N-M Chapter 197 The Black Lotus's Demise, Unexpectedly Obtaining a List of Traitors
Chapter 197 The Black Lotus's Demise, Unexpectedly Obtaining a List of Traitors
The jet-black lotus flower slipped from my hand.
It flew slowly, without making a sound, like a weightless feather, drifting towards the mountain of flesh and blood and eyeballs.
The monster noticed.
Its dozens of randomly moving eyeballs froze at the same moment.
All the pupils were fixed on the small black lotus that was approaching.
A fear originating from the deepest part of life caused this higher-dimensional being to abandon all its goals.
It ignored the shield-wielding giant who was about to be crushed, and also paid no attention to the knight who was preparing to use his body to withstand the rays.
All the tissues on the surface of the mountain of flesh writhed violently, pushing the energy to its limit.
The dark red star gate phantom that had just been opened dimmed a bit.
It diverted all the energy that was used to maintain the space passage back to its original state.
All this was to prepare for the fatal blow that was about to strike.
Dozens of dark red rays, several times thicker than before, shot out from those eyeballs, weaving together into an impenetrable net of death that enveloped Lu Yan.
No, it enveloped that black lotus.
The pressure on Xiao Qianyu and the others suddenly vanished.
Zhao Leiguang, supporting himself with his shield, was panting heavily, sweat dripping from his chin onto the cracked cement ground.
"Boss..."
He looked at the figure standing on the edge of the rooftop, but only said half of what he meant.
Lu Yan didn't move.
He didn't even look at the rays that were powerful enough to melt steel.
His gaze pierced through the monster's bloated skin, through its writhing tissues and twisted bones, and locked onto the deepest part of its body.
There, a fist-sized crystal is maintaining the operation of the entire gravitational field and stargate.
found it.
Right now.
The magical power within Lu Yan's body was drawn away by an irresistible force.
It's not a trickle, it's a reservoir opening its gates.
Eighty percent of the mana was depleted in 0.1 seconds.
A huge sense of emptiness washed over him, and his face paled.
The black lotus that was thrown out paused for a moment in mid-air.
Then, it moved.
Black light.
It ignored the giant net woven from death rays and passed right through it.
It also ignored the gravitational field that was strong enough to crush a tank, and its speed was not affected in any way.
It didn't even have any physical collision with that mountain of flesh.
And just like that, it went inside.
Time seemed to stretch out.
Everyone on the rooftop held their breath.
Tiesheng and his special forces soldiers stared wide-eyed at this incomprehensible scene.
There were no earth-shattering explosions.
There is no light.
No sound.
The moment the Black Lotus merged into the core of the Flesh Mountain.
Centered on that mountain of flesh, a circle of absolute "nothingness" radiates outwards.
That's not destruction, that's erasure.
A mountain of flesh tens of meters high, along with dozens of malevolent eyeballs on its body, and the nascent stargate above its head that is tearing the night sky apart.
It's like a pencil drawing on paper being erased cleanly, bit by bit, starting from the center, by an invisible eraser.
First comes the core, then the flesh and blood, and finally the outline.
Three seconds.
It took no more than three seconds.
The monster, powerful enough to destroy a city, along with all the anomalies it brought, vanished completely.
Not a drop of blood, not a piece of flesh, was left.
Even the fungal carpet and slime it left behind when it took hold vanished into nothingness.
The oppressive feeling on the rooftop vanished instantly.
Air circulation has resumed.
A cool night breeze blew in through the gap in the torn clouds, blowing on everyone's faces.
Zhao Leiguang's two shields, which he had been supporting himself with on the ground, fell to the ground with a thud.
He collapsed, completely exhausted, staring at the empty space in front of him. He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.
"Holy shit..."
Lin Chuxue looked at the shield on her body that had instantly returned to full strength, then looked at Lu Yan, and finally uttered two words.
"He's becoming so strong he's almost inhuman..."
Ding ding ding—
The crisp sound of metal and gemstones striking the ground echoed across the silent rooftop.
The area where the monster was "erased" burst into light.
Dozens of dark golden rays illuminated the dilapidated rooftop, making it appear magnificent.
Several equipment blueprints, radiating unique energy fluctuations, lay quietly in the center of that radiant light.
Any awakened person who sees this scene will go mad.
But Lu Yan did not.
He strode forward, stepping on the light-dappled ground, and walked straight past the several blueprints that looked priceless.
His gaze fell on the thing at the very bottom.
It was an ancient legal code bound with the skin of an unknown wild animal.
He bent down and picked up the law book.
The cover is dark red, with a line of words written in ancient Chinese in gold foil: "Gospel of Divine Grace".
Xiao Qianyu walked over and stood beside him.
"How is it?"
"fine."
Lu Yan casually replied and opened the law code.
The other members of the first squad also gathered around, looking curiously at what he was holding.
In their view, this thing is probably a propaganda manual used by the Vatican to brainwash believers.
However, when the pages are turned...
Everyone was stunned.
The book contains no record of the glorious deeds of Western false gods, nor does it depict the eternal glory of heaven.
The above is the list.
Line after line, names handwritten in blood-red ink.
Each name is followed by a complex string of codes and a short note.
Name: Zhou Mu
Code name: Raven.
"Position: Deputy Director of the Third Division of the Logistics Department, Southeast Theater Command of China".
"Function: Provide real-time updates on dungeons below Grade A and guide the entry of 'Divine Grace' supplies."
Name: Lin Zhengtao
Code name: Fisherman.
"Position: Intelligence Staff Officer, East China Sea Joint Fleet".
"Function: Provides a map of the troop deployment along the East China Sea defense line of China, as well as intelligence on the movement of high-level combat forces."
……
This is not the Gospel.
This is a list.
A list of defectors within China who provided intelligence, supplied resources, and even guided believers of false gods to infiltrate foreign forces.
The atmosphere on the rooftop instantly shifted from the relief of surviving a disaster to a chilling cold.
Zhao Leiguang's simple smile froze.
He stared at the list, the color draining from his face until it turned deathly pale.
"Those sons of bitches..."
His fists were clenched so tightly they cracked.
On the border, in the East China Sea, how many brothers have died so tragically because of this kind of intelligence leak from behind?
They risked their lives to fill the secret realm and guard the nation's borders.
But right behind them, someone was betraying their coordinates and equipment information, using them as sacrifices to a false god.
Wen Yue's fingers rested on the crossbow mechanism, and her knuckles turned slightly white from the force she exerted.
She thought of her cousin who worked in the military intelligence department.
I thought of that so-called "survivor," the woman who was used as a living anchor point and dropped into the city center.
If Lu Yan hadn't arrived in time, what would Jincheng have become tonight?
A dead city devoured by flesh and monsters.
And the source of all this actually comes from within.
The night wind rustled as it turned the heavy parchment in Lu Yan's hands.
Each sound felt like a slap in the face to every Chinese soldier present.
Lu Yan's finger stopped on the first page of the legal code.
His gaze fell on the top of the list, on the name that was number one.
That name was very short, only two characters.
But those two words made Lu Yan's pupils shrink slightly.
He recognized the name.
It's not just about recognizing them.
Back then, when the Gray Wolf Squad of the White Eagle Empire crossed the border in an attempt to assassinate him, the First Squad rushed to his aid.
That top-secret pass that allowed them to cross war zones and mobilize all resources.
The signatory was him.
Lu Yan's fingers clenched tightly.
He forcefully crumpled the tough parchment into deep creases.