You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

No one would question Chen Yang's specific "tactical methods" at this time, especially in front of this elder brother who has created miracles time and time again.

"Yang-ge, don't push yourself so hard in the future!"

Xiao Wanlou advised with lingering fear.

"This time, God really took notice!"

"Yes, yes, that was close! It's good that you're alright..." Everyone echoed.

Qiuniu exhaled a heavy breath and stepped forward to pat Chen Yang on the shoulder.

"It's good that you're alive! Let's go back first! Uncle Li has returned safely to the city base, and Li Rou has also sent back news that Su Meng has made a major breakthrough in deciphering the data link. We need to summarize everything as soon as possible!"

In the heart of Haicheng City, the first rays of dawn break.

Instead of going to the safe outpost immediately, Chen Yang quickly changed into a clean and appropriate casual suit and appeared at the front desk of the magnificent skyscraper of "Nolan International Life Science" in the city center.

A few minutes later, he was ushered into a luxurious office on the top floor with an unbeatable view of the river.

The huge floor-to-ceiling windows let in soft, golden morning light, making the expensive handmade carpets and art pieces inside shine.

"Mr. Chen!"

Lina Nolan, dressed in a well-fitting off-white business suit, with her blonde hair pulled back, looked both capable and radiant, and greeted us quickly with a warm and surprised smile on her face.

"I was worried about your safety yesterday! It's a blessing from God to see you safe and sound this beautiful morning!"

She naturally reached out and hugged Chen Yang, expressing pure joy.

"I'm sorry to have worried Miss Lina."

Chen Yang smiled and sat down, accepting the fragrant freshly ground coffee that Lina personally handed him.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Lina keenly noticed the change in Chen Yang's eyes—no longer the caution and deliberately concealed sharpness he had during his undercover period, but rather an extremely calm and profound look, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders.

She had just put down her coffee cup when she asked curiously.

"Mr. Chen seems to have a different aura today?"

"I should call you Lina."

Chen Yang put down his coffee cup, the bottom of which lightly touched the delicate bone china plate, making a crisp sound.

The soft sound was like some kind of switch.

Lina's smile froze slightly.

Chen Yang raised his head and looked directly into her beautiful, deep blue eyes, no longer trying to hide his feelings.

His right palm swept quickly and naturally across his face, and an invisible restraint dissipated, the disguise fading away like melting snow.

The sharp, angular, and piercing face of "Chen Yang, the leader of the Qingwei Sect," was laid bare before Lina's eyes.

"Boom!"

Something seemed to explode in Lina's mind! All her smiles froze on her face, and her usually confident blue eyes widened in shock, disbelief, and a hint of being deceived!
She instinctively took a small step back, her back hitting the large mahogany desk with a dull thud.

"You...you...Mr. Chen...no...who exactly are you?!"

Her voice was distorted by shock, trembling slightly.

The face before me is a perfect match for the portrait of the Qingwei Sect leader that shocked the entire inhuman world not long ago!
That influential figure who dared to declare war on the behemoth "Heavenly Alliance"!

Chen Yang did not answer immediately, but calmly and openly met her scrutinizing gaze.

A few seconds of deathly silence fell, the air thick with an invisible pressure. Lina gripped the edge of the table, her chest heaving slightly, quickly forcing herself to regain her composure from the initial shock. Clever as she was, she instantly thought of many things! Her undercover identity, her purpose in infiltrating…

“No wonder…no wonder you were near the pharmaceutical factory…no wonder you were so interested in some of Nolan’s cutting-edge projects…” Lina took a deep breath, her eyes sharpening, carrying a hint of coldness from betrayal.

"Chen... Sect Leader? You infiltrated Hundred Herbs Radiance and even deliberately approached the Nolan family. Your real purpose was to investigate the 'Heavenly Dao Alliance' and deal with Kangping Pharmaceutical?"

"Yes."

Chen Yang answered very decisively and without any hesitation.

Lina stared at him for a few seconds with a complicated expression, then suddenly laughed, a laugh tinged with sarcasm.

"Sect Leader Chen, what audacity! What cunning! You've manipulated me and the Nolan family into your grasp. And now you're telling me all this..." She leaned forward slightly, exuding an aura of pressure.

"Aren't you afraid I'll notify you immediately... huh?"

She didn't say the specifics, but they both knew what it meant.

"You won't."

