A Storm on the Horizon, a Sword of Blazing Flame

Kachin State is not a small place.

Its northeastern part borders the Mystic Kingdom.

Its southern part is already considered to be on the edge of the Golden Triangle.

A plane roared through the air and landed at the airport. Shortly after, Victor walked through the airport building and onto the street outside.

He wore a wide-brimmed hat and a silver-gray suit, with a small briefcase beside him. After scanning the street buildings outside, he murmured something.

"It's a really old and poor place."

Victor refused the dusty taxi and continued walking down the street.

The driver, who was soliciting passengers, leaned against the car door, recalling the material of the old white man's clothes. He couldn't help but look back again, but Victor was already out of sight.

"Damn it, he runs so fast."

The driver spat in slight regret, then suddenly saw two more figures emerge from the airport.

Before he could get a good look, the two people had vanished.

The driver blinked, feeling a little confused. His memory of the two people quickly faded, as if he had never seen them before.

Chu Tianshu and Yungu had arrived at the airport long ago and were waiting inside.

With just a tiny bit of the use of the Great Void Heavenly Eye, one can confuse the senses of ordinary people and make them ignore the strange behavior of Chu Tianshu carrying a sword at his waist and Yungu carrying a gun on his shoulder.

Moreover, the power of the Heavenly Eye is quite different from normal Mind Power, so Victor wouldn't easily notice it even if they were both at the airport.

The two then gave chase, maintaining a distance of two kilometers from their target.

Victor was also alert, making several turns along the way, concealing himself, and spying on whether there were any suspicious people behind him.

However, Chu Tianshu was knowledgeable and experienced, possessing the Origin Canon, while Yungu was a veteran of countless battles, extremely skilled and fluent.

The two had planned ahead meticulously, gaining the upper hand, and their tracking was virtually flawless.

Victor Matsushita and drove straight into the mountains outside the city, his figure growing faster and faster.

After traversing mountains and valleys for dozens of miles, he finally emerged from the jungle and stopped between abandoned factory buildings on the edge of a small town.

The factory buildings here are all whitewashed brick walls, and in some places the plaster has peeled off, directly exposing the red bricks underneath.

There is also a tall chimney built entirely of red bricks, standing alone at the corner of the factory area, which looks to be more than fifty meters high.

Victor stopped here, lifted the brim of his hat with his finger, and looked around.

There wasn't a single person in this factory area.

There were only some human bones and discarded, useless firearms. The clothes wrapped around the skeletons showed signs of severe weathering, and it was impossible to tell when or how the person died here.

A desolate and dilapidated smell wafted in the wind; even dogs wouldn't venture this way.

Victor walked into a factory and drew a red six-pointed star in the air with one hand.

A flash of light, a burst of air, and dust and cobwebs were blown out of the doors and windows on the other side.

The air in the factory became much fresher. He walked to a long table on the assembly line and put his suitcase on it.

"Come on, my friends, let me see if this contact information you've given me is reliable at all!"

From the suitcase, sticks of incense, each about the thickness of a chopstick, were taken out and arranged into a square structure, resembling a palm-sized altar.

The last few incense sticks added a pointed top to the altar.

As Victor sprinkled powder made from dried fish roe, he chanted a spell.

Each incense stick burns at one end, releasing both spicy and fishy aromas simultaneously.

Thick smoke rose smoothly from the altar, and the newly erected spire, propelled by the smoke, opened up in all directions like a large flower.

The smoke formed a head model, complete with fine hair and eyebrows, exactly like Sahong's appearance, but in pure white.

"Victor?"

Sahong was a little surprised, "You've come to the Golden Triangle?"

The purpose of entrusting this incantation was to facilitate communication between the two sides when Victor sent his trusted confidants to the Golden Triangle in the future.

Unexpectedly, Victor arrived in person so quickly.

Victor chuckled, "It seems this spell really can contact you without relying on specific magical artifacts or knowing your location. It's a pity the range of effect is a bit small, otherwise I should have contacted you from my office in Americas."

"Why not use video...?"

Sahong paused, then said knowingly, "You've already revealed that your family has dealings with us. Are you afraid those people will increase their surveillance of your signals?"

Victor did not deny it, but took off his hat and pressed it to his chest.

"There are indeed some hyenas lurking around my country, wanting to seize profits, but they are not worth my current fear."

Victor sneered and said, "What I'm worried about is another country. They've always preferred to keep their technological development a secret, but now they've actually come up with something as sophisticated as individual armor."

