I lent my brother 500 yuan, and he offered his wife as collateral.

……

The villa's living room was brightly lit.

The hands of the grandfather clock point to ten o'clock.

Qin Feng looked at the "rubbish" scattered all over the ground—black stones reeking of fish, rusty lumps of iron, a piece of rotten wood, a dark red stone, and a handful of five-colored soil.

This is his trump card in the fight against the assassin.

"Exchange for the Five Elements Tracing and Trapping Formation Diagram."

Qin Feng issued the command in his mind.

[Ding! 1000 Treasure Points consumed.]

[Remaining Treasure Points: 200.]

[The battle formation diagram has been distributed. Instructions to proceed?]

"instill."

boom--!

A massive, obscure stream of information suddenly flooded my mind.

Finding auspicious burial sites, determining the eight trigrams, and analyzing the flow of the earth's veins... countless golden lines intertwined in his eyes, dismantling the hillside villa into a giant three-dimensional model.

Qin Feng shook his head to suppress the dizziness, and his gaze sharpened again.

"Brother Feng..."

Su Qingxue huddled in the corner of the sofa, hugging a cushion, watching Qin Feng stare blankly at the air, then looking at the strange things on the floor, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice:

"Are you... are you preparing to perform a ritual? I've seen Taoist priests on TV setting up arrays when they exorcise ghosts..."

She was scared, but even more curious.

Qin Feng snapped out of his reverie, looked at those large, inquisitive eyes, and his expression suddenly turned serious.

"Qingxue, we are people who have received nine years of compulsory education, we should believe in science."

Qin Feng pointed at the Geng metal and lightning-struck wood on the ground and spoke nonsense with a straight face:

"This is not a ritual, it's called 'environmental magnetic field interference science'."

"Look, this metal contains a special radiation frequency that can interfere with the human nervous system; this piece of wood is a carbonized polymer material that can change the refractive index of light."

"I'm setting up a high-tech defense system to create illusions for the bad guys."

Su Qingxue listened in a daze, only vaguely understanding.

Although I couldn't understand it at all, since it was Brother Feng who said it...

"Yes!" She nodded vigorously, her eyes resolute. "I believe in Brother Feng! I believe in science!"

Qin Feng coughed lightly and turned away, trying to suppress his laughter.

This girl is so easy to fool that he feels a little guilty.

"Start construction."

Qin Feng picked up the "Essence of Geng Metal" and strode towards the villa's main entrance.

This is the Gate of Death, the entrance that all assassins must pass through.

He lifted a marble tile in the entryway, revealing a complex network of pipes underneath.

With the help of the [Divine Eye of Treasure Appraisal], Qin Feng found an extremely tricky angle—the point where the underground evil energy and electric current converged.

"go."

Qin Feng embedded the Geng metal into the node and flicked his finger sharply.

hum-

A low-frequency hum, inaudible to most people, rang out.

In an instant, an aura of chilling menace, barely perceptible to the naked eye, spread out from the gate and covered an area of ​​ten meters in radius.

Su Qingxue originally wanted to come and take a look, but as soon as she got near the entrance, she suddenly covered her neck and shivered.

"hiss……"

She rubbed her arms, looking around in horror. "Brother Feng, what happened? I think a knife just grazed my neck. It was so cold..."

That wasn't a real knife; it was the sharp metal energy emanating from Geng metal, which could directly affect a person's sensory nerves.

Those who enter this gate are like walking on a mountain of knives.

"That's a skin illusion caused by magnetic field resonance, a normal physical phenomenon," Qin Feng explained without changing his expression, and casually put the floor tiles back on. "Don't run around, stay on the sofa."

With the metal position settled, the next step is the wood position.

Qin Feng arrived at the garden on the side.

This is the gate of life, the only way to survive, but he wants to turn it into a dead end.

Qin Feng casually tossed the priceless "thousand-year-old lightning-struck jujube wood heart" into the weeds nearby.

He then moved several potted Podocarpus macrophyllus trees to block certain angles of view.

As the lightning-struck wood returned to its original position, a miraculous scene unfolded.

The streetlights in the garden seemed to be distorted by some invisible force.

There is clearly only one straight road, but it looks like countless roads are overlapping each other, bizarre and wonderful, like a kaleidoscope.

Su Qingxue glanced out the floor-to-ceiling window and immediately felt dizzy, unable to distinguish between the sky and the ground.

"Is this also... a refraction?" Su Qingxue murmured to herself, her admiration for Qin Feng growing even stronger.

Science is so amazing!

Next is the water level.

Qin Feng returned to the living room and moved the fish tank to the north, to the water level.

He didn't change the water; he just took a deep breath and slammed his right palm against the side of the fish tank.

The subtle force penetrated deep, reaching the bottom of the cylinder.

The sealed "Essence of the Ten Thousand Year Cold Pool" was suddenly activated!

sizzle-

The originally murky and yellowish water quickly turned clear and azure, and then wisps of white, cold smoke rose from it.

"Beep—! Beep—!"

The central air conditioning control panel suddenly lit up with a red warning light: "Warning! Room temperature has plummeted! Sensor malfunction!"

