The factories laboring diligently within the city mostly remained unaware of the external changes. The workers inside even thought the sky had merely grown a bit darker.
But when they looked up, they would discover that the city had been completely sealed off.
Everyone within the city was now unable to leave by conventional means!
The Zhao family patriarch watched with despair as the colossal metal walls rose. The terrifying plasma flowing along the edges of the walls made him realize that even with his A-class battle armor, he stood no chance of breaking through the blockade before him.
"It's over! It's all over!"
The other fleeing patriarchs, gazing at the sealed city, were similarly plunged into the deepest despair.
There was only one possibility for the city's封锁 (fēngsuǒ - blockade): Jiulong was finally getting serious.
Next, Jiulong not only intended to eliminate the Lin family but the entire city might become a burial ground.
While their subordinates fell into unease, the shrewd patriarchs gathered together.
The more resources one controlled, the more power one wielded, and the less one wanted to die.
In the face of death, these patriarchs were willing to sell anything, to trade anything.
"Patriarch Lu, can you still contact Jiulong? We are willing to pay ten times the resources, just to be allowed to leave the city safely!"
"If you let us go, we'll sign vassal contracts immediately!"
"Lu Chenyuan, say something!"
The patriarchs, looking at the silent Patriarch Lu, Lu Chenyuan, were on the verge of madness due to fear and anxiety.
At this moment, all communication channels with Jiulong within Longxin City had been shut down.
Therefore, these patriarchs could only place their hopes on the Lu family to contact Jiulong.
After all, it was Lu Chenyuan who had hosted that Dragon Rider!
Lu Chenyuan looked at these panicked patriarchs, who resembled stray dogs, and suddenly found it somewhat amusing.
When he learned of his son's death last night, he had genuinely wanted to fight the Lin family to the death.
But fearing Wei Wu, the Dragon Rider, he could only obediently act like a dog and wait at home for his arrangements.
Yet, just moments ago, his greatest reliance had died as if it were a joke.
His death was one thing, but because of his death, it seemed everyone in the city would have to be buried with him.
Did he, Lu Chenyuan, want to die just because these patriarchs didn't?
Looking at these spineless old dogs, the Lu family patriarch smiled calmly.
"Don't worry, we still have a way out. I know the direction from which Jiulong's people entered. You all tidy yourselves up and come with me to welcome them."
"As long as we maintain the right attitude, Jiulong's important figures will not make things difficult for us."
With that, Lu Chenyuan turned and walked back to his convoy without looking back.
Only the patriarchs of the other families remained standing, their expressions a mix of surprise, suspicion, and relief.
A moment later, the convoys of various families, led by the Lu family, slowly drove towards the city's edge...
....
"Mr. Chen! We must leave this city immediately!!"
Lin Qing's panicked voice caused her two younger sisters to recall the fear of being dominated by Jiulong.
What further alarmed them was that the moment Lin Qing finished speaking, the horizon at the city's edge in the distance actually began to rise.
The city, capable of housing nearly ten million people, was now being slowly obscured by colossal metal walls that were being erected.
In a short moment, the steel barrier completely closed, and bright blue plasma flowed wildly across the walls, flashing with a destructive aura capable of shattering all things.
"Whoa! Cool!"
Unlike the three sisters who were stunned, Chen Luo, seeing such a large-scale technological creation for the first time, couldn't help but exclaim with shining eyes!
Although Longxin City had a cyberpunk feel when he first arrived, it was the rising of this metal barrier and the battle armor he had just blown up that truly made Chen Luo feel he had arrived in a world with more advanced technology.
But Chen Luo's exclamation seemed too abrupt in the eyes of the three sisters.
Chen Luo was indeed strong; they had seen that.
However, whether it was the Dragon Rider's energy cannon or the energy wave Chen Luo emitted with his bare hands, compared to the constantly surging bright plasma on the metal walls,
it was like the difference between an ocean and a stream; the energy levels were vastly different!
And this was merely Jiulong's method of sealing the city!
Therefore, even Lin Qing did not believe that Chen Luo could truly contend with Jiulong's subsequent actions, especially since Chen Luo didn't even have a battle armor!
Lin Qing, looking at the now completely sealed city, her expression turned serious.
"Cang Qiong!"
*Buzz!*
An invisible soul fluctuation disturbed the void, and before the four of them, a silver-white super-tech fighter jet materialized, gradually becoming real from the void.
As the SS-class battle armor "Cang Qiong" materialized, Lin Qing's complexion visibly paled.
Lin Qing's body trembled slightly, and she said with difficulty,
"The blockade of plasma nets and metal walls cannot be broken by conventional means!"
"All of you, get on. I'll teleport you out!"
Seeing Lin Qing's abnormal expression, Lin Yue and Lin Xin'er stepped forward worriedly, wanting to support her, but Lin Qing cruelly pushed them away.
"Hurry up and get on!! At this moment, if one can escape, that's one!"
Last night, Chen Luo had used pure qi and blood power, along with mental power, to heal Lin Qing's injuries.
However, there was still a certain gap between soul power and Chen Luo's two types of power, so Lin Qing's soul power had not fully recovered.
At this moment, she was operating her soul power at maximum capacity.
According to her plan, she could at most teleport Cang Qiong and the other three away,
while she herself, whether teleporting along or staying put, would be directly torn apart by Cang Qiong's backlash the moment the teleportation occurred!
The plot seemed to have returned to the beginning.
Lin Yue and Lin Xin'er were startled by Lin Qing's resolute tone and looked at Chen Luo helplessly.
Chen Luo looked at Lin Qing's actions with some speechlessness. Even without mind-reading, he could guess that this woman was about to sacrifice herself again.
"Uh, Miss Lin Qing, you should stop."
"I think no matter what enemy appears next, I should be able to handle it..."
But before Chen Luo could finish speaking, Lin Qing's pale face suddenly flushed.
"Pfft!"
Lin Qing spat out a mouthful of blood, directly onto the grass.
Amidst her two sisters' cries of alarm, Lin Qing's weak voice slowly came through:
"Mr. Chen... it's already remarkable that you can withstand a Dragon Rider with your physical body."
"But Jiulong is different. When I first became a Soul Master, I saw the might of a Dragon General, and I even heard that within Jiulong, there are even more terrifying True Guards!"
"Those guys are the true monsters who wield the fire of the sun!"
"You might be a natural disaster, but they are destruction itself!!"
"Please, don't worry about me! Take my sisters and escape quickly..."