Chapter 1280: A Little Pain is Normal

Nanhai Domain, a certain train portal.

Behind the gate shimmering with silver light was an arched steel wall. A few scattered figures were standing on top of the wall, lazily yawning.

The Nanhai Domain is different from other domains; everything here is encased in a steel dome. Except for the few large gates where the domain trains enter and exit, there is nowhere else to enter or leave... Therefore, the border defense tasks in the Nanhai Domain are the easiest compared to other domains.

The only thing people here have to do is periodically look through a horizontal slit in the steel dome to see if there is any movement on the sea.

"No wonder everyone says border defense is a cushy job. This shift is just too relaxed... Every day we just play cards here, and the income is the same as those police officers in the city. Heh, it's great." On the city wall, a police officer whose uniform buttons weren't even done up said with a smile while playing cards.

"Why else would it be a unit you need connections to get into... How could an ordinary person have the qualifications to come here?"

"That's true. Everyone sitting here has connections, so speak with confidence! Hahahaha!"

"Isn't that Heart of Hearts 6 in the city issuing attack warnings right now? It's really tiring them out."

"We're still better off... We just need to watch the situation on the sea, but to be honest, what kind of situation could there be on this sea?"

"Exactly, just a few train tracks. Could someone really walk along the sea tracks to the gate of the domain? The worst-case scenario is a calamity attack, but even those world-ending calamities wouldn't dare to provoke the Nanhai Domain, which is guarded by two demigods, right?"

"Sigh, why worry about so much? Play your card, play your card."

“……”

Just as they were talking, the radio on the table next to them sounded with interference again.

The people playing cards immediately quieted down, preparing to hear what that terrorist was about to say... Since they didn't have to run around, it was quite interesting to hear what was happening outside.

"This time, I will launch terrorist attacks on three addresses simultaneously... They are the Nanhai Agricultural Base, the Deep Blue Machinery Factory, and the Peony Residential Complex."

As soon as these words were spoken, the few people were stunned.

Launching attacks on three places simultaneously?

"Wait... is this Deep Blue Machinery Factory near us?"

"Seems like it. The three locations this time are all very remote... Chen Ling is only one person. Among these three locations, there should only be one place where a terrorist attack is actually happening, right?"

"Even if that's the case, we don't dare to gamble on it? We definitely have to send people to all three places... Tsk, this Chen Ling is really cunning."

Just as they played a few cards, a middle-aged man in a uniform ran over in a hurry!

"Still playing cards?? Hurry up and button your clothes!!"

"Captain?"

The few were a bit dazed, but they obediently buttoned up their clothes. Although they looked neat, they still had the air of hoodlums...

"What's wrong, Captain?"

"The police station doesn't have enough manpower, so they need to pull people from here to evacuate the crowd at the Deep Blue Machinery Factory." The captain scanned the group and pointed. "Old Zhang, Xiao Li, A-Hu... you three come with me. Old Huang, you keep an eye on the outside. Don't be lazy, you hear me?"

"Yes."

The semi-bald Old Huang straightened his back and responded with great vigor, then looked at his colleagues who had been called away with a sense of schadenfreude, glad he had escaped disaster.

Those colleagues also looked at him with envy before hurrying off with the captain. A moment later, only Old Huang was left at the portal.

Old Huang unhurriedly packed up the card table, stretched, took a sip of hot water, and then leisurely walked over to the observation telescope, placing his eyes against it...

Gray sky, surging sea, the eternal train tracks, and...

Hmm?

Old Huang suddenly narrowed his eyes, carefully looking at the end of the tracks. He didn't know if it was his imagination, but many tiny black dots were lined up, slowly approaching along the tracks...

No,

It wasn't his imagination!

Old Huang took a sudden half-step back, about to run to sound the alarm, but the next moment, his back felt like it had hit a wall, and he stumbled, almost falling to the ground.

Old Huang looked up in shock, only to see a figure wearing a wool coat and a blue scarf standing ghost-like on the empty city wall, looking at him with a smile...

A skull-crushing hammer slid gently into his fair palm.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..." Chu Muyun walked toward him step by step, the smile on his lips like a demon's.

"It'll hurt a little in a moment... that's normal."

The hammer in his hand was swung high.

Bang—!!

……

"How is it? Have you locked onto Heart of Hearts 6's location?"

The Family Head asked in a deep voice.

"The juniors on the [Divination] path are still working hard... but we've already been able to rule out many places. At this rate, in half an hour at most, we will be able to..."

"Half an hour is too long." The Family Head shook his head immediately. "Look, he dares to report three places at once to confuse us, which means what he's doing is almost finished. If we drag this out, it won't matter even if we find him."

"Then..."

"Is there still no movement from Nanhai Jun?"

"No, our people have tried to contact Nanhai Jun many times, but Nanhai Jun refuses to see anyone."

"Doesn't he have a fairly competent Divination God Path user by his side?"

"Family Head, Chen Ling is a Calamity of Mockery. That Divination God Path user doesn't dare to calculate anything related to Chen Ling at all, otherwise..."

The Family Head snorted coldly. "At critical moments, not a single one of them is reliable!"

"Family Head!!"

Just then, a hurried voice came from afar.

"Family Head, we've discovered Heart of Hearts 6's whereabouts!"

Upon hearing this, the Family Head didn't show any joy, but calmly asked in return:

"Where? How was it discovered? Is it him personally?"

"It's news from the Paper Kite Relief Association. They said a red shadow took advantage of the chaos outside and headed toward the Medical Dao Ancient Treasury!"

The Family Head's gaze tightened.

Medical Dao Ancient Treasury?

Could Chen Ling's target be the Medical Dao Ancient Treasury?

There are two ancient treasuries in the Nanhai Domain. The Book Dao Ancient Treasury is guarded by an ancestor, while the Medical Dao Ancient Treasury has no demigod. If Chen Ling infiltrated the Nanhai Domain, it would be reasonable for his goal to be entering the Medical Dao Ancient Treasury...

It's just that...

"Family Head, what should we do??"

The Family Head beckoned, signaling the young man to come to his ear, and then whispered something. The latter nodded immediately.

"Understood."

……

"Who... am I?"

Rumble—

Amidst the roaring thunder, Pu Jianyue, wearing a tattered, bright red opera robe, looked around in a daze.

He didn't know where he was, nor did he know what he was doing. An inexplicable, sharp pain came from his abdomen, as if something had been stuffed inside him. At this moment, only fragmented memories remained in his brain. Through difficult recollection, he seemed to recall his identity...

"Am I... Heart of Hearts 6?" he asked uncertainly.