The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 762 Someone wants to hit me? Then I won't hold back!

Remove the nails and unleash the soaring dragon!
Upon realizing this, Shen Le suddenly felt his mind clear. When he arrived, Gu Yulin kept telling him, "You don't need to do anything," and "If you feel something is wrong, come back quickly."

He genuinely wanted to do something, but as an ordinary citizen, he was cautious about areas he didn't understand and didn't want to mess things up and ruin the hard work of many people.

So, what can he do, what is the unique responsibility that only he can do?
Now, the answer seems to be clear. Find those "nails," pull them out, or, if that's not possible, mark them—

Then, take the intelligence back to our compatriots back home, and hand it over to more professional people to provide them with a reference for their future actions...

Shen Le took a deep breath. He unfolded the copper sheet in his meditative world, marked the fixed point on it, thought for a moment, then shook his head at himself:

The markings on the copper plate were too unclear, or rather, the copper plate map was too small, and the scale was far too inaccurate. He needed a clearer map, a more accurate basis for the markings…

"A compass? A scroll? Are you there?"

Shen Le silently called out in her heart. Instantly, a clear voice and a steady voice answered simultaneously:
【exist. 】

【exist!】

Great, these two little guys are a perfect match. The trip across the sea wasn't going smoothly, so we called Yun Kun over, and it turned out to be an unexpected bonus:
If he were alone, it would be impossible to pinpoint such a precise location, unless he popped out of the ground, turned on his phone, activated location services, and manually captured the location on a screenshot...

However, that would be quite troublesome, and in some particularly secluded places, it wouldn't be very convenient to simply emerge onto the ground. In short, having a compass and a scroll makes things much easier!
Shen Le extended his mental energy, connecting with them, and gently instructed:

"Do you have a map of this area? Could you mark my location? Could you mark the places I pointed out on the map and then compile the data and send it to the back office?"

"Yes, they're all over the island," the scroll answered confidently. It paused, then added a special note:
Knowing you were coming, they made me a detailed map of the entire island before I left—it was incredibly detailed! I could mark not only the flat surface, but also the caves and subway tracks!

"[It can pinpoint locations.]" the compass chimed in, uttering only five words before quickly falling silent, as if speaking another word would be an excessive drain on its energy. Shen Le couldn't help but press further:

"What if I dive deeper? For example, ten meters? Twenty meters? Thirty or forty meters underground?"

Yes, I can mark the location; there are no depth limitations, and I can scan the sea surface from the seabed.

The compass had to speak again. Shen Le breathed a sigh of relief.

That's good. Yun Kun is diving in the sea. The East China Sea continental shelf is probably only a couple hundred meters deep. Well, let's ignore the Okinawa Trough.
However, when it leaves the island chain and rushes into the blue sea, it can easily descend to depths of several thousand meters, or scan the seabed several thousand meters below the surface.

If it can successfully scan at this depth, then there should be no place on the entire island that it cannot locate.

After all, he wouldn't need to lie at sea level to scan the summit of Yushan Mountain, which is 3997 meters high...

"Then I'll leave it to you two! Um, first of all, this is the place I just tried to enter. I've marked it, you see?"

I saw it!

[It's marked!]

Shen Le breathed a sigh of relief. He carefully slipped away, making his way to the hotel room he had booked. Just as he emerged from the floor, a scream rang out:
"what--"

Shen Le shuddered! He was half stuck in the soil and half sticking out, looking up at the ground.

Beside the bed, a woman dressed like a hotel cleaner was bending over, lifting the sheet, and shaking it vigorously.

Turning his head, he saw a person half-emerging from the floor, yelled, and immediately backed away:

Boom!

Boom!

Bang bang bang!
Shen Le was completely stunned! I admit I shouldn't have shown up like this, but you didn't have to shoot me the moment we met!

—Wait a minute, why would you, a hotel cleaner, have a gun?!
This isn't the kind of equipment you should have!
His mind was in turmoil, but he didn't slow down in casting the spell. With a thought, all the metal particles in the room gathered towards him, forming a thin metal wall in front of him.

