Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 209 Assassination Plan
Jiang Jin's pupils contracted sharply, and the scene he foresaw in his Time-Space Deep Eyes was in stark contrast to the joyous wedding scene before him!

How can this be? ? ?

The scene flashed by in an instant, but it was already deeply imprinted in Jiang Jin's mind!

Ye Xiu is LV5! The highest class of Soul Reaper: Thousand Faces! The skills at this level are already terrifying. Whether it's [Thousand Soul Rampage] or [Death Torrent], they are enough to instantly kill a LV3 Reincarnator! Even Li Yuanxiu, who is almost LV4, is no exception!
Moreover, and most importantly... putting everything else aside, Ye Xiu also possesses his exclusive rule-based class skill, [Turtle of Achilles]! How can this be countered?

Furthermore, even assuming the worst, why would Li Yuanxiu kill his father-in-law at his own wedding? If he did, he would become an enemy of all reincarnators, his father's business would be ruined, and he would face full-scale retaliation from the Meme Contamination Monitoring Department! Long Mingzhang and Xiao Tianze were both present; capturing him, or even executing him on the spot, wouldn't be difficult!

This makes no sense from any perspective!

Jiang Jin stared intently at the groom, Li Yuanxiu, who was talking with guests not far away. The red roses on the lapel of Li Yuanxiu's suit seemed to be bleeding.

Cold sweat trickled down his forehead—according to the rules of the Space-Time Aperture, he couldn't directly speak of the foreseen future! He wasn't willing to bear the consequences of violating the rules!

Yu Tianlun and Liu Yan both noticed Jiang Jin's unusual behavior, while Tang Zhengzhe sneered and said, "What? Are you trying to play tricks? It's just You Tong, you think I've never seen a hunter-class reincarnator before?"

Jiang Jin was caught in a dilemma.

The scenes seen by the Space-Time Deep Eye cannot be spoken of, and even if they were... would anyone believe them?

No matter how many security measures are taken at the wedding, it can't protect against a mole! But is Jiang Jin really going to run up to Ye Xiu and say: There's a mole, call off the wedding?
"Brother Jiang Jin!"

Just then, a familiar voice came.

It turns out that members of the Bloody Gang had come to attend the wedding.

The moment the bloodthirsty team entered, they attracted most people's attention. Accompanying the Blood Lord was Chen Chongming, the deputy director of the Meme Contamination Monitoring Department. It's worth noting that Chen Chongming was not a reincarnator, but a pure bureaucrat.

The imperial court couldn't allow the reincarnators to completely control the Membrane Contamination Monitoring Department, so it arranged for officials appointed by the court to supervise and check it. And everyone knew that Chen Chongming was the backer of the Bloodthirsty Team.

Wu Ge also came to the wedding with Blood Lord. He spotted Jiang Jin immediately and ran over.

This is also the first time Jiang Jin and Wu Ge have met since that convenience store horror arc.

"Wu Ge?" Jiang Jin was pleasantly surprised to see him. After all, the two had a deep bond forged through shared life-and-death experiences.

This was the first time Yu Tianlun and the others had met Wu Ge, though they had heard Jiang Jin mention him several times. However, they had only recently learned that he was the adopted son of the Blood Lord, which made them feel somewhat awkward.

Yu Tianlun had heard before that Blood Lord had adopted the son of their deceased team member, Wu Zhiping, as his godson. However, Blood Lord had protected Wu Ge so well that very few people knew any specific information about this godson.

Tang Zhengzhe was also stunned. He didn't know who Wu Ge was, but he had seen him standing next to Blood Lord. Then he recalled that Blood Lord did indeed have an adopted son.

“Brother Jiang Jin?” Wu Ge waved his hand in front of his eyes. “You look terrible.”

At this moment, a middle-aged lady dressed in luxurious clothes walked over and said to Tang Zhengzhe, "Zhengzhe, what are you doing?"

"Oh, Madam!" Tang Zhengzhe said respectfully, "It's nothing, I'm entertaining guests."

"Vice Minister Chen is here. Please come with me."

The elegant lady before her was Ye Xiu's wife and Ye Yinghuo's mother. She knew that Tang Zhengzhe was her husband's beloved disciple and had always been loyal to him, so she wanted him to have more face in front of the leaders of the Membrane Contamination Monitoring Department.

"Yes, Master's wife!" Tang Zhengzhe's attitude in front of his master's wife was extremely respectful, showing no trace of his arrogant attitude just now.

At the entrance of the banquet hall, waiters began to push in a seven-tiered wedding cake, with two doll-like figures of the bride and groom on top.

Then, Long Mingzhang and Xiao Tianze led the entire Holy Temple team into the arena!

“Wu Ge,” Jiang Jin looked at the boy in front of him and said, “I ask you, among the cursed items, are there any that can kill someone across two levels?”

Wu Ge had originally planned to exchange pleasantries and catch up with Jiang Jin, but he didn't expect Jiang Jin to ask this question.

