Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 177 The Last Echo

The file contained only one hour-long video, which was also the video that Jiang Guoqiang could never give up on.

The video is somewhat shaky, suggesting it wasn't filmed from a fixed location, but rather recorded by someone carrying a small camera.

"I am White Dove. It is currently 20:34 PM Beijing time. We are on Falcon Mission. Clock and Golden Roc are holding off the enemy behind us. I am responsible for recording South Korea's classified information. The details will be placed in the black box. After I die, the black box will be locked in my space. The person who inherits my crystal core can obtain the information from it..."

You could tell that the white dove responsible for filming the video was nearing the end of her life; her voice was weak and feeble, as if she were dying. Chu Deng could also see the white dove's blood-stained hand in the frame. The desolate atmosphere, accompanied by the occasional loud noises in the video, evoked a sense of tragic fate, like a hero meeting his end.

"Tick...tick..."

The sounds of dripping water and heavy breathing intertwined, forming a timeline for the passing of the white dove's life.

Just when Chu Deng thought that Bai Ge was about to lose consciousness due to excessive blood loss, she suddenly heard a whisper.

"I hope my child... will not go down this path... I hope China will always prosper and become strong..."

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The sudden disappearance of the breathing foreshadowed the fate of the white dove, but the video didn't end there; Chu Deng continued watching.

Without choosing to skip, time passed second by second. After about ten minutes, the place where the white dove was hiding suddenly collapsed with a bang, dust filled the air, and two figures appeared.

"White dove?!" A person quickly stepped forward, grabbed a pale arm, and brought it close to the camera.

A familiar face appeared, and Chu Deng was slightly taken aback.

This person was clearly a younger version of the clock, the commander of the teahouse, whom I had met and partnered with before.

"...We can't take the body back, but we must take the crystal core." A person emerged from behind the clock, speaking with a solemn expression. It was likely Jin Peng, whom Bai Ge had mentioned earlier.

“…Heh…” Clock let out a sob with bloodshot eyes, gritted his teeth and stretched his hand up where the camera couldn’t see. The sickening gurgling sound was hidden behind the camera. Strands of blood flowed down Clock’s arm and dripped onto White Dove’s clothes in front of the camera.

Time seemed to stretch out, and Chu Deng couldn't help but hold her breath, but in reality, less than thirty seconds had passed. From the moment the clock removed the crystal core from the white dove's brain to the crystal core appearing in front of the camera without a trace of blood, it was only a short thirty seconds.

The clock's hand, holding the crystal core, trembled under the camera's lens. He seemed to have noticed the camera on the white dove's chest and was about to reach for it when a loud noise behind him drew his attention.

"Boom!!!"

"Watch out!" Jin Peng leaped forward, knocking the clock over. A series of crisp "bang" sounds came from behind. Chu Deng saw that it was metal armor blocking Jin Peng's path.

Clock couldn't help but cough up blood, but quickly took out a bottle of medicine and poured it on his blood. The blood boiled and turned into white foam, leaving no trace on the ground.

"Go out first..." Clock covered his mouth, hid the crystal core in his wound, and said weakly to Jinpeng.

"It's too late... I'll try my best to get you away. Just make sure you teleport to the agreed location at the right time, and someone will be there to meet you," Jin Peng replied solemnly.

It seemed that pursuers had arrived. Chu Deng heard a few words of South Korean, but he didn't understand them. He saw a group of people enter through the blasted opening, each of them exuding an imposing aura.

The leader extended his hand to Jin Peng and seemed to say something. Jin Peng replied in South Korean, "Impossible." The leader got angry; he was clearly ill-mannered and short-tempered. He waved his hand behind him, and the group started a brawl.

The armor behind Jinpeng spread out like wings, scattering like stars in the sky, transforming into blades that flashed with cold light and stabbed towards the crowd with a "whoosh".

The impenetrable blade did not travel in a straight line. Many on the other side underestimated the lethality of the metal blade. Just as the blade was about to pierce a person, it suddenly split into a shape like a lotus lantern, tightly gripping the flesh of the person being stabbed. Some people who tried to dodge it miscalculated the distance and were hit in vital areas.

That wasn't all; the sound of metal piercing flesh continued to ring out.

Jin Peng controls numerous metal blades, changing the blade's position simultaneously based on the condition of the person being stabbed.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

Someone looked down and saw that the straight blade had transformed into a twisted screw shape, constantly drilling into their flesh. As it drilled, tiny spikes kept emerging, like cacti being stuck into their wounds. The metal was practically alive.

However, those who came to intercept and kill Jinpeng and Shizhong were not ordinary people. Apart from a few who underestimated them and fell into their trap, the rest used their physical abilities or special powers to resolve the crisis.

The camera was positioned perfectly, capturing the entire scene. Chu Deng even saw a water system using water resistance to envelop the metal, dissipating its force, and then, after penetrating the metal, directly resonating and disintegrating it.

