pjbooks Chapter 317 Using my sister as a setup? I'll bury you all along!
Chapter 317 Using my sister as a setup? I'll bury you all along!
Chen Yifan stared intently at the green characters on the monitoring screen of the medical vehicle.
The rage that was boiling in my chest just a second ago completely subsided when I saw the words "the lamplighter," transforming into a chilling clarity.
He stood there, going over everything that had happened that night in his mind.
The Lamplighter Shadow Special Operations Group.
Brief news.
Time difference.
Vulnerability in the air defense network.
Flesh-and-blood fanatics.
All the seemingly coincidental clues intertwined in my mind to form a closed loop.
This is a trap.
A scheme to use Chen Xue as bait, specifically to test him!
The Thousand-Faced Buddha and his gang are nothing but pathetic expendable pawns.
The real manipulators are watching this grand spectacle from the shadows.
He was extremely anxious when he received the text message.
Watch as he forcefully broke through the air defense network.
Watching him fight against the Thousand-Faced Buddha and his group of monsters after he landed.
They are testing their own cards.
Chen Xue is like the piece of cheese placed on the mousetrap.
Chen Yifan straightened up and casually threw the half of the metal doorknob he was holding onto the ground.
It hit the concrete floor with a crisp sound.
My "insight" has long been activated to its maximum extent.
Within the field of vision, the energy flow around the 360 degrees is clearly visible in every detail.
Just twenty meters to the side and behind, behind the abandoned fountain pool that had been half-collapsed by a truck, the energy ripples showed a very small misalignment.
Chen Yifan didn't even turn his head.
"Who's there?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the distorted shadow began to writhe eerily.
Immediately afterwards, a person fully covered in a black combat suit slowly emerged from the darkness.
There were no footsteps.
The breathing rate was suppressed to the limit.
He wore a faceless mask without any raised patterns on his face.
His aura was completely contained.
To the naked eye, it might even appear that the spot is completely empty.
The person stopped ten meters away from Chen Yifan.
He raised his hands and clapped them gently twice.
"Slap slap..."
"pretty."
The voice, processed by the voice changer on the mask, had a distinct metallic quality, making it impossible to distinguish between male and female.
"Speed, strength, and even the judgment that broke the deadlock just now, all far exceed the records we collected at Kyoto Martial Arts University."
The masked man lowered his hand.
"Chen, you truly are a target that our Shadow Group has its eye on."
Chen Yifan turned around and looked at the other person.
"You lamplighters, do you really like wearing these shameful masks when you go out on your duties?"
The masked man didn't care about the mockery.
"It's for work. You can call me 'Ghost.' Of course, that's just a code name."
The ghost looked at the scattered limbs and the corpse of the Thousand-Faced Buddha that had been trampled into the ground.
"I admit, your performance far exceeded the test's expectations. That Thousand-Faced Buddha is a wanted criminal at the third-tier limit. In our original calculations, even if you won, you would have exposed more of your hidden system capabilities. Unexpectedly, you won very easily."
Chen Yifan took a step toward the ghost.
"So, you sent the anonymous text message."
"You could say that; it was a plan decided by our entire tactical analysis team."
The ghost answered crisply, his tone full of businesslike indifference.
"For targets with extremely high potential and significant uncertainty, routine background checks are useless. We need extremely extreme environments to force out your most authentic reactions."
"After all, very few normal people can come into contact with heterodox practices and even enter into them!"
Chen Yifan stopped in his tracks and looked directly into the other person's eyes!
"Using a patient who is still in a coma as bait, is that what you call a tactical plan?"
"Chen, I understand your resistance."
The ghost spread its hands.
"But please make one thing clear. This test is under our absolute control."
The ghost pointed to the intact medical vehicle.
"Even if you don't make it back tonight, or even if you die at the hands of the Thousand-Faced Buddha, your sister will absolutely not be taken away by these cultists. We will take over the scene at the last minute. She has been safe from beginning to end."
Chen Yifan looked at the hand wearing a black tactical glove.
"So, according to you, I should thank you for protecting my family?"
