F-class thief? Sorry, I can steal anything.

Chapter 328 Even flies dare to clamor!

Chen Yifan remained completely still, not even lifting his eyelids.

In the void above, a cold, mechanical voice rang out again, its warning undisguised.

"Warning: You have intruded into the Qilin Group's operational area. Identify yourself immediately, or the cleanup process will be initiated."

"Eliminate me?"

Chen Yifan smiled.

With the help of "Mind's Eye," the opponent's location becomes impossible to hide.

The next second, a powerful spiritual force, without any guidance, transformed into an invisible landslide and crashed down on the coordinate point in mid-air!

boom!

A muffled thud.

A body dressed in a black, tight-fitting combat suit plummeted straight down from a height of over ten meters, crashing into a pile of rubble at Chen Yifan's feet. It twitched twice and then fell still.

Chen Yifan walked over and examined the room by the moonlight.

This thing doesn't count as a complete person.

The left half of his body was completely replaced by machinery. Underneath the exposed skull, instead of flesh and brain tissue, lay complex chips and neural circuits that flickered with electrical sparks.

At this moment, those lines are emitting smoke.

The brain-computer interface was directly destroyed by his violent mental power, and the remaining biological brain was also turned into a mess.

"Eliminate me? You think you can do it just because you replaced your brain with iron?"

Chen Yifan shook his head.

"fly."

Although the person is dead, the data in the mechanical chip remains.

He crouched down and took out a thin, black card from his pocket.

This thing was a trinket he got from Lin Tian.

I never expected it to come in handy.

Several metal probes, thinner than a hair, popped out from one corner of the card.

He precisely inserted the probe into the data interface on the side of the mechanical head.

On the card's dimly lit screen, a massive stream of data began to scroll instantly. The Kirin Group's S-level encryption protocol was brute-force cracked, and in less than three seconds, all the archived files appeared before his eyes.

Chen Yifan quickly scanned the card, and after a moment, he put it away, stood up, and a playful smile appeared on his lips.

"That's interesting."

According to the chip data, the group below is indeed the elite tactical squad of the Jiangcheng branch of the Qilin Group.

They came to this godforsaken, no-man's-land not because of that lord-level mutated earth dragon.

The earth dragon was just an unexpected watchdog.

Their real target was the bronze door behind the earth dragon, which had been blasted open.

An ancient site left over from a time of great silence.

In the Qilin Group's top-secret S-level assessment, behind this door lies a "heretical object" of extremely high level!

"A high-level heretical object?"

Chen Yifan pressed the tip of his tongue against the roof of his mouth.

He's familiar with this stuff.

Wang Qingyun once said that even heretics are divided into different levels. The information in the chip also confirmed this.

No wonder the Qilin Group is acting so furtively.

Once this trump card, which can guarantee strength after the "world engine stops," is revealed, even the highest levels of the Kyoto government will pounce on it like sharks smelling blood.

Chen Yifan lay back on the edge of the rock and looked down.

A chaebol is a chaebol.

There were over two hundred people, all of them level 50 experts who had completed the second job advancement, and all of them were armed with heavy firepower and psionic weapons.

The crossfire from the six twin-barreled psionic cannons made the 30-meter-long mutated earth dragon roar repeatedly.

[Target: Mutant Earth Dragon]

[Level: Lv.53 (Lord-level)]

This thing is thick-skinned and tough; armor-piercing incendiary bombs can only leave a few white spots on the rocky scales on its back.

With a single drift, he could turn several men in black into mincemeat.

But the people from the Qilin Group were fearless and someone immediately filled the vacancy.

Behind them, a dozen or so robed professionals worked together to maintain a large defensive barrier, desperately holding off the strong acid venom spewed by the earth dragon.

At the very back of the battlefield, near the bronze gate, stood a silver metal box that was two people tall.

A dozen or so of the most powerful guards surrounded him.

That's probably where their real trump card is stored.

Force it?

Chen Yifan was making plans in his mind.

This group was well-equipped and numerous. Even with his immense mental strength, being caught in their crossfire would be quite troublesome.

Moreover, there is also a level 53 boss monster.

