I chose the safe house, and the Human Alliance regretted it.

The sky changed color.

The night was pierced by a golden ray, like molten lava pouring down from a crack in the sky, all converging on Jiangnan City.

That gold wasn't sunlight, nor was it superpowers; it was an ancient, chilling light, like a colossal beast that had slumbered for millennia opening its eyes.

Everyone in Jiangnan City was stunned.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Old Liu burst into a fit of madness, his laughter echoing through the night sky, so jarring it sent chills down one's spine.

"The rumors are true!" Old Liu roared, his eyes bloodshot. "You fools, perish with me!"

Behind him, the league's top officials remained silent.

The heads of the Zhang and Xie families, in particular, showed a hint of despair when they saw the sky turn golden, but they quickly felt relieved.

They were skilled in deduction and knew this day would come.

I just never expected this day to come so quickly and so completely.

The strange celestial phenomena, coupled with Old Liu's incoherent ramblings, made many people uneasy, and they subconsciously distanced themselves from Old Liu.

Everyone looked up at the sky, wondering what had happened.

The strange fluctuation swept over the people of Jiangnan City, hovering, gathering, and surging in the sky above the city.

The night sky over Jiangnan City was bathed in golden light, like inverted crimson gold, illuminating the entire city as if it were daytime.

Meanwhile, within the Dragon Kingdom, the rampaging beast tide seemed to sense something terrifying, and all of them prostrated themselves on the ground, their massive bodies trembling, and low whimpers emanating from their throats.

The golden-eyed beast lay on the ground, its golden pupils filled with terror.

Wang Wei's expression changed slightly.

He wasn't worried that the golden canopy would be detrimental to him.

However, under the illumination, he discovered that all of the Alliance's underground bases, thousands of meters deep, had self-destructed and been completely destroyed at the same time!

One, two, three... those underground fortresses hidden deep in the Dragon Kingdom's mountains, built at the cost of countless resources, exploded one after another like firecrackers being lit.

Flames erupted from the ground, turning the dark night sky a deep red.

Seed base at the foot of a mountain range in the Dragon Kingdom.

The young man in the white shirt was discussing the next steps with several companions.

"boom--"

A violent explosion came from beneath my feet, as if the ground had been ripped up from below.

The young man in the white shirt was thrown into the air and crashed into the ceiling; the sound of his spine breaking was clearly audible.

"Self-destruction? Why did this happen!" he roared, blood and foam at the mouth. "We were humanity's last hope! Why did this happen!"

No one answered him.

The entire underground space collapsed in the explosion, and the reinforced concrete was torn apart like paper.

These carefully selected "seeds," on which the elites placed high hopes, were swallowed up by flames and rubble before they could even react.

The bespectacled young man was showering in his private room, the water washing over his body.

The massive impact of the explosion caused him to fall out of the bathtub and onto the cold floor, fracturing bones all over his body.

"No...no..." he murmured, reaching for his glasses that had fallen to the ground.

Before my hand could even touch it, the ceiling collapsed.

In another underground research base, Wang Teng was in the rune research room.

The earth shook violently, and cracks spread across the walls like a spider web.

Even though the underground structures here are made of special alloys, they were still shattered by such a powerful self-destruction.

"Buzz—" The rune array let out its final wail before exploding.

Dark gold fragments scattered everywhere, like a rain of deathly flowers.

Wang Teng looked at the fragments and suddenly smiled.

He recalled the excitement he felt when he first encountered runes, and remembered his initial desire to unlock their secrets.

Unfortunately, he didn't live to see the day when the solution was found.

"boom--"

Everything vanished into nothingness.

Everyone in the underground base was instantly vaporized, without even having time to scream.

The underground research institute at the Beijing base.

Professor Lin is observing a set of experimental data in front of a microscope.

She had been working for several days and nights in a row, her eyes were bloodshot, but her hands were as steady as a machine.

She didn't care how many people died outside, how many human bases were left, or what the world would become.

She was busy with her research.

however,

"Boom—" The earth groaned.

"No—" She suddenly raised her head, her face ashen.

The alarm blared in the corridor, and red lights flashed wildly.

She knew what this meant—the self-destruct program had been activated.

It wasn't her who started it; it was someone with higher privileges.

"My research isn't finished yet..." she murmured, as if she had lost her soul, "Why...why..."

She turned and rushed to the lab table, trying to salvage the precious samples and data.

But she only ran two steps before the explosion occurred.

All of Dragon Kingdom's bases collapsed simultaneously, the earth cracked open, and countless flames shot out of the ground, like a collective eruption of underground volcanoes.

"Buzz—"

A strange roar echoed across the land of the Dragon Kingdom, carrying a hint of sorrow, resounding through the night sky.

Wang Wei's pupils suddenly contracted.

"This is... a dragon?"

The locations of these explosions, when illuminated, were linked together, forming a vast, winding shape in Wang Wei's mind.

It was no coincidence, no accident—the locations of those bases, when viewed from above, formed a line.

A winding line that stretches for thousands of kilometers.

Dragon veins.

The dragon vein of the Dragon Kingdom.

"Hahaha……"

Old Liu has gone mad.

He stared at the golden sky above the capital, and tears welled up in his eyes as he laughed.

"This is the consequence of forcing our way in! You yourselves have destroyed the last vestige of the Dragon Kingdom's dragon energy!"

He suddenly stood up, his face contorted in a grotesque grimace, like a demon crawling out of hell: "Destroyed by you fools! Destroyed by you, you sinner!"

He turned to look at Wang Wei, his eyes filled with hatred: "The dragon's energy is exhausted, life is cut off, and heaven and earth are withering! This is my last trump card!"

