Chapter 97

"You'd better call your friends, like that Wu Xiaode. He persuaded me to join the film company, and now it seems he's the one in charge, right?" Li Kunlun said calmly.

"He isn't." Xiao Baihong smiled.

"He is." Li Kunlun said firmly.

"He isn't."

"He is."

"He really isn't."

"Whatever, send reinforcements immediately, or I'll be executed soon."

"…Interesting."

Xiao Baihong waved his hand.

A large black SUV immediately stopped in front of him.

"Get in, let's go." Xiao Baihong said.

"Where are we going?" Li Kunlun asked.

"To a safe place." Xiao Baihong said.

Li Kunlun immediately got into the car and sat in the back.

Xiao Baihong also got in.

The large SUV roared to life and headed towards the capital.

In the car,

Xiao Baihong picked up his phone and quickly @ed all members in the group chat:

"Li Kunlun has awakened. He says he's a dangerous criminal and is in a very dangerous situation now. He asked me to call for reinforcements."

"I'll report to the Emperor immediately. You head to the capital first." Zhao Zhibing said.

"I've shared the route with you." Xiao Baihong said.

"Don't worry, I'm on my way!" Zhao Zhibing said.

Xiao Baihong put down his phone, suddenly looked up, and glanced out the window.

He saw a face pressed against the window, staring intently at Li Kunlun.

It was a human man's face, but it quickly transformed into a fierce ghost's appearance.

"A dangerous criminal… You still have countless sufferings to endure. You should be tortured to death in this world, not awaken now." The ghost said.

"Save me." Li Kunlun said.

"Sure." Xiao Baihong said casually.

A strong wind blew outside the car, sending the ghost flying.

The wind contained countless blades, slicing through the ghost, turning it into a mist of blood.

"This is just the beginning; they won't give up." Li Kunlun said with his eyes closed.

"If you know something, give me some advice. It's for our safe escape." Xiao Baihong said with a smile.

Li Kunlun said, "Do you have any food? I need to replenish my energy to activate my original abilities again."

Xiao Baihong reached into his pocket and pulled out a lollipop.

"In a hurry, I didn't bring much. How about this?" he asked.

"Better than nothing."

Li Kunlun took the lollipop, put it in his mouth, and bit it to pieces, swallowing it.

"This candy should be licked. Eating it like that, you won't taste anything." Xiao Baihong said regretfully.

Li Kunlun suddenly laughed.

"No wonder you've survived this long. It seems you're not just an ordinary criminal—by the way, how did you survive when you awakened?" he asked.

Xiao Baihong recalled, "Our place is quite superstitious. Someone like me, who could summon 'yin wind' at the age of five, was considered a harbinger of disaster and had to be drowned in the river to save the whole village."

"Didn't your family stop them?" Li Kunlun asked.

"My family is large, and they didn't care about me. If I died, they'd get a sum of money. What a beautiful thing."

"Then how did you survive?"

"Coincidentally, the dam broke. It wasn't my fault." Xiao Baihong covered his mouth and chuckled.

"I'd like to chat more, but someone else is coming." Li Kunlun said.

Xiao Baihong looked out the window and muttered, "If only there was a way to delay the enemy."

Li Kunlun took a deep breath and whispered, "We've been talking for a while, and I've been waiting for you to say that."

He pointed out the window.

In an instant,

The entire city seemed to expand.

The ground became wider, and more roads appeared, like vast fields, stretching endlessly.

Xiao Baihong pressed his face against the window and saw new roads appearing around the black SUV. Each road was filled with cars speeding by, and many of them were black SUVs.

"What is this?" Xiao Baihong asked curiously.

"Two-phase reality—it's my ability. It must be triggered by a need from someone near me. I can create something real or illusory. Now that my ability has just awakened, it can only be used to confuse our enemies." Li Kunlun said.

Xiao Baihong understood and said in surprise, "You mean—"

"Exactly, the executioner has come. He wants to find me and kill me." Li Kunlun said coldly.

"Speed up." Xiao Baihong said to the royal guard driving the car.

The car roared to life, speeding down the road and quickly disappearing into the distance.

At the same time,

On the street where the gunfight had erupted,

A man in white pants and no shirt appeared quietly.

He had a full beard and a fierce expression, staring at the direction the car had disappeared.

"The criminal's shackles are loose."

