[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lawful-tyrant":3,"chapter-lawful-tyrant-lawful-tyrant-chapter-116":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Lawful Tyrant",{"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},2285000,4469,"Chapter 116: Deep Sea Assassination","lawful-tyrant-chapter-116",116,"\u003Cp>“Suddenly disappeared?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing didn’t quite understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he remembered Jia Yi once said she had another special ability, one that consumed enormous energy and required a long time to recover after each use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could she have used that ability?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You look a bit tired.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing studied Zhao Jiayi. “Was it a big drain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Better than before. Used to require me to overdraw my reserves,” Zhao Jiayi rubbed her temples. “Anyway, I won’t be able to use it again for about half a month.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not needed for now,” Lin Qing nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately turned his gaze to the two floating invisible glasses and transparent gloves, a faint smile on his lips: “Now it’s much more convenient.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, on an airport island near the Cayman Trench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tall white man strolled along the beach, gazing at the endless ocean, then pulled a silver-white alloy bottle from his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the bottle, a faint bluish-green cross-shaped mark was barely visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm… this direction, then.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He murmured, and his right arm began slowly swelling, his eyes suddenly blazing with bluish-green light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, his arm whipped like a vine, hurling the alloy bottle forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small alloy bottle instantly shattered the sound barrier, flying through the air at several times the speed of sound, vanishing in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Close enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at that direction, his right arm returning to normal. “This position should be fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, footsteps approached from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ferodal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young woman with golden hair and blue eyes walked over, smiling. “The submarine from Broken Stone Prison is arriving. The team leader told us to assemble.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, baby,” the white man replied in a flawless London accent, walking over with a sly smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven thousand five hundred meters beneath the sea, the massive Broken Stone Prison stood on the pitch-black seabed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Late at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Cell A-1, Pok lounged lazily on a sofa, a voluptuous female inmate sitting on his lap—she had pointed ears, vertical pupils, skin dazzlingly white, nearly half her body sunk into his fat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she showed no concern, cheerfully feeding him piece after piece of chocolate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Pok, what am I supposed to do when you leave prison in a few days? Why not take me with you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female inmate wriggled her body, cooing seductively. “I can serve you well. You can’t let those lowly Earth human females defile your noble body, can you? Look—I even learned Earth’s most common languages, English and Chinese, just for you. Please help me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eros, you learned Earth’s languages—did you learn one phrase?” Pok glanced at her with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?” the inmate asked sweetly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Know your place. Understand?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pok said with a faint smile. “You think your Interstellar tongue is flawless, but you can’t hide the crude accent of a low-level civilization that hasn’t even Puji ed Interstellar. To me, you’re as worthless as a Caro beast’s dung.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female inmate’s body stiffened, forcing a strained smile. “Lord… Pok?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your homeworld’s weak civilization, barely entered the stars—its bloodline is this base. Serving me is already your honor,” Pok sneered. “How dare you make demands? Who gave you the nerve?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female inmate trembled slightly. “Lord, I only…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pok said coldly. “You stowed away to Earth, interrogated and tortured countless Earth humans—wasn’t it because you heard rumors about Earth on the Second Cosmic Net?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sneered at her. “Even if Earth truly holds opportunity, someone from your vile civilization has no right to touch it. Understood?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Yes.” The female inmate bowed her head, voice trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as fellow gene-awakened, Pok was far stronger than her—he mastered multiple combat styles, even possessed a fourth-tier gene ability!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her homeworld’s civilization couldn’t achieve fourth-tier gene optimization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for being forced to start evolution from a low tier on Earth and injected with a life-suppressant, he would’ve already crushed her by countless levels on the evolutionary path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, you’re skilled at seduction and service—you’re not entirely useless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pok picked up a chocolate, eating it slowly. “When I get out, make sure you charm the Earth human who’s taking my place. Do everything to make him obsessed with you, unwilling to leave—make him willing to stay here as your dog. You’re good at this, aren’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female inmate forced a smile. “Lord Pok, I’ll do my best…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hum—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy alloy door of the cell slowly slid open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pok turned his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white man in patrol uniform stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baiyue?