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

Lin Ye kicked open an alloy cabinet containing organs of an unknown organism; inside were nothing but bottles and jars.

"A remote control will do! Is there anything that can be turned on?"

He overturned the throne of the Lord of the Abyss, which was made of pure obsidian, revealing that it was empty beneath.

Analysts from major intelligence agencies around the world stared in disbelief at the killing machine on the screen via high-definition satellite. After taking down the final boss, instead of destroying evidence or looting the spoils, the killing machine was... causing destruction in the laboratory?

He kicked over the priceless experimental equipment like trash, smashed the computer mainframe containing core secrets to pieces, and cursed under his breath, as if searching for something of utmost importance.

"What is he doing? Setting up some kind of delayed-detonation trap?"

"No! Look at his movement pattern, he's conducting a random search! He's definitely destroying any trace that could reveal his identity! So professional! So cautious!"

"My God, he even dismantled the BOSS's throne! Is there a secret passage underneath?"

Just when everyone was completely baffled, Lin Ye suddenly stopped moving.

He stood in front of a metal wall at the deepest part of the laboratory, listened intently, and then, without hesitation, punched it!

"boom!"

He smashed a huge hole in the special alloy wall, which was half a meter thick.

Behind the wall lies a hidden world.

It was a huge hangar, but there wasn't a single car inside. Instead, there was a small, futuristic-looking aircraft, all black and with a streamlined aesthetic.

It looks like a helicopter, but it has no propellers. On both sides of the fuselage are two vector engine nozzles that can deflect freely. The cockpit is a fully enclosed dark glass structure, full of futuristic technology.

"There's always a way out!"

Lin Ye's eyes lit up instantly when he saw this thing.

He rushed over in three strides, pulled open the high-end-looking gull-wing door, and jumped directly into the cockpit.

Inside the cockpit, the dense array of buttons and more than a dozen holographic displays is enough to make any pilot's scalp tingle.

But Lin Ye only glanced at it.

[Ding! Host has been detected to have come into contact with the unknown vehicle XV-77 Dark Star. The [All-Terrain Vehicle Driving Mastery] skill has been automatically applied!]

The next second, those ridiculously complex operating systems instantly became as simple as breathing in his eyes.

He didn't even need to think; his hands created a series of afterimages on the control panel.

"Buzz—"

With a low, energetic roar, the entire aircraft was slowly illuminated, and the nozzles of the two vector engines glowed with a ghostly blue light.

"I'll accept this transportation subsidy without hesitation!"

Lin Ye grinned, grabbed the control lever, and pulled it up sharply!

"Boom—!!!"

The thick layer of rock camouflage on the top of the castle was ripped off from the inside by a violent force!

The black "Dark Star" aircraft shot vertically into the sky like an arrow, hovered gracefully in the air, then changed direction, its vector engine spewing out two long blue tail flames as it headed towards Dubai Airport!

……

Dragon Kingdom, Command Center.

The young staff officer asked疑惑地问道：“Is he heading towards the airport?”

Commander Li stared at the black dot on the screen, which was moving so fast it almost left a blur, and took a deep breath.

"check!"

He slammed his hand on the table and gave the order.

"Immediately tell him which plane he needs to board, and its final destination!"

……

Inside the cockpit of the "Dark Star," everything was as steady as a rock.

While skillfully operating this aircraft, which was at least twenty years ahead of Earth's technology, Lin Ye also had the leisure to turn on the environmental control system inside the cabin.

"Tsk, this air conditioner is pretty good, the cooling effect is quite good."

He felt the cool air rushing towards him and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"This summer job was a total rip-off. There wasn't even a high-temperature allowance. This awful weather in the Middle East is killing me with heat."

Suddenly, a piercing red alarm sounded in the cockpit.

"Warning! Warning! Energy is running out!"

"The power system will shut down in thirty seconds!"

Lin Ye looked down and saw that the energy display on the dial had turned a glaring red and was rapidly depleting.

"Holy crap?!"

Lin Ye's face instantly turned green.

"Seriously?! This piece of junk has such terrible battery life?!"

He jerked the control stick, trying to find a place for an emergency landing.

Looking out through the porthole, all you could see below was yellow sand.

Thirty seconds later.

With a final, reluctant whistle, the entire aircraft lost power, turning into an expensive lump of iron, and plummeted straight down into the desert below.

······

A few minutes later.

In a stretch of sand dunes.

Lin Ye crawled out of the wrecked "Dark Star" with a dusty and dirty face, and also fished out the red, white and blue snakeskin bag.

He checked the navigation on his phone; it was about 30 kilometers to go.

He glanced down at the Rolex in his hand again.

There are fifteen minutes left before the plane takes off.

"..."

The next second, Lin Ye slung the snakeskin bag over his back and assumed a standard starting position for a 100-meter sprint.

"There's still time."

His figure left an afterimage in the spot, and he ran wildly towards the airport at a speed that exceeded human limits!

As he walked into the airport terminal, searching for his boarding gate.

Just then, a dark web forum appeared.

Once again, it crashed due to a sudden surge of traffic exceeding its capacity by a hundred times.

When that high-resolution close-up photo of the face, stained with blood and sand, was uploaded to the completion verification section of the "Lord of the Abyss" bounty, the dark web's servers crashed for a few seconds due to excessive traffic.

This ultimate bounty, issued anonymously by five major powers with a reward of up to one hundred million US dollars, remained untouched for three whole years.

Today, he was soloed by a newcomer codenamed "Shura" in less than twelve hours.

Then came a three-minute-long silence.

The entire underground world exploded.

After the technicians restarted the highest-level backup server, they were instantly overwhelmed by an indescribable wave of fear and fervor.

Final Chapter: The End of an Era, the Abyss is History.

The poster was an official administrator of the dark web.

The post contained no words, only segments of blurry, noise-reduced video footage.

The video was obtained by unknown hackers who risked being hunted down globally by the intelligence agencies of the five major powers by extracting a fragment from the encrypted communication chain of a military satellite.