[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-above-destiny":3,"chapter-above-destiny-above-destiny-chapter-13":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},2225042,4117,"Chapter 13","above-destiny-chapter-13",13,"\u003Cp>Silence, stillness, suffocation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sweltering, foul-smelling underground garage, there had almost never been such a crowded moment since its construction—the embarrassment, nearly congealing into substance, piled up into a peak, separating the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like sitting down on an eighteen-hour long-haul flight, only to realize the passenger to your left was the ex-girlfriend you’d had a massive blowout with when you broke up, and the passenger to your right was her current boyfriend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the definition of inescapable suffocation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue struggled to maintain a smile, staring at that rapidly healing face, while occasionally glancing quickly at Lu Feng, who was on the verge of completely checking out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s you? Ha, what a coincidence. So that’s how it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Hong’s expression slowly shifted from its frozen state; between her torn facial features, a long tongue writhed like a snake: \"I was wondering where such a familiar scent could still be found. So it was you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s your father here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue really wanted to hold his head high and introduce himself like that, but who let Brother Feng’s neck stay pinched in this monster’s hand? His hanging palm twitched slightly, making a gesture. Lu Feng, struggling in mid-air, paused for a moment and did not grasp the weapon in the holster behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a pleasant surprise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Hong giggled, her sharp limbs stripping away Lu Feng’s night-vision goggles and mask, the sharp nails of her right hand slowly embedding into his neck; blood seeped out, only to disappear under the licking of her long tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, a trace of intoxicating flush actually appeared on her pale face, her eyes shifting: \"What a pity, little Master Ji, I was originally going to invite you to join in too... But, your scent is getting more and more fragrant; won't you consider doing something fun with big sister?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knows, you might even be more successful than big sister.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She scrutinized the youth’s face, admiring the panic and fear he was trying hard to conceal in his pupils, not in a hurry, just like a beast watching dying prey in a trap, playing to her heart's content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of fun thing are you in such a rush to do together?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue forced a laugh, spouting nonsense: \"Play a game together? Sure, sure, I’m a pro at jungling!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his gaze couldn't help but drift downward... sweeping past those three white, conical objects trembling amidst her giggles, moving forward without lingering, and landing on her right hand that had crushed the gun barrel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was slightly dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the flickering lights, the gorgeous watch inlaid with small diamonds refracted a faint, shimmering glow, exquisite and solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Navigator LOGO, Crown series, Red Wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who believe that luxury goods possess value always like to say that wearing such a watch is like wearing a true crown. It is enough to make the jewelry of other wealthy wives and noble ladies pale in comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a top luxury brand from the South Land Empire, the retail price of such a commemorative Red Wing model in specialty stores reached a staggering 3.24 million, but in reality, the transaction price on the second-hand market was never below five million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prerequisite to even get a look at it from a sales clerk in a specialty store is to be a high-level VIP with cumulative purchases of over ten basic models.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just wearing it made a poor wretch like Ji Jue feel the fragrance of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High and unreachable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was not something a mortal like him, crawling and creeping in the mud, could ever touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you really not understand? Little brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Hong licked her fingertips, her smile becoming even more brilliant: \"It’ll be a bit uncomfortable at first, but later on, you’ll discover what true happiness is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her long tongue licked the blood that had fallen onto her face, so enchanting, like a flower blooming in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How nice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue couldn't help but whisper softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\" Zhu Hong was slightly stunned, watching his sudden distraction, not knowing what on earth he was up to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said, the feeling of being rich must be very good, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue sighed lightly, raised his head, and looked at her face, focused and earnest: \"You must be very rich, extremely rich, even richer than I imagined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely because of that, he was puzzled, bewildered, and...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Couldn't for the life of him understand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having already taken something that many people could never touch in a lifetime and nonchalantly worn it on her hand, turning the wealth Ji Jue dreamed of into a string of nonchalant numbers...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it still not enough?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you really have some grand ideal or great wish that must be realized by chewing on the bones of your own kind?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the cost of creating hell, at the cost of turning yourself into this state?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely unable to understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he didn't want to understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue sighed: \"Forget it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...What did you say?\" Zhu Hong was bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said, keep dreaming your mother's dream!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue raised his voice, no longer able to suppress his anger: \"I’ve spent my whole life fighting, competing, and comparing with others—not to become a monster like you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"—I’d rather die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sudden dead silence, Ji Jue abruptly raised his hand, aiming at her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave up on pretense and stalling for time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any more hesitation, he pulled the trigger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only response he got was a sneer of disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too slow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue was already on the verge of death from surviving the giant snake's constriction; first the python's entanglement, then the high-voltage electric shock, and he had exhausted almost all his spiritual quality—by now, he barely had the strength to stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone whether his trembling and twitching arm could aim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with the muzzle pointed at herself, Zhu Hong didn't care at all; instead, she mockingly raised her arm, blocking Lu Feng in front of the muzzle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was full of anticipation, admiring the expression on Lu Feng’s face when he was killed by his own good brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stunned, shocked, bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only, no despair!