Chapter 174
Chapter 174
In truth, Zhou Ming had recently obtained a Sacred Weapon on the Destiny Continent and changed into his second class, pushing his strength to new heights. That had driven another increase in his power in reality as well.
He had clearly noticed the change several days ago.
Therefore, reaching the Sakura Region, which already lay close to the Eastern Region, without taking a plane was not particularly difficult for Zhou Ming.
“…”
On the other end of the call, Lin Zhongshan did not know how to respond to his rhetorical question.
He had long known that Zhou Ming could bring Destiny’s power into reality, but he had never imagined it had already reached such an outrageous degree.
“Do you truly have to go?” Lin Zhongshan asked.
Zhou Ming answered frankly, “I’m not particularly broad-minded, and I’m not good at swallowing grievances. If that makes things difficult for you, I apologize.”
“Sigh!”
Lin Zhongshan sighed. “They provoked you first, so your retaliation is entirely justified. If you’re determined to go, then go.”
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The capital.
Inside a certain conference room.
After exchanging a few more words with Zhou Ming, Lin Zhongshan ended the call.
“You aren’t going to stop him?”
Dozens of powerful officials stood around him, all astonished by Lin Zhongshan’s final decision.
Zhou Ming intended to force his way across the border to kill someone, and he would very likely come into conflict with the Sakura Region’s upper ranks!
That outcome would drag the Eastern Region into the center of an international media storm.
“We can’t stop him!”
Lin Zhongshan shook his head with a bitter smile. “Besides, it’s already an established fact that players can obtain power from Destiny. All kinds of incidents are bound to happen in the future. This is only the beginning. Even if we stop the beginning, can we stop everything that follows?”
“…”
Everyone fell silent.
Lin Zhongshan’s point could not have been clearer.
No one knew where the future was headed, and no one could stop the arrival of a new era!
The only certainty was that danger lay everywhere. The mysterious entity that had created Destiny harbored enormous ambitions.
Their most urgent task was to gather the Eastern Region’s elite players and prepare together for the catastrophe that might come. International affairs were comparatively unimportant. Angering the Eastern Region’s top player, perhaps even Destiny’s top player, over some trivial dispute would be profoundly unwise.
“Try to track Zhouyou Shijie with satellites!” Lin Zhongshan ordered. “I want to see what he’s capable of in reality now. He probably won’t mind…”
Traveling straight to the Sakura Region on foot, without a plane!
To be honest, Zhou Ming’s words had sounded inconceivable even to him.
“Understood!”
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Zhou Ming hurried onward.
After ending the call, he unleashed his speed at full intensity. His physical power far surpassed ordinary humans, allowing him to race across the city’s rooftops like a high-speed train as the scenery blurred behind him.
Before long, he arrived at the vast ocean. A dazzling city of lights lay behind him, while endless darkness stretched ahead.
Crash, crash, crash…
Waves thundered against the seawall.
Zhou Ming backed up some distance and confirmed the Sakura Region’s direction, then activated Baptism by Fire and Shadowless Step and sprinted with all his strength.
Whoosh!
Like a cannonball leaving its barrel, he shot onto the ocean, his feet striking the surface and throwing up towering waves behind him.
Zhou Ming could not yet cross empty air, but with the surface of the water to support him, the situation was entirely different.
“Hiss!”
The officials tracking Zhou Ming by satellite sucked in sharp breaths. Their shock was indescribable, and some even felt envious.
Who would not envy power like this?
“That’s absurd!”
One of the analysts in the room said, “In theory, you would need to reach at least 30 to 40 kilometers per hour to generate enough lift to run across water. But based on our current analysis, his speed is far beyond that!”
Anyone familiar with “running on water” knew that the key to staying above the surface was using speed to generate enough hydrodynamic lift to counteract one’s body weight.
However, countless difficulties were involved. It was only theoretically possible.
In other words, only someone like Zhou Ming, who had surpassed the limits of humanity, could meet such exacting requirements.
…
The ocean at night held countless dangers.
Faced with a monster covered in flames, however, those dangers instinctively stayed away and did not dare provoke him.
In only three hours, Zhou Ming crossed the ocean on foot, entered the Sakura Region, and successfully made landfall.
“Still not quite good enough!” Zhou Ming rested briefly and returned to normal.
Three hours was a little too long.
If it were Ning Wushen, perhaps he would only need a few minutes?
After all, of everyone Zhou Ming had met so far, only Ning Wushen knew how to wield both time and space. Qianying specialized only in space, while most other god-tier powerhouses still used ordinary elemental forces or pure physical attacks.
Seen that way, Ning Wushen’s innate talent was truly absurd.
Zhou Ming stopped letting his thoughts wander. He entered the Sakura Region alone and headed for the prime minister’s residence.
Tonight, certain people were destined to die.
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Meanwhile, in the Sakura Region’s capital.
The prime minister’s residence was brightly lit. Every entrance and exit had been sealed, while armed patrols stood watch every ten paces, forming an extraordinarily tight defense.
Inside the residence, the slightly overweight prime minister paced back and forth in extreme agitation.
“Why haven’t we heard anything yet?” Prime Minister Fujita Daimu was burning with anxiety.
The moment Yamagami Yusai submitted his report, Fujita Daimu had urgently contacted the Eastern Region’s upper ranks, but no reply had arrived.
The fear gnawing at him grew stronger by the moment.
“Prime Minister, is Zhouyou Shijie truly that terrifying?” One of his subordinates still did not understand. “We’ve increased the patrols around the residence tenfold. I guarantee not even a mosquito could fly inside!”
“Idiot, what do you know?!”
Fujita Daimu raged. “That monster defeated the finest international mercenaries. He no longer belongs to the realm of normal human beings!”
Not afraid?
How could he not be afraid?
If anything happened to Yamagami Yusai, the man would definitely expose him.
When that happened, how could the rules of reality restrain Zhouyou Shijie, someone capable of ignoring those rules?
Bang!
Without warning, the carefully designed reinforced doors produced a deafening crash.
Terrifying cracks spread across the walls, which had been thickened several times over.
“!!!!!”
Fujita Daimu’s legs went weak with fear, nearly sending him to the floor. He stared at the doors in horror and saw a fist-shaped dent protruding through them, a testament to the intruder’s monstrous strength.
“Where are the guards? Get in here and protect the prime minister!”
Unable to face the threat alone, Fujita Daimu summoned a large number of subordinates. They crowded into the room, turning pale and shouting in panic at the terrifying sight.
Beep!
A shrill alarm erupted throughout the prime minister’s residence.
The soldiers patrolling outside rushed in. None could understand how someone had escaped their notice and penetrated so deeply into the heavily fortified residence.
“Drop your weapon immediately! Hands on your head and get on the ground, or we’ll open fire!”
“The enemy refuses to surrender. Fire! Fire!”
Ratatatata…
Before long, gunfire erupted and muzzle flashes filled the grounds.
The chaos outside made everyone inside tremble with fear. It felt as though a boulder pressed against their chests, leaving them unable to breathe. With shaking hands, they opened the security feed, only to freeze in disbelief at what they saw.
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