Seven bullets hit the wall, ricocheting off and scattering in all directions. Shen Le then used his mental power to make the bed sheet fly up and twist into a pretzel shape, wrapping his older sister up completely, rendering her unable to move.

Shen Le breathed a sigh of relief, then slowly crawled out, supporting herself on the floor. She squatted down next to her older sister and poked her cheek.
"Hey, who are you? How did you find this place? Why did you shoot me?"

"I...I just came to steal something...I was scared by you..." the older woman answered, her voice trembling. Her accent was even heavier with fear, and Shen Le struggled to understand her.

He sighed helplessly:

"Do you even believe what you're saying? — Can't you show a little sincerity and not bother me with any magical torture?"

Although it seems that none of the spells he knows can be used for interrogation, and the only way to get an answer is through massive violence, this is something that must never be revealed to the other party!
"me……"

The eldest sister's face flushed red, then turned pale, then flushed again. Her head suddenly lolled to the side, and she looked like she was about to faint. Shen Le was about to reach out and pat her cheek when her heart skipped a beat, and she immediately rolled to the side off the bed.

He rolled to the ground and didn't stop, his whole body sinking into the ground.

Just as it sank into the ground, the vast net woven from spiritual energy suddenly trembled, and something extremely ferocious and powerful tore through the air:

boom!
boom!
boom!
Shen Le trembled violently. He plummeted downwards, the earth opening its arms, gently and peacefully embracing him. Above him, the thing fired repeatedly, roaring as it plunged deep into the earth:
close!

Closer!
It was almost above my head, almost to my chest!

Fortunately, Shen Le sank quickly enough. The wooden floor, the concrete ground, and the thin layer of soil beneath it all churned and exploded.

Something violent was churning rapidly inside, tearing open a huge cavity, getting closer and closer to Shen Le. Two meters, one meter, half a meter—thankfully, it stopped!

They didn't get any closer!
What on earth is this thing? Did someone shoot at it? Or was it a cannon? What kind of gun can penetrate the floor, or even penetrate such a deep layer of soil?
Shen Le didn't dare show his face and sank even deeper into the mud. Thank goodness, this hotel wasn't large; there was no basement below the ground floor, just mud.

Otherwise, Shen Le would inevitably have his upper body on the first floor and his lower body in the basement, with only 15 centimeters of his body stuck in the floor slab.

It's alright now. He can keep sinking, until... wait, groundwater? Shen Le finally felt safe. He curled up in the middle of the earth, hugging his knees, and spread his mental energy outwards in circles.

Inside the room, nothing seemed amiss; the older woman was still tied to the bed and unable to move.
There was nothing unusual outside the window, in the next room, or upstairs. These were not ordinary empty rooms; they were just normal travelers sleeping.

After scanning the entire hotel again, we found it!
Several people, clearly from the riot police, were carrying guns, wearing earpieces, and watching the surveillance cameras, as if facing a major threat. One of them was speaking:
"The target appears to be able to burrow underground... The target has disappeared, and there are no signs of being hit at the scene. Request ground-penetrating radar to scan the area..."

Ground-penetrating radar? Shen Le frowned. This thing can be powered at varying levels; it can find the stone slab containing the "Feng Lang Ju Xu Ming" inscription underground, or it can locate people lurking underground.

This is no ordinary thief or robber; we must take strong measures!

Before he could figure out how to deal with it, the little oil lamp had already started yelling:

"They're hitting you! Shen Le, they're hitting you! Leave it to me, I'll take them down!!!"

"No, just subdue them. I need to find out how they found me." Shen Le took a deep breath and slowly crept underground, moving directly beneath the group of violent individuals.

He quietly shifted his position, moving closer to a concrete pillar in the foundation, and cast an earth-based spell to expose the steel reinforcement within. The little oil lamp flickered merrily.
Watch me!

With a screech, the entire hotel went out of control; the lights, televisions, air conditioners, and even the emergency lights in the corridors all went out.

The group of people suddenly felt dizzy and immediately stood up:

"Enemy attack——"

With a second hiss, the men collapsed without a sound, black smoke billowing from their bodies.

The electronic screen on the arm, the headphones on the head, the electronic components on the rifle rail—everything was emitting black smoke…

"There's another one over there! Upstairs across the street!" After two bolts of lightning struck, Shen Le's mental energy had already sensed something amiss.

