EBE Chapter 76 Drives Him Mad
Chapter 76 Drives Him Mad
Considering that their three children were about to take the college entrance exam, the family couldn't be left unattended, and safety was also a concern. This time, Gong Yong stayed home to take care of the children and look after the second child, while Lin Yue set off alone.
At 2 a.m., Lin Yue secretly rode the eagle spirit from the rooftop. This eagle had grown considerably over the past twenty years, its cultivation had improved significantly, and it could even become invisible, making it impossible to locate with ordinary radar or current technology. Lin Yue sat on the eagle's back and guided it, and the eagle, in its invisible state, swiftly reached the destination of one of the soldiers, taking only 4 hours.
As the first rays of sunlight appeared in the morning, Lin Yue had already reached the hilltop and quickly found the soldier. The soldier looked rather disheveled, with a scraggly beard, torn clothes, and wounds all over his body. He was resting in a cave. He was very alert; the first whistle of the golden eagle's horn woke him. He recognized the sound and knew it was Lin Yue. Lin Yue had also seen him earlier and, together with the golden eagle, found a flat spot where the eagle spirit could land.
After descending, Lin Yue slowly walked to the soldier's side and sat down in the cave. She took out a delicious meal made with spiritual rice and vegetables from her space, letting the soldier eat his fill and rest for a while. Then, Lin Yue took out a bathtub, filled it with water, and let the soldier bathe. After the soldier bathed and enjoyed a good meal, Lin Yue stood guard outside the cave entrance, letting him rest well. The soldier knew he couldn't hold Lin Yue back, even though he was injured. After he finished bathing, Lin Yue used her spiritual power to examine the soldier's physical condition. Fortunately, they were all superficial injuries, without any serious damage. Lin Yue took out a box of ointment from her space, tossed it to the soldier, and said, "Just apply it to your wounds, and when you wake up, these injuries will be completely healed within three hours." At first, the soldier was somewhat skeptical, but he believed it was a good product and had a good eye. He quickly applied a thick layer of ointment to all the disfiguring wounds on his body and face, then sat down cross-legged. After all, he had entered the Dao through martial arts, so he quickly recovered his soul and spiritual power before lying down and taking out a mattress from the cave to rest.
Lin Yue sat at the cave entrance, casually picked up a stone, and nonchalantly blocked the cave, setting up a protective barrier around it. The soldier was fast asleep, completely unaware of Lin Yue's actions. Afterward, Lin Yue began searching the mountain forest area, discovering numerous ginseng roots through her divine sense—some over a thousand years old, five hundred years old, two hundred years old, and many more only a few decades old. Therefore, Lin Yue focused only on ginseng roots over a thousand years old and over five hundred years old, and began excavating them.
Unbeknownst to her, Lin Yue traversed various mountain peaks, and many wild animals refrained from attacking her. However, whenever Lin Yue went to dig for ginseng, an animal would always guard each thousand-year-old ginseng. Initially, Lin Yue wanted to dig it herself and enjoy the experience, but then she realized that it would be a waste not to use such a treasure, and besides, there were so many ginsengs that she wouldn't know when she would finish harvesting them all by digging. So, she used her spatial storage ability to directly store the ginseng. And so, Lin Yue tirelessly traveled on her ginseng-collecting journey.
At 6 PM, the soldier in the cave awoke. Lin Yue knew the moment he awoke. Seeing the cave entrance tightly blocked and noticing the array, the soldier realized Lin Yue had gone out on an errand. Soon, Lin Yue returned, removed the obstruction, and dispelled the array. She told the soldier she had gone out to collect ginseng and asked if he wanted some. Lin Yue gave him a 500-year-old ginseng, suggesting he make chicken soup to nourish his body, but the soldier said he wanted to save it for his family. Lin Yue thought for a moment, then took out a 100-year-old ginseng, saying that while it wouldn't cause nosebleeds, it would replenish his qi and blood, and his body definitely needed some nourishment. The soldier followed Lin Yue's advice, hunted a pheasant, and began stewing it in the cave.
It was 9 PM, and the aroma of pheasant soup filled the air. The soldiers drank it heartily, asking Lin Yue if she wanted some. Lin Yue replied that she had plenty of food in her space and didn't want any. Lin Yue then brought out a pile of food and dishes to share with the soldiers. The stewed chicken soup had a remarkable effect, and the soldiers' recovery abilities became even stronger.
