The spell's range covers the entire territory of China? Hand it over to the state.

As Su Yun's fingertip fell, the command, representing confirmation, was like a stone thrown into a deep pool, creating ripples in the sea of ​​consciousness that could cover the entire rooster map.

On the living room floor, a totem pole with the texture of a two-yuan plastic tube suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Before Su Yun could examine it closely, the unremarkable totem pole suddenly changed.

The crudely drawn eyeball-shaped runes, resembling living tadpoles, twisted, tore, and reformed. Layers of the bronze outer shell peeled away, revealing a blood-red core within, as if some ancient deity was breaking free from its shell.

A deafening roar exploded in Su Yun's mind, and a vast and majestic aura forcefully entered reality through his palm.

The data stream on the system panel jumped rapidly. The green icon, which originally had a dull eye, seemed to have been thrown into a steel furnace, quickly melting and recasting. Countless complex seal characters were created and destroyed in the torrent of data, eventually condensing into the phantom of an ancient mythical beast with a crimson body and a candle in its mouth.

[Scout Guard (LV1)]

[Judging in progress... The talent "Territory is Territory" has intervened.]

[Approved. Current coverage area: 960 million square kilometers.]

[Skill level detected as too low, unable to match current range... Extracting historical context... Reshaping concepts...]

[Skill mutation complete.]

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【Heavenly Candle Divine Illumination (LV1)】

[Description: When it is seen as day, when it is closed-minded it is night; when it is blown out, it is winter; when it is exhaled, it is summer. The god of Zhongshan is named Zhuyin.]

[Effect 1: Penetrating the Netherworld. Removes the stealth, camouflage, and stealth status from all hostile targets within the coverage area, ignoring level and spatial concealment.]

[Effect 2: Crimson Lotus Inferno. Marked hostile targets will suffer continuous true burning damage, have their movement speed reduced by 50%, and take 100% more damage from the "Dragon Summer Faction".]

[Effect 3: Heavenly Might. Enemy targets within the illuminated area have all their attributes reduced by 20%.]

[Current consumption: 10 mana points (already deducted), maintenance consumption: 0 (Due to the characteristic of "All land under heaven belongs to the king," the consumption is compensated by the free energy of heaven and earth).]

Su Yun looked at the skill panel that had undergone a dramatic transformation. Before he could even complain about the ridiculously cheesy name, the night sky outside the window had already changed drastically.

If the previous auspicious purple clouds from the east were like a layer of luxurious silk draped over the sky, then at this moment, that silk has been brutally torn apart by an invisible torch.

Above the sky, the clouds receded wildly to both sides, revealing a deep, dark canopy. And in the very center of that canopy, an enormous "eye," large enough to make anyone with megalophobia faint on the spot, slowly opened.

That was not the eye of a living being, but a crimson, cold sun hanging high in the sky.

It overlooks the 9.6 million square kilometers below with a cold and impartial gaze, just like a dormitory supervisor pushing open the door to the boys' dormitory, where any smelly socks, cigarette butts, or even prohibited electrical appliances hidden under the bed will have nowhere to hide.

Su Yun stood by the window, looking intently at the giant eye through the reflection in the glass: "It's dawn, you rats."

……

The 704th Military Research Institute, located in the western suburbs of Beijing, is one of the highest-secret units in the Longxia Kingdom, with extremely tight security measures even on its perimeter.

Inside the gatehouse, Grandpa Wang was sitting with his legs crossed, humming the Peking Opera piece "The Empty City Stratagem" while skimming tea leaves from his thermos with the lid.

He looked to be in his sixties, slightly hunched, with a deeply lined face—an ordinary old gatekeeper. Having worked there for ten years, everyone knew that Grandpa Wang was a kind-hearted man, helping young people collect packages and leaving the door open for researchers working overtime; he was very popular.

