"Hahaha... Uh, I'm not dead?" The Dragon Group captain also realized, how could I not be dead!
"An attack of this level can't hurt me, but this soul attack is a bit troublesome. The energy is too complex, and it's filled with negative emotions such as anger, fear, and violence. Answer me, did you commit murder and soul-stealing?" Xiang Yu asked coldly.
"Hiss..." The Dragon Group captain gasped, "Who exactly are you?"
Xiang Yu released his foot, then sucked up the Dragon Group leader and placed his hand on the top of his head.
"Now it's my turn to ask you, not the other way around. You'd better think carefully before you answer. If I'm not satisfied with your answer, I'll have to use my soul-searching technique to take it out of your head myself."
No doubt about it, even if you commit suicide now, it won't make a difference. Since you can use your soul to create elemental energy, you should know that even after death, people still have souls. If I capture your soul, I can still search for it.
Or perhaps I should assume you committed suicide out of guilt, and accept that this is how your elemental energy came about. In that case, I don't need to investigate further; I can just march all the way to your Cangquan base, or even your space base, and slaughter you all, you murderous, soul-stealing demons and lackeys!
"Are you from the Underworld Gate? No, you don't seem like it, you don't seem like it." The Dragon Group captain immediately denied it after asking the question. It was impossible for someone from the Underworld Gate not to know about Yuan Energy, so there was no need to ask him such a question.
"My patience is limited." Xiang Yu had recently received news from Hao Jiu that the attempt to bind the Shadow System to high-level officials had failed. It seemed that their people had received special training and were extremely wary of the Shadow System.
More importantly, the core area of the Yuan Energy production base is made of a special material, which takes the Shadow System a long time to penetrate and enter.
Moreover, according to existing intelligence, the Yuan Energy production base under Cangquan Space City is only a secondary processing plant. The real processing plant is likely on the moon, or even on Huohong Star.
Every so often, a spaceship will land at Cangquan Space City and unload a large amount of cargo, just like the raw material for making cola, which will be processed and diluted for civilian use.
The above is the most confidential information that the host of this dimension, bound to the Shadow System, can obtain. It can be said that the other party's defense is quite tight.
The fact that those people could resist the temptation of the system is a remarkable achievement. Hao Jiu was truly impressed. Those people didn't seem to care about immortality, power, money, or anything like that.
Especially the desire for immortality, which should be irresistible to older people, but Hao Jiu had the shadow system try several times without success.
There was even an old man who tried to trap the shadow system. Although he failed, he didn't give the shadow system a chance to enter the core area.
But it doesn't matter. As long as Xiang Yu enters the Cangquan base personally or sends someone else, he can capture a high-ranking member of the base and interrogate him. If all else fails, he can search their souls.
Of course, it wouldn't hurt to extract some useful information from these soldiers now; it's all just a side effect.
But if it's too troublesome, then it's not convenient.
The Dragon Group leader took a deep breath. "Since you introduced yourself as Xiang Yu, the Overlord, then I'll call you Overlord. My code name is Dragon Three, and I'm the third in the Dragon Group, but I'm not the third strongest person."
"Stop talking nonsense, and I have no interest in knowing your code name," Xiang Yu said coldly.
Long San gave a bitter smile. "Then I'll get straight to the point. Even if I survive today, I might still face a military court. One of the sources of Yuan Energy is death row inmates. Nowadays, death row inmates are euthanized, but it's not really peaceful at all. Their souls suffer even more after death. But that's what they deserve. They did so many bad things in life, why should they die peacefully?"
Although it was the first time Xiang Yu had heard the term "euthanasia," he understood its meaning after a moment's thought.
“You’re right. Bad people use cruel methods to harm good people, and they should be eliminated by even crueler methods to deter others from committing evil. It would be too unfair to those who die tragically if criminals who should be severely punished were given euthanasia.”
It seems your legal system isn't based on the Legalist approach to governance; the punishments are too lenient, and there's a lack of distinction between good and evil. What about other sources besides death row inmates? There shouldn't be that many death row inmates in this world, right?
"The second source of primal energy is the slaughterhouse of livestock. It is not only human souls that can be processed into primal energy, but also animal souls. The larger and smarter the animal, the more primal energy it produces. This is also the most stable source."
The third source is the war with the Underworld. Although the timing is uncertain, each war yields a large amount of elemental energy. The elemental energy generated by the souls of ordinary people is mostly very small, but the elemental energy generated by the powerful members of the Underworld is extremely large, with one being equivalent to thousands or even tens of thousands of ordinary people.
Our Dragon Group's primary mission is to deal with the Underworld Gate. Without our intervention, the world wouldn't be at peace. If you want to confront demons that kill and steal souls, the Underworld Gate should be your target.
