The Eldritch Files

Chapter 354: Great Airplane Summoning Technique (2)

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Under normal circumstances, Giant Horn City had multiple ways to counter such a crisis, even resorting to conventional weaponry to destroy it. But now, with the power of the third line of reality defense activated, those options were off the table.

“Dammit…”

As his staff shouted urgent warnings, Mr. Wei Ya himself was on the verge of cursing out loud.

The staff were tense because they had calculated the outcome of the plane’s impact, and he had reached the same conclusion in an instant.

The plane’s point of impact was the council hall!

Because of the meeting that had just concluded, all of Giant Horn City’s most important figures were gathered right there…

‘What the hell is this? Why did it have to pick that specific spot?’

‘Who could possibly be behind this? Not only did they pick such a critical moment, but they even meticulously planned the point of impact?’

‘Was it those Mercenaries?’

‘This was far beyond the capabilities of a small Mercenary team…’

‘If it had just hit any other place, I could have hardened my heart, gritted my teeth, and prioritized dealing with the Fertile Forest…’

With a sigh, all these thoughts and calculations flashed through his mind in just two seconds. Investigator Wei Ya steeled his resolve. His consciousness shifted, and a formless Sea of Spiritual surged forth.

Like a rising tide, it quickly submerged the entire city before surging toward the massive object diving straight down, perfectly catching the plane as it descended upon the city.

HUMMM…

The collision of the formless force field—woven from gravity and Spiritual Power—sent an invisible shockwave sweeping out in all directions.

The immense pressure made Investigator Wei Ya’s head pound, but he could only grit his teeth and endure.

As the two forces battled, the plane dipped several dozen meters before being suddenly flung back up. It flew for a few hundred meters, then plunged downward again. The Sea of Spiritual caught it once more, sending it flying another few hundred meters before it fell again…

Again and again it repeated, the Spiritual Power rising and falling like a battering tide.

Meanwhile, the falling plane skipped across the air like a stone on water, rising and falling as it slid all the way out of the city.

From a supernatural perspective, this was a perfectly executed maneuver. But within the city, chaos erupted. Investigator Wei Ya’s synchronization rate with Giant Horn City’s “reality hotbed” was 75%, an extremely high level, but he still couldn’t multitask.

Forced to deal with the falling plane, his control over the city instantly slackened.

From the moment Mr. Wei Ya had to raise his Spiritual Power to meet the falling plane, the special channel opened for the Vampire had collapsed.

The Old Vampire was startled by the huge commotion. She stared blankly up as the massive plane flew over her head. Just as she was recovering her senses, she suddenly felt the chaos in the surrounding Spiritual Power and sensed countless pairs of terrified eyes upon her.

People had already awoken from their daze and had seen her.

And because she was seen, the Old Vampire immediately began to be repelled by the power of the “reality hotbed.”

The “reality hotbed” is built on lies and serves as a primary component of the third line of reality defense. Consequently, the Disaster Management Bureau in every city is tasked with maintaining this defense by denying the existence of any supernatural beings and phenomena.

This is why the civilians in every city fundamentally refuse to believe that such abnormal creatures actually exist.

Upon seeing such things with their own eyes, their first instinct is to question what they saw, to refuse to believe it. This generates a powerful psychological rejection, a denial of its very existence.

And this, too, is a defensive strategy of the third line of reality defense.

With Investigator Wei Ya momentarily distracted and unable to manage everything, the Old Vampire, now seen by countless people, instantly felt hostility from all directions. The surrounding Spiritual Power, vast as an ocean, even began to surge toward her.

But as an Old Vampire who had lived for over a thousand years, even if she was so ancient that only instinct remained, hunting and self-preservation were also instinct.

After sensing the surrounding hostility, she immediately gave up on rushing toward the Fertile Forest.

Her figure weaved between the skyscrapers as sharp fangs sprouted from her mouth. She turned toward the crowds on the ground and inside the buildings—the countless panicked people pointing and staring in terror—and let out a savage roar.

Even the full moon seemed to be drawn out by her roar, framing her silhouette in a way that was both resplendent and sinister.

“I’ll be damned… you never know what this guy will pull.”

While countless people in Giant Horn City were panicking at the sight of the Vampire, by the hotel window, Han Su and the others were all looking at Lu Neng. They truly hadn’t expected that he could break a power blockade of this magnitude with just an airplane.

‘Seriously? Steal a plane, fly it over, parachute out, and just leave it circling in the air?’

‘And then summon it to smash into people at a critical moment…’

‘…Does that move even make sense?’

‘The key is, how was his aim so precise? How did he manage to aim it at a place the enemy would be forced to deal with?’

‘Who arrives in a new city and immediately starts looking for the administrative center?’

‘Well, some people do…’

‘…It’s like how a pickpocket needs to know where the Public Security Bureau is when they get to a new place.’

The more they thought about it, the more absurd it seemed. Han Su, Wei Lan, and Rong Qiyue were all dumbfounded by his move. But under their combined stares, Lu Neng showed no reaction at all.

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