Chapter 00201: Yesterday Revisited
# Yesterday Revisited
Chapter 201
Novel: Above Destiny
Chapter 201: Yesterday Revisited
On top of the high wall, a burly figure with a thick beard didn’t bother to hide his hostility.
His weapon was aimed directly at the vehicle they were in.
It looked like an ordinary rifle, but the moment the barrel locked onto them, Ji Jue felt a chill run down his spine.
What kind of treasure was this?!
His eyes lit up, unable to contain his curiosity.
Ji Liu rolled down the car window, slowly stretched out his hand, waved it around, and finally revealed his face, shouting in the direction of the searchlight: “Old Tian, it’s me, Da Liu!”
“I don’t give a damn who you are!” Old Tian, the bearded man, said expressionlessly. “Where’s the verification? Hurry up, or my bullets won’t care if you’re Da Liu or Xiao Zhang…”
Tong Shan took off his gloves and extended his palm toward the base ahead.
Intricate spiritual circuits appeared on his palm, intertwining and finally connecting with the spiritual circuits extending from the base.
The triple-key verification was complete.
Identity, soul, and imprint—all confirmed.
“... So it really is the vanguard team from Cliff City?”
The barrel of the gun wavered slightly.
After hesitating for a moment, Old Tian finally stepped out from behind the wall, circled their vehicle a few times, and then waved his hand behind him.
The gate opened.
The base wasn’t large.
It had temporarily occupied the ruins of a sports stadium, and after some renovations, the interior space was roughly the size of a few large football fields.
Tents, barbed wire, spiritual traps, and other defenses were scattered everywhere.
In less than two months, the permanent vanguard team had established a semi-permanent defensive structure in the heart of Spring City.
The camp was bustling with activity, people coming and going.
Seeing reinforcements arrive, they eagerly gathered nearby, watching curiously.
However, the situation didn’t look good.
Almost everyone was injured.
Old Tian, who was leading the way, had a bandage around his neck, reeking of disinfectant and blood.
His eyes were bloodshot, clearly having not rested for a long time.
He grumbled:
“We sent the signal a long time ago. Why did it take you so long to get here? Were you waiting for us to die before coming to pay your respects?”
“There was a time discrepancy between the inside and outside. The outpost only received your message yesterday.”
Tong Shan calmly accepted the accumulated resentment from the long wait and didn’t retort.
Instead, he asked, “Is Commander Lou here?”
“Commander Lou?!”
Before Old Tian could answer, Lou Feng, who had been keeping his head down and pretending to be dead, suddenly shuddered as if electrocuted.
He exclaimed in shock, “Which Commander Lou?”
“Which one?”
Tong Shan turned around, puzzled. “Isn’t there only one Commander Lou in Tide City’s Security Bureau? Lou Yanyue? Are there others? You hesitated so much when joining. I thought you already knew…”
Know what?!
Lou Feng’s eyelids twitched violently, his face alternating between pale and green.
He instinctively took a step back, trying to shield Ji Jue with his body. “If I had known, I wouldn’t have come!”
“An acquaintance of yours?” Ji Jue asked curiously.
It was hard to imagine that Lou Feng, who usually acted like he was above everyone else, would one day hear a name and react like a mouse seeing a cat, looking as if he wished he had worn a diaper today.
“Of course!”
Lou Feng glared at Ji Jue angrily, suspecting that this dog was doing it on purpose.
And he was right!
Lou wasn’t a common surname.
Commander Lou, Lou Feng—they were clearly from the same family.
Asking like this was like pointing at an air conditioning technician and asking what his job was…
Ji Jue just wanted to enjoy the look on Lou Feng’s face a bit longer.
After glaring at Ji Jue, Lou Feng tried to maintain his composure but couldn’t hide the tremor in his voice. “Aunt… I mean, where is Commander Lou?”
“She got into a fight with the Heretic Cult last night and got injured. She’s resting now. If you want to see her, wait until dinner.”
Old Tian asked, “Did you bring any medicine? We’ve run out in the base.”
Tong Shan pointed to the mountain of boxes in the cargo area. “It’s all here. Enough for two resupplies. If it’s not enough, we can share some of ours.”
“I have some too.”
At this, Lou Feng, who had been nervous, quickly rummaged through his bag.
