Chapter 551: Flood discharge
Having just watched an eventful scene unfold, people all around the world exclaimed in excitement, claiming it felt far more real than any movie.
Meanwhile, many netizens from Xia Country were puzzled: Had the Oya Federation government lost its mind? How could it dare provoke a superhuman with such meager strength?
But what they didn't know was that the Oya Federation had its own national circumstances to consider.
At that moment, the Star Alliance Country had acquired the test data it wanted;
The Oya Federation had demonstrated its value, showing it was not a place of exile for inferior species or impure criminals;
The Federation Prime Minister, Morris, had also shown his toughness to his constituents, and he and his party were sure to take the lead in the upcoming "election season."
Add to that the populace, which had enjoyed the spectacle, and Lu Yao, who had fully tested his new realm...
Thus, a world where no one was harmed had been achieved, where everyone got what they needed, and all had bright futures ahead.
Of course, Major General Harris was the exception. He would bear full responsibility for the disastrous defeat, facing questioning before clanking off to prison.
This war, which seemed foolish, was actually a bountiful feast for most people.
Only Lu Yao's destruction of the Royal Opera House had caught everyone completely by surprise.
At that moment, Prime Minister Morris had just been relocated to a nuclear shelter, where he was discussing with his confidants:
"Why would he attack a city? That's inconsistent with his 'psychological profile.'"
All his confidants, who were senior cabinet officials, looked at one another, unable to come up with an explanation.
Modern technology could thoroughly understand a person through "big data" and then precisely target them with advertisements...
And Lu Yao enjoyed only the highest quality of service.
From his birth, his public speeches, online expressions, paper records, and everything else had been meticulously studied to create an extremely detailed "psychological profile."
Teams from various countries could even use this to predict Lu Yao's behavioral tendencies.
Normally, although he was neither a saint nor overly benevolent, he wouldn't have been cruel enough to attack a city.
"This is highly abnormal; didn't we leave the National Defense Army for him to take his anger out on…" Morris muttered, not understanding why the superhuman made such distinctions, oblivious to the fact that his own country was simply not taken seriously.
And at that moment, more bad news arrived.
The secretary approached with a tablet in hand and said, "Sir, we have a problem."
After pressing the play button, the screen showed footage from a drone—Lu Yao executed a downward palm strike from the sky, collapsing the Prime Minister's mansion amidst billowing dust. There's also a bunch of internet celebrities and reporters who recklessly followed to capture the moment.
Seeing this scene, Morris exclaimed, "My God! Why hasn't he left yet! Contact Xia Country again, no matter the cost, hurry and get him to leave!"
The other senior cabinet officials also looked distressed.
Essentially, they wanted to rely on Lu Yao's supposedly gentle approach towards civilians to serve their political purposes, but now they found themselves in a difficult position.
The secretary then said, "The video's not over yet. The military's drone captured that Lu Yao seemed to have done something in the clouds…"
The senior officials continued to watch as the superhuman rose from the ruins into the sky, apparently conducting some sort of ritual high above?
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At that moment, Lu Yao descended from the sky, releasing a "Tathagata Divine Palm" that controlled the force to spread like ripples, demolishing the Oya Federation's Prime Minister mansion.
It was a particularly luxurious building, commanding a view of the entire Royal Opera House.
Of course, now both were destroyed.
After such a commotion, he was bound to be hated to the core; the willingness offered by the entire Oya Federation region had turned dark purple with sin, devoid of a trace of positivity, and transformed into "Sinister Force."
Lu Yao looked up at the sky, gazing at the thick Sinister Force above him like dark clouds, a sight to behold.
This scene was visible only to him, as ordinary people could not perceive things within the realm of the mind.
"Hoarding it like this isn't a solution, and it looks damn unsettling."
Lu Yao decided to deal with the situation simply, so he flew into the high skies and opened up small "floodgates" in the torrent of Sinister Force at intervals of 500 kilometers.
By doing so, he allowed the negative energy to be released in advance, preventing a gradual build-up that could lead to an explosion.
Streams of negative energy were drawn into the real world, and the torrent of Sinister Force became like a deflating pressure cooker, no longer posing a threat.
The best part was that Lu Yao was about to return to the Otherworld. With no real target, the Sinister Force could only vainly dissipate into the heavens and earth.
However, this method had some impact on the natural environment.
At that moment, Lu Yao saw with his own eyes how the negative energy created a special wave that dispersed the clouds in the area.
Even a mass of seasonal rainclouds was pushed aside by an invisible force and drifted from the land towards the sea.
Witnessing this scene, Lu Yao said with some surprise, "With this… won't the Oya Federation be unable to get rain? There could be a drought..." Discover exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire
"Who cares~"
Lu Yao couldn't be bothered with what would happen to that country and soared into the sky, heading back to Xia Country.
He still needed the country's help to crack into those unmanned tanks, to facilitate his analysis of the "Dao Arts."
At this moment, no one could have predicted the severe consequences this incident would cause.
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For this journey, Lu Yao flew entirely on his own.
With his powerful control over energy, he quickly got used to flying at low to mid-altitudes, zipping through the sky as freely as a bird.
Once he was fully comfortable, Lu Yao continued to climb, reaching the stratosphere at 30,000 feet.
There were no turbulent air currents here, no birds, and the forces were stable—a place of silence and peace.
Lu Yao lingered above the boundless sea of white clouds, lighter and softer than cotton, meeting the vast, azure sky.
The golden sun shone overhead, casting down its warm and genial light.
At this time, several satellites had locked onto Lu Yao, and upon discovering he had reached the stratosphere, countries quickly arranged for commercial flights on that route to avoid him.
A few hours later, the continent was within sight.
Lu Yao had already made arrangements with Wang Guowei to avoid any accidents. After all, those tanks were capable of self-destructing.
Xia Country also possessed electromagnetic cannons and laser weapons; now having access to the finished products from the Star Alliance Country was of great benefit.
The military's research team quickly cracked the unmanned tanks. Lu Yao only took one electromagnetic and one laser tank, leaving the others for the country to research at leisure.
After that, he left with his spoils, oblivious to the Star Alliance Country's impending doom.
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At the moment, at the Star Alliance Capital, Raven Hill's "Doomsday Bunker."
It was a huge underground base capable of housing thousands, fortified against nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.
The military personnel who had operated the unmanned tanks had brought back the combat data.
Military weapons experts and scientists began to study the data immediately, adjusting weapon parameters.
The Star Alliance Country's National Defense Department, Foreign Affairs Bureau, and several other departments had jointly launched the "Eden Project," aiming to eliminate Lu Yao completely.
Besides electromagnetic cannons and lasers, strikes with ultra-high-speed ballistic missiles were also among the contingency plans.
At the same time, they were using their formidable intelligence capabilities to collect everything about Lu Yao.
That day, an unassuming piece of intelligence appeared before everyone—it turned out that years ago, Lu Yao had commissioned an investigation into an item "with a triangle and an eye in the middle."
And this item had once belonged to a secret laboratory of the Foreign Affairs Bureau.