Chapter 197

Gulp—

Gazing at that towering figure, resembling a demon god, Leng Chang involuntarily swallowed hard, sweat instantly soaking his entire back.

As a rank-two peak 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 if he made any move, his head would explode instantly, just like the other man's!

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

"Reason?"

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

Under the perception of his powerful psychic force, Lin Qingyuan's parents on the ground still had life signs—only unconscious.

"I have critical intelligence on the Tianming Sect—including the whereabouts of the remaining Tianming Sect members in Magu that your Mo Da has been hunting."

"And I also possess several unpublished technologies worth over a billion each—I can hand them all over to you."

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

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

"These memories are sealed with restrictions—if you forcibly read them, I'll die instantly from brain death!"

As a psychic ability user himself, achieving this wasn't difficult.

Precisely because of this,

the Jin Ning City Public Security Bureau has interrogated him for over a month yet still dared not 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."

Mo Da had already located the Tianming Sect's Magu branch half a month ago and dispatched a seventh-rank Master to annihilate it.

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

If we can find a breakthrough from Leng Chang, it'll be a major achievement.

"Public Security Bureau?"

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

Although entering the Public Security Bureau meant losing freedom,

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

If so, he still had another chance to escape.

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

"The Tianming Sect remnants gather every three days at an abandoned factory named 'Chaoyang Machinery,' southeast of Magu's suburbs."

"Their last gathering was yesterday—the leader is the former sixth-rank Bishop of the Tianming Sect's Magu branch, and 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 intelligence. What about the technologies you hold?"

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

"But I'll reveal the USB's location only after the Public Security Bureau takes me into custody."

Leng Chang wasn't a fool.

He knew that if he revealed all his cards,

Xu Jingming would kill him without hesitation.

But once the Public Security Bureau took him in, if Xu Jingming moved against him, it 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 inside, feeling as if he were walking a tightrope over a mountain of blades and 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 Mo Da launched its operation targeting the families of S-rank ability mission completers,

information on all closely associated individuals—including relatives and classmates—

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

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

"Don't think only Mo Da has an intelligence network—we Tianming Sect have our own internal system."

"Finding these people's addresses is easy."

"As for Lin Qingyuan—it was after you captured her in Jin Ning City last time."

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

Leng Chang explained.

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

"I see."

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

ZZZZT!!

The golden lightning surrounding his body blazed with sudden, blinding intensity!

Accompanied by a piercing thunderclap, a bolt of golden lightning pierced straight through the left side of Leng Chang's chest!

It left behind a bowl-mouth-sized hole at his chest, its edges still scorched black.

The heart that had originally been there, along with flesh and blood, had already been obliterated by the lightning.

"Hah... hah......"

Having lost the power supplied by his heart, Leng Chang only felt he could not catch his breath, his stamina rapidly draining away.

He could feel that death was not far from him.

But what followed was a tremendous doubt:

"Did... didn't get the USB drive, you... why... why kill me?"

He stubbornly held on with his last breath, his complexion pale as thin paper.

"Sorry, compared to over a billion, I think it's better not to leave any future trouble."

Xu Jingming stared at Leng Chang with a pair of dragon pupils, saying coldly.

Had he not been a bit more cautious at the restaurant and followed out to take a look, then tonight Lin Qingyuan's family very likely would have already fallen victim to a murderous plot.

Based on this point alone, it was enough to condemn Leng Chang to death.

And he had already seen once how unreliable the Public Security Bureau was, so naturally he would not make the same mistake a second time.

As for that over a billion?

So what even if it were tens of billions?

Compared to family and friends, all of these were worthless.

"So... so that's how it is."

A self-mocking smile appeared at the corner of Leng Chang's mouth.

How laughable — he had deliberately kept this piece of intelligence he considered more important for last, to preserve his own life.

But he never expected that cleverness would backfire.

He should have just kept the Tianming Sect intelligence...

Carrying endless, boundless regret, Leng Chang completely lost all signs of life, and with a thud, fell headfirst onto the ground.

Even until the moment of death, his eyes did not close.

"Tianming Sect's dregs, dying and still dirtying someone else's floor."

Xu Jingming showed not the slightest ripple of emotion.

Golden lightning surged wildly from his entire body, engulfing Leng Chang as well as the other corpse.

Lightning surged, and in merely an instant, only two patches of black ash were left on the spot.

Having dealt with the corpses, Xu Jingming exited his Thunder Extreme state, then took out his phone and dialed Vice Principal Hearing Ling Shuang's number:

"Principal, I've obtained some intelligence on my side......"

Xu Jingming reported all the intelligence he had obtained.

If any instructor of Modu University were to see this scene, they would surely be greatly astonished.

After all, this Vice Principal who guarded the Combat Skills Library, whose strength was formidable — even many of them did not have his personal contact information.

"Good, I understand, this batch of people will be dealt with as soon as possible."

Vice Principal Hearing Ling Shuang's cool, clear voice sounded from the other end of the phone.

"Also, Principal, I want my little aunt's family.

As well as a few friends to change their address, this time I need Eva to hide the information the entire way."

Xu Jingming said in a deep voice.

The Tianming Sect's intelligence most likely also came from the internet.

The information Eva had blocked, Tianming Sect very likely already had backups of.

This time, having Eva block it the entire way, then relocating the address.

Losing the source of intelligence, he refused to believe Tianming Sect could still find them!

"Fine, who are the people, report them all to me." Vice Principal Hearing Ling Shuang said without the slightest hesitation.

"My little aunt Xu Qingwan, Lin Qingyuan, Zhang Hao, Liu Jie, their whole families all need to be relocated."

Xu Jingming reported four names in one breath.

Previously it had only been family, but this incident made him realize that these friends also needed some help.

"Understood, I will have our Modu University's people handle it personally."

"Sorry to trouble you, Principal."

Xu Jingming said gratefully.

If it weren't for the school, if they let him handle these matters, it really would be quite troublesome.

"It's nothing, you are our Modu University's S-Class, we will naturally shelter you."

Vice Principal Hearing Ling Shuang's voice was still cool and clear, but hearing it in his ear, Xu Jingming felt a faint warmth in his heart.

Although it had only been a little over half a year since enrollment, Modu University had indeed treated him very well.