It was 11 PM again, and Lin Yue finished dinner with the soldier. Taking advantage of the soldier's inattention, Lin Yue knocked him unconscious with a karate chop. Worried that he might wake up later in her spatial dimension, Lin Yue also placed a restriction on him, put gloves on his hands, and bound him tightly before throwing him into her space. Lin Yue knew that once the soldier woke up, the binding would be a minor issue, and he would be able to break free quickly. Finally, Lin Yue gave the soldier a pill to put him back into a deep sleep, and then embarked on her journey to the location of another soldier.
This journey was indeed quite long. It only took 4 hours to get from Lin Yue's home to the first soldier, but the journey back to pick up the other soldier would take almost 6 hours. After 6 hours, they arrived at the mountaintop at 5 a.m., and it was still dark there.
When Lin Yue found the soldier, he was in extremely disheveled condition, his hair haphazardly tied up, and he was missing two fingers and two toes, presumably after being subjected to severe interrogation. Lin Yue asked, "Do you need your fingers and toes reattached?" The soldier resolutely replied, "I need the fingers, but the toes are fine as they are." Lin Yue understood that the soldier wanted to learn a lesson from this, reminding himself not to easily trust anyone, not even his comrades.
Lin Yue knew all too well that this ordeal was like being stabbed in the back by their closest confidants, a truly heartbreaking experience for these two soldiers. Of the squad led by this captain, aside from his mysterious disappearance and subsequent entrapment, a third had died, a third were injured, and the remaining third, though injured, suffered only minor injuries. Among the third Lin Yue treated, some had developed serious health problems; even if they recovered, they would be unable to return to their former units and would face demobilization—a situation that was incredibly distressing.
Looking at the soldiers in front of her, Lin Yue secretly vowed to make the mastermind behind the scenes pay a heavy price.
Before Lin Yue and Gong Yong could finish dealing with their own situation, another problem arose on my country's southern border: three squad leaders with spatial abilities simultaneously disappeared. This time, Lin Yue and Gong Yong immediately realized that the problem stemmed from within, not from external causes.
Someone leaked the list of these people, but Lin Yue and Gong Yong racked their brains but couldn't figure out who knew it. They knew they had to find the mole as soon as possible, or the consequences would be unimaginable.
The couple frowned, lost in deep thought and worry, as an even more severe challenge lay before them.
Lin Yue sat cross-legged on the rooftop again, concentrating her mind and trying to contact the three squad leaders through her spiritual senses. After some effort, she finally made contact again. She discovered that the three squad leaders had also been brought to an underground area by similar methods, but they had not been separated; instead, they were together.
The reason was that everyone wanted what they had, but no one wanted to risk being struck by lightning for endangering the squad leader's life, so they hid them underground. However, the underground defenses activated, preventing them from getting close. Now, Lin Yue finally understood the situation.
Lin Yue and Gong Yong gradually realized that the other side's re-capture of the group of soldiers' squad leaders, ostensibly to gain access to the space, was actually aimed at capturing Lin Yue, the creator of the space, and imprisoning her. However, Lin Yue never personally went down to rescue them, only sending her divine soul in; she herself remained unharmed. Initially, Lin Yue was unaware that she had unintentionally disrupted a certain balance.
Lin Yue had been rescuing the soldiers through a soul connection rather than personally venturing underground. Because of this, Lin Yue and Gong Yong inadvertently disrupted the other's plans. At the same time, Lin Yue was aware that the list had been leaked, but the person who leaked it, while aware of this, did not understand the spatial master, the connection, or the specific details of the formation; therefore, they were completely unaware of the crucial formation.
This made the situation increasingly complicated, and Lin Yue and Gong Yong had to be even more careful to deal with the various crises that followed.
When Lin Yue and Gong Yong thought of this, that very night, Lin Yue sat cross-legged and carefully examined her soul lines. Each soul line connected to a space owner, and Lin Yue used her soul to warn them of the danger of this event, while also reminding them to be careful of those around them, including comrades and close friends, to guard against betrayal, as several companions had already been captured.
Lin Yue's notification that night inadvertently saved 20 squad leaders. Due to the tense situation at the border, they were dispatched on a mission, none of them anticipating this turn of events. While everyone else was not deployed, these 100 individuals with spatial abilities were specifically chosen—in fact, more than 20, nearly 50 were sent out, all of them squad leaders. Initially, the highest-ranking officers in the unit didn't notice, but after Lin Yue notified all soldiers with spatial abilities through a soul connection and received their feedback, she realized the problem was serious. Someone had used this list to send nearly half of the individuals with spatial abilities on missions, all at the border.