"According to the prison code, he should be captured and re-shackled."

"If the criminal resists, he can be executed on the spot."

"…Let's execute him on the spot."

The man took a step forward.

Though he moved slowly, each step covered hundreds of meters.

He soon disappeared from sight.

In the palace,

Zhao Zhibing was reporting.

Suddenly, a minister rushed in and shouted, "Your Majesty, a strange phenomenon has appeared in the city of Dongjin. Multiple new roads have appeared, with various cars driving on them."

"Did many people see it?" the emperor asked.

"All the people saw it!" the minister said.

"Who would have thought that instead of monsters appearing in the city, our awakened ones would cause such a commotion." The emperor sighed.

"Your Majesty, should we acknowledge the existence of the anomaly?" the minister asked.

The emperor looked at Zhao Zhibing.

Zhao Zhibing glanced at her phone and said, "I just received a message. It's all an illusion created by the newly awakened one, not real."

"Have him cancel the illusion immediately, and we need to do other things to mitigate the impact—"

The emperor's spirit lifted, and he said rapidly, "We won't acknowledge this as an anomaly. Mobilize the media and claim it's a holographic projection by 'Wude' Film Company!"

"Also, immediately put the top celebrities on the trending list—divorces, secret marriages, affairs—expose them all."

"Yes, Your Majesty, wise decision!" the minister hurried away.

"Will this work?" Zhao Zhibing asked nervously.

"Of course, the public subconsciously avoids anomalies because they would completely disrupt their values and lives. Celebrity gossip meets their need for gossip and will divert their attention." the emperor said.

"Will it definitely work?"

"That depends on whether we can save the awakened one. With him, we can create illusions at any time, which will be convincing."

The emperor pondered for a moment and added, "Wu Xiaode has gained the public's trust. I'll have him go live and explain that it was a holographic projection for a film."

Zhao Zhibing said, "Please allow me to go and assist Li Kunlun."

The emperor said, "Yes, there are few awakened ones left alive… Only you can go. Be careful."

"Yes."

Zhao Zhibing left the hall.

The emperor sat alone for a while and sighed, "I don't think we can hide it today."

He tapped the large metal helmet and muttered, "No, I only have one daughter. I need to find more people to help."

...

On the other side,

Wu Xiaode stood in the grand hall of a gilded building, surrounded by a mist.

People were coming and going around him,

But no one noticed or paid attention to him.

—Just like how only he could see the Grim Reaper, the masses were blind to the death mist.

"The president's office… is on the third floor."

He looked at the sign and walked up the stairs to the third floor, stopping at the president's office door.

Just as he was about to knock, the door opened with a bang.

An old man with gray hair, accompanied by five or six attendants, walked out of the room.

Wu Xiaode didn't have time to hide, so he leaped into the air.

He stepped on two magic hands to keep himself floating.

"Completely wiped out? Who could have such power?"

The old man gritted his teeth.

The others didn't dare to breathe.

"We must report this immediately—I'll report it personally!"

The old man strode down the corridor to the meeting room.

The others hurried to follow.

Wu Xiaode lightly jumped off the magic hands and followed closely behind, reaching the end of the corridor.

The meeting room door opened.

Everyone filed in, leaving two professionals to guard the door.

Wu Xiaode naturally followed, standing behind the old man, curious to see how he would report.

The holographic screen lit up.

After a series of "beep" sounds, a man in a black robe appeared on the screen.

"The White Bishop is dead, and the scepter is missing. I already know about it." the man in the black robe said calmly.

The old man's face changed, and he hurriedly knelt down, saying, "Pope, forgive me."

"Don't talk about forgiveness yet. I'll send people to handle this. Now, I have a very important task for you." the man in the black robe said.

"Please instruct, Pope." the old man said.

"Deploy your forces and work with the believers in the capital to set a trap and kill the creator of the mechs, Xia Huilan." the man in the black robe said.

"That's easy. We'll prepare immediately." the old man said.

"Good. Her mechs are very troublesome. We used to want to control them, but now she's a card in the royal family's hand, so we must eliminate her as soon as possible." the man in the black robe said.

"Can we use the Blood Curse?" the old man asked.

The man in the black robe thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I approve of sacrificing two hundred people to activate the Blood Curse and kill her."

Suddenly, a voice rang out:

"I don't think that's a good idea."