Despite his fear, he was clearly worried.
It was like a student who scored 59 on an exam, rushing to serve tea and water to a coughing parent at home—a display of filial piety.
Ji Jue grew even more curious.
As they passed the signal tower, he casually reached out and touched it.
Immediately, Old Tian turned around, sensing a faint spiritual fluctuation, and stared at him with cold, bloodshot eyes.
“What are you doing?”
Ji Jue was startled and quickly withdrew his hand, embarrassed. “Sorry, I’ve never seen this kind of equipment before…”
“The permanent investigation team base isn’t like other places. There are a lot of rules. Keep your hands to yourself!”
Old Tian gave Ji Jue a cold look and then turned to Tong Shan, warning, “Keep your people in check.”
“I will.”
Tong Shan patted Ji Jue’s shoulder. “We’re all on edge from working in high-risk environments for so long. Don’t joke around.”
“Alright, alright, everyone disperse.”
Old Tian waved his hand, signaling the crowd to scatter.
The tense atmosphere gradually eased.
After giving them one last look, he said, “Follow me.”
Only Ji Jue continued to smile awkwardly, nodding apologetically at the cold stares.
He carefully hid his trembling fingers.
Like any frightened craftsman from the ashes.
But his heart sank silently into an abyss, without even an echo…
Only a flood of curses threatened to spill out.
In that brief moment of contact, the same signal tower had sent back two completely different system echoes.
One was completely silent, having not operated for a long time, unresponsive.
The other was tightly secured, inaccessible to unauthorized access—except for Mechanical Descendants.
In that fleeting exchange, Ji Jue only managed to retrieve the most recent communication records.
[What the hell are you doing? They didn’t lose a single hair! All that effort, and it was just a waste of time!]
[Impossible.
I personally marked their route.
At least a few凶级残灵孽物 passed through.
Even if Old Lü came, he’d have a hard time!]
[Why don’t you say Old Tao would be dead if he came? Save your breath and go complain to the High Priest!]
[If you have time to talk nonsense, why don’t you get to work? If I’m not doing well, neither are you, got it?]
[Go to hell! They’re here.
Tell the people inside to get ready, quick!]
[Buy time first!]
…
Ji Jue held his breath, his steps faltering for a moment.
The entire base was a trap!
A grave specifically prepared for the reinforcements!
But how long would it take for the dagger to be revealed from this false facade?
“Brother Shan, we need to be careful with the stuff in the car,” Ji Jue glanced at the truck and reminded him. “The instruments are very delicate. Don’t break them. Last time, Sister Wen threw a huge fit, and I almost ended up in the hospital.”
Tong Shan frowned, not understanding, but when his psychic senses detected Ji Jue’s abnormally fast heartbeat, he had a thought.
Wen Wen, the hospital, Ji Jue, North Mountain…
He asked, “Is it the same as last time?”
“Yes, all of it,” Ji Jue nodded firmly. “Explosives. Handle them carefully. If they leak, it’ll be trouble.”
“Why didn’t you say so earlier?”
Tong Shan was displeased and ordered, “Xiao Xue, you and Da Liu go help. Don’t let A Xuan move everything alone.”
The two nodded and turned toward the unloading area.
But in that moment, Xu Guan quietly stepped forward, brushing past Ji Jue and following closely behind Tong Shan.
Tong Shan reached out and patted Old Tian’s shoulder. “Brother, we have a lot to move. Can you send a few—”
—BOOM!!!
A thunderous explosion shook the heavens.
Without warning, Old Tian was sent flying by a sudden burst of psychic force before he could even react.
From stillness to motion, it took less than a moment.
In an instant, the entire area around him was sealed, solidified, and then repelled, accelerating to a terrifying speed of over ten kilometers per second.
Launched!
Like a cannonball.
Under the terrifying acceleration that could turn any brain into foam in an instant, he didn’t even have time to react or resist.
He was swept up in a storm, crashing through tents, shattering railings.
His body tumbled through the air, plowing a deep trench into the ground, smashing through layers of walls, and finally crashing into the ruins after traversing the entire base.
The earth shook, and the storm howled.
But before that, the moment the psychic force gave the signal, Ji Jue had already bent down, sweeping Lou Feng off his feet with a leg sweep and pinning him to the ground, face in the dirt.
