pjbooks Chapter 364 Kyoto Lockdown
Chapter 364 Kyoto Lockdown
Chen Yifan frowned as he looked at the message Wang Fugui had sent on the communicator screen.
Kyoto under lockdown, allowing only exits and no entry?
What kind of crazy thing is this?
He immediately cut off communication with Wang Fugui and instead dialed Xia Nan's communication channel.
"Beep...beep..."
It rang twice before the call was answered, and Xia Nan's somewhat tired voice came through.
"Chen Yifan? You finally contacted me! Where are you now? Don't go back to Kyoto!"
Xia Nan's tone was urgent, as if he was afraid of saying a single wrong word.
"I'm still outside, just finished some personal business." Chen Yifan's voice was steady, devoid of any emotion. "What's going on in Kyoto? I heard the whole city is under lockdown."
There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone.
"The official explanation is that a massive beast tide has been detected gathering towards Kyoto. For safety reasons, all students have been temporarily dismissed, and non-combat personnel have been evacuated in an orderly manner." Xia Nan's explanation sounded flawless.
But Chen Yifan isn't stupid.
"A massive beast tide? Shouldn't we be concentrating all our forces to hold our ground? What kind of logic is it to drive all the students from Wuhan University away? Are we cutting off our own arm?"
"I..." Xia Nan seemed stumped by the question, hesitated for a moment, and then said in a low voice, "This is an order from higher-ups, and I don't know the specific reason. Anyway, you are safe now, and that's enough. Don't worry about your sister; I've assigned the Xia family's top guards to watch over her 24 hours a day, and there's absolutely no chance of anything going wrong."
When Chen Xue was mentioned, Xia Nan's tone became particularly solemn.
This only intensified Chen Yifan's feeling that something was wrong.
If it were just a normal beast tide, would the Xia family need to send out top guards to protect an ordinary girl?
Something is definitely going on here, and it's a huge deal.
"I understand." Chen Yifan didn't ask any further questions. "Be careful."
"Don't worry, we'll take good care of ourselves."
After hanging up the call, Chen Yifan stood in the cave behind the waterfall, listening to the roaring water outside, but his eyes grew colder and colder.
The students at Wuhan University are all elites from various regions.
It possesses considerable combat strength.
Have a holiday?
One more month!
A simple beast tide would never lead the authorities to make such a contradictory decision.
Combined with the previous appearances of various strange and monstrous figures such as the Holy Lord, the Lamplighter, and the Council of Order, he had a strong premonition.
A far more terrifying event than the beast tide is unfolding in Kyoto.
My younger sister is still in the city.
No, I have to go back and see for myself to be at ease.
He forcibly suppressed the restlessness in his heart, replacing it with absolute calm.
Since it's a blockade, it means that forcing your way through is impossible.
Kyoto's defense system is so formidable that even a legendary-level expert would be severely weakened.
But rules are rigid, people are flexible.
He took out the thin, gossamer-thin [Deceitful Mask] from his storage ring.
This is the core of his entire plan.
To infiltrate, you first need a real, legitimate identity with proper authorization.
Having made up one's mind,
Chen Yifan's figure vanished from the spot in an instant.
Void Travel!
The next second, he appeared hundreds of kilometers away, in the shadows of the outer defense line of Kyoto.
The towering metal walls, like steel behemoths, stretch across the land.
The blinding beams of searchlight, like sharp swords, swept across the ground, leaving no blind spots.
In the air, squadrons of patrol drones painted with military markings roared past.
The entire defensive line was an impenetrable fortress.
Chen Yifan did not rush to act, but instead used his "Mind's Eye" to silently cover an area of dozens of kilometers around Kyoto, like a radar.
Countless energy fluctuations, personnel movements, and information flows converge in his mind to form a huge dynamic map.
He is screening.
Select a target that has sufficient privileges but also contains vulnerabilities.
Soon, a senior logistics officer who frequently entered and exited the blockade line came into his view.
Every six hours, this person would drive a supply vehicle alone from a secret transit point on the outskirts of Kyoto to the interior of the city.
That's him.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Yifan disappeared from that spot.
At this moment, Kyoto is heavily guarded.
But in Chen Yifan's eyes, these so-called physical defenses were no different from paper.
He didn't even use his spatial abilities; he simply activated his physical strength after unlocking his genetic lock, and his entire body transformed into an afterimage invisible to the naked eye, skimming the ground and silently bypassing all the sentry posts and infrared scanners.
He arrived at the supply depot marked on the map, like a patient hunter, hiding in the shadows of the containers, quietly waiting for his prey to appear.
Half an hour later.
A hovercar slowly descended, and a slightly overweight middle-aged man in a logistics department uniform stepped out of the car carrying a briefcase, humming a tune as if he were used to the tight security around him.
He glanced around to make sure no one was there, then headed toward a secluded warehouse.
The opportunity is here.
The moment the man stepped into the shadows of the warehouse.
Chen Yifan appeared behind him silently, like a ghost.
The man seemed to sense something and was about to turn around.
"Thump!"
A muffled thud.
Chen Yifan didn't even use his fist, but just gently patted the back of his neck with his palm.
The sheer force of his physical body erupted instantly, shattering the man's protective aura even through his combat suit. The residual force penetrated and instantly impacted his central nervous system.
The man didn't even utter a sound; his eyes rolled back, and he slumped down, completely limp.
Chen Yifan grabbed him and dragged him into the deeper darkness.
He didn't kill anyone. Murder would leave traces, and for someone of the Lamplighter's caliber, it would be easy to trace.
He placed one hand on the man's head.
Stealing everything!
A familiar, cold notification echoed in my mind.
[Stealing successful! You have obtained nearly 24 hours of shallow memories of the target 'Zhou Hai'!]
Get it done.
Chen Yifan slowly put on the [Fraudster Mask].
A cool sensation swept over him, and his bones and muscles began to make a faint crackling sound.
Height, build, appearance... even Zhou Hai's habitual tiptoeing when walking became identical.
He stripped the uniform off the unconscious Zhou Hai, put it on, and then hid him deep inside an abandoned shipping container.
After doing all this, he picked up his briefcase, humming the same little tune, and swaggered out of the warehouse, getting into the dedicated logistics supply vehicle.
The vehicle recognition system scanned his iris and fingerprints.
"Beep! Identity confirmed. Welcome, Zhou Hai, Level 3 Specialist, Logistics Department."
The vehicle slowly started moving and headed towards the special passage leading into Kyoto.
Everything went incredibly smoothly.
Just when Chen Yifan thought he could easily sneak in.
Suddenly, a cold, emotionless synthesized voice rang out from the vehicle's encrypted communication channel.
"Attention all 'cleaning' units."
"The third 'pollution source' has shown signs of energy overflow. Immediately abandon the current mission and proceed to Qingquan Road neighborhood to carry out the 'isolation' mission."