If I let you practice martial arts, you'll compress your vital energy ten thousand times?

The Seventh Security Zone, the deepest part of the military region headquarters.

This is an absolute forbidden zone that even air defense arrays cannot cover, and the air is filled with a bone-chilling cold.

Feng Wuhen, the commander of the left wing army, stood in front of a huge bronze dragon-splitting stone gate, holding the dark gold token representing the supreme commander's power in both hands.

Beyond the stone gate lies the [Absolute Zero Seclusion Chamber].

The military's only garrison commander-level veteran was inside, forcibly freezing the last vestige of life with an ice formation.

Feng Wuhen's eyes were bloodshot, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

He knew that as long as he pressed the token into the groove of the stone gate, the formation would be broken.

The old commander who had protected the Seventh Security Zone for decades was about to experience the last and most brilliant half hour of his life.

Beep beep beep beep—!!!

The miniature communicator on Feng Wuhen's wrist, which represented the military's SSS-level top secret, suddenly emitted a piercing buzzing sound!

Feng Wuhen answered the call immediately.

On the other end of the communicator came Commander-in-Chief Su Zhan's hoarse, excited, and even slightly fanatical roar.

"No trace! Plan canceled!"

Feng Wuhen was stunned, his mind unable to process what was happening for a moment.

"Elder Su? What... what did you say? The plan is canceled?"

Feng Wuhen exclaimed incredulously, "Could it be that the masked senior didn't go to Abandoned City 019? What if the Ghost King attacks?!"

"The Ghost King can't be defeated."

Su Zhan's voice came through the communicator, filled with heavy breathing.

"The Ghost King... is dead."

"That senior smashed his head to pieces! Even his true qi armor was pulverized!"

boom!

These words were like several megaton-class nuclear bombs, exploding in Feng Wuhen's mind!

The commander's token in Feng Wuhen's hand fell to the ground with a thud, and he froze completely like a statue, as if struck by lightning.

Early-stage Town General level, Vice Leader of the Dark Spirit Society, Ghost King with Absolute Domain...

died? !

His head was smashed open?!

How is this possible! Less than twenty minutes have passed since that senior flew out of the seventh safe zone!

"Stop daydreaming! Return to the main conference room at headquarters immediately!"

Su Zhan urgently ordered, "Convene an SSS-level top-secret meeting immediately! The situation in the Seventh Security Zone is about to change!"

……

Two o'clock in the morning. Military region headquarters, top-secret conference room.

The heavy alloy door was locked tightly, with the highest level of anti-eavesdropping array activated.

Only three people were sitting around the large oval conference table.

Commander-in-Chief Su Zhan, Right Route Army Commander Feng Wuhen, and Su Qinghan, the military's top prodigy and Su Zhan's granddaughter.

At the far end of the conference table, a holographic projection lit up.

In the projection, Lei Lie, the hot-tempered commander of the left flank army, was lying in the highest-level repair pod of the intensive care unit. His body was wrapped in bandages soaked in high-grade medicine, and his broken bones were forcibly fixed by titanium alloy frames, with only a pair of terrified eyes visible.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

On the large screen, high-definition footage taken by a drone over Abandoned City 019 is being played in a loop.

It was a terrifying meteorite crater tens of meters deep, and a headless corpse wearing a tattered, blood-red robe.

"Gulp."

Looking at the corpse, Lei Lie in the holographic projection swallowed hard, feeling a chill creeping down his spine.

"This...this really is the Ghost King?" Lei Lie's voice was weak and trembling.

"Absolutely true."

Su Zhan's expression was extremely solemn. He placed his hands on the table, crossed them, and said in a deep voice:

"I was there in person and witnessed the Ghost King's remaining true energy. Moreover, I also saw the Blood-Faced Demon God carrying Lin Yuan's sister, Lin Xiaoya, as they emerged from the deep pit."

Upon hearing the words "Blood-Faced Demon God," Su Qinghan's delicate body trembled violently.

In her mind, the faint divine and demonic pressure that Lin Yuan had released when he lost control in the classroom that evening instantly flashed into her mind!

The terrifying sense of oppression that made her soul tremble and even stopped her internal energy from circulating still sends chills down her spine when she thinks about it now.

