We offered you a summer job, but you went and became a mercenary?

Lei Hu dared not be negligent in the slightest. He grabbed Zhao Gang by the collar and led dozens of Chinese special agents to hide behind the three heavy armored off-road vehicles.

Xia Wanqiu covered her ears tightly with both hands and squatted down by the car door.

Lin Ye took a deep breath and pressed the launch button with his thumb.

boom--!

An extremely terrifying recoil flowed back through the gun barrel.

The dark brown rock beneath Lin Ye's feet instantly shattered, creating two deep cracks and sending fragments flying everywhere.

A miniature nuclear warhead, less than half a meter long, spewed a blinding azure tail flame, instantly breaking the sound barrier and leaving a straight trail of white smoke in mid-air.

It struck the key point of the hundred-meter bronze gate with perfect accuracy.

There was no deafening explosion.

Because in that instant, the sound was completely swallowed up by the terrifying energy.

A burst of extremely dazzling pure white light exploded in the sky above the basin.

The light instantly overshadowed the sun.

Even hundreds of meters away, Lei Hu and the others, hiding behind the off-road vehicle, were blinded by the intense light, their eyes watering and unable to open.

Followed by.

A devastating physical shockwave swept outwards in a ring from the bronze gate.

A layer of rock on the basin's surface was forcibly scraped off.

The heavy laser defense towers in the western camp that hadn't been moved in time were like paper toys in the face of this shockwave. They were blown into the air and melted into molten iron in mid-air by the extreme heat.

Three heavy armored off-road vehicles shook violently, their bulletproof glass covered with a dense network of cracks.

A small, dark red mushroom cloud slowly rose from the depths of the Kunlun Mountains, piercing the sky.

The extremely violent energy storm lasted for a full two minutes before gradually subsiding.

Lei Hu shook his head, which was still buzzing from the shock, and stood up, holding onto the car door.

He opened his tearful eyes and looked up at the sky.

midair.

The ancient bronze gate, hundreds of meters high and engraved with ancient array patterns, had its array points completely disappeared at the seams, replaced by a huge, charred gap.

The ancient seal was forcibly torn apart by physical nuclear annihilation.

Accompanied by an extremely dull, metallic scraping sound, as if it came from the ancient wilderness.

The massive bronze door slowly opened to both sides.

A surge of white spiritual energy, hundreds or even thousands of times more concentrated than before, poured out of the door like a tangible waterfall, instantly covering the entire basin.

Zhao Gang took a deep breath, and his face, which had been deathly pale due to the loss of his arm, visibly regained its color.

"This concentration of spiritual energy...it's outrageous!" Zhao Gang was so excited that he trembled all over.

Lin Ye casually tossed the scalding hot nuclear launcher into the red, white, and blue snakeskin bag.

He dusted himself off, tilted his head back, and peered through the thick white mist of spiritual energy into the world beyond the door.

Behind the door lies a vast world completely separate from modern society.

A continuous, verdant mountain range.

A group of dilapidated ancient buildings suspended in mid-air.

What caught Lin Ye's eye the most was the nearest slope behind the door, which was densely covered with various plants that emitted a faint glow.

Some are shaped like lingzhi mushrooms, with a purple glow surrounding them.

Some resemble ginseng, with golden veins flowing across their leaves.

Any one of these plants, if placed on the black market, would be a priceless treasure that would cause major ancient martial arts families to fight tooth and nail for.

Now, these things are like cabbages, growing all over the mountains and fields.

Lin Ye, carrying a red, white, and blue snakeskin bag, led the way across the charred bronze ancient door.

The world inside the door was a completely different place.

In the distance, the enormous rocks defied the law of universal gravitation, dangling brazenly in mid-air.

Lei Hu, accompanied by dozens of fully armed special forces soldiers, followed closely behind.

The moment they stepped across the threshold, their professional habits kicked in.

"All personnel on alert! Take cover!" Lei Hu shouted in a low voice.

Dozens of special forces soldiers quickly dispersed, holding assault rifles, and formed a standard tactical defensive formation back to back.

The gun barrel scanned every rock around them with extreme vigilance.

Zhao Gang gripped the dulled tactical dagger tightly with his remaining hand, his muscles taut.

In this unknown ancient realm, any mutated beast that suddenly appears could take their lives.

Just when everyone's nerves were stretched to the limit.

thump.

thump.

Two muffled thuds followed.

