Tianguanzhi

Chapter 146 Crazy
“Bodhisattvas, relying on Prajnaparamita, have no mental hindrances.”

Gao Liuhun sat cross-legged atop the heavenly soldiers, gazing at the dimly lit stained glass pipes in the distance. His lips moved as he silently recited the Heart Sutra. His expression was calm, but his thumb, which was constantly toggling the radio knob, betrayed his inner anxiety.

Perhaps due to his abnormal electrocardiogram, Gao Liuhun has possessed an extraordinary sixth sense since childhood; for example, he can detect electric fields that are difficult for celestial officials of the same level to detect, avoid unknown dangers, or take the initiative on the battlefield.

For example, he can predict violent weather events to a certain extent, with an accuracy that even surpasses that of the state radio station's weather forecast.

Another example...

He had a premonition that McDonald's might become his final resting place.

Gao Liuhun suddenly turned his head, his gaze shooting like a bullet at Yuan Sengxian behind him.

"what's up?"

He flashed a smile that revealed his canine teeth.

Yuan Sengxian was clearly not as composed as Gao Liuhun, his expression slightly anxious: "Still can't contact them?"

"Zhan Lin seems to be dead, I have that intuition."

Gao Liuhun withdrew his gaze and looked into the distance.

In fact, both Gao Zhanlin and Wei Pingshu had been out of contact for more than half an hour.

"McDonald has sealed off all exits and deployed a large number of people to inspect the hangar. It's only a matter of time before your cultists are discovered. Are we going to wait any longer?"

"Why not wait? The time hasn't come yet."

Yuan Sengxian paced back and forth, frowning. After a while, he finally couldn't help but suggest, "Your men are probably in grave danger. If this drags on any longer, neither of us will be able to leave. Jin Moli is a country with the death penalty! Even terrorists caught by the Satellite Front face at least a hundred years in prison! You, you need to think this through!"

Gao Liuhun couldn't help but burst into laughter, rubbing his forehead. At this critical juncture, Yuan Sengxian actually felt that he still had a chance to live and appear in the court of the satellite front.

"why are you laughing?"

"Excuse me." Gao Liuhun forced a smile: "Well, Monk Xian, don't panic, the more you panic, the more mistakes you'll make."

After saying that, Gao Liuhun ignored the other person, closed his eyes again, and began to chant the Heart Sutra in a low voice.

Yuan Sengxian became increasingly irritated as he listened.

“Even if you sit here chanting all day, Buddha will not forgive your sins. Don’t deceive yourself.”

Gao Liuhun opened his eyes, his face suddenly turning fierce: "What crime have I committed?"

Before Yuan Sengxian could answer, he began to mutter to himself, "Oh, maybe a little..."

He pondered for a moment, then offered his explanation: “I don’t believe in any religion. I learned this Heart Sutra from a group of monks when I was still serving in the Sequence Army. Haha, those purification monks believed that reciting scriptures for their cosmic divine machines before a major battle would make them more effective in combat and could also help the souls of the dead to be released and alleviate their sins. Most of my colleagues scoffed at it, but after trying it a few times, I found that my divine machines did seem to become more sensitive. At first, it was like that, but later it became a habit.”

Gao Liuhun gently stroked the towering steel shell beneath him with his fingers. The white electric current initially only circled his fingers, but soon spread across the entire body of the machine.

“Sengxian, perhaps you are right. Pingshu and his men are most likely wiped out, or perhaps they were captured alive? If that’s the case, you’ll become my only comrade-in-arms. I still… well… cherish our friendship very much, but you can’t push your luck. Go back to the Heavenly Soldiers’ Machine. We’ll set off in half an hour. Of course, if you want to escape now, I won’t stop you. We made a promise, right? Anyway, don’t bother me anymore.”

Yuan Sengxian's mouth felt dry. He opened his mouth, then gave a bitter laugh and left without saying a word.

