Inside the Twin Towers, Si Ying’s safe house had already detached from the 83rd floor and plunged underground.

The members of the Round Table Conference who had entered the tower—perhaps unaware of Si Ying’s location, or perhaps for another reason entirely—charged straight for the top floor of the Twin Towers.

"This tower is about to collapse. Move quickly."

"Proceed according to the original plan."

The six Extraordinary Professionals from the Round Table Conference charged forward without hesitation, their objective clear as they headed straight for the top of the tower.

...

On the top floor of the Twin Towers, Liu Xingzhou’s brow furrowed. "How can the Si’s Twin Towers be so fragile?"

Feeling the tower tilt, Liu Xingzhou couldn’t help but feel that something was wrong, that things were subtly slipping out of his control.

He glanced in Si Li’s direction. Si Li was exceptionally calm, seemingly unconcerned that enemies had infiltrated the Twin Towers.

"Did you arrange for Si Ying’s safety?" Liu Xingzhou asked, frowning.

Si Li replied, "Si Ying will not die."

After saying this, Si Li fell silent.

Liu Xingzhou’s frown deepened. The atmosphere felt wrong.

His tentacle-like Spiritual Power fluctuated constantly. If Lin Qi had been there, he would have seen in his Spiritual Vision that Liu Xingzhou looked exactly like a writhing Tentacle Monster.

Threads of Spiritual Power seemed on the verge of merging with his physical body, threatening to trigger a berserk mutation at any moment.

"Since Si Ying is safe, we should evacuate as soon as possible. This tower is about to collapse." Liu Xingzhou stood up and made to leave.

"Brother Liu, don’t be in such a hurry to leave. Today’s business isn’t over yet."

Si Li’s pupils suddenly morphed into vertical slits, and Liu Xingzhou instantly felt a cold, jarring sensation inside his body.

His movements became much slower.

An Extraordinary Profession, Tier Three Shaman, known for poison, potions, and bizarre spiritual techniques.

Liu Xingzhou had never imagined that Si Li would move against him in secret.

At the same time, several A-Class full-body Prosthetic Implanters from Si Pharmaceutical entered the top-floor conference room, leading the six Extraordinary Professionals from the Round Table Conference.

"Liu Xingzhou, the Tier Three Wizard from Liu’s Heavy Industries, the so-called ’Machine Killer’? Killing you is truly a difficult task."

The stilted words were laced with a thick European Administrative Region accent.

The true objective of the Round Table Conference members was now revealed.

It was never about assassinating the Si Clan’s heir.

From the very beginning, this team of Extraordinary Professionals from the European Administrative Region had only one goal: the Liu Clan, and the Liu Clan’s Wizard.

From testing Lin Qi’s Holy Light last time to today’s ambush and assassination of Liu Xingzhou.

The Witch Hunt. This was the real reason the members of the Round Table Conference had appeared in Greenfield City.

In other words, from the very beginning, the so-called Greenfield City crisis was a conspiracy orchestrated by the Round Table Conference and the Si Clan, a trap laid for the Liu Clan.

Liu Xingzhou’s expression turned ugly.

He wanted to send a message to Liu Xuan and Liu Li through the cyber network, but in this collapsing skyscraper, how could there be any network signal left?

The message simply couldn’t be sent.

Liu Xingzhou took a deep breath, his eyes filled with vicious intent.

His Spiritual Power fluctuated violently.

The flamboyant, tentacle-like Spiritual Power contracted fiercely, retracting back into his body.

The very next second, his body abruptly mutated, and countless crimson tentacles extended from his skin.

Mere seconds later, Liu Xingzhou had lost all human semblance, transforming into a giant Tentacle Monster.

"All Pure Prosthetic Implanters, fall back! This old bastard’s two Tier Three Abilities are a hard counter to Prosthetic Bodies, and he can control Electromagnetic Force."

"On top of that, this old bastard should have already acquired the third Ability of a Tier Three Wizard. Intel is unknown, so proceed with caution."

