Chapter 197: Doubts Before Death! Leng Chang

"Gulp—"

Gazing at the towering figure like a demonic god, Leng Chang involuntarily swallowed hard, sweat instantly soaking his entire back.

As a peak second-rank psychic ability user, he made no attempt to launch an attack, nor did he try to threaten Lin Qingyuan's parents.

Because he knew that any movement on his part would cause his head to explode instantly, just like the other man's.

"Xu Jingming, don't… don't kill me," Leng Chang hurriedly said.

"Why?"

Xu Jingming's golden dragon-like vertical pupils fixed on Leng Chang.

Under the perception of his powerful psychic energy, the two figures of Lin Qingyuan's parents on the ground still showed signs of life, though they had fallen into unconsciousness.

"I have critical intelligence on the Heavenly Fate Sect—including the whereabouts of the remaining members of their Shanghai branch, which your Devil University has been hunting."

"And I also possess several undisclosed technologies worth over a billion each—I'll hand them all over to you."

Leng Chang no longer cared about loyalty to the Heavenly Fate Sect—survival came first:

"Also, don't even think of sending a high-rank psychic ability user to interrogate me."

"I've set a mental lock on these memories—if you forcibly read them, I'll die instantly with brain death!"

For someone like him, a psychic ability user, achieving this wasn't difficult.

Precisely because of this,

the Jining City Public Security Bureau had interrogated him for over a month without daring to kill him.

"Oh?"

Xu Jingming raised an eyebrow slightly and nodded: "I won't kill you—but I'll hand you over to the Public Security Bureau."

Devil University had already located the Shanghai branch of the Heavenly Fate Sect half a month ago and dispatched a seventh-rank Master to eliminate them.

Still, some managed to escape—Devil University and the Public Security Bureau have been hunting them ever since.

If we can find a breakthrough from you, Leng Chang, that would be a major achievement.

"Public Security Bureau?"

Leng Chang froze slightly, then gritted his teeth: "Fine."

Though entering the Public Security Bureau meant losing his freedom,

given his status as CEO of Blue Ocean Technology Group, he wouldn't be executed immediately.

If so, he still had a chance to escape again.

"Good. Speak," Xu Jingming sheathed his spear back into his space ring.

"The remaining members of the Heavenly Fate Sect gather every three days at an abandoned factory named 'Zhaoyang Machinery' in the southeastern suburbs of Shanghai."

"Their last gathering was yesterday—the leader is the former sixth-rank Archbishop of the Shanghai branch. Also..."

Seeing Xu Jingming's killing intent subside, Leng Chang exhaled in relief and laid out all the intelligence he knew.

A few minutes later, after hearing the information, Xu Jingming nodded slightly:

"I've noted all this. What about the technologies you mentioned?"

"All the blueprints and research data are stored on a USB drive, kept in a location only I know."

"But I'll give you the address only after the Public Security Bureau takes me into custody."

Leng Chang wasn't stupid.

He knew that if he revealed all his cards now,

Xu Jingming would kill him without hesitation.

But once he was in Public Security custody, for Xu Jingming to kill him would be a direct challenge to the Bureau's authority!

"You're clever," Xu Jingming said, slightly surprised.

I knew it!

Just by his expression, Leng Chang knew Xu Jingming had planned to kill him after extracting the information.

Good thing I was cautious enough.

Leng Chang secretly rejoiced, feeling as if he were walking a tightrope over a mountain of blades and a sea of fire.

One misstep, and he'd fall into irrecoverable ruin...

"But I'm curious—how did you even think to target Lin Qingyuan? And how did you find her address so precisely?"

Xu Jingming asked, puzzled.

Ever since Devil University launched its plan to target family members of S-rank ability mission completers,

all personal information related to him—including relatives and classmates—

had been hidden by the top-tier AI Eva, even replaced with false data.

Leng Chang had only just escaped from Jining City a few days ago; logically, he shouldn't have found Lin Qingyuan's address so quickly.

