Chapter 314: A Cataclysm Unleashed

Like a bolt from the blue, the team members in the surveillance room stood gaping in disbelief.

System information can never be falsified.

With the group brought in by Yenir, there was no need for further suspicion.

Out there, disaster had truly erupted!

Yet before the team could panic and signal to open the door immediately, Bu Mingfei acted as if everything were a sham, seizing a team member’s hand to hold them back.

Suppressing her inner unease, she barked into the intercom:

“Yenir! Don’t think you can deceive us!”

“How could the Military ever hand over command to you? And if they did, it’d go to General Zhang!”

“Stop trying to forge military orders!”

“I advise you to abandon your resistance. Stop this futile struggle! And Guardian, I don’t know why the Military Department still has you protect this traitor, but for the sake of the greater good, apprehend him immediately!”

As she spoke, she fixed her determined gaze on her team:

“Don’t open communications! He must have some trick that lets us see fake news!”

“The Military has confirmed that the East Sea will not suffer a disaster!”

“Even if, against all odds, disaster did strike, nothing would happen—this place is safe!”

Her words came faster and faster as Bu Mingfei’s conviction grew, her tone as resolute as that of a warrior ready to face death:

“If I’m wrong, I’ll take all the blame!”

“At worst, I’ll apologize once we’re out!”

As if accepting a great sacrifice, Bu Mingfei took a deep breath and decisively cut the broadcast. She refused to listen any further, lest this “rebel” continue to shake our morale!

She trusted her judgment—after all, she was a rigorously trained elite warrior!

A fine warrior must see things through to the end!

Outside in the Air Raid Shelter, Yenir listened silently to Bu Mingfei’s “speech.”

For once, the normally unruffled Yenir felt a surge of murderous intent rising within him.

“Apologize?”

“Take the blame?”

With his head bowed, Yenir couldn’t help but shrug, as if he’d heard the greatest joke, and let out a low chuckle.

Nearby, Luo Cheng and Ming Luo felt dizzy, their hearts filled with despair.

They never imagined they would be trapped at this stage.

“Yenir, shouldn’t we rescue the others first…”

“We can’t afford to waste any more time here…”

“This woman is nothing but a self-righteous idiot!”

Taking a deep breath, Ming Luo, as if determined to etch her face into his memory, angrily declared.

He could easily picture Bu Mingfei inside the shelter, delivering an impassioned speech to calm the panicked crowd. She must have been proud of her unwavering conviction, convinced she had saved everyone.

Even if she was wrong, she’d still be willing to apologize.

Before Ming Luo could speak further, Yenir, unmoving, had reverted to his usual calm.

In the next instant, an unnerving, nameless pressure exploded from him.

Simultaneously, that chilling presence spread like an unseen psychic attack, piercing through thick concrete.

Mind Storm!

Without hesitation.

In a flash, Yenir’s right hand shot up as if pointing at nothing, locking onto the Military personnel hiding behind cover.

Using his mental power, he had already pinpointed their location!

“Refusing to listen, huh!?”

“Then die!”

“Buzz”

In an instant, the intangible Mind Storm shattered the physical barrier and surged into the surveillance room.

With his eyes glowing red and suspended midair, Yenir, like a master manipulator of minds, continuously converted the mental energy radiating from his body into a Mind Storm.

As his innate SSS-level ability, his Mind Storm ignored all defenses and could kill any being hiding behind cover!

Realizing the troops were beyond persuasion, Yenir spared no further words.

“Either die or open the door!”

“If you’d rather be trapped inside by a Sea Beast, starving and dying of thirst, then at least give me a clean death!”

“Boom!!”

The sudden Mind Storm violently burst into the surveillance room.

An overwhelming mental shock, like a massive hammer, instantly knocked Bu Mingfei—who was about to leave the room—shut to the ground.

With no defense at all.

Against a mind attack that dismissed all barriers and relied solely on willpower, she was reduced to a blank slate, beaten to the point of spitting blood and thrown backward.

“Aaaah!!”

As if a thousand knives were slashing through her mind, a pain she’d never known forced her into a piercing scream.

At the same moment, a cold, indifferent voice resonated in everyone’s mind:

“Open the door within ten seconds!”

“Or I’ll kill everyone!”

“Buzz!”

The invisible storm continued to spread.

With his willpower doubled by his innate talent, Yenir, almost demonic, unleashed all his mental force, blanketing tens of thousands of survivors in his assault.

From Military soldiers to the elderly and infirm, every person felt an ironclad resolve force upon them!

It was as if, in the next moment, the owner of this Mind Storm would shatter their heads!

Panic and tears ensued.

In an instant, chaos broke out throughout the Air Raid Shelter.

They understood—if they didn’t leave, the man outside would kill them all!

Covering her head after being slammed against a wall by the Mental Shock, Bu Mingfei looked up in terror. For the first time in her life, she truly felt the threat of death.

She couldn’t fathom how Yenir did it, but she knew she was doomed!

That terrifying Mental Shock nearly shattered her very belief.

“Why are we being attacked even down here? What kind of power is this!?”

“3!”

..

“2!”

Before she could process any further, a pale-faced Bu Mingfei listened in horror as the countdown began.

Meanwhile, every team member clutched their heads in agony.

Moreover, the survivors trapped inside the shelter under the storm’s lock on couldn’t help but scream in agony. Even though Yenir was controlling the force, a Third-Stage Awakened’s—arguably the strongest Willpower Type attack ever—was more than they could endure!

It felt as if their heads would burst.

Trembling with fear, Bu Mingfei watched the scene, her whole body shuddering uncontrollably.

She realized that the traitor outside truly intended to kill them all! If they didn’t leave, he would launch a merciless strike!

This is madness! No wonder the Military kept warning us!

“Captain!”

“Captain!!”

“Let’s get out! We’ll do as he says! Everyone’s doomed! Our mission is a failure!”

Terrified by the disaster Yenir had mentioned, the team members urgently pleaded with their captain.

Yet the blood-spitting Bu Mingfei, like a startled fawn, was utterly blank.

“Not opening the door and then killing everyone!? This is the work of a heartless demon! He isn’t here to save us!”

“But what should I do!?”

“What should I do!?”

Under immense pressure and fear, a cornered Bu Mingfei lost her sanity and broke down in uncontrollable sobs.

She shook her head frantically, babbling incoherently.

“Don’t leave! He’s definitely deceiving us!”

“It’s fake! Everything’s fake!!”

“7..!”

“9…!”

The countdown echoed relentlessly, like a death knell.

Seeing their captain collapse and hearing the agonized screams in the shelter, the remaining team members dared not hesitate any longer.

Even if he was deceiving them, they had no choice!

They were meant to protect these people—if everyone dies, protecting is pointless!

“Bang!”

A figure dashed toward the console, and as the start button was pressed, the once tightly sealed alloy doors slowly swung open.