The system is four years ahead of schedule, but Weird is still a cub.

Chapter 574 Conflict
Colonel Hansen stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, watching Shen Ge walk out of the building. The last trace of pretense on his face completely disappeared, and he was so gloomy that he could almost drip water.

“Colonel, communications from headquarters.” A liaison officer presented Colonel Hansen with an encrypted communicator.

Colonel Hansen's gaze was grim. He grabbed the encrypted communicator, and the voice on the other end was urgent and suppressed: "The target has escaped surveillance and is heading to the rest area. Liu Jiayi from the Rong City Special Operations Department is already on her way and will arrive in at most an hour. Headquarters orders that the 'seed' be taken down before Liu Jiayi arrives, at all costs. Avoid direct confrontation as much as possible and create an 'accident.' Operation codename: 'Tail Cut'."

"Understood," Colonel Hansen replied curtly.

A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes. He certainly didn't dare to confront Shen Ge head-on, but that strange guy named York... even if he had some skill, how long could he last against the elite of "IDEA"?

As long as the illusion of "the monster attacking out of control and our side being forced to defend ourselves" is created, the Special Operations Department can only suffer in silence afterwards.

"Notify 'Razor' to take the 'Anvil' squad to the rest area immediately. Their targets are the two girls and the strange man. If necessary... kill the strange man, but the 'Seed' must be brought back intact. As for Ms. Cheng... try to keep her under control and don't kill her." Colonel Hansen quickly issued the orders.

"Razor" is one of the top anti-crypt agents in the Australian branch of "IDEA". His strength is assessed as reaching the peak of the fourth tier. He is good at high-speed attacks and crypt energy cutting.

The "Anvil" squad is his most elite assault force, equipped with sophisticated cybernetic armor and working in perfect harmony, specifically designed to deal with high-threat targets.

At the same time, Shen Ge and Xiao Qi had not gone far when the alloy gates at the front and sides of the passage suddenly slammed down without warning, and a piercing alarm shrieked in the passage.

"Warning! Unknown supernatural energy erosion and spread detected. The passage is under emergency lockdown. All personnel are to remain in place. Repeat, please remain in place!" A cold, synthesized electronic voice echoed over the loudspeaker.

“Master, the targeted release of supernatural energy triggered the base’s automatic defense protocol. I think they deliberately caused the accident, probably because they still want to attack York and the others.” Little Seven quickly analyzed, while trying to switch the Blood Spider left in the rest area.

Shen Ge didn't stop walking and said in a calm tone, "Since you've chosen to make a move at this time, you're probably ignoring Aunt Cheng's intimidation. In that case, let's just fight back."

"understand!"

Xiao Qi responded and controlled the Crimson Mist Armor to instantly cover Shen Ge's right arm, transforming it into a crimson sword blade, which she swung fiercely at the heavy alloy gate in front of her.

Zila——! ! !
A piercing metallic cutting sound erupted, sparks flew, and the hard alloy door was sliced ​​open with a huge gash, as if a hot knife were cutting through butter.

Shen Ge kicked through the cut alloy and passed through. Behind him, more gates were falling, but they could no longer stop their advance.

Following the same method, Xiaoqi violently broke down doors, carving out a path directly to the rest area in the maze-like base passageways.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the rest area corridor had dropped to freezing point.

Although Cheng's mother's personal guard was elite, it was at a significant disadvantage in terms of both numbers and equipment when facing the fully armed and menacing "Anvil" squad.

The two sides faced off in a tense standoff in the narrow corridor, guns pointed at each other, the air seemingly frozen.

The leader, "Razor," was a lean, hawk-like white man. He wore specially made silver light armor and held a short blade in each hand, each flashing with a ghostly blue arc of electricity.

He ignored the warnings from Cheng's mother's guards, his gaze passing over them and fixed on York, who stood like a guardian deity at the entrance to the lounge.

“Ms. Cheng, please step aside. We are only on orders to remove a high-risk target to prevent further damage to the base. Please do not obstruct official business.” Razor’s voice was cold and carried an undeniable sense of pressure.

"Official business? I think it's robbery!" Madam Cheng stood firmly in front of the guards, her aura imposing. "I'll say it again, the people inside are under the protection of the Cheng family. If you dare to make a move, you'll face the consequences!"

"Then I'll have to offend you!" A cold glint flashed in Razor's eyes, and without further ado, he ordered, "Anvil! Charge! Target: the lounge! Eliminate those in the way!"

The six heavily armored warriors of the Anvil Squad roared, their thick alloy armor making a dull thud as they charged forward in a wedge formation like steel behemoths, braving the firepower of the Royal Guard.

