GBP Chapter 75 Escape from Death
Chapter 75 Escape from Death
Lin Yue and Gong Yong had just finished arranging their eldest daughter's wedding and were resting for half a month when they suddenly received a call from their superior. The superior's voice on the other end of the line was heavy and urgent: "Lin Yue, Gong Yong, a special forces unit went on a mission and suffered heavy casualties. One of the captains mysteriously disappeared without a trace. At the same time, another captain with spatial abilities also vanished. During this mission, the two captains with special abilities who left your unit disappeared along with their spatial abilities—neither alive nor dead."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yue and Gong Yong felt a sudden tightness in their chests, fully aware of the seriousness and complexity of the matter. They exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with worry and determination; they understood that a new challenge had arrived.
In total, Lin Yue provided the country with the space of 110 special soldiers. Starting with a couple hundred, each soldier had a space of 300 square meters; later, it increased to five or six square meters; and finally, this last batch of soldiers each had approximately 1000 cubic meters of space. The two missing captains were the leaders among the last 100 soldiers who possessed such spaces.
With neither the person alive nor the body found, several sect elders approached Lin Yue, hoping she would return to Chengdu quickly. Lin Yue and Gong Yong spent the night traveling from Suzhou to Chengdu by military plane, fortunately without any incidents en route. That same evening, Lin Yue and Gong Yong arrived back in Chengdu.
Upon returning to Chengdu, Lin Yue quickly arrived at her studio in her villa in the ancient city the next morning. A special leader sent by her superiors was already waiting in the villa. Several seriously wounded soldiers were also there, and Lin Yue began treating them first. By the time everything was finished, it was already 5 PM.
The superior and Lin Yue sat down. Lin Yue finally got a short rest, and while she was having a cup of tea, the superior said, "Do you think we can use our mental power to locate these two people?" Lin Yue sat cross-legged and, through her control and influence over space, discovered that the two individuals were not dead. However, their locations were vastly different—one in the far south, the other in the far north. In other words, they had been on the same mission, but their bodies were now in two completely different places, far apart.
Lin Yue sighed inwardly and said, "These two soldiers are probably innocent victims, because they possess this space, which others want to take. Although there was a possibility that they were struck by lightning and died before, they dare not kill these two soldiers. But if they want to use these two soldiers, it depends on how tough they are. Although these people cannot use severe torture on them and endanger their lives, otherwise they will be struck by lightning, it is still possible to make these two soldiers suffer a little."
As Lin Yue spoke, she keenly observed the old man's subordinates around him. She noticed a shifty look in the eyes of one of the elderly cultivators; his round eyes darted around constantly. Lin Yue's heart sank; she sensed that this matter might be more complex than it appeared.
When Lin Yue returned home, she recounted everything she had seen and heard that day to Gong Yong, and the two began to discuss it. Both were getting on in years, already in their fifties, and had gained a relatively deep understanding and grasp of the development of events, the complexities of human nature, and the fickleness of the world. They analyzed that the disappearance of the two soldiers might not be accidental; it was very likely that some powerful families or cultivators within the country were trying to test their attitude and bottom line through this method.
"The waters behind this are probably much deeper than they seem," Gong Yong said with a frown and a worried expression.
Lin Yue nodded gently, her eyes filled with determination: "No matter what, we have to find those two soldiers and bring them back. We can't let them become victims of someone else's conspiracy."
As night deepened, the couple continued to discuss their strategy in hushed tones under the lamplight. They knew this would be a difficult battle.
Considering the children's feelings, Lin Yue and Gong Yong discussed the matter carefully. Everyone knew that for over a decade, those powerful families had initially tried to profit from Lin Yue's children through marriage alliances. However, Lin Yue and Gong Yong successfully escaped their clutches. Their children didn't marry into the so-called centralized, powerful families; instead, their eldest daughter married a scion of a fallen family, a slap in the face to the powerful clans.
This was a huge embarrassment for those in positions of power. More than one family wanted to benefit from the marriage alliance, but the truth was, Lin Yue's family was beyond their control. First, they weren't greedy; second, the children's marriages were based on their own preferences, not the parents'; third, the three children were independent thinkers, capable of discerning right from wrong, and their spiritual cultivation was quite outstanding—they were indeed unworthy of ordinary people.
