Chapter 127: The Three Gorges Dam

The timeline shifts back to several tens of minutes ago, at the Three Gorges Dam!

Ever since Liu Tian completely annihilated the hybrid syndicate in a single wave, the Heavenly Kingdom had taken over full operational control of this mega-engineering project.

Initiated by the Chen family and jointly funded by multiple hybrid financial conglomerates, this super dam had been in official operation for nearly three years, running smoothly all the while and supplying abundant electricity to vast regions.

To be honest, Liu Tian was not particularly fond of creating such a self-inflicted vulnerability; he had even considered blowing it up himself. However, taking into account power generation, various other utilities, and the sheer scale of the project, he decided to let it keep running here until a better alternative solution came along.

Before the Heavenly Kingdom took over, because all the hybrid conglomerates across the world were essentially cut from the same cloth, the security personnel stationed at the dam were far from adequate. A seemingly "normal" force of five thousand men equipped with conventional weapons was deployed merely as a safeguard against attacks by stray "madmen."

After taking command, given the critical importance of the site, Liu Tian tripled its defense level. Aside from increasing the garrison to ten thousand, he deployed anti-missile bases and radar stations. Furthermore, he stationed one hundred core members of the Heavenly Kingdom—elite powerhouses at the Electrical Current Impulsion tier—divided into ten rotating shifts to patrol the area day and night without interruption.

Yet these were not even the ultimate protective measures. The most formidable deterrence was a declaration Liu Tian had once made: any act of sabotage committed here would be regarded as the ultimate provocation against the Heavenly Kingdom, and the Heavenly Kingdom would retaliate.

Liu Tian never specified the extent of that retaliation—that would depend entirely on his mood at the time.

Precisely for this reason, under normal circumstances, no faction in the world would dare to attack this place. It was a joke to think otherwise. In an era where *Sea Tiger* was all the rage, a notorious magnetic field powerhouse had declared that any attack would be treated as the ultimate retaliation, with the scale of destruction left to his whims. Anyone would have to think twice before making a move.

Besides, even if one were to attack this place, it was impossible to inflict any truly catastrophic damage upon the Heavenly Kingdom.

After all, the Heavenly Kingdom was not a conventional technological nation. It was a surreal state encompassing dragons, Spiritual Words, and nearly a million minor superhumans at the Electrical Current Impulsion level.

Even if, by some extreme margin, someone managed to blow the place up, so what? Moving mountains, filling seas, and reversing the flow of water were effortless feats for the Heavenly Kingdom.

Even if the dam were destroyed, the Heavenly Kingdom could forcibly remediate all the aftermath within less than a day.

In fact, if Liu Tian were willing, a single word from him would generate enough productivity to let every human within his dominion live comfortably without ever needing to work a day in their lives.

What weight could a mere super dam possibly carry?

Thus, serving as a tasteless burden and a test of intelligence, this mega dam—which had taken nearly a decade to build—remained standing here still.

Yet, for certain individuals, there were compelling reasons why they had no choice but to attack the dam.

The original guards had all been struck down. Over ten thousand men lay scattered across the floor in disarray, completely stripped of any capacity to resist—even those core members of the Heavenly Kingdom who had reached Electrical Current Impulsion were no exception.

And to achieve this feat, Angel had taken merely one second by normal human perception.

For the Angel of two years ago, this would have been an almost unimaginable triumph!

However, following the proliferation of Electrical Current Impulsion, the chasm between the strong and the weak had widened drastically. This was doubly true for Angel, who wielded Time Zero—a bug-like Spiritual Word that multiplied his speed exponentially.

"The leader of the Heavenly Kingdom is currently engaged in battle with Odin; our time is very tight." Standing by the coastline, Angel took a deep breath and plunged straight into the water without any protective gear. "Chen Motong, Caesar, hold down the fort. I'll be right back."

"Keep in mind, no fatalities. Neither the Heavenly Kingdom nor we can afford the consequences of an all-out war at this stage."

"Understood, Principal. I'll be careful," Caesar Galdus replied, toying with the military saber named Dictator in his hand.

He was a young man just a few months shy of twenty-one, with short blonde hair resembling the sun and ice-blue eyes brimful of confidence. His gaze carried the unwavering conviction that nothing in the world was beyond his grasp—a belief thoroughly validated by his past experiences.

Whatever Caesar set his mind to do, he ultimately succeeded. Especially over the past two years, with the spread of Electrical Current Impulsion and the invitation from his father, Pompius, Caesar had occasionally stumbled into sudden perils, yet he had surmounted every single one relying "solely" on his own strength.

Within Kassel College, Caesar Galdus was the undisputed monarch. He had led the originally weakened Student Union to completely overwhelm the Lionheart Society. Practically every incoming freshman, when considering which club to join, thought of the Student Union led by Caesar as their primary choice.

Judging by the current trend, it wouldn't be long before the Lionheart Society—whose history could be traced back even further than the founding of Kassel College—was completely swallowed up by the Student Union.

Having achieved this within Kassel College, a crucible of elite hybrids, whispers had quietly begun to circulate proclaiming him as the first person capable of simultaneously conquering all hybrids of the East and the West to become their universal leader.

