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She listened attentively to Hoshiguma's words, crossed her arms, and nodded in approval. "The assembly line for the employees' work will be built by 002. Calling it in will always be useful."

For example, create a production line model to let employees get used to it in advance...

As Yun Yi pondered the matter more deeply, his head suddenly felt heavy, as if it were filled with lead and throbbed with pain.

She immediately focused her mind to fight back, but felt increasingly disoriented, and a strange premonition began to rise in her heart—something bad was about to happen outside.

A random thought flashed through my mind, and the throbbing in my head intensified.

Yun Yi frowned, couldn't help but gasp for breath, and urged with a pained tone, "I don't know why my head suddenly feels so heavy, I have a feeling something bad is going to happen—Hoshiguma, let's finish up quickly and go out to check."

"Miss Yunyi?" Hoshiguma's smile vanished instantly, replaced by a solemn expression.

She immediately reached out and braced one hand on the chair between Yun Yi's legs to prevent him from sliding off if things went wrong. Her other hand, which had been patting his shoulder, quickly moved to cover Yun Yi's forehead to carefully feel his temperature. "Is your temperature normal?"

After confirming that Yun Yi's sudden discomfort was not due to physical reasons, Hoshiguma's expression became even more serious.

Ignoring everything else, she immediately scooped Yun Yi up in her arms, her golden eyes fixed on Yun Yi's dazed gaze as she looked up at her. "No, Miss Yun Yi, you are the most important. Let's go out now—"

"boom--"

The collision of hard objects, the violent sound that echoed in all directions, interrupted Hoshiguma's shouts. In the midst of this roar, Yun Yi's mind was inexplicably swept away from pain and confusion, becoming incredibly clear.

At the same moment, a semi-transparent blue pop-up window appeared in front of her eyes, and the cold, mechanical voice of the system program rang in her ears.

[Rebound Ritual * Divination]

[Anomaly detected in ritual protocol... Marking enemy faction... Marking successful]

[Congratulations on unlocking the faction feature!]

[Current Allied Faction: None, Friendly Faction: None, Enemy Faction: Ursus]

(Note: Minimum criteria for joining a faction - country)

Yun Yi stared at the sudden message, his mind blank. "The opposing faction, Ursus?"

No, what did she do to deserve this? She just had her arrest warrant revoked by the rulers of Lungmen, and now she's being labeled an enemy by the entire nation of Ursus, a country she's never even met?

These political creatures are insane!

"Ursus!" Yun Yi was furious. She gritted her teeth and suddenly got up from Hoshiguma's arms, almost bumping into Hoshiguma's chin. Her white hair fluttered with her movement and slapped against Hoshiguma's pale arm.

"Miss Yunyi, calm down. Ursus is very strong and far away. The most important thing is to find out the cause of that loud noise." Hoshiguma, who could hear the system voice but not the pop-up window, reassured Yunyi with a solemn expression.

She moved her slightly itchy arm, and with Yunyi's help, she sat on her right forearm. Yunyi's height instantly surpassed that of Hoshiguma.

"The system notification appeared as soon as the commotion started. I don't believe it has nothing to do with Ursus." Yun Yi didn't notice this. She stood up, her emotions slightly agitated, clenched her fist and swung it to the side. The external perspective of the Nirvana, linked by her mind, immediately replaced the apartment's perspective, forming a new projection.

The flickering light from the alternating projections shone through Yun Yi's angry brows and eyes, making her appear exceptionally vivid and bright.

Yun Yi's gaze remained bright and focused as he looked at the changing projection.

The moment she saw it clearly, she immediately pointed at the projection and turned to Hoshiguma for confirmation, "Hoshiguma, look! Isn't that Ursus's inner guard!"

"Inner Guard?" Hoshiguma's golden eyes showed a hint of confusion. She supported Yun Yi, who was leaning back slightly due to excitement, and followed Yun Yi's finger to look at the projection.

In the projection, her once vibrant office was now completely unrecognizable.

The roof was completely ripped open, reaching straight to the sky. The cracked ground, the shattered walls, the scattered office equipment—everything visible to the naked eye was shrouded in an ominous, twisting black mist.

The source was a mysterious and terrifying humanoid creature pacing in the center of the office, its body mostly covered by a black and gray robe.