Only after Yuan Sengxian obediently crawled into the Heavenly Soldier Machine did Gao Liuhun's gloomy gaze gradually fade, until he closed his eyes, but his lips still moved.

"Because there is no hindrance, there is no fear; having transcended distorted views and dreams, one ultimately attains Nirvana..."

Space hangar.

The red and green indicator lights flickered like stars, and arguments and shrill ringing filled the air. The already chaotic hangar was now like a pot of boiling porridge.

"Isn't it a bit too late to think about getting checked now?"

"Clear the area? You try clearing one out and I'll see! Your team leader still took two credits from me for the open-air shutdown! Refund? Refund your mother! I'll sleep with your wife and then leave, and that'll be it?"

"I'm asking, does every single warehouse need to be opened? Is it really necessary? What right does McDonald's have to do this?"

"Open your dog eyes and look carefully! This is a transport plane from the Da Sheng Kui Trading Company! Call Zheng Yuanfu immediately!"

Amidst the breathtaking strains of a world-class piano piece, a somewhat tense female voice came through the loudspeaker: "Honorable officials, valiant national troops, greetings! Due to the ongoing attack on McDonald's by terrorist thugs, the Board of Directors has decided to conduct a temporary inspection for your safety and property..."

Ta da~
The man, whose black leather shoes crunched on the slightly moldy floor and whose shoulder bore the golden rose flag, covered his nose and glanced at the dusty surroundings with a hint of disdain.

The numbers representing the hangar serial numbers on the cement wall were worn and faded, making them difficult to read. Having worked at the inspection post for seven or eight years, this was the first time he had ever seen such a filthy, godforsaken place in McDonald's hangar. He could only imagine that the tenants here must be some poor, wretched fellow.

"Sir, the lights in this hangar are broken."

The man frowned upon hearing this, took out a flashlight from his waist, and shone it into the darkness. The steel behemoth emanating a cold aura flashed past in his field of vision.

It was just an old transport aircraft.

He felt a sense of relief, pulled out a notebook from his inner pocket, took out a pen, and sketched a couple of lines on the paper out of the corner of his eye. He asked, "What's in there?"

"Condoms. A new type of infectious disease that is transmitted through bodily fluids has recently been discovered on the ancient planet Yinghuo. These can effectively prevent infection, and they are in short supply right now."

The person who answered him was a thin, dark-skinned man who seemed somewhat underdeveloped and had a very strange accent.

"Please cooperate with our work."

The thin man remained silent for a moment, without delaying or complaining. He turned around and reached into a dark hole at the bottom of the aircraft to pull. A flash of blue lightning disappeared, and the transport plane's suspension door was pulled up by the traction device. An indescribable strange smell emanated from inside.

"What's this smell?" "The smell of rubber."

The thin man answered casually.

The man in the lead took out a pack of cigarettes with a Buddha image on it, lit one for himself, and said, "We're just following orders, we won't take up too much of your time, have one?"

As he spoke, he gave his men a wink, and several hangar crew members, waving powerful flashlights, entered the transport plane.

The thin man remained silent, simply staring intently at the other man.

"Ok?"

boom! ! !
After a violent tremor, the man's expression changed drastically. He rushed out of the moldy hangar, looked up at the plaza, and saw that the source of the explosion was at the corner of the Hive building. Dust mixed with building debris spread in the air, forming a round, rolling cloud of explosions, which exploded one after another before the man's eyes. Clusters of golden-red flames exploded one after another, sweeping in all directions.

The already chaotic space hangar suddenly erupted into chaos.

“The cultists actually planted a bomb in the hangar.”

With at most ten minutes remaining, the twenty combat drones urgently recalled by the board of directors are about to be put into storage. If these bombs...

In his shock and anger, the man couldn't help but shudder.

Amid the sonic boom of the explosion, a series of faint gunshots and roars reached the man's ears. He turned around in astonishment, his cigarette falling to the ground unconsciously, as blinding light and heat filled his vision.

There was more than one bomb...

