Chapter 520

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Chapter 520: Guardian of the Virtual World

Huaihai City Transportation Center.

An Qingyu hung up the phone and looked at the girl in the white dress floating beside her, surprise evident in her eyes.

“Is it really that simple?”

Jiang Er nodded, “Mm.”

“Isn’t your range of ability only one kilometer? How did you interfere with Shen Qingzhu’s phone from here? That’s at least four or five kilometers away, right?”

“One kilometer is the range of the magnetic field generated by my brain, which is my movement range, not the range of my ability,” Jiang Er explained. “I didn’t personally go over to tamper with that phone; I simply altered the signals covering this area through the magnetic field.

The essence of modern mobile communication is, in fact, the exchange of information between terminals via signals. These signals are transmitted through base stations scattered across various locations, enabling long-distance communication, like a vast net covering the city. I can access this net from any port and directly influence the radio signals themselves.

So, in a modern context, my ability can affect any area covered by signals.”

An Qingyu pondered, “So, as long as you want, you can influence any phone in the country at any time?”

“And radios, televisions, computers, and all other electronic devices that transmit information through signal bands… provided I know the signal coding of that device,” Jiang Er added. “This ability only emerged after I became a ghost; before that, I could only influence electronic devices within a one-kilometer range through the magnetic field.”

“No wonder you wanted Shen Qingzhu to knock them out first and then call you,” An Qingyu nodded and asked, “But if the information exchange capability of an electronic device is blocked, can you still hack it?”

“If it has no means of exchanging information with the outside world, I can only let my main body enter its one-kilometer range and manipulate it through the magnetic field itself.”

After Jiang Er finished speaking, An Qingyu fell silent, quietly gazing into Jiang Er’s eyes…

“Why are you looking at me?”

Jiang Er noticed An Qingyu’s gaze and felt a bit flustered, subtly turning her head to the side.

“I just realized that, in a sense, you are the most terrifying person in this team,” An Qingyu slowly said. “Even with Qi Ye, Jialan, and Shen Qingzhu giving it their all, they can at most destroy a region.

But you are different; as long as you think about it, all electronic devices based on modern communication will be paralyzed… even filled with destructive potential.

Wrong traffic lights, incorrect navigation, erroneous commands… you could easily cause car accidents, arbitrarily change flight paths, manipulate stock market trends, siphon off all currency stored in online banks, leading to a collapse of the market economy, and even influence the launch of weapons of mass destruction.

You could, in five minutes, revert modern society back to a hundred years ago.”

An Qingyu looked into her eyes and said slowly, “The power of the [Spirit Field] is absolutely underestimated; for modern society, this ability’s lethality is definitely not inferior to the Seven Great Kings’ ruins.”

Jiang Er was stunned for a moment, her lips pressed together, “But why would I do that? I am a Night Watchman; how could I do such things… Moreover, if I really did, my existence would probably be erased within a minute.”

An Qingyu was taken aback, “Why?”

“Do you think I’m the only one who can influence networks and signals through the Forbidden Ruins?” Jiang Er smiled bitterly, looking up at the many screens before her. “Even in the virtual world, there are people protecting this country…

In that invisible world, he shines like the sun, guarding the end of all signals and networks.

I can feel that he is very strong, extremely strong.”

“How strong?”

“Only slightly weaker than the Sword Saint.”

“…” An Qingyu nodded, “I understand now.”

“Let’s end the small talk here; I need to start working,” An Qingyu stepped aside and exchanged a few words with the staff.

Soon, the hundreds of surveillance screens in front of them simultaneously rewound to footage from several hours earlier.

“With so many screens, can you keep up?” a staff member asked skeptically.

An Qingyu stood before the numerous screens, the lenses clearly reflecting all the images. After a moment, he frowned slightly.

“What’s the highest speed?”

“Sixty-four times.”

“Set it to sixty-four times.”

“Which footage?”

“All of it.”

The staff member stood frozen for a moment, and after a while, he muttered something and silently adjusted all the footage to sixty-four times speed.

The hundreds of surveillance screens began to flash at a dizzying speed.

Before the many screens, the boy carrying the coffin stood calmly, his eyes flickering with a faint gray light.

…

Huaihai City, city center.

On the modern streets lined with tall buildings, dense vehicles were slowly moving along the road, and no one noticed that beneath their feet, a crimson flame vein dragon flashed by in an instant.

“[Seeker]?”

Lin Qiye, sitting on the back of the flame vein dragon, frowned as he held his phone.

Behind him was Jialan, and further back was Cao Yuan.

“I understand now; my mental energy has searched the entire East District and found no trace of it. It must have gone elsewhere. Let’s meet in the North District in two minutes.”

Lin Qiye hung up the phone and lowered his head in thought.

To communicate with a certain object and glimpse the future… the “mystery”…

Twelve years ago?

Wasn’t that before Cangnan was erased by [Shiva’s Curse]?

Cangnan City, Team 136…

Was it a coincidence?

Confused thoughts intertwined in Lin Qiye’s mind; he vaguely felt he had grasped something, yet it seemed like he had grasped nothing…

Suddenly, he felt a bit of pain in his waist.

Lin Qiye turned back helplessly and said to Jialan behind him, “Jialan, can you be a little gentler? You’re about to break my waist…”

Behind him, Jialan exclaimed and immediately withdrew her arms from around Lin Qiye’s waist, her cheeks slightly flushed.

“I… I get dizzy on dragons; I’m afraid I’ll accidentally fall off its back.”

Behind her, Cao Yuan spoke seriously:

“Actually, if you fell, I could catch you…”

Jialan turned her head and shot him a fierce glare.

Cao Yuan’s mouth twitched slightly, silently tightening his grip on the sword sheath, looking innocent.

Just as Lin Qiye was about to say something, his phone rang again.

This time, it was An Qingyu calling.