Chapter 1319 - 271: Secret Laboratory

At the moment when the black barrier shrouding the District 8 Outpost Base dissipated, Treasure Land Protector Number 28 immediately made his move, forcing Star and Luo Luo back, and then his figure vanished instantly.

The barrier he had set up naturally collapsed with the departure of Protector Number 28.

However, the entire frontline fell into complete silence with the departure of Treasure Land Protector Number 28. Old Man Fran clutched his chest, his face pale, as he looked toward the distant District 8 Outpost Base.

A notification about sequence change in his mind undoubtedly explained to Fran what exactly had transpired.

"Hey, hey... Old man, are you okay?"

Star descended from the sky, landing beside Fran. Seeing Old Man Fran, who seemed on the verge of passing out, he couldn’t help but ask.

Fran moved his lips, unable to speak for a while. After a moment, he took a deep breath and spoke to Star with a grim expression.

"Here at the Demon Realm’s Gate, I still need both of you to support it more, um, something happened in Yanjing... I need to go back and handle it first..."

Old Man Fran said these words with forced calmness, then he floated up from thin air, instantly shooting toward the direction of the District 8 Outpost Base.

Following him were dozens of figures—all without exception, part of the current sequence.

This scene left Star and Luo Luo puzzled—they hadn’t received any notification of sequence change and didn’t know exactly what happened. But instinct told Star that something monumental had occurred...

...

In front of the teleportation array formation, along with the fading and disappearance of the black barrier enveloping Yanjing in the distance, the black barrier here also changed.

At a certain moment, the black barrier burst like a bubble with a "pop," inside stood three figures looking at each other.

On the ground, the two Treasure Land Protectors who were originally by Protector Number 2’s side lay on the ground, completely lifeless. Wen Yu and Faceless silently observed Protector Number 2 until he smiled at them both.

"Quite impressive, until next time."

As soon as these words were spoken, Protector Number 2 quickly fled backward. Faceless still seemed eager to try, glancing at his leader as if asking whether they should take him down here, but Wen Yu simply shook his head.

Protector Number 2’s strength was indeed good, and during the brief skirmish just now, he and Wen Yu appeared evenly matched.

If Wen Yu used Number One, he could certainly keep Protector Number 2 here—but doing so was not meaningful.

Wen Yu simply flew up, his figure instantly appeared above the District 8 Outpost Base.

...

The original Supreme Command Headquarters location had completely disappeared, with only a purple giant octopus stretching its body, straining to fend off attacks flying in from all directions.

Within the giant octopus, faintly visible were three figures of varying heights... and at their feet lay the headless corpse, Wen Yu sharp-eyed, immediately recognized it was Lin Haifeng.

"That’s... Lin Haifeng? He’s dead?"

Faceless naturally saw the situation below clearly, yet despite the truth being right in front of him, Faceless still couldn’t believe such a fact.

"It’s fake, right? That’s fake, right? Boss... it must be fake!"

Faceless questioned more confidently, until Wen Yu uttered nonchalantly, "It’s real," upon which Faceless fell silent.

"This..."

"Follow me..."

Seeing Faceless seemed to want to ask something, Wen Yu promptly pulled Faceless along, and their figures disappeared into the distance.

As for the soul puppets below, they didn’t require Wen Yu’s personal handling—the powerful experts from Yanjing arriving in droves behind them were enough to ensure they were torn to pieces.

...

On the way, Faceless remained in a daze, seemingly unable to believe the events that had just transpired, while Wen Yu also stayed silent until they flew to another region on this continent, then Wen Yu stopped and landed on the ground, leading Faceless to the entrance of a cave.

"Here it is."

"What is this place?"

"A secret research lab in Yanjing."

Wen Yu spoke succinctly, leading the way into the cave.

...

The cave was initially pitch-black, but after the two walked about a few dozen kilometers, lights suddenly emerged ahead, and the surrounding walls transformed from soil to reinforced concrete.

After another 10 kilometers, a figure finally appeared in Wen Yu’s view.

"I am Wei Tian, I trust you haven’t forgotten me, Sir?"

Looking at the tall and slim scholar wearing a white lab coat before him, Wen Yu nodded, indicating he hadn’t forgotten Wei Tian — the Xuanwu War God of Yanjing, also one of the furthest figures in this world on the path of technology.

"Then, please follow me, Sir."

Wei Tian simply said, leading the way forward, and before long, the three arrived in front of a steel door.

Wei Tian entered the password, and then the door opened, and the three walked through the door sequentially. As a feeling of weightlessness came over them, this room, nearly 30 square meters in size, began to descend immediately.

A concealed elevator.

After descending approximately several kilometers, the sensation of weightlessness gradually disappeared as Wei Tian stepped out of the elevator first, with Wen Yu following closely.

What greeted their eyes was a technological chamber filled with peculiar machines, roughly the size of a football field!

...

"Wow~~"

Faceless let out a strange cry behind him, seemingly admiring the sci-fi setup of this place, but Wen Yu remained expressionless, having been here before.

He stepped over the complex pipelines on the ground and strode to a huge display screen, where Wei Tian stood beside him, operating some device next to the display screen. With the "buzz buzz" sound of machinery starting, shortly after, the display screen illuminated.

"System rebooting..."

"New system loading..."

"Loading..."

The loading time took quite a while, and Faceless, after briefly observing the instruments here, lost interest in this place—a high-tech research lab indeed held no interest.

Yet when he noticed his leader’s focused demeanor, he wisely swallowed his comments.

Until the "loading..." progress bar reached the end, and as the screen lit up again, a human face formed of light points and fragments suddenly appeared on the display screen.

"Wen Yu..."

The aged voice sounded, and Wen Yu merely nodded, while Faceless, pointing at the face on the screen in astonishment, stammered unable to speak.

The voice, the more he listened, the more familiar it seemed...

The face, the more he looked, the more recognizable it appeared...

"That’s right, this is also Lin Haifeng."

Wen Yu sighed, explaining Faceless’s doubts, yet seeing Lin Haifeng in this form, Wen Yu’s heart still stirred with mixed emotions of admiration and peculiarity.

After a while, Wen Yu finally spoke.

"Was it necessary..."