Chapter 28: Li Wei's Doom

The air seemed to solidify.

This young man……is he a devil?!

Wang Hailong stood there dumbfounded, his mind a blank.

"This……this……"

"Don't be nervous, Captain Wang."

Lin Yue's smile remained gentle, but his words sent a chill through Wang Hailong,

"These people, they can't possibly be the ones you brought, right?"

"Of……of course not!"

Wang Hailong instantly snapped to, hastily waving his hands in denial,

"Mr. Lin, I guarantee with my character and military service that this has nothing to do with us!"

At this moment, cold sweat poured down his back.

What a joke!

Having experienced the terror of the Black Tortoise, he knew well: facing dozens of armor-piercing and white phosphorus shells, the beast before him merely raised an Energy Shield and blocked all damage.

Adding the description from Gui Ying of the Night Blade special forces after they returned, they hadn't even approached the Black Tortoise before being subdued.

Wang Hailong had no doubt that if Lin Yue blamed the shelter for this, the consequences……would be unimaginable.

"I believe you."

Lin Yue nodded, then his thoughts moved.

"Black Tortoise."

"Roar!"

With a low roar, the ground beneath the office building serving as the ambush point began to shake violently.

"Boom—!"

Amid the Black Feather special forces' terrified screams, countless thick stone tendrils burst from the ground, walls, and ceiling, tightly binding them and their weapons.

In less than ten seconds, the battle was over.

Over a dozen well-equipped Black Feather soldiers, along with their heavy weapons, were hoisted high by the stone tendrils and then thrown with a "thud-thud-thud" into the center of the square, piled into a small hill.

After doing all that, the Black Tortoise slowly withdrew its power.

Watching this, Wang Hailong's eye twitched violently.

He finally understood why the Night Blade had been defeated so miserably.

This was not a battle of the same dimension at all.

Before divine power, human strength appears utterly insignificant and laughable.

"Captain Wang."

Lin Yue walked up to him, pointed at the pile of "prisoners" on the ground, then at Li Wei, whose face was ashen, and said with a pleasant smile:

"You see, these people attempted to launch a terrorist attack during friendly exchanges between your side and ours, destroying the peace we had struggled to maintain. As a law-abiding citizen, I intervened to stop this atrocity. As compensation, shouldn't these people……and their mastermind behind them be handled by me?"

Wang Hailong's Adam's apple trudged up with difficulty.

How could he fail to hear the meaning in Lin Yue's words?

This isn't handling; it's clearly another round of extortion!

"Lin……Mr. Lin……"

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his voice hoarse as he said,

"These people……are traitors from our shelter; they ought to be brought back by us to face a military tribunal……"

"Trial?"

Lin Yue raised an eyebrow,

"Captain Wang, I'm not one for procedures; they're too troublesome. I prefer to solve problems simply and directly."

He ignored Wang Hailong, instead walking straight to Li Wei, crouching, and patting his pale cheek.

"Deputy Director Li, I have to thank you."

In Lin Yue's smile lay a hint of grim coldness,

"You truly are my little fortune-bringer. The Night Blade sent a batch, and your Black Feather sent another."

"You……you demon!"

Li Wei stared at him; besides hatred, his eyes finally gained a hint of something called fear.

"I'll give you one more chance."

Lin Yue slowly rose to his feet, turning his gaze back to Wang Hailong,

"These people, I don't want to keep them. One hundred first-grade Energy Crystals for all of them—what a bargain, right?"

"One hundred?!"

Wang Hailong exclaimed in disbelief.

To gather those previous hundred crystal cores, the shelter had nearly emptied its reserves.

Now another hundred?

This is truly difficult!

"Mr. Lin, this……this is really too much! The shelter truly can't produce it!"

Wang Hailong was sweating profusely from anxiety.

"Can't produce it?"

Lin Yue's gaze turned cold,

"Then there's nothing to be done. Old Wang, it seems our city still lacks some fertilizer—I think these people would be quite suitable."

"No!"

Wang Hailong was both shocked and angry.

"Oh? Why not?"

Lin Yue's tone showed no ripple.

"Wait!"

Just as the atmosphere reached a deadlock, Wang Hailong's satellite phone suddenly rang.

He glanced at the caller ID; it was Zhang Zhen Guo.

Wang Hailong, as if granted a pardon, hurriedly answered the call and turned on speakerphone.

"Mr. Lin Yue."

Zhang Zhen Guo's calm voice came from the phone, revealing no joy or anger.

"I am Zhang Zhen Guo. The incident just now, Wang Hailong has already reported to me."

"Oh? Commander Zhang, what instructions do you have?"

"I dare not accept your instruction."

Zhang Zhen Guo paused, his voice revealing a hint of fatigue.

"The 'Black Feather' Special Forces are traitors of our shelter; they ought to be dealt with by us. But since they have fallen into your hands, we have nothing to say."

"But, Mr. Lin Yue."

He eventually made a concession.

"One hundred first-rate Energy Crystals, the shelter indeed cannot gather them in a short time. Fifty Energy Crystals, what do you think?"

"Deal."

Lin Yue added,

"Commander Zhang, this is truly the last time; if there is another, don't blame me for not giving your shelter face."

The other end of the phone fell silent for a moment.

"……."

Zhang Zhen Guo finally agreed.

The deal concluded, Wang Hailong quickly handed over the map and related information to Lin Yue, then fled in a sorry state with the Black Feather team members.

On the vast square, only Lin Yue, Wang Gongtou, and Li Wei, whose face was ashen, remained.

Lin Yue lifted him, as if lifting a dead dog, and returned to the top of Xuanwu City's walls.

He threw Li Wei to the ground and looked down at him.

"Li Wei, do you regret it?"

"Regret?"

Li Wei lifted his head, gave a grim smile, but his eyes remained crazy.

"I never regret! I only regret…… I lack a stronger weapon! I only regret, not being able to personally eradicate you, this uncontrollable threat!"

"Good."

Lin Yue nodded, his face showing no expression.

He said no more, merely issuing a faint command to the Black Tortoise beneath him.

"Black Tortoise."

"Roar……"

The giant beast let out a low growl.

The hard earth and stone beneath Li Wei's feet suddenly began to wriggle and transform, like a living thing, turning into two huge palms that gripped him tightly and slowly lifted him into midair.

"You…… what do you want to do?!"

Li Wei finally felt fear, he struggled wildly, but to no avail.

Lin Yue did not answer him, merely raising his hand and pointing to the distance, where a glassy melt pit formed by the explosion of white phosphorus incendiary bombs still radiated high heat.

"You don't like playing with fire?"

"Then go down…… and feel it well."

The next second, the pair of huge earth-and-stone hands hurled Li Wei's body, like a pebble, far away.

"No——!!!!"

Li Wei's shrill scream echoed in midair; the moment his body touched the glassy melt pit, it was vaporized by the terrifying heat.

Having done all this, Lin Yue merely clapped his hands calmly, as if he had just done a trivial little thing.