Ling Cage: Twelve Talismans? I have everything I need.

Chapter 196 Showing Off My Skills (Please Subscribe, It's Going to Die to Keep Reading)
The attendees included His Majesty Helu of the Hela Empire, the Eastern Executive Officer of Heluo, the leader of Jerera, Mongert, and the President of the Kingdom of Zeon, Silverleaf.

"It's quite a large-scale operation."

Yang Chen, who was in his apartment in Jiuchuan City, glanced at the contents of the document and smiled at Bai Yuekui beside him: "It seems that it's time to lay everything out in the open."

Bai Yuekui nodded slightly.

The heavily guarded conference center in the capital of the Hela Empire.

The atmosphere in the deepest, circular conference room was heavy.

Beside the enormous oval conference table, four figures wielding immense power within the Coastal Alliance and even globally were already seated.

Dong Mu remained calm and composed.

Mongert of Jelayra sat in silence.

President Silver Leaf of the Kingdom of Zeon had a more gentle appearance, but there was an unyielding worry between his brows.

According to the information Dongmu gave her, Gene, a country composed of many small islands, would be the fastest to perish.

His Majesty Helu, seated in the main seat, wore the highest-ranking ceremonial robes of the Hela Empire, his face dignified and his eyes deep.

He sat quietly, radiating an invisible pressure. His gaze occasionally swept over Dongmu, but mostly lingered on the tightly closed door.

They were waiting for someone, someone who, according to Dongmu, could determine the future.

“Executive Officer of Dongmu,” Helu finally spoke.

"You've repeatedly assured us that this 'Yang Chen' can answer all our questions and prove the so-called 'doomsday prophecy.' Hopefully, he won't let us down; otherwise, all this fuss..."

"Your Majesty Helu, please be patient," Dongmu replied calmly. "Mr. Yang Chen will arrive soon. As for whether he can prove it, I think you will be able to judge for yourselves after you see it with your own eyes."

Just then, a figure appeared in the center of the conference room without warning, as if he had always been there.

It was Yang Chen.

He was dressed in simple casual clothes, which stood out from the formal attire of everyone else present.

This unexpected entrance caused the pupils of the three people, except for Dongmu, to suddenly contract.

The guard in the corner of the conference room even placed his hand on the weapon at his waist.

Helu's eyelids twitched as he suppressed the shock in his heart.

Yang Chen first nodded slightly to Dong Mu as a greeting, then calmly swept his gaze over Helu, Menggelt, and Yinye.

"Your Majesty Helu, Leader of Mongert, President of Silverleaf." Yang Chen's voice reached everyone's ears, "Nice to meet you, I am Yang Chen."

Helu forced himself to maintain his imperial demeanor and spoke in a deep voice: "Mr. Yang Chen, your entrance was astonishing. But that proves nothing. How do you intend to prove the authenticity of the so-called 'Mana Ecosystem' and the doomsday future described by Executive Officer Dongmu? What we need is irrefutable evidence, not images that can be forged through technological means."

Although Mongert and Silverleaf did not speak, they were also waiting for Yang Chen's answer.

Yang Chen's expression remained unchanged as he turned his gaze to Dong Mu.

Dongmu nodded slightly, indicating that he would handle everything.

"Proof? I'll show you with my own eyes."

Before he finished speaking, the scene around the entire conference room suddenly changed.

In just a moment, when their vision cleared again, they were horrified to find that they were still sitting at the oval conference table, with Dong Mu and Yang Chen still in their original positions.

However, the conference room's magnificent dome, sturdy walls, bright lights... everything disappeared.

Instead, there was an endless, gloomy sky, and the air was filled with heavy dust and the smell of decay.

As far as the eye could see, there were only broken walls and ruins, with twisted metal skeletons protruding from the fragments. In the distance, the outlines of some buildings with distinctive features of the Hela Empire could be vaguely discerned.