Behind the column, two ordinary special forces soldiers carrying guns suddenly lost their balance and collapsed straight onto the dark brown rocks.

The two men rolled their eyes, foamed at the mouth, and their limbs began to twitch uncontrollably.

Lei Hu was greatly alarmed.

"Poison gas! Put on your gas mask!" Lei Hu ripped off the tactical mask from his waist and hurriedly put it on his face.

Xia Wanqiu walked in carrying a heavy tactical backpack, glanced at the team member convulsing on the ground, and quickly waved his hand.

"Commander Lei, don't wear it anymore, it's not poison gas." Xia Wanqiu opened the black notebook. "The ancient books say that this secret realm has been sealed for thousands of years, and the concentration of spiritual energy inside is hundreds or thousands of times that outside. Their martial arts foundations are too weak, and their bodies cannot withstand such a high concentration of energy. This is spiritual energy intoxication."

Xia Wanqiu pointed to the outside of the bronze door.

"Quickly drag them outside to get some fresh air, otherwise their internal organs will be burst by the spiritual energy."

Lei Hu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly directed several veterans to drag the person out.

The team hasn't had time to reorganize yet.

Suddenly, a very crisp friction sound came from ahead.

Lei Hu turned his head.

Lin Ye didn't care about any defensive formation or spiritual energy intoxication.

He spread the red, white, and blue snakeskin bag with a big hole on the ground, grabbed the hem of his shirt with both hands, and rolled up the tattered sleeves of his T-shirt to his elbows.

Lin Ye stared at the slope covered with glowing plants in front of him, his eyes practically gleaming with green light.

"One plant sells for ten million, ten plants make a small goal." Lin Ye muttered to himself as he suddenly exerted force with his feet.

He shot straight out.

He walked up to a plant that was emitting a purple glow.

The plant was as big as a washbasin, surrounded by a purple glow, and the surrounding spiritual energy even condensed into water droplets on its leaves.

Lin Ye completely lacked the reverence that ancient martial artists held for rare and precious materials.

He bent down and grabbed the cap of the purple lingzhi mushroom with his right hand.

Pull it up with force.

A crisp snapping sound.

Along with a large clump of dark brown mud underneath, the entire purple Ganoderma was uprooted.

Lin Ye glanced at the mud at the base of the plant with disdain, then banged his hand twice on the rock next to him.

Mud was flying everywhere.

Lin Ye casually tossed the purple jade Ganoderma lucidum, which could cause a bloodbath on the black market, into the snakeskin bag.

"This one isn't good quality; there's a wormhole on its cap. It won't fetch a high price." Lin Ye turned and shouted at Xia Wanqiu, "Make a note of this one. Give it a 20% discount; let's say eight million."

Xia Wanqiu stood there, her hands trembling uncontrollably, almost unable to hold the pen.

"Lin Ye! That's a Purple Jade Lingzhi!" Xia Wanqiu stamped her feet anxiously. "Ancient books say that to harvest this level of spiritual herb, you must use a specially made jade knife to cut the root, otherwise a large amount of its spiritual energy will be lost!"

"Why be so particular?" Lin Ye walked up to a ginseng with golden veins, grabbed a leaf and lifted it up. "Isn't this how you pull up radishes? What's a little loss of spiritual energy? It's enough to buy an apartment in downtown Jiangcheng."

Lin Ye ignored all advice and attacked with both hands.

Weeding, knocking off mud, and bagging.

All in one go.

Their movements were so practiced it was heartbreaking.

Lei Hu, Zhao Gang, and the others, guns in hand, watched Lin Ye rampage ahead, their worldviews shattered.

This is a legendary ancient secret realm!

The multinational coalition forces outside fought so fiercely to get in that their brains were practically spilling out.

Everyone else enters cautiously, afraid of triggering some ancient formation or awakening some ancient ferocious beast.

This major general is quite something.

They completely treated this place like a vegetable garden on the outskirts of Jiangcheng.

In less than ten minutes.

The huge red, white, and blue snakeskin bag was already half full.

Various colorful natural treasures were haphazardly stuffed together, their spiritual energy so concentrated that it even formed a white halo around the opening of the bag.

Lin Ye wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand and patted the bulging snakeskin bag with great satisfaction.

"This business trip was really worth it." Lin Ye grabbed the handle of the snakeskin bag with one hand, slung it over his shoulder, and said, "Let's go see if there's anything more valuable up ahead."