Open Fire

"I had a physical examination at the time, and there was nothing abnormal in my body. After returning to Western Capital City, I also had a semi-annual and annual check-up!"

In the monitoring room, Zhu Liangping nearly ground his teeth to powder.

Just thinking about Zuo Jin, who had flowers growing on his head and was imprisoned in a cage, made Zhu Liangping uneasy, filled with fear that he might suffer the same fate.

Tonight is the time for Huang Daoxian; all unexpected factors obviously need to be eliminated.

Zhu Liangping calmly extended his hands, then gestured to put shackles on his legs and neck.

"Add another cage and lock me in it," Zhu Liangping gritted his teeth. "If flowers grow on my head and I become neither human nor ghost, you can shoot me dead and burn me to ashes!"

Fear is of no use. Zhu Liangping was trapped in fearful thoughts that lingered for a long time, but he was extremely clear-headed after regaining his senses.

No different from Zuo Jin, who was imprisoned, he voluntarily requested the same treatment to avoid becoming a burden in this struggle.

"Don't panic, he just left a special mark on you!"

Zhu Liangping's unusual physical condition had not lasted long, and even older Sequence Holder would find it difficult to understand Zhu Liangping situation, except for those who knew the details.

Some looked at Zhu Liangping, some at Zhu Bufan, and others at Wang Haoran and Ren Yisheng, but none of them acted rashly or spoke.

When the sound came from the door of the monitoring room, everyone remained relatively silent. Ren Yisheng and Wang Haoran they saw Zhang Xuezhou arrive.

"Have you tracked them down?" Ren Yisheng asked.

"No, we only found Zhao Keqing, but he's just a pawn too!"

Zhang Xuezhou, who entered through the door, shook his head.

Even a rat would be shot dead if it entered the area where the bronze tortoise was kept, let alone a person.

To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, it is necessary to arrange for a gunman.

The moment the gunman opens fire, it inevitably attracts the attention of those behind the scenes.

At this juncture, Zhang Xuezhou clearly had no choice but to take the risk and use his Yang Soul to survey the situation.

He searched around but couldn't find Huang Daoxian, but Zhang Xuezhou found Zhao Keqing sowing seeds.

The seeds were placed in open, locked boxes, and then blown into the air by the wind and waves.

From Zhao Keqing's perspective, the other party didn't even know where these seeds would end up.

Zhao Keqing's condition was also extremely abnormal; he acted as if he were sleepwalking and had no normal awareness of his own behavior.

"Zhao Keqing was singing 'Planting the Sun' there, seemingly unaware that he was in the military zone of Western Capital City," Zhang Xuezhou said. "He was probably also influenced by his actions!"

"How could Huang Daoxian's manipulation have traveled such a long distance, from Changqing City to Western Capital City, and lasted for such a long time?" Ren Yisheng found it hard to believe.

In addition to deterrence, mental abilities can also be used for mental manipulation.

Benign psychological manipulation can disrupt physical states and guide breakthroughs unconsciously, while malicious psychological manipulation unconsciously directs and manipulates the subject to do things to satisfy selfish desires.

Zhao Keqing's erratic behavior was not unusual, and it was also normal for the Zhao family to risk death by trampling through thorns to retrieve the bronze tortoise statue.

The world as perceived by these people is not as desolate as it appears today.

These people might even believe they are conducting some kind of research.

"So, the hallucinations we experienced from the purple gladiolus were just a low-level effect?" Jong Jin-jin asked in a low voice.

"If he's far away, wouldn't our arrangements be completely useless?"

Wang Haoran took a deep breath, feeling that the arrangements made by everyone were completely useless.

No rocket launchers, no elite fighters on standby, could stop the enemy's long-range control.

Since the other side hasn't shown up, they have nowhere to use their strength.

"No, no, no, the arrangement must have been useful, otherwise he wouldn't have sent the Zhao family members here to die," Ren Yisheng denied.

"Kill them one by one, until he has no one left to fight!"

