Chapter 112: You Are a Good Man

“Act inside the prison?”

Lin Qing paused, then slightly shook his head: “Never mind.”

Acting inside the prison was truly unwise.

No matter how he disguised himself, he would eventually be suspected.

Unless he killed every witness, everyone would suspect him.

And if the prison’s intelligent system went offline, they’d inevitably suspect aid from an intelligent lifeform—then see him, a man from Dr. Chu Hui’s underground lab, present at the scene, and they might even suspect him of possessing a Transmission Tower.

Acting directly inside the prison? It made no sense.

“After all, these people pose no threat to me inside the prison.” Lin Qing temporarily suppressed the matter in his mind.

…

That night, in Cell No. 1, Zone A of the prison.

“Mr. Bork, I’m truly sorry—Lin Qing refused.”

Cheng Cong looked at Mr. Bork, a massive mound of flesh seated inside the cell, and bowed apologetically: “Tomorrow I’ll speak with him again.”

“No need.” Bork slowly picked up a chocolate bar, savoring it as he bit and chewed, “You’re leaving tomorrow, aren’t you? Talk to him properly after you leave the prison.”

He grabbed another box of liqueur chocolates. “It’s normal for local geniuses from such backwater places to be arrogant—they’ve never seen a truly advanced civilization, never witnessed the boundless universe. In your terms—what’s it called? Sitting at the bottom of a well, gazing at the sky? Yes, that’s the phrase.”

“You’re absolutely right, Mr. Bork,” Cheng Cong replied respectfully.

“Such a genius still has access to considerable resources.”

Bork devoured it greedily. “I’ve claimed his identity. Through him, perhaps I can find a way to lift the life-suppressant on me?”

…

The next morning.

The patrol mission at Broken Stone Prison was over. With the new task group arriving and the handover complete, Lin Qing’s team could now depart.

After returning to the airport island near the Cayman Trench via submarine, and since the next flight back to headquarters wasn’t for five hours, the task group waited in the airport terminal.

Lin Qing stood before the terminal window.

Outside, a plane was taxiing down the runway for takeoff.

This island, as a transit hub, offered flights not only to the patrol headquarters but also to over a dozen major cities worldwide, with a flight every hour.

“Lin Qing, have you thought about what I told you yesterday?” Cheng Cong walked over with a cup of coffee in hand, smiling.

“I’ve thought it through.” Lin Qing slightly shook his head. “No, thanks.”

Cheng Cong sighed. “Alright, that’s a shame. If you won’t, there’s nothing I can do. Let it go.”

He patted Lin Qing’s shoulder and lowered his voice: “Don’t feel guilty. Just keep our secret. When we get back, I’ll transfer you a hundred credits.”

【Order Rank Down 2.0 Levels】

Lin Qing acted as if he hadn’t seen the crimson alert, smiling: “Thank you, Team Leader Cheng.”

“Minor thing.” Cheng Cong smiled faintly and walked off with his coffee.

Sitting at the table, his eyes turned icy.

“Then there’s no choice…”

Cheng Cong casually pulled out his phone and sent a seemingly innocuous message.

Moments later—

“Bee! Bee! Bee!”

A piercing alarm suddenly blared through the silent airport.

Whether walking on the nearby beach or waiting in the terminal, all patrol officers froze slightly.

Only when the security system detected an emergency would it sound this alarm—either an attack on the airport, or detection of a dangerous individual near its surveillance perimeter.

“What’s going on?” Cheng Cong frowned and stepped out of the terminal.

A ground crew member rushed over, frantic: “I don’t know how—it happened, but the leading edges of two planes have melted. Nearby surveillance was destroyed. The security system has classified it as an attack and triggered the alarm.”

“Attack?”

Cheng Cong furrowed his brow and immediately activated his work phone to issue an emergency team assembly order.

Soon, all members of the task group assembled.

Cheng Cong carefully examined the plane damage and surveillance destruction, reaching a rough conclusion.

“It must’ve been a remote laser-like attack—otherwise, the surveillance system wouldn’t have had time to react.”

Cheng Cong frowned. “But the global monitoring system set up by ZhiXing Group on the Moon didn’t register anything. So it’s not high-tech weaponry. It must be biological laser emission—power level around Third Energy Tier.”

Most of the patrol officers present had seen the Gene Optimization Project.

Among D-Class High-Energy Evolution Radiation enhancements was “Laser Eyes,” allowing one to emit laser beams from the eyes.

But the power of such lasers was weak—even a body trained in the original Sunrise Cultivation Method needed continuous exposure for over half a second to inflict meaningful damage.

Half a second? For a Patrol Captain, that’s an eternity. A simple dodge would avoid it. It’s nearly impossible to hold a laser on one spot for half a second—even targeting the eyes, protective goggles would provide effective defense.

