# 774
Chapter 774
The next chapter, #775, was Guan Zai's Move
"Who else could it be? The detection equipment showed no traces of any living thing approaching Sunken Dragon Pass. To ensure Sunken Dragon Pass's safety, we even dispersed the fish schools in the surrounding waters—what other method could someone use to infiltrate Sunken Dragon Pass?"
"There is." Lu Qiu seemed to have thought of something and猛地 looked in a certain direction. "Today, one other thing entered Sunken Dragon Pass..."
His companion froze, then caught on.
"That unmanned boat?"
"I knew there was something wrong with that boat!"
Lu Qiu's mind raced as he quickly said to those around him, "Since this person knew to cut communications first, they've clearly made thorough plans. They want us all buried here without the headquarters knowing a thing—so their next move... should be to completely seal off all exits here, to prevent any fish from slipping through!
Quick! To the central control room!"
The moment Lu Qiu's words fell, every Night Watch inside Sunken Dragon Pass moved simultaneously, sprinting toward the central control room.
But they were a step too slow.
They had just arrived outside the central control room when another explosion occurred, engulfing the control center in a sea of flames.
Lu Qiu's expression turned grim.
"Damn it!" His companion cursed. "If Sunken Dragon Pass hadn't been still under construction, if we had enough stationed personnel, how could he have—"
"Enough!" Lu Qiu cut him off, his hand reaching for the Straight Blade at his waist and drawing it from its sheath in one swift motion. "Now is not the time for excuses. Everyone, surround this area and prepare for battle!"
Several figures in dark red cloaks rapidly scattered in different directions, beginning to encircle the smoke-filled central control room.
From within the rolling flames, a silver-robed figure stood among the shattered glass scattered across the floor of the control center, coldly watching the scene unfold.
"Pretty quick reactions... Unfortunately, your time has come."
The Silver-Robed Oracle Envoy stepped forward, his form passing through the mirror surface and teleporting directly into the real world.
In Lu Qiu's field of vision, above the central control room, a flash of light appeared, and a silver figure stood suspended in midair, looking down at them.
Sensing the aura emanating from this person, Lu Qiu's heart sank.
A "Klein"-level expert?
Within Sunken Dragon Pass right now, the highest cultivation level present was only himself—a former deputy captain of Team 066 who had just stepped into the "Sea" realm. The others were mostly in the "River" realm, after all, Sunken Dragon Pass was still unfinished and not yet officially operational; they were merely stationed here to monitor the Misty Border...
Facing a sudden "Klein"-level expert, they had no chance of victory.
Lu Qiu's expression was grave beyond measure.
In the left eye of the figure hovering in the air, a silver ring of light appeared.
"Insects." The Silver-Robed Oracle Envoy slowly spread his arms wide. The shards of mirror scattered across the floor flew up into the sky. He spoke in Japanese,淡地说道, "Kneel before the divine right..."
The countless mirrors reflected the blue sky, and under the Silver-Robed Oracle Envoy's control, they rapidly expanded. A mirror fragment the size of a fingernail instantly grew into a blade dozens of meters long, sweeping toward the ground like a violent storm.
"Hm?"
At that moment, a soft exclamation came from the sky.
A line of green code afterimages flashed across the air. In an instant, the countless mirror fragments were frozen in place, as if someone had pressed the pause button—they couldn't descend even an inch.
The Silver-Robed Oracle Envoy, standing on one of the mirror shards, suddenly froze.
He looked up at the sky. There, in the rain of frozen mirrors, a figure in a coffee-colored plaid shirt and black baseball cap slowly descended from the clouds, landing lightly on one of the mirror shards. His toes tapped gently against its surface, and his form glided like a graceful swan goose, landing gracefully on a mirror shard directly above the Oracle Envoy's head.
The man lowered his head, curiously examining the Silver-Robed Oracle Envoy, his gaze firmly locked onto the silver ring in his left eye.
"It's Mr. Guan!" When Lu Qiu saw the figure in the plaid shirt, he immediately relaxed, relief flooding his face.
Mr. Guan was here—nothing would be insurmountable now.
This was the security that came from the human apex.
"Who are you?" Guan Zai asked. "How did you get into Sunken Dragon Pass?"
The Silver-Robed Oracle Envoy: ?
The Silver-Robed Oracle Envoy did not understand what he was saying.
He stared at the frozen mirror fragments around him, confusion flickering in his eyes. He attempted to manipulate those shards, but no matter how hard he tried, they remained locked in place, motionless.
Was this the ability of this plaid-shirted man?
The Silver-Robed Oracle Envoy's eyes gleamed. He stomped hard on the mirror beneath his feet, and using the terrifying strength of a modified human, he launched himself like a cannonball toward the figure above!
His palm flipped, and a mirror fragment the size of a thumb was clutched in his hand. A silver flash occurred, and in the next instant, this tiny shard transformed into an incomparably sharp mirror javelin. The javelin was mirror-smooth throughout, extremely slender, reflecting the ambient light—if one didn't look carefully, the thin javelin's position would be invisible in the environment.
The Silver-Robed Oracle Envoy hurtled through the sky, his wrist flicking. The mirror javelin shot from his palm like lightning, and under the reflection of the mirror surfaces he controlled, the javelin completely vanished into the sky.
An invisible killing intent rapidly approached Guan Zai!
This was one of the Silver-Robed Oracle Envoy's killing techniques. Relying on this javelin's concealment and destructive power, he could effortlessly kill any expert of the same realm. Though he couldn't see through the plaid-shirted man standing above him, he was certain this strike would be unavoidable.
He believed he stood at the apex of humanity. To withstand this blow, only Yuzuri Takishiro—a monster—among all of Japan's "Human Enclosure" could possibly manage it. How could a small country with weak combat power and mediocre technology possibly have an existence capable of matching Yuzuri Takishiro?
A faint smile curled the corners of the Silver-Robed Oracle Envoy's lips.
When Guan Zai saw the inexplicable confidence blooming on the Silver-Robed Oracle Envoy's face, his expression turned peculiar. He casually tapped in the void, and lines of code flowed through the air like a tide, forming a massive虚空 screen.
"Scanning for objects with mirror-reflective capabilities within target range... Scan complete."
"Modifying physics engine..."
"Physics engine modification complete. Target objects captured: 121. Kinetic energy zeroed. Gravitational potential energy zeroed... Administrator permissions locked. Selected objects' positions immutable, indestructible."
Swish—!
As the last character vanished, a nearly invisible javelin instantly froze before Guan Zai. The javelin, which had contained enough kinetic energy to pierce through most of Tokyo, now sat quietly in the air like a docile, gentle work of art.
It was as if... he had frozen a bug in the world.