Chapter 1 Under the Azure Sky

Beneath the azure sky.

The pale gold-patterned royal airship, like a bird with broken wings, tilted and crashed heavily towards the audience below.

The massive airship, hundreds of meters long, cast a huge shadow as it plummeted from above.

Boom!!!

A deafening roar exploded.

A layer of white light appeared above the martial arts arena, desperately resisting the impact of the falling airship.

That was the protective force field of the martial arts arena itself, a device used to seal off the venue and prevent arbitrary entry and exit.

But at this moment, the force field device vibrated violently in circles under the airship's impact, threatening to collapse at any moment.

The crowd in the audience screamed and scattered in terror. In just a few seconds, a large number of seats were emptied.

Buzz...

As the airship collided, the entire venue suddenly let out a muffled sound, and all electrical devices quickly fell silent.

"The power supply line is down!" shouted the host, Xiao Lei. "Anyone with a cell phone signal, call the police immediately!"

Sweat beaded on his forehead. He quickly reacted to the sudden change and chose the best course of action.

"Where's the venue security maintaining order!? Immediately contact the rescue team..."

Before he could finish speaking, a dark red force field suddenly rose rapidly from around the entire venue.

The red force field completely covered and took over the surroundings in just three seconds.

Bang bang bang!

The first group of spectators to reach the venue exit pounded heavily on the red force field.

"Open the door! Open the force field and let us out!"

"Open the door now! Are you crazy? You dare to seal us in at a time like this!"

They roared.

But the red force field remained unmoved.

Several blue-clad staff members rushed over and checked the force field situation.

"This... this isn't the protective force field that we activated!"

A maintenance worker said, his expression changing.

"Look at the sky!" someone suddenly shouted.

Immediately, everyone looked up into the air.

The royal airship that had just crashed was now being approached and boarded by some red aircraft.

Boom!

Another explosion, and a large hole burst open in the airship's belly.

From inside flew out a stream of crimson-armored cyborgs. They seemed to be searching for something, diving down and heading towards the venue perimeter.

The audience screamed and fled in all directions, trying to escape in other directions.

But no one knew that all the exits here were completely blocked.

The red force field wall was not deployed by Yi Country, but was a technology modified from White Star by Red Temple of Utopia.

At this moment, below the venue, in the wild goose formation Bagua Gate waiting area.

Chen Jiahhan and the other two retracted their gazes.

"There's no one on the airship," Chen Jiahhan said in a low voice.

"Zhou Shuo's ID card is located here. He couldn't not have come," Chen Zonghan said with a smile. "Perhaps he detected the problem early and is hiding temporarily."

"He must have gotten advance warning and fled," one person said in a deep voice.

"The ID card is still within the lockdown... let the White Star exchange team hold on a little longer," Chen Jiahhan said coldly.

"The reply from their side is that they've already opened to maximum power, and they can only hold out for fifteen minutes at most. Any longer, and the stationed troops near Chao Yu will arrive," the subordinate replied.

"Let's go, use the special locator," Chen Zonghan said.

"What if it still doesn't work, and we can't find him?"

"Then we withdraw. We only have fifteen minutes at most." Chen Zonghan said no more. His attitude made Chen Jiahhan and the others see something.

"In other words, whether our assassination succeeds or not, it's not important anymore?" Chen Jiahhan said. "Furthermore, perhaps our assassination is simply a pledge of allegiance, and a way to divert the attention of certain people..."

"Don't overthink it. Let's go. Zhou Shuo is definitely inside the lockdown. Fifteen minutes, that's our mission. Find him and kill him."

Chen Zonghan turned and walked in the direction of the exit.

The others paused for a moment and quickly followed.

Boom!!

Before they had taken a few steps, the monitoring Sendai in the sky exploded, and figures in blue flew down, intercepted by red dots rising from the surroundings.

Flying instruments and cyborgs, artillery fire and bullets, explosions and laser sweeps.

In just a few seconds, the red and blue sides began a fierce battle.

And in the center of the battle.

A figure carrying a large silver halo on his back soared into the sky, facing two swooping blue figures head-on.

Boom!!

A huge explosion burst out in concentric orange rings.

As Chen Zonghan entered the venue rest area, he looked up at the sky.

"Star Lake's Lister has also made his move. We can't be too slow either."

"What exactly are we covering up?" Chen Jiahhan asked in a cold voice.

"Hold the protective wall for fifteen minutes, and then someone will come to pick us up. Everything else is unimportant," Chen Zonghan said with a smile.

"Then are we still going to search for Zhou Shuo?"

"If we can find him, naturally that's best. If not, it doesn't matter," Chen Zonghan smiled.

"If we can't find him, can I kill some people I want to kill?" Chen Jiahhan asked.

"Who do you want to kill?" Chen Zonghan was slightly taken aback.

"Whatever fate brings," Chen Jiahhan lowered his head. "There are too many nobles and aristocratic families here, like weeds growing on fertile soil, they should be pruned."

Obviously, the past where Wild Goose Formation Bagua Gate was manipulated at will by those nobles had planted a lot of resentment in his heart.

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A huge explosion came from overhead.

