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

In the conference room.

The chilling shock hadn't completely subsided; the echoes of the three thousand heroic spirits' roars still seemed to linger in the air. Long Yi had already sat back down in his chair, but his large hand, resting on his knee, was still unconsciously rubbing against it.

He was calming himself down.

As the leader, he shouldn't have experienced such drastic emotional changes, but Su Yun's repeated miracles completely caused him to lose his composure.

"Comrade Su Yun."

Long Yi finally spoke, his voice hoarse, revealing the weariness after experiencing great sorrow and joy, but his eyes shone brighter than ever before. "The person is back, this is a great joy. But like you just said, this matter is not over."

He paused, then reached out and traced a line on the holographic sand table.

The sand table, which had originally displayed domestic scenery, quickly shrank, transforming into a blue global panoramic view. Except for Longxia, an area protected by a golden shield, most of the other continental plates appeared an unsettling dark red—a sign of high-risk occupied zones.

"However, since the Ark Alliance dares to resort to such a ruthless tactic, they won't be foolish enough to wait for us to come knocking on their door." Long Yi pointed to the vast Atlantic Ocean. "According to the fragmented information pieced together by the intelligence department, the core command center of this group is a nuclear submarine modified with apocalyptic technology, codenamed 'Zeus'."

The intelligence chief on the screen frowned deeply and continued, "That's right. This submarine is extremely cunning. Not only does it possess the world's most advanced silent propulsion system, but it also incorporates some kind of 'water magic' from Western awakened beings. Once it dives into the deep sea, it becomes truly invisible. In today's environment of rampant electromagnetic storms, it's almost impossible for our satellites and sonars to find them."

At this point, the intelligence chief sighed, "If we can't find the coordinates, even our Dongfeng Express can't do anything to them. These guys are like rats hiding in the sewers, they bite and run away, they're disgusting."

indeed.

The prerequisite for revenge is that you need to know where your enemy is.

The vast ocean covers 71% of the Earth's surface and has an average depth of over 3,000 meters. Finding a submarine that deliberately conceals itself and possesses a magical shield within it is even more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack.

"Can't find it?"

Su Yun raised an eyebrow, but her face did not show disappointment.

He gently turned the thermos in his hand, and a few goji berries in the cup rose and fell with the water.

Long Yi keenly sensed that Su Yun's emotions had stabilized, and his previously anxious heart eased slightly. He asked hopefully, "Comrade Su Yun, do you have a solution?"

Su Yun nodded slowly, his words ringing out: "In the millennia-old rules of Longxia, debts must be repaid, and murderers must pay with their lives. This is the law of nature, the way of heaven. As long as one has committed a crime on this land and stained their hands with the blood of Longxia people, this 'cause and effect' has already been established."

"Once the cause and effect are settled, even if he hides in the deep sea, or even under the boiling oil in the eighteenth level of hell, he will still have to settle this score!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Yun stood up.

With a thought, the azure blue system panel, visible only to him, rapidly unfolded on his retina.

Su Yun's gaze locked onto the grayish icon in the skill list—[Tracing the Origin Totem].

This was originally an extremely useless skill. At best, it could help Grandma Wang next door find her lost cat or help the police track down a thief who stole an electric bicycle. The effective range was no more than five kilometers, and you had to have the target's personal belongings as a medium.

But with the help of talent, quantitative changes are enough to lead to qualitative changes.

He slowly raised his hand, and a faint light began to gather in his palm.

"Buzz—"

The air vibrated.

A dark red light exploded in his palm.

There were no fancy special effects, nor any earth-shattering sounds. A simple, ancient bronze mirror, covered in rust, suddenly appeared from the void and hovered directly above the sand table.

This mirror looks quite old; its frame is carved with intricate cloud and thunder patterns, and several grotesque monster reliefs are also intertwined with it. The mirror surface is neither glass nor a smooth copper surface, but a bottomless, murky vortex, as if even light would be swallowed up if it shone through.

In Su Yun's mind, the system panel was flashing wildly.

[Host's intention detected...]

[The skill "Tracing the Origin Totem" is being activated...]

[Searching for residual energy at the target... Search failed. The target is too far away and is within a high-level magical shielding field.]

[Warning: Skill detection is invalid.]

[The innate ability "territory is territory" is forcibly intervened!]

[Decision logic being refactored...]

[A "blood debt" fact has been detected: at boundary marker No. 77, the death record of a Longxia citizen has been confirmed.]