But no one knew that this "Uncle Wang's" real name was "Viper." An S-class infiltrator from an enemy country, he possessed the extremely rare spatial talent [Void Walker], specializing in stealth, assassination, and infiltration. Like a rusty nail, he was driven into the heart of the Dragon Xia Kingdom for a full ten years, sending out countless intelligence reports without ever being exposed.

The auspicious purple aura that had just appeared made him quite uneasy. The feeling of the entire world recovering health and mana was too strange, giving him an unsettling sense of standing naked under a spotlight. As a top assassin, his sense of danger was sharper than that of a wild beast.

"Something's not right...something's really not right." The viper put down the thermos. The feeling of trepidation didn't lessen as the purple aura dissipated; instead, it grew stronger and stronger. It felt like his heart was being squeezed tighter and tighter.

This place is not safe to stay for long; let's avoid the limelight for now!

The thought had barely formed in his mind when, before he could even react, a chill ran down his spine, as if his very being had been locked by some indescribable, terrifying being.

He subconsciously looked up, his gaze passing through the window of the gatehouse, and saw the "giant eye" that had just opened in the night sky.

Before he could react, a crimson beam of light suddenly descended from the sky.

There was no sound, no delay whatsoever. It was as if the heavens had casually touched a map with a red laser pointer.

boom!

The red light pierced through the roof of the guardhouse instantly, ignoring any material barriers and enveloping the venomous snake entirely.

"ah--!!!"

The venomous snake let out a piercing scream. The red light was cold, but he felt as if his soul had been thrown into a pot of boiling oil.

That's the true damage from [Red Lotus Karmic Fire]. Anyone judged as "malicious and attempting to hide" will have their life essence burned every second under [Heavenly Candle Divine Illumination].

"Damn it! What is this thing?!"

Viper abandoned all pretense of disguise, instantly unleashing the aura of an S-rank powerhouse. His previously hunched body straightened abruptly, enveloped in black mist, as he activated his signature skill, [Void Walk]. Once he entered the void's rift, even a nuclear explosion wouldn't harm him in the slightest!

"Open it!"

The venomous snake swayed, its entire body instantly becoming transparent, attempting to slip into the spatial rift and escape.

However, the next second, a scene that horrified him unfolded. The red light that descended from the sky seemed to have eyes, following him into the void! No matter how he jumped or folded space, the beam of light was like a leech stuck to him, tightly enveloping him. In fact, because of his resistance, the red light became even deeper in color, and the burning sensation became even more intense.

"No! This is impossible! What level of reconnaissance technology is this? A causal weapon?!"

The serpent was in despair. It thrashed about in the void like a fly trapped in a glass bottle, and the red light was that bottle, following it everywhere.

At the same time, the institute's piercing alarm blared through the night sky.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"An extremely high-energy reaction has been detected!"

"Over there! In the guardhouse! There's a bright red marker there!"

Dozens of heavily armed internal security troops surged out like a tide. They were initially startled by the sudden appearance of the red light, but quickly realized that the red light didn't seem to cause any real harm. Instead, it was pointing like a searchlight at... Grandpa Wang in the guardhouse?

The usually kind and amiable Grandpa Wang was now writhing and screaming wildly in mid-air like a giant black bat, with a towering red beam of light shining from his body like a multi-watt light bulb in the pitch-black night.

Although the captain of the internal security was somewhat confused, the cold aura and S-level pressure emanating from Grandpa Wang were undeniable.

"Damn it! Old Wang is a spy?!" the captain roared decisively. "Never mind where that red light came from! Brothers, shoot him dead!"

Da da da da!

A barrage of alchemical bullets rained down like a storm. The venomous snake, slowed by the red light, continuously burned, weakened by its attributes, and stripped of its stealth ability, was now a sitting duck.

He watched in despair as the bullets hurtled towards him, a single absurd thought running through his mind: What the hell have I done to deserve this? Is it really necessary to use space-based weapons to catch a spy?!

