Chapter 310

"What are you laughing at?" Ning Yao's voice suddenly sounded.

Lu Xingfeng hurriedly turned his head, stunned for a moment, and said: "Yao Yao, you... you how did you come here?"

Ning Yao put on a stern face: "I came, aren't you happy?"

Lu Xingfeng looked somewhat nervously at her behind, then whispered: "Your dad he..."

"With his ghostly appearance, how could he possibly come?" Ning Yao pouted: "I sneaked out secretly, followed you all the way here; rest assured, he won't find out in a short time."

Lu Xingfeng breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, stood up, first closed and locked the door, then opened his arms to embrace Ning Yao.

Ning Yao pushed him away, crossed her arms in front of her chest, showing a displeased expression.

Lu Xingfeng said softly: "Yao Yao, didn't I explain this to you already? I just want to go back and take revenge, nothing else."

"Hmph!" Ning Yao glared: "Then tell me, what's that woman's name, where is she, what does she do! And what was your relationship with her before!"

Lu Xingfeng rubbed his nose, smiling: "You really don't need to worry about her; after I get my revenge, I'll explain slowly to you."

Ning Yao was clearly dissatisfied with this answer, turned around, opened the door and left.

"Yao..." Lu Xingfeng hurriedly caught up, grabbed her arm: "Where are you going?"

"President Lu, I also want to go to the island to have fun, you won't have any objections, will you?" Ning Yao shook off Lu Xingfeng's hand, strode away holding in her anger.

Lu Xingfeng sighed and did not pursue further.

At noon, the sunlight was just right.

A one-sided massacre began on the island's eastern Pacific coast, the shadow of death spreading across the whole island…

Almost at the same time, Xuan Guo's 100,000-strong army also crossed the Eastern Sea and arrived at the western coast of the narrow elongated island.

The one leading the army was none other than Xing Lie.

Xing Lie's eyes burned with vengeful fury: "Issue the order—exterminate the entire island, root and branch, but only kill, no torture, give them a quick death!"

Military orders are as firm as mountains; the army set out.

All Xuan Guo soldiers used firearms and thermal weapons, not for thrill, but to eradicate the source of calamity for Huaxia posterity in the swiftest way.

Within the narrow elongated Dongyi island, one native tribe after another faced annihilation.

Eventually, as more and more tribes were destroyed, this situation spread to all tribes on the island.

The chieftain of one of the largest tribes, accompanied by his people, encountered the vanguard unit personally led by Xing Lie.

The chieftain's eyes were full of fear, looking at this group of never-before-seen, strangely dressed people like killing gods descended to earth, he uttered a series of obscure sounds.

"What is he ghost‑babbling about?" Xing Lie said with a stern face.

Among the vanguard were original Dongyi tribe members from Xuan Guo's eastern coastal region.

The Dongyi on the land have, for thousands of years, intermingled with Zhong Yuan culture and also had some contact with the island's natives, enabling them to roughly understand each other's language.

Although both sides were once lumped together by Zhong Yuan civilization as "Dongyi," fundamentally they are two completely different peoples; otherwise Xiao Qidi would not have chosen to treat them differently.

Thus the land‑based original Dongyi members in the vanguard acted as interpreters.

"Captain Xing, that person is the chieftain of a large tribe; he's asking who we are and why we're killing them."

Upon hearing this, Xing Lie said: "Tell him we came for revenge, and also to cut off the island's evil bloodline at its bud!"

After translating those words, the tribal chieftain was completely bewildered.

We've never met before—where does this hatred come from? How are we an evil bloodline?

He simply couldn't grasp what this meant, and he flew into a rage, cursing loudly.

"Fine, I can explain it to you," Xing Lie said. "The revenge is for the monstrous sins your descendants committed in another world. At the same time, we will completely cut off the chance for your future descendants in this world to invade and massacre Huaxia."

The chieftain became even more bewildered; he didn't understand what "another world" meant, so he retorted: Even if future people commit great crimes, what does that have to do with us now?

Xing Lie sneered: "As expected of those who share bloodline—same in any world; your descendants in another world have also said, what relation do ancestors' crimes have to their descendants?"

No sooner had his words fallen than several natives wielding bronze spears leapt from the nearby grass, attempting to ambush Xing Lie.

Xing Lie didn't even glance at them, decisively raised his hand and fired.

Each bullet struck their foreheads precisely, instantly ending their lives.

Witnessing this beyond‑comprehension scene, the tribal chieftain fell to his knees on the spot, shouting a string of words.