[Rules of Judgment: Those who offend the mighty Han, though far away, shall be punished. Debts must be repaid, and murderers must pay with their lives.]

[Rule compliance: 100%]

[Extracting concepts... Revising the underlying logic of the skill...]

[Skill mutation complete.]

【Heavenly Dao: The Mirror of Karma】

[Description: The mirror of retribution hangs high in the underworld, where right and wrong are difficult to conceal. All the unrighteous deeds of your life become the shackles that will take your life on your journey home. There are no good people before the mirror of retribution; the evil you have committed will become the noose that strangles you.]

[Effect: Ignores physical distance, spatial shielding, and magical interference. Forcibly locks onto the source of cause and effect.]

[Note: Hide? Where are you going to hide?]

Su Yun said:

"Start the camera."

The suspended bronze mirror suddenly trembled.

……

At this very moment, thousands of kilometers away on the southwestern border, at boundary marker No. 77.

The shock and surprise had not yet subsided. Li Erniu was staring blankly up at Company Commander Zhao Tiezhu, who was floating in mid-air. He wanted to reach out and touch the company commander's "spirit" to confirm that this was not a dream, but he was afraid that his hand would pass through and desecrate this miracle.

Just as he was struggling with this, he suddenly felt a burning heat coming from the pocket of his camouflage uniform on his chest.

This was a black fragment that he had accidentally picked up next to a pile of corpses that looked like rotten flesh.

It was a fragment of the bio-armor from the enemy squad leader, "Black Mamba." It was only the size of a fingernail and covered in blackened blood and dirt.

"call out--!"

Before Li Erniu could react, the fragments seemed to be summoned by some irresistible force, flying out of his pocket without warning!

It transformed into a jet-black streak in the air, instantly tearing through the air and disappearing into the void.

next second.

Kunlun Palace, Conference Room No. 1.

Ripples spread through the space, and blood-stained fragments appeared out of thin air, carrying the lingering smell of gunpowder, crashing straight into the ancient bronze mirror.

There was no sound of impact or breaking.

The moment the fragments touched the mirror, they were like ice and snow falling into boiling water, directly "swallowed" by the eerie vortex of the mirror.

Immediately afterwards, a chilling dark red light gathered wildly in the center of the mirror, as if a bloodshot eye was slowly opening.

"Clang!"

A thin, yet dazzlingly red line shot out from the center of the mirror!

Then it passed straight through the ceiling, ignoring all physical obstacles, and soared into the sky.

Everyone present instinctively held their breath.

Under the holographic screen's perspective, the red line resembled an arrow piercing the clouds, suddenly changing direction at an altitude of 10,000 meters above the ground and hurtling rapidly westward.

Its speed was extremely fast, yet strangely, it did not produce any sonic boom.

Because it doesn't fly in "three-dimensional space" at all; it travels upstream along the trajectory of "cause and effect".

The red line sweeps across Longxia's western border.

The light swept across the majestic Great Wall.

Inside the light screen, everything was orderly, and wisps of smoke rose from the chimneys.

The moment the red line passed through the light curtain, the scene suddenly became grotesque and terrifying.

That was the jungle of Southeast Asia. Once a tourist hotspot, it has now become a green hell.

The mutated banyan tree, towering over a hundred meters tall, seemed to have gone mad, its twisted roots strangling all living things. Its vines were laden with dried human skeletons, like wind chimes from hell. In the city ruins, several mutated giant lizards, each the size of a heavy truck, were tearing apart half-dead corpses, leaving a bloody and gruesome sight.

The red line didn't stop, instantly sweeping across this hell on earth.

Next is the Indian Ocean.

Countless wrecked ships floated on the turbulent sea. The seawater had an ominous blackish-purple hue.

Through the red line's perspective, Long Yi and the others in front of the mirror could even see a gigantic, suffocating shadow slowly moving beneath the sea surface. The shadow was several times larger than the largest active aircraft carrier, and with just a casual turn, it stirred up towering waves tens of meters high.

That was definitely an S-class, or even close to SS-class, deep-sea behemoth overlord!

But in the instant the seemingly fragile red line of cause and effect swept across the sea, this deep-sea behemoth, capable of destroying a fleet, instinctively shrank back like a small fish encountering its natural enemy, and then frantically dived into the deep sea at a depth of ten thousand meters in terror.

It felt the power of the rules.

A scrutiny from a higher dimension, a "divine majesty" that makes biological instincts tremble.

The red line ignored the storm and the thunder, piercing straight into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

Nothing can stop it.