[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-above-destiny":3,"chapter-above-destiny-above-destiny-chapter-12":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Above the Heavenly Fate",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2225041,4117,"Chapter 12: A meeting of golden wind and jade dew (Thanks to the Alliance Leader","above-destiny-chapter-12",12,"\u003Cp>For a moment, Lu Feng almost thought his night-vision goggles were broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since this morning, he had already endured enough shocks that he felt he could handle one more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A complete novice who had touched a gun for the first time in his life, without any pre-aiming, managed to hit a high-speed moving target three times from fifty meters away in less than half a second after pulling the trigger?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he cheating?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn't he even bother to pretend?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, in a fleeting glimpse, he looked at Ji Jue’s grip—a shooting stance so standard it was outrageous, enough to move an instructor to tears, and cover fire that would make any comrade kneel on the spot. For a moment, he even doubted himself... Had he entered a fake Hell Camp?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good lad, heh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath his mask, Lu Feng couldn't help but laugh. He drew the hand axe from his lower back with his right hand, split the skull of the person rushing at him, and charged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He no longer cared about the figures chasing from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let Ji Jue’s bullets whistle past his ears!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance, Ji Jue fired again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, bullets naturally pried open new skulls, or forced those peeking from corners back into the shadows, unable to show their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel the trigger being pulled, the firing mechanism operating, the bullet roaring through the barrel, and the casing ejecting from the slide—it was as easy as picking up an apple with his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No need to think, no need to focus; it was simply effortless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even more abundant was the [feeling] brought by some kind of communication, an [instinctive reaction] he had never experienced before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sensation he had never felt so heartily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if an invisible person was guiding and prompting him hand-in-hand, carving the experience accumulated over a long time into his bone marrow—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Ji Jue’s ability was injected into the gun, he felt it instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had a soul!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue realized inexplicably: perhaps this was the true way to use his ability—to feel the tool, learn the tool, and then, let the tool tell you how to truly use itself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, he pulled the trigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Toward the woman in the corner of the chaotic crowd who had been watching coldly from the start, he could see the slight, contemptuous sneer on Zhu Hong’s lips, and the scarlet eyes behind her sunglasses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those eyes shifted slightly, looking toward Ji Jue’s direction in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The loud roar of the bullet breaking the air spread. The brass bullet spiraled, sinking into the center of her brow, piercing the skull, and turning her brain into a bowl of foul-smelling bean curd, splashing and spraying—that was how it should have been, logical and straightforward, but unfortunately, it didn't happen from the very first step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bullet sank into flesh, but as if it had hit a bulletproof plate, it actually bounced off the skull!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving only a wound that quickly closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue pulled the trigger again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, blood and fire erupted in Zhu Hong’s eyes, and scales faintly emerged on her beautiful face. She opened her mouth and said something silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue couldn't hear anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the surveillance, which had just finished rebooting, was frantically sending him alerts—【Get away get away get away get away get away!!!!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without thinking, without hesitation, Ji Jue lunged forward like a starving dog. It was neither graceful nor stylish, but as fluid as a donkey rolling in a mud pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ugly, flowing movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the thick concrete floor where he had been standing, along with the parking sign above it, was torn to pieces!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long tail covered in scales of strange colors suddenly emerged from the air, appearing for a moment before blurring again, difficult to distinguish in the gloom. Yet, in the infrared of the camera, it was continuously transmitting images to Ji Jue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a python!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the infrared surveillance, the eerie giant snake slithered in the shadows, its scales reflecting a brilliant, crystal-clear shimmer. But when viewed with the naked eye, the colors blended into the environment, impossible to distinguish in the dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant snake, several meters long, writhed and coiled in the darkness. On its belly, it dragged limbs that looked like unfinished evolutions, and its face was covered in one tumor after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And swirling in its eyes was that blood-fire filled with hunger and madness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it, Brother Feng, watch out, there’s a hunter here—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the fleeting gap, Ji Jue didn't even dare to look back, shouting with all his might. Then he saw the giant snake pounce like a spring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instinctively crouched, subconsciously wanting to roll, but as the first half of his body lunged out, his legs were suddenly yanked up as if bound by ropes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant snake’s tail was as flexible as a palm; it wrapped around his left leg, pulled tight, and lifted him into the air. Then, opening a snake mouth like a bloody basin, it closed in the fishy wind, biting toward Ji Jue’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muffled sound erupted from between the closing teeth. The snake mouth, capable of crushing bones like a guillotine, came to an abrupt halt... blocked by Ji Jue’s arm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the mad snake eyes seemed filled with shock and disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the torn work clothes, paper scraps emerged from where the snake fangs had sliced through—to prevent another attack from the \"Old Man’s Deadly Mouth,\" Ji Jue had wrapped thick books around his arms with layers of tape. It was that very set of \"Thirty Volumes of the Exam King\" that could make the youngest of the Lu family cry at night!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How does knowledge taste?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the pain of a bone fracture, Ji Jue’s expression twisted, and he couldn't help but grin. His other palm suddenly snapped out, the scorching gun barrel thrusting into the giant snake’s pupil. After tearing the iris, he pulled the trigger frantically!