Chapter 228: You’re Not Special

He had clearly sensed Domain Initiation.

Shen Tian took one step.

BOOM.

The concrete beneath Lu Chen’s feet cracked.

Another.

Pressure doubled.

Lu Chen’s aura resisted.

Black Qi rose.

But...

Something was wrong.

Their realms were similar.

Yet Shen Tian’s Qi felt...

Denser.

Cleaner.

System refined.

Every stolen Fate reward.

Every inheritance.

Every cultivation enhancement.

Compressed into a terrifying foundation.

Shen Tian stopped five meters away.

Then smiled arrogantly.

"You’re not the strongest person in this city anymore."

Lu Chen’s expression turned dark.

[Impossible.]

Gu Qingya heard.

[Who the hell is this bastard?]

For once...

No lust.

Only disbelief.

Shen Tian’s smile widened.

"Good."

Lu Chen narrowed his eyes.

"What?"

"That expression suits you better."

"What expression?"

"The one where you realize you’re not special."

Silence.

Lu Chen’s aura surged.

Shen Tian’s did too.

BOOOOOOM!

The warehouse windows shattered.

Then...

Shen Tian’s Domain combined with Spirit Perception.

A golden field spread.

Lu Chen froze.

His aura...

Was being suppressed.

Not completely.

But enough.

Enough to prove the difference.

Shen Tian had only just entered Spirit Perception.

Yet his foundation was monstrous.

Lu Chen clenched his fists.

[Kill him?]

Gu Qingya’s eyes widened.

Tang Meilin heard it too.

Shen Yan saw their reactions.

Lu Chen continued thinking.

[No.]

[Too many witnesses.]

Gu Qingya’s remaining respect vanished.

He had just considered murder...

Because another man embarrassed him.

Shen Tian didn’t know the exact thought.

But...

He saw Gu Qingya’s face.

That told him enough.

Shen Tian withdrew his aura.

Instantly.

The warehouse became silent.

Lu Chen breathed slowly.

Shen Tian turned away.

As though the confrontation had already ended.

That...

Infuriated Lu Chen more than anything.

"You turn your back on me?"

Shen Tian didn’t look back.

"You’re not dangerous enough for me to care."

Lu Chen’s pupils contracted.

Arrogance.

Pure.

Undisguised.

And unlike Lu Chen’s arrogance...

Shen Tian had just backed his up.

. . .

Shen Tian reached the hidden office.

A steel door blocked it.

He placed one hand against the surface.

Shen Yan moved.

"I can..."

Shen Tian looked toward her.

She stopped.

Right.

He was handling it.

Shen Tian smiled faintly.

Then pushed.

CRUNCH.

The lock mechanism collapsed.

The steel door bent inward.

Gu Qingya stared.

Tang Meilin stared.

Lu Chen’s jaw tightened.

Shen Tian walked inside.

Zhou Kang stood behind a desk.

Pistol shaking in his hands.

Sweat covered his face.

"Stay back!"

Shen Tian continued.

"I said stay back!"

The pistol fired.

BANG!

Shen Tian tilted his head.

The bullet missed.

Second shot.

He raised two fingers.

CLINK.

The bullet stopped.

Between his fingers.

Zhou Kang’s face went white.

Shen Tian looked at the round.

Then dropped it.

"Cheap ammunition."

Zhou Kang trembled.

"Monster..."

Shen Tian smiled.

"Wrong genre."

Xu Ning stared.

[Host.]

What?

[Nothing.]

Zhou Kang pointed the gun again.

Shen Tian disappeared.

Then appeared directly in front of him.

He took the weapon.

Crushed the slide with one hand.

Dropped it.

Zhou Kang collapsed into his chair.

"Please..."

Shen Tian looked down.

"Who hired Desert Moon?"

"I don’t..."

Shen Tian’s golden eyes sharpened.

"Wrong answer."

Zhou Kang swallowed.

"It wasn’t my idea!"

"Name."

"Red Scorpion arranged it!"

"Who gave you the foreign contact?"

"I..."

"Name."

Zhou Kang hesitated.

Shen Tian leaned closer.

"You have three seconds."

"Wait!"

"One."

"XUE!"

Shen Tian stopped.

Everyone outside heard.

Zhou Kang panicked.

"A man named Xue!"

"Xue Long!"

"He contacted me!"

"He said Qinghe had something they needed!"

Gu Qingya entered the office.

"What?"

Zhou Kang stared at her.

His face became even paler.

"President Gu..."

She stepped closer.

"What do they need?"

"I don’t know."

"You tried to have me murdered without knowing why?"

"No!"

He shook his head wildly.

"They wanted your research division!"

"They said if you died..."

"The board would panic."

"Stock would collapse."

"Tianlong could force an acquisition."

Gu Qingya’s expression became freezing.

Shen Tian looked toward Ling Shuangxue’s earlier files.

Corporate takeover.

But...

The foreign mercenary connection suggested something else.

Xu Ning opened another Fate chain.

Hidden Plot Expanded

Object of interest: Qinghe Neural Defense Prototype

Foreign buyer: Unknown

Connection to Lu Chen’s past: Significant

Shen Tian smiled faintly.

There it was.

The protagonist’s larger arc.

Mercenary past.

Corporate conspiracy.

Foreign enemies.

All converging.

Lu Chen entered the office.

He heard Xue Long.

His expression changed.

[No way.]

Gu Qingya heard.

She looked toward him.

Lu Chen thought...

[Xue Long should be dead.]

Shen Tian noticed Gu Qingya staring.

Then Lu Chen’s thoughts continued.

[I shot him myself in Syria.]

Gu Qingya’s eyes narrowed.

Syria.

So Lu Chen actually knew the man.

Then...

[If he’s alive...]

[Black Wolf has a traitor.]

Lu Chen’s face hardened.

Shen Tian smiled.

"You know Xue Long."

Lu Chen stared.

"How did you..."

"Your face."

Gu Qingya almost laughed.

Lu Chen became suspicious.

[Did someone leak Black Wolf information?]

Gu Qingya heard every word.

More secrets.

More arrogance.

More violence.

The strange ability to hear him was rapidly showing her the man beneath his confident exterior.

And she disliked what she found.

A lot.

. . .

Police arrived shortly afterward.

This time...

Lu Chen didn’t resist.

Mostly because Shen Tian remained there.

Zhou Kang was arrested.

Ma Kun too.

Tang Meilin contacted her family.

The Red Scorpion network began collapsing almost immediately once Bai Xue provided the police with locations she’d already known.

Xu Ning’s system notifications appeared continuously.

[Ding!]

Red Scorpion destruction partially stolen.

Fate stolen: 7,000

Lu Chen Fate Value: 583,000

Another.

[Ding!]

Zhou Kang capture attributed primarily to Shen Tian.

Fate stolen: 5,000

Current Fate Value: 578,000

Another.

Secondary heroine Tang Meilin rescue event altered.

Original admiration toward Lu Chen transferred into distrust.

Fate stolen: 6,000

Current Fate Value: 572,000

Shen Tian mentally whistled.

Twenty...

Almost thirty thousand Fate gone in one night.

And Lu Chen had barely arrived.

Xu Ning smiled.

[Host.]

Hm?

[He may be your most profitable protagonist.]

Shen Tian looked toward Lu Chen.

The mercenary stood alone near the warehouse entrance.

His expression dark.

Gu Qingya deliberately stood nowhere near him.

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