"I'm sorry, son," he said.
Lu Mingfei's face flickered between light and shadow beneath the warning lights. In the firelight, the bullet seemed to vanish into thin air. Lu Lincheng even wondered whether he had fired at all, whether he had fallen into another hallucination. A second later, Lu Mingfei calmly raised his head and spoke to the concealed surveillance camera in the elevator's corner. "Open the door."
The alarm stopped, the elevator continued down, and the doors opened as expected.
Lu Lincheng did not understand what kind of power this was. Altering reality?
Two armed researchers stood outside. Given this place's security level, their guns had to be loaded with Philosopher's Stone bullets. Lu Lincheng saw hope again. But the researchers ignored him, seemingly ignoring even the elevator's emergency warning.
"Secretary-General Lu, the Final Sanctuary has been opened," the two researchers told Lu Mingfei respectfully. "The committee members are waiting for you in the conference room. Do you need anything else?"
"Take Engineer Lu away to 'rest.' He's a little tired," Lu Mingfei said.
On the verge of breaking down, Lu Lincheng was seized by the researchers. He had lost his strength, and even his attempts to activate Blood Rage failed. Two office workers forcibly dragged him away. At some point, the gun in his hand had also become a highly realistic prop.
"I'm the secretary-general! I'm Lu Lincheng!" he shouted.
"Secretary-General Lu, should we increase the sedative dosage this time?" The two researchers were actually struggling to restrain the frantic Lu Lincheng.
Lu Mingfei did not answer them. He simply looked at Lu Lincheng and said, "Don't worry, Dad. I'll take care of everything. The war is already here, but it won't take any form you could imagine."
Lu Lincheng was dragged away.
Lu Mingfei stepped through the