But its advantages lay in long-range strikes and the suddenness of light-speed—perfect for disabling electronic equipment.

“Even in this weather, Laser Eyes’ range rarely exceeds one kilometer.”

Cheng Cong murmured, “The attacker is still on this island. Spread out and search the perimeter! Pay special attention to the coastline—there may be escape vessels hidden there.”

“Understood.”

The patrol officers immediately dispersed according to the optimal route generated by their smart devices.

Lin Qing put on a pair of protective goggles and sprinted toward the airport’s outskirts.

The island wasn’t small—hundreds of square kilometers. Searching it thoroughly wouldn’t be easy; even with the patrol officers’ speed, it would take at least half an hour.

“Chen Guang, find me a surveillance blind spot.”

After leaving the airport, Lin Qing whispered.

“There are many areas on this island without surveillance,” Chen Guang replied. “Three hundred meters ahead, to your right, there’s a blind zone.”

“Good.”

Lin Qing smiled faintly, then slowed his pace, pretending to search, moving along the jungle near the airport’s edge.

At the same time, he pulled out a Black Nest #16 and swallowed it.

Not long after—

“Lin Qing.”

A figure stepped out from behind a large tree ahead—it was Cheng Cong.

“Team Leader?” Lin Qing feigned confusion.

At the same moment, a man emerged from the trees to the right—it was the suspected replacement rookie patrol officer, “Gong Leping.”

“Gong Leping?” Lin Qing turned his head slightly.

“Heh…”

“Gong Leping” sneered, his face rapidly shifting—his ears elongated, and in an instant, his features transformed into another man’s.

“You’re… Prisoner Ye Hong, Cell No. 1, Zone B?” Lin Qing frowned.

Ye Hong’s lips curled into a cold smile, and in the blink of an eye, his form blurred—he appeared before him at five meters’ distance with astonishing speed, even creating a sonic boom.

Ye Hong’s lips curled into a cold smile. In a flash, his body blurred—within a blink, he appeared five meters in front of Lin Qing, even creating a sonic boom.

This was supersonic movement!

“Hmm?” Lin Qing frowned, studying him. “Your speed…”

Ye Hong’s smile deepened.

That was exactly the effect he wanted.

In raw power, he was only average Second-Star Elite Patrol level—but his speed far surpassed many Second-Star Elite Patrols!

Just this supersonic mobility alone was enough to intimidate a rookie like him.

“Earthling, you’ve learned our secret.”

Ye Hong sneered at Lin Qing. “Choose: cooperate—or be crippled, then forced to cooperate?”

For example, with poison.

Lin Qing frowned. “Threatening a headquarters patrol officer—aren’t you afraid of being discovered?”

Ye Hong sneered, “Do you really think the Zixing people would risk offending my Dilarxi civilization just to punish me for killing a mere Earth native like you—a future livestock? Even if I killed you, I wouldn’t face any serious penalty!”

Ye Hong scoffed. “Do you think ZhiXing would risk alienating the Dilaran Civilization just to punish me for killing some Earthling peasant—a future livestock? Even if I kill you, I won’t face serious consequences!”

“Lin Qing,” Cheng Cong walked over holding a small silver-gray device. “Stop dreaming. This area’s signal is jammed. Don’t even think of calling for help.”

He sighed. “Cooperate with us. Being Mr. Bork’s stand-in is a privilege no one else envies, isn’t it?”

Ye Hong snorted. “If not for your status as a local genius, you, a backward-civilization peasant, would never even touch the presence of someone like Mr. Bork.”

Lin Qing looked at Cheng Cong. “You, a headquarters patrol officer, aren’t afraid of being discovered either?”

Cheng Cong shook his head. “With such a huge benefit, as a new patrol officer, you have no reason to refuse. I’m helping you, a fellow Earthling, aren’t I?”

Cheng Cong shook his head. “Such a huge benefit—what reason could a rookie patrol officer like you have to refuse? I’m helping your fellow Earthman, aren’t I?”

“Fellow Earthman?” Lin Qing laughed. “Should I thank you then?”

Ye Hong said coldly, “Even if you refuse today, Mr. Bok will still emerge—and he’ll still assume your identity and take over everything you have.”

Ye Hong coldly said. “Even if you refuse today, Mr. Bork will still escape. He’ll still take your identity, inherit everything you have.”

“Lin Qing,” Cheng Cong sighed. “I really don’t want to harm a fellow Earthman.”

A new patrol officer without gene awakening—even if he mastered the original Zizai Body—still falls far short of a Level One Patrol Officer! And these two are both nearing Level Two Elite Patrol Officer status! Before gene awakening, Earthlings have almost no chance of becoming Level Two Elite Patrol Officers unless they sell themselves to the Zixing Corporation.