The bullets from the large-caliber pistols in the hands of the Royal Guards only sparked when they hit the pistol armor, offering no real protection.

"Protect the lady!" the captain of the guards shouted, attempting to form a human wall to block her.

boom! boom! boom!
Several guards were instantly sent flying and slammed against the wall, the sound of their bones cracking clearly audible.

"Stop!" Cheng's mother was both shocked and furious.

What's shocking is that it's only been a short time; they just sent off one group of defense teams, and now another group has arrived, completely disregarding the "family" deterrent and choosing to forcibly take people away.
What angered her was that those who were injured were her close confidants, people who were like "family" to her. Although they were willing to risk their lives for her, she did not want to see their lives come to an end.

Just as the Anvil Squad was about to break through the Royal Guard's lines and smash open the lounge door—

boom! ! !
The alloy door to the lounge, which had just been repaired, suddenly blew open from the inside, sending a violent blast of air carrying metal fragments outwards.

A figure that looked like it had crawled out of hell blocked the doorway—it was York, whose left arm had become completely grotesque!

At this moment, his right arm had completely transformed into a terrifying weapon covered with dark red, ferocious bone armor and ending with huge, sharp bone claws, while his left arm was wrapped with countless wildly writhing black blood vessel vines, waving in the air like living things.

His chest and shoulders were covered with a thick layer of calluses, still bearing the scorch marks left by previous bullets. Dark green blood slowly seeped out, adding to his ferocity. His crimson eyes burned with violent rage and a hint of... determination.

"Get out!" York roared inhumanly, his huge bone claws slamming down on the Anvil Squad members charging at the front with a piercing shriek.

clang--! ! !
With a deafening roar, the heavily armored warrior was sent flying backward, armor and all. His heavy body crashed into the corridor wall with a dull thud. His breastplate was visibly dented, and blood gushed from under his mask. He instantly lost his fighting ability.

"Fire! Focus fire!" Razor's pupils contracted as he gave the order sharply. He hadn't expected this weirdo to be so terrifying when he unleashed his power!
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat—! ! !
The remaining members of the Anvil Squad and Razor opened fire simultaneously, unleashing a barrage of eerie bullets and energy beams at York at the doorway.

York's burly body suddenly curled up, using his swollen back and ossified arms to shield the door frame behind him, protecting Sherry and the others inside. At the same time, the veins and vines on his left arm danced wildly, trying to block or deflect the bullets.

puff!puff!puff!

Dark green blood, broken keratin, and fragments of vines splattered everywhere, and York was instantly riddled with more than a dozen bullet holes.

He let out a painful roar, yet he stood firm like a rooted rock, blocking the entrance and refusing to budge an inch. His enormous bone claws swung wildly, preventing the Anvil Squad from getting close easily.

Razor's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and his figure suddenly blurred. He moved with ghostly speed, bypassing York's frontal defenses. His short, dark blue, arc-of-light blade crossed, unleashing two sharp, slicing arcs of light, aiming directly at York's relatively vulnerable neck and abdomen. "Die!"

York sensed a deadly threat; his crimson pupils contracted sharply. He tried to block with the vines on his left arm, but he couldn't keep up with Razor's speed at all.

Just as the deadly arc of lightning was about to strike—

call out!call out!call out!
Three faint, almost imperceptible red rays, as if they possessed a life of their own, shot out from the corridor behind, aiming with unparalleled precision at Razor's wrist, throat, and back of the neck.

As a top agent, Razor possessed extremely keen senses. The deadly sense of danger made his hair stand on end. He forcefully stopped his forward momentum and parried with his double blades.

Ding!Ding!Ding!
With three crisp sounds, the three tentacle-like spikes were precisely sliced ​​in two, bursting into tiny mists of blood. But that brief moment of hesitation was enough.

A cold voice rang out: "Who gave you the audacity to touch my people?"

At the end of the passage, the last gate, which had been violently cut open by Xiao Qi, collapsed with a bang. Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, Shen Ge's figure slowly emerged like a demon god, radiating a suffocating and eerie aura.

Shen Ge's gaze swept across the chaotic corridor, the fallen guards, York, covered in blood but still stubbornly blocking the doorway, and the still-shaken Cheng's mother and Shirley. Finally, his gaze settled on the Razor and Anvil squad.

His gaze was as cold as if he were looking at a group of dead people.

The terrifying pressure of the seventh-order ghost energy was released without reservation, like an invisible boulder weighing heavily on the hearts of Razor and every member of the Anvil Squad.