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quite the opposite; in a moment of realization, a smile appeared on that blood-stained face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there was simply no gunshot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a click, the crisp sound of the firing pin hitting air—the hunter pistol only had a capacity of twelve rounds, and it had already been emptied during Ji Jue’s support fire and the entanglement with the giant python!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You really are something, Little Ji!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that crucial moment, Lu Feng’s weakly hanging arm suddenly saw iron light slide out from his sleeve, falling into his closed fingers, and without hesitation, he stabbed the dagger toward Zhu Hong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're courting death!!!\" Zhu Hong roared, the fingers gripping Lu Feng’s neck suddenly closing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before that, the first thing to sound out was a deafening roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And, it was right in front of them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the shotgun that Lu Feng was still clutching tightly in his other hand; even though the barrel had been bent and crushed, the bullets in the chamber still roared out, ushering in a hearty... barrel explosion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood surged; in the hand Lu Feng used to hold the gun, white bone was exposed, and the exploded barrel and bullet fragments also shrouded the two of them like a rainstorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scream finally sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It came from Zhu Hong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng fell to the ground; on his neck, a hideous, alienated, sharp palm was still stuck, but that palm had been severed at the wrist! And right there, Zhu Hong was half-covered in blood, roaring and howling in sudden, intense pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also sounding out was a wail that sounded like it was dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It came from Ji Jue’s subordinate; his left hand, wearing the watch, had already pressed onto the giant snake’s remains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[External active aberrant spiritual quality detected, extract?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes! Yes! Yes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fucking yes!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the flowing light of the matrix, from the charred flesh and remains, scarlet colors surged out, screaming like insects, falling into Ji Jue’s hand, and were drained dry by the watch in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the number that had originally fallen to 0 began to skyrocket rapidly, climbing again; he didn't know how much human blood it had drunk or how many lives it had devoured, but just a small portion was enough to make the number climb to the limit of 99.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only you can transform?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue roared, raising the watch on his wrist: \"Your father can too!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, exhausting the last of his remaining strength, he lunged forward, grabbed the cross-awl from his pocket, and stabbed it into another socket... right within reach!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly suicide!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it was suicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the electric current surged out from within again without obstruction, rushing into Ji Jue’s body, countless error boxes floated before Ji Jue’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Error] [Error] [Error] [Error]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Detected that temporary employee is in life-threatening danger... calling surrounding stations, no signal response, calling headquarters support center, no signal response...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, it was the appearance of a lifeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—[Temporary worker emergency survival protocol initiated]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number on the watch suddenly reversed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Ji Jue finally felt the appearance of the protocol initiation; the matrix that was originally enough to drain a monster’s soul now surged out from the watch, following Ji Jue’s body, covering everything, even inward, shrouding his soul, penetrating, implanting, and merging with him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if, born this way...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And right within the shroud of the matrix, Ji Jue’s originally elusive and distant abilities actually rose rapidly, manifested, and turned into substance, just like stars ignited within his soul, shining brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world seemed to come to an abrupt halt, and everything fell into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the frozen state, Ji Jue’s consciousness seemed to detach from time, freely overlooking everything: the flying blood, the falling Lu Feng, the furious Zhu Hong, and even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More, existences that were already here but had been completely ignored by everyone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light tubes, sockets, cables, exhaust fans, mobile phones, and even, a true, unadulterated behemoth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—That massive truck, its cargo bed already half-filled with equipment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue looked at the truck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truck’s headlights flashed, shooting out light, as if it were also looking at him, humble gaze, respectful waiting, devout prayer, waiting, pleading, devout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silent kowtowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue issued the command: [Kill her]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, the truck was ecstatic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The engine roared, the oil pipes trembled, the drive shaft screamed, the heat sink sang, the wheels praised, the frame played a hymn from the trembling, cheering, shouting, ecstatic screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if the silent soul had finally learned its most important duty in this life, its greatest meaning, the unbreakable truth and eternal justice of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It said: [As you command].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, a violent whistling sound rose from the trembling of countless mechanical operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the only truth and command in the world, sparks flew, pistons operated, the engine ran violently, as if not caring about self-destruction, sparks from the drive shaft flew, and a deafening horn sounded from right nearby, yet it could not drown out the shrill whistle raised by the tires and the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dazzling headlights illuminated the scarlet color on Zhu Hong’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Causing those burning red eyes to be filled with fierce light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, starting from zero speed, accelerating to 210 kilometers per hour within just two meters, the Nanfeng truck with a full load of twenty-six tons spread invisible wings, and an invisible embrace opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking Zhu Hong into its arms!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Boom!!!!\u003C\u002Fp>",1948,"2026-06-17T21:26:46.528Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","5cdf75b0dbb7237bb7cc3a30b6b8760232c80a36442bd80ad039a246866ce6d6","above-destiny-chapter-14","above-destiny-chapter-12",461,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fabove-the-heavenly-fate-cover.jpg"]