Chen Yang's voice also carried an unwavering certainty, and the corners of his mouth even turned up slightly, revealing a sincere smile.

“I chose to reveal my true self at this time because I am certain that Lina Nolan is my friend. You and your father are not on the same side as the Heavenly Alliance, an organization that commits inhumane acts.”

"friend?"

Lina repeated the word, the frost in her eyes seeming to melt a little, but her vigilance remained undiminished.

"There's no need to resort to undercover tactics between friends."

"It was a last resort, forced by circumstances."

Chen Yang admitted it.

"But today's showdown is not about justifying the past, but about the emergence of a new situation and a new opportunity."

He straightened up, his expression becoming serious and earnest.

"A brand new plan to counter the core threat to the Heavenly Dao Alliance!"
A secret base that requires a high degree of trust and top-level resource support!
"A project that can only succeed with the participation of the Nolan family's most cutting-edge and core life science technology!"

"A secret base? Cutting-edge technology?"

Lina instantly grasped the key point, her blue eyes flashing with shrewdness.

"Sect Leader Chen needs the Nolan family's technology? For which project?"

"A gene research base."

Chen Yang looked directly into her eyes and clearly stated his heavyweight offer, word by word.

"The research subject is a 'True Immortal-level' prisoner who was modified and strengthened by the 'Fourth Generation Source Essence Agent' by the 'Heavenly Dao Alliance'! Target."

Completely understand their genetic modification technology, reverse engineer it! Even more importantly, find the possibility of counteracting, purifying, or even restoring their twisted minds!

"What?!" Lina exclaimed in shock, her dignified posture crumbling as she abruptly stepped forward and slammed her hands on the table.

"A living... fourth-generation Source Warrior prisoner?!"

This is like stumbling upon Pandora's box! Strategic resources worth billions! Research samples coveted by top life science companies! Core secrets that countless scientists might never access in their entire lives!
A tremendous shock swept over Lina like a tsunami!
Her breathing quickened involuntarily; the sensitivity and fervor of a core figure in a top-tier research enterprise instantly overwhelmed all other emotions!
All that remained in her eyes was a strong, almost burning thirst for knowledge and ambition.

"Master Chen... Sect Leader Chen!"

This…this project! Where is it located? Where is the base located?!

She pressed for details, even ignoring the fact that Chen Yang hadn't revealed his identity beforehand.

"Safety!
This level of clandestine research simply cannot be conducted without an absolutely secure location! The Heavenly Alliance's power is terrifying! No corner of the globe is safe!

Looking into her intense gaze, Chen Yang knew he had caught the most crucial fish.

He smiled slightly, exuding an air of composure as if he were in control of the situation.

"That's why I needed to have a detailed discussion with your father, Mr. Jack. The location of the base... is absolutely crucial to the success of this project!"

Two minutes later, Lina personally pressed the emergency button for the encrypted private line under her desk.

Ten minutes later, they took a private high-speed elevator down to the "patriarchal" office, located deeper in the building and equipped with triple encryption and isolation measures using iris scans, palm prints, and sound waves.

The room, spacious to the point of being somewhat empty, was filled with the aroma of cigars, whiskey, and old books.

Behind the massive mahogany desk, an elderly man, his hair and beard now gray, but still robust and imposing, with eyes as sharp as a hawk, stood up. He was none other than Jack Nolan, the head of the Nolan family.

He wore a perfectly tailored dark-patterned suit. Instead of asking his daughter why she had bothered him so urgently, he cast his sharp, almost piercing gaze at Chen Yang—or rather, at Chen Yang's face, which had now regained its true appearance.

"Qingwei School, Chen Yang?"

Jack's voice was deep and magnetic, like a lion poised to pounce, carrying a hint of authority.

"It is indeed me, Mr. Jack."

Chen Yang nodded slightly, showing neither arrogance nor humility.

"Father! Sect Leader Chen has top-tier live samples of the fourth-generation 'Source Essence Agent'! He wants to cooperate with us to establish a top-tier gene research base in an absolutely safe location!"

Before her father could exchange pleasantries, Lina quickly revealed Chen Yang's purpose and key bargaining chips!
Sure enough, the moment Jack heard the words "fourth-generation source material live sample," his sharp blue eyes, which had weathered countless storms, narrowed sharply! He even paused for half a second! Like a sleeping dragon smelling an unparalleled treasure!
He strode around the huge desk and stood in front of Chen Yang, leaning slightly forward, his voice like molten lava.

