun, and also demonstrated a degree of affection for the younger hunter. Otherwise, he would have already kicked him out; why waste so much breath?

Jiang Jin did not back down, but instead stepped forward: "I have enough confidence that I can achieve something in this operation."

"Hahaha!" Blood Lord suddenly burst into laughter, "Good! You have guts!"

He looked at Long Mingzhang and said, "Minister Long, since he's so confident, why not let him give it a try? Anyway... there's no loss if he fails."

The last sentence was clearly malicious.

"Looks like there's going to be a good show?" Valeria leaned lazily against the Blood Lord, her black leather bodysuit clinging to her perfect figure like a second skin. As she shifted her position, her full breasts nearly spilled out from the low-cut design, and her slender waist and exaggerated hip curves created a breathtaking hourglass silhouette.

Just as the atmosphere froze, a young man suddenly stood up, strode up to Jiang Jin, and bowed deeply: "Brother Jiang, thank you for stepping forward! But your strength is too weak, so you shouldn't go and die."

Upon closer inspection, everyone realized it was Li Tianshi's son—Li Yuanxiu!

At this point, people around started talking. "I think this guy is just a newborn calf that doesn't know the immensity of the sky and the earth."

"I never would have guessed that someone would choose to walk a dead end when there's a way out!"

"I think this reincarnator might have gone astray in his cultivation, resulting in cognitive pollution?"

"It's better to let me go than to let him go!"

At this moment, a young reincarnator wearing a sequined suit and with a middle parting hairstyle walked out and struck an exaggerated pose.

"Minister Long!" He flicked his bangs, his voice rising and falling in cadence, "I am a Level 2 Priest Reincarnator, skilled in singing, dancing, rapping, and playing basketball. After two and a half years, I have finally mastered a rule-based skill—[Domain Judgment]! If this Level 1 Reincarnator dares to show his face, then what about me?"

The whole place fell silent for a moment.

The next second, a deafening laugh erupted.

"Two and a half years?" One of the reincarnators slammed his fist on the table and burst into laughter. "And he's good at singing, dancing, rapping, and playing basketball?"

"Hahaha!" someone immediately chimed in, "You're so beautiful, Chicken!"

The reincarnator's face flushed red, but he stubbornly raised his head: "What do you know! This is a rule-based skill!"

Xu Yinqiu covered her face: "Oh no, he's totally a late-stage chuunibyou."

Liu Yan stepped forward and whispered to Jiang Jin, "Is he serious?"

Jiang Jin's lips twitched: "I hope not."

However, the reincarnator actually began his demonstration. He pulled a basketball from his reincarnator watch, spun around three times, and suddenly shouted, "Domain Deployment!"

The basketball exploded with a bang.

Then he said, "This is my territory, and from now on... two rules will be in effect! These two rules are: 1. Anyone entering this territory must know how to play basketball; 2. Saying 'You're so beautiful, chicken' is forbidden. Violators will be forced to perform the Iron Mountain Lean Dance!"

"Pfft—" One of the officials spat out a mouthful of tea.

Even more outrageous, one of the reincarnators accidentally laughed out loud and said "You're so beautiful, chicken," and as a result, his body started dancing a mesmerizing dance uncontrollably, with the exact same moves as a top celebrity!
"Help!" the burly man cried, jumping up and down. "My lifelong reputation is ruined!"

The reincarnator proudly put his hands on his hips and said, "See this? This is the result of my two and a half years of cultivation!"

Then the laughter grew even louder.

Long Mingzhang was speechless. Where did this idiot come from? What use is this kind of rule-based skill to Li Ming and his group?

The corruption of rules is never that simple; there will always be a corresponding price to pay.

Long Mingzhang's eyes flickered, eager to end this farce as soon as possible. He said, "Alright, Jiang Jin, since you're so confident, then join the advance team."

He paused, then said solemnly, "As long as you can rescue President Li, I, Long Mingzhang, hereby promise—from now on, no one in Muxu City will be able to touch your Nirvana Team!"

This statement was undoubtedly the most direct warning to the Blood Lord!
Blood Lord's eyes turned cold, but he quickly regained his playful smile: "Interesting, very interesting."

The tactical meeting concluded, and everyone was assigned tasks.

At this moment, Liu Yan walked to Jiang Jin's side with a worried expression and asked in a low voice, "You dared to do this because of your Annihilation Layer Pass, right? But the other party should also have the ability to enter the Annihilation Layer, so it's still not safe, is it?"

"Don't worry, Liu Yan," Jiang Jin said, "I naturally have reliable methods."

As a result, Jiang Jin and Yu Tianlun were stopped by several reincarnators as soon as they stepped out of the command center tent.

"Kid, I think you'll just be a hindrance," a man in black sneered. "With the old core reincarnators' rules corrupted, you're just a LV1, you'll only be a free kill."

Another person scoffed: "Exactly, what if you end up turning into a scarecrow before you even manage to rescue the person?"

Jiang Jin ignored them and walked straight past them.

Yu Tianlun stepped back half a step and glanced at the group indifferently: "Just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't."

"Ha, stubborn as a mule!" the man in black sneered. "I'd like to see how he dies in there!"

Blood Lord stared at Jiang Jin's retreating figure from afar, a cold glint in his eyes.

He called Zhou Chen over and asked, "Zhou Chen, let me ask you, you've fought with Jiang Jin before, what exactly are his abilities that make him dare to join the advance team?"

Zhou Chen shook his head and said, "I really can't think of anything. There's no way to use the human head balloon meme here."

Zhou Chen has now lost his [Code of Rules] ability and all his memories related to the "Cheat Lawyer" have been completely erased. Otherwise, he would have been able to deduce immediately that Jiang Jin was the Cheat Lawyer.

Blood Lord waved his hand: "It seems that he became arrogant after fighting with you and thought he was invincible. I never expected that we wouldn't have to lift a finger."

He sneered, "The people of the old core will naturally 'treat' him well."

If Jiang Jin dies like this, Yu Tianlun can't possibly blame himself, can he? He did contribute to the situation earlier, but it was Yu Tianlun who made the suggestion in the first place, so don't blame me.

Soon, the advance team assembled outside the building.

Long Mingzhang arrived in person and said in a deep voice, "Remember, prioritize the safety of the hostages."

Ye Xiu, who was in the lead, said with a firm gaze: "Minister Long, we will definitely complete the mission."

Not far away, Blood Lord coldly watched all of this.

"It's starting," he muttered to himself. "Let's see how long you can last."

(End of this chapter)