Security Bureau.
Qin Ye stood calmly by the window.
He possessed a particular trait: before an event occurred, he would be nervous and anxious, constantly worrying about variables that might disrupt his plans.
Because of this, he would lose sleep and appetite, his mind racing with contingencies, desperate to anticipate every possible scenario and prepare a solution for each.
But once things actually happened, he would instead calm down and handle them with composure.
Even if events unfolded in a direction he had never imagined, he could always find the optimal solution in the shortest possible time.
Before an exam, he was a nervous wreck.
During the exam, he performed beyond his limits!
His teacher’s evaluation of him was that he was a contestant born for the exam!
“Father, if Great Qi captures Wangnian City, will our plan be discovered?”
‘It doesn’t matter. The plan has already begun; there is no possibility of stopping it.’
‘Though I did not expect them to attack at this specific moment, the impact is not significant. It is merely a single city, a patch of land.’
‘If Wan Tianqing’s lackeys arrive fast enough, we won’t even lose this city.’
“But Father, what about Old Guo?”
‘Him? He won’t interfere in anything. If Wangnian City is breached, he will only disappear with the Hidden Vault and return the key to the Wannian Platform.’
“Won’t he expose us?”
‘No. He is merely an observer. He never intervenes; otherwise, Great Wei would not have become a place where Wan Tianqing’s word is the only law!’
There were things Qin Qian had not told Qin Ye. For instance, back when he was young and ambitious, he had once tried to win over Uncle Guo.
But day after day, year after year of goodwill had only earned him a single response.
“Ah, it is Your Majesty...”
“Father, what should I do now?”
‘The formation has already been activated, but it still needs time. What you need to do is protect yourself and ensure that you are inside the city when the formation fully opens.’
“Yes!”
Qin Ye answered, but his pupils suddenly constricted as he looked out the window. He lunged backward with explosive force!
A fireball over ten meters in diameter roared toward him.
Boom!!!
The spot where Qin Ye had been standing was instantly leveled!
It was important to note that both the Security Bureau and the Command Center were protected by barriers.
Even a Demigod would need time to break through such a barrier, yet that attack had just bypassed it and struck inside?
Fortunately, he was also a Demigod with extremely fast reflexes, so he escaped unharmed.
Almost the instant the attack landed, Bureau Chief Ye rushed over, shielding Qin Ye as he spoke.
“Sir, are you alright?”
“That person’s target was me. He can bypass the barrier!”
The two of them turned their gazes toward the direction the fireball had come from. They saw a person wearing a fire mask standing not far away, watching them.
Noticing their gaze, the person turned and ran.
That’s right!
He ran!
It was as if he were telling them: I can’t fly, I’m not a Demigod, come and catch me.
Qin Ye’s face was grim, but he had no intention of giving chase.
Seeing this, Bureau Chief Ye said, “Sir, I will go capture him.”
“No need. Go check the barrier. Why did his attack get through!”
“Yes!”
Bureau Chief Ye acknowledged the order. Just as he was about to head downstairs, the sky lit up.
A dozen fireballs whistled through the air toward the Security Bureau, completely ignoring the barrier.
Whoosh!
Bureau Chief Ye flickered like a ghost to the front of the building, his divinity boiling as he struck out at the dozen fireballs!
Boom, boom, boom!
The fireballs exploded, and scorching air swept across the entire Security Bureau.
This made Bureau Chief Ye realize the problem.
It wasn’t that the person’s attacks could break the barrier; it was that something was wrong with the barrier itself!
But he had no time to think, as another dozen fireballs were already flying their way.
“You’ve gone too far!”
Chains materialized behind him, skewering the fireballs together like candied haws.
The Great Wei authorities controlled three complete pathways.
In most cases, the Security Bureau Chiefs followed the Ward Guard pathway, military officers followed the Executioner pathway, and the City Lords in the Command Centers followed the Scholar pathway.
Someone like Wang Gen, who was an Executioner yet became a Security Bureau Chief, was a rarity.
Bureau Chief Ye controlled the chains to tear the fireballs apart, and a rain of fire fell from the sky.
“Check the barrier! There is a problem with the barrier!”
He roared at those below. His deputy and the others hurriedly began inspecting the barrier.
Bureau Chief Ye’s gaze landed on a distant rooftop, where the man in the fire mask was watching him.
Despite the mask, Bureau Chief Ye felt as if he could see the mockery on the man's face.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Another dozen fireballs flew in. If these were allowed to strike, the Security Bureau building would be leveled.
Bureau Chief Ye defended once more. The chains woven from divinity and spirituality acted like tentacles, easily intercepting all the fireballs.
But this time, the fireballs were different from the previous ones.
This time, they were filled!
Bureau Chief Ye reacted as if he had been bitten by a snake, instantly retreating. A streak of black light was rapidly spreading along his chains, threatening to climb onto his body in an instant.
“Break!”
He roared, and the chain snapped immediately.
Bureau Chief Ye proactively severed that portion of his own divinity.
The moment the divinity left his body, it turned into a puff of black smoke and drifted toward the Security Bureau.
“The barrier!!!”
Bureau Chief Ye was consumed with anxiety because he had felt the aura of an evil god within that 'filling'!
Just a sliver of his divinity touching it had nearly led to pollution. What if it were his entire divinity?
What if there was physical contact?
Even he, a Demigod, had almost fallen. What about the others in the Security Bureau?
What about Mr. Qin?
At that thought, Bureau Chief Ye was furious enough to eat someone alive.
Whoosh!
The wind howled as he used his divinity to conjure a gale, hoping to blow the black smoke away.
Unfortunately, it was a futile effort.
Following a series of ghostly wails and howls, the Security Bureau fell into an instant silence.
Boom!
Crash!
Crash!
Qin Ye crashed through a window and flew out. Several transcendents of Sequence 6 and Sequence 7 also smashed through windows and jumped.
The height of the Security Bureau building was something they could still withstand.
As for those below Sequence 7, not a single soul remained alive!
The deputy looked at Bureau Chief Ye with an expression of panic.
“Chief, there must be a problem with the barrier’s defensive incantations! It can only block physical matter now; it can’t block energy!”
“Can it be fixed?”
“Yes. Our Security Bureau and the Command Center use the same barrier system.”
“The core and the incantations are located near the Command Center. We just need to contact them and have them repair the barrier.”
“How long will it take?”
“About twenty minutes.”
“There’s no time!”
Bureau Chief Ye cursed. He turned to see that Qin Ye was already flying toward the Command Center. He immediately shouted to his deputy.
“Contact the Command Center immediately! Tell them the barrier is failing and have them fix it as fast as possible!”
“The rest of you, head to the Command Center to take shelter first!”
“Yes!”
The subordinates acknowledged the order, sprinting away while simultaneously contacting the Command Center.
Bureau Chief Ye chased after Qin Ye.
Out of a security officer’s instinct, he suspected this was a conspiracy—a plot specifically targeting Qin Ye!
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