"Ha, this kind of project should have been proposed by our country first, and we've already spent countless amounts of money on it without even making a ripple. Yet the other side has put it together. How can I trust our own technology?"

Sahong raised his tiger-like eyes slightly and laughed.

"You're very cautious, that's good, so what exactly do you want to discuss with me?"

Victor stated bluntly, "Chu Tianshu claims he's willing to cooperate with us and even wants to invite you to a meeting."

"Holding a meeting is obviously out of the question, but I agree with his suggestion to share resources and for everyone to create a clear list."

"The price you offered me is very tempting, and we've already inspected the samples, but I can't completely trust your promised total volume for each quarter."

Victor stepped forward. "At least let me see with my own eyes the scale and potential of your connections with the Spirit Realm and the delivery of supplies."

"Don't mention videos. Those are too easy to fake. I want to be there in person!"

As he spoke, his eyes revealed undisguised ambition and desire.

Despite being the former head of the Audit Bureau, Victor is, deep down, a human-centric individual.

If he could, he'd just want all the freaks to lie on the lab table.

The problem is that the situation in the Americas is now becoming somewhat uncontrollable.

The New York incident was merely a trigger; in fact, there have been smaller Overflow Zone across the Americas.

The local humans were unable to contain the influx in time, and after the Overflow Zone subsided, the monsters from the Spirit Realm took the opportunity to sneak in and roam freely, making the situation far from optimistic.

If things continue like this, it's hard to say whether the country will collapse, but a major decline in national strength is just around the corner.

Faced with such a turbulent situation, Victor's adventurous spirit began to stir.

Cooperating with the Spirit Realm might be the most dangerous yet the best opportunity. As long as the resources transported there are under the control of the Audit Bureau, they can be modified a second time and then redistributed.

Back then, the Americas dared to sell arms like crazy during the World Wars and relentlessly pursued advanced warfare technology, winning a century of war and establishing themselves as the world's dominant power.

Why can't we do it again?!

Sahong stared at the blond man in front of him.

He could sense the intense greed and fervor in this person's eyes, and even a hint of underlying hostility.

But... it's great.

Sahong likes allies who play with fire, but he likes opponents who play with fire even more!

If someone is as steady and methodical as some others, remaining calm and collected in the face of danger, then they are the tough nuts to crack, causing both headaches and no fun.

"It's only natural that you want to see your allies' transportation capabilities in the Spirit Realm."

Sahong said, "I doubt you'd be willing to come to our current headquarters."

"Here's what we'll do. I've already located you. I'll send you some things, and you'll do some auxiliary work. Then, you can test our capabilities."

Victor slightly composed himself, pulled his hat back up, and smiled, "Then I'll be watching."

He didn't have to wait long; just over half an hour later, the sound of helicopter rotors could be heard in the air.

Victor walked outside the factory and saw several helicopters circling overhead.

One by one, the cargo containers were dropped, each with a small parachute attached.

The helicopter did not stop; it dropped the supplies and left quickly.

Yungu, nestled in the mountains, glanced quietly at the sky, then looked at Chu Tianshu, who remained motionless beside him.

He was tempted to try secretly following the helicopter and finding their hideout, but he wasn't entirely confident.

Victor had already opened the cargo boxes.

The buffer material was filled with sealed test tubes, some red, some blue, and some yellow.

Each color is incredibly pure, possessing a unique charm even to the eye.

Is this all the quantity?

After examining it, Victor was not satisfied.

"This is just today's supplies."

Sahong's voice drifted from the factory, "I will teach you how to excavate the Spirit Track. After you finish excavating this factory, combine these materials and scatter them inside."

"Then, the moment to witness transportation capacity will arrive."

Victor listened to the instructions and pondered them for a while before taking action outside.

He took off a button from his clothes and threw it in front of him.

Centered on the button, streaks of red light stretched out, spreading through the air to form a six-pointed star array the size of a wheel, before crashing into the ground.

As half of the six-pointed star array sank into the ground, the entire wheel rolled rapidly.

Soil and debris flew everywhere, and a ditch was quickly dug out.

Victor didn't stop there; he took off one button after another and threw them in different directions.

Multiple hexagram arrays were simultaneously being constructed on the ground, driven by his mental power.

Even if there are factory buildings blocking the way, the six-pointed star array will penetrate the base of the wall, run a ditch through the factory buildings, and extend out from the base of the wall on the other side.

Chu Tianshu observed from the forest and recorded the entire process.

This kind of thing that can communicate and transport with the Spirit Realm might come in handy in the future.

