199: Chapter 199 Eagle Nation's Shield

Inside the S.H.I.E.L.D. conference room, there was a deathly silence, broken only by everyone's heavy breathing.

"Gentlemen."

A grey-haired Eagle Country general sitting at the head of the table broke the silence.

He held a thick cigar between his fingers, his gaze fixed dead on Lin Ye on the screen.

"This is top-secret footage intercepted by military spy satellites a few days ago."

"As you can see, three Cardinals of the Vatican Holy See were crushed like three helpless bugs in that Eastern country."

"According to the analysis of our [Prophet] supercomputer, the energy erupting from this Great Xia man does not belong to any currently known mutated gene, nor does it belong to the Western magical system."

"It is more like a kind of... divine energy that can directly mobilize the rules of the high-dimensional universe."

The general exhaled a puff of thick smoke, his eyes flashing with undisguised fanaticism and greed.

"For a long time, we in Eagle Country have maintained absolute dominance in the global supernatural world relying on the [God Gene] and [Superhero Serum]."

"But now, such an unknown individual has appeared in Great Xia, which has seriously threatened the global strategic security of Eagle Country!"

A man in a suit representing the financial conglomerates pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, his tone calm and ruthless.

"General, it is only a matter of time before those senile believers of the Holy See are eliminated by technology."

"But the power displayed by that Eastern man—if we can capture him, extract his gene sequence, and integrate it into our [Olympus God-Making Project]..."

The suit-wearing man didn't finish his sentence, but everyone present understood the value within it.

That meant Eagle Country would mass-produce super monsters capable of immunizing against any magical attack and summoning thunder and fire with their bare hands!

"This is precisely why I have gathered you all here."

The general stood up, placing both hands on the conference table, his gaze sweeping across the room.

"The Great Xia military just rejected the entry of the Sakura Country delegation, and their defenses are extremely tight. Conventional infiltration methods have failed."

"I propose to immediately awaken the [Olympus] squad."

"Have those agents fused with the genes of old gods disguise themselves as international supernatural phenomenon investigators, bring anomalous containment objects, and secretly infiltrate Jiangzhou, Great Xia through third-party neutral country channels."

The general fiercely stubbed out his cigar in the ashtray.

"At all costs, whether it's kidnapping, assassination, or gene theft."

"Bring that man named Lin Ye, or those women around him with special abilities, back to the S.H.I.E.L.D. laboratory alive!"

...

Great Xia.

Jiangzhou, Lins Funeral Shop.

Nearing noon, the sunlight on the old street grew increasingly dazzling.

The glass door was pushed open from the outside, and Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan walked in briskly, carrying two heavy black suitcases.

She seemed to have just rotated down from the front lines today, with a hint of fatigue at the corners of her eyes, but her spirit remained high.

"Manager Lin, these are special supplies allocated to you overnight by the logistics department of The Ninth Bureau."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan placed the suitcases on the tea table and skillfully entered the password to open them.

Inside the suitcases, there was no cash, but dozens of boxes of bullets neatly stacked.

The tips of these bullets presented an eerie dark red, and their surfaces were engraved with Taoist evil-warding runes using micro-carving technology.

"High-density depleted uranium mixed with top-grade cinnabar armor-piercing bullets, the latest research and development achievement of The Ninth Bureau's arsenal."

"They are dead-on accurate against those thick-skinned mutated corpse monsters. Director Gao specially approved five hundred rounds as an extra thank-you gift for helping resolve the cruise ship crisis yesterday."

Lin Ye sat on the rattan chair, picked up a bullet and weighed it in his hand.

It felt extremely heavy in the hand, and the amount of gunpowder and yang energy contained within had reached the extreme.

For him, although this gadget wasn't as useful as heavenly thunder, it was indeed a top-tier good thing for equipping others at the Funeral Shop or conducting physical last rites in narrow terrains.

"Old Gao is getting more and more sensible. Thank him for me."

Lin Ye put away the bullets and looked up at Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan.

"Judging by your look as if facing a formidable enemy, what new nonsense have those little days of Sakura Country been holding back on the high seas?"

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan unceremoniously poured herself a glass of water and downed it in one gulp.

"The Sakura Country side is easy to talk about; the military's missiles have been locking onto them, so they dare not act rashly. What's truly giving people a headache is the west."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan lowered her voice, her brow tightly furrowed.

"The intelligence network of The Ninth Bureau has detected frequent abnormal movements of the supernatural forces on the Eagle Country side."

"Instead of making a grand cross-border teleportation like the Holy See, they broke down into parts, using various false identities and the skin of international neutral organizations to secretly infiltrate Great Xia."

"Lin Ye, Eagle Country's system is different from traditional Taoist magic and Western magic; what they engage in is genetic mutation and mythological serum."

"Those modified monsters have astonishing physical defense and can immunize against many low-level spell attacks. You must be extremely careful lately; you are now the hot cake in the eyes of the global supernatural world."

Listening to Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan's warning,

Lin Ye couldn't help but let out a sneer.

"Genetic mutation? Superheroes?"

"Captain Chu, do you remember a saying from our ancestors: The great Dao is simplest, and all roads lead to the same destination."

Lin Ye put his hands in his pockets, his eyes revealing an undisguised disdain and arrogance.

"Whether they injected bear genes or fused with some worthless scrap of Western divine blood, in the face of absolute strength, it's all a bunch of flashy illusions."

"If they want to be superheroes on their own patch of land, it's none of my business, but if they dare run to Jiangzhou to play any agent infiltration..."

Lin Ye patted the soul-suppressing copper coin sword at his waist.

"If one comes, I'll catch one; if a pair comes, I'll make a matched set."

Watching Lin Ye's confident and fearless appearance, Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan found herself increasingly unable to understand the man in front of her.

"Fine. Anyway, my warning has been delivered, take care of yourself, and contact The Ninth Bureau at any time if anything happens."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan didn't dare look into Lin Ye's eyes too much, for fear that the emotions in the depths of her eyes would be caught by him.

She hurriedly stood up, preparing to leave as if fleeing.

"Hey, wait."

Lin Ye suddenly called out to her.

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan's footsteps paused. She turned around, her heartbeat uncontrollably speeding up a bit: "Is there anything else?"

Lin Ye walked over to the tea table, took out an exquisite small jade medicine bottle from the system space, and casually tossed it to Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan.

"Take it."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan subconsciously caught it and looked down. Inside the medicine bottle were two light golden pills exuding a rich medicinal fragrance.

"What is this?"

"All-Inclusive Nourishing Pills I rolled myself."

Lin Ye was talking nonsense; actually, this was a [Primary Marrow Cleansing Pill] he exchanged using system points.

"Seeing that your eye sockets have been as dark as a panda's these past few days, your qi and blood are deficient."

"Eat one, and I guarantee your skin will be hydrated and glowing, and you won't even pant after running five kilometers. Saves you from dragging me down in fights later."

Clearly a precious pill, coming out of his mouth, it somehow turned into the flavor of peddling fake street-stall medicine.

"Th-Thank you."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan's voice was as thin as a gossamer thread.

She didn't stay any longer, turned around and pushed open the glass door, quickly walking into the sunlight of the old street.

Watching the back of Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan leaving, Lin Ye turned his head and glanced at Helena standing aside.

"Let's go, Helena, get the gear ready."