“Ji, you bastard…”
Lou Feng was furious, but then he felt the wind and countless碎石 whizzing past the back of his head.
Then, the wind died down, the loud noise stopped, and even the碎石 that had hit him seemed to lose their weight, breaking free from gravity and rising into the air along with countless specks of dust.
If Ji Jue had been even a second later, Lou Feng might have been blown away by the碎片风暴, comparable to a grenade explosion.
Lou Feng was drenched in sweat.
“Open—”
In front of everyone, Tong Shan’s hand held a tightly wound flag that suddenly appeared.
He raised it and drove it into the ground, embedding it in the iron and stone.
Infinite power surged from it, turning into visible ripples that spread in all directions, enveloping the entire base.
The massive base flickered like a mirage for a moment.
In that instant, Tong Shan’s pupils contracted—what he saw was a scene of devastation, a sea of crimson, with no signs of life.
There wasn’t even time for a sigh.
He closed his eyes and, without hesitation, unleashed his full power!
The tightly wound flag on the pole unraveled instantly.
The blank flag was now covered with countless patterns and emblems, constantly changing and overlapping.
In an instant, a simplified, abstract circular emblem appeared on the flag.
It looked like a burning, fiery star!
As countless astronomical phenomena flowed from it, a dazzling light engulfed everything.
Ethereal records flowed out, loaded, and merged.
With this immense psychic force as the foundation, the past was recreated!
In the dark sky, it was as if blood-red ink had been splashed.
An invisible brush moved fluidly, and the outline of a burning star emerged!
Crimson flames spread, covering half the sky.
Amidst the endless thunderous roars, vast amounts of psychic force intertwined, giving substance to the void.
Distant history and the past were reinterpreted.
A massive star, covering half the night sky, materialized through the interweaving of psychic force.
Even though he had left the path of以太 and joined天元, Tong Shan had not betrayed his family’s teachings.
With the help and support of his elders, he had merged天元 and以太 within himself!
This was Tong Shan’s recreation of the past, using the path of天元!
In an instant, immense pressure descended from above, completely covering the base shrouded in illusion, suppressing all resistance and crushing all illusions!
The sound of shattering echoed endlessly.
As the illusions dissipated one after another, a faint outline silently appeared in the shadows behind Tong Shan.
So close!
No one knew when he had gotten so close, how he had bypassed layers of psychic detection… When the disguise fell away, all that was revealed was a chilling killing intent that made every soul and life tremble.
Repulsive forces surged like tides, but with a casual wave of his hand, the pressure and tides parted before a blade less than three inches long, advancing effortlessly.
Even if the disguise was exposed, it didn’t matter.
The falling star was terrifying, but it still needed a moment to descend.
But ten steps were more than enough for a killing blow!
A silver light surged against the tide, soaring lightly.
Wherever it passed, all psychic barriers and defenses crumbled like illusions.
Behind Tong Shan, Xu Guan was frozen, unable to react.
Under the assault of that cold silver light, his soul was overwhelmed by the violent killing intent.
He tried to reach out, to block, but it was too late.
The eerie figure passed him effortlessly, moving forward.
The blade advanced!
And then… it was crushed to pieces!
Like a fool who had jumped into a running wood chipper.
BOOM!
Metal turned to powder, flesh to mud.
In the sudden chaos, only a figure, like a ragdoll, screamed as it was sent flying.
Half its body had been crushed, torn apart, and vaporized by the terrifying pressure of the falling star!
The残缺 body turned into shadows, tumbling and retreating continuously.
Its shattered face couldn’t hide its confusion and horror.
Tong Shan, who had finally turned around, gave it a cold glance and commented:
“Clown.”
The falling star was merely a recreation of the past, relying on psychic manipulation to give form to the void.
Why wait for it to fall?
The moment it appeared, all destruction was already complete.
At this moment, you clowns were already standing in the shadow of destruction!
In that instant, the flag embedded in the ground slowly rose.
Tong Shan waved it, and the spear-like tip of the flagpole gently tapped the ground.
Tap.
A faint cracking sound echoed.
A thin crack appeared where the flag had struck, spreading forward.
In an instant, it extended hundreds of meters, branching endlessly, covering everything.
Then came a chain reaction of destruction.
The earth split, the heavens collapsed!
(End of Chapter)