Chapter 602: Only My Way Chapter 602: The Grand Finale

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

The subway's light gate formed a vortex, and in a matter of seconds it sucked in the giant dragon spanning seven or eight kilometers.

Chen Yi was still in a state of shock when the fine-scaled dragon's image appeared again on the window ahead, like an electronic pet swimming back and forth inside, seemingly still bewildered by its whereabouts.

Below it was marked its name: Lizard Guard.

Simultaneously, a line of familiar words appeared: Expand light curtain range by 2 times.

Increasing the light curtain range was within expectations; expanding 2 times on the current 1600-kilometer foundation meant 3200 kilometers, nearly encompassing the entire Earth.

Chen Yi, however, found the two characters "Guard" curious, and muttered to himself as he walked into the third section tunnel.

At the brightly lit bottom, on the last light gate, there was a hexagonal cluster.

Chen Yi naturally placed his hand upon it, and as the light gate flashed, the subway seemed to shake as well.

On the transparent windows on both sides, countless rapidly flashing images appeared once more.

Some resembled primitive society, some a future world, and some an otherworld.

Looking closely, they were different civilization evolution histories.

On the left, flames of different colors accompanied throughout — that was the civilization that changed the world.

On the right, plants of different sizes accompanied throughout — that was the civilization that adapted to nature.

Ahead, the light gate slowly retracted like a water curtain.

Several sets of colorful screens interlaced and presented themselves before Chen Yi.

This was slightly unexpected.

In Chen Yi's speculation, he originally thought a new world would appear, or an old world would be displayed. But screens, even if seemingly holographic screens...

Chen Yi hesitantly leaned in to look, wondering in his heart: could it be that one giant dragon still wasn't enough to cover the subway tunnel's expenses?

The first set of screens had 4 in total: a man-made square, an ocean, an ice snow tundra, and a prosperous market.

Placing his hand on the first screen, the scenery around Chen Yi abruptly changed — it had actually become the Holy Qiao Kingdom's Magic Square.

Familiar or unfamiliar Mages of the Holy Qiao Kingdom were busy on the Magic Square; several were organizing documents, others doing meditation practice. Chen Yi was right at the square's edge area, a place never seen from the subway before. Beside a pillar carved with ornamental patterns, two whisperers were discussing what alchemical value chrysanthemums from Earth actually had...

A hurried Knight pushed a cart loaded with books and scrolls, passing right through Chen Yi's side.

The latter raised his hands only to discover he was actually an incorporeal existence, like an observer isolated outside yet participating within — able only to watch, not speak.

Movement, however, was not a problem.

He could even jump out of the Magic Square, pass through walls and burrow into any room... officials in secret conference, Mages imparting teachings in private, even Grand Mage Timothy currently transcribing scrolls — all were under his surveillance.

"This is quite a good tool for grasping a locality. But how to get out?" A thought moved in Chen Yi's heart, the scene before him changed, and he returned to the subway.

Looking again now, one holographic screen in the first set had already switched to Grand Mage Timothy's meditation room at the moment he left.

Looking further down, there was also a fine-scaled dragon icon.

Chen Yi raised an eyebrow, tried pressing it, and saw a fine-scaled dragon phantom appear inside Grand Mage Timothy's meditation room, along with a confirmation symbol, below which Chinese characters read: Release Lizard Guard to this zone — actually throwing the fine-scaled dragon he had just donated into the Holy Qiao Kingdom.

After quickly releasing it, the confirmation symbol also disappeared.

Chen Yi then turned his gaze to the other holographic screens.

In the holographic ocean were hundreds-of-meters-long ferocious sea beasts, and a fleet of ships riding wind and breaking waves. Ragged green-eyed pirates were singing songs praising their captain "Ye Xun".

On the holographic tundra, fanged carnivorous animals and herbivorous mounts coexisted harmoniously, all accepting feedings from Barbarian Knights.