Yet Caesar was not blinded by the flattery. He did not consider himself one of those over-confident fools who lost sight of their own footing.

In truth, after numerous combat encounters, Caesar understood all too well the absolute gap between his current self and Principal Angel, and he possessed a rough grasp of the terrifying might possessed by the leader of the Heavenly Kingdom—the very figure who forced even this formidable man to tread with caution.

Even though Caesar was confident that sooner or later he would surpass Hilbert Jean Angel, that time was clearly not now.

Therefore, throughout the Kui Gate Plan, Caesar strictly obeyed the Principal's instructions and threw himself entirely into executing the mission—a Dragon King-level undertaking that would add yet another brilliant chapter to his already glorious life.

And indeed, Caesar had played a vital role—had he not sensed and mapped the coordinates of everyone within a ten-kilometer radius, this operation would never have proceeded so smoothly.

The other major contributor to this mission was Chen Motong.

This young girl, close in age to Caesar, possessed long, blood-red hair and a striking face bearing a chilling expression completely at odds with her delicate features.

Ever since the annihilation of her family two years ago, Chen Motong’s expression had remained perpetually glacial. Although her relationship with her clan had not been particularly warm, that was no reason for her to feel nothing.

In truth, the blood feud of her lineage had utterly crushed her nerves, profoundly transforming Chen Motong. The moment she learned that virtually her entire family had been wiped out, she awakened Electrical Current Impulsion.

Over the past two years, Chen Motong’s power had advanced by leaps and bounds.

Within Kassel College, she was the only person who could keep pace with Caesar. Their combat capabilities were essentially neck-and-neck, both wielding the power of Electrical Current Impulsion at three hundred thousand volts.

Yet high combat prowess was not the sole reason Chen Motong was chosen for this mission; two other factors made up the bulk of it. First, as the sole surviving orphan of the Chen family, she possessed the authority to mobilize remnants of the Chen clan lurking in the East, providing comprehensive cover for the operation.

The second reason was that Shao Yifeng, the only son of the Heavenly Kingdom's logistics director Shao Qian, had once been her classmate. Driven by infatuation, he harbored an almost unconditional trust in her and readily aided her.

Had these two factors not aligned, the Kassel College expedition would never have proceeded with such fluidity.

"Why? Why did you deceive me?" Lying on the ground, Shao Yifeng—who likewise possessed a faint trace of Electrical Current Impulsion—was flooded with remorse, regretting the actions he had taken.

The leader of the Heavenly Kingdom abhorred betrayal above all else, and now, having calmed down, he realized that his previous deeds were more than enough to fit that exact description—especially after the people of Kassel College bared their fangs, downed all the guards, and clearly initiated a major move.

"I'm sorry." Chen Motong turned her head away, avoiding Shao Yifeng’s gaze. "My name is Chen Motong. The Chen of the Chen family—the family eradicated by the leader of the Heavenly Kingdom."

"I see. It’s my fault. It’s my fault." Shao Yifeng laughed bitterly, the terror of the future gripping his heart. "I should have guessed it. I should have realized it long ago."

"I'm sorry for using you. Why don't you come with us to Kassel College?" Watching Shao Yifeng’s expression, Chen Motong spoke with her back turned to him. "The Heavenly Kingdom is making an enemy of the entire world; they cannot win. It’s not just the leader of the Heavenly Kingdom who is a magnetic field powerhouse. Magnetic field power has spread. Fighting the entire world with less than one-sixth of the population—you have no way of winning."

"Moreover, you newcomers understand nothing of the dragons. Cooperating with ruthless, merciless dragons who might betray you at any moment is like dealing with a tiger for its skin—it's nothing less than a lamb washing itself and delivering its own neck to the jaws of a wolf."

"You are the ones who understand nothing!" As if a nerve had been struck, Shao Yifeng roared, "You have no idea what you are facing!"

"No way to win? Are you joking? Even if it meant fighting the entire world single-handedly, I could never imagine the leader failing!"

"Alright, stop arguing with your friend." Caesar patted Chen Motong on the shoulder. "He’s been thoroughly brainwashed by the leader of the Heavenly Kingdom using magnetic field secret arts; there's no saving him now. If you really want to rescue him, you might as well drag him back to Kassel College for continuous treatment. Maybe there's still hope."

Yes, brainwashing!

That was the narrative propagated by the hybrid society regarding the Heavenly Kingdom. After two years of relentless propaganda, this perfunctorily fabricated excuse had been swallowed by the vast majority of people.

Precisely for this reason, even while perpetrating such actions, Caesar and Chen Motong remained utterly convinced of their own righteousness.

"Belittling the leader's strength on one hand, and slying smearing the leader's reputation on the other—I can't just pretend I didn't hear that."

Just as the group was arguing, a voice suddenly echoed from above, causing both Caesar and Chen Motong to instinctively look up at the sky.

"Though Big Brother Liu doesn't care, since I saw it, I can't just ignore it." Standing atop the head of Clark Athena, Lu Mingfei—who had just finished executing a mission and happened to be passing by on his way back for dinner—spoke up. "You two pieces of trash, are you ready to be thoroughly cleaned up by me?"