Its head was covered by a mask filled with tubes, with only a gap in front that flickered with a blood-red light. With its breathing, the dark tubes seemed to be flowing with a viscous black liquid, and their ends were connected to a backpack-like device on its back.

At this moment, the burly, mysterious man was gripping the standard long sword hanging firmly at his waist, twisting his masked head as he surveyed the surroundings.

As it moved, its heavy boots stomped heavily on the black mist-like substance, making a sticky and disgusting "gurgling" sound.

"Is he from Ursus? The Inner Guard..." Hoshiguma observed the burly man on the projection who had destroyed her office and openly attacked the Guard Bureau, and couldn't help but repeat her doubts again.

Hoshiguma exhaled. The suffocating aura emanating from the other party was unavoidable even through the projection. Staring at the other party for too long would cause a dizzying sensation that seemed to distort one's will.

Let her fully feel the other party's power and evil aura, and she can easily make a judgment—in a 1v1 fight, she will most likely die.

Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 168 Shi Huaiya: Outrageous! How did the Imperial Guards get into Longmen?

An absolute top-tier combatant, suddenly appearing at this moment... was it because of the divination mentioned by that voice?

Hoshiguma stared at the mysterious man's golden eyes, which were as deep as two unfathomable ancient wells. When she looked up at Yun Yi, who was sitting on her arm, the hostility in her eyes naturally faded and was replaced by a layer of warmth, making her eyes shine brightly again. "Miss Yun Yi, do you know detailed information about this person outside?"

“…Well, as far as I know, this is definitely the Ursus Emperor’s inner guard,” Yun Yi said. Although he was slightly surprised that Hoshiguma didn’t know about the inner guard, he immediately told Hoshiguma, who was holding him, all the fragment information he knew. “The inner guard is one of Ursus’s trump cards. Because they coexist with the demon fragments, they have a special attack on the mind. They are strong in both melee and ranged combat, and they have a powerful move that can kill someone and affect the terrain.”

"If I remember correctly, the damage caused by a single Inner Guard is greater than that of an army." Yun Yi recalled the scattered intelligence and quickly concluded, "Hoshiguma, don't worry, it's just an Inner Guard. My Nirvana will win completely."

*The Dragon Gate Swearing* is actually the emperor's inner guard?

Hoshiguma was still worried. She hugged Yunyi and smiled helplessly, "Be prepared for more than one bodyguard. We're in big trouble."

“More than one…” Yun Yi frowned and murmured, “Star Track Imprint.”

A 3D map of the nearby streets immediately appeared in front of her, along with thirteen large, almost black, red dots.

One of the red dots is inside the Guard Bureau on the map, while the other twelve form a circle around the Guard Bureau.

Yun Yi stared at the map, unsure what expression to make. "Thirteen inner guards, they should... be able to defeat them, right?"

Moreover, the Nirvana has the advantage of being virtually indestructible by the Terrans, so even if she can't win, she can escape—as long as she doesn't leave the Nirvana on her own initiative.

Thinking of this, Yun Yi's tense nerves relaxed a little, but his gaze swept across the empty office except for the guards before snapping back to his own. "Texas, where are 001 and 002?!"

Yun Yi was completely absorbed by the inner guards just now, and only now that his emotions have calmed down did he notice the disappearance of the three of them.

"I hope everything's alright..." She suppressed those bad thoughts, opened her hands to activate the invisible Nirvana, and bypassed the inner guards to automatically search for living beings in the surrounding area.

The projected viewpoint shifted accordingly, changing from a direct view of the inner ward to a gradually approaching corridor.

Noticing Yun Yi's intention, Hoshiguma withdrew her gaze from the suddenly appearing map, her golden eyes sweeping across the empty corridor. She suggested, "Miss Yun Yi, Miss Texas may have already escaped with 001 and 002. To find them as quickly as possible, it's best to find Miss and Old Chen first. They have the connections and authority to quickly search for people."

"I'll ask you right now—Ursus is really sick!" Yun Yi nodded, calling out Swire's name in his mind as he couldn't help but curse.

If something really happens to Texas, she'll definitely rip off Ursus, who's just looking for trouble!

“Indeed, just for the result of a divination, they actually sent someone to Lungmen to assassinate him in broad daylight.” Hoshiguma frowned in disapproval; Ursus’s behavior was no different from that of a mad dog to her.