"Don't think only Devil University has an intelligence network—we have our own internal system."

"Finding these people's addresses is easy."

"As for Lin Qingyuan—it was after you captured me in Jining City."

"I noticed you entered the tech park through her, so I decided to target her."

Leng Chang explained.

He was a vengeful man—he'd already harbored resentment since discovering Xu Jingming had entered through Lin Qingyuan.

"I see."

Xu Jingming's expression turned icy: "Then you can die now."

CRACKLE!!

The golden lightning surging around his body blazed violently!

Amid a deafening thunderclap, a bolt of golden lightning pierced straight through Leng Chang's left chest!

Leaving behind a bowl-sized hole, its edges charred black.

His heart—and all surrounding flesh—had been utterly obliterated by the lightning.

"Huh… huh..."

Without his heart's pumping power, Leng Chang felt himself suffocating, strength draining rapidly.

He could feel death drawing near.

But what followed was overwhelming confusion:

"Y-you didn't get the USB… w-why… kill me?"

With his last breath, his face as pale as paper, he forced the words out.

"Sorry, but compared to a billion-plus, I'd rather eliminate any lingering threat."

Xu Jingming's dragon pupils fixed on Leng Chang, cold and unyielding.

If he hadn't been cautious at the restaurant and followed out to check, Lin Qingyuan's family might have been slaughtered tonight.

That alone was enough to sentence Leng Chang to death.

He'd already seen how unreliable the Public Security Bureau was—he wouldn't make the same mistake twice.

As for the billion-plus?

Even hundreds of billions meant nothing.

Compared to family and friends, they were worthless.

"I… I see..."

Leng Chang's lips curled into a bitter, self-mocking smile.

How laughable—I held back this information I thought most valuable, hoping to save my life.

Yet I was outsmarted by my own cleverness.

I should've kept the Heavenly Fate Sect's intelligence...

Filled with endless regret, Leng Chang lost all life signs and collapsed with a thud onto the floor.

His eyes remained wide open until death.

"Trash of the Heavenly Fate Sect—dying and dirtying someone else's floor."

Xu Jingming showed no emotional reaction.

Golden lightning surged around him, engulfing Leng Chang and the other corpse.

In an instant, the lightning faded, leaving only two piles of black ash on the ground.

After disposing of the bodies, Xu Jingming exited Thunder Extreme Mode, pulled out his phone, and dialed Vice Principal Ling Shuang:

"Vice Principal, I've obtained some intelligence..."

Xu Jingming reported all the information he'd gathered.

If any Devil University instructor saw this, they'd be stunned.

After all, this formidable Vice Principal, stationed at the Combat Techniques Library, had private contact details even many of them didn't possess.

"Understood. I'll deal with this group as soon as possible."

Vice Principal Ling Shuang's cold voice came through the phone.

"Also, Vice Principal—I'd like my aunt's family,

and several friends, to relocate. This time, I need Eva to fully conceal all their information."

Xu Jingming said gravely.

The Heavenly Fate Sect's intelligence likely came from the internet.

Even if Eva hid the data, the Heavenly Fate Sect probably already had backups.

This time, fully block Eva and relocate the address.

Without this source of intelligence, he didn't believe the Heavenly Fate Cult could still find him!

"Alright, list everyone for me," Vice Principal Ling Shuang said without hesitation.

"My aunt Xu Qingwan, Lin Qingyuan, Zhang Hao, and Liu Jie—all their families need to relocate."

Xu Jingming named four people in one breath.

Previously, these were merely family members, but this incident made him realize his friends also needed help.

"Understood. I'll have our Magic University staff handle it personally."

"Thank you, Principal."

Xu Jingming expressed his gratitude.

Without the university, if he had to handle these matters himself, it would truly be troublesome.

"No problem. You're our Magic University's S-class student—we will protect you."

Vice Principal Ling Shuang's voice remained cold and detached, yet Xu Jingming felt a faint warmth in his heart.

Although he had only been enrolled for slightly over half a year, Magic University had treated him exceptionally well.