Inside the holographic market, merchants speaking different languages scrambled about, excitedly allocating ownership of some paper slips.

A moment's thought sufficed to know: the regions monitored by this first set of screens all related to the Holy Qiao Kingdom. Perhaps the former Masters used it to monitor the Holy Qiao Kingdom and such places.

Chen Yi raised an eyebrow and smiled, thinking: this way he could learn the Holy Qiao Kingdom's true situation and adjust his strategy toward Grand Mage Timothy anytime.

Unsurprisingly, the second set of screens belonged to the West Continent, and the third set belonged to Earth.

When Chen Yi saw the fourth set of screens, inside was a desolate wasteland.

Entering the hologram, he could see a place resembling a train station, where rows of rust-covered trains were parked.

In the silent air, the only emotion Chen Yi could feel was bleak desolation.

Those neatly uniform trains needed no tracks, yet were parked in orderly rows. A few houses scattered picturesquely, like a small cottage in a metal jungle.

Viewed from above, tens of thousands of trains crisscrossed in order, only the very center had a conspicuous vacancy.

Chen Yi abruptly looked back, and saw his Magic Subway's holographic image quietly settle into it, filling the final vacancy.

What once vanished could gain continuation — even if for a mere instant, it was a grace bestowed.

Chen Yi walked out of the subway's third section with a distracted expression; the tunnel instantly reached Jiangning, and the clamor of a wharf rushed at his face.

Enthusiastic crowds surged forward; busy crowds sweated like rain.

Certain merchants who often stayed at Jiangbei Wharf squeezed forward desperately, waving large-denomination Gold Bonds and shouting: "Who has ore? 110% of standard price."

"Buying platinum ore at 115%."

"Rare animals, absolutely high price!"

When they saw this subway train had only Chen Yi's party, they couldn't help but be greatly disappointed, and all shrank back.

Chen Yi couldn't help but laugh out loud again.

Xie Wuyang, who had stayed behind in Jiangning, ran over, greeted him, and said: "My Lord, the old master has come."

"Grandfather? Did something happen?"

"No." Xie Wuyang replied, then added: "The old master's complexion doesn't look good."

"I understand." Chen Yi straightened his collar, and the murderous aura that had just surfaced vanished in an instant.

The bloodiness of capturing dragons was not enough for outsiders to bear; this was perhaps the most dangerous thing he had ever encountered.

Perhaps there would never be a similar opportunity again.

"Grandfather." Chen Yi entered alone.

Chen Zhongguo also drove his secretary out, patted the sofa beside him, and said first: "I heard you went to fight a dragon. How was it?"

"Smooth, we won." After Chen Yi briefly recounted the process, he said: "The news is still blocked for now. But once it gets out, the temples of the West Continent will definitely react."

"Not bad, this concerns their fundamental interests." Chen Zhongguo shared the same judgment. A defeated dragon meant the Divine Dragon had fallen from its pedestal, a pressure the temples could not bear.

"Did something happen in Xijing?"

"Too many gold bonds were issued, and the Bank of China kept issuing warnings; the Director-General decided to convene a meeting..." After Chen Zhongguo roughly explained, he added: "This is just the fuse. The fundamental problem now is the matter of adding committee members. The Director-General's exact words were to add one or two committee members."

A real position at the senior management level was always one radish, one pit. If one or two committee members were added, Chen Zhongguo, who had reached the age limit, would be the most endangered.

The West Continent and the Channel were always held in Chen Yi's hands. At such a time, if Chen Zhongguo stepped down, the one naturally standing at the front line would be Chen Yi. And he did not have enough prestige and connections to maintain everything—at least not in everyone's eyes.

Chen Zhongguo had thought about it for several days, then added: "Things like gold bonds and the West Continent—you can keep at most one. Since the dragon slaying went smoothly, we can consider moving the whole family to the West Continent."

Moving the entire Chen Family to the West Continent was indeed the best choice among the worst outcomes.

