The Great Worm Lich

Chapter 475: Murder

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

In the wilderness of New Mexico, there was an iron fence of more than three meters that stretched out more than 100 kilometers, separating Earth from the Noah World. Other than the opening covered by the Atlantis’ light curtain, the rest of the place was guarded by the established elite US armed forces.

The jeep travelled slowly and when the red light, that had a surface resembling boiling magma, entered the window and passed through Zhang Lisheng’s body, the young man suddenly felt a sharp pain, with a layer of faint black smoke appearing on his exposed skin.

It was fortunate that the light curtain was only a thin layer. Even though he still felt a heart-wrenching pain after passing through it, there was no other abnormality appearing on his appearance, otherwise, the consequences might be unimaginable.

“Sir, did you smell a barbecue smell? These soldiers really have a good meal. I can’t believe that they actually have barbecue for breakfast.” After driving past the world fence, thinking that everything went smoothly, Hayde could smell a faint yet aromatic scorched meat smell in the jeep. Sniffing a little, he looked at the green camp not far away and chuckled.

“Is that so?” Now that Zhang Lisheng had encountered this unexpected situation, he dared not think too much and merely clenched his fist while enduring the intense pain as his lower body trembled slightly. Chuckling, he said in a low voice, “This defensive formation here is much more exaggerated than when I passed through last time but it just looks impressive with a lack of real worth. This is really a waste of taxpayer money.”

“This is because the Noah World doesn’t have a powerful supernatural creature.” As though recalling some horrifying incident, Hayde swallowed and added, “You can go online and take a look at some videos there, then you’ll know that the security in some of the world passages are even stricter than that of the federal prisoners. The scene is very terrifying when there’s a conflict. The gory and bloody scene of the laser cannons used by the Atlanteans and the petrochemical missiles of the federal army’s Steel Warriors, combining together to attack the foreign world’s monsters send chills down my spine when I think about it,” Hayde drove slowly as he replied.

“Oh?” The burning sensation of his body did not disappear for a long time. Zhang Lisheng clenched his teeth and pretended to be impatient. “Hayde, speed up please. The cars in front are just too slow. I still have a plane to catch.”

“Oh, it’s like this, sir. According to a new decree signed by the President, the 500-meter area around the world passage belongs to the federal military control zone so the speed of civilian vehicles must not exceed 10 kilometers in order to facilitate the military to conduct random checks. But please rest assured, I have managed the time well so I’ll make sure that you won’t be late for your flight.”

“Is that so?” Feeling that he could no longer control his tyrannical emotions if he did not vent out the heat flow in his body, Zhang Lisheng had no other choice but to begin to mutter a few witchcraft incantations ‘pst shh...’ under his breath to calm himself down completely. After letting out the heat burning his body, the smile that he pretended to put on gradually disappeared as he spat two words coldly.

Just as he was speaking, on the right side of the desert, a group of fair Atlanteans with red hair draping down their shoulders, several people dressed in grey suits and five to six soldiers, suddenly walked out of a tent with a bald eagle flag.

The group of people braved the wind and sand while casually exchanging some casual conversation as they shook each other’s hands, as though they were bidding each other goodbye. Without warning, a young officer inadvertently swept over the jeep Zhang Lisheng was sitting in. After pointing at the jeep and saying a few words, he shouted and rushed over.

“We have already crossed the 500 meter threshold, accelerate!” Zhang Lisheng noticed that there was an abnormal situation afar so his eyes narrowed right away. Looking down at the satellite locator on the center console, he said coldly.

“Sir, I heard somebody calling out to us to stop the car...”

“Remember who is the one giving you a salary, Hayde. 500 meters has passed, speed up!” The young man repeated his instructions again in a deep voice.

“Oh, okay, sir!” Calculating that they had indeed exceeded the military control area, the middle-aged driver, who had been through a lot of hardships, no longer said anything else and just stepped on the accelerator pedal to its maximum while turning the steering while.

The jeep’s tires screeched loudly on the sand, overtaking the cars in front in a slanting straight line, setting off sands that blotted out the sky. Not long after, it left behind a long mark and disappeared in an instant.

“Boss, our car uses the standard military desert transport engine, and is not equipped with heavy-duty firearms like anti aircraft guns. Other than helicopters, nobody can catch up to us in the desert... Hahaha...” After driving madly several kilometers away from the campsite in one go, Hayde, who was overcome with a sense of speeding excitement, shouted in glee.

“Helicopter? That’s right, helicopter...” After hearing this, Zhang Lisheng, who had been clenching his fist tight, frowned and whispered to himself, before suddenly shouting out loud, “Stop the car, Hayde. Stop the car!”

The driver was taken aback with befuddlement. However, he immediately reacted, and throwing everything aside, he stepped on the brake according to the young man’s command before saying, “Sir, the desert of New Mexico looks empty. In fact, there are even poisonous scorpions vipers, lizards and more. It’s too dangerous to stop here.”