Exquisite water-based abilities! Chu Deng has always paid attention to water-based abilities, after all, it is his own element that is countered.

She also saw fire, but because the temperature wasn't high enough, it couldn't immediately melt the metal blade. It only used a fireball to deflect the metal, which could only be considered a relatively fast reaction.

Having assessed the situation of both sides, Chu Deng had a general understanding of the situation.

On this side of the clock, there were two people, one a teleportation-type spatial being and the other a metal-type being. The opposing group had all the elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and unlike these two, they had already exhausted their abilities. The outcome was predictable.

The clock has survived to this day, but this Jinpeng should have died in South Korea.

But now the progress bar is only halfway through, and Chu Deng is also a little curious about how Jin Peng has lasted so long, so he patiently continues to watch without even using the speed-up function.

Jin Peng was still in the cooldown period. Although he had taken down three people in one fell swoop, the other side still had a large number of people.

The scorching fireball struck his face directly, the burning flames turning his face bright red. He did not use any metal defense. When half of his face was burning and white smoke was rising, he silently ducked to avoid the fireball, his five fingers slightly spread.

The distant metal hummed and flew back to his hand with a "whoosh," several steel knives being grasped by a large hand and transformed into a long sword.

The water-type ability user stared in horror at the person in front of him, whose face was ablaze with flames, like a demon from hell, raising his long sword to slash at his own neck.

The water-type ability user conjured a water shield with a wave of his hand, but Jin Peng took the opportunity to spread his arms wide, pressing his face tightly against the water shield, making a "sizzling" sound. His hands bypassed the water shield and threw his long sword with a backhand, swinging it with a wrist that was almost broken. Under his control, the long sword sliced ​​the water-type ability user in half from the waist. His upper body fell to the ground, and his lower body flew out due to the enormous force. The water shield in the air collapsed, like a rain shower.

“Let’s go!!!”

Jin Peng destroyed the water elementalist without turning around to roar. Before he could even catch his breath, vines suddenly sprouted and engulfed him, binding him tightly so that not even a corner of his clothes was visible.

The camera focused on Jin Peng, and Shi Zhong could only see half of his face, but from that half face, Chu Deng saw Shi Zhong's despair.

His eyes revealed a resolute determination; he seemed unwilling to leave.

"Chong-"

The scattered metal on the ground vibrated, hovering in the air, eyeing the South Korean superhumans menacingly. Even though he had lost sight and was in imminent danger, Jin Peng was still trying his best to control his superpowers, buying time for the clock to recover so he could escape as soon as possible.

Don't kill him! Leave him alive to give the Song family an explanation!

The leader of the superpowered beings roared, but Chu Deng didn't understand. However, she could see the leader's hesitation. The vines controlled by the wood-type superpowered being stopped binding, leaving Jin Peng with a breath.

Just as everyone thought they had captured Jinpeng and were about to approach the clock, the clock suddenly roared "Captain!" Then, the metal blade that had been hovering in the air suddenly began to scatter, shooting around like bullets, but without any accuracy, moving through the air like a spring.

As Chu Deng analyzed the trajectory of the flying blade, he suddenly saw a blade appear on a person's chest. Then, there were continuous "splattering" sounds, and blood splattered everywhere. A magical scene unfolded before his eyes, as if everyone was locked onto by the blade. The flying blade attacked everyone without anyone noticing.

Like a shower of flowers from a celestial maiden, pools of blood pooled on the ground. The screams of the enemy echoed endlessly. Flying blades, gleaming with cold light, darted through the crowd, reaping lives like scythes. Death itself sang a hymn as it roamed among them, enjoying the feast of death.

Chu Deng's eyes turned crimson without him realizing it, his pupils following the trajectory of the flying blades.

From above, no, suddenly appeared in the lower right, pierced through a person's lung, and then suddenly appeared in the upper left, falling from the top of another person's head and piercing into the skull and brain.

The best attack is the one that leaves the enemy guessing!

Jinpeng's flying blades were like broken strings, producing only jarring noises. But the clock was an excellent conductor, bringing these disordered notes back on track. Using its spatial teleportation ability, it struck the enemy's heart with the blade, making a space-based being the one wielding the blade the most dangerous.

[It's a space-type! Kill the space-type!]

The fire-type ability user in the lead quickly noticed the anomaly, shouted, and dodged the flying blade that grazed his cheekbone with trembling eyes. After having his ear sliced ​​off, he roared and in the blink of an eye, he was already close to the clock.

The clock manipulated space to teleport a knife nearby, and the fire-type ability user picked him up like a chick, blocking the direction from which the blade appeared.

Clock's teleportation ability was all focused on the teleportation blade, and he didn't have the strength to teleport to his own location. Seeing that the Golden Roc, who had no vision, was about to control the blade to pierce him, Clock closed his eyes in despair.

it's over...