"grandfather……"

Su Qinghan took a deep breath and said with certainty, "When I told Lin Yuan about the kidnapping this evening, a terrifying pressure that didn't belong to him at all erupted from his body!"

"Looking back now, that was definitely that senior's trump card, sealed within Lin Yuan's body!"

"That's right!"

Su Zhan slammed his hand on the table, his eyes flashing with a mixture of fervor and awe.

"Qinghan, you previously reported that Lin Yuan was just lucky to receive a casual reward from a senior."

"But look at what happened tonight!"

Su Zhan pointed to the ruins on the big screen, his voice trembling slightly with excitement:

"What kind of senior figure would risk withstanding the military's air defenses for an ordinary stranger they'd only met once?!"

"What kind of powerful figure would go so far as to descend in their true form and utterly destroy a town general-level expert just for the sake of an ordinary student's sister?!"

The entire room fell silent.

Both Feng Wuhen and Lei Lie in the holographic projection stared wide-eyed, their breathing rapid.

"What does this mean?!"

Su Zhan's gaze swept over everyone, and he said, word by word:

"This proves that the kid named Lin Yuan is no lucky passerby at all!"

"He is that senior, the true, perhaps even the only, successor!"

"That senior not only protected his own to the extreme, but also regarded Lin Yuan's family as an absolute taboo subject!"

Boom!

Upon hearing this deduction, the senior executives in the entire conference room felt a chill run down their spines.

Lei Lie was lying in the repair pod when he suddenly shuddered, pulling at his broken bones and wincing in pain.

"I...I actually dared to yell at that senior during the day..."

Lei Lie was filled with lingering fear, his bandages soaked with cold sweat.

"My Grandmaster level is probably nothing in their eyes! The senior only slapped me, and didn't smash my head like a demon king. It's like my ancestors are protecting me!"

"You know that much is good!"

Su Zhan glared at Lei Lie, then took a deep breath, his expression becoming more solemn than ever before.

"Gentlemen."

"Based on tonight's battle results, that senior's strength has definitely surpassed the early stage of the Town General level!"

"To have such a great master living in seclusion near our Seventh Safe Zone is a blessing we've accumulated over many lifetimes!"

Su Zhan abruptly stood up, his aura as a peak Grandmaster overwhelming the entire arena, and issued the final, ironclad rule:

"Starting from this second!"

"All information regarding Lin Yuan and his sister Lin Xiaoya is classified as SSS-level top secret by the military! Anyone who dares to leak even a single word will be executed on the spot for treason!"

"Remove all overt surveillance of their home!"

"Mobilize the 'Shadow Dragon' special forces team, have them change into civilian clothes, and take over all security around the civilian area! But remember, they are absolutely not allowed to step within 500 meters of Lin Yuan's house, and they are absolutely not allowed to disturb their peaceful lives!"

Feng Wuhen and Lei Lie responded in unison, "Yes, sir!"

After issuing the security orders, Su Zhan turned his gaze to Su Qinghan, who was standing to the side.

"Qinghan, as the only person in the military who can currently speak with Lin Yuan, this heavy responsibility can only be entrusted to you."

Su Zhan opened a briefcase next to him.

Inside, dozens of spatial rings, radiating intense energy fluctuations, were neatly stacked! This was the most prized possession in the military's treasury!

"Tomorrow morning, you will visit Lin Xiaoya on behalf of the military in your personal capacity."

Su Zhan solemnly instructed:

"Take these resources as compensation for our military's inadequate defense of the city! We must be humble! We absolutely cannot let Lin Yuan feel that we are trying to buy him off with resources; we must make him feel our military's utmost sincerity!"

"If we can please this disciple, it's the same as pleasing that invincible, blood-faced killing god!"

Su Qinghan looked at the box of strategic resources, enough to buy half of the outer city, and nodded solemnly.

"Don't worry, Grandpa, I know what to do."

End of the meeting.

The military's war machine began to operate silently.

An unprecedented super protective net, designed solely to safeguard an ordinary brother and sister, swiftly and completely enveloped the dilapidated civilian district under the cover of night.

No one would have expected it.

The "invincible master" that military leaders talk about, who is rarely seen.

At this moment, she is wearing an apron and a pair of cheap plastic slippers, standing in the narrow kitchen of her rented room.

She washed her hands and started making soup.