Pfft!Pfft!
The weaker members of the Anvil Squad instantly felt as if their hearts were being gripped by an invisible giant hand. Their knees buckled, and they uncontrollably collapsed to the ground, finding it extremely difficult to even breathe. The heavy armor seemed like a heavy shackle at that moment.

Razor's expression changed drastically, veins bulged on his forehead, and his hands holding the double blades trembled slightly. He felt that he was not facing a "person", but a terrifying high-level monster king!

What terrifying power is this?

Shen Ge! He's a hundred times more terrifying than the intelligence reports described!
"Shen... Shen Ge! This is a misunderstanding! We were just dealing with an out-of-control freak..." Razor tried to explain, suppressing a tremor that seemed to come from the depths of his soul.

"Out of control?" Shen Ge's lips curled into a cold smile, but his eyes were devoid of warmth. "I think it's you who are out of control."

He didn't even bother to activate the Ghost Domain; he simply raised his right hand slowly, spread his fingers, and aimed at Razor and the Anvil Squad behind him.

Razor and all the members of the Anvil Squad were horrified to discover that their psionic gear had suddenly become violent and chaotic, like a runaway horse, wildly and uncontrollably assaulting their bodies and armor. The psionic gear emitted an overload scream, and black smoke even began to billow from the gaps in the armor.

"Ugh—!"

Screams kept coming!
This is Shen Ge's most direct and brutal suppression of supernatural energy. With his control as a seventh-level supernatural king, crushing these low- to mid-level supernatural warriors is as easy as breathing.

Razor's eyes were bloodshot as he tried to unleash his strongest power, but the strange energy within him was completely uncontrollable. Instead, under Shen Ge's will, it surged back and impacted his internal organs. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, knelt on one knee, and the electric arc blade in his hand flickered with light.

Just as Shen Ge was about to completely cripple these ignorant fools—

Woo——! Woo——!
Outside the base, loud and urgent sirens blared from afar, growing louder as they approached; there were many of them.

Immediately afterwards, a clear and authoritative female voice rang out from the base's loudspeakers, penetrating directly through the base's walls via external amplification equipment:
"This is Liu Jiayi, Deputy Minister of the Special Operations Department of Rong City! I have been ordered by the Great Celestial Empire to come and meet our personnel. Colonel Hansen, Commander of the 'IDEA' base, is here to immediately cease all hostile actions against our personnel and open all passageways! Repeat, immediately cease all hostile actions and open all passageways! Otherwise, you will bear all the consequences!"

The sound was like a thunderclap, exploding in the deathly silent corridor.

Colonel Hansen's face instantly turned ashen in the communications room. He watched through the monitor as the Razor Squad knelt like dead dogs in the corridor, looked at the demon-like Shen Ge, and listened to the unquestionable official ultimatum outside... He knew it was over.

Completely finished.

Any struggle is futile and will only make things worse.

He slumped into the command chair, his voice hoarse and weak as he spoke into the communicator: "...Lift the blockade...Let them through...Let them go..."

In the corridor, Shen Ge slowly lowered his hand, and the terrifying pressure receded like a tide.

The members of the Razor and Anvil team looked as if they had just been pulled out of the water, their bodies drenched in cold sweat, panting heavily, their eyes filled with the fear of surviving a disaster.

Shen Ge didn't even glance at them, and quickly walked to the door of the lounge.

York's massive body swayed, and he injected another dose of the mutated energy inhibitor. The mutated state quickly subsided, and he returned to human form, but his body was covered in wounds, and his face was as pale as paper. He was only able to hold on by sheer willpower.

"Can you hold on?" Shen Ge asked.

York grinned, revealing a blood-stained, ugly smile: "For now, you won't die."

Although the Strange Energy Inhibitor can help him recover from his mutated state in a short time, this drug will produce a certain amount of resistance, and the more it is used, the worse the effect will be.

Shen Ge nodded and looked at Cheng's mother and Shirley: "Are you alright?"

"Thanks to Ms. Cheng for arriving in time," Shirley said, still shaken.

Emerging from the rest area, in the plaza leading to the gate, a young woman with a tall, stern face, dressed in the Special Operations Department's standard black trench coat, walked briskly, surrounded by a group of elite special operations soldiers, also dressed in Special Operations Department combat uniforms.

She walked with a brisk pace and had sharp eyes like an eagle; she was Liu Jiayi, the deputy director of the Special Policy Department of Rong City.

Behind her were Zhang Quan, the Minister of Information, and Luo Jin, the newly appointed Special Operations Instructor. Luo Jin's gaze swept over the IDEA members gathered on the sidelines, and his eyes instantly became vigilant and sharp.

(End of this chapter)