“It doesn’t matter, Hayde. I’m a biologist so I’m not afraid of those poisonous animals at all. Just wait in the car, I need to relieve myself first,” Zhang Lisheng said and before the driver could rebut, he pushed the door open and jumped off the jeep.

“To relieve yourself? B-But sir, c-can’t you hold it in for a while? We’ll reach Feren city soon. I can accelerate faster and we’ll get there in less than 30 minutes. You can relieve yourself as much as you like in the city. It’s just too dangerous here...” Bewildered that he did not know what to say, Hayde’s jaw dropped as he watched the LS Group’s big boss stagger further and further away. All of a sudden, he snapped back to reality and shouted out loud.

However, Zhang Lisheng did not even look back and merely waved his arm with force, before disappearing behind a dune in the desert.

After concealing himself from Hayde’s eyes, the young man gritted his teeth loudly and looked around. When he saw that there was nothing except for a whole stretch of desert sand mixed with a small amount of red clay, and the occasionally solitary tall and big cactus, he immediately took off his top and revealed his chest with little muscle and fat, before crouching on the ground.

Feeling the burning heat in the body, he used the transformation power of the lizard to transform his arm, and then used a sharp nail to slice a deep blood trough under his heart. Then, he incited the vast wizard power in his blood to stir in his body. Not long after, a drop of twinkling fiery pus flowed out of the wound on his chest.

That magma-like liquid slowly rolled over Zhang Lisheng’s body, a faint black smoke appeared in the place where it passed by. Not long after, it assimilated into the sunshine of the sky and disappeared without a trace. As the red pus increased to become more and more, the young man slowly had a relaxed expression on his face.

Four to five minutes later, Zhang Lisheng finally breathed a long sigh of relief. He stood up from the sand and muttered, “It’s no wonder that Trish can master such a powerful supernatural force in such a short period of time. After going it through it once, I finally understand that the Atlanteans’ power of manipulating light and fire is actually more terrifying than I thought. But why don’t the ordinary Earthlings feel anything when they pass through the light curtain? Even if I have already become a wizard, I’m still genetically an original species of the Earth. D-Don’t tell me it’s because I’ve transformed the poisonous insects from the foreign world before...”

After muttering to himself for a while, Zhang Lisheng suddenly heard the noisy sound of ‘tututu...’ helicopter flying from the distance through his extraordinary hearing ability.

“They’ve really come...” He curled his lips and no longer let his mind run wild. With quick footsteps, he ran back to the jeep and told Hayde in a pleasantly surprised expression, “Drive, Hayde. Go to the Feren city in the fastest speed.”

“Yes, sir!” The middle-aged driver replied and once again stepped on the accelerator pedal to the maximum, driving the jeep to charge again in the desert.

Unfortunately, a car on land relying on six wheels would never be able to compete against a helicopter flying in the air. Not long after, a low-flying armed transport helicopter roared ‘tutututu...’ and set off rolling dust as it caught up from behind the speeding jeep.

“We’re the Grey Wolf Armored Division of the United States stationed on the Noah World passage,” Hovering in the air, the helicopter pilot indicated his identity using the megaphone and said. “UT0023 Jeep below, please stop immediately for inspection...”

“Sir, what should we do?” Hayde, who was trapped by the wind and sand outside the window, hurriedly slowed down and asked with trepidation.

“Can we still even drive with such visibility?” Zhang Lisheng, who had already settled the problem, shrugged and said, “Stop the car.”

“Yes.” Hayde sighed out of relief and sniffed as he stepped on the brake.

The armed transport helicopter hovered above the jeep before gradually descending when it saw that the car on the ground had already stopped.

Zhang Lisheng stayed in the car and watched the helicopter land. The Atlanteans, the grey-suit men and three to four soldier officers that he saw at the Noah World passage jumped out from the huge cabin. Putting on a peculiar smile, he rolled down the window.

“Gentlemen, please show your documents, we have reasons to doubt that...” When the youngest second lieutenant among the soldiers saw that the passengers in the jeep refused to step down from the car, he walked up to the car and knocked on the window.

“If I were you, I wouldn’t say anything right now,” Zhang Lisheng interrupted the young officer’s words coldly. “The military control zone of the Gray Wolf Armored Division is 500 meters around the Noah World passage and now that we’re already out of this range, its jurisdiction is in the hands of the police in New Mexico right now. Our car accelerated outside of the 500 meters vicinity of the passage and the satellite locator can prove just that. Forcing me to stop in a place where there’s no jurisdiction and using a helicopter hovering method to actually almost cause an accident for my driver, I’ve already contacted my lawyer and he thinks that there is reason to believe that all of you have committed a felony or have the intention to murder, so...”

“So you intend to use the grotesque logic of a billionaire to scare us and get the leverage in the conversation, Mr. Lisheng?” A female soldier with a tanned caramel complexion and porcelain-like delicate facial features, who had just walked up to the lieutenant, whose face was fully flushed, now smiled and interjected. “Congratulations, you have succeeded! Our reckless behavior just now has indeed placed us in a passive situation now.”