Only when the surrounding Rule Environment abruptly changed and the authority granted by the "Abyssal Spirit Net" was stripped away did Lu Yang realize that this had been a premeditated operation.
At least three Formal Priests of the Myriad Gods Hall, hidden somewhere unknown—practically a proper small-to-medium Priest Council—had mobilized the power of the Abyssal Spirit Net and transformed his room into a highly targeted sealed spacetime.
Majestic divine power, deep as an abyss and coldly silent, swallowed him whole.
In that instant, Lu Yang felt as though he had stepped into empty air, plunging into an uncontrollable state of Imbalance. His brain even froze for a moment. He truly was in the weakened period after "jumping systems," and his reactions were far slower than usual. Before he had any chance to use his abilities, he had already been captured and bound layer upon layer.
With a bang, Lu Yang's entire body stiffened as he crashed to the floor, the impact seeming to make the whole deck shudder twice.
Only then did his mind barely resume functioning, and his first thought was:
Priests of the Ruin and Fall System!
This method of activating the negative factors in one's body, luring them out, amplifying them, and causing them to erupt all at once was precisely that side's signature technique.
But was this really necessary?
Now that his body would not obey him, Lu Yang's mind instead grew clearer. He knew this was absolutely not the time to resist by force, so he immediately shouted, "I work under Great Lord Luande! I'm a legitimate commissioned officer!
"I have all the proper authority and documentation!
"There are office personnel next door—"
A law enforcement officer who had apparently returned after leaving drove a hard kick into his mouth, cutting off everything that followed.