Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

At midnight, Horn awoke from his coma.

His condition was far from good; the effects of the anesthesia that had seeped into his body from the knife wound on his back were yet to fade, and with his eyes bandaged, he had no choice but to rely on the vision assistance system of his intelligent terminal to see.

This was a result of using the "Time Black Holy Pupil" seven times in a row, which his body could hardly bear.

Horn barely managed to have the SSS+ augmentation fitted, and each use caused damage to both his soul and body.

Bearing the pain, he looked around and found himself in a newly established secret base run by their team, with several of his teammates gathered around him.

From left to right, there was the hacker Katusha! Mecha master 'Battle Axe' Lu Hong! Sniper 'Death's Pronouncement' Jiang Dong! Assault operative Broly! Fire-support specialist Dalong! And Mechanic Beros!

"First time seeing you in such a sorry state, boss," Mechanic Beros chuckled, "How are you feeling? My medical skills are just passable and we don't have a proper surgery pod here, so you'll have to endure it as long as your eyes are generally okay."

"I'm fine!" Horn groaned, covering his eyes, "Katusha, have you finalized things with our employer?"

While Horn was grappling with the excruciating pain in his eyes, a volcanic rage surged through his heart.

As Beros had pointed out, he had never been so wretched, nor had anyone made him suffer like this. Lin Rui had nearly pushed him into a corner.

He swore to himself that he would slaughter that bastard, chop Lin Rui into pieces at the fastest speed and feed him to the dogs to see how he would come back to life then!

"It's settled, the amount for this mission has been increased to twenty times the original offer, making it a total of 600 million Federation dollars! It seems our employer really wants him dead at any cost," Katusha said, clearly sensing the breaths of her companions growing more rapid around her.

The price of 600 million Federation dollars was more than double that of a 6SS-tier mission on the dark web!

She, however, frowned, feeling that there was something very abnormal about the situation and that their employer was problematic.

After Horn was injured, Katusha had actually turned down the employer's offers several times, but it was the person who had actively raised the commission to 600 million Federation dollars!

The question was, why seek them out specifically when the price could hire two or three 6S+ class Martial Cultivators on the dark web? Aside from his status as a martial arts star, what about Lin Rui warranted such a high bounty from the employer?

Speaking of which, the initial assassination attempt already had a very high bounty of 30 million, taking into account Lin's family and the supervision by a semi-5A team from the Federal Security Bureau at that time.

Suppressing her inner turmoil and unease, Katusha said, "However, the difficulty of this mission has increased again. Not only are the police and security bureau searching for us, but the Tianlan Corporation has also enhanced its security for him. Their security squad has just added five new members; the 'Divine Guard' Type-6 defense robots accompanying Lin Rui have also increased to four, boss—"

Horn waved his hand to cut her off.

He knew what his comrade wanted to say but didn't want to listen!

No matter the risks this time, Horn was determined to kill that bastard! And indeed, the money was substantial. After completing this mission, his entire team's strength would greatly increase.

"So, do we have a concrete plan?"

Horn stood up from the surgical chair and walked over to the tactical board, asking, "Don't tell me you guys have done nothing during this time!"

"We've discussed two plans!" 'Death's Pronouncement' Jiang Dong crossed his arms, filled with anticipation, "According to the information Katusha found, there are two possible moments where we have the best chance to kill Lin Rui: one is during a class reunion meal, where Lin Rui is likely to show up; another is the Mingde University opening ceremony, where Lin Rui, being the most outstanding among the freshmen, is sure to be chosen to speak as a representative."

Horn turned on the electronic tactical board, grimacing with pain in his eyes as he started to read through the information provided by Katusha.

After a moment of contemplation, he tapped on the tactical board, "Then, the opening ceremony it is!"

The class reunion dinner was actually the easiest opportunity for the assassination, but the timing was too soon, scheduled for the day after next, and they would not have enough time to prepare thoroughly. Besides, Lin Rui might not attend.

On the day of the opening ceremony, he was going to make that bastard pay!

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In the days that followed, Lin Rui kept himself busy.

Every day, in addition to practicing martial arts and training his body, he also had to divert his attention to the construction of the base.

After Lin Xi had chosen the location, Lin Rui first registered a company for external species and bought a nine-story building near Mingde University under the company's name. He then paid a construction company a hefty sum for internal modifications.

The company was efficient, and they got the job done in just one day.

So Lin Rui couldn't understand why the Ninth Base didn't expand the upper district or build a satellite city. With today's construction capabilities, it should be easy, right?

It was said that the city council of the Ninth Base City always had relevant proposals every year but they were rejected time and time again.