Red foliage spread throughout the factory area, with ditches extending to the boundaries and looping back.

It's like drawing an extremely complex peony flower on the earth.

From a distance, those factory buildings and tall chimneys look like small pebbles scattered on this enormous flower.

Buttons flew back to Victor, one after another, and stuck to his clothes.

Victor then waved his hand in the air, summoning the glass test tubes from the boxes, which collided in mid-air.

Glass shards and the liquid inside were scattered into the ditches.

The statue of Sahong in the factory began chanting incantations, and the air buzzed.

The liquid in the test tube was just a drop in the ocean; it should have been absorbed quickly after being thrown into the ditch.

But now, with Sahong's incantation, the entire array is activated.

In the ditch, it was as if there were hundreds of springs, from which liquids of various colors gushed forth.

In just a few seconds, the amount of liquid that gushed out was several times greater than what was in the box before.

"These..."

Victor stepped forward, dipped his finger in the glistening red liquid, and a look of delight crossed his face.

"It really is all Spirit Blood, the quality is only slightly worse than the sample I was given!"

These were all made by the Yu Mountain Clan using the blood of spirits and monsters from the Spirit Realm mixed with medicine.

According to Sahong, the Spirit Realm is full of monsters, unruly and fierce, who are no different from livestock to the Ghost God race, so they are naturally willing to share them with their allies.

Chu Tianshu was also surprised as he looked down into the ditches and saw more and more Spirit Blood.

The chanting inside the factory had not stopped.

Suddenly, all the ditches lit up slightly, and a burst of bright light erupted from the factory building.

Victor frowned slightly and turned to look.

After the bright light disappeared, two figures emerged from the factory.

Sahong and Zhang Mengxi actually showed up here.

Victor's expression darkened as he sensed the powerful aura emanating from these two individuals.

He himself had pondered the function of this Spirit Track Formation.

Any communication or similar formation must follow some basic principles.

Using the materials in the box as a conduit, at most more Spirit Blood could be transported over; how could it possibly teleport two Taboo creatures over?!

Don't misunderstand.

Zhang Mengxi smiled before speaking, his demeanor refined and courteous. "The two of us have come precisely to demonstrate to our allies the immense potential of our transportation capabilities."

"As long as there are enough real materials to mix into the Spirit Blood as a compounding agent, the amount of Spirit Blood currently in the ditches is far from the limit for a single transport."

Victor smiled. "I see."

He looked again at the liquid in the ditch, and a growing sense of ecstatic joy welled up inside him.

However, he also secretly sounded a warning in his heart that he must never inscribe such a Spirit Track Formation in the Americas again.

Zhang Mengxi's smile deepened almost imperceptibly.

In fact, the territory in the Spirit Realm corresponding to the Golden Triangle is a deep area of the Spirit Realm, and part of it happens to be within the sphere of influence of the Yu Mountain Clan.

When Sahong and Zhang Mengxi were brought into reality, they had already paid the price and gained recognition from reality.

That's how they were able to travel from headquarters to here via the Spirit Realm.

If the Americas were to actually inscribe Spirit Track Formation on their own territory, it would only elicit a response from the Ghost Mother of Yu Mountain, but would not bring any benefit to the people of the Yu Mountain Clan.

Over the long years, the Yu Mountain Clan had long since determined that it was more advantageous for priests to lead the way than for Ghost God to act solely on instinct.

Therefore, Zhang Mengxi proposed this intimidation stunt.

They tried their best to prevent the Americas from bypassing them and receiving the favor of the Ghost Mother.

However, Sahong, who had arrived at the abandoned factory in his true form, didn't say much. He had a slight look of doubt on his face and looked around.

Chu Tianshu, who was in the mountains, knew that he had been discovered the moment the other person looked up.

"Really..."

Chu Tianshu's soul suddenly left his body, Sword Soul left the sword!

In the blink of an eye, a transparent soul figure swiftly overcame all obstacles in its path and arrived through the air.

"That's incredibly perceptive!"

Chu Tianshu's soul seemed to express a hint of admiration as he slowly extended the sword in his hand.

But the seemingly slow sword strike unleashed a terrifying killing intent the moment it was unleashed.

It stunned the scenery and froze the light.

The various colored liquids flowing in the ditch, clearly distinct, suddenly came to a standstill before they could merge.

Its surface has a glossy sheen and retains the sense of depth that a liquid should have when it flows.

The sword-wielding spirit, along with the sword, emitted a captivating red light, illuminating the three people who were almost frozen in place!

(End of this chapter)