Weird, my gaming life

The cold sewage soaked Lin Yuan's body, but instead of making him feel cold, it brought him a strange sense of comfort.

The cold, eerie power on his shoulder seemed to have found its kind, greedily merging with the surrounding filth and accelerating its corrosive effect.

The beams of three powerful flashlights intertwined to form a net, pinning him firmly to the spot.

Heavy, rhythmic footsteps echoed along the metal walkway, growing ever closer.

"Target locked, vital signs are weak, energy response has dropped to the critical point."

"Identity confirmed: a young child, matching the description on the wanted poster."

Cold, emotionless synthesized electronic voices communicated through the helmet's built-in communication channel, the sound reverberating slightly in the empty tube.

Lin Yuan leaned against the pipe wall and slowly raised his head.

Three soldiers dressed in black exoskeleton armor surrounded him in a triangular formation.

Their armor had sleek lines, with hydraulic devices at the joints emitting a slight hiss. Their helmets were completely sealed, and a scarlet monocular camera gleamed ominously in the darkness.

The leading soldier raised his arm, and a dark gun barrel was pointed at Lin Yuan.

"Target, surrender and come back with us for investigation."

Lin Yuan twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile that was hard to tell whether it was mockery or pain.

He could feel that the trace of true energy that he had finally managed to recover in his dantian was now being forcibly and rapidly drawn away by the "strange power" on his shoulder, making it difficult to even maintain basic movements.

"Captain, be careful, he's taken down an A-level Ghost Domain." A slightly younger voice sounded in the communication channel, tinged with wariness.

"What tricks could a child who's exhausted be playing?" the soldier known as the captain said calmly. "Execute Plan B: use the 'sedative gel' and make sure to capture him alive."

As soon as he finished speaking, a dark blue light flashed from the muzzle of the gun.

An energy began to gather.

Lin Yuan's eyes shone with an astonishing light at that moment.

This is what he's been waiting for.

He has no chance of winning in a direct confrontation. He can't outrun these armored vehicles either.

His only chance of survival lay in the enemy's attack.

That strange "rule" power is essentially an extremely yin and cold power, which counters the yang true energy of his yang cold jade skill, yet shares the same origin as the cold jade true energy.

That's why it could cling to him so stubbornly.

To expel it, you either need to forcibly burn it with far superior Yang energy, or... use another, more powerful external force to break its "balance" with your body.

"emission!"

At the captain's command, a fist-sized ball of blue gel shot towards Lin Yuan's chest with a slight whooshing sound.

It was extremely fast and at a tricky angle, sealing off all his possibilities of dodging.

Lin Yuan did not dodge.

Just as the gel was about to touch him, he mobilized all the remaining Crimson Sun True Qi in his body without reservation.

He neither used this wisp of true energy to attack nor to defend.

He did something extremely crazy.

He used this wisp of true energy to actively "draw" the cold and eerie power on his shoulder, causing it to slam into his body!

boom!

It was like a drop of cold water falling into a pot of boiling oil.

Two completely opposite forces exploded instantly in Lin Yuan's meridians!

At the same time, the blue sedative gel accurately hit Lin Yuan.

With a "poof," the gel exploded, turning into a large net that firmly stuck him to the tube wall.

"Target under control." The young team member breathed a sigh of relief.

But before he could finish speaking, something unexpected happened!

Centered on Lin Yuan's right shoulder, an indescribable and terrifying energy fluctuation suddenly erupted.

That wasn't true qi, nor was it some strange power; it was the purest and most violent destruction produced when two forces clashed and annihilated each other!

A shockwave, visible to the naked eye, spread out.

"Warning! High-intensity energy burst detected!"

"Get out of there! Get out of there quickly!"

The captain's horrified roar rang out in the channel.

But it was all too late.

The two soldiers who were hit first had their exoskeleton armor emit a piercing metallic twisting sound as they were thrown away by the sudden shockwave and crashed heavily into the opposite pipe wall.

Lin Yuan let out a muffled groan of suppressed pain.

The flesh and blood on his right shoulder, along with the viscous blue gel, were completely ripped away by the explosion from the inside out, revealing the stark white bones.

The excruciating pain surged like a tidal wave, almost overwhelming his consciousness.

But he laughed.

That lingering, bone-chilling feeling finally disappeared.

Although he paid a heavy price, he finally broke free from the "curse" that had been constantly devouring his life!

Within his dantian, the Crimson Sun Cold Jade Technique operated spontaneously without any obstruction, and streams of new true energy began to be generated continuously.

"Cough cough... What is that?"

"My energy shield has been breached by 30%!"

The surviving captain struggled to his feet. He looked at Lin Yuan, who was still stuck to the wall by the gel remnants, his right shoulder a bloody mess, yet he was smiling at him. A chill ran down his spine.