……

At the same time, in Beijing's CBD, a high-level reception for executives of a multinational corporation was held. Elegant attire and gleaming hair filled the air as glasses clinked.

Mr. Smith, the group's executive vice president, a debonair blond Aryan, was raising a glass of champagne and delivering a toast in fluent Chinese: "We must believe that the market potential of Longxia is enormous, and the future belongs to us..."

Before he could finish speaking, a thick red beam, two meters in diameter, crashed down, smashing through the ceiling of the five-star hotel and precisely enveloping Mr. Smith in the center of the stage.

The room fell silent. Everyone stared in disbelief at the vice president who had just been chatting and laughing.

At this moment, Smith was covered in black smoke, and his originally handsome face appeared distorted and ferocious under the red light. The texture of scales was faintly visible under his skin—a characteristic of him as a beast-type ability user, which was forced to appear under the suppression of [Heavenly Candle Divine Illumination].

"Fxxk! Turn it off! Turn off this damn light!"

Smith's champagne glass shattered in his hand, and he screamed in agony, trying to break free of the beam of light. But as he ran to the left, the red light shifted to the left; as he crawled under the table, the red light pierced through the table and shone on his backside.

The guests in the audience retreated in a panic, clearing a large area. The scene was so comical, it was as if a spotlight on stage had malfunctioned and was stubbornly fixated on the male lead. But everyone knew it wasn't special effects, because Mr. Smith's suit was on fire.

Just then, the banquet hall doors were kicked open. A group of state security personnel in black trench coats rushed in, and the leader immediately spotted the blindingly bright red pillar on the stage.

"Good grief, we were planning to seal off this place, but looks like we won't need to now." The leader chuckled, waving his hand. "See that one glowing red? A top-tier wanted criminal, codename 'Chameleon.' Brothers, take him alive!"

……

At this moment, the entire Dragon Xia Kingdom was in chaos and in an uproar.

On a fishing boat in the East China Sea, a "fisherman" pretending to haul in his net was suddenly enveloped in a red light. Startled, he jumped into the sea. The red light penetrated 30 meters into the seabed, making him look like a glowing deep-sea anglerfish. He was then caught in a net by the arriving coast guard vessel.

In the border jungle, a group of mercenaries who were lurking across the border were horrified to discover that no matter how much anti-infrared paint they applied, several red swords were always hanging overhead. It was like being cheated in a video game; before they could even see anyone, they were being picked off one by one by snipers in the distance.

Even in a basement in a remote mountain area, a cult leader was performing a summoning ritual. As soon as he finished chanting the incantation, a red light smashed his altar to pieces and "sacrificed" him as well.

In the lobby of the Sky Eye Monitoring Center.

The monitors, who had been excited by the auspicious purple aura, were now completely numb. On the large screen, hundreds of red dots had suddenly appeared on the previously pristine map. Each red dot represented a beam of light from the "Heavenly Candle Divine Illumination," signifying a deeply lurking and extremely harmful "malignant tumor."

"This is a thorough cleaning," the director said, his throat dry as he looked at the screen.

He had spent his entire life in intelligence work, and catching spies always involved meticulous and cautious investigation. He had never seen anything like this before. This wasn't catching spies; it was like a combine harvester sweeping through a vegetable field!

"Director, news from various locations..." Old Zhang held a thick stack of reports, his hands trembling. "Confirmed capture of 3 S-level targets, 12 A-level targets, and below B-level... the count isn't even finished yet, there are too many! Those clues that we could never find normally are all running naked under the red light tonight!"

"This is a miracle." The director wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Regardless of which powerful figure intervened, this operation has eliminated at least 80% of the security risks within the Longxia Kingdom! How many years of effort will this save, and how many immeasurable losses will it prevent?

"Don't just stand there!" the director suddenly roared, his face turning bright red. "Call all the branch offices! Nobody gets any sleep tonight! Follow the red light! That guy in the sky is practically feeding us; if we still can't catch them, I'll twist your heads off and use them as footballs!"