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pok seemed to recognize him. “It’s not time for C-zone inspection yet. Why are you back so soon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Pok, something’s happened.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white man walked forward, voice low. “The swap has been detected by Patrol Headquarters. They might investigate this prison soon. Mr. Pok, who else knows about this? We must confirm their status.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pok frowned slightly. “At most, they know I’m switching. No one knows the exact list.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’m relieved.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white man nodded slightly, as if exhaling a breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Relieved?” Pok frowned at him. “Relieved about what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white man stopped, his lips slowly curling upward. “Of course…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, bluish-green light erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white man transformed into a terrifying streak of light, tracing a bluish-green path, appearing instantly behind Pok.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a flash of bluish-green light, a long blade—black with faint bluish-green sheen—materialized in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, his pupils flared bluish-green, his muscles swelled, faint electric sparks crackled—his speed surged to its absolute peak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black blade shadow slashed toward Pok’s neck! “Hn?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the instant Pok reacted, his eyes turned icy, his inner power exploded violently, burning all his fat, turning his skin blood-red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His specialty was defense—especially against blunt force. With his defense, he was confident no other gene-awakened could break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shhh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thin black blade shadow sliced through like a knife through cheese, with only slight resistance, inch by inch severing his skin and flesh, cleanly cutting off his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cut was too fast, too deep—the blade tip also sliced through the female inmate’s half-beautiful head as she sat on his lap. As Pok’s head rolled away, a foot kicked hard, unleashing invisible force that instantly shattered his skull against the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Qing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Guang’s voice echoed in his mind: “Death signals for both have been sent. Watch the time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing sheathed his long blade and dashed out of the cell. Alarms blared throughout the prison; all corridor doors had sealed shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, drones equipped with prison suppression systems sped toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intelligent alert system always reacted first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within twenty seconds, the first-layer patrol unit would arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within thirty seconds, the second- and third-layer units would arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the prison, he had only five seconds to escape—otherwise, he’d be surrounded by the underwater-specialized submarine “Deep Guardian.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing’s speed had reached sonic velocity. In the first layer, he flashed twice, made one agile turn, and arrived before the first locked alloy gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He casually tossed two prepped pebbles, shattering the surveillance cameras, then swung his black blade—cutting the gate open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the second gate, the third gate…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only two seconds after the alarm sounded, Lin Qing had smashed through four gates in succession, reaching the prison’s exit elevator platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he plunged into the vast, dark sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, freezing seawater engulfed him; the crushing pressure of the deep sea pressed against his body—but his muscles swelled, his Zai Zi body transformed into a structure of outer hardness and inner softness, suited for deep-sea survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, his Starry Battle Suit began sustaining his life functions—even without breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, the pressure had no effect on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Deep Guardian will arrive in five seconds. Nearby surveillance has been blocked,” Chen Guang’s warning echoed in Lin Qing’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing floated in the silent, pitch-black deep sea, arms spread, eyes closed, silently sensing the distant coordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, his internal energy—replenished by the Black Nest #16 he’d taken beforehand—had rapidly recovered to over half capacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Instant Light! Return!