Through translation, Xing Lie learned that they were expressing submission, willing to offer all their wealth and women, and if that wasn't enough, all of them would become slaves, begging for mercy.

"Hahahaha!" Xing Lie laughed scornfully: "After a failed sneak attack you instantly change your attitude—if you had any backbone I might still look up to you a bit! Sure enough, just as the historical materials brought by Jinli Fairy describe, you are spineless, awed by power but not virtue! Moreover, those records spanning over two thousand years have proven that the white‑eyed‑wolf nature in your bloodline never changes no matter how many years pass; I cannot possibly give you time to grow, or any chance to later harm Huaxia posterity!"

Having said that, Xing Lie fired another shot and killed the tribal chieftain.

Xuan Guo's army continued its advance, following Xing Lie's order: only exterminate, no atrocities; anyone who dares to commit atrocities will be punished under Military Law.

This is the last mercy Daxuan can offer.

Meanwhile, Lu Xingfeng's slaughter unit under his command was bent on atrocity, avoiding thermal weapons if possible, all reveling in the excitement of reaping lives with blades.

If the killing wasn't satisfying enough, they would deliberately torture the natives to death in every imaginably cruel way.

As soon as they saw a younger woman, they would swarm her and commit bestial atrocities.

Besides that, they captured the tribes' able‑bodied youths and infants like catching animals, chaining them and packing them into transport vehicles to be sent back to the military base for the medical department's experiments.

The slaughter unit relentlessly pushed toward the island's center; the scenes they left behind were millions of times more brutal and terrifying than hell, not even a relatively intact corpse could be found.

Xuan Guo's army likewise advanced in an orderly manner toward the island's center, burying the bodies after wiping out each tribe.

Half a month passed quickly.

Lu Xingfeng received a report that a detachment under him had captured a group of ancient Huaxia people who had crossed the sea on large wooden boats and landed on the island's southwestern shore.

He immediately ordered the captives brought before him.

The leader was a man in his thirties or forties, accompanied by several dozen young male and female attendants, followed by about three thousand boys and girls.

This entire group wore typical Xuan Guo attire; as Lu Xingfeng himself is a Xuan Guo person, he could tell at a glance.

"How could Xuan Guo people end up here?" Lu Xingfeng approached and scrutinized them.

Although Lu Xingfeng's attire had long since changed, the leading man opposite, relying on feeling, instantly recognized him as a fellow countryman, and with some nervousness and joy he performed a salute, saying: "May I ask who you are, sir? How could you have arrived on this island before me? Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor had already sent people ahead before dispatching me to sea?"

"Your Majesty the Emperor?" Lu Xingfeng furrowed his brow. "What emperor? Isn't it a sovereign?"

He showed surprise. "Ah, are you… you arrived here before the Daxuan Emperor unified the world? Then which state of the Zhong Yuan kingdoms were you from?"

The question made Lu Xingfeng even more confused.

"Parallel worlds are truly amazing," Ning Yao sauntered over, giving Lu Xingfeng a withering look. "I've told you before that your world is almost identical to mine, but your era corresponds to more than two thousand years before mine. If you had paid any attention to the historical book I gave you, you wouldn't be so clueless about the present."

Lu Xingfeng forced an awkward smile. "Sorry, I've never liked reading since I was a child, and now that I'm old, I have no patience for it. Yao Yao, tell me then."

Ning Yao wore a smug expression, lifted her chin, and asked the leading Mysterious Country man in front of her, "You were ordered by the Xuan Ancestor Emperor to cross eastward overseas to seek the Elixir of Immortality, right?"

"Exactly, exactly!" the leader replied, uncertain. "I sense you are extraordinary, not ordinary mortals. Could it be that you have already mastered celestial arts? Might you teach us a bit?"

Ning Yao circled around the other with interest, examining them.

Though they were from different worlds, it was still a chance to see in person a famous figure of legendary hue from Huaxia's historical books.

However, that gaze made the other feel completely uneasy.

"Come, let's take a photo." Ning Yao pulled out her phone, stood beside the other, and snapped several shots.

The other looked bewildered and exclaimed, "Miss, what is this? How can it preserve both our appearances and the surrounding scenery?!"

Ning Yao suddenly gave a strange smile, drew a dagger still smelling of thick blood from her waist with her left hand, and drove it into the other's heart with a single thrust.

This leader, who was sent by the Xuan Ancestor Emperor to sea in search of the Immortality Technique, collapsed suddenly into a pool of blood, dying without ever understanding what had happened.