"Where...where is this?!" His Majesty Helu suddenly stood up, looked around, and for the first time, horror appeared on his majestic face.

He recognized it; this place... was clearly the capital of the Hela Empire, only now it had been completely reduced to ruins.

"As you can see, this is the Hela Empire," Yang Chen's voice rang out. "As for the Jela Lands..."

“Most of your cities are built underground, and the mantle vines penetrate them directly.”

Finally, his gaze turned to President Silverleaf: "And Gene... those islands have all sunk to the bottom of the sea."

President Silver Leaf frowned, his lips pressed tightly together, and he remained silent.

Dong Mu had already told her all of this.

Helu stared at everything before him, trying to find any flaw: "What technology did you use to simulate all of this?! AHS?"

“Simulation?” Yang Chen said softly.

It's no wonder that Helu would ask that question. Only his brain is original; the rest of his body is made of silicon. It's possible to simulate a real scene in his mind.

But in an instant, a roar came from the shadows of the distant ruins.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of ferocious Devouring Beasts suddenly sprang out, their eyes locking onto the people around the conference table.

The guards behind Helu reacted extremely quickly, raising their electromagnetic guns almost instantly.

"Protect Your Majesty!"

Several beams of blazing white light shot out instantly, hitting several of the leading pan-evolving Devouring Beasts.

The impact exploded on their bodies, and one snake-dog's body was even pierced through.

However, a chilling scene unfolded.

The wounds healed quickly, and even the snake-dog that had been pierced only struggled on the ground for a moment before shaking its head and standing up again.

"What?!" the guards exclaimed in shock. They were equipped with the Empire's most advanced individual weapons, capable of penetrating heavy armor, yet they were having little effect.

His Majesty Helu's expression changed completely. He couldn't contact SITA; this was truly another world.

Yang Chen took in everyone's reactions, his tone remaining calm: "It seems the weapon isn't very effective."

"Do you need a more direct experience... like, personally experiencing what it feels like to have your life essence drained?"

As he spoke, several Devouring Beasts charged straight at Helu and Menggelt, who were standing at the front.

Meanwhile, Dong Mu, who had been silently observing, had somehow quietly moved to stand behind Yang Chen.

The guards' weapons were no match for him; it was a split second.

[Dragon Blast] A blazing pillar of fire roared from Yang Chen's palm, instantly engulfing the several Devouring Beasts that pounced on him.

The terrifying heat even distorted the surrounding air. The Devouring Beasts were completely vaporized in the pillar of fire, leaving not even a trace of ash.

The pillar of fire continued its momentum, crashing straight into the horde of Devouring Beasts surging from behind, and then exploded violently!

"Boom!!!"

The deafening explosion sent shockwaves and flames spreading outwards, blasting dozens of Devouring Beasts to pieces. Limbs and stumps flew through the air amidst the flames, clearing a large area in an instant.

However, the number of Devouring Beasts here far exceeds expectations.

Unlike the mainland, which had been cleared out by Dragonbone Village over a long period of time, the mana ecosystem on this wasteland grew and multiplied almost without restriction.

From the distant ruins, more dark figures emerged, their roars rising and falling, dense and seemingly endless.

Drawn by the life-giving essence here, they swarmed toward the conference table from all directions, forming a desperate horde of beasts.

Helu, Mengert, and Silverleaf, along with their guards, were all terrified by the boundless beast tide, their faces turning pale.

While Yang Chen's attack was indeed powerful, his individual strength seemed insignificant in the face of this seemingly endless sea of ​​monsters.

Just then, Yang Chen's figure slowly floated up and left the ground.

He looked down at the surging tide of beasts below, his eyes calm and undisturbed.

The next moment, a blinding light suddenly shone in his eyes.

Two blazing laser beams shot out from his eyes, like the gaze of death sweeping over the beast horde.

Wherever the laser passed, the Devouring Beasts were cut and pierced, then burned and exploded in the high temperature.

