I Faked It
"Wait..."
A voice sounded from the communication channel, but it was already too late.
No one gave the order, nor did anyone press the launch button. That missile seed to have a mind of its own, whistling past over everyone's heads, and then a violent explosion almost overturned everyone on the ground!
Boom——!!!
A miniature blazing sun blood in the air. Amidst the deafening roar, Chen Ling's figure was swallowed under the watchful eyes of everyone, even blowing the edge of the cliff into powder.
"Retreat quickly!"
Soone shouted, and the crowd quickly retreated. The rocks under everyone's feet continuously shattered and fell in the roar, and cracks spread under everyone's feet.
It wasn't until they were completely away from the place where Chen Ling was blown up that the crowd stopped in their tracks with lingering fear.
"What happened?" An angry voice sounded in the communication channel. "Who gave the launch order?!"
The crowd looked at each other in dismay. It took a full few seconds before the pilot on that helicopter spoke blankly:
"No one gave the order... I didn't press the launch button either, it... it flew out on its own."
"How is he??"
"Hit directly by the missile, he has been obliterated."
"..." The person's voice was a bit hoarse. "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure, we all saw it... There was also equipnt on site that recorded the whole process. His body has been torn to pieces by the explosion."
Dead Silence fell over the channel.
That person was silent for a long ti before slowly spitting out a few words:
"...Fall back."
The crowd took one last look at the cliff that collapsed from the explosion. They seed to have not yet recovered from the scene of Chen Ling opening his arms and embracing death just now.
It wasn't until the helicopters and off-road vehicles began to withdraw that the several Divine Path Possessors ca back to their senses, following the main force and gradually disappearing at the end of the Wilderness...
...
Bureau 749 Office.
A man with graying hair at his temples slowly hung up the phone.
"...You both heard it too." His gaze swept over the two people in front of the desk. "The 'Ghost-Mock' World-Ending has been killed. Even if I wanted to give him another chance, the fact has already happened."
Bang——!
Lu Xun slamd his hands heavily on the desk, making a muffled sound.
"What do you an no one gave the order, the missile launched itself? Do you believe these words yourself?!" Lu Xun roared in rare anger,
"How many tis have I said it, Director Chen is the savior of our Exploration Team. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have been able to walk out of Shennongjia!! How could a person who is willing to protect scientific scholars without taking any remuneration be the culprit for destroying the world?!"
"I will investigate the matter of the missile launch to the end, and definitely give you an explanation." Director Sun was silent for a mont. "But what a person does now, and what they do later, don't have a direct connection... Master Chonggui is the Chief of [Heavenly Evolution] of this era, his prophecies will absolutely not be wrong."
Director Sun took out a photo from the drawer and placed it on the table.
"This is the original text of Master Chonggui's prophecy. If you don't believe it, you can read it yourselves... A total of sixteen characters, and every character is evil. How can such an existence be considered a 'good person'?"
In the photo was a Note with two lines of blood-dripping text on it:
[Ghost-Mock World-Ending, descends upon the mortal realm]
[Era of Chaotic Reversal, heaven and earth jointly execute]
Looking at these lines of words, Yang Xiao's and Lu Xun's expressions were both sowhat ugly. What was written in these prophecies were indeed not good words, and the last "heaven and earth jointly execute" made it sound like Chen Ling had done sothing heinous and unforgivable.
"Director Sun, perhaps you forgot, we are scientists." Yang Xiao, who was usually not good at conversation, took the initiative to speak. "We only believe in the facts we see with our own eyes. These unfounded feudal superstitions of yours cannot convince us."
"Feudal superstitions?" Director Sun was startled. "No, this is not a feudal superstition..."
"No need to say more to him."
Lu Xun stared into Director Sun's eyes, his brows full of disappointnt. He casually grabbed that photo, turned around, and walked out of the office. "Let's go."
Yang Xiao turned his head and left without hesitation, not even giving Director Sun another look.
Director Sun didn't try to make them stay. He just stood quietly in place, looking at the backs of the two leaving, and spoke again:
"Lu Xun, give two more days to investigate the matter of Zheng Tianlei privately imprisoning you for experints, I will definitely give you an explanation..."
Bang——
Before Director Sun could finish speaking, the two slamd the office door shut, and his voice also ca to an abrupt end.
...
Coming out of Bureau 749, Lu Xun's expression remained incredibly ugly.
He kept his head down, walking straight forward along the street, not speaking, looking worried.
Seeing this, Yang Xiao hesitated for a mont, but still spoke:
"Actually, you don't have to be so pessimistic..."
"Pessimistic?" Lu Xun glanced at him. "The person is already dead. This can no longer be considered pessimistic, but a fact."
"Maybe, he didn't die at all?"
Lu Xun suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He stared intently at Yang Xiao, his face incredibly serious, just like when he faced Director Sun earlier.
"...What do you an?"
Yang Xiao didn't answer imdiately. Instead, after looking around to ensure no one was watching, he took out his phone from his chest and handed it to Lu Xun.
The phone screen wasn't off; it was on the ssage page. And the first recent ssage was from a garbled phone number... The content of the ssage was very simple, only three words:
"I Faked It."
Lu Xun: ?
"The sending ti was thirty seconds earlier than Director Chen's ti of death. Moreover, he is the only one who can send ssages using this kind of garbled code." Yang Xiao shrugged. "I sensed the ssage earlier in front of Director Sun, but seeing you so emotional, I didn't say anything."
"This... how is this possible?" Lu Xun's brows furrowed deeply. "He was directly hit by a missile, not much of his body was left. Everyone present saw it... How could he possibly survive that?"
"Don't you find it very strange? There was no order, no operation, yet the missile launched on its own... Thinking carefully, there are only two people in the world who can do this kind of thing."
"Which two?"
"Director Chen, and ."
"You're saying, he launched the missile to blow himself up? The purpose was to escape?" A trace of light returned to Lu Xun's dull eyes,
"His death, I Faked It??"
...
Clang, clang——
On a train slowly departing from Shanghai, a tall woman sat by the window, eating Sunflower Seeds while leisurely watching the scenery outside, seemingly very relaxed.
At this ti, the train had basically left the Shanghai area and temporarily stopped at a station in a district or county. A few passengers were passing through the platform.
Just at the mont the train doors were about to close, a youth with a hideous mask hanging from his waist stepped onto the train... He stood by the door of the carriage, his gaze sweeping over the crowd, finally landing on the woman by the window.
The corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
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