"Although I am a sorcerer, in my memory, to achieve this, one must use a rule-based item. Even sorcerers find it difficult to easily master such items. Moreover, even if it is a true case of leveling up, it has almost no impact on LV4 and LV5."

Yu Tianlun nodded and said, "Under normal circumstances, professions that mainly use curses, such as sorcery, black magic, and witches, have the highest priority in the reincarnation system for witches' curse skills. But even for rule-based skills, crossing two levels is still too difficult. At least, I haven't heard of it."

Jiang Jin glanced at his watch... There were still 25 minutes until the scene he had a premonition of appeared!

In 25 minutes, Ye Xiu will die at the hands of Li Yuanxiu!
Jiang Jin would never have believed such a thing if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes!
And he had no way to remind Ye Xiu!
So what to do?
To prevent this from happening, the only option is to subdue Li Yuanxiu in advance!

but……

I'm going to beat up Li Yuanxiu? Really?

Li Yuanxiu is a near-LV4 witchcraft reincarnator! Each of his witchcraft techniques can kill enemies of a higher level! In other words, he is essentially a LV4 himself!

Jiang Jin was able to wipe out the Old Cores before because the rules domain created by the Old Cores themselves was powerful enough for him to utilize and kill them! But now that condition is no longer present, what can he do? If he had that ability, he would have killed the Blood Lord long ago!
Of course, he could have killed the Blood Lord in the Realm of Rules before, but killing a Soul Prison Lord could potentially incur a fatal backlash! Back then, Lin Ye, even after being demoted and no longer a Soul Refiner, wanted to see if his death would bring a powerful backlash of resentment to the Ghost Customer. The backlash of resentment from the death of a Soul Prison Lord would certainly kill Jiang Jin. This is why he didn't use the Realm of Rules to kill the Blood Lord before.

Modifying the monthly rules? That wouldn't make a difference! There are no rules that the Changming District needs to follow this month!

The miracle of instantly killing the old core organization cannot be replicated! In the end, Jiang Jin is just a newly promoted LV2 reincarnator!
unless……

Jiang Jin said to Yu Tianlun, "Commander, I need to go to the restroom first."

"Oh, go ahead."

Jiang Jin decided to do everything he could to save Ye Xiu's life!

There are two main reasons.

First, Ye Xiu is the head of the restricted area management section of the Membrane Contamination Monitoring Department. If the team can be completely befriended, it could provide significant advantages for future training within the restricted area. Currently, membrane leaks occur intermittently around the restricted area, and the material layer is almost in a state of collapse; what will happen in the future is unknown.

Secondly, his family is currently in quarantine, and their future is unpredictable. Even if they survive, the old nuclear organization is likely to exact brutal retaliation against them!
Under such circumstances... if Jiang Jin can save Ye Xiu, he will gain a huge favor, and Ye Xiu will definitely do everything he can to protect his family!

At this moment, in the dressing room backstage of the wedding, Ye Yinghuo looked at herself in the mirror, wearing a pure white wedding dress.

Bernadette was carefully adjusting her veil, while Di Nanyin was kneeling on the ground, smoothing out the wrinkles in her skirt.

It must be said that the bride in the mirror was stunningly beautiful, but Ye Yinghuo's bright eyes held a hint of barely perceptible unease.

There was a gentle knock on the door, which was then pushed open.

Ye Xiu walked in, and Benedetta and Di Nanyin immediately bowed. Ye Xiu's gaze softened the moment it fell on his daughter, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up.

"dad……"

Ye Yinghuo turned around, her voice trembling slightly, as if she was suppressing some kind of emotion.

Ye Xiu walked in and nodded to Bernadette and Di Nanyin. The two tactfully stepped aside, and Bernadette even winked at Ye Yinghuo: "Let's go see how the groom's preparations are going."

After saying that, the two quietly left the dressing room and closed the door behind them.

The room fell silent, leaving only the father and daughter.

Ye Yinghuo took a deep breath, her fingers unconsciously stroking the lace patterns on the wedding dress.

“Dad, I…” She bit her lower lip, “It was my fault for being stubborn and making you undo the ‘Tortoise of Achilles’…”

Ye Xiu chuckled, shook his head, and walked up to her.

He reached out, his fingertips pausing slightly just before touching his daughter's cheek—because of the [Turtle of Achilles], a near-heavenly rule-based skill that prevented him from touching anyone. Normally, he only activated this skill at home with his wife and daughter; in any public setting, he kept it permanently active.

But today is different; today is the wedding day of his only daughter! Although it's an arranged marriage, he has thoroughly investigated his prospective son-in-law. Li Yuanxiu is handsome, but also very virtuous. During his university years, countless girls pursued him; most men would have slept with hundreds of women, but he never had any scandals with any of them. He is a man who is serious and responsible in relationships, and someone you can entrust your life to.

His palm finally gently touched his daughter's cheek, and the warm touch sent a shiver down his spine.