If the voice from the system is correct, then the reason these internal guards attacked the Guard Bureau is probably because of the bad outcome of the Ursus divination ritual, which involved Yun Yi.

For example, Yunyi Future caused Ursus to suffer significant losses.

Even so, Ursus shouldn't have gone directly to Yan Kingdom's territory to kill people—divination is divination after all, whether it's accurate or not is another matter, the important thing is that it's a matter for the future!

Using fabricated future events as a pretext to run rampant in Longmen now is simply trampling on the face of Yan Kingdom and Longmen.

Isn't Ursus afraid of the inevitable retaliation from Yan Kingdom and Lungmen?

Moreover, when did Ursus divination become so politically influential?

Hoshiguma became increasingly puzzled as she thought about it. She thoughtfully placed Yun Yi back on the chair, looked down at the small white whorl on Yun Yi's head, and reviewed the known information in her mind once again.

While she was thinking, Yunyi had already connected to the puppet.

In the streets and alleys littered with waste, the doll Yunyi opened its golden-red beady eyes, but was immediately made dizzy by the shaky view and closed its eyes again.

As darkness enveloped him, the information gathered by his other senses was automatically amplified. Yun Yi heard a series of dull thuds as blunt objects struck flesh and bodies fell to the ground, smelled the cold, metallic scent emanating from Swire, and felt several gusts of cold wind brush against his body and the ceaseless undulations beneath him.

Good, nothing happened to Swire; they're probably still chasing that group.

"All done, Lao Chen, what about you—Yun Yi?" After knocking the last person's head, Shi Huaiya stood up and called out to Chen. She then keenly sensed a strange energy. The tiger tail behind her, which was swaying slightly, froze instantly, and she subconsciously turned her eyes to look at her shoulder.

The puppet Yunyi sat on the shoulder that was finally more stable, opened one beady eye, raised its short hand and waved to Swire who was looking over, "Swire, I have another problem. Ursus has suddenly become my enemy camp for some reason, and even sent thirteen guards to attack the Guard Bureau."

"Your office was smashed by the Inner Guards. Hoshiguma and I escaped on the Nirvana." Yun Yi said anxiously, standing up and staggering to Swire's collar. He reached out his small fingers, grabbed her collar, and shook it. "But Texas and the Manjuu were outside at the time. I don't know if they escaped. I haven't seen them yet. Please help us find them!"

"Huh?" Swire was filled with questions, her tiger ears involuntarily twitching back. She had only been gone a short while, and Yun Yi was already in trouble again. Ursus? The Inner Guard? How could they, how could they appear openly in Lungmen?

When Yun Yi mentioned Texas and Manju, she suppressed her almost bursting doubts and focused her attention on the more important missing persons, calmly replying to Yun Yi, "Wait, I'll contact them right away."

As she spoke, Shi Huaiya took out her terminal, opened the screen smoothly, and entered the number without even looking at it.

Before Yun Yi could react and realize she had agreed, Swire had already put the connected communication device to her lips, "Use all available resources to find Texas and share the information with the Emperor."

The person on the other end of the call responded loudly, and Swire abruptly hung up, turning her gaze back to the doll Yunyi, who was eagerly watching her.

Her pine-green eyes shimmered in the sunlight. "Let's go, let's find Old Chen and go see the Emperor—I have a feeling that Miss Texas has most likely taken the Barbarians to the Emperor."

"Okay." Yun Yi breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, as long as nothing happened.

Volume Two: Fireworks at Dragon Gate: Chapter 169 Black Serpent: Ahhhhhh—My Ursus!

As Yun Yi relaxed, a snow-capped mountain range deep within Ursus fell silent.

Deep within this ancient mountain range, long covered in snow, stands a weathered and magnificent divination temple, silently braving the biting, bone-chilling wind.

The temple's architectural style is full of the heaviness and ruggedness unique to Ussus. The walls, made of huge black rocks, are covered with strange and profound runes and star patterns, which make it mysterious and solemn.

A chilling atmosphere filled the temple, which was enveloped by snow-capped mountains, and a huge circular stone platform stood in its open-air center.

Beside the stone platform stood circles of people dressed in pure white sacrificial robes. They held in unison candles burning with blue flames, divination plates inlaid with crystals, or other divination instruments engraved with mysterious runes. Their heads were bowed and their eyes closed, their expressions solemn and solemn, but a few lines of blood flowed from the corners of their mouths.