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four consecutive bullets exploded inside the eye socket. The giant snake hissed in agony and began to twitch violently. Ji Jue was flung away, slamming into the ground, his vision going black, almost losing consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could crawl up, he felt a bone-chilling cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant snake’s massive body crawled out amidst its twitching and suddenly coiled around Ji Jue, tightening inch by inch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the python’s predatory instinct, a constriction capable of crushing even large carnivores into powder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue heard his left arm’s unbearable cry of agony. His other hand fumbled wildly, but could only grasp the tip of the tail, unable to pull it away at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Lu Feng observed Ji Jue’s miserable state in his peripheral vision. He threw away the empty submachine gun in his other hand and sprinted, stepping over corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drew a shotgun with his other hand, not aiming at the python, but turning to aim at Zhu Hong, who was standing in the distance with her arms crossed, sneering, and pulled the trigger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Capture the bandits by capturing the leader first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A firestorm of metal sprayed from the barrel, whistling instantly and sinking into Zhu Hong’s body. But after piercing through that high-fashion dress, it was swallowed by writhing flesh, only forcing her to take a step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't stop, pulling the trigger repeatedly. The entire parking lot was filled with deafening roars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even that slender figure seemed to turn into a mass of rotten meat in an instant, rags of clothing flying, revealing patches of shocking scarlet and heart-pounding whiteness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even, three bouncing, flexible, cone-shaped objects... three?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng, approaching, couldn't help but pause. His vision blurred, as if something had flown past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, why does she have three breasts?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, what was that that just flew past...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gun barrel suddenly sank. Two blood-blurred hands lifted and gripped the barrel, hissing and sizzling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the close-range gap, that originally beautiful face slowly lifted, revealing a twisted smile covered in bullet holes and scarlet, mocking him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you... looking at?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, Lu Feng finally understood what had flown past. That thing was stuck in his throat—it was an... arm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hidden beneath the dress and disguise, an eerie arm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gripped Lu Feng’s neck and slowly lifted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One, two, three...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng widened his eyes and counted the number of arms on this woman again. He was incredulous, but soon felt relieved: as everyone knows, humans are born with two breasts and two arms. If a person has three breasts, then having three arms seems quite reasonable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he saw a fourth eerie limb, sharp as a blade, slowly extending from behind Zhu Hong, and then, a fifth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a spider finally tearing through the restraints of its skin, revealing its true form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought it was some kind of ghost. I didn't expect to have ingredients delivered to my door. Thanks to you for helping me clear out these burdens and trash.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Hong grinned, smiling, her fingers slowly tightening, enjoying the pleasure of the prey breaking under torment. But then, her vision... suddenly brightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lights flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the power was back!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the arrival of that light was not a signal of victory, but a sudden bad omen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A miserable hiss rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng swore this was the first time in his life he had heard a snake scream. It sounded almost the same as Ji Jue’s scream... but soon, he realized that was Ji Jue screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because that mass that used to be an eerie giant snake could no longer make a sound at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a moment ago, Ji Jue, about to be completely strangled to death by the giant snake, had made his final, futile struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't waste energy biting that ghost thing again, but used all his strength, gripping the monster python’s tail... and thrusting it into the power socket!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, buddy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue’s face, swollen to the color of a pig’s liver, lifted with difficulty, giving the giant snake one last smile: \"Do you have a ground wire?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, drawing spiritual essence from his watch, his ability activated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything that had been shut down was rebooted, once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire building shook as if in a tremor. The circuit breakers that had tripped seemed to come alive, reconnecting. The nightclub, filled with darkness and chaos, was enveloped in dazzling light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with Ji Jue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the wailing of the transformer box, when the terrifying voltage meant to supply the entire nightclub’s dance floor, lights, sound system, performances, booths, kitchen, lobby, and every room followed Ji Jue’s call—not caring that the wires were melting—the giant snake, for the first time in its life, radiated a dazzling light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like a lightbulb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rushing current was like a tsunami, instantly burning through the thin layer of armor on its tail and piercing into the giant python’s flesh, spreading along its blood and bones, diffusing heat throughout its entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than a second, the wires were completely melted, having no more effect, and the giant snake’s body stiffened completely in place, wrapped in its poorly conductive armored scales, barely maintaining its original posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, amidst Ji Jue’s twitching, it broke into several sections, no longer looking like the violent, ferocious beast it once was. It looked just like charred foreskin under an electric knife, emitting a burnt fragrance that made one’s sanity unravel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue coughed violently, twitching, barely crawling up, then falling down again. Finally, he propped up his body and couldn't hold back the urge to vomit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vomited heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until he finally came to his senses, gasping for air and lifting his head, that he noticed the corpses dead all around, and Lu Feng being lifted by his neck in a pool of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even Zhu Hong, who looked as if she had seen a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He subconsciously touched his face, only to find that in the giant snake’s entanglement, his mask had long since disappeared. At this moment, his pale face was stained with saliva and nosebleed, almost unrecognizable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the scar crawling from his neck to his cheek remained, still so conspicuous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unforgettable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s over, my cover is blown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue slapped his forehead, sighed, and managed to squeeze out an enthusiastic smile toward the car-owner sister who had kindly invited him out to play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hi, Boss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smoothed his afro, blinking his big, watery eyes, trying hard to squeeze out a bit of charm: \"Need any service?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2138,"2026-06-17T21:26:46.528Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","35d91c7d4b825b076213cfbc9e7e4503a63f43667fcecc0c67fa9fd0dd7c41e7","above-destiny-chapter-13","above-destiny-chapter-11",461,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fabove-the-heavenly-fate-cover.jpg"]