"Living body? Are you sure?! Safe place? Sect Leader Chen, is there any truly safe place in this world?"

He stared intently at Chen Yang.

"The Federation's most secret underground bunker? A permanent base under the ice sheet? An artificial island deep in the Pacific? None of that matters! The Heavenly Alliance's reach is far beyond your imagination!"

"The safe location I'm referring to doesn't fall into any place you know."

Chen Yang calmly responded to his piercing gaze.

"It exists independently of this reality."

"Independent of reality?"

Jack frowned, his graying brows furrowing, his eyes sharpening with confusion.

"Not only that."

Chen Yang said slowly.

"Once this base is established, the top researchers and equipment responsible for the core projects will be unable to leave after they move in."

Because there... is a secluded paradise.

Everyone who enters will be completely disconnected from your normal world. A lifetime 'residence' is required.

This is a secret base with no exit. Mr. Jack, can you accept this? How will you convince your most valuable scientists to accept this lifelong research that is almost like imprisonment?

Can never leave?!
This cost was clearly beyond Jack's expectations.

His massive frame paused slightly, his brows furrowed even more, and he fell into a brief silence.

The air was so heavy it felt like water could drip from it.

Finally, Jack raised his head, his eyes showing no sign of backing down, but rather the excitement and madness of a businessman facing a high-risk, high-reward situation.

"As long as the value of the research project and the absolute safety of the base can be guaranteed, and scientists can be persuaded to dedicate their lives to it... that's my business! But Sect Leader Chen..."

His hawk-like gaze once again fell upon Chen Yang.

"I must see it with my own eyes! I must confirm that the 'isolated' safe location you mentioned truly exists! Otherwise, nothing else matters!"

"That's fair."

Chen Yang nodded without hesitation.

"Well then, Mr. Jack, Miss Lina, please follow me."

He didn't make any movement, he just had a thought!
hum!
Under Jack and Lina's utterly shocked gaze, the space in front of Chen Yang suddenly rippled like water! Immediately afterward, a "portal" more than half a person's height, with gray and chaotic airflow flowing around its edges, tore open out of thin air in the center of the office without warning!
Inside the door was a deep, ever-swirling vortex, seemingly containing a nebula of the world!

"You'll see once you come in."

Chen Yang was the first to step into the chaotic portal, his figure merging into the nebula.

Lina and Jack exchanged a glance, both seeing an indescribable shock in each other's eyes. Jack took a deep breath, his eyes blazing with an almost martyr's fanaticism, and stepped in without hesitation! Lina followed closely behind!

One step, and the world spins!

Before you lies a dazzling passageway, and in the next second, the world opens up before you!
A rich, almost overwhelming, refreshing spiritual energy enveloped my entire body like gentle ocean waves, making every cell rejoice! Pure rosy light flowed across the sky, towering peaks pierced the clouds, and rare birds and animals frolicked among the forests adorned with spiritual plants and exotic flowers. The air was filled with the delicate fragrance of flowers and the sweet scent of grass and trees…

In the distance, one can almost hear the ancient, melodious tolling of bells.

Further away, a figure with pure white wings gracefully hovers above the swirling clouds...

"here it is……"

Jack's voice was hoarse from the shock. His eyes, which had seen all the splendor and extravagance of the world, were now like those of a child seeing the world for the first time, greedily scanning everything that was like a dream!
"The angels... are friends of the angels!"

A gentle voice, echoing with a sacred quality, came from behind.

Alice, an archangel with six pairs of wings of light and an exquisite appearance, slowly descended from the clouds and nodded to the shocked Lina and her father.

Her elven companions, the giant treant guards... everything was beyond common sense!
Chen Yang didn't explain much, but simply led them to fly through the air.

Passing by spiritual springs and waterfalls, misty herb gardens, and magnificent and ancient cultivation halls... finally, we stopped in front of a huge sect gate that was imposing and seemed to blend into the surrounding mountains!
On the enormous plaque, the two characters "Qingwei," imbued with a solemn Daoist aura, seemed alive! Inside the sect, disciples dressed in various Daoist robes walked and chatted, their breaths lingering. From the martial arts arena came the sounds of fists and feet clashing and the dazzling light of colliding magical power… (End of Chapter)