Apocalypse: The Primordial Pearl Recognizes Its Master, Starting with Infinite Space

Lin Chen leaned back in his chair, his gaze lazily sweeping over the tense faces, a slight smile playing on his lips: "That's it?"

Seeing the guards rush in, the old man became more confident, and his voice hardened: "Lin Chen, we don't want to be your enemy. As long as you leave, we can pretend today's events never happened."

Lin Chen looked at him and asked, "Are you Chen Huaijun?"

"No. I'm Chen Huaishan, his cousin."

"Oh. Where is he?"

"At the base in Taicheng."

"Your Chen family's double insurance here is him and you?"

Chen Huaishan was taken aback: "How did you know about double insurance?"

"Chen Huaiyong told me."

"Impossible! Huaiyong, we just spoke..." He turned sharply and shouted, "Get the message out of here!"

The order was given, but no one in the room moved.

Apart from Chen Huaishan himself, everyone present was firmly controlled by Lin Chen's mental suggestions.

Chen Huaishan was unaware of all this and continued to shout orders to his surroundings.

"Don't waste your energy," Lin Chen said calmly. "Your Chen family is already at its end."

He slightly raised his chin: "Arrest him."

The surrounding soldiers immediately stepped forward and pinned Chen Huaishan down.

Chen Huaishan stared wide-eyed in disbelief, trembling all over: "You...how did you do that? How is this possible..."

Lin Chen didn't intend to explain.

Chen Huaishan, however, seemed stunned, muttering incessantly, "This must be... the power of God, right? I warned my elder brother long ago not to oppose God... but why wouldn't he listen?"

Many people were still arriving outside. They could only see a large crowd standing at the entrance, but they couldn't hear any noise or see what was going on inside. They could only wait helplessly on the outside.

Lin Chen instructed the people at the door to clear the way and let the people in, one batch after another, to be controlled by him in turn.

The entire thousand-strong force guarding the nuclear arsenal was taken down without bloodshed in less than half an hour.

Lin Chen turned his gaze to those under his control and asked, "Who has the key to the nuclear arsenal?"

A middle-aged man stepped forward: "I have it."

"Can you open the door to the nuclear weapons bay?"

"Can."

"take me."

"Okay, please come with me."

As they walked, Lin Chen asked, "How many nuclear bombs are there in total?" He wanted to verify whether Chen Huaiyong's words were accurate.

"Eight. But these are all hydrogen bombs, using the configuration named by that old man."

Lin Chen paused slightly: "What's the old man's appearance?"

"Yes. Its power is hundreds or even thousands of times that of a regular nuclear bomb; one bomb can destroy a city."

Lin Chen nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

He followed the middle-aged man, passing each of the eight hydrogen bomb storage locations one by one, and carefully put them into his special ability space.

At this point, even if the Chen family activated the password, there were no more bombs to detonate.

Lin Chen then returned to the startup room to wait for news from Liu Feifei and Qin Yi.

While waiting, he cleared out all the hundreds of Chen family accomplices and wicked people here.

As for the soldiers who were coerced, he spared their lives.

About an hour later, the communicator finally rang.

"Honey, the Zhengcheng nuclear arsenal is under control!"

"Well done."

Not long after the call ended, Qin Yi's message arrived: Hubei Province's nuclear arsenal had been successfully captured.

Lin Chen snapped his fingers and left the Taicheng nuclear arsenal. Chen Huaishan had gone mad and he was too lazy to even lift a finger.

Shortly after he left, the detained personnel gradually regained consciousness.

The first thing they saw was Chen Huaishan, who was already somewhat insane, and the empty nuclear bomb bay.

The news spread quickly and reached Chen Huaiyuan's ears in Kyoto.

As for Lin Chen, as soon as he landed, he summoned Yuanzai and rushed towards Zhengcheng. Yuanzai had also worked overtime with him tonight.

An hour later, he arrived in Zhengcheng and used the same method to remove all the nuclear bombs there. As for Chen Huaiyong's daughter, Chen Rui, she was handed over to Liu Feifei for disposal.

He then rushed to Hubei Province without stopping.

By the time they arrived in Xiangcheng, it was almost dawn. Qin Yi and Cheng Meier were waiting for him at the entrance of the nuclear weapons depot, while Li Shishi was still stationed in Anhui Province with part of her team.

The two men were covered in dust, but their eyes were clear, and they completed their task cleanly and efficiently.

Upon seeing Lin Chen, the two pounced on him.

"Is everything under control inside?" Lin Chen asked, patting the two men on the back.

Qin Yi nodded: "Everyone is here, not a single one escaped. Not a single nuclear bomb is missing. It's just that Chen Haoran was very stubborn, but he was punished by Mei'er's illusion magic, and now he's behaving himself."

Lin Chen nodded and walked straight into the nuclear arsenal.

Like in Taicheng and Zhengcheng, the nuclear missiles here were neatly stacked in their launch silos. He stored them into his spatial storage one by one, in less than ten minutes.

With the nuclear bombs cleared, Lin Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief; the threat was finally gone!

Now Liu Feifei's team can get moving again, which also indirectly removes the stumbling block for Li Ya and Qin Yi's next move.

Following Qin Yi to the warehouse where the remaining guards were being held, Qin Yi pointed to a listless young man in his twenties and said, "Honey, this is Chen Haoran. He's a tough nut to crack. If it weren't for Mei'er, we really wouldn't have been able to deal with them so perfectly."

Cheng Meier said sweetly from the side, "It's not as exaggerated as Sister Yi said. Husband, don't listen to Sister Yi's nonsense."

Lin Chen chuckled: "You two have a good relationship, you even know how to share credit. Don't worry, I know all the credit you've done."

Qin Yi smiled sweetly and asked, "What should we do with these people?"

"Take a look at the case. The ringleaders have all been killed. Many soldiers were coerced; Commander Zhao and his team will take over the rest."

Lin Chen immediately activated his mind suggestion, cleared out Chen's accomplices and Chen Haoran, and then followed Qin Yi towards their Anhui base.

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When the news reached Kyoto, it was still dark.

Chen Huaiyuan was woken up from his bedroom. The moment the blanket was pulled back, he heard a woman's muffled gasp beside him.

He ignored it, threw on a coat and walked out, his steps much faster than usual, and he even put one of his slippers on backwards.

"What is it?"

The messenger stood in the corridor, his face pale: "Commander, the nuclear weapons depot in Taicheng, Shandong Province... is empty. We can't contact Chen Huaishan, and we can't contact the garrison either."

Chen Huaiyuan clenched his fist tightly, his nails digging into his palm.

He strode into his study, grabbed his shortwave communicator, and dialed Zhengcheng first. No answer. He then dialed Xiangcheng. Still no answer.

He put down the communicator and stood there, stunned.

Outside the window, the sky was turning a pale white, and the grayish-white light shone through the gaps in the curtains onto his face, illuminating a face as pale as paper.

He suddenly felt his legs go weak, so he slowly sat down, holding onto the edge of the table, leaning back in his chair and closing his eyes.

Only one thought kept running through my mind: It's over.

An hour later, news came from Zhengcheng, and two hours later, news finally arrived from Xiangcheng.

The nuclear weapons depot is empty, the personnel stationed there are under control, and Chen Rui, Chen Huaishan, and Chen Haoran—some have gone mad, some have been captured, and some are dead...