"That's the main reason I'm telling you all this. Threats are useless against us. We've all long been prepared to die, and to die for good, never to be reborn," Long San said solemnly.
"Is the Underworld Sect a sect? What do they do by killing people and taking their souls?" Xiang Yu hadn't expected such an answer. So, he had been relentlessly beating up good people all along? And he even caused Guan Yunfei's death?
“The Underworld Gate is the representative of the Underworld left in the mortal world. They come to the mortal world from the Underworld by reincarnation or possessing corpses, and then use various means to provoke wars or create disasters, thereby providing a large number of living souls for some forces in the Underworld to refine living soul pills.” Long San clenched his fist.
"The Underworld? The Soul-Slaying Pill?" Xiang Yu frowned. If he hadn't just returned from the Demon Realm and the Spirit Realm, he would have thought Long San was making up a story. But now he felt that the so-called Underworld should be another plane, a plane adjacent to this world.
Hao Jiu was also secretly amazed. He thought it was just a high-tech modern dimension, but it turned out to be related to the underworld. Shouldn't the so-called underworld be the netherworld?
"I know you may not believe what I'm saying, but I'm not lying to you. Ever since we discovered the Underworld's conspiracy a hundred years ago, we've been fighting against them, eliminating several generations of Underworld leaders. But the Underworld is still not giving up, sending more and more powerful warriors each time."
As Long San finished speaking, he weakly closed his eyes and fainted, looking as if he were on his last legs and would soon die.
At this moment, the Dragon Group warrior lying on the ground forced himself to speak, "Overlord, my captain is dying. Could you let him go, or let him die in the bag?"
Xiang Yu frowned. "What exactly is the purpose of this bag?"
"This is a soul bag. If you enter the bag before you die, your soul will not be sucked into the underworld after death. Furthermore, through our technology, we can clone a new body for the soul in the soul bag, which is equivalent to rebirth. You know that our enemy is the underworld. Once a soul dies and goes to the underworld, it will definitely be scattered to the winds."
Hao Jiu suddenly realized, "No wonder they don't seem to care about immortality. It turns out their soul technology is so advanced that they can reincarnate. In that case, it's equivalent to being able to live forever."
Seeing the warrior's anxious expression, Xiang Yu sensed he wasn't lying, so he took out a healing pill and put it into Long San's mouth. "So, Guan Yunfei can be resurrected too?"
“Exactly.” The warrior was about to ask Xiang Yu to allow Long San to be put into the soul bag when he saw Long San open his eyes on his own, and his injuries were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"I'm all better? What happened?" Long San asked, completely bewildered.
"Captain! A deity healed your injury with a magic pill! The deity really came to help us!" the Dragon Group warrior exclaimed in surprise.
"A deity? Since you all like deities so much, then call me God Yu." Xiang Yu released Long San. "I'll believe you for now, but I have my own ways to verify the truth of what you've said. Now I'll give you a chance to live. Agree to the binding."
Long San looked at his body and saw that he had indeed recovered completely. At the same time, he heard the voice in his mind requesting to bind with his body, and immediately agreed.
If the other party wanted to control him, the worst that could happen was death. But he felt that the other party didn't seem like a bad person, and there was no reason for them to go to such lengths to harm him.
Moreover, what if this man who claims to be Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King, is really a god? That would be wonderful!
After agreeing to the binding, Long San didn't feel anything wrong with his body and quickly clasped his hands in thanks, saying, "Thank you for saving me, God Yu!"
Xiang Yu waved his hand, "Enough with the nonsense, take me to see your leader. If what you say is true, I can help you deal with the underworld."
If what you say is false, I'll wipe you all out first, and then I'll raze the underworld to the ground!
Chapter 540 Heavenly Punishment
Inside a rapidly ascending elevator in the National Security Bureau office building, two National Security Bureau agents are chatting.
"Hey, have you heard? The international fugitive who slaughtered hundreds of people in Country A has appeared in City S. He's swaggering around the mall with several beautiful women by his side. He's really arrogant."
"You're only finding out now? They might have already caught them. After all, our National Security Bureau isn't to be trifled with. Even our Captain Guan went there."
"Oh dear! If Captain Guan goes there, the criminals will definitely not be able to escape. What a pity for such a good man."
Ding! We've reached the 100th floor.
The elevator doors opened, and the two turned their heads to see a pair of slightly heaving white breasts, followed by a fair and slender neck and an extremely cold face.
There are many beautiful women in the National Security Bureau, but only one can grow to this size: the director of the National Security Bureau, who looks to be only in her early twenties. In reality, there are six strong women in their twenties, including Daisy Yu.
