Chapter 123: Instant Kill

"Just arrived in Lin'an, and there's already an enemy?"

Lin Qing's pupils contracted slightly; pretending nothing was wrong, he grabbed Zhao Jiayi's hand beside him and scratched her palm.

Zhao Jiayi immediately understood Lin Qing's hint and instantly released her telekinesis.

Soon, she spoke through mental communication: "Lin Qing, a Gene Awakener is lurking inside the airport, monitoring you. He is not from Earth; he uses hair and a hat to hide his horn and ears. Let me cross-reference the list you gave me first."

After boarding the plane, Lin Qing had also shown Zhao Jiayi the list of Broken Stele Prison inmates provided by headquarters.

This way, as soon as she swept with her telekinesis, she could find those prisoners.

However, the Urban Circle will not intervene in this matter for now; these prisoners have no scruples, and the stronger ones among them probably won't hide and dodge.

"Confirmed."

Soon, Zhao Jiayi transmitted via telekinesis: "This person is a prisoner named 'Lei Enqi' from the third floor of Broken Stele Prison."

Lei Enqi?

Lin Qing narrowed his eyes slightly.

According to the data provided by headquarters, starting from the fourth floor of Broken Stele Prison, all are powerful beings of the Gene Reconstruction level, and each has undergone enhancement of fourth-level genes.

In terms of strength, they are far stronger than him at present.

Even if the prisoners on the third floor are somewhat weaker, they are still formidable.

As the elite patrol team disembarked from the plane and walked out of the exclusive patrol airport, they saw a line of large characters scrolling on the giant electronic screen of the terminal outside.

【Warmly welcome the Supreme Commander of the Patrol to Jiangnan for guidance, advancing hand in hand to write a new chapter!】

And below the electronic screen stood a huge crowd of people.

Lin Qing glanced over and found that the leaders of the city's Public Security Bureau and the government were standing within the crowd, but their positions were extremely inconspicuous.

Standing in the front row was the former Supreme Commander of the Jiangnan Region, 'Lian Zexu', with leaders from the Provincial Patrol Hall and the Provincial Government at his side; their administrative ranks were all quite high.

However, no matter how high, they did not belong to the same system as him.

Lin Qing also understood the reason why these people made such a grand display and spectacle.

The Patrol Headquarters gathered most of Earth's powerful forces outside the Urban Circle, holding a transcendent status; even the World Government could only assist them.

If the Urban Circle is the ancestor of the World Government, then the Patrol Headquarters is at least the father of the World Government.

Didn't they see that the captain of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, in terms of rank and title, was only equivalent to the captain of a district branch within the Patrol system?

However, the Patrol system and the administrative system were originally not part of the same system.

These people probably just received news, knowing something major was happening, and heard that a Supreme Commander from the Patrol Headquarters was coming to the Jiangnan Region.

The appointment order was issued only two or three hours ago; these people were quite fast.

Now, the road leading to this terminal has already been sealed off, obviously done specially to welcome him, this great leader.

"Once the appointment order is issued, there's no way to stay low-key..."

Lin Qing sighed inwardly and walked forward with the elite patrol team behind him.

Outside the spacious terminal, a large group of elite patrols in upright black uniforms approached; simply the oppressive pressure naturally radiating as they walked made the officials preparing to welcome them with smiles feel their hands and feet go weak, their smiles becoming somewhat stiff.

It was as if what was coming towards them was not humans, but a group of terrifying beasts!

After all, every member of Lin Qing's group was a Gene Awakener; their life level had already completely transformed to the superhuman level. Simply their aura, or rather their life field, was enough to make ordinary people feel oppressed instinctively.

Let alone so many of them!

Especially Lin Qing; after developing the genes of the Sky-Track Monarch bloodline, his aura was even mixed with a trace of the special oppressive force of a higher life form.

Only the former Supreme Commander of the Jiangnan Region, 'Lian Zexu', was unaffected, after all, he was also at the level of a Senior Patrol Chief, a one-star elite patrol even within the headquarters.

However, Lian Zexu's mood was also quite complex.

A few months ago, he was the Supreme Commander of the Jiangnan Region, while Lin Qing was merely a district branch captain, his title one level lower than his, and his position two levels lower.

Yet, in the blink of an eye, this young man had become his superior leader, and even the subordinates behind him, the weakest of whom were on the same level as him!

"Commander Lin."

Lian Zexu walked forward with a solemn face, stopped, performed a salute, and then said: "I have received the order from headquarters; command authority and the corresponding position have been transferred. From now on, I will also join Commander Lin's team."