Suddenly, an old man in the crowd spoke up: "Kill him! Don't let him continue to harm everyone!"

A word to awaken the dreamer.

The old man's words enlightened everyone present.

Regardless of whether what Old Liu said is true or false, the fact that this madman continues to live will only bring more disasters.

"Kill me?" Old Liu reached into his pocket and pulled out a palm-sized jade compass.

The compass is dark blue all over, and its surface is covered with fine patterns, like some kind of ancient script, or a miniature of mountains and rivers.

"This is the Dragon-Stabilizing Compass!" Old Liu shouted, holding the compass high. "If I die, this last wisp of dragon energy will completely dissipate! Once the dragon vein is severed, not a blade of grass will grow on the land of the Dragon Kingdom! Do you want to be buried with me?"

Upon hearing this, those who were itching to make a move stopped.

Whether Old Liu's words were true or false, no one dared to act rashly.

Looking at the group of people he had intimidated, Old Liu couldn't help but smile.

Even without superpowers, I can still control these people!

The depth and foundation of the alliance is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

He has lived most of his life, seen too many storms, and knows how to find a way to survive in desperate situations.

Wang Wei remained silent, like a spectator watching a play.

However, this dragon-fixing plate aroused his interest.

With a wave of his hand, Wang Wei instantly brought the compass from Old Liu's hand to his.

Old Liu was stunned, staring blankly at his empty palm.

He didn't even see how Wang Wei made his move.

The compass felt cold and heavy to the touch, neither like a stone nor like metal.

This material...

Wang Wei's gaze sharpened.

The compass and the building materials in Yuxu are of the same origin!

Just then, a mechanical voice rang in his mind:

"Residual material detected, redeemable for 10 trillion security points. Redeem now?"

Wang Wei's eyes lit up.

Ten trillion!

A single compass is worth trillions of security points.

This already surpasses the remaining seven stone towers of the Seventh Purgatory.

nice one.

"Exchange," Wang Wei murmured.

The compass disappeared from Wang Wei's hand in the next second.

Old Liu's eyes widened, almost popping out of their sockets: "I...I ordered the Dragon Plate!"

"That's all." Wang Wei looked at Old Liu, his tone indifferent.

He paused, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes: "You...do you have any more trump cards up your sleeve?"

Wang Wei was truly tempted.

One compass is worth ten trillion; he wished Old Liu could take out a few more of these wonderful things.

However, his words took on a different meaning when they reached Old Liu's ears.

Do you think he doesn't have enough trump cards?

Old Liu's face turned a deep liver color.

His authority was stripped away bit by bit.

He was like an emperor stripped naked, standing in the crowd with nowhere to hide.

"That's all?" Wang Wei's voice suddenly turned cold. "Then you're of no value either."

Old Liu tensed up, and cold sweat poured down his back.

He saw death in Wang Wei's eyes.

"Kill me, and everyone will die with you!" Old Liu screamed hoarsely, his voice trembling. "You dare?"

Wang Wei smiled, a smile devoid of any warmth: "Is that so? Now that you mention it, I'm even more eager to try."

As he spoke, he strode toward Old Liu.

Take your time, like taking a stroll.

Old Liu instinctively backed away, staggering and nearly falling.

"Are you really going to drag all of humanity down with you?"

"Everyone will die!"

"The entire human race!"

"..."

Wang Wei took a step, and Old Liu said a word.

But his voice grew softer and softer, his confidence waned, and it sounded more and more like a plea.

Everyone understood.

Old Liu, the highest authority in the alliance, the old man who once used "the big picture" to crush countless people—felt timid.

The higher the position, the more afraid of death one becomes.

Perhaps he really does have a trump card up his sleeve, one that can drag everyone down with him.

But someone like him clearly values ​​his own life more.

"Wait!" Old Liu's tone shifted abruptly, a hint of humility in his voice. "I even delivered supplies to you! Who approved those supplies in the early stages of the disaster? It was me!"

"We have no grudge against each other, why be so aggressive?"

Wang Wei stopped and looked at him.

"Do you have any other cards up your sleeve?" Wang Wei asked.

Old Liu's face turned ashen.

He still has.

But that really was the last step!

Wang Wei held out his hand: "Give it to me."

Old Liu's face twitched.

His body was trembling, his lips were quivering, and his eyes were filled with a mixture of hatred and fear, like two flames that could never be extinguished.

"You...you really want to drag everyone down with you?" Old Liu was unwilling to give up and made a last-ditch effort.

"Maybe," Wang Wei said casually, "but I won't die."

Old Liu understood what Wang Wei meant.

At that moment, an old man in gray robes behind him suddenly spoke up: "Old Liu, we won't survive."

Old Liu's body trembled.

The old man in gray said softly, his tone calm: "To die together, at least we can have some dignity."

Old Liu's expression changed several times.

He knew the old man in gray was right.

They won't survive.

From the moment Wang Wei returned, they knew they were doomed.

But he was not willing to give up.

He was unwilling to die like this, unwilling to be judged by these "fools", and unwilling to hand over the empire he had built up over a lifetime.

"Click—"

A crisp sound of porcelain shattering came from inside Old Liu's body.

The sound wasn't loud, but it carried clearly throughout the entire city of Jiangnan.

Immediately afterwards—

"boom--"

The golden sky trembled violently.

The golden light curtain, which had gathered the last trace of dragon energy of the Dragon Kingdom, seemed to have been blown open from the inside, with cracks spreading like a spider web, becoming denser and deeper.

Wang Wei frowned slightly as he looked at the golden sky riddled with cracks.

He was unaware of any danger.

However, the next second——

Wang Wei suddenly turned around and looked in the direction of Yuxu.

The white mist over Yuxu is dissipating.