Li Cheng Yi moved quickly, rushing to the ring beside Li Chongnan.

"Teacher!?"

"Let's go!"

The two quickly stepped down from the stage.

The surroundings were already agitated and chaotic.

The crowd rose to their feet and fled toward the exits.

But a red force field quickly rose, sealing off all exits.

Li Cheng Yi led his group back to the waiting area.

"Something's not right here. Let's leave the venue first. There are Jiu Yi and the Security Bureau outside. As long as we leave this chaotic area, there shouldn't be a big problem."

"It's impossible for Chao Yu to be attacked city-wide, so this is definitely a localized attack. It won't last too long. The first thing we need to do is get out of the battlefield!"

Li Cheng Yi had been to Su Tan and been on a real small-scale battlefield. He had done enough homework on these things, and now he quickly reacted.

Yu Long also understood the urgency of the situation and quickly responded.

"I contacted the outside world just now and found that there's no cell phone signal. Someone has blocked the signal here!"

"Let's go!"

Zhuang Yijing and Yu Yanxiao were brought along in confusion, following Li Cheng Yi and Li Chongnan as they ran outside.

"Teacher! My dad! My dad is still here!" Halfway there, Li Chongnan suddenly stopped.

"Go get him! We'll rush the exit directly in a bit!" Li Cheng Yi said.

"Take care!" Li Chongnan nodded and turned back towards the Li family's VIP seating area.

In the blink of an eye, her figure disappeared into the venue's interconnected corridors.

Li Cheng Yi didn't go with her. What he needed to do now was to get Yu Long and the others out.

At times like this, the three with the weakest individual strength were more likely to encounter danger.

If they got entangled in any unexpected situations, Yu Long and the others might be in trouble.

After separating, Li Cheng Yi continued to lead the three towards the exit.

Along the way, people who had made the same decision as them quickly appeared in the corridors.

Some were rushing along under the protection of bodyguards, others were frantically searching for their companions and families.

The number of people in the corridors gradually increased.

Soon, a minute later.

Li Cheng Yi arrived at the venue exit door.

A dense crowd of people had already gathered here, all spectators wanting to leave.

But everyone was blocked by the heavy red force field barrier, unable to leave.

A group of security personnel were firing their weapons at the barrier, but to no avail. The bullets bounced off, nearly hitting the nearby crowd.

On the other side, people had already begun to work together to ram the red barrier. Others were constantly trying to contact the outside world with communication devices.

The open space at the exit was as noisy as a farmers' market, a cacophony of noise that drowned everything out.

Curses, cries, and angry shouts, a plethora of negative emotions were on display at this moment.

"As expected, it's sealed off..." Li Cheng Yi said, his gaze low, looking at the dark red barrier that covered the entire venue.

"What do we do now!? Where are the people from Jiu Yi!? Where are the people from the Royal Family!? Don't those big nobles and aristocratic families have any way to deal with this?!"

Yu Yanxiao's body began to tremble. She didn't want to die, at least not so meaninglessly.

"No one is allowed to carry any weapon modification modules here. What can flesh and blood do?" Yu Long said in a deep voice. "Now we have to determine what the attackers' goals are. If they achieve their goals, perhaps they will quickly withdraw."

"None of that matters. People who dare to launch an attack in Chao Yu are capable of anything. What we need to do now is to find the generator of this super-large force field. With Jiu Yi and the Security Bureau outside, they're unlikely to dare to put the generator outside. So it must be inside!" Li Cheng Yi said coldly.

"You mean we take the initiative to find it!?" Yu Long was stunned. "No way!"

"Why not?" Li Cheng Yi asked in return.

"It's too dangerous...!" Yu Long gritted his teeth.

"That's better than sitting here and waiting to die!" Li Cheng Yi's face had calmed down. "And I suspect that this matter is related to Chen Jiahhan of Wild Goose Formation Bagua Gate."

Clap, clap, clap.

A crisp applause came from the side.

The Wild Goose Formation Bagua Gate team quickly approached.

The one applauding was none other than Chen Zonghan, with his white hair and beard, a smile on his face.

"Young friend is indeed intelligent." He looked at Li Cheng Yi. "How about joining this old man, leaving this place, leaving this decaying country, and pursuing the true Utopia that belongs to us?"

Hearing these words, the crowd that had been approaching immediately scattered, quickly clearing a large space.

No one present was a fool. Hearing these words, they instantly understood that this group was the real culprit behind this attack.

"You... are you so confident that you can withstand the encirclement and suppression of Chao Yu's Jiu Yi forces?" Li Cheng Yi asked, staring at the other party.

"Hehe... if it were just us, naturally we couldn't do it," Chen Zonghan smiled. "But, do you really think that Utopia and Star Lake alone could create such a large, solid force field in Chao Yu?"

"Kill them!!"

Suddenly, the surrounding crowd rioted. Someone was coordinating from within. At this moment, five teams of dozens of people lunged towards the Bagua Gate team simultaneously.

After confirming that they were the culprits, the bodyguards of these aristocratic families formed a united front and charged towards them.

Although they couldn't carry weapon modules, the bodyguards who had modified their bodies were far stronger than ordinary people in hand-to-hand combat.

(End of chapter)