Pretending to be a genius starts with the civilization advancement assessment.

Chapter 159 Suppression by Rules
Meanwhile, the General Staff Headquarters.

Zhou Donglai strode into the combat monitoring and analysis room, his face unusually serious, his eyes filled with an unprecedented solemnity.

When he entered, all the staff members instinctively straightened their backs.

"Attention everyone!" Zhou Donglai's voice echoed in the silent monitoring room. "The following orders are top secret and must not be disclosed to anyone. Violators will be subject to military law!"

The monitoring room was completely silent, with only the faint hum of the instruments running.

"Immediately mobilize all available satellites to lock onto the location of Principal Lin Yi's Starburst fighter jet and conduct real-time tracking and monitoring!" Zhou Donglai ordered in a deep voice. "At the same time, order all Dongfeng short-range ballistic missile units to enter a state of first-level combat readiness and be ready to provide fire support at any time!"

"Yes, sir!" The communications officer immediately began relaying the orders.

As soon as the order was given, the monitoring room immediately became busy.

Operators' fingers flew across the console, sending commands through the highest level of encryption to all parts of the country.

On the holographic screen, red dots representing missile forces quickly lit up on a national map.

Meanwhile, at missile bases across the country, Dongfeng short-range ballistic missile launchers slowly drove out of warehouses and deployed at designated positions, their massive launch tubes gleaming coldly in the sunlight.

The operators quickly took their positions, the missile system entered standby mode, and the launch tube slowly rose, ready to launch at any time.

Zhou Donglai stared intently at the real-time satellite monitoring screen with a stern expression, his hands unconsciously gripping the armrests of the command chair.

"Report: All Dongfeng short-range ballistic missiles are on standby and ready to launch at any time!"

The screen clearly showed the Starburst fighter hovering fifty kilometers away, and in the distance, a dark purple giant elephant that resembled a mountain range.
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Fifty kilometers away, Lin Yi hovered in mid-air, completely unaware of the General Staff's deployment.

His entire attention was focused on the dark purple giant elephant in the distance.

This creature, named "Netherworld Giant Elephant" by the General Staff, exudes a chilling energy fluctuation, and its terrifying aura of millions of energy points causes the surrounding air to distort slightly.

The colossal elephant was roaring uneasily, its sound waves stirring up clouds of dust across the Gobi Desert.

"You're quite perceptive. It's a pity we can't delay any longer; let's start with the rules."

Thinking of this, Lin Yi gently raised one hand, his five fingers spread out, as if plucking invisible strings in the void.

"Suppression!"

As those two casually uttered words fell, the sky above the Abyss Giant Elephant suddenly changed color, and a golden thundercloud abruptly formed above its head.

The thundercloud was neither too big nor too small, just enough to completely envelop the enormous body of the giant elephant.

Within the thunderclouds, countless fine golden lightning bolts darted about, emanating a chilling, rhythmic energy.

"Roar!"

The colossal elephant of the abyss let out a roar of alarm and fury.

It suddenly found itself to be incredibly difficult to manipulate the rules; the source energy that was once as easy to control now seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, its operation sluggish.

However, it doesn't know why it's being attacked or where the attack is coming from, so it can only attack its surroundings randomly.

It swung its long nose wildly, and a dark purple beam of energy shot out from the tip of its nose, instantly leveling a small hill several kilometers away.

Then, it raised its huge elephant leg and stomped it on the ground, causing the earth to shake violently. A crack a hundred meters deep spread across the Gobi Desert, and countless low-level abyssal beasts were reduced to dust under this terrifying attack.

The power of the Star Core level was on full display. Every attack contained earth-shattering force, tearing apart the surrounding air and causing space to tremble slightly.

The Abyss Giant Mammoth rampaged wildly under the golden thunderclouds as if it had gone mad, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake and accidentally killing a large number of low-level abyss beasts, but it still could not find the source of the attack.

Lin Yi hovered in the distance, coldly watching the giant elephant's impotent rage, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"This situation arises when there is a significant gap between the level of one's soul and one's understanding of the rules. The weaker party doesn't even know how they were attacked."

He then slowly raised his right hand, his fingers pointing outwards like a sword, and held it above his head.

The Soul Weapon Myriad Manifestations Sphere that had been hovering beside him instantly disintegrated, transforming into countless tiny silver specks of light. These specks of light, as if drawn by an invisible force, converged above his sword finger, forming a rapidly spinning silver whirlwind.

"buzz"

The silver whirlwind emitted a deep hum as it spun faster and faster.

As the rotation accelerates, the whirlwind begins to contract inward, eventually condensing into a high-speed rotating silver cone.

The silver cone is about three feet long, entirely silver-white, with mysterious light patterns flowing across its surface.

Immediately afterwards, with the injection of Lin Yiyuan's energy, purple, gold, and red lightning began to appear on the silver cone, intertwining and condensing, emitting crackling and popping sounds.

Soon, the three-colored lightning intertwined and eventually merged into a deep black lightning bolt.

The black lightning, like ink, soaked into the silver cone, gradually turning it a deep black from the tip.

When the last bit of silver disappeared, the silver cone had completely transformed into a black cone radiating terrifying energy fluctuations.

The distant abyssal giant seemed to sense the deadly danger and became increasingly agitated.

It raised its head and let out a deafening roar, launching two fierce attacks on the golden thunderclouds above.

"Boom! Boom!"

Two thick purple energy pillars shot into the sky and slammed into the golden thunderclouds.

However, these two attacks, which were powerful enough to destroy the city, seemed to have hit nothing; the golden thunderclouds only rippled slightly before returning to normal.

A flicker of fear crossed the giant elephant's eyes.

It stomped the ground hard, and the crimson patterns all over its body suddenly burst forth with dazzling light.

A thick energy shield instantly formed, completely enveloping its massive body.

This energy shield is a deep purple color, tens of meters thick, and its surface flows with crimson energy like lava, clearly possessing astonishing defensive capabilities.

Lin Yi's eyes sharpened, and he suddenly swung his raised arm down.

"go with!"

The black silver cone transformed into a thin, hair-like black ray of light and vanished from its spot in an instant.

This black beam of light was faster than the limits of visual perception, as if it had directly traversed the distance of space. One second it was in front of Lin Yi's sword pointing, and the next second it had already appeared in front of the giant elephant's energy shield.

"puff!"

A soft, piercing sound rang out.

The black silver cone pierced through the giant elephant's energy shield, which was tens of meters thick, as easily as a hot knife through butter.

Only a tiny hole remained on the shield, without leaking out even a trace of energy fluctuation.

The giant elephant's pupils suddenly contracted; it sensed the approach of death.

But it's too late.

The black silver cone, after piercing the shield, did not lose any speed and struck the giant elephant directly on the forehead.

"laugh!"

A fainter, penetrating sound followed.

The black silver cone pierced through the giant elephant's forehead and exited from the back of its head, bringing with it a spray of dark purple blood.

(End of this chapter)