The living room, which was normally kept at a constant temperature of 26 degrees Celsius, dropped to below zero degrees Celsius within seconds!

A layer of dazzling frost flowers formed on the windowpane.

Su Qingxue sneezed from the cold and quickly wrapped herself tighter in the small blanket, but she still felt the cold air seeping into her bones.

"Is this... also science?" Su Qingxue's teeth chattered. "It's... much faster than air conditioning."

After arranging the "Changhua Dahongpao Chicken Blood Stone" in the same way, the temperature returned to 24 degrees Celsius.

Metal, Wood, Water, and Fire—the four elements have been formed.

Next is earth.

Earth resides in the central palace, harmonizing the five elements.

If the key point of the formation is placed incorrectly, the elements of metal and wood will clash, and water and fire will be incompatible, making the entire formation like a poorly made explosive device.

Not only will it not kill anyone, it will blow the villa to smithereens first.

Qin Feng held the handful of "Five-Colored Soil from the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum" in his right hand and paced back and forth in the center of the living room.

"No...it's still not right."

According to the array diagram, the central position of this villa should be in the exact center of the floor.

But his divine eyes saw that the earth's energy there was dissipated.

"Damn it, the previous developer must have disturbed the foundation and severed the dragon's lair, causing the formation's core to keep shifting."

Qin Feng was extremely anxious.

As time ticked away, there was less than an hour left until midnight.

If we don't find that loose balance, tonight's battle probably won't work!

"Brother Feng?"

Seeing Qin Feng pacing around covered in sweat, Su Qingxue assumed he was suffering from the heat, so she poured him a glass of warm water and came over.

"Have some water and rest for a bit..."

She walked carefully, unaware that a thin layer of frost had formed on the floor due to the cold air from the cold pool stone.

Just two steps away from Qin Feng.

Slurp—!

Su Qingxue slipped, lost her balance, and fell forward!

"what!"

With a gasp, the water glass in her hand flew out, and she crashed into Qin Feng.

Qin Feng was completely focused on deducing the formation's core and was caught off guard by this attack.

boom!

The two collided head-on.

Qin Feng's hand trembled, and the handful of "Five-Colored Soil" that was related to life and death was all spilled out in a splash!

"Oh no!"

Qin Feng's heart clenched.

Once the five-colored soil takes root in the ground, the entire formation will be ruined if the location is incorrect!

Finished!

Qin Feng instinctively tried to catch it, but it was too late.

The colorful soil traced a parabola in the air, but instead of scattering on the ground, it all mysteriously fell into a crack in the floor tiles.

The surroundings were eerily quiet.

Qin Feng stood frozen in place, his mind blank.

No matter how much they planned, they never expected to be betrayed by their own people.

however--

Just as he was about to run away with Su Qingxue.

[Ding! Core array eye detected to be back in place!]

[Formation activated!]

[Hint: Host's assistant, Su Qingxue, accidentally placed the Five-Colored Soil at the 'Hidden Dragon's Throat'!]

[Hidden Dragon's Throat: A free-floating node after a ley line fracture; there's only a one in a billion chance of hitting it!]

[The Five Elements Trapping and Killing Array has mutated... and is undergoing upgrades!]

[Congratulations! The formation has been upgraded to 'S-Rank Minor Five Elements Annihilation Formation'! The formation's power has increased by 100%! Its killing aura has increased by 200%!]

boom--!!!

The entire villa suddenly shuddered, as if a sleeping giant beast had turned over underground.

Immediately afterwards, a visible pale purple ripple spread out like water from the inconspicuous vent.

hum-

Ripples swept across the living room, across the garden, and across the fence.

Those bizarre and fantastical illusions vanished in an instant.

What followed was a layer of faint, almost tangible white mist.

The fog didn't obstruct vision, but it gave people an extremely dangerous, sticky feeling.

Qin Feng stared at all of this in disbelief.

He took out his phone and opened the compass app.

The pointer on the screen was spinning wildly.

outside the window.

A nightingale had probably gotten lost and was trying to land on the villa wall to rest.

However, its claws had barely touched the air above the wall.

puff!

There was no sound.

He fell directly from the sky, his fate unknown.

"..."

Qin Feng's Adam's apple bobbed.

Is this the S-level Annihilation Array?

This is like turning a villa from an air-raid shelter into a nuclear weapons depot!

"Waaaaah... I'm so sorry, Feng-ge!"

Su Qingxue scrambled to her feet, ignoring the pain in her knees. Looking at the water stains on the floor and her empty hands, tears welled in her eyes.

"I spilled the dirt... Did I mess up? Are we going to die?"

She was terrified.

He thought he had destroyed Qin Feng's "scientific defense system" with his move.

Qin Feng slowly turned his head to look at the girl who looked innocent but had created a peerless killing formation with a backhand.

At this moment, he finally understood just how valuable the [Luck Level: SSS] really was.

How can this be considered auspicious for a husband?

It's like God is chasing after you to feed you, and even chewing the food up before feeding it to you!

"No, Qingxue."

Qin Feng took a deep breath, walked over, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, his smile gradually turning fervent.

"You didn't mess it up."

"This fall turned our house from an air-raid shelter into a nuclear weapons depot."