The blood beads slid down their faces along the blood trails, slowly dripping onto their white robes and staining them with patches of glaringly red plum blossoms.

The stone platform they surrounded was covered with intricate magic arrays, and within the array patterns flowed a mysterious liquid that blended pale purple and pale blue, reflecting a cold, icy light.

As the liquid flows, it releases heat that distorts the air, while the cold wind counteracts it, creating a continuous and magnificent white mist. Under the influence of an invisible force, the white mist gathers in the sky to form a magic array that is identical to the one engraved on the stone platform, completed in one go.

Within the mist forming the magic circle, a highly oppressive blue-purple lightning bolt surged, like a dragon gathering power, waiting only for its controller's permission to soar into the sky and annihilate the enemy at its source.

However, it never received that instruction.

The person in charge of this grand ceremony stood upright in the center of the stone platform, holding a disc with large characters engraved on it aloft, looking up at the sky.

She wore a magnificent black robe that trailed on the ground, with fine silver threads simulating the trajectory of stars, connecting each mysterious gemstone embedded in the position of a star, emitting a faint light.

His face, which was looking up at the sky, was covered by a mask carved from a single piece of black jade. The fine patterns and subtle silver lines made the mask look mysterious.

Beneath the mask, his only visible eye was wide open as if it were about to burst out of its socket, with fine blood vessels wrapped around his cloudy blue pupils and his dazed, fixed pupils.

If you look closely, you can see the extreme terror frozen deep in his pupils, as if he had witnessed the end.

He is dead.

The death of the ritual master was not a big deal. When he died stiffly on the stone platform, the Ursus noble officials, who were sitting comfortably in soft chairs on a high platform built on the snow mountain, merely frowned, looked at each other, and then relaxed.

At worst, they can just find someone else. The reason they don't hold these ceremonies that concern the fate of the nation is to avoid the backlash that might result from offending the wrong people or things.

The most important thing now is that since the highest divination ritual can be instantly backfired, causing the entire group to die.

So the prediction made by the court diviners that "Ursus will perish" was true.

The prediction made by the secondary group divination that "Ursus will perish because of one existence" is also true.

The prediction made during the three large-scale divination ceremonies that "that being may have weakened in power due to an accident" is indeed true.

—We must seize this opportunity immediately to eliminate the scourge that will bring about their downfall!

Sitting on the highest throne, separated from the nobles by an expensive gauze dress, Emperor Fyodor Vladimirovich of Ursus waved his hand with this thought in mind.

A powerful-sounding imperial guard appeared silently and called out in a hoarse voice, "Your Majesty."

"Issue the order," the emperor coldly commanded, his gaze fixed on the barely formed "Longmen, Guard Bureau" on the disc held aloft by the black-robed man, "Slaughter every single creature residing within the Longmen Guard Bureau! No living being shall be spared!"

"Yes!" The guard bowed slightly and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The emperor was furious about this.

With a grave expression, he glanced down at the seemingly normal but actually completely annihilated ceremony scene below, then turned and raised his voice to rebuke the nobles and officials outside the mat who were too relaxed and even in the mood to eat, his voice booming like a bell, "Insolence! Look at the state of you all now, where is even a trace of the dignity and responsibility of Ursus subjects?"

The nobles and officials suddenly affected exchanged silent glances, reluctantly rising from their soft chairs with a belly full of complaints. They bowed their heads in a show of fear and trepidation, only to find that the emperor above them seemed to be stuck, and did not make a sound.

The emperor's eerie silence made the hearts of the nobles and officials stop for a moment, wondering what kind of outrageous act he was about to commit.

Several officials and nobles who were still somewhat loyal dared to peek and try to stop the emperor from acting recklessly if they found anything amiss.

The others, on the other hand, had their own ideas, calculating how they and their families could gain more benefits if the emperor acted recklessly.

While everyone was preoccupied with their own thoughts, no one noticed that golden-red patterns were igniting on their skin, which was hidden by their fine clothes. The golden-red pattern was spreading rapidly and irresistibly across everyone's body.

No one noticed that the emperor, who had been sitting behind the curtain, had disappeared without a trace.

Because before they even noticed, the golden-red had already covered their entire bodies.