Lin Qing smiled and nodded, saying: "I have just taken over as well; there are places in the work I am unfamiliar with, so I will have to ask for your advice often."

Seeing that Lin Qing was still giving him face, Lian Zexu felt somewhat better and immediately said: "Please rest assured, Commander Lin."

The government officials behind Lian Zexu were all somewhat stunned.

They previously only knew that the Supreme Patrol Commander of the Jiangnan Region was named Lin Qing; they only knew a name.

Just half an hour ago, officials in Lin'an City had said that Lin'an had also produced a patrol named Lin Qing this year, but Lian Zexu was unwilling to reveal it, so the officials all thought it must just be a case of the same name and surname.

Who would have thought... it was actually that Lin Qing who was not yet nineteen years old?

At this moment, the government officials noticed that the young man opposite was looking at them; his eyes were quiet, yet this made these old foxes instinctively tense up.

"Why are there so many people?"

Lin Qing's gaze swept over the government officials, and he frowned slightly, saying: "The appointment order was issued only two or three hours ago, right? I do not like this kind of scene; if there is nothing else, everyone should disperse."

At present, it was still unknown whether that enemy, Lei Enqi, would make a move; he also did not want these weak government officials to be caught in the crossfire.

If they died, it would still be somewhat troublesome, affecting his management.

The officials were stunned, feeling somewhat unhappy in their hearts.

They had come to welcome him personally, yet this young Commander Lin gave them no face at all?

Even if the Patrol Headquarters is transcendent, they cannot look down on people like this, can they?

Moreover, jumping so many levels in just two months and becoming the Supreme Commander so quickly; heaven knows how much foul play is involved inside.

"Lin Qing, he's here! From your right side!"

At this moment, Zhao Jiayi, who was constantly maintaining telekinetic exploration, suddenly sent a telekinetic transmission.

Lin Qing's heart stirred; he was also too lazy to say more, so he immediately turned and walked towards the right.

At the same time—

At this moment, the Elite Patrol members suddenly noticed a blurry figure appearing ahead, instantly breaking through the security zone and sprinting toward them at supersonic speed!

Enemy attack!

This scene immediately made the Elite Patrol members realize this.

It was a man wearing a black tank top; every step he took created a dense, spiderweb-like pattern of cracks on the ground, allowing his speed to break the sound barrier, reaching at least four hundred meters per second!

Lei Enqi!

With such terrifying speed appearing from a hundred meters away, ordinary people would have only just reacted.

In the blink of an eye, the man in the black tank top, "Lei Enqi," had sprinted to a spot not far ahead, leaving cracks everywhere along his path. At the very instant he approached Lin Qing, Lei Enqi suddenly swelled up as if inflated, his muscles expanding continuously; in the blink of an eye, he grew to nearly four meters tall!

He looked like a giant!

Even the tallest basketball stars would barely reach his waist; Lin Qing looked like a tiny speck in front of him.

That oppressive, terrifying aura left the ordinary people present with their minds completely blank.

"Die!"

Amidst a sinister grin, that massive body suddenly threw a punch at Lin Qing, carrying terrifying power, and crashed down with a boom!

Lin Qing's face turned cold; he extended one hand, a pale green light flashed, and a black long blade with a hint of pale green appeared in his hand.

At the same time, pale green light burst from his eyes, his muscles swelled up, and threads of lightning flickered around him.

In an instant, Lin Qing extended one hand and instantly blocked Lei Enqi's punch, which was ten times heavier than a normal person's.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by layers of strange colorful light rippling out from Lin Qing's body surface, the ground beneath his feet also cracked open into a huge spiderweb-like fissure, spreading continuously in all directions.

"Hmph!" Lei Enqi couldn't help but pause in surprise.

How is this possible?

He actually blocked his punch head-on?

A chill flashed in Lin Qing's eyes; his figure suddenly surged forward at an astonishing speed, his explosive speed instantly reaching a terrifying level!

!.

Lei Enqi only saw Lin Qing's figure move, and at a terrifying speed, he passed right by him in an instant.

But he didn't care; his specialty was his physical body. After activating the Fourth-Level gene ability of Gigantification, the toughness of his physical body would also increase significantly!

"A bit of skill..."

Lei Enqi sneered coldly, but the moment he turned his head, his head fell off his neck.

That huge body also crashed to the ground; at this moment, both the head and the body rapidly shrank back to their original forms.

On the fallen head, his eyes were filled with disbelief and fear.

"No..." Lei Enqi opened his mouth, wanting to make a sound, but it was already too late.

He never expected such a result.

Didn't they say this Lin Qing had only entered the Patrol Headquarters two months ago?