……

This night was destined to be a nightmare for countless spies in the Dragon Xia Kingdom. It was not only a public execution, but also a dimensional attack. Any conspiracy, any disguise, any meticulously planned identity, were nothing but a clumsy joke before the grand will known as [Heavenly Candle Divine Illumination].

No trial, no evidence required.

As long as you harbor malice, as long as you set foot on this land.

Heaven is watching you.

Old town area, tenement buildings.

Su Yun stood by the window, watching the streaks of red light shooting into the sky in the distance, as if he were watching a special fireworks display.

"The effect is even better than I expected." He glanced down at the crimson totem at his feet. The totem's light was beginning to dim, and its duration was about to end.

Ten minutes is just the length of two songs for an ordinary person, but for those "rats" exposed to the red light, those ten minutes are hell.

"That should be about it." Su Yun felt a wave of fatigue wash over him. Although his mana was compensated by the heavens and earth, controlling this level of conceptual skill was still a heavy burden for him, who had just changed jobs.

He rubbed his throbbing temples, just about to wave his hand to cancel the skill, when suddenly the door lock made a crisp "click" sound.

"Hey old man, slow down, don't crack the egg."

The door opened, and Su's mother walked in carrying two large bags of groceries, her face radiant with a rare rosy glow—clearly a beneficiary of the auspicious purple aura that had just descended upon her.

Following behind, Su's father carried a live grass carp he had just bought. His usually hunched back was straight today, and he walked briskly.

"Haha, old woman, stop nagging!" Father Su's voice boomed. "It's really strange today. My back doesn't ache, my legs don't hurt, and I'm walking with a spring in my step! Did you see the news? They said it's an auspicious sign! Our Dragon Xia Kingdom is about to have a great fortune!"

"Okay, okay, whatever you say is right. Hurry up and change your shoes, our son must be hungry." Su's mother said with a smile as she changed her shoes. If it weren't for work, the two of them would have wanted to come back long ago; today was the day their son became a professional.

Seeing her parents, Su Yun smiled and said, "Dad, Mom, you're back? What are you making for dinner tonight?"

"I'll make your favorite braised fish!" Mr. Su looked up with a smile, ready to hand the fish in his hand to his son.

However, the next second, his movements came to an abrupt halt.

Su's father's sharp eyes, honed from his time as a reconnaissance soldier, instantly moved past Su Yun's shoulder and fixed on the living room floor.

There, the totem pole of [Heavenly Candle Divine Illumination], though dim in light, was still striking. The crimson shaft was entwined with intricate and ancient dragon patterns, and at the top was a vertical pupil that was slowly closing. Even as a fleeting image, it exuded a majestic aura that made one's heart tremble.

This thing is so eye-catching that it's impossible to ignore.

Mr. Su was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the television that was playing the news.

On television, the host excitedly reported: "...Just now, mysterious red beams of light appeared in multiple locations across our country, accurately pinpointing several foreign spies who have been operating undercover for many years! According to preliminary analysis by experts, this red light possesses an extremely high energy level and is very likely from the same source as the previous auspicious purple aura..."

The scene shifts to a blurry distant view. It's a drone shot of a red light source; although the giant eye is somewhat surreal, its crimson color and majestic presence are undeniable…

Su's father looked down at the crimson totem on the floor.

Then I looked up at the giant red eye on the TV.

Let's take another look at the floor.

Let's watch TV again.

The air was silent for three seconds.

"Clatter".

The grass carp that Su's father was carrying, along with the plastic bag, fell to the floor. The fish's tail thrashed twice on the floor tiles, making a crisp sound.

Su Yun blinked, looking at her dumbfounded father, then at the totem she hadn't had time to retrieve, emmm...

Father Su raised his finger tremblingly, pointing to the totem on the ground. His lips trembled for a long time before he finally managed to squeeze out a broken question from his throat:

"Son...son? This...this auspicious omen...you sent this out from home?!"