Chapter 531: When the Sky Falls, a Tall One Holds It Up

Hua Jian Lei: Have you sorted things out over there? We're having trouble here.

Yang Yixie looked up, glanced at the mini‑map; this laboratory's location is the deepest hidden, also the lowest level of the hollowed‑out mountain.

Presumably no one would find this place; the turmoil above cannot affect it.

Luckily the mini‑map exists; by switching a few layers of the planar map, he found the map of Hua Jian Lei's side.

The situation was indeed not optimistic, because Yang Yixie was searching upward layer by layer; when he saw a green dot, many red dots had already surrounded that sole green dot in the middle.

However, there were still a few green dots nearby representing friendly NPCs.

Those are Xi Ren Sheng's positions; because Hua Jian Lei's group split up, they are scattered across different spots, each surrounded by several red dots.

Ying Duo: What happened?

Hua Jian Lei: It's a long story; to put it simply, the Church in our timeline was overthrown, but some remnants remain, and they colluded with the surface Mercenary Corps to launch an assault on this laboratory.

Hua Jian Lei: By the way, my and Lao Bao's identities were assigned to the attacking side's mercenaries; he's already fighting someone now.

The old Church remnants wouldn't team up with mercenaries to attack a church; why assault this unseen laboratory?

Is it for Mu Lingxiao's Air Train scheme? Or is it aimed at her?

If the old Church was overthrown, then the one orchestrating all this can only be her.

Ying Duo: Where is Mu Lingxiao?

Xi Ren Sheng: I heard the experimenters are all in the innermost lab; that group intends to blow the underground away, so I infiltrated the bodyguard team that was stopping them.

Indeed, these labs were built underground both for concealment and because they can be detonated and abandoned if needed, erasing everything here—life and data alike.

But those people obviously failed, otherwise Ying Duo wouldn't be the one to bomb it now.

Their role is defensive, which also means many of Ying Duo's heavy weapons can't be used.

Ying Duo: I'm going to find Mu Lingxiao.

This segment's plot mission is definitely with her.

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Are these people cockroaches in the sewers? How can they kill so many and still have more!

Yue Chengzhang raised his sword; the golden light sword swiftly cut through a crowd of fully equipped, black combat‑uniformed personnel, leaving no bloodstain yet easily taking lives.

Yue Chengzhang's sword was still very cool; his swordplay was crisp and decisive, and even at the moment of sheathing it remained impressive.

And once he opened his mouth to complain, the original idol vanished.

How about you shut your mouth first.

Seeing Yue Chengzhang about to start rambling endlessly again, Su Jingming smiled and cut him off.

Yue Chengzhang is good at everything except his mouth.

Su Jingming destroyed the explosive Rune installed on the beam, then looked at Yue Chengzhang.

Is there anywhere else that needs support?

Senior Qi seems to have run into some trouble and sent a distress signal.

Yue Chengzhang waved the communicator in his hand; the location pinged was Qi Junyi's position.

Senior Qi? Su Jingming frowned at the mention; if even Qi Junyi can't solve the trouble, the enemy must be formidable.

Let's go there right now.

Yue Chengzhang glanced at the transmitted coordinates, calculated that it was still fairly close.

Su Jingming hesitated a bit; after all, if even Qi Junyi finds the enemy tricky, could they really handle it as before?

Yue Chengzhang thought maybe he could still be of some help if he went.

Don't worry, isn't Teacher Xi also here?

Yue Chengzhang raised his hand, hooked Su Jingming's neck, and said nonchalantly.

He knew what Su Jingming was worrying about; Su Jingming's combat ability was indeed impressive, but his Aberrant Arts were not particularly outstanding, leaning more toward support, and only the two of them were selected from the Mercenary Corps for this mission.

Come on, come on, don't panic, when the sky falls a tall one holds it up.

Xi Ren Sheng knew that even if he wasn't there, Yue Chengzhang and Su Jingming would eventually end up there for various reasons, after all this instance is just a replay of the past.

Anyway, here Yue Chengzhang is the highest; the future youngest captain of the Supervision Bureau is here, so whatever happens he will hold it up.

Su Jingming finally agreed to go under their back‑and‑forth, while across the way Qi Junyi, facing his opponent, was indeed a bit annoyed.

Qi Junyi's elbow slammed hard into Lao Bao's chest; his body bounced back a stretch, not knocked flying but voluntarily recoiled, his foot tapped the ground and he slid several meters away.

Lao Bao steadied himself, knees slightly bent, weight lowered, eyes a bit bright.

A shoe print appeared on his clothing, left from the moment he kicked Qi Junyi's knee and Qi Junyi retaliated with a kick.

His mouth corner was torn, a bead of blood seeped from the split, dripped down his chin onto his black jacket; he brushed the corner with the back of his hand, then rubbed his hand along his pant leg.

After all, being able to play together with Ying Duo, Lao Bao may seem the most honest of entropy increase in daily life, but in fact he truly is the most honest of entropy increase.

Compared to others, he indeed prefers this kind of punch‑to‑the‑flesh feeling.

Again.

Lao Bao's voice was low; his foot kicked the ground, and he lunged horizontally toward Qi Junyi.

He moved so fast his orange hair was blown backward, the hem of his black jacket fluttered behind, his right hand curled into a fist at his side, veins pulsing from the back of his hand to his wrist, smashing straight at Qi Junyi's face.

Qi Junyi tilted his head slightly, letting Lao Bao's fist wind brush past his ear, sending a few black hair strands floating upward.

His back of the hand slapped Lao Bao's wrist, knocking it aside; Qi Junyi didn't stop, his fingertip reversed to tap Lao Bao's chest, and Lao Bao felt a numb circle around that point, as if shocked by a taser.

The two stepped back, stared at each other for a second; compared with Qi Junyi's tightly knit brows, Lao Bao's mouth corner twitched.

Their fighting styles were similar yet worlds apart; Qi Junyi had trained in ancient martial arts since childhood, each move flexible and integrated.

Lao Bao had never studied them systematically; he learned through countless battles or from opponents, even from game characters.

To him, the stronger the opponent, especially one with proper training, the better.