Seeing his son chained up like a ferocious beast, Zhu Bufan couldn't help but get angry after learning the general situation.

He doesn't care if it's the Zhao family, the Wang Household, or the Zhang Household; anyone who dares to trespass here will be killed instantly.

Zhu Bufan asked Zhao Keqing for directions, tugged at the grappling hook on his right hand, and then left the monitoring room without looking back.

Zhong Rang and Li Qi glanced at it, then quickly followed.

"Someone's trampling the thorns again!"

"I'm going to snipe him!"

The behavior monitored did not stop; people continued to trample on the area where the bronze tortoise was located in front of the thorns.

Song Xianzong touched his gun, glanced at the location on the monitor, and then quickly walked out of the monitoring room.

Are we going on patrol to arrest people?

Zhao Tianhua couldn't help but ask.

"He'll only appear passive if he makes a move right now. Once we make a move too, things will become harder to predict," Ren Yisheng said, frowning.

"The presence of so many thorns in the guard center, and the guard center's tolerance and indifference towards it, is abnormal in itself," Zhang Xuezhou said. "We have been trying to lure him into the trap, but from the moment the thorns spread and grew without being dealt with, the trap was no longer hidden!"

"Are you saying our trap is ineffective?" Ren Yisheng asked.

"It should still be effective, but whether it will work depends on luck," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"How do we do it?" Ren Yisheng asked.

"Fire!"

Zhang Xuezhou pursed his lips.

In the expected scenario, Huang Daoxian would reach the area designated by the bronze tortoise, after which hundreds of rockets would bombard the area.

Even with all his abilities, Huang Daoxian would be severely injured or even killed if he survived the barrage of firearms, and then they would engage in a fierce battle.

But the more you calculate something, the less likely you are to achieve it.

The Dongshan Imperial Mausoleum did not develop as Huang Daoxian had predicted, and Zhang Xuezhou and others' schemes against Huang Daoxian were all in vain.

He glanced at the surveillance footage, while Ren Yisheng silently waved.

Although Ren Yisheng didn't know much about the bronze tortoise, the fact that Zhang Xuezhou used it as bait and that it caused the strange events tonight made Ren Yisheng think it was worth a try.

With no normal possibilities left, the only option is to go all out. They might lose hundreds of rockets, but whether Huang Daoxian can accept losing the bronze tortoise is another matter entirely.

"Fire!"

Li Yingbo shouted, and Xu Shi'an, the captain of the special task force of the guard center, quickly pressed the button with his right hand, which had been resting on the button for a long time.

For a moment, the alarms in the security center area blared incessantly.

Amidst the piercing alarm, a muffled roar followed as expected, and a violent explosion soon followed.

"Bang!"

Before the muffled explosion from a distance could reach their ears, a burst of flames rose more than 200 meters away from the guard center building, followed by a series of shockwaves that swept outwards.

The building's glass shattered into pieces within a second, sending countless shards flying. A powerful blast of air blasted through the monitoring room, sweeping everything inside away like a hurricane.

The power went out, and the monitoring screens instantly dimmed, the lights went out, and only a few emergency green lights emitted a ghastly green glow.

Some rocket launchers were successfully launched, while others exploded on the spot before even leaving the catapult.

This batch of rocket launchers, which had been tested for a day and undergone several rehearsals, actually experienced barrel explosions during actual use, with some rockets even flying out of control.

This shouldn't have happened, but it did. The blast's reach was so great that Ren Yisheng and others couldn't escape it, and they were all stunned by the explosion.

Amidst the continuous and violent shockwaves, the guard center building even swayed back and forth and cracked.

"Sneaking around like that is definitely not a good thing, you bastard, don't run, I saw you!"

In the monitoring room, Chimon Hagrid did not have difficulty standing like the others. Instead, he swayed back and forth as if he were riding a surfboard, while his upper body remained stable.

His gaze swept over the aftershocks of the explosion, then he cursed angrily out the window before his body transformed into a gray shadow and vanished into the darkness in a flash.