Ye Yinghuo's eyes instantly reddened, and she subconsciously rubbed her palm against her father's, just like when she was a child.

"Silly girl," Ye Xiu's voice was deep and gentle, "if you can't even hold your daughter's hand at her wedding, what's the point of keeping this skill?"

Ye Yinghuo's tears finally fell, but she quickly raised her hand to wipe them away, afraid of ruining her makeup. "But... if you unlock this skill, you'll instantly become an ordinary person and won't be able to use any professional skills, right? Maybe... we should just forget about it?"

Ye Xiu smiled, withdrew his hand, and casually flexed his wrist: "At the wedding, your Uncle Long and Uncle Xiao will be there. Security has already been taken to the extreme. The Reincarnators have also performed divination in advance. The people of the Old Core are not gods. How could they possibly overcome all these obstacles to assassinate me?"

Ye Yinghuo smiled through her tears: "That's true."

She turned around to face the mirror, with Ye Xiu standing behind her, his hands gently resting on her shoulders. Their figures were reflected in the mirror; the father's gaze was tender yet complex.

"Time flies," Ye Xiu said softly. "It feels like just yesterday you were a little kid, and today you're getting married."

Looking at her father in the mirror, Ye Yinghuo replied softly, "Dad, I'm sorry to have troubled you with my worthless daughter. If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't have been able to marry the person I love."

“My daughter,” Ye Xiu said, looking at the breathtakingly beautiful bride in the mirror, “is worthy of all the best men in the world.”

“That’s why I practice even harder,” Ye Yinghuo said softly, “thinking that one day I’ll be strong enough that you won’t have to help me anymore…”

Ye Yinghuo looked at her father in the mirror, her eyes slightly red, but with a smile.

"Dad, do you remember me when I was little?" she said softly. "Back then, I always pestered you to take me to the amusement park."

Ye Xiu's gaze softened, and his fingers gently stroked the pearl hair ornament in her hair: "How could I not remember? You insisted on riding that carousel, but you got so dizzy after three rounds that I had to carry you home in the end."

Ye Yinghuo chuckled: "You weren't as busy back then as you are now."

“Yes,” Ye Xiu sighed, “Later, you grew up and no longer needed me to carry you, nor did you pester me to go to the amusement park.”

Ye Yinghuo turned around and looked up at her father: "But I still need you now."

Ye Xiu gently pinched her cheek: "Silly girl, you will always be my little princess."

Then, Ye Xiu stretched out his arm: "Come on, I'll see you out."

Ye Yinghuo took her father's arm, feeling the long-lost warmth in his touch—this was the first time since she grew up that she had been able to truly touch her father in public.

“Dad,” she said suddenly, “thank you.”

Ye Xiu didn't answer, he just gently patted the back of her hand.
Outside the wedding hall, Li Yuanxiu politely greeted the guests.

"Mr. Li, congratulations." A woman in a dark purple dress stepped forward and extended her hand.

Li Yuanxiu grasped her hand and felt a slight vibration from her fingertips—that was the coded message from the Insect Nest team.

“Miss Zina,” he nodded slightly, his voice calm, “thank you for attending our wedding.”

A meaningful smile played on the woman's lips: "How could I possibly miss such an important day?"

Li Yuanxiu calmly released her hand, took two glasses of champagne from the waiter's tray, and handed her one: "I heard you just returned from Blue Rainbow Academy? I heard Korean horror dungeons are quite dangerous these days."

"It's alright. There's no danger like the rumors." Zina took a sip of champagne, her words carrying a hidden meaning.

Li Yuanxiu glanced around, and after confirming that no one was paying attention, he lowered his voice and asked, "Did you bring the things?"

Zina gently patted the Reincarnator's watch: "It's all here. The High Priest's divination indicates today is an 'auspicious day.'"

A cold glint flashed in Li Yuanxiu's eyes, but it vanished in an instant: "Then, proceed according to plan after the wedding begins."

“Of course,” Zina chuckled, “I wish us a pleasant collaboration.”

She turned gracefully and left, blending into the crowd of guests. Li Yuanxiu watched her retreating figure, the smile on his lips gradually fading.

Soon, as the orchestra played the wedding march, all the guests stood up.

Ye Xiu, arm in arm with his daughter, walked slowly down the flower-strewn aisle. Ye Yinghuo's wedding dress shimmered under the lights, like a dream woven from moonlight. Her gaze pierced through the veil and landed on Li Yuanxiu, who was waiting at the end of the aisle.

Li Yuanxiu stood there, his face calm, but his eyes gleaming with a complex light. As Ye Yinghuo approached, he reached out and gently took the bride's hand.

Ye Xiu watched as his daughter's hand was held by another man, his heart filled with mixed emotions, but in the end he still let go of his hand.

"Take good care of her," he whispered to Li Yuanxiu.

Li Yuanxiu nodded solemnly: "I will, Father-in-law."

(End of this chapter)