However, Chen Yi shook his head and said: "No need to move to the West Continent. I'll go to Xijing with you tonight."

Chen Zhongguo was startled and asked: "What for?"

"To show strength!" Chen Yi opened the door and called for Xie Wuyang, saying: "Go find Yin Senyong, let them rest for a while, assemble tonight, we're going to Xijing."

"No need to bring Martial Arts Hall students?"

"No need." Chen Yi closed the door, turned to look at his grandfather, and said: "I haven't described Divine Art Knights in detail until now. Today I'll let you see."

Chen Zhongguo trusted Chen Yi deeply. To this day, he had no better method, thinking that if things couldn't be done, there was always the retreat to the West Continent, so he said: "Fine, I'll have the airplane prepared..."

"No need for an airplane." Chen Yi shook his head and said: "We'll fly there ourselves."

Chen Zhongguo was now completely certain that Chen Yi had something in mind.

When the giant dragon transformed from a small lizard, along with over a hundred Divine Art Knights, landed on Guangchang in Xijing, Hai Zi boiled over.

Committee Member Zhou was the first to jump out and say: "Severely punish without mercy."

The Director-General also leaned toward dispatching the army.

However, when the small team of Divine Art Knights drilled through rock a hundred meters deep, entered the Nuclear Bunker of Xijing, and found Committee Member Zhou and the Director-General, all politicians and generals were speechless.

"I lean toward the current political system and oppose dictatorship. But the candidates should change." Standing in the pitch-black Nuclear Bunker, the young voice echoed, yet no one spoke.

Late spring.

A carefully selected modernized army set off for the West Continent, with 45 spaceships of equipment and 60,000 personnel, a rare large-scale mobilization in recent years.

Army Major General Chen Heng had been discussing combat details since boarding the ship.

Chen Yi was also sitting on an ammunition box. Inside, it was filled with Level 12 Aged Scrolls.

After providing state-level material supplies to the Holy Qiao Kingdom, their expansion speed was quite fast, and those small principalities wanting to survive naturally had to dedicate some resources.

"After a giant dragon is captured, it can be brainwashed and reused. So our primary mission is to injure the giant dragon, not kill it." Chen Heng said to his officers with a stern face: "The missiles newly researched by the Academy of Sciences already have two successful combat cases. Now, gentlemen, it is your time to achieve great deeds."

Little sister Chen Rongxi finally managed to get the chance to go to the West Continent. At this moment she leaned against Chen Yi's ear, eyes wide, smiling like a little monkey, saying: "When we get back, let me pick a dragon as a pet."

The small lizard lying on its back basking in the sun, upon hearing Chen Rongxi's words, flipped over with a roll, and at the same time mourned silently for the cute and pitiful giant dragon that had not yet been selected.

Although Chen Yi was refusing, the small lizard guessed that his master, in front of the round-faced little girl, would not be able to persist for too long.

Late autumn.

Chen Yi stood on the top floor of Jiangning Hotel, looking down at the parade celebrating victory below.

The acquisition of the West Continent sparked an extraordinary colonial wave in the new century. With the experience from a hundred years ago, this colonial rule was closer to immigration rule. The excess profits and job opportunities Earth obtained allowed humanity to once again enter the most abundant era of spirit and material in history.

Bored people could always be happy over a small matter.

For example, the last fleeing giant dragon was captured.

It seemed some newspapers were already discussing how to preserve the last wild giant dragon.

"What are you looking at?" A waft of fragrance arrived; Han Jie looked down below with sleepy eyes.

"The people in the parade." Chen Yi affectionately put his arm around her shoulder.

"Among the people in the parade, there are always beauties. Look there, isn't it?"

Chen Yi followed Han Jie's finger and saw two familiar figures.

Ya Wen and Ning Xueyan.

Ya Wen, wearing flight attendant attire, seemed to sense something and happened to look up.

Then she also put her arm around Ning Xueyan and extended two fingers.

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