He was just a rookie patrol officer with no gene awakening—even with the original “Zi Zai Shen,” he was still far weaker than a First-Star Patrol. And both of them were nearly Second-Star Elite Patrol level! On Earth, unless you sold yourself to ZhiXing Group, you had almost no chance of becoming a Second-Star Elite Patrol before gene awakening.

Together, they could kill this rookie in a single blink.

[101] Lin Qing stood silently, then suddenly said: “Team Leader Cheng, you want to be a good man, don’t you?”

“Hm?”

Cheng Cong stared at him, a sudden unease stirring in his heart.

In that instant—

A flash of pale blue light appeared.

In the next moment, Lin Qing had become a pale blue streak of light, vanishing from Cheng Cong’s sight.

Immediately, Cheng Cong felt his body suddenly grow light.

The next instant, he saw his own head detach from his body and fall toward the ground. His brain tried to issue commands to his hands to catch it, but the connection had already been severed.

Terror flooded Cheng Cong’s eyes.

At the same time, Ye Hong, standing nearby, finally reacted.

In his pupils, reflecting the pale blue trail, shock bloomed—he stared at Lin Qing in disbelief: “You...”

Lin Qing reached out, snatched Cheng Cong’s falling head, and held it in his hand.

“Chief Cheng.”

He murmured: “Good people deserve good rewards. I’ll give you a quick death.”

As he spoke, invisible force surged through Lin Qing’s hand, instantly turning Cheng Cong’s brain into pulp.

Then, like discarding trash, he casually tossed it aside.

“You’re from Earth?” Ye Hong drew a deep breath, still calm. “I must have misjudged you. No wonder you refused to cooperate—you’re a genius of this caliber?”

“Hm?”

Lin Qing looked at him, sensing the Black Nest #16 serum he’d taken earlier begin to activate, rapidly restoring his energy.

“Lin Qing, right?” Ye Hong slowly smiled. “I apologize for my earlier words. A genius like you, who has fully unlocked the third-tier bloodline abilities of the Celestial Track Sovereign—even in my Dilarci civilization—you’re a true treasure. One Cheng Cong? Kill him if you wish.”

He smiled. “If you don’t want to cooperate, don’t worry about it. Now... I sincerely invite you to join the Dilarci civilization. Would you consider it?”

“Invite me?” Lin Qing looked at him.

Ye Hong smiled. “When my civilization’s emissary arrives on Earth, I’ll personally recommend you. Join us, and you’ll receive benefits a hundred, a thousand times greater than what you have now!”

“Lin Qing.”

Chen Guang’s voice echoed in Lin Qing’s mind: “He’s realized you’ve unlocked the full third-tier abilities of the Celestial Track Sovereign’s bloodline. He’s genuinely tempted. As your recommender, he’ll gain substantial rewards.”

“Oh?” Lin Qing turned to Ye Hong. “I still don’t know what will happen on Earth in five years.”

“You’re a genius and you don’t know?” Ye Hong said. “It’s Earth’s protection period before joining the cosmic network. When the time comes, you’ll officially connect with the starry cosmos.”

“Why do you say we’ll become livestock?” Lin Qing frowned.

“That involves cosmic civilization laws. I can’t explain it to you now.”

Ye Hong shook his head slightly. “Now isn’t the time for explanations, is it? If you agree, I’ll clarify things with Mr. Boke. Otherwise, he’ll eventually send someone else—and they’ll come for you too.”

Lin Qing paused, then smiled. “Looks like you’re a good man too.”

“Hm?”

Ye Hong’s expression changed.

In the next instant, pale blue light flashed again.

The terrifyingly swift streak shot past him. His prized speed, at this moment, felt like a joke—he couldn’t even react! He had no time to dodge, no time to activate his laser eyes or any other ability. All he could do was activate his strongest defense! [141] Divine Speed! In that instant, a full-power hand-slash, carrying invisible cutting force, severed Ye Hong’s neck!

At the same time, the pale blue streak appeared behind Ye Hong.

The light faded. As Lin Qing reappeared, his pupils blazed with pale blue light. His muscles swelled rapidly, and fine arcs of electricity crackled across his body.

Enhancement!

Mighty Strength!

Divine Speed! In that instant, a full-power hand slash, carrying an invisible cutting force, severed Ye Hong’s neck!

“Splat!”

Blood gushed forth; a head rolled away.

Lin Qing vanished in a blur, one foot crushing the head, gazing down at the lingering terror in its eyes, a slow smile curling his lips: “Alien nobleman—you’re the first to make me fight with all my strength.”

Thanks to the Silver Alliance of Nuanyang Ju—tonight I’ll write extra to add another chapter! (End of Chapter)