Furthermore, these patriarchs discovered that Lin Yue and Gong Yong's cultivation progress was extremely rapid, as were their three children, whose cultivation speed subtly surpassed that of many powerful families. Whether in terms of wealth or cultivation progress, they could no longer shake Lin Yue and Gong Yong's position. Since they couldn't influence the couple, nor could they compromise their children and family, they had no choice but to seek other methods.
Therefore, they turned their attention to the soldiers with spatial abilities that Lin Yue had already sent out, as well as the old friends who had been sent out first. However, the old friends' spaces were relatively small, only about a hundred cubic meters, not the type that cultivators and centuries-old families wanted; they craved the largest possible spaces. Thus, this test determined the future direction of the remaining one hundred spatial buttons.
Lin Yue and Gong Yong knew this was a severe test; a slight misstep could not only endanger the soldiers but also put their family in even greater trouble. However, they would not compromise easily and were determined to find a way to deal with this crisis.
First, Lin Yue successfully contacted the two soldiers using her mental control over the space. She established communication with the owner of the space through her mental ring. In the mental world, Lin Yue inquired about the soldiers' current location and whether they knew their destination. The soldiers replied that their eyes were blindfolded, their bodies injected with drugs, and they were unable to move. The space was still with them and had not been taken away; anyone touching it would be repelled, and severe torture would result in being struck by lightning. They currently did not know their exact location, but felt they were not on the ground, but rather underground.
The results matched those obtained by Lin Yue through her mental probe. Then, Lin Yue maintained contact with that wisp of divine soul through her mental power. Unbeknownst to her, Lin Yue had learned their exact locations.
At the same time, Lin Yue gave them two choices. First, if in an extremely critical situation, were they willing to abandon their current physical bodies? Lin Yue stated that after abandoning their physical bodies, they could only survive as souls, or choose to be reincarnated. The two soldiers said they had elderly parents and young children at home and hoped to live. Their parents had not yet received proper care and they wanted to be with their children as they grew up, hoping Lin Yue could do her best to rescue them.
The two soldiers weren't asking for help from higher authorities; they were begging Lin Yue to rescue them. This puzzled Lin Yue greatly. Did the military not deserve their trust? Or were even their own brothers unable to help?
Lin Yue was filled with doubt and fell into deep thought. She knew that there must be an unknown secret and a huge conspiracy hidden behind this matter.
Lin Yue contacted the two soldiers again through their spiritual connection. Although these two soldiers had entered the Dao through martial arts, they had not yet learned to project their spiritual sense outwards, and had not reached that level. During their spiritual connection, Lin Yue taught them a method, not a complete technique, but rather how to control their spiritual senses. Even when trapped, they could observe their surroundings through their spiritual senses, as if they had opened a third eye. In the past, their practice of martial arts had not yet reached this realm.
At 3 a.m., a time when people are most relaxed, Lin Yue communicated with the two soldiers through her spiritual connection and dictated a set of techniques. She instructed them that whether lying down, cross-legged, or sitting cross-legged, as long as they concentrated and calmed their minds, following the techniques she taught, they would be able to generate spiritual energy that floated in the air within half an hour. Lin Yue warned them not to float too far, otherwise they would not be able to return to their bodies and would lose their lives. Then, Lin Yue taught the two soldiers how to use this wisp of spiritual energy to explore the conspiracy behind the events and find the ultimate truth.
The two soldiers nodded solemnly, indicating that they would definitely return to their bodies within 24 hours and, once repaired, could venture out to investigate every night. They then embarked on their spiritual journey, determined to uncover the conspiracy hidden in the darkness.
Ironically, the two soldiers found the mastermind, instigator, or commander of this incident in just five days. This was because the masterminds underestimated these two soldiers. They assumed they knew the soldiers' cultivation levels and thus only assigned two people with low cultivation levels to guard them.
It is often this kind of blind arrogance, which disrespects the true strength of the opponent, that leads to such an outcome. As the saying goes, villains die from talking too much, and that's certainly true. The person who orchestrated this knew that the two soldiers were not highly skilled in cultivation, so they arranged for two less experienced cultivators to guard them.