This served as a stark warning to Lin Yue and Gong Yong. Lin Yue immediately contacted a central leader to ascertain the actual situation. Could there really be a mole within the military? Lin Yue and Gong Yong were deeply worried, knowing they had to find the mole as soon as possible, or the consequences would be unimaginable.
Ironically, Lin Yue even began to suspect that the government was planning to detain and study her and her family. This situation was utterly illogical; of the 110 space soldiers, 50 had been deployed to the border for a mission—she couldn't comprehend it. Sending 50 might seem normal if there were large-scale relocations, but border missions were fraught with danger. Were they planning for some of them to die naturally during the mission?
Lin Yue and Gong Yong's actions served as a stark warning. If these 110 squad leaders, each possessing a spatial ability, were to die during a mission, the space would become unclaimed. Moreover, Lin Yue had set up numerous formations when creating the space, one of which granted each soldier the ability to withstand one life-threatening event when facing death. However, once this ability was used twice, the soldier would still die.
So, is this a test of the bottom line of every soldier with a spatial ability, or is it an attempt to kill this group of soldiers with spatial abilities, either naturally or unnaturally, so that they can seize the space? Lin Yue and Gong Yong were filled with doubt, yet they had to be wary of the huge conspiracy that might be hidden behind this.
As Lin Yue thought of this, a tremor ran through her soul. The space allocated to these 110 soldiers was initially chosen because the country needed to relocate supplies; rising sea levels meant many countries urgently needed to move essential machinery and equipment privately—a critical situation with limited time. But now, seeing the situation, these soldiers faced life-or-death threats. Lin Yue considered whether to take back these spaces, but she knew the country would never allow it.
Within the country, most people are good, and the system functions relatively normally, but there are always one or two corrupt officials who want to possess this resource. Lin Yue has never agreed to give these resources to certain leaders, but only to provide them to soldiers performing missions for the country. These 110 soldiers are also stubborn; not one of them is willing to take this precious resource off their necks and offer it to certain leaders, which has led to the current thorny situation. Those who want this thing, unable to get it from Lin Yue, have turned to the soldiers in the military. Initially, they simply captured soldiers and hid them underground, trying to avoid being struck by lightning or something similar, but the space's inherent array activated. Now they want to send soldiers on dangerous missions to the border, causing them to die naturally, and then seize the space.
This made Lin Yue and Gong Yong realize each other's intentions, and their souls trembled. At this moment, the old man of the Fire Cloud Immortal Cauldron said, "Lin Yue, you're almost 60 years old, over 50, how come you still can't see through human nature? No wonder your cultivation has always lagged behind Gong Yong. Although Gong Yong started slower, your husband started slower, but he has been navigating the social world for so many years, he sees through human nature and understands the true nature of people better than you, a stay-at-home mom. So you've gradually fallen behind him in cultivation, and your state of mind has slowly deteriorated. To the point that now, Gong Yong has become your protector, like a bodyguard by your side, always there for you. Do you know why? It's because your abilities are insufficient."
Lin Yue listened to the old man's words and fell into deep thought. She knew that she still had much to grow and improve in this complex situation.
After figuring out the crux of the problem, Lin Yue didn't hesitate to call a central leader and frankly express her thoughts. She clearly stated that the current situation was likely that a certain leader coveted these spaces but couldn't conveniently ask her for them, so he targeted the military.
Lin Yue firmly told her superiors that this device was originally created for the country, and now that someone was willing to kill soldiers to obtain it, she demanded that all of its spaces be reclaimed and destroyed. Her superiors naturally disagreed, and the two argued loudly on the phone. Lin Yue clearly stated that if any soldier unfortunately died in the line of duty, she would reclaim one of their spaces; or she would directly destroy that space through her divine soul. If any of these soldiers encountered any problems, she would reclaim the space belonging to that person.
The higher-ups were helpless against Lin Yue's unyielding attitude. After all, at present, only Lin Yue in the entire world could create such a space. Lin Yue said forcefully, "Since you've crossed my bottom line, then I'm sorry, I can flip the table."
This fierce exchange brought the atmosphere on both ends of the phone to a fever pitch, and Lin Yue, in order to protect the soldiers and uphold her principles, showed no intention of backing down.