Chapter 523: Unforeseen Revelations
by xennovel“Prime Minister! Is something wrong with Yenir’s innate talent?!”
“Are you sure you want him to engage in a death duel with Lu Haishan?!”
Inside the dim office, on the sofa.
Li Xuanguo looked at Fang Hao, who had burst in, with a puzzled expression.
Half-reclining on the sofa, he wore a mask of exhaustion.
After days and nights without rest—and following an internal meeting after Yenir left—he hoped to catch a breather. But no sooner had he settled than Fang Hao rushed in as if the sky were falling.
“What do you mean?”
His heart skipped a beat.
He had never seen Fang Hao look so grim; his expression said it all—something terrible had happened.
Almost instinctively, Li Xuanguo recalled how Yenir, upon his return, had admitted to Fang Hao that he wasn’t confident.
After all, he had considered that Yenir’s hidden trump card might not work in a death duel.
Not wanting to pry into Yenir’s secrets, he refrained from asking about the Fourth-Stage Phantom. Still, from Liang Lie’s description, Li Xuanguo knew this ability might only come into play amid chaos.
That was why he doubted Yenir’s chances in a death duel, yet believed Yenir could work miracles in a national battle.
Before Li Xuanguo could voice his thoughts, he saw Fang Hao, his face grave, set up an extra layer of soundproofing before speaking in a deep tone:
“That kid really might kill Lu Haishan in a death duel!”
“We must prepare to go head-to-head with those people!”
“What do you mean?!”
Without thinking, Li Xuanguo blurted out his question and suddenly sat up straight.
Killing Lu Haishan!? Going against them!?
“Are you saying that Yenir wants us to help him kill someone in the death duel to trigger his ability?!”
The logic was straightforward.
As Li Xuanguo quickly pressed on with his inquiry, Fang Hao was momentarily stunned.
“What? Cooperate with what?”
After a brief moment of shock, Fang Hao snapped back, realizing Li Xuanguo had misunderstood him.
Wasting no time, he quickly replied:
“No!”
“That kid has a hidden ability as well!”
“Damn it! When Yenir was sparring with me just now, that kid suddenly transformed mid-fight! Then, looking terrified as if he might kill me in a second, he held back!”
While speaking, Fang Hao pointed directly to the scar on his face that had already healed.
A closer look revealed it was still clearly a sword wound.
Huh?!
Stiff as a board, Li Xuanguo stared at Fang Hao, his mouth agape as if equally shocked.
In that moment, a single thought flashed through his mind.
“Damn, did he just power up?!”
“Did I hear that right?!”
A minute later.
The two sat silently on the sofa, staring each other down.
Beside them was the footage of the entire fight recorded by Fang Hao.
Though it was silent and blurry—a mere three to four seconds long—
after watching it dozens of times, Li Xuanguo could no longer deny the shocking truth.
“Could it be…”
“That kid really found a loophole in the system?! Weren’t the old committee members oblivious to him before?!”
“No… it can’t be just a loophole… this must be cheating…”
He muttered to himself.
His mind was completely fogged.
Watching the footage of Yenir brutally beating Fang Hao—with that eerie, gigantic phantom looming behind him—
Li Xuanguo couldn’t shake the feeling that the world was utterly unreal.
He had witnessed Yenir’s journey from Second-Stage to Third-Stage, then to Third-Stage Mid-level. Now, with that Mid-level strength, Yenir could even hold his own against Fang Hao!
And all of this had happened in just two short months.
The pace at which he grew stronger was beyond anything merely astonishing…
A prodigy? A genius?
No.
This was nothing short of blatant cheating.
Taking a deep breath, Li Xuanguo closed his eyes briefly before reopening them with a grave expression as he checked several top-level private messages.
Meetings! Another emergency meeting must be called!
They had to reconsider the death duel…
Would those old-school Peak Third-Stage veterans, upon witnessing Yenir’s terrifying innate talent, be struck with fear and make the first move?
…………………….
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
At the Military First Research Institute, in the first-floor hall.
A series of rhythmic, dull explosions echoed from a distant building, one after the other, as if something underground were being detonated.
Feeling the subtle tremors beneath his feet, Yenir paused before softly asking the guide.
“How long has this been going on?”
The staff member leading the way gave him an odd look, then, suppressing a peculiar glint in his eyes, reluctantly answered:
“Committee Member Yenir, this commotion has been ongoing since that master you brought in began his research.”
“Does it explode every ten minutes, with each blast lasting a whole day?”
“Now it’s a bit better; before, it was about every six or seven minutes.”
A sigh.
The staff member in the white uniform had little to add. Ever since Yenir had brought in the erratic Sun Li Cheng, the entire institute had been in turmoil—a minor explosion every three days and a major one every five days.
Countless complaints had been lodged in private.
If Yenir hadn’t unleashed a torrent of brand-new technical proposals that had enthralled the institute’s top brass, things would have been far worse.
Under these circumstances, Sun Li Cheng’s research was bound to be shut down.
According to some of the researchers,
this wasn’t research at all—it was nothing more than homemade explosives!
Nodding slightly, Yenir paid no heed to the staff’s jibes and strode purposefully toward Sun Li Cheng’s laboratory.
He had deliberately approved almost ten million Credit Points for Sun Li Cheng’s use, effectively taking over Section C.
Though it now seemed modest, it was everything he had at the time.
Within minutes, Yenir arrived at the Section C research area, spanning a full seven floors.
To his surprise, about twenty researchers were gathered at the entrance, all watching him as if they had been waiting for ages.
Meanwhile, Sun Li Cheng, his hair a wild mess like an exploded nest, cowered at the back like a child caught misbehaving.
Clearly, judging by the researchers’ expressions, they had known Yenir was coming long before.
It seemed they had been waiting for some time.
“Committee Member Yenir! You’ve arrived at just the right moment!”
“I’m Senior Researcher Zhao Yu! I want to talk to you—stop being deceived by others!”
His eyes lit up.
The moment Yenir appeared, a leading researcher dashed forward and urgently began to speak.