When the rioters in the hotel shouted "Enemy attack," a point on the opposite building experienced an emotional upheaval that, within the mental field he had spread out, was like a torch lit in the dark night!
I saw it!

The small oil lamp responded, and another bolt of lightning struck. Moments later, it was both startled and enraged; if it had legs, it would probably have jumped up and down on the spot.
He was using a sniper rifle! A sniper rifle! A 12.7mm one!!!

How did you manage to determine the caliber of someone's gun just by being struck by lightning? I couldn't even measure it with my mental scan!
Shen Le complained while secretly being alarmed. A 12.7mm sniper rifle is a ferocious weapon; if you hide behind a car, it can tear you and the car apart together.
Even if you hide behind cover, it can penetrate the cover and create a huge cavity directly in your body!

Who did they mistake me for? How could they be so cruel?

Shen Le pondered for a moment, then slowly floated upwards. As he approached the ground, he stopped moving, instead pointing a finger, causing the hotel floor above him to suddenly begin to undulate.

The soil, stones, and even the hard concrete ground all rolled softly, as if opening a huge mouth to swallow the people on it.

Those people were completely limp, filled with fear, and unable to make a sound.

Only when he felt the void beneath him, falling into the dark underground cave, and looked up to see a faint, bluish light illuminating Shen Le's face, did his pupils widen to their maximum, and he attempted to wriggle:
"Woo...Woo..."

"Who are you?" Shen Le looked at each of them one by one, then reached out and began to feel around the oldest one.

Tsk, all their electronic devices are dead. Their phones won't turn on, and they can't hear anything through their headphones. Luckily, they still have some paper stuff on them, like identification...?
"Who are you? Why are you attacking me? Who gave you the orders?"

Shen Le asked questions while flipping through the documents. He had never heard of the departments these people worked for, and their job titles were also strange.

The person he was questioning stared wide-eyed, struggling on the ground like a fish out of water, making muffled noises but refusing to speak...

"You won't talk? Or are you too weak to talk? Were you shocked too badly by the electric shock just now?"

Shen Le thought for a moment, then slapped the pit, instantly sending up several rings of earth that constricted the person's joints. He then pointed, casting a healing spell that soothed the person's entire body.

"Now you have the strength, right? You can talk now, right?"

The man's eyes were practically bulging out of their sockets, he looked around nervously, and clenched his teeth tightly. Shen Le thought for a moment, then nodded:

"I know, you don't want others to know what you said. That's simple, just separate you two..."

With another pat of the soil, the earthen walls beneath them softened and shifted, creating earthen walls that separated the group of people.

Ignoring the other prisoners lying terrified in the dark pit, he reached out and pulled a short knife from the waist of the first prisoner.

"Can you talk now? Or do you want me to interrogate you some more? For example, I could cut you open, heal you on the spot, then cut you open again, and heal you again..."

"I said!"

The prisoners screamed at the top of their lungs.

Half an hour later, Shen Le sat with her knees drawn up in a dark, dead-end alleyway and called Gu Yulin:

“I might have been exposed… Those foreigners think I’m suspicious, so they’ve targeted me and teamed up with the locals to attack me! I need a new identity, a new face, where can I get one?”

"That's easy..."

Gu Yulin rattled off three addresses, one here and one across the strait, just in case he got into trouble again. Only then did he start urging him to hurry up.
"If you've been exposed, just come back! It's convenient for you to get there anyway! —Speaking of which, how exactly were you exposed?"

"They heard me sing..."

Gu Yulin was furious. People who haven't received specialized training really can't do clandestine work. How did you even think of singing "A Great River Flows Wide" on this beautiful island?!

"Come back! Come back immediately! Come back as soon as possible!" His tone was half command, half pleading.
"Don't stay there!"

"Give me a little more time! I'll try not to show myself, I'll try to stay underground, they won't be able to catch me!" Shen Le, however, had a different opinion:
"How dare they attack me! I'm going to get my revenge no matter what! I won't rest until I take down a few of those foreign devils who gave the orders!"

(End of this chapter)