This was the man's last thought before he lost consciousness.

"boom!"

A pale face with blank stares fell backward, the body convulsing instinctively, an armored vehicle overturned on the ground, and the street was a mess.

The battle on Wellington Street is nearing its end. The rioting cultists have suffered heavy casualties. Although they appear to be a formidable force, their weaponry and telepathic abilities are not much better than those of ordinary people. They simply do not possess the individual soldier qualities necessary to breach a space fortress.

Almost everyone, including Jiao En, the official commander of the Sequence Army, was misled by Gao Liuhun's team's initial fierce and ruthless surprise attack, completely overestimating the strength of these spiritual cultists. Jin Taihua was too cautious in withdrawing his forces, which led to the rioters running rampant in the city at first. However, as time went by, the situation gradually stabilized.

A prisoner, bound in a straitjacket and wearing a burlap hood, was led into a closed room by two fully armed soldiers, who then threw the immobile prisoner to the ground.

The soldiers roughly pulled off the prisoner's blood-stained hood, and the blinding light shone directly into the prisoner's face.

Beneath the bloodstains, the face appeared remarkably young, looking no more than twenty years old.

Several well-dressed men, each with a different style and posture, looked down at him from above.

"I don't understand. Do you really think you can take over a satellite fortress registered in Haitang right under the noses of the satellite front? Who do you think you are? Even Yanwuhe couldn't do that!"

Before he could finish speaking, another person in a strange tone pressed him impatiently: "Who ordered you? If you tell me everything, I can guarantee your safety."

"Where is Zheng Yuanfu?!"

Someone questioned him sternly.

The young man's lips trembled as he mumbled something under his breath.

"what?"

The young man's voice was hoarse and still unclear. A somewhat overweight man with the royal crest of golden jasmine embroidered on his collar rushed forward and, before the soldiers could stop him, the prisoner's eyes flashed with ferocity as he bit the man's cheek hard, causing chaos to erupt at the scene.

A pig-like scream was followed by several muffled gunshots. The bloated man pushed the prisoner aside, covered the bleeding wound on his face, staggered back, and looked extremely pale.

The young prisoner's heart rate rapidly declined under the complex gazes of the crowd, and he finally uttered the words he had been muttering.

"We...don't care."

After a brief silence, the man in the middle connected to the radio in his pocket. After listening for only a few words, his expression turned even more grim.

"That guy from Haitang was right, the hangar exploded, and we're going to have to pay compensation this time."

boom!
"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, after walking in the deep Prajnaparamita for a long time, he saw that the five aggregates are all empty, and he survived all the hardships."

The once gleaming rainbow glass pipes were affected by the explosion. Dust and debris mixed with the blinding sunlight cascaded down like a bright celestial river, disappearing into the dimly lit city. A strong wind howled, blowing Gao Liuhun's hair, and fine sand and metal fragments brushed against his cheeks, but he remained unmoved.

This was the deadline that Gao Liuhun and the others had agreed upon. Originally, they were supposed to take a short rest and leave McDonald's space station with a huge sum of money that would leave even bankers speechless, thus leaving an insurmountable mark on the history of human space crimes.

"Click!"

Gao Liuhun let out a long sigh, crushed the radio in his hand to pieces, and jumped off the top of the Sky Soldier Machine...

Gu Jianqiu leaned against the cement wall of an abandoned building, looking up at the sky.

The radio in his pocket was vibrating rapidly; it was Jiao En calling. Gu Jianqiu had lost count of how many calls this was, but he didn't answer.

Under the dim, yellowish sunlight, it looked like an apocalyptic scene.

Under the scanning array, the various wavelengths and parameters erupted like a volcano, and Gu Jianqiu's brows furrowed more and more tightly.

Last time in Jiangning, Gu Jianqiu and Gao Liuhun had a brief exchange of energy, but Gao Liuhun must have intentionally held back then, which is completely different from the current fluctuations in their heartbeats.

The situation was more complicated than he had imagined.