The two soldiers were in separate locations, and two groups of people coveted their belongings. They reached an agreement to smuggle the two men out and take them in different directions, far from Chinese soil. Meanwhile, they would trap the two soldiers in an underground construction project, hoping to minimize their contact with the ground by disrupting their work, believing that staying away from the surface would prevent them from being struck by lightning.
However, because the spatial ring has a repelling function, the barrier automatically opens whenever someone approaches and attempts to endanger the soldier's life, repelling those nearby. Therefore, they have been unable to succeed. They considered seeking help from a high-level cultivator to solve this problem, but were afraid of being exposed.
While they were struggling with their dilemma, the two soldiers spent five days scouting every night, eavesdropping on their various phone calls and conversations. All the survival skills they had learned in the military were surprisingly effective in dealing with their spirits. Outsiders couldn't see them, and the two low-level guards didn't realize their spirits had left their bodies, greatly facilitating the soldiers' actions.
Using their spirit forms, the two soldiers fully utilized their training skills to easily gather information about the commander. When they relayed their findings to Lin Yue, she was quite frustrated, and the two soldiers couldn't help but sigh, realizing that there were indeed many corrupt elements within the military.
Lin Yue temporarily ignored the two soldiers who were being held captive, as they had already found a way to escape. Ironically, they possessed spatial rings filled with various weapons and equipment; after all, they had been betrayed by their comrades during a mission and captured.
Previously, their bodies were immobilized, essentially due to the drug. This time, their souls astraled unexpectedly discovered the antidote. Without hesitation, they each collected some into their spatial storage. Before returning to their bodies, they used their soul forms to retrieve the antidote from the storage space, fed it to their bodies, and then allowed their souls to return. This process was unbelievable; their souls could actually open a spatial dimension and collect things from it.
Before their final escape, the two of them had learned their lesson. Using their soul forms, they lit a sleeping incense stick for the two cultivators. This incense stick could even bewitch gods and ghosts; it was the same one that the old man from the Fire Cloud Immortal Cauldron had given them. To save the lives of the soldiers, the old man had given each of them a small piece of incense, which the two soldiers then used here. After lighting that small piece of incense, it burned for only ten minutes, and everyone in the underground factory fell into a deep sleep.
After the two soldiers transferred their souls into the body, they allowed it to adapt for half a day. Finally, the body regained its mobility, and they easily unlocked their shackles, emerging from their confinement. Filled with rage, the two soldiers went to the laboratory, the weapons storage area, and the uranium storage area. In short, they took everything in this underground factory that could be moved, moved into the spatial dimension, and could fit there—except for people, including the researchers. However, they were also clever; they recorded the entire looting process as evidence. Faces were captured, including those of the professors, along with their related documents; anything that could be moved, moved, and entered the spatial dimension was stored there.
When the two soldiers emerged from hundreds of meters underground, the air felt incredibly fresh. Without even taking a break, they immediately retrieved an off-road vehicle from their spatial storage, or simply found one nearby, and drove into the dense forest. They found a spot and waited for Lin Yue to come and pick them up.
After leaving the underground, they each used their spiritual senses to inform Lin Yue that they had escaped and explained their location. Lin Yue told them to rest and immediately drive into the forest to find a suitable place to stay. Lin Yue said, "I will come to meet you tonight."
This time, due to the extreme distance, both soldiers had already escaped danger. Lin Yue considered going to pick up the one who was farther away first, and then returning to pick up the one who was closer. As for the one who was closer, she would head into the forest, especially the primeval forest, and find a cave or other secluded place to hide, as long as he could survive, and wait for Lin Yue's rescue.
Because both soldiers possessed spatial rings containing all the tools and food needed for wilderness survival, their lives were essentially saved as long as they successfully emerged from that location. They also had access to medical equipment and medicine; however, they would undoubtedly endure considerable hardship and suffering.
Lin Yue was also busy preparing for the rendezvous, silently praying that everything would go smoothly and that she could bring the two soldiers home safely as soon as possible.