Chapter 56: Another Storm Rises: A Bodhisattva Appears Beyond the Wilderness

Somewhere in the city, on the third floor of a self-built house.

The windows around the room were covered with black gauze, and various electronic equipment filled the interior. Several staff members were busy in front of the consoles, seemingly constantly receiving and sending messages, whispering into receivers from time to time.

They were all Donghua intelligence agents lurking in Nanyang. Ever since they received orders from their superiors not long ago, they had been closely monitoring every movement in this city, trying to track down that person's whereabouts, but so far, they had gained nothing.

"Boss, there's news! An attack has occurred at the Oledo Building! The scene is in absolute chaos right now! According to staff members fleeing from the building, there is only one attacker. Without a doubt, it must be him!"

Suddenly, an intelligence agent spoke up.

"The Oledo Group? What's the situation over there right now?!"

A middle-aged man twitched his eyelids upon hearing this and hurriedly asked.

He knew the ins and outs of the matter. When he first received the intelligence and instructions from his superiors, he thought it was a joke.

To travel on foot all the way from Chuncheng, entering a foreign land of chaos single-handedly, without any intelligence or support, and attempt to target someone they had been lurking for a long time without even being able to confirm their exact location.

It sounded like sheer fantasy.

Yet, in just a single day, an attack had genuinely taken place here.

"Our people have rushed to the vicinity of the scene and sent back photos."

A staff member said in a deep voice. The middle-aged man hurried over and saw the blazing, flickering building, bloody corpses scattered across the ground, and crowds fleeing frantically from all directions of the structure.

"Judging from the photos, that person's attack operation is going smoothly. The forces inside the Oledo Building are about to be unable to hold on."

Another staff member said solemnly. He found it hard to imagine what kind of scene that must be.

A single person, sending the occupants of an entire building fleeing in panic?

Mind you, this was not a regular office building back home, but the Nanyang headquarters of the Pioneer Group! It housed who knew how many super soldiers, fully armed enhanced troopers, and specialized weapons developed specifically against super soldiers!

"Old Ji just reported that taking advantage of the chaos, he and his team have successfully infiltrated the Oledo Building. They are preparing to try and make contact with that person!"

A staff member wearing a headset said.

"Tell them to prioritize their safety above all else!"

The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

About three minutes later.

"Old Ji reports that the contact plan has failed. That person didn't use the stairs at all, but instead leaped directly from the upper floors, landing on the roof of a six-story building dozens of meters away from the building, and has now vanished. Old Ji and the others didn't sense any movement coming from the upper floors of the building, suspecting that the person might have wiped out all the surrounding security personnel before leaving."

"Old Ji has changed the plan. He intends to lead his team up to the upper floors to check out the situation. That place is a major stronghold of the Pioneer Group, and perhaps they can reap some rewards."

The staff member reported once again.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man could not help but take a deep breath.

The order from his superiors was to do everything in their power to assist the other party and ensure the safety of his operation.

Yet now, forget about helping him, they couldn't even manage to establish contact with him. A figure like this came and went like a phantom, practically like an immortal or a deity, completely elusive.

"Old Ji has transmitted some on-site photos over..."

Soon, that staff member fell silent, and everyone else crowded around with puzzled expressions.

Corpses lying haphazardly, blood staining shattered hallways...

They gazed at the hellish scenes captured in those photographs, which were relentlessly challenging their nerves and causing a profound sense of nausea.

It was hard to imagine that this was the work of a single human being.

"Boss, local ethnic armed forces are mobilizing and heading towards the Oledo Building. What are your orders?"

Suddenly, someone else reported.

"Report the situation here to our superiors, have them pressure Myanmar, and at the same time, tell Old Ji and the others to watch their safety. If they can find intelligence, great; if not, evacuate as soon as possible."

The middle-aged man exhaled a breath and said.

As for that person's safety?

He felt that with the strength of his team, they were probably not even qualified to worry about such a matter.

Judging by that person's current performance, if the local ethnic armed forces thought they could threaten him within the urban area, it would be nothing more than a pipe dream.

In comparison, the remaining data and items left behind in the Pioneer Group branch were what they should really care about.

This chaotic land in northern Myanmar harbored quite a few intelligence organizations from all over the world.

What happened here would soon spread out of this city and reach every corner of the globe.

On the other side.

Yi Beidou had wiped out the security personnel who came to encircle him. Sensing that the vast majority of people inside the building had already taken the opportunity to flee, he chose not to pursue them further and instead left the skyscraper.

The primary forces of this Pioneer Group branch had been eliminated by him, and the person in charge had also been slain; his objective was basically complete.

As for the subsequent aftermath and impact, those were no longer things he needed to care about.

He prepared to leave the city.

Crack! Crack!

Yi Beidou's body emitted a series of bone-cracking pops as his physique shifted once more. He then slipped into a residential house, and shortly afterward, emerged wearing a set of ordinary clothes.

Standing in the shadows of a rooftop, he looked at the chaotic streets in the distance, where numerous armed forces were rushing toward the direction of the Oledo Building, while many others were sealing off surrounding roads and conducting neighborhood checks.

This was a city of chaos, infested with demons everywhere, but Yi Beidou understood very well that these monsters could never be completely exterminated.

What truly bred these fiends and ghosts was the very soil beneath their feet.

His figure melted into the shadows. He had no interest in tangling with these minor demons, so he bypassed the searching crowds and walked toward the outskirts of the city.

To him, the greatest threat during this operation came from the Pioneer Group branch itself. As for the local ethnic armed forces—organizations lacking even heavy weaponry—if he chose to leave, they had no way of stopping him.

About an hour later, Yi Beidou left the city limits, re-entered the mountain forests, and hurried toward the direction of the Donghua border.

However, things did not end so easily.

Although Yi Beidou's actions were swift and his strikes ruthless and decisive, just as Yue Ming had said, once one stepped beyond Donghua's borders, no one could predict what kind of encounters awaited them.

Having walked dozens of miles through the mountain forest, Yi Beidou's expression flickered slightly. The pores across his entire body tightened as he abruptly halted in his tracks.

From the shadows behind a large tree ahead, an elderly monk actually stepped out.

The monk had white eyebrows and looked quite advanced in age, yet his facial skin remained remarkably tight, fair, and tender. With his eyelids lowered, he exuded an aura of profound compassion.

What drew the most attention was the monk's physiognomy: neither male nor female, carrying an indescribable, ethereal charisma.

Neither male nor female—this was the visage of a Bodhisattva.

"As expected, it is the descent of the Freedom Heavenly Demon. You injured my grand-disciple, and the moment I learned of it, I knew the karma between us was inescapable. I must guide you to the Western Paradise to meet the Buddha, and use this to testify my cultivation."

The monk pressed his palms together in a greeting, his voice overlapping and echoing through the forest, lingering for a long time.