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing’s entire body blazed with bluish-green light, instantly transforming into an unimaginably fast streak of light, vanishing from his spot, shooting toward the ocean’s surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than half a second, that impossible streak appeared over ten kilometers away on the sea surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing reached out and seized an object drifting on the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a silver metal bottle, its surface bearing a bluish-green cross mark—the Tian Gui coordinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing laughed, gripping the bottle tightly. “It worked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is how you combine Instant Light and Celestial Track coordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the guidance of Celestial Track coordinates, following the invisible Celestial Track, once Instant Light is converted into an energy state, it becomes far more stable—so long as the distance does not exceed thirty kilometers, you can maintain Instant Light continuously and teleport directly to the location of the Celestial Track coordinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This technique is called “Return Coordinate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s an incredibly powerful escape method, but the conditions are strict: you must unlock the core ability of Instant Light and also unlock a Level Four Celestial Track coordinate to make it work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, pure Instant Light lasts no more than 0.001 seconds—even at maximum speed, you won’t get far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And pure Celestial Track attraction, even over long distances, cannot achieve such speed along the invisible Celestial Track—maximum acceleration is only one or two times faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When combined, the effect is astonishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Time to go back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After grabbing the bottle pre-engraved with a Celestial Track coordinate, Lin Qing submerged himself again into the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, a flash of cyan light appeared before him—a black cone roughly one meter long and sixty centimeters in diameter, faintly glowing with cyan hues, with two handles inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something he specially crafted from hypermatter, weighing only a few hundred grams, designed exclusively for underwater movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his energy reserves were low, Black Nest 16 was still steadily regenerating, and now he didn’t need to expend much energy at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing gripped the two handles inside the cone, thrusting his upper body into it, while sensing from afar another, more distant Celestial Track coordinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, under the activation of Zizai Body, his legs became supple and flattened, while his Starlight Battle Suit transformed into a fish tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoosh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He violently whipped his fish tail, propelled by the pull of the distant Celestial Track coordinate, as if riding an invisible Celestial Track, surging forward at incredible speed at a depth of one hundred and fifty meters underwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His streamlined upper body, combined with legs transformed into a fish tail for propulsion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, his underwater speed exceeded three hundred meters per second! Even if he encountered fish or reefs ahead, he could pierce straight through them with this razor-sharp cone—he only needed to avoid a few large islands as Morning Light advised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At all other times, he simply needed to follow the pull of the Celestial Track coordinate and keep moving forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At over a thousand kilometers per hour, returning to the Patrol Headquarters over two thousand kilometers away would take only two or three hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pairing Celestial Track coordinates with hypermatter is truly effective—if combined with ‘Azure Wings,’ it would be even stronger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing moved his legs leisurely, not even activating any ability—relying entirely on the invisible pull of the Celestial Track formed by the coordinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his current energy level, the maximum range of a Celestial Track formed by a coordinate was about five thousand four hundred kilometers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond that, he could only sense the direction of the Celestial Track coordinate, but no longer felt its pull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Qing, the Broken Stele Prison has discovered Bok’s corpse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morning Light’s voice echoed in his mind: “The surveillance system has also detected your disguised identity, but they don’t know how you breached the gate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let them guess all they want—any investigation will only lead them to conclude it’s a matter between extraterrestrial lords.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing’s lips curled slightly: “After all, he’s an illegal immigrant from an extraterrestrial civilization—having such a weapon is perfectly normal, isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling his internal energy gradually replenish, he accelerated further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, he was already over a hundred kilometers away from the Broken Stele Prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just two hours later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before midnight had faded, Lin Qing returned to the island housing the Patrol Headquarters. After landing at a pre-scouted secret spot, he shook off the water, changed his attire, and quietly headed toward his apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Qing, you’re back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Jiayi, clearly alerted by Morning Light’s notification, replied through mental communication: “Was it successful?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course.” Lin Qing smiled faintly. “Keep an eye on the route—alert me if anyone’s around.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Morning Light’s interference, all surveillance cameras along the way failed to capture him, and occasional telekinetic disturbances further obscured his presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Lin Qing returned to his apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one except Zhao Jiayi knew he had left today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2161,"2026-06-20T02:41:34.488Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e5c080e26c5bf2ad9db0658a24b601d759b5f2c348caed4a0ac63b67aeb956fd","lawful-tyrant-chapter-117","lawful-tyrant-chapter-115",442,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flawful-tyrant-cover.jpg"]