"Good morning, Director!" The two National Security Bureau agents immediately stood at attention and then slid out from the left and right sides.
"Okay," Daisy replied and entered the elevator.
The two detectives breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the elevator go down.
"It feels like the temperature around us has dropped several degrees. She's the epitome of an ice queen."
"That's right, no wonder she's still not married."
"Shh, don't you want things to get better? Let's go..."
Daisy frowned, took out her phone and made a call, "You two drop what you're doing and come with me on an emergency mission. Meet on the first floor, right now."
"yes!"
The two agents on the 100th floor hung up their phones at the same time, their faces extremely grim. They hurriedly pressed the buttons for several other elevators, but none of them could come up in a short time.
The two exchanged a glance, then took off running towards the emergency exit of the stairs.
Round and round it went, unleashing its domineering power, and it flew straight to the first floor.
National Security Bureau agents all need to cultivate domineering aura and have much better physiques than ordinary people, but running down one hundred floors at full speed would definitely not be a pleasant experience.
When the two agents ran to the main entrance on the first floor, Daisy had just boarded the flying car.
"Come on up quickly," Daisy waved.
"Yes." The two agents controlled their breathing; it wouldn't look good to be panting like dogs in front of the chief, or they might be sent to military training tomorrow.
The car sped along and soon arrived at the Dragon Group's secret base, the place where they ambushed Xiang Yu.
"You're Director Dai from the National Security Bureau?" Xiang Yu looked suspicious. Such an important official was actually a young woman? This was too far-fetched.
However, upon closer inspection, a problem was immediately discovered: this woman was actually a powerful expert in the Profound Realm, and at the peak of that realm, already capable of breaking through to the Earth Realm.
"Yes. Long San, where is Guan Yunfei?" Daisy frowned slightly, suddenly feeling that the person in front of her looked somewhat familiar.
"Uh, here it is." Long San awkwardly pointed to the soul bags held by the other two warriors, inside which Guan Yunfei was already dead.
"Take it and put it in the car." Daisy Yu glared fiercely at Long San.
"Yes!" Two National Security Bureau agents quickly stepped forward to take the soul bag and put it into the flying car.
Even now, neither of them could believe that the bag contained the corpse and soul of Guan Yunfei, a rising star in the National Security Bureau!
"Comrade Director, Guan Yunfei's soul was injured by the Yuan Energy Cannon. It's best to arrange for his reincarnation as soon as possible, otherwise he might not survive. I'm sorry," Long San said, forcing himself to speak.
"You injured Guan Yunfei so badly, yet you were captured by the other side and even leaked secrets?" Daisy asked coldly.
Long San gave a wry smile. "We didn't expect things to turn out this way. If we had known that this Feather God was a deity from outer space, we would never have made a move."
Daisy looked Xiang Yu over carefully. "Are you really a god?"
"Yes. Long San said he didn't have the authority to take me into the Cangquan base, so he called you here. Can we set off now?" Xiang Yu was too lazy to explain his origins. If the other party said he was a god, then so be it.
“If you can prove you’re a god, I can take you there now. But if you can’t, then come with me to the National Security Bureau.” A primal energy dagger suddenly appeared in Daisy’s hand.
"You want to fight me?" Xiang Yu thought to himself, "Are all modern women this fierce?"
"What? Is it not allowed?" Daisy Yu levitated as she spoke. Her combat suit was clearly a level higher than Long San's, and she could actually fly!
Long San immediately showed an envious expression. This kind of flying elemental energy combat suit is the latest equipment of the Elemental Energy Research Institute. Only the top-level experts at the peak of the Overlord Realm have it. He is still a little bit lacking.
Even if he had this elemental combat suit, well, he still probably wouldn't be able to defeat Yu Shen. Thinking this through, Long San felt relieved; improving his own strength was more important.
"You don't look down on women, do you? If you beat me, I'll take you to the Cangquan base right away." Daisy's face was like frost. The men who had been defeated by her could almost form an army.
But what kind of look does this guy, who calls himself Xiang Yu, have? Does he not even feel a sense of awe at the sight of someone flying into the air?
"Alright, I hope you're much stronger than them." Xiang Yu said, and then slowly floated up.
Daisy's eyes widened. The other person was flying even without wearing a meta-combat suit. Could this person really be a god?
But shouldn't immortals all be ethereal and otherworldly?
Moreover, how could an immortal possibly cultivate domineering aura!
This is the main reason why Daisy Yu suspects Xiang Yu's identity, but she cannot be sure. After all, the idea of immortals saving the world has a long history, and the first sage who invented primordial energy had even seen real immortals.