Didn't they say this Lin Qing was merely the weakest among the highest commanders from various regions?

Didn't they say this Lin Qing's gene awakening was only recent, and even the war machine was borrowed from a Patrol Commander?

Before his consciousness faded, he could only stare fiercely at the Lin Qing appearing before his eyes and roar unwillingly in his heart: "You lied to me... Uriel! You lied to me!!!"

Immediately after, he lost consciousness.

Lin Qing turned his head expressionlessly to look at Lei Enqi's corpse, and the black long blade in his hand turned into a stream of pale green light and vanished.

At this time, the government officials nearby finally reacted; looking at the huge spiderweb-like cracks on the ground beneath their feet, their faces all turned pale, and they hurriedly retreated backward in panic.

What kind of monster is this?

Is this the kind of terrifying monster the Patrol Headquarters faces?

"Captain!"

"This is... Lei Enqi?"

"It is Lei Enqi!"

The Elite Patrol members had all seen the prisoner files from the Broken Tablet Prison and immediately recognized the owner of the head on the ground; their hearts were shaken even more.

Lei Enqi was a prisoner on the third floor of the Broken Tablet Prison; although he wasn't among the most terrifying prisoners on the third floor, he was still comparable to the top tier among two-star Elite Patrol members!

With such strength, he could barely qualify as a highest commander in this major operation.

Moreover, Lei Enqi's specialty was strength; under the obvious explosion of Fourth-Level ability just now, the Captain actually tanked his attack and then instantly killed him?

While the Elite Patrol members were shaken, their gazes toward Lin Qing also changed.

At first...

They thought this Captain, being a new Patrol member, even if he could become a highest commander, might only be due to his great potential, but his actual strength was probably the lowest among the highest commanders from various regions in this operation.

But now it seems, being able to tank Lei Enqi's attack and instantly sever his head, this strength is enough to prove a lot!

"Set up a cordon."

Lin Qing glanced around and ordered: "Immediately clean up Lei Enqi's corpse and report to Headquarters."

"Yes! Captain!"

The Elite Patrol members all respectfully responded.

In the Patrol Realm, especially in the Patrol Headquarters, strength and achievements are everything!

Lin Qing looked at Lei Enqi's corpse on the ground and secretly sighed with relief.

Since his gene awakening these past ten-plus days, his basic physical attributes had improved significantly; now he was roughly twenty times that of an ordinary person.

But actually, his true strength wasn't much stronger than Lei Enqi's.

It was just...

He wore a Tier-2 Starry Sky Battle Suit; only with strength at least at the Three-Star Elite Patrol level could one possibly injure him through the suit.

And truly breaking or tearing a Tier-2 Starry Sky Battle Suit was something only the very top among the Three-Star Elite Patrols could achieve.

Relying on the Tier-2 Starry Sky Battle Suit, he easily deflected Lei Enqi's strike, then, using the sharpness of the Super-Energy Material Blade, needed no other Fourth-Level abilities; a single high-speed blow severed his head.

A brute who relied only on raw strength, unable to harm him even with that strength, and unable to block his blade, naturally had only one path left: death.

However, Lin Qing was more curious about why Lei Enqi dared come to kill him.

A prisoner who had just escaped Duanbei Prison, yet dared to ambush him; he must have known something about him, yet dared to kill him in public?

"Who ordered this?"

Lin Qing pondered thoughtfully.

Still, Lei Enqi's mission at headquarters offered an points reward of five thousand, plus two Special Merits.

Moreover, his Order Level had risen again by 2.8 levels.

"Must restore to Level 10 as soon as possible, then rush to Level 100..." Lin Qing narrowed his eyes slightly.

Order Level 100 seemed quite distant.

But Lin'an City, with its ten to twenty million people, had already reached Level 5.7 once fully stabilized.

And the Jiangnan region held a full two hundred million people; with so many cities, as long as all underground forces in each city were swept clean and stability restored, wouldn't that add at least several dozen levels?

The only trouble lay in those prisoners lurking everywhere.

At that moment, he could not help recalling the morning's notification showing a massive drop in Order Levels.

The highest drop reached 3.9 levels, already beyond what he could handle now.

No need to think to know: it must be prisoners from the deeper levels of the prison, currently entrenched in Lin'an City.

"Hmm... for now, avoid these fellows; pretend not to know."

Lin Qing gazed coldly at Lei Enqi's corpse. "While you all stayed in prison, I found it hard to kill you; now that you're out, sooner or later I will eliminate you all."

He took a deep breath. "Tomorrow, I begin sweeping the underground forces of other cities; restore to Level 10 first."

(End of this chapter)