"That's not necessary."
The ghost lowered its hand and adjusted its stance, a typical defensive posture.
"This is a necessary procedure to invite you to join the 'Lamplighter' Shadow Special Operations Group. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures."
"We need to confirm whether you are a monster that could go out of control at any moment."
"Fortunately, you not only passed the first round of testing, but you even discovered my presence!"
"So...your system focuses on mental strength?"
At this point, Ghost pulled a palm-sized encrypted chip from his tactical vest and tossed it onto the open ground between the two men.
"Whether it's in the direction of spiritual power or physical strength!"
"Sign this confidentiality agreement. From now on, the security level of your family will be directly raised to the national core level, and we will assign dedicated personnel to protect them around the clock."
Chen Yifan didn't look at the chip on the ground; instead, he asked a question.
"You set up such a big scheme in the middle of the night, only to slap me and then offer a sweet treat. This is your real bargaining chip, isn't it? Find out my weaknesses, set a trap, and then offer benefits to entice me into submission."
The ghost nodded.
"This is an open strategy. It's a win-win situation for you and for us."
The ghost emphasized his words.
"Individual power is meaningless in the face of the state apparatus."
"Your file has been transferred to the highest level of encryption. We can leave Li Yuantu's matter alone."
"But the power within you that has broken free from the [World Engine] must be monitored. Joining us is your only way out. Otherwise, radicals like the Judge will treat you as a heretic."
Chen Yifan asked:
"What do you plan to do with her if I don't sign?"
The ghost avoids the main issue:
"We will ensure her absolute safety."
Threat.
An undisguised threat.
If Chen Yifan doesn't join, Chen Xue will most likely become a hostage.
Chen Yifan suddenly found it particularly funny.
He originally thought that the previous "judge" was already crazy enough.
Unexpectedly, he still underestimated the bottom line of this secretive organization.
These high-ranking figures.
All they talk about is interests, assessments, tests, and regulations.
To achieve their goals, they can justifiably use innocent people as bait.
After doing it, they can shamelessly make you grateful.
Chen Yifan stretched his neck, and his joints made a series of popping sounds.
"Screw your necessary procedures."
Chen Yifan immediately started cursing.
"You keep saying everything is under control. Have you seen the Thousand-Faced Buddha's methods? That venom array that can instantly corrode everything—even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance it splashes onto that medical vehicle, what would happen to the person lying inside!"
Chen Yifan pointed directly at the ghost's mask.
"I'm gambling with my only family member for this one in ten thousand chance of failure."
"What's the difference between you and these flesh-and-blood scum?"
The ghost snapped its fingers.
At high points around the abandoned bridge, more than a dozen red laser guide lights suddenly lit up.
The location around Chen Yifan and the medical vehicle was completely locked.
"Chen Yifan, this is the duty of the lamplighter. Don't do anything foolish."
The ghost issued an ultimatum.
"My appearance here means that this place has been sealed off."
Within the Heart Palace of the Outer Path.
The twelve thick stone pillars trembled violently.
The spiritual power that had been contained by the fragments of the "Core of the World" was no longer held back at this moment.
Click click click.
The cement road surface beneath Chen Yifan's feet was cracked in large areas.
The cracks spread wildly outwards from his heels, and rubble broke free from gravity and floated into the air.
An extremely terrifying sense of oppression appeared out of nowhere, heading straight for the ghost.
The expression beneath the ghost mask changed completely.
In the surveillance footage, he saw Chen Yifan instantly defeat the Thousand-Faced Buddha.
But experiencing this kind of pressure face-to-face is completely different from experiencing it through a screen!
This energy density has exceeded the range that a third-tier professional should have.
It even made him vaguely feel the absolute suppression he felt when facing the team leader.
"Chen Yifan!" Ghost immediately stepped back, his right hand swiftly drawing his gun. "If you dare to lay a hand on me, it's tantamount to betraying the human race!"
Chen Yifan stomped down hard with his foot.
boom!
The rubble floating in mid-air instantly exploded into powder.
"I'll bury you lamplighters along with me today!"