Huang Jianchuan was swallowed by the giant snake in one bite, while Lin Yu was also covered in wounds and was repelled back to Ye Ling's front.
Although the sword intent condensed by Lin Yu's "Yin Yuan Sword Intent Art" could easily pierce the giant snake's scales, and the limited area of the underground base had been restricting the giant snake's movements, causing it to suffer considerable losses, the giant snake ultimately possessed sixth-grade strength. Lin Yu, using all her might, could only inflict minor injuries on the giant snake.
Now, it was her limit.
"Brother... I can't hold on much longer..."
Lin Yu gasped for air, her body stained with blood. The sword qi she had condensed was less than an inch long, seemingly about to dissipate at any moment.
Lin Yu was currently relying solely on her willpower. If she relaxed, she would faint immediately!
"For your first battle, you've done very well to reach this point."
Ye Ling smiled, patted Lin Yu's head, pulled her into his arms, and said softly, "Rest for a while."
Gentle spiritual energy flowed from Ye Ling's palm into Lin Yu's entire body, healing her injuries.
"Brother..."
Nestled in Ye Ling's embrace, Lin Yu felt an unprecedented sense of peace.
In an instant, all her anxiety and unease vanished, and the less-than-an-inch-long sword qi dissipated.
Lin Yu felt her eyelids grow incredibly heavy and instantly fell into a deep sleep.
Looking at Lin Yu, who was asleep on her feet, Ye Ling smiled slightly and gently picked her up, placing her on the back of the little Qilin that had run over from outside the research institute.
"Hiss—!"
At this moment, everyone in the underground base who had not managed to escape, except for Ye Ling and Lin Yu, had been swallowed by the giant snake.
The giant snake's aura was now soaring, its appearance nearing that of a true flood dragon, and its strength was close to the seventh grade.
The giant snake's eyes were extremely cold as it stared intently at Ye Ling. It could sense that Ye Ling was the most delicious meal present.
Once it devoured Ye Ling, its cultivation would surely surge, allowing it to transform into a flood dragon in one go!
However, it also felt an unprecedented threat from Ye Ling.
This pressure was something it had never experienced from any other prey.
The giant snake did not attack proactively. Its body slowly slithered out of its nest, coiling within the shattered underground base, flicking its tongue, waiting for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to Ye Ling.
"After eating so many people, you're only now starting to develop human-like intelligence?"
"Ultimately, you are a man-made product, without the fortune of heaven and earth. You can only become a man-eating fierce beast, never able to transform into a dragon in your lifetime."
Ye Ling muttered to himself, and in the next moment, he instantly appeared behind the giant snake's head and stomped on it.
Bang!!!
The giant snake's head was directly stomped into the ground by Ye Ling, causing the ground to shake, and debris to continuously fall from the ceiling.
"Hiss—!"
The giant snake roared, its hundred-meter-long body began to writhe uncontrollably, smashing against the surrounding walls, attempting to shatter the entire Tianhui Research Institute!
The commotion from the Tianhui Research Institute had already thoroughly alerted the outside world. The army stationed in Jiangcheng quickly rushed to the vicinity of the Tianhui Research Institute, and those who had escaped on their own, or were sent out by the little Qilin, the researchers and students, were all taken into custody by the military.
The deafening roars emanating from the Tianhui Research Institute, the armed group secretly maintained by the Jiang Group, and the inhumane experiments conducted by Tianhui Pharmaceutical, exploded across the entire internet in a very short period, igniting a massive public outcry!
Media reporters, like madmen, were desperately searching for anyone or anything related to Tianhui Pharmaceutical, and even Jiangcheng University was affected by this.
However, the core of this societal earthquake, Tianhui Third Institute, had already been sealed off by the military.
The outside world remained completely unaware of what had happened within Tianhui Third Institute.
Ye Ling, standing on the giant snake's head, noticed that quite a few fully armed special forces soldiers had already stormed into the institute and were making their way towards the underground base. A smile flickered in his eyes.
"What happened down here should be classified as a state secret, right?"
"This way, I don't have to deliberately conceal information. However, for Xiao Yu's safety, I should take some precautions."
Ye Ling muttered to himself. His divine soul instantly covered the exterior of Tianhui Third Institute, destroying all the surveillance records before erasing the memories of everyone's minds regarding him and Lin Yu. He made their memories automatically correct to the giant snake's rampage, which had caused this catastrophe.
Everyone had escaped on their own; no one had intervened to help.
After modifying the memories, Ye Ling saw several ropes descending through cracks in the ceiling and curved his lips.
Ye Ling leaped off the giant snake's head and patted the little Qilin's head.
The giant snake roared. Before it could even lunge at Ye Ling, its hundred-meter-long body was instantly severed into hundreds of pieces, its crimson blood dyeing the entire underground base!
Ye Ling and the little Qilin, carrying Lin Yu, vanished from the spot. The military special forces, holding ropes, descended into the underground base.
"What, what exactly happened here?"
The special forces soldiers looked at the blood-soaked base, the ground covered in snake segments, and the partially digested corpses within the snake's belly. Instantly, several soldiers pulled off their masks and vomited violently!
Everything that had happened here exceeded everyone's imagination!
...
"At 9 AM this morning, a researcher at Tianhui Pharmaceutical Research Third Institute made an operational error, causing a severe explosion. Currently, there are 131 confirmed deaths and 362 missing persons. Search and rescue operations are ongoing. This station will continue to follow and report."
"According to insider revelations, Tianhui Pharmaceutical secretly recruited an armed group and conducted clandestine, inhumane experiments. A large number of missing persons in Jiangcheng may be related to this. The Jiangcheng police have arrested the head of Tianhui Pharmaceutical Group, and the interrogation is currently underway. All parties are paying close attention."
"After the military took control of Tianhui Third Institute, the person in charge in Jiangcheng issued a statement, expressing complete ignorance of Tianhui Pharmaceutical Group's actions. He severely condemned Tianhui Pharmaceutical Group's behavior and firmly upheld our nation's rule of law..."
"According to our reporter on the scene..."
Jian Shishi sat on the living room sofa, watching television. The reports about Tianhui Pharmaceutical on her phone left her dumbfounded.
The entire internet was now completely dominated by Tianhui Pharmaceutical. The heat was a hundred times that of the second-place celebrity Wang Mou's new song release conference, occupying the headlines of major forums, and even attracting significant attention from overseas.
As the dark secrets of Tianhui Third Institute were exposed one by one, various conspiracy theories emerged, with true and false information mixed together, dazzling people.
Jian Shishi numbly scrolled through her phone, watching the various speculations on the forums, her hands trembling slightly.
While others were still guessing what had happened in Tianhui Third Institute, she had already confirmed that this was the big news Ye Ling had orchestrated!
"Who exactly is he?"
Jian Shishi had never imagined that she would be so close to such world-shaking news!
As long as she wanted, she could know the truth of this matter at any time!
Her heart pounded faster and faster!
"That's right! Dad still works at Tianhui Third Institute. Is he okay?" Jian Shishi suddenly remembered this and was about to call Jian Gu when there was a knock on the door.
"Hello, checking the water meter!"
A strange voice came from outside the door. Jian Shishi's hands trembled in fright, and her phone dropped to the floor!