Next, they installed two Divine Expansion supercomputers and various situation awareness devices.

The installation of these legitimate devices was handled by staff dispatched by the sellers.

But for the automatic defense weapons and so on, it was up to Lin Rui and his team to take care of that.

This was because Lin Rui's company couldn't obtain a legitimate self-defense weapon license.

They could only self-learn and install these things on their own.

Lin Rui also dragged Wang Sen and Fei Yunlai over to do the grunt work.

Wang Sen was extremely shocked, unsure where Lin Rui got so much money to set up this equipment near Mingde University? He was even more puzzled as to what Lin Rui was up to?

He realized that his good brother Lin Rui had many secrets that he didn't know about.

Fei Yunlai was also secretly horrified. Lin Rui had actually invested all 2.8 billion in this base?

His sister, Lin Xi, turned out to be a rather capable hacker?

He felt even more tormented inside, what was Lin Rui buying that 'Red Spider' model 6 for? And to buy six of them at once!

If Lin Rui were willing to give him that money, Fei Yunlai would have been willing to let his implanted battle dragon be the doorman for Lin Rui's base.

Lin Xi was also surprised. Her brother could actually boss Fei Yunlai around?

This was a Mech General! And Lin Rui was so casual in summoning him.

She finally understood how Lin Rui was able to flatten the Iron Fist Entertainment Company.

There was a little incident when purchasing the 'Red Spider' model 6, they were almost scammed. The original combat AIs of these Red Spiders were not fully cracked, leaving backdoors; their chest armor and engines were also not original, and a control chip was hidden inside the system.

Luckily, Lin Xi was very skilled in software programming and had also crammed some mechanical knowledge at the last minute.

When receiving the goods, she checked them inside and out, detecting the abnormality.

Fei Yunlai, the Mech General, also had quite a bit of clout, immediately lodging a complaint on the dark web.

After the dark web intermediaries learned of it, they were furiously thunderous. They not only forced the seller to replace the goods but also sent eight original model 6 'Gatling Bodhisattvas' as a gift.

However, after the incident, Fei Yunlai was very pessimistic and issued a warning to Lin Rui, "You guys need to be careful from now on, it's best to get a proper defense license soon. Otherwise, the police will come to check within a month at most.

I bet the sellers of these 'Red Spider' model 6 have already reported to the police that someone is illegally purchasing and installing powerful lethal weapons."

Lin Rui also felt that the seller was unreliable; reporting them right after the transaction was a highly probable scenario.

But there was no rush with this matter. Their receiving location was several blocks away, so neither the seller nor the dark web knew their address - it would take the police some time to track them down.

The abilities of Lin Xi the hacker were not to be underestimated either.

Next, Lin Rui also brought Wang Sen to attend their heteromorphic class's farewell dinner.

This class reunion was supposed to be held after the semester ended, but Lin Rui, busy with affairs, hadn't planned to attend.

However, the problem arose with that exchange competition, where Lin Rui, with astonishing speed with the knife, became a highly popular martial arts influencer at Base Nine.

Although the classmates regretted Lin Rui's absence, they didn't care too much. But after Lin Rui's rapid rise to fame with two strikes, the farewell dinner couldn't proceed. They postponed it again and again, waiting for Lin Rui to have the time.

Everyone felt that without Lin Rui, the farewell dinner wouldn't mean much.

Lin Rui himself felt quite embarrassed.

Yet he had been busy preparing for the matter concerning Qin Yan's cave dwelling and truly couldn't spare the time until he was finally free, so he took the initiative to organize the event.

Once the farewell dinner was over, Lin Rui felt a weight lifted off his shoulders.

With that matter resolved, he only had two things left to deal with at Base Nine - investigating Horn and his group and the recruitment from the Security Bureau.

In some ways, these two matters were actually one—

The very next day, on the afternoon Lin Rui was to have the 'Undying Sun' implanted in his body, he sensed a message from his heteromorphic self.@@novelbin@@

A rivers and lakes individual named 'Feng Xueying' took the initiative to make contact, saying she wanted to meet with him.

Lin Rui was looking forward to this. Continue your journey on My Virtual Library Empire

It's because Professor Han told him four days ago that an agent named 'Feng Xueying' from the heteromorphs would soon arrive in Wang City to make contact with him.

This was a female, with a cultivation of the fourth realm and royal-grade bloodline!

That evening, through telepathic projection, Lin Rui arrived at Tianji Star and met 'Feng Xueying' in a private room of a restaurant in Wang City.

When Lin Rui saw the heteromorphic agent, his eyes immediately took on a very strange expression.

It seemed he recognized this woman—