This kid... he's fucking insane!

Although it is unknown how he unleashed such a powerful energy fluctuation, judging from the child's miserable appearance, the price must have been considerable.

Such ruthless and decisive methods should never come from a six-year-old child.

"Don't let him recover! Shoot!" The captain made a decisive move and raised his gun again.

Lin Yuan pushed off the pipe wall with both feet.

His newly restored true energy erupted instantly, and he burst forth like a cannonball, forcefully breaking free of the gel's restraints and rushing deeper into the pipe.

Several beams of energy grazed his body, leaving several dark holes in the wall behind him.

"Chase him! He can't have gone far!"

The captain roared and, with the last member of his team, strode off after them.

Lin Yuan ran frantically through the dark pipes.

The excruciating pain in his right shoulder made every breath he took a nerve-wracking experience, but his internal energy was recovering at an astonishing rate.

The innate realm of connecting the Ren and Du meridians revealed its true power at this moment.

As long as he doesn't die instantly, as long as he has a breath left, he can continuously recover during the battle.

This is also why Lin Yuan dared to do such a thing. Before entering the Innate Realm, his physical strength could not withstand such torment. If things went wrong, his meridians would be shattered, and he would become a cripple.

However, now that he has become a Xiantian expert, his physical strength and recovery speed have long surpassed those of ordinary people. If it weren't for the residual rules of the Koi Fish Ghost, he wouldn't be in such a sorry state. Overall, it was because he was careless and thought that once he became a first-class expert, he wouldn't need to worry about the strange things in reality.

It can only be said that there is always a higher mountain than the one above; every world is the same.

Lin Yuan did not turn around, but his mental energy firmly locked onto the two pursuers behind him.

They were moving very fast; their exoskeleton armor allowed them to move through the sewage as if it were flat ground, and the distance was gradually closing.

"This can't go on."

A resolute glint flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.

He abruptly changed direction and plunged headfirst into a narrower branch pipe.

"He's gone into tunnel B-9! That's a dead end!" came the young team member's voice.

"Surround him! Don't give him any chance!"

Lin Yuan weaved through the narrow pipes, the footsteps behind him growing ever closer.

Finally, he reached the end of the line.

A cold wall blocked all his paths.

"Let's see where you run now!"

Two powerful flashlights illuminated Lin Yuan's face as the captain, with a sinister grin, approached step by step.

Lin Yuan leaned against the wall, breathing heavily, as if he had reached the end of his rope.

"Surrender, kid, you're out of options."

Lin Yuan looked up at them and suddenly asked, "You...aren't from the Su family?"

The captain paused for a moment, then sneered: "We are the South City Guard, specializing in dealing with 'abnormal entities' like you who don't follow the rules."

"The city guards..." Lin Yuan repeated in a low voice.

"Now you're scared? Too late!"

The captain raised his hand, and the muzzle of his gun was once again aimed at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan smiled and pointed to the ground.

"Who says I have no way out?"

The captain subconsciously looked down.

In that instant, Lin Yuan unleashed all the true energy he had been accumulating for so long, slamming it down onto the ground beneath his feet!

Vajra Wrathful Dragon Tiger Fist!

Although this punch wasn't as earth-shattering as the Vajra Subduing Demon, it still contained the might of a dragon and a tiger!

Boom!

A loud bang.

The ground beneath their feet, already fragile due to its age, was instantly blasted into a large hole.

"not good!"

The captain's expression changed drastically. His footing gave way, and his body plummeted uncontrollably downwards.

Using the force of the recoil, Lin Yuan's figure swung upwards like a falling leaf, grabbing the wires at the top of the pipe with both hands, and nimbly flipped his body, landing steadily on the edge of the opening.

He looked down at the two city guards who had fallen into the pipes on the next floor and were now completely disoriented.

"goodbye."

Without pausing, he turned and ran back the way he came.

That's the real direction to the central district.

This time, there were no pursuers.

Despite the excruciating pain, Lin Yuan pushed his lightness skill to its limit, his figure becoming a blur in the dark underground world.

After an unknown amount of time, an unusual light appeared ahead.

The pungent stench in the air gradually faded, replaced by a faint smell of disinfectant.

Lin Yuan stopped in his tracks.

The sight before him caused his pupils to shrink slightly.

He was still in the sewers, but the sewers here were completely different from the dirty and dilapidated ones he had seen before.

The walls are no longer rough concrete, but a smooth, flat alloy.

The water at my feet was still murky, but it had lost some of its pungent, nauseating smell.

Every ten meters, there is a floor lamp emitting a soft white light.

At the end of the passage, a dense, impenetrable net of light, woven from countless red lasers, completely blocked the way ahead.

In front of the optical network, there is a metal sign.

[WARNING: This is the jurisdiction of the Central District ahead. Unauthorized trespassers will be killed on sight!]