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

One ton of high explosives.

This word, like a red-hot branding iron, was fiercely seared into the hearts of every national intelligence agency.

"FUCK!"

At the CIA headquarters in the United States, the director suddenly jumped up from his chair. His face, which had just been somewhat dazed by Lin Ye's strength, was now flushed a deep liver color due to extreme tension.

"A ton! A fucking ton! That madman planted a ton of explosives under the castle! That's enough to wipe that entire desert off the map!"

"Immediately conduct an explosion yield simulation! Assess the impact on the surrounding area!"

"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!"

The entire command center instantly descended into chaos.

North Bear, KGB Headquarters.

The bearded general swept the vodka in front of him to the ground, the sound of shattering glass particularly jarring in the deathly silent room.

"To die together? What a coward!" he roared, slamming his fists on the table. "Can our men intercept the detonation signal?"

"Reporting to the General, the signal source is directly linked to the target's vital signs; it's a physical connection that cannot be interfered with from the outside!"

Dragon Kingdom, capital city.

Chief Li's expression also became extremely solemn. He had just been excited because of Lin Ye's "Grandmaster" status, but now his heart sank to the bottom.

Even a grandmaster, whose body can withstand bullets and withstand tanks, is no match for a ton of high explosives detonating at point-blank range beneath their feet...

Can it withstand it?

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Inside the underground laboratory.

The Lord of the Abyss watched as Lin Ye stopped what he was doing, and the madness and smugness on his face intensified.

He thought he had finally found the monster's weakness.

"Scared?"

He struggled to his feet, his shrunken body making him look somewhat disheveled, but his tone was full of the arrogance of a victor.

"Now, right now, help me up and then escort me out of here like a dog!"

He pointed towards the doorway and commanded in a condescending tone, "If I leave safely, I might consider not detonating the bomb. Otherwise, you'll stay here and be buried with this greatest work of art of mine! Hahahaha!"

Lin Ye ignored his shouts.

He merely frowned slightly, seemingly deep in thought about something.

This sight further convinced the Lord of the Abyss of his judgment, and his laughter became even more arrogant.

"What? Still hesitating? The life and death of mortals may be insignificant in the eyes of a powerful being like you. But what about your own life? Are you willing to let this godlike body turn to ashes?"

Lin Ye finally raised his head.

He looked at the man in front of him who was laughing so hard he was almost convulsing, and a genuine look of confusion appeared on his face.

"Explosives?"

He spoke, his tone so calm it was unsettling.

"The detonator is connected to your pacemaker, right?"

"..."

The Lord of the Abyss's arrogant laughter abruptly stopped, as if someone had grabbed his neck with pliers.

His expression froze instantly, and for the first time, pure, undisguised horror appeared in his three blood-red eyes.

"How...how did you know?!"

He blurted out the question almost without thinking.

This life-sustaining and self-destruct system was a top secret he designed, and no one else could possibly know about it except himself!

Lin Ye stretched out his finger and pointed to his head, his expression completely matter-of-fact.

"Essential skills for working people: crisis prediction."

He explained it in a calm tone, as if sharing work experience.

"I noticed that miniature signal transmitter on your chest as soon as I walked into this lab. Its frequency is peculiar; it's constantly synchronized with your heartbeat. Combined with your half-dead state, is it really that hard to guess there's something wrong with it?"

The Lord of the Abyss's mind was blank.

Working class?

Essential skills?

What the hell is all this?!

He hadn't yet recovered from this absurd explanation.

Lin Ye moved.

He gave the other party no time to react, and the military dagger in his hand transformed into an extremely fast silver light in an instant!

"Pfft!"

A soft, sharp sound, like a blade slicing through a wire.

The cold light pierced through the gap in the tattered clothes on the Abyss Lord's chest with perfect precision, and withdrew in a fraction of a second.

The whole process was lightning fast.

The Lord of the Abyss did not even feel pain.

He just stiffly lowered his head, staring at his chest in disbelief.

There was a tiny scratch on the skin there.

Hidden beneath his skin, the core signal connection to the sophisticated miniature detonator that connected his heartbeat to a ton of explosives had been precisely severed.

The detonation process was physically interrupted.

His last trump card was gone.

"what……"

The Lord of the Abyss let out a roar that was difficult to understand. The maniacal laughter, smugness, and arrogance on his face vanished in an instant, leaving only endless collapse and despair, as if he had fallen into an abyss.

"You...you're a madman!"

He suddenly raised his head, looked at Lin Ye with eyes that seemed to look at a demon, and screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Aren't you afraid of making a mistake?! What if... what if you missed by even a millimeter?! We'd all be dead here!"

Lin Ye carefully wiped the bloodstains off the relatively clean corner of the Abyss Lord's robe with the dagger.

He blew on the blade, seemingly quite satisfied with the weapon he had stolen.

Hearing the other person's distraught question, he finally raised his eyelids and looked at him with an expression as if he were looking at an idiot.

"It's just a matter of practice."

"Now," Lin Ye put the dagger back into the snakeskin bag, then clenched his fist, making a series of crackling sounds, "I can finally complete this last mission."

"No--!!!"

The Lord of the Abyss has gone completely mad.

The instinct for survival overwhelmed everything. With the last bit of strength in his body, he suddenly leaped up from the ground, his body, which had already shrunk by more than half, like a wild beast driven to the brink of despair. He spread his arms and fiercely pounced towards Lin Ye!

He tried to take the devil who had destroyed everything with him!

Lin Ye looked at the face distorted by madness and simply sighed softly.

"Ugh, they just have to drag this out."

"I'll show you what real power is."

Lin Ye did not dodge, but slowly raised his right hand, spread his five fingers, and casually pushed forward to meet the ferocious giant face that was rushing towards him.

His movements were so slow that everyone watching on the monitor could see it clearly; it looked like a weak shove between friends.

Just as his palm was about to touch the face of the Lord of the Abyss, a visible, transparent wave of air suddenly erupted from the center of his palm!

"Bang!"

A dull, muffled sound, like a heavy object falling into a deep pool, echoed through the enormous laboratory.