Si Li knew Liu Xingzhou very well, making sure to emphasize the information about his Abilities.

The crimson Tentacle Monster spoke in a human voice, "So that’s how it is... No wonder those mercenary punks on the train knew my powers so clearly. No wonder the train’s permissions were altered. The Si Clan had betrayed us long ago..."

Liu Xingzhou finally understood everything.

Liu Xingyuan’s internal investigation within the Liu Clan had been pointless. There were no traitors in the Liu Clan.

The real traitor was their ally, the Si Clan.

Unfortunately, Liu Xingzhou had figured it out too late.

Including Si Li, he was now being hunted by a full seven Tier Three Extraordinary Professionals.

Even with the bizarre nature of a Wizard’s Abilities, and even with his mastery over the power of a Wizard’s true form, there was no way he could fight one against seven.

But... he had to give it his all.

At the very least, he had to get the news of the Si Clan’s betrayal out to warn the Liu Clan’s heirs.

Otherwise, Liu’s Heavy Industries would be truly finished.

A battle between nearly top-tier Extraordinary Professionals unfolded on the top floor of the slowly collapsing Twin Towers B Tower.

But with several A-Class full-body Prosthetic Implanters suppressing the scene, the commotion from the battle did not spread.

No one knew what was happening on the top floor of Tower B.

...

Outside Tower B, seeing that the Twin Towers were really about to collapse, the Mercenaries grew restless.

The top factions might not care about ten or twenty million Credit Points, but ordinary Mercenary Corps did.

After the first Mercenary Corps charged into the Twin Towers, many more followed.

Once you became a Mercenary, no one was willing to wait for death in obscurity.

If they could just complete a mission worth tens of millions, they would become a Legend.

...

As the commotion at the Twin Towers began, King Arthur also sensed an anomaly within the underground pipe system.

According to the data feedback from his Prosthetic Body, a large number of life signatures were converging in the same direction with a clear objective.

Beyond that, being a Tier Three Knight gave King Arthur a powerful perception that could detect things far below the minimum threshold of his Prosthetic Body’s sensors.

Just a moment ago, something had fallen from the Twin Towers.

Its landing point was right in the underground pipe system.

King Arthur immediately sent the information to Lin Qi via his wristband.

"Suspect someone has come down from the Twin Towers. They’re inside the underground pipes. Identity unconfirmed, but I suspect it’s Si Ying."

Lin Qi responded immediately, "Don’t act rashly. Wait for me to investigate. I’m on my way."

’Could it be Si Ying?’

Lin Qi didn’t know, but as long as he got close enough, he would be able to "see."

The underground pipes of Greenfield City were complex, but their depth never exceeded one hundred meters. In such an environment, the effectiveness of his Spiritual Vision would be magnified infinitely.

Leaving the oval-shaped building, he found the speedway in a state of frenzied clamor.

Everyone was still reeling from the recent accident, especially after the rumor spread that those formula-style vehicles had crashed into the Twin Towers.

The scene had already spiraled out of control and was utterly chaotic.

Lin Qi arrived at the parking spot for the vehicle he had "borrowed" earlier.

He drove the vehicle, heading for the surface coordinates King Arthur had provided.

Along the way, Greenfield City’s Riot Control Mobile Units had already taken control of the streets.

Normally, under the heavy-handed takeover by these medium and large Mechas and L-Class Prosthetic Implanters, Greenfield City’s traffic system would have been brought to a complete standstill.

But Lin Qi was different. This vehicle possessed exceptionally high-level clearance.

Lin Qi was waved through long before he even reached the checkpoints.

After he passed, the record of his passage vanished without a trace.

The only ones who would remember the vehicle passing through were the members of the Riot Control Mobile Units who had witnessed it firsthand.

But in the chaos that had already enveloped Greenfield City, this scene was completely unremarkable. No one paid it any mind.

All eyes were focused on the Twin Towers.

Only Lin Qi activated his Spiritual Vision, continuously searching the underground pipes.

"Found you, Si Ying!"