Dozens of attendants and three thousand boys and girls instantly panicked.

Lu Xingfeng was also shocked. "Yao Yao, what are you doing?"

"Everyone be quiet!" Ning Yao, brandishing the bloodied dagger, warned with murderous aura, "Anyone who dares to speak, I will kill them!"

Faced with her threat, the surrounding group of knife‑wielding slaughter corps was intimidated; the scene fell silent quickly, even the many young boys and girls knelt on the ground, covering their mouths, too afraid to cry out.

Only then did Ning Yao show a satisfied smile, turn her gaze back to Lu Xingfeng's eyes, and leisurely say, "It's nothing; I just hate Mysterious Country people. When I see them I want to kill them, especially—the Mysterious Country woman whose life you wouldn't tell me about."

Lu Xingfeng's complexion darkened slightly. "Yao Yao, what do you mean?"

"Nothing at all," Ning Yao toyed with the dagger and continued, "If I were to kill every Mysterious Country person one by one, wouldn't I eventually get to that woman?"

"You…" Lu Xingfeng's cheek twitched, speechless.

Ning Yao withdrew her gaze, casting a grim sweep over the more than three thousand people kneeling helplessly, and said cheerfully:

"These people's physical condition is indeed far better than the primitive savages on the island; they are worthy of being from an advanced ancient civilization. Bind them all, send them to the medical research lab; they're premium experimental material, must not be wasted."

Lu Xingfeng ordered, "Do as Miss Ning instructed."

"Yes!" The soldiers of the slaughter corps immediately bound all the people and dragged them away, unmoved by the children's cries and pleas.

That night, Lu Xingfeng's corps had swept the entire narrow island clean. Building a military base as a springboard for conquering Asia would take some time, but he couldn't wait; he decided to board a warship himself and set sail back to the Mysterious Country, planning that once the base here was finished, the main corps would cross the sea to rendezvous with him.

Ning Yao also wanted to go, and Lu Xingfeng couldn't refuse, so he took her along.

A warship thus headed toward the Mysterious Country, sailing into the vast East Sea under the night sky.

——

"Report: mission accomplished, no living souls left, all corpses have been properly buried!"

Xing Lie heard the subordinate's report, and a look of relieved relaxation appeared on his face.

At last, this area that will become the Dongyi Island Nation has been cleared, and from now on, Huaxia will never again suffer invasion and slaughter by the Dongyi Island Nation in this world.

Even with such heavy bloodshed, he was willing to bear it gladly.

"From now on, this place is also incorporated into the Mysterious Country's territory," Xing Lie calmly instructed his subordinates. "Send word back; we'll first clear and farm here, preparing for the later construction of a trans‑ocean fleet. After all, our expedition goes far beyond this; across the great ocean lies vast lands."

"Yes!"

——

When Lu Xingfeng returned to Zhong Yuan land and arrived in the Mysterious Country, he found familiarity everywhere, yet something felt off at every turn.

It was extremely… off.

He, Ning Yao, and the accompanying subordinates changed their appearances, blended among Daxuan's common folk, living in an inn, trying to first clear the doubts in their hearts.

Ning Yao found it quite novel, because the Americas she had previously crossed into were inhabited by primitive tribes at the dawn of civilization, whereas now, having crossed the Pacific to another world's contemporary ancient Huaxia nation, she felt as if she had traveled to a different era.

If not seen with her own eyes, how could one feel the enormous developmental gap between world civilizations of several thousand years ago?

"Wow, now I truly feel like I've traveled back to antiquity," Ning Yao, wearing a newly bought outfit, spun in front of Lu Xingfeng. "Look, this is genuine hand‑woven silk fabric. Pretty, isn't it?"

Lu Xingfeng, a bit irritated, glanced and replied perfunctorily, "Hmm, it's pretty."

"You're being perfunctory!" Ning Yao snapped, "Lu Xingfeng! Just keep obsessing over that woman! When I find her, watch how I deal with her!"

Lu Xingfeng muttered, "I increasingly feel this place isn't like where I came from…"

Ning Yao pursed her lips and said, "You haven't been back for over a decade; didn't I tell you that during this period the Mysterious Country completed the unification of Huaxia and established the Daxuan Dynasty? That's an earth‑shaking change, of course it would feel unfamiliar."

"President Lu!" a subordinate rushed in. "We've traced a lead on the Tian Shu Sect; the sect has moved to Zhong Yuan and isn't far from our inn!"

Lu Xingfeng sprang to his feet. "Take me there quickly!"