At the same time, violent flames once again gathered in his palms, and concentrated dragon-exploding fireballs rained down on the beast horde below like a meteor shower.

boom! boom! boom! boom!
The continuous explosions and flames shooting into the sky created a raging sea of ​​fire that engulfed the swarming Devouring Beasts.

The air was filled with the strange smell of burning and the pungent odor of the Devouring Beasts being scorched.

Yang Chen hovered in the air, and within a few dozen seconds, the area within a radius of several hundred meters centered on the conference table had been transformed into a raging sea of ​​fire.

The previously endless tide of Devouring Beasts was forcibly cleared out into a scorched area under the crushing force of this absolute power.

The flames around Yang Chen died down, and he slowly fell from the sky back to the ground.

He looked at the completely stunned Hru, Menggelt, and Silverleaf, who was still shocked despite being somewhat prepared.

"Now," Yang Chen looked at each leader, "can we continue our discussion on the specifics of the cooperation?"

As Yang Chen finished speaking, an eerie silence fell over the ruins of the conference room, broken only by the crackling sound of flames burning the remaining debris in the distance.

Just then, Dong Mu, who had been standing behind Yang Chen as if he were just an observer, made a move.

He calmly took out a simple, antique-looking wooden box from his inner pocket.

The box was opened, and inside were several pills neatly arranged.

"Everyone," Dongmu broke the silence, pushing the wooden box to the center of the table.

"The 'scented mist' here is harmful to the body if inhaled for a long time. This is a specially made antidote pill; just swallow it."

He had made preparations in advance.

Helu looked at the few seemingly ordinary pills, then glanced at Dongmu and Yang Chen, who both appeared calm.

He doesn't need to take the antidote pills, but he feels that his silicon-based body is somewhat sluggish.

He looked into the distance, where a bewitching Mana flower was taking root.

magnetic field
Seeing this, Montgomery and Silverleaf each took one and swallowed it.

After taking the antidote, the discomfort they had felt earlier was indeed gone. They looked around at the scorched earth that Yang Chen had cleared single-handedly, and further away at the scene that represented the destruction of the Hela Empire.

The three leaders' mindsets have changed.

Helu looked at Yang Chen: "Mr. Yang Chen, CEO of Dongmu... what should we do?"

President Silver Leaf nodded: "Gene will do its utmost to coordinate resources, share genetic engineering technology, and... begin relocating some people to allied regions."

Mongert added, "Jelaira is willing to provide resources."

Yang Chen looked at the three people whose attitudes had completely changed and nodded slightly: "Very good. Then let's leave here first and go back to talk in detail."

"Specific cooperation frameworks, technology sharing, resource allocation, and... how to deal with disasters that have not yet occurred in our world all need to be finalized as soon as possible."

He raised his hand and waved gently.

The surrounding flames, scorched earth, ruins... everything vanished.

The next second, everyone felt the soft carpet beneath their feet, smelled the fresh air in the conference room, and saw the magnificent and bright dome and walls.

Everyone felt the soft carpet beneath their feet, smelled the fresh air in the conference room, and saw the magnificent, bright dome and walls.

However, silence still enveloped the conference room.

His Majesty Helu slowly lowered his head, his gaze falling on the smooth, mirror-like conference table.

There, a few scorched bits of earth lay quietly.

In his mind, he connected with SITA, the artificial intelligence of the Hela Empire.

"SITA, report on what just happened in the meeting room."

After a brief delay, SITA's emotionless voice echoed directly in his mind: "Your Majesty. It was detected that you and other leaders disappeared from surveillance three minutes ago."

Hlu remained silent.

He raised his head and looked at Yang Chen again, his eyes now completely different.

Dong Mu took in everyone's reactions and coughed lightly: "Everyone, now that we have witnessed the future, I think we can skip the pointless questioning and get straight to the point."

"The Coastal Alliance urgently needs to integrate resources and share technology to prevent the world we live in from collapsing."

"To repeat the same mistakes."

(End of this chapter)