N-M Chapter 189 Robbery and Murder
Chapter 189 Robbery and Murder
"The barrier is broken? Are you sure? Martin, I order you to take men in immediately and confirm whether Lin Jianguo and his gang of heretics are alive or dead! We need to see them, either alive or dead!"
Martin lay prone on the back of the dune, clutching the satellite phone tightly in his hand. The roar of Cardinal Karl from the Vatican on the other end of the line made his eardrums ache.
He swallowed hard.
"Your Excellency, this is the territory of the Nabataean undead legion. If we just go in..."
"Shut up! This is His Holiness the Pope's decree! If you disobey, you'll be burned at the stake!"
Martin felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this.
The bald man and the tall, thin man next to him didn't look much better either.
Going in might mean death, but not going in means certain death.
Never doubt the punishments that the Vatican's higher-ups inflict on lower-ranking officials.
However, just as Martin was racking his brains for an excuse to delay, a series of strange, muffled sounds suddenly came from the other side of the dune.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Martin instinctively climbed up the sand dune, poked his head out, and raised his night vision goggles.
The next moment, in the green light of the night vision goggles, a ball of crimson flame was seen rushing toward them at a speed that defied the laws of physics.
Wherever the flames passed, sand flew everywhere.
"this……"
Martin's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
That's a person! A man engulfed in flames!
Moreover, he was not unfamiliar with him.
"Live...live!"
Martin shoved the phone to his mouth and yelled at the top of his lungs.
"They're still alive! Lin Jianguo is coming!"
However, his words had barely left his mouth.
"boom!"
With a deafening roar, the sand dune in front of the three was instantly flattened by a violent force.
Amidst the swirling yellow sand, Lin Jianguo, with an unfinished cigarette still dangling from his mouth, stood before the three men, the firelight illuminating his fleshy face.
"What are you guys doing eating sand in the middle of the night, buddies?"
He exhaled an irregular smoke ring.
Driven by extreme fear, the bald man instinctively drew his pistol and prepared to fire.
Lin Jianguo didn't even look, and waved his hand. A wisp of crimson Qilin fire flew out of his hand.
"ah--"
Before the bald man could even finish his scream, he instantly turned into a pile of black ash.
Even the pistol in his hand melted into a pool of molten iron, dripping onto the sand with a hissing sound.
The tall, thin man was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a thud, his crotch instantly soaked, and he couldn't even utter a word of begging for mercy.
Martin was still holding the satellite phone, frozen in place.
On the other end of the phone, Cardinal Karl reconnected, his angry voice still carrying:
"Martin! What happened? What's that sound over there? Speak up!"
Lin Jianguo stepped forward and snatched the satellite phone from Martin's hand.
Then he slapped Martin across the face with his other hand.
"Click."
The immense force caused Martin's head to twist at an extremely contorted angle, and his body collapsed limply to the ground.
The remaining tall, thin man opened his mouth and said, "Big..."
But before he could even open his mouth, Lin Jianguo kicked him, and suddenly, the world became completely silent.
Three seconds.
The elite forces of the three Papacys were all wiped out.
Lin Jianguo picked up the satellite phone and cleared his throat: "Hey? Can you hear me?"
There was an instant silence on the other end of the phone.
"Who are you?"
Karl's voice trembled slightly, almost imperceptibly.
"Grandpa, my name is Lin Jianguo. You should recognize me, right?"
Lin Jianguo grinned.
"I heard you've been looking for me everywhere? Don't worry, I'm going to the Vatican right now."
"Tell that damn pope of yours to wash his neck clean and wait. I'm coming right now to rip up your ancestral graves."
After saying that, he didn't wait for the other person to speak and suddenly exerted force.
In an instant, the specially made encrypted satellite phone shattered into a pile of plastic fragments, which he casually tossed into the wind.
After finishing all this, he dusted off his hands and turned to look at the two sand-proof off-road vehicles parked not far away.
"Perfect."
He nodded in satisfaction, then turned and waved into the distance.
"Son! It's all done! We have a car now!"
A few minutes later, Lin Fan, Levi's, Night Owl, and others arrived.
Lin Fan glanced at the two corpses on the ground, then at the two brand-new SUVs.
"Great! It's even dustproof!" he said, walking over to open the car door and getting into the passenger seat.
"Hey, it's been years since your old man has done any off-roading in the desert!"
Lin Jianguo excitedly got into the driver's seat and touched the steering wheel.
Upon hearing this, Levi's, who had just opened the back door, quickly said:
"Mr. Li, shall I drive?"
"No need, I'm an experienced driver!"
Lin Jianguo flatly rejected it.
Hearing this, Levi sighed, sat in the back seat, and asked in a low voice:
"Should I tell Dark Night's plane to go to the nearest civilian airport?"
Lin Fan, leaning back in the passenger seat, yawned upon hearing this.
"Forget it, let's save our breath. Since they can monitor us, they must have a branch nearby. It would be much more profitable for us to rob them."
Lin Jianguo laughed upon hearing this:
"Great idea! Son, let's set them on fire while we're at it!"
After saying that, he stepped on the gas pedal to the floor.
The off-road vehicle carved a wild arc across the desert, roaring as it plunged into the night.
Sitting in the back, Levi's stared speechlessly at the father and son in front of him, inwardly grumbling.
Goodness, you two are definitely father and son!
at the same time.
Vatican Cathedral, secret communications room.
Cardinal Karl held up the receiver that was already emitting a dead tone, cold sweat streaming down his forehead in large beads.
Lin Jianguo! He's not dead!
Not only did they not die, the protective barrier around Petra was also broken!
That was the culmination of the Vatican's efforts hundreds of years ago!
Was it just ruined like that?
Karl, disregarding the explosive news, stumbled out of the communications room and ran wildly toward the papal bedroom deep within the cathedral.
The Templar Knights on both sides of the corridor turned their heads in surprise, but no one dared to speak up and stop them.
"Bang!"
Carl pushed open the heavy, carved wooden door.
The main light in the room was not turned on; only the candlesticks on the wall emitted a dim, yellowish light.
King Paul VI was sitting on a velvet sofa, holding an old parchment scroll in his hand.
He raised his head, his eyes extremely gloomy.
"Karl, you'd better have a reasonable explanation, or I won't hesitate to send you to court."
King Paul VI's voice was completely flat.
Karl's knees buckled, and he knelt directly on the carpet:
"Your Holiness! Something terrible has happened! The seal on Petra... the Petra Forbidden Zone has shattered!"
"What?" King Paul VI stood up abruptly, dropping the parchment in his hand to the ground.
"Martin just sent a message."
Lin Jianguo and the others didn't die... They broke the barrier.
Martin and his two companions... have all perished in the line of duty.
Carl recounted everything he had heard on the phone.
"Lin Jianguo said on the phone... 'Wash your neck and wait, he's coming to flatten the Vatican...'"
The room fell into a deathly silence.
Paul VI's chest heaved violently.
The Nabataean undead army is sealed within the ancient city of Petra!
Those are cursed creatures that even their Holy See finds troublesome!
However, Lin Jianguo not only survived inside, but even broke the seal?
That's absolutely impossible!
"They...killed all those undead?" King Paul VI stared intently at Karl.
"I don't know... Martin only said that the barrier was broken, and then Lin Jianguo rushed out."
Karl kept his head very low, not daring to look the Pope in the eye.
King Paul VI paced back and forth in the room.
He suddenly stopped, let out a cold laugh, and turned to look at Karl:
"Immediately summon all cardinals. Activate the highest-level defense plan for the Holy City."
"Also, notify the First Legion of the Knights Templar to assemble outside the city."