"Isn't this just a ready-made free job opportunity?"

Chen Yifan grinned.

The tycoons provided the money and manpower to help him clear out the monsters and open the gates.

He just needs to stay here and wait for them to be exhausted before going down to reap the spoils.

or……

His gaze fell on the narrow gap in the bronze door, barely wide enough for one person.

The aura that made his heart flutter was emanating from within.

Now that the door is open...

The thought that Qilin Group had ultimately worked for nothing made Chen Yifan feel that the trip hadn't been in vain.

He didn't delay any longer.

The Shadow Transformation ability in the 【All Thoughts Return to Shadow】 talent is activated, and the whole person quietly merges into the shadow beneath their feet.

Just in case, he had a thought and created dozens of shadow clones, which hid in the dark corners around the mine that would never disappear.

As long as one clone exists, he is immortal.

Shadow Lurker!

Moving in the shadows, its speed increases dramatically, ignoring physical obstacles.

They slid silently down the protruding rocks.

The roar of artillery fire below and the intense light and explosions illuminated the bottom of the crater as bright as day.

Using the deep shadows cast by the armored vehicle and the pile of rocks, Chen Yifan successfully landed at the edge of the pit.

Less than fifty meters from the center of the battle.

The air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder and the stench of venom corroding rocks.

"Cover up, second team, withdraw! Third team, take over!"

"Mage raid! Push the shield forward! It's about to go berserk!"

Safety supervisor Zhou Tao stood at the back, shouting at the top of his lungs.

The earth dragon was enraged, its belly bulging high and a thunderous roar emanating from its throat, clearly preparing a devastating attack.

Zhou Tao's expression changed drastically, and he roared, "Scatter! Death Breath!"

The entire venue descended into utter chaos.

Everyone's attention was completely drawn to the berserk earth dragon.

Chen Yifan moved.

He exerted force with both legs, transforming into a blur that was difficult to see with the naked eye, advancing instead of retreating.

Sticking close to the edge of the battlefield and using the craters created by the earth dragons as cover, they flashed past the Qilin Group's defenses in a few moments.

Fifty meters.

Thirty meters.

ten meters.

Unbeknownst to anyone, in this chaotic moment, someone actually managed to reach the bronze gate they had been dreaming of, despite the powerful attacks of the boss monster.

The gate is ten meters high and is covered with intricate ancient patterns.

That deep, cold aura rushed out from the crack.

Chen Yifan turned sideways and, taking advantage of being in the shadows, squeezed in.

The moment he entered.

boom!

The earth dragon spewed out its deadly acid breath.

The dark green venom cascaded down like a waterfall, instantly corroding the armored vehicles outside the gate into molten iron, and screams echoed throughout the mine.

Inside the door, most of the noise from the outside world is shut out.

The space was spacious, and the air was filled with a musty smell.

Although there was no light source, Chen Yifan's "Mind's Eye" allowed him to see through everything.

This is a downward-sloping passageway, with a bronze statue holding a halberd standing every few meters on both sides of the wall.

At the end of the passageway, a faintly glowing altar can be seen.

The source of that tremor was on the altar.

"It's troublesome when no one steps on the landmine."

Chen Yifan pursed his lips.

He condensed his spiritual energy into a protective shield on his body, pressed himself against the wall, and groped forward.

Sudden.

The stone slab underfoot made a very slight "click" sound.

Chen Yifan's pupils suddenly contracted.

Almost at the same instant the sound rang out, the eyes of the bronze statues on both sides of the passageway burst forth with a blinding scarlet light.

An incomprehensible and irresistible force descended from all directions.

Chen Yifan's mental shield, strong enough to withstand artillery shells, was instantly crushed and annihilated by this invisible force, like a thin sheet of paper.

His body, his consciousness, and even the traces of his existence were completely erased in that instant.

【Return to Shadows】Activated.

At the same time, at the edge of the mine, in the deep shadow cast by a heavy armored vehicle, a figure materialized out of thin air.

Chen Yifan was pale, his heart was pounding, and he stared at the distant bronze door, still in shock.

"Oh shit……"

"What the hell?"